Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-06
consisting In the position In which II
places this country.
The illustrations are twenty-oue In nun
Der. and are finely executed.
For sale by the publishers.

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by Julian Hawthorne. Illustrations by
Frederick Remington. Thomas Fleming
am others. New York: Continental
| Publishing Company. Pages, 257. Price,
| 81.
| In the preface of this volume 1t Is an
| nounced that fund must be Established
| for Miss Cisneros's support, and that
| every copy of the book sold will be for
| her benefit. Mr.. Hawthorne's intro
ductlon Is devoted largely to praising the
New York Journal for accomplishing Miss
| Cisneros's rescue, and of the narrative
| that follows he says: Possibly even
| the Spaniards themselves when they have
begun to forget that the Pearl of the An
| titles ever belonged to them, and when
| they remember their own romantic and
| heroic eploits in the days OF the Cid, may
| bring themselves to admit that the story
| of Karl Decker and Evangelina Cisneros
| can fifty take It's place beside the most
| brilliant and moving of their ancient
| chronicles OF daring" In describing Miss
| Cisneros he says: mo fairy princess
| could be more lovely than this fairy-like
| little Cuban maiden--her features have
| the delicate refinement only given by her
race; her eyes are liquid darkness; her
smiles flashes of light; expressions Wbrate
| over her vivid face like the play Of colors
on the hummlng bird; her movements are
all grace and charm"
The protests against the treatment OF
the fair prisoner come after the introduc-
| ton, then Decker's story, and next Miss
! Clsneross. These two narrtives are told
simply, but are full of thrilling, dramatic
interest and incident, and read indeed,
like a romance of old. A short summary
Of the most important events in the his
tory of Cuba, aud Chronology of Cuban
Events" close the voums. There are
eighteen good illustrations.
For sale by the publishers,
VIRGINIA LAW REGISTER FOR
MARCH. Published by the j. p Bell
Company: Lynchburg and Richmond.
Price, so cents.
This attractive legal publication, which
is always a source Of genuine pleasure TO
the Virginia Bar, appears this month in
a larger form than usual, and is full OF
interesting matter. AS frontisplece
there is an excellent photogravure OF
the late Gustavus A. Wingheld, president
Of the Special Court OF Appeals The
following are the contents of the Re-
gister:
l. Sketch of Gustavus A. Wingield,
Graham Clayton.
II. Adversary Possession, II. C. Nc
Dowell, Jr
III. United States Supreme Court De-
cision, reported in full. (Ritter VS.. Mu-
tual Life-Insurance Company
". Virginia Decisions: Dezendorf VS..
Humphreys; Petticolss VS.. City of Rich
mond Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company VS. Houchins.
V. Digest OF Other Recent Virginia De-
cisions: Ford VS. Watts Southern Rail-
way Company vs.. Bryant; Kimbsll VS..
Borden; Cromwell VS.. Commonwealth;
Mutual Fire-Insurance Company VS..
Ward; Farmers, &C, Insurance Company
vs. williams; Central Land Company VS..
Johnston.
Some Of the subjects involved in the de-
cisions and excellent notes published in
the Register are: Life-Insurance Suicide
Of insuredD, Equitable Separate Estates,
Joint Trespassers, Master and Servant,
Injunction Of Execution, Railroads, Plead
ing. Electoral Boards, and the Statute OF
Frauds.
THROUGH THE INVISIBLE A Love
Story. BY Paul Tyner. With Illustra-
tons by Ella F. Pell. 1897. Continental
Publishing Company, New York and
London. Pages, 1876. Price, 70 cents.
This is very handy and dainty little
volume. in cloth, with gilt top and uncut
leaves and numerous illustrations. by the
same artist who executed the pictures
for Sir Edwin Arnold's Song Celestial"
The authors style has 1uency and i'm
petus which arrest the reader. But our
realistic and mundane organization and
temperament DO not enable US to enter
very deeply into his hyper-spiritual
views. He talks about the invisible, In
carnation and reincarnation, and theo-
sophy, as if he personally knew all about
them. We do, however, fully sympathize
with him in his exaltation of unselfsh-
ness, duty and service. General Lees
fine saying, DUTY is the sublimest word
in the English language" is often quoted |
and commended. But that grand and |
faithful soul meant that it must be per-
formed. Our author quotes the right |
sentiment in full:
THE sense of duty cometh first,
Then followeth steadfastness,
And jealous work the jewel is
That croWneth allp'
We noticed some time ago another |
work entitled 1.-THE Living Christ, an Elk
position of the Immortality OF Man in |
Soul and Body" by this same author,
who had established in Denver, Col, a |
new religious organization, styled THE |
Civic Church, of Denver" He proposed to |
plant others like it in New York and |
other places. The little work before is
intended TO aid in exploiting some of bis |
peculiar notions He claims TO have had |
ocular demonstration Of wonderful things
in what is generally termed the invisible
world.
FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY. A Story of
Land and Sea, In the Days of the Revo-
luton. By Cyrus Townsend Brady.
Archdeacon of Pennsylvania. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1898
George NJ West, Richmond, va, Cloth.
Pages, 354. Price, S1.2J.
This is a patriotic historical novel de-
dicated to the "Sons of the Revolution"
Washington is introduced, and though
the author says that he proposes to aid
Ford, Wilson, and others lin destroying
the popular canoniZation which made OF
the man saint" we are glad. for his
sake and truths, that he has left him as
a man upon his own exalted and unap-
preached pedestal.
John Paul Jones figures consplcuously.
ana we have descriptions of some of his
almost incredible exploits, which alone
would make the work interesting. But
he reverend author rescues from neglect.
{ not oblivion, the famous action be-
ween the Randolph, commanded by Cap
ain Nicholas Biddle, who was killed. and
he Yarmouth.
Some of. the leading and most interest
ng characters are Vlrginians. and there
3 proper amount of love-makng as
we'll as fighting. For novel, the work
s quite systematic, being divided into
i've books, which contain different num-
)ers OF chapters. There is nothing par
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