Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-24

the status of the different poitcal pa.
ties upon the questions OF tarin anu 0"'
aud a. history OF silver as money a"1
embraces much other information OF Nasuo
bearing upon public issues. Inc 49,,
has aimed TO make his work noh-pi 80
The men Of whom he has gwen poi ',Iis
and biographical sketches are Cie'eaNu'
Harrison, Whitney. Morton, S'eEei, -,
Reed, Htl, Allison, Carlisle, quay, "o
rison. Mckinley, Matthew's, Manners SUI
VOORHEES,, Cullom, Daniel, Alser, Evans
Villas. Daypl wilson, Ieler' MOi San'
Elkins. Stewart. Cameron. Allen. Baker
and BRADLEY. There are also in the book
brief sketches Of ali We Presidents OF
the United States. lists Of the Nice-Presl-
dents. Presidents pro tempore OF me
Senate. Speakers OF the House OF Repre-"
sentatives, and OF the Cabinet ofieers'
and various statistical tables. In snort
the book is mine OF valuable facts
touching the political history OF the couh-
try. these facts being grouped IN most
convenient form. One OF the tables, LOT
instance. gives the number OF congress
men from each State from lIs9 TO 1915 ;
another the Justices OF the supreme
Court, with date OF birth, length OF term
and date Of death, and another sim the
origin, settlement, and population or the
United States and Territories
For sale by the publishers and book
sellers and newsdealers generally.
JOHN LA FARCE. ARTIST AND
WRITER. BY Cecilia Waern. London
Seeley q Co. New York: Macmillan &
Co. l0i pages. Price, SIS.
This is No. % OF 1.-THE Portofolio Mono
graphs on Artistic Subjects Each No.
Is complete in Itself, and, as indicated IN
the title page given above. the present
one Is devoted to La Fargo ana MS
works. The aim of the author OF the
monograph has been TO supplement the
Illustrations by an account OF La farge
DEVELOPMENT. ideals and ambition, ana
convey an impression OF the TEN
permanent and gifts that constitute MS
artistic personality. This has been most
effectually accomplished. We have the
story OF la Farge's life wei told ana
a discriminating and most instructive CRIT
icism of his achievements. The mono
graph is charming reading throughout TOT
the artisticaly inclined. but perhaps tAe
most interesting part Of 1t is that de' ote1
to La Farges work in glass
The great success La FARCE has maze
In this line OF decorative art IS due ~
in the least measure 70 his rccognlt'oT
that II he wished 10 do justice 10 his
genius. he would have TO give personal
attention to the making OF material lot
his windows from the beginning. and
work in that material with his own hands,
as did the artist OF old. And. by so do
ing. he rediscovered certain processes and
invented others. by which be has been
enabled TO ensure the fullest expression
OF his power as a coiOrist. The Illus
trations in the monograph are some
thirty in number the plates" and 'col-
ored illustrations" especially being or
great beauty. The publication throughout
is sumptuous.
For sale by Macmillan & co.
YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE. 4
Story. By Edith Carpenter. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. 36 pages.
Price, E.25.
your Money or Your Life" IS one Of
the New York Herald's competitiye-prize
stories. recently printed in that paper.
The hero. Tom Monte, a member OF a
New York money-gettlng firm, becomes
Tired of the life he IS leading, and, re-
belling. quits and goes West. He has an
adventurous experience. and finally be-
comes innocently involved in "a train rob
berry, but pulls through all right. The
plot is very we'll constructed, and the
story and characters, as whole, are very
American. 80 to speak.
For sale by the J. ". Randolph Com
pany
ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED By THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
DURING THE SESSION or 1856
Richmond: J. H. O'Bannon, Superin-
teudent OF Public Printing. 1865
This is a volume Of nearly 1000 pages
The matter II contains is OF great i'm
portance TO the people OF the Common
wealth