Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-03

| Alma Mater. and surely the old institu-
| ton, with such friends, must always
| stand well in the community.
| The students Of Hampden-Sidney, I'M
| like those of some other Virginia institu-
| tions, did not go out OF the State to Sc
| cure publishers, but had the Kaleidoscope
| printed by q Roanoke firm. When one re-
| members that such publications generally
| cost several hundred dollars, the course
| Of the Hampden- Sidney students is to be
commended. Nor have they lost by this
| patronage Of home Industries. for their
annual" IS a beautiful sample of typo
| graphy.
| The sketches by Mr.. Harry r. Houston
| are very clever, and no small proportion
| of the Kaleidoscope success is due to
| his energy and skill.
| The literary Workmanship is also good,
| and the only criticism of this DEPART
ment lies in the seriousness OF the mat
| ter. An outsider-one not student or
| alumnus of the institution-wouid prefer
| less weighty subjects on some OF the
pages, though this fault is vastly pre-
| ferable to poor humor and imagined face
| tiousness. Altogether, we think the edi-
| tors have no reason to offer the apollo
| gies they do, and only the most carping
critics will deal harshly with their short
comings. The following are the young
gentlemen TO whom the success OF the
Kaleidoscope is mainly due: Editor-in-
| Chief Eugene G. CALDWELL; Associate
Editors-Garnett G. Gooch. Howard l..
| Foster, w. W. Bondurant, Thomas Il.
Blake, Jr., David G. Morton, Eugene
Douglass, Howson w. Cole, Jr.. and Ed.
Il. Herndon, Jr.; Manager Art Depart
ment, Harry r. Houston; Business Man.
ager Tecumseh III. Thompson; Assistant
Business Manager, j. w. Kinnier.
PUNCTUATION PRACTICALLY IL
Illustrated. A Manual for Students
and Correspondents. BY Kate O'Neill,
of the Richmond (ya.) High School.
16mo., cloth; 149 pages. Price, go cents.
A. Lowell 81 Co., Publishers, 70 Fifth
avenue, New York; liz Wabash avenue.
Chicago.
This seems to us an excellent little
handbook. 1t Is neatly printed, convent
emily arranged. and accurate, so far as
we have had time to observe, in the rules
1t gives. No one can deny that know
ledge of punctuation is sadly needed
among the correspondents of to-day. No
one has the fact more constantly borne
in upon him than has the newspaper man.
Miss O'Neilps manual is particularly
well adapted for use in the hurry OF bIsi-
ness, but 1t will be found very handy in
deed in any department of everyday
life, where written language is a neces-
sity. Moreover, the scholar and the man
who thinks himself already graduated
in the art of punctuation will find IL
valuable in more ways than one. We are
particularly pleased to note that it gives
due Importance to a point" which Is
much neglected nowadays, to the harm
Of the language, in our opinion, and that
iG the semi-colon.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF VIR-
GINA. Being a Compilation OF All Acts
of a General and Permanent Nature
Passed by the General Assembly Since
March -, 1887. to Which are Added
References to Decisions Constituting or
Affecting the Code of 1887 and Suisse
quent Legislation; Including, Also, Refe-
rences TO All Local Public Acts Passed
During the Same Period, Affecting Par
ticular Counties, Cities, or Towns OF
the Commonwealth. By John Garland
Pollard, Esq, of the Richmond Bar.
Published by the j. L. Hill Printing
Company, Richmond, Va. Price, 81.
Mr. Pollard, in his laboriouS compila-
ton of this work, has rendered great
service TO the bar Of his State and pro-
duced book which has long been needed
and desired. His experience as a practi-
toner has taught him how 10 meet dill
culties and where TO find the statute law
when it was needed, and needed badly.
He has ensrafted the results of several
years of painstaking effort upon this
nd on
dispensabe wade mecum.
The book is Intended as a companion to
the Code OF 1857. 1t exhibits in one view
all changes in and additions TO our gene
raj statutes made since the adoption of
that Code. 1t includes also, all laws or
the same general character passed be- |
tween March 10, 1887, and May /, 1888, on
which latter date the Code went into ef-
feet. These aforementioned laws, under |
section 1903 Of the Code, are not repealed, |
but remain in full force.
THE SPANISH PLOT. By f. A. Randle. |
Published by f. Tennyson Nicely, New |
York and London.
1t is difficult to perceive why this book |
is thus entitled, but notwthst landing that |
difficulty it is quite readable, and ones |
attention is held to the last page.
The hero. Don Carlos, the head Of the |
Carlist party and pretender TO the throne |
of Spain, is introduced at the age OF IL,
already full-fiedged devil and king OF |
gamblers. who succeeds in giving the |
police of Madrid no little trouble. 1t Is
the absorbing ambition OF this conceited
youth to control the history of Spain
and France, and especially TO annoy Ma
poleon III. and his secretary, Macquard, |
and his success in accomplishing the lat
ter object is so conspicuous that a re-
ward Of million francs, gold, is offered |
for his capture. Carlos, by methods pc
culiarly his own, collects this reward /
himself. Many plots between him and
the French are detailed and worked out,
always with success TO the hero. A lit
tie love business is worked in, Carlos gets
married, and the curtain rings down
leaving him engaged in bringing about a
war between France and Germany IN
order TO humble Napoleon.
LAW OF 1893, WITH
INDEX. For sale by the Bell Book
Company. % cents.
Natures Aesthetics.