Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-30
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New Books.
Tho September No. OF the Pail Mall
Magazine affords the usual richness OF
that periodical in both articles and IL
Illustrations. The editors of the Maya
zine are Lord Frederick Hamilton and
Sir Douglas Straight. and the agents in
this country are the International News
Company New York. The table Of con-
tents for the September no. is as follows:
"Motherless," photogravure by I. Per-
rault frontispiece To Ny Beloved, with
Illustrations in silverpont by Hal. Hurst,
s. a. Herbert. Hannibal Hoke, Phil. D.,
NJ y. by II. Annesley Vachel. illustrated
by T. T. skinner. The Wishing Gate.
by Ada Bartrick Baker. The Country
and Towns Of the Dart-Part II.-by the
Duchess Of Somerset and Mrs. Tom Kelly,
illustrated by the Duchess OF Somerset
and Tom Kelly. A Professional Episode,
by Lord Ernest Hamilton. with illustra-
lions by +. s. Wilson The Lilford WV
aria (by permission OF the late Lord Lii
ford). by J. a. owen, illustrated by Archi-
bald Thorburn. The Orange Growers, by
c.. j. Cutliffe Hyne. with Illustrations
by Paul Dare. Marat: The Friend OF
the People-Part I.-by Professor II.
Morse stephens. Schangenbad, by W.
Bisc0mbe Gardner. r. l.. with illustrations
by the author. The Romance Of Torpedo
Boats, by G.. .. Armstrong, II. n. "There
Were Three Of Us'-after a painting by
J. Hamsa-facing page. The Snaman
Grave an Alaskan legend, by Arthur
Villiers. illustrated by 5. II. Scott Old
Memories-Part by Mator-General Sir
Hugh Cough, G.. c. B., V. c., illustrated
by Miss Watts. The Cambridge "a. D.
C."-Part II.-by A. H. Marshall, Illus
trated from photographs. The City of
Refuge-Book H., chapters xii. TO xiv
Sir Walter Besant, with Illustrations by
T. s. Wilson. on Bell Tones-Part IL
by Rev. a. Il. Simpson Without Pretu-
dice, by l. Zangwill, with thumb-nail
sketches by Mark Zangwill. The Humors
Of the Month.
JERSEY STREET AND JERSEY LANE.
Urban and Suburban Sketches. BY H..
c. Bunner. Illustrated by a. 3. Frost,
T. West Clenedinst, Irving r. Wiles,
and Kenneth Frayser. New YORK:
Charles Scribners Sons. 20l pages.
Price. S.25.
Literary art and sympathy and deli
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IN all Of Mt. Burners other work. he
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after many years have passed and many
changes had taken place. In the third
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York TO 1.-THE Bowery and Bohemia
where life is limned in vivid lines. In
THE Story of Path the writer points
out how we may read human character
and habits, and the history, in mea-
sure OF localities, by the footprints that
have made a path. "The Lost Child"
one Of the best in the collection, is a
sweet and wholesome picture Of the
ready help which man gives to man.
The scene IS laid in the country, and we
are treated to an interesting study OF
tramps. The concluding sketch Is "a
Letter 10 Town." and is in answer TO the
query OF a friend whether that friend
would like TO live in the country. II is
full Of the indecision OF one who, after
having resided in a city. has removed 10
the country. and does not know whether
be wishes 10 remain in the country or
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distinctive charm OF its own, and con-
vcys q lesson The illustrations are over
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