Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27

Notices of New Hooks.


Some OF the illustrations are in panlo-
mimic series and very expressive. Inc
work is generally well executed. one OF
the drawings which interested US Is
Modern Music Room; Too Much Wag-
ner." All the furnishings OF this ROOM
both on the floor and on the walls repre-
sent various musical instruments IN tne
midst of which is a solitary artist hold-
ing forth to Apollo, or Melpomene we
would like to fit up music-room III
similar style.
RIMEs TO BE READ. BY ]. EDMUND ",
Cooke. Author OF "a Patch of Pansies'
etc. Chicago: w. T. Conkey Company.
1897. Pages, 1A. Cloth and Gilt
These humorous rimes have been col
iaoted from a great many sources,
through which they first sought puplic
recognition. The author returns thanks
for the privilege of reproducing them IN
the present form TO the editors ana pro-
nrietors of not less than eighteen journals
and magazines. Many Of them contain
Wit az well as humor, and are in oi9lect-
not African. but Irish, Scotch. Dutch, ana
French. We have laughed heartily over
number Of them. Some Of them are not
lacking in pathos.
THE MAN WHO OUTLINED HIMSELF
Nv Albion w. Tourgee, Author of "A
Fools Errand, by one Of the Fools.
New York: Fords, Howard Hubert
Price, 70 cents.
The tale is of a man with family, who,
although apparently of literary taste anu
talent IS engaged In Wall-street opera
tions. His anxiety and distress over some
speculations result in his mysterious dls-
annearance. Years later, after many ex-
traordinary experiences, he returns "
New York and seeks TO learn the Iate
of those dear to him. The book oeals
with distorted conditions, put thele 10 q"
odd attraction about II.
In the same volume are two other stoIies
nv Judge Tourgee-"Poor Joel PIKE ana
AThe Grave of Tante Angeique'
STORIES FROM VIRGINIA. History LOT
the Young. BY Mary Tucker Magill'
Prepared Especially for Use in Schools,
as an Introduction TO the history oi
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Miss Magill is already well known from
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Here we find her continuing her iauodple
end successful efforts to be. OF useIui ser,
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20 those which are TO come. This WORK
embraces, through the lives or Lee, 1ach-
con Ashby. and Stuart. and the Beverly
Dafd oF General Rosser, part Of the war
of the Southern Confederacy. Each OF its
fortv chapters has q series of questions
for scholars. The retail price is 90 cents
but there will be q liberal reduction 10
schools.
THE SON OF THE CZAR. An Histori-
cal Romance BY James Nj. Granah'
New York: Frederick a. Stokes Com
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A thrilling, dramatic, and absorbing
story. from beginning TO emo IL re-
wolves around Peter the Great as tie
central figure, and deals with his tutile
ATTEMPTS TO reclaim his weak son Alexis
and his merciless punishment Of his son
advisers and the plotters against MS
own life. The characters introduced
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az the Muscovite Court during PeteI
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xFNOPHON'S CYROPAEDIA. Abridged
for Schools and Edited by Clarence W.
Gleason. A. NJ, of the Roxbury Latin
School. Flexible Cloth, 12mo. Pages, S25.
price. A25. American Book Company,
New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
OF Xenophon's works the Cyropaedia
differs from the Anabasis and Hellenica
in being rather an historical romance
than a real history, but Is inferior TO
neither Of them in interest or literary
value. It's elaborate scheme for educa-
tion and government, and its ideal story
of the good and wise King Cyrus, whose
bravery, prudence, and high sense or JUS
tice brought together many strong ma
tons into one vast empire, give II great
err Intrinsic interest to the general student
than the Anabasis, while its subjects
make II a most valuable supplement 10
that renowned work. The length Of the
work eight books and the lack or any
edition suitable for school use has hther-
to prevented it's general use as a classical
text. The aim of this volume is TO ofter
an abridged edition Of the Cyropaedia Tor
schools which may be used in alienation
with the Anabasls or be substituted for It.
In preparing the book, the Cyropaedla
has been shortened nearly one-halr by
the omission of passages Of minor inter
est and Importance. The original division
into books has been disregarded, and the
text divided according to the subject mat
fer into seven chapters. The book is made
seryiceable for the student by coplous
notes and complete working vocabulary
1t is needless to say that the work OF the
editor has been well done at every point:
MEDICAL REGISTER. For March. Is
sued monthly under the auspices OF
the Faculty and Society OF Alumni or
the Medical College of Virginia. Edlted
by l.. c. Levy, NJ. ID. ADVISORY COM
mittee from the Faculty Tor lSsi-sS-
John n. Upshur. M. D., ana Lewis u
Bosher, M. ID.
Table of contents: Original Articles
Some Personal Observations in Abdomi-
raj Surgery, by II. Tuholske, M. D.; Some
Abuses of the Vaginal Douche, by John
ID. Thomas, NJ. D.; Puerperal Fever, py
Lewis Holiday, M. d. Report OF cases
Death from Hemorrhage, Caused by Rup-
ture OF Deep Vessels Of the Nose, Pro-
bably the Nasal Branch OF Internal Caro-
it'd Vein, by ]. Baxter Matthews, M. -.
Selected Article-Contribution OF Bac-
teriology to Therapeutics (Wesley n.
Carpenter Lecture for 1870, by William
- -. AZ n T1ditorial--'lhe Value OF