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

guaTe without uslhB p"ot" a.
| This was. perhaps. inJudiciouS' 90
| outslde OF his Church as wei as 70 oun-
| dav-school teachers and others WITHIN Il
who need information. ~. ,,.,,,
Refore he sets 10 work specially upon
! his own creed he devoies two ch1p.sl
IN n s'brlcf description OF the great Cnil"-
! tian orecds" and to "the nature ana uses
/ ~ roiigious creeds." Then In thirty-one
other chapters, with numerous ui',s'
ana sub-diylsions. comes his thorough ~
position. .o,o,,,ao
methods which have been carried INTO .i
| Gold of theology" and which shou'u
stimulate devoted and scholarly defenders
| ~ the filth. But there may be other
/ Times which render this work opportuhc'
as the meeting Of pan-Presbyteran as
serbIies and the trials OF prominent
I clorgymen for heresy. If there he
| any progressivoness In Presoyt terrain
ism. their able defences. ana ner
vindication by their adherents may nav
pointed out where it may be aho"eu !"
come in.
| Or. Ecatue is Huii' ~" 49,,
tive hut he speaks Of "the true reformed
doctrine contained in the STANDARDS "'iI
! claims that their type OF doctrine u
neither high Calvinism nor low GAVIN,
ism. but generic. consistent, well-balahcei
/ Calvinsm" Yet he states some importah'
! questions which the standards do not ue-
| eide. and IT may be asked whether the re,
forms which they have introduced are III
that are worthy Of consideration.
The motto Of these two admirably-exe..
cuted volumes IS lux lucet in tenebris.
Nav their contents help the darkness 10
comprehend the light" and to dispel the
! darkness itself
The book establishment OF the Prespy-
terlan Committee Of Publication has long
been a credit and an honor 10 Richmond
| and the whole South. It's neatness, ORDER
and system are highly pleasing to every
visitor and its large stock Of handsome
and excellent Christian literature IS not
/ confined to Presbyterian tastes and ANNA
| tions.
| SONGS OF THE SOUTH-Choice Selec-
lions from Southern Poets from ColoAi',
Times 10 the Present Day. Collected
and edited by Jennie Thornley, Clarke
Georgia Normal and Industrial College.
with an appendix Of brief biographical
notes. and an Introduction by joe
Chandler Harris. Philadelphia: j. -
! IIppincott & Co. 333 pages. Price *l.Vo'
Miss Clarke has grouped in this volume
| thoughts in verse OF 1l3 authors, and III
so doing has shown remarkable INDUSTRY
and decided taste and judgment. joel
Chandler Harris does not so too far ID
his introduction to the volume when ne
SAYS: ct is safe to say that this coilec-
ton Of verses by southern writer's VIII
meet with a cordial reception in all paris
Of the country. Some Of the lyrics 10 pe
| found i'm the volume have already tahch
I their place as favorites IN the puoIlc
mind, and a great many that are ~" ~
the reading public Of to-day viii be iouhd
more than worthy Of the rescuing hama
/ of Miss Clarke"
That not a few Of the selection do not
"touch the high-water mark or minor
verse" and that perhaps not a Jew soulh-
| ern songs and poems entitled 10 pace
| in The anthology have been omitted DOM
| Miss Clarke and Mr.. Harris concede' but
] tra former very truly SAYS that one
volume vould not contain all the southern
poems we wish TO preserve. and the latter
/ disarms criticism as TO the lyric strength
| OF the collection as q whole in the re-
mark that 'fhe student will find In IL
many Of the suggestions that illuminate
/ Enthusiastically the history OF soclolo-
g--and in this direction the least mell-
torious selection TO be found has its proper
place and USE 49,.
Among the Virginia authors that nave
U
Charles w. Coleman. John Esten Cooke
Virginia L. French, james Lindsay Cor
don. Eliza L. Hening, James Barron
Hone. William Gordon McCabe, Ihonas
Nelson Page. John T.. Tabb, susan ATcher
Talley. ST. George Tucker, John H.
Thompson and others.
Miss Clarke says the biographical notes
are appended simply TO vindicate hlr
claim that these writer's are southern.
Inv gH0Tf10T. she
continues. there is room for diherehce
Of opinion. The writings Of Margaret ..
Preston. Maurice Thompson, and Robert
Burns Wilson afford internal evidence ih
their respective cases. ! have accepteu
v4rhput question the classification OF
James Wood DavidsOns Living writers
OF the South Carleton. leoO, ana MIS-
Louise Manly's Southern Literature ",
l. Johnson &, CO., Richmond $500, ana jill
come cases have yielded to a temptation
10 give the South the benefit OF DOUBT.
Miss Clarke has bulded well ON pre-
vious collections OF a similar character
and this anthology g. an appreciable az
vance along the line of showing what the
south has produced in songs and poems.
For sale by the J. W. Randolph COM
pany.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE,
QUARTERLY HISTORICAL MAGA-
ZINE. Lyon G. Tyler, NJ. A., IL. D.
Editor. Williamsburg, Va: OCTOBER
1896.
Table OF Contents: ola Tombstones IN
New Kent County-Clopton, Mossom. Far
re1 Chamberlayne, Watkins, Littepage;
with notes; Dandridges, OF Virginia
Rible Entries: Indians Of NORTHAMPTON
Countv-Letter From Sir William berhe-
lev: Journal Of the President and MASTERS
of William and Mary College; Jameson
Family (contlnucd); County Counties
If 177l-'7j-L.ist of Members; Hubard
Farilv Continued, With Account or
Morton Family: Colonel William Clai-
bo~no If: Certificate OF Loyalty in Ba-
CONS Rebellion; Brick-Making IN G3och-
land. ShoemaIing IN Coochland; william
pandoluh's Contract for Henry weather
burn's biggest Bowl Of Arrack punch
Free Schools in Isle OF Wight County
1,irc,e Moons. and Smiths, With VIII
Of Mrs Elizabeth Smith-Stith; Ihe
Sbiolds Family. Showing Intermarriages
With ATarOt CObbs. luglis, Armlstclu'
Nfinge. BRYAN; Thruston Family, OF VIZ
cfnia-Rirths. Marriages, and Deaths
From the Bible at "Iandsdown' Lel,eI
Of Francis Wheeler. Of London, 10 ill7
rather at Queens Creek, IN virginia
0oq0 with Notes Concerning Harrison
cotton. etc: Buckley Famuy-Nirginia
Pedigree: Dudley Dieges-Entries From
Goochland Records; Nice-Admiraly
Court of virginia; The Ohio Company
Nofos From Maryland Records; William
Ninmo. Of Williamsburg; Rurgesses IN