Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-26


lar thrall.
When westward with Empire Its desti-
MES call;
Like fair Arethuea, when troubled at
home,
1t CROSSES long leagues Of the salt oceans
foam,
And then amidst forest and prairie and
wild
Springs up all sfresh in its well indebted;
Unsullled 1t shines in its pure native
grace.
Not pushing nor bashful. but always IN
place;
From Huron and Homersville drawing
new breath.
In Iowa's regions as silent as death,
Untouched By the SAVIOR OF Puritan
twang,
Unsoiled by the torrent OF wild western
slang:
Not 'carpet-bag' caucus. nor 'Tammany
ring
Can stain the fair fame Of the Heaven
born thing;
It shows what old English may one day
In the purified air OF its New English
home"
From the ]. w. Randolph & Co.
A DAUGHTER OF THE SOUTH AND
SHORTER STORIES. BY Mrs Burton
Harrison, author OF The Angloma-
MACS" etc. The Cassell Publishing
Company, New York. II mo. Pages.
go.
This IL a semi-monthly number OF Cas-
sells Union-Square Library. The seven
| short stories It contains are all from the
pen OF Mrs. Burton Harrison, the wife
| of President Dayis's private secretary.
who, as Miss Cary. was familiar figure
in the social circles OF Richmond so long
| as II continued the capital OF the Con-
| federate States. Though she has been
since the war a resident OF New York
city, where her husband has been prose-
| cutting the practice Of law with distin-
guished credit, We have abundant JUS
! tlflcatiQn for claiming her as one of our
| southern literateurs and feeling a pecu-
| liar qualification in the success which has
attended her career as an author. Tho
| Anglomaniacs'' during its monthly ap-
| pearance in the Century Magazine at
| tracted much attention, and its publica-
| ton az a volume was rewarded with a
| large sale and the most favorable criti-
| clsm from the press OF every section.
| These little stories maintain the reputa-
| ton OF their predecessor. and challenge
the interest and commendation OF the in
tellgent reader. We advise those who
| book at once and we are confident that
they viii find II the source Of no ordi-
nary literary pleasure.
From Hunter * Co. Paper cover. 50c.
RECOLLECTIONs OF THE PRIVATE
LIFE OF NAPOLEON. BY Constant,
| Premier Valet ds Chambre. Translated
by Walter Clark. Illustrated. Vol. III.
New York: The Merriam Company. ABS
pages.
This concludes Judge Clark's most valu-
able translation of Constants Memoirs"
AS is the case with its predecessors. Vol
ume III. is enriched with copious foot
notes which add greatly 10 the interest and
| clearness of the text proper. and are a
striking demonstration of the translator
great range of reading and scholarship.
BY the aid of these notes the reader is
enabled TO interpret much in the "Recol-
lections' that otherwise might be con-
fusing. The Illustrations are: Napoleon
and His Son." "Lannes," Joseph Napo-
leon," "Massena," THE King of Rome"
Jerome Bonaparte," lie Marechal Ney,"
and "Oudinot"
Judge Clark is certainly entitled to the
credit OF having given us standard
translation Of Constant. For sale by the
publishers.
THE MASSACRE OF THE INNoCENTS
AND OTHER TALES. BY Belgian
Writers. Translated by Edith Win
gate Reuder. Chicago: Stone IL KIM
ball. 1895. u mo. Pages, zs2
This Is a compilation of some dozen
magazine articles written by different
Belgian authors. The title speaks Of them
all as tales. but this is not
exactly accurate as TO some OF them.
one Of them-The Denial OF St. Peter
Is a kind Of paraphrase OF the Gospel
story OF the great Apostles backslidlng.
but II takes a very unwarrantable lati-
tude In the incidents and details of the
Inspired narrative. Some OF these stories
are very quaint and all OF them rather
attractive from their unlikeness to the
beaten path of American tale-telling, but
wa do not think It can be claimed for
their authors that their productions are
upon a higher plane OF literary merit
than those with which we are more famil-
lar as the offspring OF American or Eng
lish pens.
From Hunter & Co. S.25.
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
MAGAZINE. March.
Table Of Contents-Thy Name, II. L.;
FIrefies, Kenneth Brown; Rondeau, +.
C. r.; Hamlet. from Goethe's Wilhelm
Meister. j.; Manhood, j. l.. o.; Old
Lonesome, w. L. Ledger, The Old Story,
r. C. r.; A Tale of the Far North, Ed
n1und ]. Lee; The Parting; The Strange
Music OF Biloxi Bay, Schuyler Poltevent
Epigram from the French OF Rousseau, H.
L.; Robert McAnee-A True Tale OF the
Colonies, George c. Moomaw The Ro-
nance OF Romeo, r. T. Aftermath-Not
Quite a Prodlgal, Hiram Thomas; The
Base Runners Soliloquy; A Good Crawl
Unrequited. r. p. Cooke; To a Recently
Married Schoolmaster: Notes. s.; Edito-
rial: Easy Chair; Editors Table; Clip
pings.
A FOOL OF NATURE. BY Julian Haw-
thorne. New York: Charles Scrlhner's
Sons. PSI pages. Price, H.25
"a Fool OF Nature was written by
Mr.. Hawthorne for the competition OF
stories instituted by the New York
Herald. In 1885, and was awarded the first
prize of $1,000 1t is bright production.
dealing with singular characters and
unique situations. and develops an inter
esting plot.
For sale by the ]. w. Randolph Com
pany.
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