Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-14


tables showing the electoral votes Of
1892 and 1886 TIE work concludes VIII
three brief chapters on "reminiscences,
Explanations, and The Future. All these
things make a large volume. ana the
publishers have made II handsome
one. and a very large portion OF whose
contents have been spread far and wide
TO an unusual extent, for the campaign
OF 1896 was not only one Of vast I'M
portance and intense interest, but largely
conducted IN an unaccu stoned manner.
Bryan went almost everywhere TO the
people and Hanna paid people 10 20 10
MCKINLEY. Silver. gold. tariff. and every
thing which must 20 TO make up NC
Kinley's Administration. being duly con-
sidered we stil believe that the inaugu-
ration Of Bryan as President would be
far more conducive to the countrys well
fare.
NOR WIFE. NOR MAID. b. Mrs. Hun
gerford. Author OF Peters WIFE
'"rhe Three Graces." etc. American
Publishing Corporation, New YORK. 49,.
Pages, 1885, Price. 80 cents.
This is the last fruit. unless she has
left some posthumous production Of which
we are not advised, of the popular pen
of 1.-The Duchess" for that pen is now
as silent as her grave. We borrow the
following notice of her:
"The death of The Duchess removed
writer who has amused and entertained
many people since her literary career be-
gan. The Duchess was Margaret Hamil-
ton Hungerford. formerly Mrs. Angles.
daughter of the Rev. Canon Ham
ilton, rector of one Of the Oldest churches
In Ireland, at Rosenberg. She wrote
while In school. but adopted literature a.
a profession after the death of her
husband in order to support herself and
her three little children. She was sue
cessful from the first. Her three earliest
efforts-Phyllis,' Molly Bawn.' and Airy
Fairy Lilian'-which appeared in 1877
1873. and 1879, respectively, achieved i'm
mediate popularity. The subsequent vol
umes, bearing the assumed name
The Duchess commanded ready sales
The income from her literary produc-
lions enabled her to live In ease. She
produced more than thirty novels. Mrs.
Godfrey 'Undercurrents,' and "A Born
Coquette,' are among her most popular
tales, after those mentioned above. 1t Is
said that more than 100000 copies or her
Phyllis have been Sold
The above does not mention the work
now before us; which does not mar the
good reputation that the writer had won
and enjoyed.
structures. IL is recommended to our
readers. The title is substantially a
misnomer. for the beautiful and noble
heroine, Mary Seatoun. who is character
lied as neither wife, nor maid" was
true and devoted wife in the sight or
God, and became the lawful spouse OF
the man whom she ardently loved, by
second marriage TO him.
We were particularly taken with the
lovemaking and sparring between Mary, 5
Youngest sister, Arabella, and Lord XII
minister. She captured that curious Dut
desirable Earl, TO the surprise but win
the hearty approval, Of her whole iaihiiy'
Under SIX FLAGS, THE STORY OF
TEXAS. BY NJ. Z. NJ. Davis. author or
'In War Times. at La Rose Blanche,
"JJnder the Man-Fig," etc., etc. Bos-
ton and London: CHM Il co. 1881.
Pages, IT'S.
In our modern novel literature we
have a very strong story styled under
Two Flags; but here, we have thrice
that number. At last 1.-THE lone star
added itself to the constellation OF the
limited States. but was once in the group
Of the Southern Confederacy.
Texas has had a very romantic MS
tory and can proudly boast OF nuinper
of heroes. who are not shghted IN TINS
small and compact work. 1t is illustrat 'a
with flags. maps, portraits opaIlisn M
sions and public edifices, including the
ola and new capitols. the State UniVer-
sitv and the Sam Houston Normal III
stif,,te If Is also provided with a pro-
nouncing vocabulary and an INDEX 100
often omitted in southern productions
VIRGINIA LAW REGISTER FOR FEB
RUARY.
Table of Contents: /. Preferred
Creditors in a Deed Of Trust-W. w. DID,
Jr. IL. Right to Recover Premiums
paid On Void Policy-D. o. Dechert. III.
liability of Infants for Torts Connected
with Contracts-David II. Leake. ~
United States Supreme Court Decisions
Werner VS.. Texas and PACING halfway
Company; Statute Of Parol Agreement;
Agreements Not to Be Performed In a
Year-Possibility of Performance Within
the Year: Editorial Note-Agreements
Not to Be Performed in Year. V.
Virginia Decisions, Reported In Full
Martin VS.. South Salem Land COM
many. Recovery of Stock subscriptions.
vi. Miscellaneous Notes. VII. For the
Juniors: When Finders Title Not Good
Against All the World Save the True
Owner. 778; Power OF Appointment over
Property, $50; Sale of After-Acqaired
Chattels, 1885, VIII. Correspondence:
The Weatherholz Case-W. b. Kegley,
~. A New Definition of a Demurrer to
Evidence-C. NJ. B., 7S9. TX. Book No
tees: Huffcut's Elements of the Law OF
Agency-John w. Davis, 79l.
ON MANY SEAS. The Life and EY-
ploits of a Yankee Sailor. BY Frede-
rick Benton Williams. Edited by His
Friend, william Stone Booth. New
York Macmillan & Co. Az pages. Sl.5O.
The hero and narrator runs away from
home when a boy. and goes to sea on a
coastjrg schooner. Beginning with that
experience, he tells story of his ad-
ventures In knocking around the world
in various vessels. Some OF these ad-
ventures are quite exciting. others very
amusing and nothing about the book is
dull. The style is simple and natural,
and the story is calculated to interest
equally old and young. On the whole,
"On Many Seas" is a book the reader
will remember as having afforded him
entertainment and recreation. However,
II would have been better IL some or the
highly-colored language. so common
aboard ship. had been suppressed.
For sale by George NJ. West.
MADEMOISELLE BLANCHE. A Novel
BY John d. Barry. New York: Stone
& Kimball. 1895.
This is a book of 3S9 handsomely bound
pages; price, 1850 But more important
still. 1t is fine story; clear. well told. and
original.
THE FAULT OF ONE. By Efiie Adelaide
Rowlands. author Of "a Faithful Trait
orr my Pretty Jane" THE Spell OF
Ursula" etc. Philadelphia: j. b. Lip
pincott Company. 1897. Price. 30 cents.
All who are expoaed 10 the weather