Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-12
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WHOSE SOUL HAVE NOW. A Novel
by Mary Clay Knapp. Boston: Arena
Publishing Company. limo. Paper
Cover. Pages. 2i2 Price. 80 cents.
The author tells US that the quaint
title of this book Is a quotation from
Marcus Aurelius, which. conjointly with
the accider al presence Of "a little bird
pouring forth its notes from the branches
OF Il tree near by was the inspiration
OF her story After reading 1t, however,
we confess we have no very Intelligent
perception OF the association OF IDEAS
with the romance they inspired.
IL is the story Of an unfortunate mar
riage--the husband being insane, but
with the happy faculty of concealing MS
insanity from the world, and exhausting
all his frenzy In tho seclusion or nome
life upon a patient wife. Without any
pretension OF marital love. she endureS
her lie OF daily martyrdom in travelling
through various foreign lands in the sole
companionsnip OF her lunatic husband
winding I'D her travels In Hawaii. Here
the fortunate death OF her husband re-
lieves her from the burthen she had
borne through many years, and enables
her to contract secono marriage with
promise OF, better results than the first
Her sad experiences have no manner
Of effect IN suggesting hesitation or
reluctance on venturins upon second
experiment. The courtship is very short,
very romantic and still more amusing.
The curtain falls upon the second mar
rage ana tho reader can only indulge
the hope lint the heroine may ma IN
its fruition some compensation for the
probation Of her former marital tnraidom.
A STRANGE, SAD COMEDY. BY Mollie
Elliot Seawell, author OF Maid Marion
and Other Stories" "'rhe Berkeleys and
Their Neishbors." etc. New York: The
Century Company. PSI pages. Price,
yi.25.
This Is bright story. OVERLOOKING witn
humor and is written in the best style o.
the author, who is a virglnisn. 1t is
love story. the scene OF which is laid
partly in Virginia and partly In Newport
and New York The heroine, only daugh-
ter in an old aristocratic Virginia FAMILY
IMPOVERISHED by the war, goes NORTH
where she meets wealthy New workers.
and their English friends. The conflict
of ideals and pfejudices inevitable When
Euglish people of tie upper class are
brought into contact with recently en-
riched New Workers and recently I'M
poverished south crners forms an INTEREST,"
ing study. The character-drawing is very
strong, evidencing keen Observation anu
the entire conception IS worked OUT WIN
literary art AS is the case with every
thing MISC Scawell has written. incluclng
her stories for the young, "a Strange sad
Comedy" Is charming reading.
For sale by George NJ. West
THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HlS-
TORY AND BIOGRAPHY. Published
Quarterly by the Virginia Historical
Society. Philip A. Bruce. Editor Price
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The contents Of the July No. OF this
valuable publication. just issued. are:
Defence Of Colonel Edward HILL
"some Colonial Letters" Decisions OF
Virginia General Court. 1888 Letter
and Proclamation of Argall," boundary
Line Proceedings. NO." Patent Of Au-
ditor- and Surveyor General" 'Instruc-
tions TO Francis Nicholson" Virginia
Tobacco in Russia" "A Marriage Agree
neut." Letters OF William Fitznugh,"
Abstracts Of Virginia Land Patents"
ogy-Cocke and Flournoy Fami-
les" Historical Notes and Queries"
Book Reviews" Publications Re-
cclved."