The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

MISS AYE. or VIRGINIA: By Julia
Magrudcr Herbert s. Stone 81 Com
pany. Chicago. Illinois.
For Sale BY George VI. West
Under the title given. Miss Magruder
publishes eight stories Announcing on
the hy-lcaf. that they are by the author
OF THE Violet and Princess Sonia"
Certainly they will stand much better on
their own merits than on those OF the
other two. especially THE Violet" which
was a thoroughly Obiectless and vacuous
piece OF storytelling. receiving just criti-
cism TO that effect IN most quarters. OF
the eight stories published in the present
volume. Miss Aye Of Virginia." IS the
first the longest and best. All are pleas
ant light reading. with no particular
claim TO strength. but a decided claim 20
interest The story which each under
takes TO tell is the old Old one with yaria-
tons and all the variations are whole
some and entertaining ones. The volume
Is destined. we think. to general pOpu-
iarity as light fiction.
V.
The POCKET MAGAZINE. March. 1897
Edited by Irving Bachelor. Frederick
4. Stokes Company % west Twenty
Third street. New York.
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Jones. The Truth Seeker Company. p
Lafayette Place, New York. 80 cents.
IN THE HEART OF AMERICA: BY
Lillian Rozell Messenger. Illustrated by
George Y Coffin. Poem Read az tho
Atlanta Exposition. J. L. Hill Printing
Company.
VI
Mrs. Annie Fields in her recently pub
llshed book. Authors And Friends" has
the following regarding Or. Holmes:
OF Griswold. who made himself famous
or infamous-by his criticisms OF Poo
and other poets. tho Autocrat says
What curious creature GriswOld IS.
lie seems 10 me a kind OF naturalist
whose subjects are authors. whose mem
DRY Is a perfect fauna OF all flying. run
ming and creeping things that feed on
ink" lie tells how he arrayed himself
In his dress-suit and white tie. and drove
10 Mr.. Fields's house 20 dine. and how
he found that he had mistaken tho oav.
and that Mr.. Fields was In New York.
His description Of his disappointment -
exceedingly amusing. No one but Holmes
could make SO much out or so little.
The first time Holmes and Hawthorne
met the former. turning suddenly TO the
latter. said by the way. ! would write
p new novel II you were not IN the field.
Mr.. Hawthorne" 81 am not" said Haw-
thorne: land I wish you would DO IT,"
There was a moments silence Holmes
said quickly. ''I wish you would come 20
the club oftener." II should like to-"
said Hawthorne but 7 can't drink"
Neither can l." "Well. but | can't eat"
Nevertheless. we should like 10 see you"
but I can't talk. either" After which
there was shout OF laughter. Then said
Holmes. you can listen. though; and I
wish you would come" The way he
ioked about serious things was astonish-
ing. For instance. "as 10 my sight" he
wrote. IL have known for some years
that 1 have cataracts slowly coming over
my eyes But they increase so very slow
" that I often wonder which VIII win
tho race first. the cataracts or death"
Again he said:-"If the Lord thinks II
best for me 10 stay until I tumble 20
pieces I am willine-r am willing" lie
was always capable or amusing hts fr'cni-
on the subject. as I'm the former DAYS
when Old Age came and offered him "a
cane. an eyeglass. tippet and n pair OF
oyershoes. No: much obliged 10 you
said 7. SO I dressed myself up I'm a
jaunty way. and walked out alone3 got
a tall caught cold. waa Laid up with