Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-01

wide on the great cross-support or the
centre; there are the successive pictures
which the singers words calls up-beau-
tiful Oriental scenes that glow IN an
the warm colors Of art. 1T Is these loVe-
" pictures which Mr.. Frank q. smah
has succeeded In suggesting In DihoN-
/ and-white-tru0 TO the East, true to the
poem. 10 IS a masterpiece OF verse ana
the Illustrations add greatly TO the en-
j0yment OF its sensuous beauty. Ine
volume is exqusitoly printed and richiy
bound. Yet the price Is exceedingly loW'
il is an admirable gift-book for the lover
OF Browning.
! sTTAI<EsPEAREs HEROES on THE
STAGE. By Charles T.. L. Wlngate.
One volume. Svo. 3iS pages IhlFy
illustrations from photographs and rare
prints. index; cloth. gilt top 3.
This Is a companion volume to MT.
| Wingate's "Shakespeare's Heroines on
/ the Stage" 1t covers a different series
OF plays-"Othello." "Eing Lear" THE
/ Merchant OF Venice" "COriolanus," Mac
/ beth" Hamlet" and "Richard III The
/ different actors who have personated the
| characters OF these seven plays in former
and in recent times make list OF almost
| 200 many Of them the brightest stars in
/ the theatrical armament
This book like the 'Horoines,' Is not
| intended exclusively for the proiessed
| lovers OF theatrical literature. II Is writ
| ten with the hope Of entertaining the
masses Of people who read Shakespeare
| works and see them played and VINO
would naturally feel interested in know
| ing how the great actors of the past anu
| present, in England and America have
! Interpreted the famous characters on the
| stage"
L. tt,fe clf,.t ~ xr-f,~o4o has effo-
! ceeded admirably The book is full or
| piquant anecdotes and out-of-the-way in
! formation, and the story IS told In a
| charming style that carries the reader
| along irresistbly.
! It viii be a great help 10 students or
| the stage. and especially 10 those VINO
| like TO have a knowledge OF the charac-
! teristics of actors with a view TO intell-
| gent understanding OF those who under
| take these great roles at the present time.
| The Illustrations are, many Of them,
/ taken from very rare old prints and add
| greatly to the value OF the book.
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RHYMES OF THE STATES. by Garrett
NeWkirk. illustrated by Harry Fenh.
96 pages, bound in cloth. New York
The Century Company. Price q.
Dr. Nowk.rk has put into verse the I'm
portant facts concerning the various
| States Of the Union, their great features
! Of natural scenery. their products, anu
! leading manufactures. and ottcn facts
| concerning their settlement etc. IL IS not
a mere dry enumeration, for the jingle or
! the verse Will impress the salient fea-
! lures Of the different States upon tho
memory Of the reader. Mr. Fenn's Illus
tratlons will also aid the memory. for he
shows the likeness Of the outlines OF the
States TO familiar obiects-Indl0na TO the
head Of an Indian with a head-Iress OF
eagle feathers, and New Mexico to an
adobe house. for instance. There Is also
a page containing eilhouettes Of the
States all drawn to the same scale-show-
ing the relative sizes-ond one showing
the rank Of the several Estates and Terri
tories according to products and indus
| tries