The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-06


who az a time OF political corruption and
mal-administration attacked abuses 50
impetuouslv that he had 10 leave his
country. Entering the service OF Chill.
he DESTROYED Spanish commerce on tho
Pacific coast and helped 10 raise the re-
public 20 it's eminence among South
American nations. Afterwards he en-
tered the service Of Brazil. Tho hero ~
steve Emblcton. who goes out with coch.
rane as a midshipman. After many adj
ventures I'm the Malay Archipelago, ia
reaches South American waters. and
shares Cochrane's adventures and per
Fighting. rescues from assassins. the pur-
suit and capturing OF men-of-war. etc.
keep him busy until his marriage. And
then they lived happily forever after
ward"
ION the Irrawaddy' CD is A story OK
trade and war. An English boy goes
cut 10 Join bis uncle. who il n trader.
Having made himself familiar with
peCuliariIes of the Burman. he serves
on Sir Archibald Campheus Staf All
the wonderful things about pagodas. ter
races. funnel-looking hats and clothes
that have neither buttons nor button
holes. great sorponts and lively vermin.
are told. together with heavy fighting bee
tween brown men equipped with bamboo
spears and bow and arrows and white
COnquer0rs IN red coats. with modem
weapons. Mr. Honty. as we know. has
a happy way OF marrying or and settling
down bis heroes with fortune and
comfortable mansion: so We can repeat
here the last sentence OF the preceding
paragraph
THE LOG OF \ PRrVATEERSMAN
BY Harry Collingwood. Charles scrih-
ncrs Sons. New York London.
For Sale By GEORGE NJ West
W.
= ABLEs: By Robert Louis Steven
/ son. Charles scribners Sons. New
York
For sale Bv George VI West
The fable. as a form ~ literary art. had
ut aI times a great attraction for Mr..
Stevenson. and in an early review of
Lord Lvtton's Fables in Song he attempt
ed 10 define some ~ IFS proper aims and
methods To this class OF work. accord
ius 10 hs conception OF the matter Doe
longed essentially several Of his own
supernatural stories such as "Wu
of The NIL" "Markhelm." and even
Jckyli and HYDE" m tho composition
~ which there was combined with the
dream element IN az least an equal meas
ure the element Of moral ailcs0ry or
apologize. lie was accustomed also fD
sitiou OF fables more strictly sO-Clilci. aud
east i'm The conventional brief and familiar
form. By the winter OF l>Sl-'Ns lr hal
enough Of those by him. together with
few others running 90 creater length
and conceived I'm a more mystic and IT,
rcnlary yoiu. 20 enable him. as 10
thought. 10 soc his way towards making
book OF them. Such r. book ne PRONE
ted to Mcs'rf. Lougmau on tho ocra-
sion ~ a visit paid him I'm New York ~
member OF the firm In the spring OK
ISIS. Then came nus voyage 10 the Pa
clnc and residence az Samoa. Among
the multitude of new interests and imagos
which filled hi7 mind during ~" lHst six
years Of hts lie. De seems u have given
little thought % the proposed book OF
fables. ono Or two. however. as VIII hs
seen, wero added ID the collection dur'ng
this period. That collection. as IL stood
at the time Of DIS death. was certainly
nor what as author had meant 10 10 Dee.
Whether il would have scon the lght
Dad he livcd is doubtful. but after hts
death b. seemed 10 DTS representatives,
OF sufficient interest 10 De handed t0
NNssra Iongman. in part fuillment OF
bis OH pledge 10 Thorn. for publication in
neir Magazine, ana There 10 FIRST appear
ga.
VII
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