Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12


sly as well as overt humor and some
| just criticisms and reflections. The Bohe
mia Is In America and about the bes
character found in It f. snat Of yount
southerner, vedo venner. Phyllis wen
| to Bohemia with her own bstrothcd. an'
with the permission, II not sanction, oil
her mother and Of hisl She returned
with him TO her own Arcadia, better
woman.
MISS WILDFTRE-A Story for Girls. BY
Julie M. Lippman, author OF Jock o.
Dreams" &c. Illustrated by Ida
/, Waugh. The Penn Publishing Company,
Philadelphia. 1897. Richmond. Va:
Hunter & Co. Pages. $40. Price -.
Cloth, ornamented.
Girls are sometimes Wfidfires, and may
feel very naturally desire to learn what
Miss Lippman has recounted about one
OF that sort for their benefit. IL that do
not satisfy them and whets their curl
osity, let them take recourse TO what a
certain very well-known and most high
ly-approved author has depleted Of one
"Madge Wildfire. When "rhe Heart Of
Midlothian" has stirred their dear little
hearts they will be more than tempted
to add to Miss Lppman's more OF the
creations Of Tho Wizard OF the North"
AN AMERICAN TRANSPORT IN THE
CRIMEAN WAR. BY John Goldman,
Author Of 1.-THE Round Trip" Ten
Months in Brazil" etc. Introduction
by L Q. Ropes. New York: Bonner,
Silver & Co. 1897. Pages. 19s.
This is a very interesting little narra-
tive Of very important events and of the
mode Of transporting soldiers who had
to fight and bringing the wounded away.
1t contains some details of Balaklava,
Inkerman, Sebastopol, and other things
and places which larger works might
omit.
Here is a sample Of some Of its
minutiae: II have actually seen a mule
and Turk harnessed together to cart
and Frenchman riding upon It and
whipping up the team"
HIS GRACE OF osMONDE. Being Por-
tons Of that Nobleman's Life Omitted
In the Relation Of His Ladys Story Pre-
sented to the World OF Fashion Under
the Title OF "a Lady Of Quality" BY
Frances Hodgson Burnett New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. Rich
mond, Va: George M. West. Pages,
465. Cloth. ornamented- Price $3.50.
The bare announcement OF such a work
by one who has achieved so many highly
deserved successes Is all that Is needed
or can be desired. 1t Is attractive to the
eye, convenient to the hand, and will
prove interesting to the mind
WHAT DAISIE KNEW. BY Henry
James. Herbert s. Stone & Co., Chi
cago and Now York. 1887. Pages, 40.
Cloth and gilt. Price $3.50.
Though the author does not put any Of
his other works on the above title-page,
he Is well and widely known as highly |
approved and quite a voluminous writer. |
We are glad that as a novelist he has |
added to the reputation which the name |
James attained in the says Of the soli- |
'ary horseman." However much our |
leaders may already know, or imagine |
hey do, let Mr.. James tell them, in these
pages, What Daisle Knew"
A CALENDAR OF THE SMART SET.
1898. Reproductions of Pen and Ink
Drawings by Hal. Hurst. Published by
Frederick A Stokes Company. For sale
by George NJ. West. $1.75.
Stokes's calendars are dainty and deli
,ious works of art, and are tust the
hings for Christmas presents. Numerous
ubJects are represented In colors and in
black and white. Some OF them hung
lpon the walls, look as handsome as fine
water colors or steel engravings.