Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-30
Notices of New Books.


lions by c. NJ. Relyea. l2mo. 2s6 pages
New York: The Century Company
Price, $3.50.
Mr.. Rupert Hughes shows that he un.
derstands boy nature in his book. "ThC
Lakerim Athletic Club" The club 1.
made up Of dozen boys-"real boys
whose parents had nicknamed them
Robert Williams" Clement Robinson, u
and the like, but whose chums very pro
perly called them Tug" Jumbo,
Punk" Boobies" and other names that
meant something and were appropriate
These plucky lads have a series OF ath-
letic contests with rival school teams
They round out a full year Of season
able sports. including baseball. rowing,
football. hockey, bicycling, and field and
track contests. Owing to the wide range
of the sports, and the diversity Of tastes
in the boys, each one Of the twelve is
given a chance to distinguish himself.
even in the case OF such unpromislng ma
terial as SLEEPY and "Histry." The
| book is not a mere catalogue of games,
however, for the bCvs are full of fun
and frolic and the l4rrative IS coherent
One Of the liveliest chapters tells of a
SNOWFALL fight, as hotly contested as the
famous battle in Mr.. Aldrich's STORY of
Bad Boy" In this age Of athletics,
Mr. Hughes's book should appeal to a
wide audience Of boys.
HOME ECONOMICS. BY Maria Parloa.
Emo S7S pages, 81 illustrations. New
York: The Century Company. Price,
$50.
Home Economics" is the latest and
most complete addition to that growing
library on subjects Of housekeeping
which does so much to tighten the trials
Of young housekeepers. and for which
old housekeepers find such an increasing
use.
Miss Parloa's volume is extremely well
arranged; the instructions are precise
clear, ard given in the exact order OF
procedure in any and every operation.
Every recipe has been thoroughly tested,
and is absolutely reliable. There is a
good and practical index. 1t is up to date
in all modern fashions of housekeeping.
Among other valuable things it contains
an excellent list Of kitchen utensils TO
purchase when going into housekeeping;
complete directions for the care and
renovation Of all articles found in a we'll
appointed house; and chapters on oils,
stains varnishes, and woods that will
be Of great service in this new departure
Of fashionable housekeeping The book
also gives an outline Of what is needed
to make a comfortable house: a valuable
chapter on food and offers a compendium
of the best and latest methods Of laundry
work and housekeeping.
GREAT BOOKS. By the Very Rev.
Frederick w. Farr1r. ID. D.. Dean Of |
Canterbury. One volume, 16mo., cloth,
gilt top, $l.25.
Dean Farrar, like many other wise men,
overwhelmed at the enormous literary |
productivity of our time, feels that the
average reader, and particularly The |
young. needs a guide and helper in the
choice Of what is best He advises Us
not TO attempt 10 read everything that
comes in ones way. but TO make a rea-
sOnabe choice. Underestimate reading"
he says, should be resoutely abjured"
But there are certain books that should |
be made the very foundation Of a decent
literary training, and some Of these Dean
Farrar takes and analyses with consum-
mate skill and insight. He shows -he
deep moral meaning of Dante's Divine
Comedy" the splendid fervor and power
of Millions chaste imagination, the lofty
teaching that may be found in Shake
speare's plays. particularly Macbeth"
"Othello." and king Lear" and the
simple, but immortal imagery of Bunyans
Pilgrims Progress"
Dean Farrar writes with 50 much en-
thusasm, his expectations are so sensi-
BILE. and his illustrations are so rich and
varied, that no one could fail to be in
spired by him 10 undertake a frst-hand
with the masterpieces he
holds up before us.
JOHN LITTLEJOHN, OF ]. Being in
Particular an Account or His Remark
able ENHANCEMENT with the Kings IN
trigues Against General Washington.
BY George Morgan. Philadelphia: J. Il.
LippincOtt Company. 1883.
This is a story OF true love and daring
adventures. The scene is laid in Pennsyl-
sania while Washington's army was at
Valley Forge, and the plot is interviewer
With Conway's cabal and Charles Lees
Misconduct at Monmouth. The authors |
lyle is correct and entertaining, and his
difference to the truths OF history sufii-
identity close in a work of fiction.
MEDICAL REGISTER. Issued month
ly under the auspices OF the Faculty I
and Society Of Alumni of the Medical {
College OF Virginia. Edited by Z. c.
Levy, NJ D. Advisory Committee from
the Faculty for lS9s-lss9: John n. Up
shur, 81. D.; Lewis c. Bosher, NJ. D.
Table OF contents: Original articles
'rogress Of Renal Surgery. by George
ten Johnston, N. D.; Hydrogen Per-
xide in the Treatment of Puerperal
epsls by John n. Upshur. NJ. d. Re.
orts OF Cases-A case Of Bichloride Of
lercury Poisoning-Recovery by Har-
ey G. Monk, NJ. D.; a Portion Of the
osterior Surface of the Tibia Removed
an Operation for Osteo-Myelius by 81
y T. Mathews, VI. d. Editoriai-Our 1
respects as a Profession; Vaccination. r
ook Acknowledgment Bacteria by T
oseph Mcfarland. NJ. D.. Quiz Manual e
Histology. Reed and Noyes. Miscel- I
Surgery Of the
terine AppenGages: The Prevention Of
)re Nipples: Another Case Of the Eter
ally Gullible; About Bills; Koplk's c
pots in Measles; The Renewal OF Pre- b
riptions in Germany-Piedmont Medi- in
Il Society. b