The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-18


COAL CATECHsM: BY william Jasper
Nichols. NJ Am. Soc. q. y. J. r.
Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Lon
dom
For sale by George NJ West
This volume IS Intended for that great
number OF intelligent readers who have
no lecturical training. and yet who pre-
fer 20 seek knowledge bv reading special
subjects rather than fiction. A large pro-
portion 0f these have neither the time
nor inclination to peruee the voluminous
geological and statistical reports OF the
coal industry in the United States, or
10 study the p0ndcrous volumes Of gath
cred wisdom by technical experts Their
time o. usually fully occupied with tho
cares OF business and often with the
fatigue of manual labor. and their hours
for quiet reading or study are few ana
most precious The questions and direct.
authoritative. clear answers have been
designed with "a realizing sense OF the
readers wants and aspirations. All an-
swers have been verified by careful re-
ference 20 competent authorities, ana IL
is diMcult tO estimate the value OF The
small volume through its conciseness'
simplicity, thoroushness and accuracy.
ILL.,
Hazlitt declared Shakespeare forte 20
Doe everything 0ur Mary Bradford
Whiting has pointed out one IsAfr tlal
tho great dramatis- has omitted from Dag
gallery 0f portraits and tne absence w
Which does not DO o. nave peen hO1
uclI by the cr.tiCs-thc nguro 0f tle ide al
mother Writing for The Gentlemen
Magazine. Miss Tor Mrs) Bradford " mt
ing SAYS that the gathers OF SNAKES
Icare are Wcu-kuOWu and touching
group. She adds;
"Hut the mothers Of Shakespeare are
8iugIi8rly few in number Miranda is
motheress and 90 are not only Deaie-
mona and COrdeIla, but k0sdlind. St-lii
Silvia. Hero. Jessica, lmOeen, ana iicle-
ma Periltd has mother, d. Us tfue'
but 90 is iu her relations rs "a Wile. latlti
than ass mother. that itermlohe Is icp-
resented. Tine Count .sa or tousNloh Has
"a son. but it Is as He.euas friend, aud
not as Bertrlm $ mother, tndt sne lOuaea
our interest Juliet mas motheti .o
whose heart m one she hppetis 100 Nd.4i.
Hamlet has mother, each rememOt 1hce
of whom ls uaug Oh his distressed nina.
.tE-tarr other IIasc NJ woman NC ne
has entered into with the marvellous SYM
rathv ol genius. Cordelm is an ldeal
daughter. lmIEen ana Jeso eiAonN ".7
idarI wives Juliet and Miranda are per-
fsef fynas rf maiden lovers. lstDcllt ls
au ide.iI sister. celia and Ros1ilnd give
the he I'D tho w.lI-Horn sreer az women
friendship. Pauline is a type OF tne laiiu-
,,i strerdanf Who D.ssl5 her lne in de-
t.,ff0u fo her mistress. Lychorla ar the
LOWING nurse who ills 70 mothers vacant
Mace and whose grave Is covered WIN
flowers and watered with tears Dy the
child hon she has cherished mi,
"But where Is the ideal MOTHER
~.
The novel and the newspaper nave
made a footh0ld I'm Japan, but the novel
rs as vet n the bl0od-and-thunder stage.
and the journalist keeps on the verge or
starvation and suicideWe take the Iol-
lowing from Literature.
The Napolconic craze has reached ia
pan TsabOncM. a leading japanese nov
elist. has made him the hero or one OF
his romaucos. and prints Of the great Cor
sican adorn The walls of almost every
Japanese cottage The historical essay,
by the way. is a form OF literature IN
much favor among the Japanese, mono
graphs on Bismarck and Caesar being
only second IN demand to those OF Ma
o0lcOn The novelists art IS ratler at
low ehh. japanese publishers paying rare
lr more than l5 pounds for a novel OF
900 pages In length. Novel-reading is re-
rarded generally with contempt IN Japan.
as an amusement suited 10 women and
the male scum OF society, a view partly
justified by the character Of the modern
JaDanese novel. which IS. as a rule. a
mere farrago Of 'Geisha' adventures with
on, serious interest or literary merit.
journalism is badly paid. and the strug-
Gle for existence In It's ranks exceedingly