Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12

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49,. nm clam constitute . complets
stcrv that nav he read without fefeFenee
- ~. rest OF the volume. Anotne! 20 -
s,or thai NAV be read independently ~
the one under the head OF Maisye
IT, follow Mr.. Norman Is 70 nno"
49,. ,,eonIes of the far East; their metno.'
80 0 ,nomcht their forms OF government:
"a their environments, and urderstana
ths various influences that are NJ ~o,A
IN shap,ug their destinies. the c0nnIS.
ing interests Of all the western ro~ r,v
In the eastern problems are 81.
brought out. and after readins W. r.si.
mans book one VIII De III 49,. tho
zion than ever before to appreciate tne
u .,o each OF these Powers may make
- snv of the eastern countries.
The illustrations. which are very my.
20 Tor the most part from photographs
taken by the author.
For sale by ]. w. Randolph & Co.
r,1,rERs OF A BARITONE. BY Fran
els Walker. New York: Charles Scr'o-
ners Sons. 1885.
rnese letters. indited from Florence ana
Milan 10 the authors sister, are WHITE"
from an Immediately personal s'ahu-
mint in a free. picturesque. quiet
and reflective STYLE Sufficient narrative
has been supplied to make the CORE
spondence intelligent and connected. me
volume. as a whole, helps one to under
.,.rd more clearly the trials. difficulties.
end amount Of work to be undergone py
an artist who goes to Italy to study sing
inc under one OF the great masters. ana
drives home the fact that progress In
musical AIT. to be real, must be deep ana
many-sided. and can be measured by no
yard-stick. nor sounded by line and plum
mot The letters. Of which there are
fourteen. contain the chronicle OF think
er and lover Of nature. while his
pages give many interesting anecdotes.
picturesque descriptions. and useful In
formation about life in Italian cities. The
work impresses ore as OF genuine value
and IL will be OF unusual interest to all
people musically inclined. and should I'M
doubtedly fulfil It's aim. which seems to
have been to encourage and assist young
people In developing their vocal re-
sources.
For sale by J. w. Randolph & Co.. Rich
mond. Va.
A SAwDUST DOLL BY Mrs. Reginald
de Koyen Chicago: Stone q kimball.
237 pages. Price. us.
A society novel. with nothing new In
the skeleton OF the story. but holding our
attention with more than ordinary charm
from beginning to end. The heroine tall.
beautiful. and somewhat disliked in So
clety, marries a man many years her
senior. She thought at the time or her
marriage she was done with love. but.
after a season of welded life. In which
her husband worships her and she re-
81, him she discovers neT
mistake She meets in the person or a
successful artist one who in a vague sort
of v,ay had been her girlish fancy. Theh
we have the tragedy Of three lives wreck
ed.
We have glimpses OF the art side OF
New York, Of the summer routine az
Newport, and OF the opera, ana tne ue-
scrlntion OF the dinner in an artist
studio and the dance that followed Is
full Of color and exceptionally Vivio.
"rhe Sawdust Dolr' is one OF the Stone
e. Kimball Peacock Library series IS
handsomely bound. and Is printed on
heavy. uncut paper.
THE MYSTERY OF CLOOMBER. BY
A. Conan Doyle, Author OF "Sherlock
Holmes" micah Clarke" The White
Company" 1.-THE Refugees. New
York: r. F. Fenno Co., liz f1ith
avenue Price. 80 cents
This Is a well-told story. albeit fuil
Of strange and supernatural things. IL
turns upon East Indian mysticism, and
the revenge that the priests OF the hrst
order the first adopts, caused TO DE
wreaked upon a British general. who had
slain one OF their most revered brethren.
For forty years these adopts" haunted
the generals life, and made 1t bur
den. At last he sought refuge In loveiy
mansion (CloombeO in Scotland. and Tor
tilted himself against all intruders The
description of his life at Cloomber is sad.
vet entertaining There the generals
son and daughter fell n love with a
daughter and son OF Scotch gentleman.
and the doings Of these are made to light
en- I'D this gloomy, but fascinating.
book. In the end they marry hap
pily; but. as for the general, he is muir
dered BY three Buddhists, who were cast
ashore by a vessel wrecked near Gloom
Der.
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MA
GAZINE. April. 1875.
Table OF Contents: To a Rose on the
Ballroom Floor. J. McKenna Wall;
Marah. John Handy Hall; Song Of Plead
irg-A Rondeau Reiouble. Milton Bron-
ner; on Certain Dicta OF Mathew Arnold
Concerning America, Pierce Bruins; To a
Lock of Hair Fred. Harper; a Life
Tragedy. Milton Bremen; Remembered.
John II. Hall: The Jew OF Malta and
the jew OF Venice. Alexander Fitz-Hugh
Hank Solioquizes. T.. Douglas Andrews;
The Deserter. X. II. Fife, Jr.; The Path.
+. X. Johnson: Heine, Morris Tiley;
Rondeaus TO Marie. Milton Bronner: John
watts-Hero Fred. Harper: n Memory,
NJ. ". Lewis.
Aftermath.-Her Eyes. Fred. Harper
Called Back. a. F.; New Light on An
Old Subject, Malcolm Taylor; April Sere-