The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-19
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
INTEREsTING SKtTcH ny MISS
MtRY LYONS MArO, or RICRMOND.
"The Ancient Capital of tho Old Do
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Series OF English
CIa.sics-Litorary Notes.
TIE PETERSON MACHINE: septem-

THE PETERSON MASAAlNE' septeh-
her lSg7 The Peterson Company, New
York, 81 per annum.
For sale by George Nj. West.
Miss Mary Lyons Mayo contributes 10
fhis issue OF Peterson an exceedingly
graceful and pleasantly written sketch
entitled THE Ancient capital on the
old Dominion and for that reason the
number may claim very special inter
est for many Nireiniahs' lhleel' mere
GRO few Of the Younger generation Of this
st9to n,oro admirably fitted 90 pay ac-
curote. sympathctlc. and entertaining at
tsntion TO the various places of interest
in and near the o'd burg. so important
ni9ce AS Il has in that past which
q. is tho chief concern or the various
ioc.I natriotie societies 90 honor. Size is
connected bv tie closest Ties Of blood
bv whatever was best and most pr0mln-
emf Ina its social he. has devoted much
time - the study of authentic historical
record and family traditions insure
uersonaI quality In her interest DO her
subject which has most telling result
I'm her work. The sketch contains u0th-
ing which is not thoroughly familiar 10
most adult Virgniaus but 500 gracefully
has She woven her facts together that
she has given them new interest
William and Mary college BTU
ton Church. Williamsburg Count
! house, built IN 1,'. The residence OF
Georco Wvthe. Chancellor one time
Ueadauarters Of Washington. the old
Masonic chair I'm WILLIAMSBURG in which
washington used 10 sit the Old tower
at jamestown and The powder horn are
each representcd in an excellent illustra-
ton ana to each Miss MAYO makes par
ticularlv fun reference in her article
She IS TO be cordially congratulated upon
tho case with which her historical
sketches are finding their way into the
magazines.
IT,
THE STUDENTS SERIES OF ENGLISH
CLASSICS. Macbeth. edited with I'M
PRODUCTION and notes: by James VI
Garrett. VI. a. Ill. ID. Leach. shewell
and Lanborn, Boston. New York, Chi
cagO.
For sale by George VI. West.
This book is intended for a school aIh
college textbook. and it IS therefore In
great part a compilation. IL is chiefly
indebted 10 Dr. Furnosss edition Of
Macbeth I'm the Vauorum. Shakespeare
and to Clark ard Wrights Clarendon
Press edition of Macbeth. but the cdL
ions OF Rofe. Hudson. Manly, Chambers
and Dclghton have. evidently, also been
examined The text is based on that Of
DR. Furncss colatod with the Cambridge
Shakespeare. second edition. Dyce third
edition. and IIuds0n5 school edition.
The Tcxtual notes have been separated
from tho Explanatory notes, the editor
bearing i'm mind the probability Of their
not beng needed for younger pupils. The
references 20 Abbotts Shakespearian
Grammar. which should De 200 the hands
Of every teacher. II not of every student,
have In tho main been briefly summar-
lied. 90 enable The student to sec the
bearing OF the reference upon the text.
Occasional questions have been introduc-
ed in the Notes as suggestive 10 the
student, bur they should be multiplied
bv the teacher. Some examination ques-
lions on Act III will be found I'm Abb
bolts Shakcspcarian Grammar, and
very complete set prepared by Dr. Fur
ness with answers viii he found in Pro-
fcssor ThOm's Shakespeare Examinations.
These are referred to- however, merely
as suggestive, the editor assuming that
each teacher should prepare his own
examination questions
The book ls I'm an respects admirably
adopted 10 the uses Tor which 81 is in-
tended
Ill
Nine. Sarah Grand objects 10 being
classed with Boccaccio and lola, and.
saws the "L0ungtr' in a recent issue Of
tho Critic" considering the remarks
that accompanied the classification. / can
hardly blame her II seems that "a ccr-
tain Mr. ST. Clair Baddelcy has written
"a book called Robert the Wise and his
Heirs" in which he says:-
"The .owncss OF morality and the hard
iness OF character exposed 20 Us influence
made it possible for ladies' 20 listen un-
shocked 20 any adroitly turned obliquity,
however scandalous a deXterous story
teller would then relate viva voce what
Zola or Sarah Grand viii now merely
print. Boccaccio justified HIS own
license precisely as does the modern
Partisan poet or his feeble English imi-
tator. by declaring that the style OF ex-
preston subdues and crystaliizcs the
| improperly. The tales were not pri-
mariy intended as incentives 10 inn
morality. but as means Of humorous en-
tcrtainment lie did not however hyuo-
critically add. as do his affected echOers
| OF to-day. TO the pure an things are
pure. Art for Arts sake etc.. then
plunge his readers UP TO the ears en- filth
and finally shed over them cleansing
| douche Of fashionable tears
"
Mr.. John Fox. Jr. is revising the proofs
| OF "The Kontuck.ans," for book publica-
/ ton. Ile is also at work upon longer
story turning upon "a novel comparison
between abe characters OF the hardy
Kentucky moun,aiuecrs and the culti-
waited residents of the Blue Grass region
| Readers of IHcll-fer- Sartain' VIII recall
the little story wh0sr scene is
laid at Kingdom Come. a Creek
I'm the mountains just beyond
| Hell fer-Sartain. This new novel
will be called "The Little Shepherd of
Kingdom Come" Before long Mr. Fox
NAV give some character sketches OF the
women of the mountains. as well as Of
| the men. Apropos or the recent sketch
/ of him I'm The Critic. several inquire
| have been made by readers who have
( sometimes seen the form OF John vs..
/ Fox. Jr.. and yet find II on the title-page
/ OF his book as John Fox. Jr. The "W
| has been dropped for the reason that
/ there are three members OF the author g
immediate family named j. ". Fox
/ John W. ST.. John W. Jr.. and Jam =
/ w. Fox. Moreover. the form without
/ the '0V'' IS a family name that goes
| back 10 Major John Fox. who command
| cd Old Point Comfort when Cromwell
| sent his troops over was In the con-
| spiracv 10 rescue Charles. and was
I wrecked or the coast OF Virginia In 1919