The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-27
SOME NEW
BOOKS RECEIVED.
"Some Emotions and a Moral" By
John Oliver Hobbies.
"FACTS AND FAKES" Of CUBA,
By Correspondent of the New York
Hcrald-The Power and RESPONSE
bilryor q Q prcss-fciiow jour
nallsm-Other Publications
"FACTS AND FAKES" OF CUBA,

/.
THE TALES or JOHN OLIVER
! hOrrs. rrsdsrlck a SsoKSs Company.
New ork.
/ For sale by George NJ. West
hers are four sh0r, stores IN TINS vol
ume. and they are the four upon "nieh
/ the criIcs based their FIRST praise o. airs
! Craiais an0 tht.r phopneci-s tnat the
vri.er had q brilliant future before her
/ they are ftn so prophc ying' out WIN
! setter reason than thess nsverthsiess
/ sfrikine stories supplied. They eAhiou
/ la. cplgrammaue terscnsss and all the
/ Qualities which lndiuduciize the talented
! EngDsh w0mans literary work. inciuo-
] inc. in spee.a. strength. thOfe when make
+ even her almirers thank Providence ihat
! her characters" according 20 her quotcd
/ statement IN . reliable literary periooi-
/ caL 20 not express her views II lney
/ did We should lays TO reverse the case.
3 end thank Providence that some sale
/ tuthori.ies hays placed misanihiopee o"
! he category OF foolish persons. Iheie
never has beer any question regarding neI
D claim a. a writer CT thought and origi-
{ aauty sind the first Of these four stories
T some Emotions and Moral which was
+ also tho nrst which sho ever wrote de-
! cidod that question for her critics As 10
what - least admirable 81 her work. II is
/ pleasant for those who perceive her real
gifts % nlsO perceive that THIS is largely
pose The value o. the stories Is in the
.hings they promise. and although Mrs.
Cralgles latest work funlls the promise
ia many Wa.H Il cannot truly be said 10
dc so iu ALL OF 1.-THE School FOR Saints.
some crl.ic hes well said tnat The trouble
is a chemical one. Here are ali the ele-
menla OF q great novel, but the@ 90 not
combine successfully. Tho English jour
nal, woman a. Home thus describes
the author for whom rer readers arc stlI
making brilliant prophecies
Or the last two years Mrs. Craigie has
been busly occupied u.tn her new book.
: "FThe school FOR Saints." she works in
/ q spacious study. 40 the top of the house
tho walls o. which are covered WIKI n'o"-
cases. which. by-th9-oy are very unique,
and were designed hy the novelist her
I se.r B0ok-collecung is her great hobby.
and she has some 1000 volumes, many
a. them rare and beautiful editions. some
five years ago Mrs Craiglo embraced the
Roman Catholic religion, and evidences
OK her f0ith are tD be seen in hor study.
Sine lceiua 10 write 81 s clock In the
morning bot only TWO hours OF tho day
ars devoted 10 original hOmpOatIon. The
rest of the morning and carly afternoon
are devoted TO- reading and study. sne Is
fond Of languages. and makes a point OF
reading each day something or foreign
literature, and once she devoted sooi
deal % tine TO the Greek aud l-1in
classics She - above every tmns
thoughtful and medltauyo wiitcr 'It Is
q mistake" she fall. 80 suppose that
am e. laboriou8 writer / certainly can
not do my th mixing upon paper ana or
ten spend several hours IN mooiatiNs
upon q portion OF story. and it may oe
That ONLY a few lines are the result blt
when em actually WriIlng do 10 quick
ly. ] may add she said that my CHAR
actcrs 90 not usually express m' views
although some people seem 90 hoid me
responsible for everything which ] nave
put into the mouths Of the people in my
books / never scribe lvng Characters
and have never attempted 90 write "hat
Is commonly called a society novel BY
aim rs 10 write about human nature
not about the pecu'i- rifles OF an in1l-
viIuaI or the manners of a season.
Mrs Craigio couressea that she has
growing love for thr writing Of history
and biography. and thinks 90 not mpron-
able that she msy ~ future devote her
scf largely 20 that branch OF literature.
end the romantic and stirring history OF
her own Puritan sua Revolutionary fore
fathers will afford her interesting SUBJ
iect matter. one cannot help but feel
that John oliver HOLbes - slEulariy
nconcruous nom 0e plume for O charm
ing woman. the novelist own name OF
pearl would have suited her mucA bet
ter and when expressed some such opin-
ION. Mrs Cralgi8 laughingiy said. !
adouted the name OF John Oliver Hobbies
TO keen mo IRON being senumantal'
In her later works there are pleasant
Indications that 81 was nOt an unneces-
gary prerautiou. Sine may deceive herself
with her witty irony e. the cost Of things
grIrltusl. things tender. tnings whole
sorae bit she does not deceive any reader
who has kept pace with her work Mean
time no pins his falth 20 her sparkling
pen and awaits her achievement OF
novel which VIII i've, placing her name
with the Immortal
n.