The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09

"T|TT" Oh M T----"--0 T"TT-- |T'-TT -
IN literature since the earliest days. and
having about n associations that are In
every way distinctly patrician."
ii.
SELF CULTURE: October. 1s9S. The
Werner Company. Akron, ..
For several months this periodical has
been coming 10 our office, and we have
never looked beyond its covers, until the
arrival OF the September issue. OF this,
as of that, a careful perusal JUSTIFIED the
statement that n is we'll worth "a place
I'm every household, If IT'S standard Us dl-
WAYS thus high. Its editors have I'm tnese
issues which we have examined snoWn
themselves discriminating 10 a degree
very unusual. and the price OF the maya
zine is only ten cents. This october Issue
does not contain a. single article Whlch
is not full of interest ana several are
50 far beyond the usual measure or cheap
magazine literature. Mr.. -. q. hell0ss
.o-r~fhuto- % t~rouchtful and admirable
paper on 1.-THE Philippines and Their Pros
u..rs excellentr illustrated, which
alone is worth much more than the cost
of the years subscription. He says aIter
having presented a. picture OF conditions
the Facts now narrated disclose the
crarfgh conception of colonial admins
trati0n and explain why her posseaal9la
aro rIrvaNs rInp for revolt. lNtt uoN'f
IS simply corruption based on short-slBhted
..for.Iou. with me brutality essental 10
trr -lf into, r.e ~ srch % system. Here
we have at the end OF q nineteenth cen
fIrv what Spain has accomplished III
three centuries OF supremacy, ana -
NOT saving too much 20 add that no otner
nation OF the world can match ms stolid,
frlitlces. brutal impOtency-not even inc
country OF the ~'T-nsueakable Turk"
I'm the editorial department. under the
canton "The World and Its Doines
there are fourteen pages or mteIls1n
comment upon current events pr
tory of the world which is keeniy inter-
csting. In it Is an uncompronll7lH StlF
icism entitled Return from inc War
81. r,mus" from which 10 would appear
mar the views of the officers regarding
meters I'm general has "a ~singularly slight
justification In the facts.
III.
THE BOOKMAN: October. 1898. Dodd,
Mead * Co., New York.
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CURRENT LITERATURE: October
1s9s.
THE GTNTLTNEsS OF JESUS; by
Mark Guy Pearse. II. Y. Cro"eh " co.
Sew York. Boston.
This volume contains seventeen brief
sermons. the first o. which gives its title
TO the whole collection. A few Of the top
les will suggest the variety OF the SCI
RIGS. The Vision OF Goodness, the queen
of Sheba. The Doubt Of Thomas, The Sto-
~ OF a ROYAL Procession. The Saints,
az Caesars Household, The True Beauty
The Vision Of Isaiah. The story OF Ga
a,n Tine Daily Bread. They are written
with grace and simplicity D are Luld oL
sympathy and practical h~elpIulhess. 1no
volume is a. distinct 1~ddliloh 10 lAe ~.
$500 rf-. 80 rnrTnnm Germans THAT
are sure TO hold their own by virtue OF
their qualities Of liberallty, and at tA9
same time unexceDtiOnal evangelical tone
40 one could fail TO be beneHted 10y tne
spirit that animates Mr.. Pearses Work.
VI.
A SOUTHERN HISTORY or III
CAUSES OF THE WAR BETWEEN
IT STATES. by Mrs. Archibald
Dixon.
THE true history Of the Missouri Com
nromise and It's Repeal. by Mrs. Archi-
Dixon Of Kentucky. IS said by crit
les who have read the manuscript 10 be
NOT only a very valuable contribution 20
the history Of our country, but q most
Interesting work as well. OF these crit
ics some are men OF distinguished legal
ability. others are writers or note All
agree as TO the merit Of the WORK n
also that no such presentation OF Inc
southern side OF politics in the past has
even been made.
The book is 10 be issued IN November,
its readers can see Tor tnemselV IS
far a southern woman may have sue
ceeded in writing up two great political
parts indeed OF the political
drama Of the century and whether me
of that critic is correct who
stated 10 a friend. 1T is a great history.
the greatest on the slavery question yet
written. II IS a complete answer 70
Henry Wilson. and every other yankee
writer on the subject.
IL has stated the southern case as no
one else ever did. j confess IL was a
revelation 10 me" Another says. "The
style. t-horouehness Of information, fair
ness and terseness are all that could be
desired"
We learn that the author claims not
10 have attempted any argument hut
simply 70 have stated facts and feelings
as they existed and 20 have given the
truth as she found IL.
The prospectus OF this work can be seen
al George NJ. West Company's, S4 east
Main street,
Mrs. Dixon had exceptional o~pportuni-
ties for knowing the facts as 70 the Re-
peal OF which she has written having
spent the winter OF ls53-'54 In Washington
,ity with her husband who was the au-
thor Of that Repeal
VII.
Thu recent census OF Russia shows that