The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-03
The Popular Hardwood Stories by
Grace LIE Baron.
MARRIAGE OF A NEW WOMAN.
matthew Arnold and the Spirit Of the
Age" by Rev Greenough White,
University OF the South-Dc-
lightfuI Essays - Literary.

| acts Of a general nature, not lncudlnB
| tho tax laws. that i5 to say acts which
| affect every citizen in the state THESE
acts embrace over one thousand sections
or nearly one-fourth as many as are IN
| the entire Code OF 1851. Besides this, the
| Legislature has amended the Code Itself
| no less than seven hundred and twenty
| two times. For the practitioner In MS
| daily needs. this meant searching through
| the Acts OF Assembly and referring back
wards and forwards until the statute as
! amended, altered or repealed was finally
! unearthed. The labor Of such a task was
| "A burden under which all grOaned, walt
| ing for some one 10 digest and revise this
J mass Of legislation. Happily for the bar.
| This revision was undertaken by Mr. John
| Garland Pollard. OF the Richmond bar
| The result OF his labors IS the supple
| ment 90 the Code" This volume cm-
/ braces every act OF a general or perma-
| nent nature passed by the Legislature
/ since 1851. except the tax laws which are
! published separately under the superviS-
| ion ~ the Auditor Of Public Accounts
! These acts are arranged under the same
\ headings and titles as those in the Code
/ Of 1857. This puts the practitioner IN I'M
mediate possession of the latest enact
ments by the Legislature. Furthermore,
| To- this is added the great advantage OF
references TO every opinion in which the
| Court Of Appeals has construed statute.
| besides giving references 10 the articles
I'm the Virginia Law Register on the va
rious statutes.
Those sections Of the Code which have
been repealed appear only by number fol-
lowed BY reference TO the repeating act
While all sections of the Code which
have neither been altered by the Legis-
lature nor considered by the Court OF
Appeals are omitted entirely. We thus
nave The entire Statute Law Of the state
brought into the compass Of two small
volumns This is worthy OF note-ior me
compactness Of the Virginia Code has
been for years the envy and the admira-
ton of her less favored sister States. it
is due TO the pains taken by the reYisors
/ appointed I'm 106 OF whom Thomas JET
fer sou was the most distinguished. This
principle OF brevity was followed with
marked success and benefit by the revis-
ors of the Codes OF 1879 and 1887. When
we contemplate the huge and unweldy
volumes that are the lawyers wade me-
cum I'm other States-we can but pray
while admiring the past wisdom OF our
reyisors and Legislatures that the future
may hold the same.
one act Of especial interest 70 be found
ia the supplement 20 the code IS the new
law on negotiable instruments. rms
law. which has radically changed the oid
aw I'm many respects. was drafted by
Mr.. John r. Crawford and has already
been adopted I'm several States. Through
the courtesy Of Mr Crawford Mr.. POI
lard has been enabled 20 give us the
benefit Of the carefully prepared index
TO that statute.
The supplement "a very fully indexed,
on the same plan as that which was fol-
lowed IN the Code Of 1857. The whole
profession owes Mr. Pollard its hearty
thanks for the care and thought he has
bestowed on a book which viii be OF ne
'essity such an invaluable volume in
every library.
THE ETAZELW-OOD STORIES: BY Grace
lie Baron. Lee and Sheppard. Boston.
For sale by George M West
Some months ago Mrs. Tpham, the
writer Of these and many other popular
stories for children. visited Richmond.
and through her courteous and warm APP
probation OF things and people Southern
made friends Of an who met her These
viii feel a very personal interest I'm the
three stories. aside from any literary mer
70 they may possess. AS q matter OF fact
Mrs. Upham has long since won a place
IN the juvenile heart which any writer
might hold with pride. II Is not gift 10
be lightly esteemed-this OF ability 20
please as well as benefit the children.
They are telling and quick critics through
their spontaneous and Unaffected appro-
val or disapprOval shown In attention or
IT'S radical opposite. The three stories In
the HazelWood series Nre: LITTLE Miss
Faith" Little Daughter" and the
"Roseb1d Cuba trio whose popularity
is inhabited and shows no sign OF abate-
In, rrfr or
striking stories: there IS nothing in them
more Unusual than pure and true senti-
ment and an evident love for children.
There Is a lack Of action which Is 20 be
regretted. yet the children find them en-
tertaning and the fly leaves of one vol
une are filed with letters sent to the
author by appreciative child readers.
Mrs Upham is 20 be congratulated upon
the popularity she has obtained.
IG.
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES
or AMERICAN STATESMEN: Samuel
Adams John quincy Adams. p.
Putnam's Sons. New York. London.
10 cents
For sale by George NJ West
III.
THE HETERODOX MARRIAGE OF A
NOW WOMAN. BY Mary Ives Todd
Robert Lewis Weed Company. Phila
Pa.
For sale by George NJ. West.
Heterodoxy IS increasingly the fashion
with the novensts OF the day--they do not
hesitate 10 make It stand for all other
deficiencies. A particularly large number
OF women have done this, relying upon
whatever Is new" as a sure bait for the
much abused general reader" The gen
eral reader" Il would SEEM IS a person
worth cullivating. lie has built up the
fortune If many impecuniOus persons who
were perfectly willing 10 he heterOdox or
any other thing marketable. Such IS the !
spirit OF the age The writer OF this
novel has put her heterOdoxy together
with a sincere II not talented hand. She
Is evidently honest bur certainly not
brilliant It's heroine Is the class Of per-
son who does not find the marriarge cere-
mony satisfactory, and amends It and |
marries n Russian. All things consid- |
cred II the writer may be believed (and |
certainly she ought 20 know heterodoxy |
Is a happier experiment IN her case than |
in that Of many hcterOdOx heroines She. |
according TO her cheerful blographer. !
"lved happier ever after" The Rus |
sian, contrary 20 the accepted rule. is a \
brilliant success Evidently the author OF |
the book believes in heterodoxy, and her |
optimism. is pleasant
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MATTHEW ARNOLD AND THE |
SPIRIT or THE AGE: Papers by the |
English Club of Sewanee. Edited, with |
an Introduction. by its President, the |
Rev. Greenough White. A. NJ. b. D.. |
Professor Of Eccleastic History at the |