Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21

fort 10 present the best and most striking
OF Father Tabbs poems. but simply aimed
TO AFFORD a fair insight into the poets
methods OF thought and constructive
| faculty, I'm order that the reader may
Judge for himself OF the riches OF the
volume az a whole. our own view. after
careful reading OF the poems. IL that
Father Tabb has established claim TO
stand I'm the front rank OF the poets OF
| America Certainly he has made notable
| contribution to Virginia and to southern
| literature.
For sale by West. Johnston & Co.
THE JUDICIAL MURDER OF MARY
| T.. SURRATT. BY David Miller De Witt
Baltimore: John Murphy & Co. 1896.
Pages, 219.
Mr.. Dewitt gives us lively description
| OF the truculent and bloodthirsty cxecu-
TONERS, Stanton and Holt. with their
henchmen, minions. and the witnesses
whom they first crammed and then
squeezed Indeed a graphic account OF
the judicial murder OF an innocent woman.
The assassination OF President Lincoln
was not only a great crime, but an enor-
nous blunder The aftermath OF the
mock military trial to which 1t gave rise.
was remarkable. Stanton committed
suicide; Preston King. who prevented
Mrs Surratts weeping daughter
from appealing TO President John
son, weighted his overcoat with
shot and then stepped off into the
river; James II. Lane. who abetted King
took his own life In Kansas, and Presi-
dent johnson was impeached and mar
rowly escaped conviction. Perhaps ty-
ranncal Joe Holt and his co-advocate,
Bingham. were the better punished by
their living on. The proceedings or the
military commission were Infamous In the
extreme. Their recommendation OF Mrs.
Surratt TO the mercy OF the President
was suppressed by Holt and Stanton, al
though they made use Of it In order to
procure her sentence OF death.
Mr.. Wits WIDOW. A FRIvOLOUs
TALE. BY Anthony Hope. Author OF
"Father Stafford" "a Man OF Mark"
New York: United States Book Com
pany.
This widow was woman with his
tory At II she was in JAZZ for stealing
a pair of shoes. Later she married a rich |
man, who died leaving her at % years |
of age an income OF 5000 per annum. |
Then she stole into London society, where !
her past was unknown, and was courted |
and won by the son Of a lord. Then, |
also, her history leaked out" She de- |
and lost her lover. The man who discov- |
cred and disclosed her history had as |
much trouble about II as she had, but In |
the end both wer. married OF happily. |
1t is an unusually bright and well written |
story, which holds the attention OF the |
reader from TO lizard.
THE UNIVERSITY OBJ VIRGINIA
MAGAZINE.
Contents, February-March. 1895:
To ", Joseph II. Long; An Incident |
Of Summer. f.. Douglas Andrews; And |
John Handy Hall; \ Mat
ter-of-Fact Romance, Kenton Foster Muir
ray: Rondeaus 10 Marie. Milton Bronner;
American Ballad Poetry, r. III. Fife. Jr.;
Little Things, j.. u. Andrews; A College
Filtration. Alexander FitZ-Hugh; A Val
entine, Fred Harper; \ Gagged Eagle-A
Story with n Moral. Pierce Bruins; An
Unborn Day, Harold Stuart Acheson.
Afternlath-At the Turning OF the Tide,
lie Roy Parr; Dreaming, John II. Han;
His Own Judge. NJ. T.; SONG Of We Min
strel. Milton Bronner; In the Evening,
X. r. NJ: Reflections. IT. Allyn, Jr.;
Twice Told. j. H. H.. Editorial; Editors
Drawer: Editors Table; Clippings.
THE DIVORCE MILL; REALISTIC
SKETCHES OF THE SOUTH DAKO-
ia DIVORCE COLONY. BY Harry
Hazel and s. L. Lewis. New York:
The Mascot Publishing Company.
Price % cents.
The title Of this work sets forth It's real
character. The fimsiness OF the causes
Il some Of the divorces is one OF its
features.
ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF
RICHMOND. VA. FOR THE YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 81, 1891. Rich
mond: The WILLIAMS Printing Com
pany City Printers. a Pamphlet of
sixty pages.