Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-23


sitting. or vulgarly displayed at news
paper and railroad stands. The sub
jects and their treatment are IN
teresting, the thought is good, the |
tone wholesome and unpretentlous' |
Tie individual essays are snort |
but not vapid. Every one persuing lts
pages will lay 1t aside with feeling that
ii is we'll worth the while; but 1t can De
easily laid aside. and recommended at al
most any point and therein, to a srea'
class of readers. will be found an eminent
virtue.
1t would be a mistake, however. to sup
pose that 1.-THE idler" was mere diet
tante. with a. little book to sell. Every
essay in the work will be found to marx
back to one theme, which Is America
and Americans. Under the quiet tone oi
it's sentences lies strong appeal-to the
authors class OF wel-bred eosmopolites'
| that they be more patriotic; to the great
| and patriotic masses, that they give more
attention to good breeding. 1t is the ser
mon of a man who breaches from ne"
| and peculiar ndpoint-preacnins hearl
| TO the select. and culture 70 the mum
tude-a voice crying in the wilderness
perhaps. thoroughly in earnest, ana
| worthy of all attention. The thougnttui
will close its last page with far more re-
snect for the writer than would seem
probable from a hasty sketching OF us
| carefully unenthusiastic verbiage, or a
| mere over-reading Of its studlousiy care
| less-if the phrase is permissible-utle-
| mage and preface. For the sake OF teel-
| ing that would be enthusiasm II It's own
er did not consider enthusiasm pau Iorlh
we may be pardoned If we say he some
times seems inclined to parade ms ehtree
among the exclusive sets, his trips to the
| nd like There II GER
tainly-thank Heavenl-no tendency TO
play the sycophant 70 foreign usages o.
nobilities. On the other hand, the smali
| volume in question goes TO snow that
man need not necessarily be PAD amer
lean because he has had the chance oi
making a comparison Of this country with
European civilization.
REPORT OF THE TENTH ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE VIRGINIA STATE
RAP ASSOCIATION. Held at Hole
Chamberlin, Fort Monroe, Va, July o
and Z 1898. Edited by Eugene T.
Nassie. Secretary Of the Richmond Bar
Published by the Williams Prinuhs
Company Richmond, Va
OF course. this v not book which th'
laity could read with pleasure thousi
5 nersons interested in law and ln'
achievements of lawyers will hnd th'
, work a valuable one. Mr.. Eugene
Nassie The secretary OF the association
has bestowed great pains on the puphca
0 ton and has edited II In mastery way
There are several excellent hah-lohe 81
q lustrations Of deceased members OF IN
j. association. and Of scenes at or nea'
the hotel where the attorneys met:
: Aside from the official reports hslS
- officers committees, and menoeIs' III
= chief features of the book are tne az
: dresses by the president, non , 10
IS u pettit and by Hon. George T. Hoa
90 Maeeschusetts. The latter, 1t VIII 2
q .arnembered. chose as his subject On
\, .'paIation OF the American Bar 10 u
-, Sto+e" Mr.. Bev II. Crumps paper q
the "Guardian ad Litem" Will prove Il
II teraeting and breezy reading to member
~ the profession as will also Geher'
Sc John ] Wiliams's paper on some MO-
d. ern Instances Of Wise saw. ihuee
le the whole report is valuaple auul '.
IN m our legal literature, ana the woi
should be in the libraries OF HI VIZ wa
"a attorneys.
:, THROUGH THE EARTH. BY Cleme
Fezandie. illustrated oy nIlSI W
b. Mackay. l2mo. 2SS pages. new ioi
OF The Century Company. Price' Sl,'o
o. In Through the Earth" Mr.. Fezah .
or hos told a fairy tale OF science Oh :
SY L j.
Tbs scene is laid in the future, VINE
e. Io,I,g readers ara most at home
1otad scientist succeeds in boring nc
RS. through the earth, from New 1ork
AmstrsIia with the idea of estaolshi
mid transit to the antipodes. he Gu
- str,,cts a cigar-shaped car OF Steel a
20 ~, voune lad, the hero Of the story, Voiu
o. tsers TO make the first passage. Grahl
- the tunnel. the trip may seem SiiHl
IONS
matter; but there are questiohs Vi So
,a- Ity. OF temperature, ana OF ar pie1s'
III nat assume serious proportions IL
en- -, ,het Give the complications TO
ne storv and they provide enough or varS
ice "a excitement. The tale y tound
sh - the latest scientific researches
re- =, hr,ngs out many remarkable Facts
'he nhysics The narrative preserves the
80 OF probability throughout me mus
" ttons emphasize the striking and uhus'
CIR features of the story
.ial srCoND THOUGHTS OF AN I'D.
on, FELLOW. BY Jeroms h jerome =
an .hor ~ idle Thoughts of an Idle +
rhe tow" &C. limo. Pages S5S. New 20
,er DoSd Mead 4 CO. For Sale by the I
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ac- This volume contains Twelve shott
- -. clever bits Of analysis OF certain
aie say n,onts and moral aptitudes. TT
30 bright. clean cut, humorous, ana |
To- a tree and easy style, without strain
Gov literary effect. BY humorous is
ouS .oa merely funny. There is no GRIM
'ui- , .h.o,,,h horse-collar here, no ineXp
no, sive antics Of the clown. none OF your
una ot1s verbal quips. The writing through
ana ,s d,onifed. and everywhere are aound
MAI ",,tSences that Mr.. Jerome is inter-
the s',racrist not a buffoon who scribo
'ole THE hook is very readable, ana o.es
cry - means fall short of past enort
pay Cor ETTE. BY Jeanne Schultz Faie
Ioes 90, an translated from the French
''le Edith V. Flanders. One volume
as - 900 pages, nine full-page Nlus'
ellis tons 81 ~ - ,,,,,
.s The original OF this bright and piqu
dis ,ove-s,ory bears a semi-reiigious mS ,,o
ore ~ "colette's Nine Days Devotio
'hs Ths heroine is dainty. diminutive m
inc nssessor OF a ruined chateau an
tne ~, na dragon OF an aunt, who' nav
neiy sIs been disappointed In love
rooi ,"a,o,s ~ the vivscious girl she )
.ne Ser q, a convent in Paris, and "hsn
the ~. set for her sojourn there has ear
'ies. ,nnv ill., her back to Fond-de-Vieux' IN
ana SsntSs OF the country. Colette. 10 c1n'
her ennui begins diary III an osu
IN ~, hook. and the sparkling. huino,
died so.m. Of her little trials ana q
pro- oescripuc"s ~