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

spirit Of a distinguished namesake o
his. who figured in the trying times {
which the work before us relates.
RUBAIYAT OF DOC STEERS. BY Jane
Whitcomb Riley. With 43 Illustration
by G. NJ. Reiyea- 12mo.. i'll Pages Nes
York: The Century Company. Price
si.50.
1t was a happy thought to take an old
fashioned country doctor as the nero o
tale In verse, for no character knows
to the countryside IN moro familiar o
better loved than he. Nor could any poe
of the day turn the character TO better &C
count than James Whitcomb Riley. w
all know Doc 6ifers; he is TO be foun'
In almost every village in the land. Hi
goodness OF heart and devotion to dut,
have long been a favorite theme OF thu
story-teller; and now that a popular
verse-maker has let his memory and i'm
agination play about the homely charac
ter, II has become more winsome than 4
was before. Mr. Riley's dialect-paintinl
OF the old Doctor is fitting pendant K
the much-loved parson OF Goldsmith
| Deserted Village" Tho book Is illus
| trated, in the truest sense OF the word
| by Mr.. C. M. Relyea, and bears upon It's
sage-green cover a picture OF Doc Sifers
In his gig.
| THE WORKERS-An Experiment In
Reality. BY Walter A. Wyckoff, Lee
turer on Sociology in Princeton Univer-
| sity. The East, New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. 1897. Richmond. Va:
George M. West. Pages, go. Cloth.
Price $1.25.
| This work Is labelled The East be-
cause tho author intends to follow It up
with one on "The West" which will ap-
pear in Scribner's Magazine during 1888
The author, a young college graduate,
sought actual experiences among Ia
borers by striving TO earn his own living
for two years as an unSkilled working
man. In his publications he has en-
bodied, and Will continue to do so, the
facts which he thus obtained He writes
not so much as a sociologist as sympa-
thising and intelligent observer. These
problems Of the working men and women
OF our country are not only OF intense
interest to the humane. but Of solemn
warning to the thoughtful and patriotic
1.-THE East Is illustrated, and 1.-The
West" will be also.
GLORIA VICTIS. BY j. A Mitchell.
editor OF Life, author of "Amos Judd"
THAT First Affair" Go. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. 1887. Rich
269. Cloth and gilt. Price sl.25
1t is generally vac victis-woe to the
vanquished-but the author before us re-
verses this and gives them glory. The
story is one of Staten Island, N. Y, and
the Zabarellis and others. An eloquent
preacher, Thorn, who has relinquished
the pulpit which he held, presents some
new and Independent views as to the
bodily appearance now upon earth of
Jesus Christ, and AYERS that that fact
could be substantiated by n credible
witness who had had ocular demonstra-
ton of it. This reminds us of the pre-
tensions set forth in THE Living Christ"
new publication which has come to us
all the way from Denver, Col. We do
not profess to be theologians.
THE NEW MAN, A CHRONICLE OF
THE MODERN TIME. By Ellis Pax
son Oberholtzer. Philadelphia: The
Levytype Company. 1897. Pages, ASH.
Cloth and Gilt.
In this modern time good deal is
said and written about the new woman,
both In badinage and in seriousness. We
are told that in the above work the new
woman is developed to her logical con-
clusion, and the new man, as he must |
needs become under the reaction of her |
influence" The story is of a scientific |
turn and deals with the social and educa- |
tional conditions of two Continents. 1t |
opens in Berlin, but comes over to these |
United States and handles freely the
matters and manners that are going on
here. The present woman occupies a very
exalted position in America, and even
in Europe, and those who propose to i'm
prove her status should ponder the diffe-
renee between enhanced womanhood"
q NJ ruh nfa 90 bull |
'emancipated woman"
AMERICAN NOBILITY. BY Pierre dc
Coulevain. New York: Charles Serb
ners Sons. 1887. Richmond, Va: George
NJ West Pages, 49S, Cloth and silver.
Price $50.
In this work we are told that there are
wo ways in which a novelist can be
noral-either avoid the mention of evil
'r bring it into play in order to show its
,aleful consequences. The author has |
hosen the latter mode. He Is an ad-
nirer, with soma forebodings, of the
United States, and says "they have grown
nd developed outside Of tho routine OF
he Old World, from which we suffer,
nd in the midst Of the liberty, which we
esire." Yet he maintains that the con-
ition OF this republic is not that of
quality, for nowhere are the lines OF
met. Hence the title and contents or Z
is inviting production, in which Amen-
an women have a shining place.
ACTS AND FAKES ABOUT CuBA
A Review OF the Various Stories Cir
culated in the United States Concern q
ing the Present Instruction. BY q
George Bronson Rea, Field Cores g
pendent Of the New York Herald. IL
Illustrated by William De La NJ. Cary. ,
from Photographs Taken by the Author. E
New York: George Munro's Sons. 1897. Fl
Pages, 1886. Cloth. I
The title page OF this opportune pro- r
uction presents very appropriate alli- :,
grafton and gives quite a full statement
its contents and It's object. 4
Facts about Cuba are at tho present D
Incture OF great Importance The {,
axes have been, and, no doubt. will :,
)ntinue to be, both numerous and enor
ous, and most probably have impressed s.
ore minds than the facts. Learn the h
Inference between them as given by Cor 81
spondent Rea- 7
HIS COUNTRY OF OURS. By Renta- c.
min Harrison, ex-President of The ID
United States. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. 1897. limo. Pages seO. CO
For sale by George NJ. West, Richmond. a
Price, $3.50.
Harrison has furnished I'm 81
single volume a concise treatment of y,
10 machinery OF our National Govern ~
ent in motion, and some instruction as -
the relations and uses OF its several e,
.rts. 1t is written from the Republican =.
andpoint, but Is far from being phllo- .,
4.