Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-16

Il ought to begin. We infer that houe.ien
never did reveal to Florence what ne mao
promised ARIA. In any event, they were
married. and lived happily tose'her'
CHECKED THROUGH; MISSING;
TRUNK 1850. BY Richard Henry saw
age, Author of MY Ohicial Wife'
1.-THE Masked Venus" &c. chicago
and New York: Rand, McNaily &c Co.,
1896. Pages 32s. Price, 80 oents.
This Is one OF the Rialto series, ID
sued monthly, and is a story mainly OF
| New York city life we like 1t more than
| did friend OF ours who read II. Much or
II is written with animation and visor
1t has plots and counter-plots. which are
| quite wen brought out. IL contains pic
lures Of virtue and infamy, or ndellty
| and treachery, OF pure love and friend
ship and a terrible tragedy. ana It's re-
| tribution. The story is too long ana IN
tricate TO be readily abridged Inc miss
ing trunk was not checked throuBn'
| but turned up at last. and led 10 ,he ue-
lection OF the author Of horrible crime,
who had succeeded In gaining high pro-
fessional and political distinction In Ne"
| York and Washington cities.
The work presents a strong deIinea-
| ton OF the embarrassing position or
| gifted and attractive young woman VINO
| insisted upon venturing as member or
| the legal profession. She was nigny
| qualified by her antecedents, her per
sonnet her natural endowments. ano ner
own acquisitions, was cordially befriend-
ed by the able and upright head Of
prominent law arm. and proved herself
| faithful and efficient. Yet her social
and even professional hindrances were
| inevitable and invincible, because puD-
| lie sentiment was not ready for her her
patron was the true friend OF her father
| and OF herself. and became her rejected
lover. After having been reduced almost
to despair, despite her zeal prooity' ana
| brilliant execution OF everything that
was confded 20 her, she fell victim
10 the sedulous Vaccinations and osten-
sibly delicate attentions OF the junior
| member OF the firm, which she served
so efficiently. He won her heart, ana
would have ruined her, but her virtue
was superior to his arts. Still she as
scented TO a private marriage. which was
to be kept secret.
Political ambition fired his unscrupu-
| lous soul. and he had TO get rid OF his
tr,lstful wife in order to marry mil
llonaires widow, who was willing TO aid
| in his schems. His accomplce was one
of his political aiders and abettors, who
betrayed him and blackmailed him freely
until drunkenness ended his life. He ala
not check the fatal trunk through In
order that the successful and honored
NJ. c. might receive and destroy IL. IL
was ultimately sold for unpaid storage
as a lot Of dereliet books. But II con-
tanned the corpse Of the lawyer-bride,
and the mystery of her sudden disap-
/ pearance was fearfully explained.
Public sentiment in regard to female
lawyers is changing. has already
changed, particularly In the West. To-day
we have a candidate for the presidency
| of the United States whose wife Is
| lawyer but how far she has engaged
or may engage in the practice we DO
not know. Should he be elected they
may after the expiration Of the one
term TO which he has pledged himself,
make IL their Joint occupation for the
/ rest OF their lives.
THE ISLAND OF DR.. MOREAU. A
Possibility. By II. G.. Wells. New York:
Stone q Kimball 2iS pages Price,
! N25
/ There IS a horrible fascination about
| this story. The essential idea appeared In
an article printed IN the Saturday Re-
view In 1885, and that .dea as developed
in the present volume IS supposed to be
the narrative of one Edward Prendick
The narrator Is shipwrecked and picked
up at sea by schooner while drifting In
| a small boat He In seni-unconscious
from hunger and thirst, and when he Is
brought around he finds that the schooner
| has for cargo lot OF animals in charge
Of a DR.. Montgomery, and Is bound for
certain volcanic island that Is out OF the
] track OF vessels The captain OF the
schooner is a sot and Montgomery Is very
reticent When the island is reached the
vessel is met by DR.. Moreau, who objects
10 Prendicks being landed. along with
Montgomery and the cargo, and thus Is
| accumulated the mystery that surrounds
Montgomery and his charges. The cap
| tain insists upon getting rid OF Prendlck.
and finally sets him adrift In dingy
| and Moreau taking compassion on him,
his boat is towed to the island. Here Prem
dick is informed that he is an unlimited
guest. and is excluded from the main
building The only inhabitants OF the
island are Moreau. Montgomery, and
Prendick. and lot OF ungainly creatures
that the unlimited guest cannot classify
| as either men or beasts. II turns out
however, that these creatures are beast
| folk. the product Of certain experiments
| Of Moreau in humanizng the lower AMI
| mails by vivisection. For these expert
ments the animals on the schooner were
| secured and there are already on the Is
land a number OF monstrosities. Moreau
| not only changed the forms OF the ami
mails, but made them talk, and impaired
TO them certain amount OF reasoning
faculty. The details OF Prendick's life on
the island, and his description OF Moreau' $
cruelty, and of his experiences with the
beast folk are weird and narrowing to the
last degree.
For sale by the J. W. Randolph Com
pany.
SYRIA FROM THE SADDLE. By Albert
Payson Terhune. New York: Silver,
Burdett e. Co. 3ls pages.
This book Is dedicated to the author $
"most intimate friend" his "fellow-wan-
derer in many foreign lands" his mother.
who is Mary Virginia Terhune, known and
appreciated In the literary world every
where as Marion Harland. Mr.. Terhune
is a young newspaper man not yet %
years Of age, but with an inherited lite
rary talent and fine education. To use
phrase that will be understood by every
brother craftsman, he has made good
! story" He has worked the Syria assign
ment in a bright, original, breezy, yet
none the less thoughtful style. Avoiding
the gude-book and the stock stores Of IN
formation, making no attempt to plunge
deeply into historical details. yet showing
a. conscientious regard for oacts, he has
| given us contribution TO the library or
travel that is at once easy and instructive
reading.
On his journey Mr.. Terhune was accom-
panied by an experienced and intelligent
dragoman whose knowledge OF the man.
ners and customs OF the people and SYM
pathy with the authors desire to seek
information in quarters that are out OF
the beaten track OF the tourist are in evil
dence throughout the volume. Also in evil
dence Is the fact that Mr. Terhune enjoyed
to the fullest every experience OF his
journey. and in this Is not the least of
the charms OF the narrative. He treats