Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-19
he won great fame and his life was one
of. unhrnLen succesa and usefulness.

Of unbroken success and usefulness.
He was a voluminous writer and his
many published volumes and contripu-
tions to the current journals OF theology,
literature and science, both In America
and Europe, were recognized as inc
work of a master mind. Few men OF MS
day enjoyed on either continent higher
reputation for ability to cope successfully
with the most difficult subjects OF inter
lectual land metaphysical enquiry.
But he was not only a scholar. He was
possessed OF great executive capacity, and
in the administration OF his once as
president OF Princeton College he was
phenomenally successful During his IN
cumbency the college steadily increased
I'm every element OF efficiency and pros
perity. Several millions OF dollars were
contributed by friends OF the institution
for the erection OF new buildings the
endowment of professorships, ETC., etc
when DR.. McCosh became president the
faculty consisted of sixteen instructors,
when he left the number had been en-
larged 10 more than forty. and the
students in the same time had Increased
from 2si in 1868 to more than 600 In 1893.
The book is chiefly autobiographical'
and the work Of the editor has Deen
well performed as a labor OF loving Vene-
ration by one of the associates OF Ut
McCosh in the faculty OF Princeton COL
lege.
RICHMOND. An Illustrated Hand
hook and Guide, With Notices OF the
Pattle-felds. BY c. PoindeSter, Rich
mond: ]. l.. Hill Printing Company
Price, 25c.
Mr. Poindexter has done his work well
and carefully. Throughout the book Is
fine example Of condensation and compress
10 L.
died what strangers desire more espe-
cially to know regarding Richmond and
its environments, and put this informa-
ton together in an attractive and clear
manner. The table OF contents is as fol-
lows: Introductory" Historic Synop-
sis" streets and Parks" "Street-Car
Lines" points of Interest" Capitol
Square Buildings and Monuments),"
Tours Of the City" Business Interests,
educational" Religious" Social and
Military" Hospitals and Charities,
Railroads, Etc." "Battle-Fields."
While Mr.. Poindexter never loses sight
of the directory feature that is essential
to the satisfactory guide-book. but all
through his little volume we have pre-
scented most valuable historic data. The
Historical Synopsis and the chapter on
the State Library are specially valuable.
Inc former gives tne CdtfS VI lHc iio'N
important events connected with the his
tory of Richmond and the latter en-
braces, among other features, chrono-
logical and biographical catalogue of the
art gallery; also list of some OF the
rarer documents in the library. The IL
Illustrations are profuse and very hand
some.
For sale by the author.
EMBARRAsSMENTS. BY Henry James,
Author of DAISY Miller" 1.-THE Euro
means" etc, etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company 800 pages. Price, $50.
In the four sketches In "Embarrass-
ments" Mr.. James sustains his reputa-
ton as the master OF refined literary art.
There is in them. as in nearly everything
else he has written, a subtlety Of finish
that Is peculiarly his own. The Figure
I'm the Carpet" the first Of the four ex-
quisite bits of portraiture. Is a study OF
an elusive genius. and the subject IS
handled only as Mr.. James could handle
it, Glasses" which appeared recently
I'm the Atlantic is the pathetic story of
a beautiful woman. who, owing TO her
vanity. would not wear spectacles until
too late to save her eyesight. "The Next
Time" deals with a novelist. who failed
steadily because he could not write any
thing poor enough to sell. and whose
"pot boilers" even We're gems OF genius,
and 1.-THE Way 1t Came" borders on the
domain Of the supernatural.
For sale by the j. w. Randolph Com
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