The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-05
THE TIMES: RICHMOND Va. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER o. 1899.
Books and Authors.

They are. many Of them. local IN charac-
| ter and will appeal especially to the peo-
pie Of that locality.
| SONGS FROM TaE PSAITER. By
Richard Arnold Greene New York; G.
T. putnams Sons. Bound in cloth; gilt
top M pages. Price SLG.
This Is "a mctrical version OF some OF the
/ best known of the Psalms. or especial
beauty are "The Gail to Praise (s7
PSALM and "rhc Glorious Gates "a
/ Psalm.
The following from The Praises Of the
/ Saints 0W PsalmJ viii give an idea Of
/ the authors style:
Praise We the Lord. unto Jehovah sing
A glad new song;
Among His saints now let His praises ring
ln rapture strong.
| Let Israel in his creator blest
All joyful be,
/ Let lions children in their King take rest
Ia gladness free.
| His name. let them in Joyous dawning
praise
And magnify;
With timbrel and with harp let them up
raise
Ills praises high.
| TITE AT-ONE-AfF9NT BETWEEN GOD
| AND MAN. Mnenlial Dawn Series. BY
Pastor Russell. Allegheny. Pa. watch
Tower and Tract Society. Paper so
! pages Price DC
This is a book for Bible students, and IS
! one OF several by the same author. Others
of the authors books circuinte all over
! the civilized world. and have been trans
| lated into German. French. swedish, Dan
| ism. Dutch. and number millions. lie re-
| fuses all titles except that Of Pastor"
which he considers non-assumptive and
| Biblical-hs ministry being 10 the true
| Israel OF God scattered abroad"
The book teaches the doctrine Of restitu-
ton and the millennium TO come.
| PHILOSOPHIC NUGGETS. Selections
from Carlyle Ruskn Amiel and Charles
Kingsley. Compiled by Jeanne G.. Pen
nington. Portrait Of Carlyle. New York.
Fords, Howard g. Hubert. Handy vol
ume. Cloth flexible. Silt top, 40 cents.
The little volume must be Of genuine
worth TO lovers Of those great writers.
and stmulative OF interest IN others 10
take them up and know more Of their
helpful thinking. The Carlyle extracts
are from his "Sartor Resartus" and "He-
roes and Hero Worship" Ruskin's. the
Grown Of Wild Olives" Queen OF the
Air. and "The Two Paths" Kinesleys
the "Hypatia," "Aiton Locke" yeast"
and Westward HOr and Amiers from
the two volumes of The Journal Intime
II completes. for the present. the am
nounced volumes OF The Justly fayorite
"Ugget Series" The portrait OF Carlyle
that IS given is one of The most character
istic, and the attractiveness of paper
print ana binding of the booklet IS most
ailuung.
The CENTURY for November is Of the
highest grade of excellence and of inter-
est. Beginning with the cover. which
shows a portrait of Cromwell. done I'm
subdued color and designed by Ernest
Warkell t0 the last little poem "In Light
or yein' it is an good. Tie first INSTALL
meut of john Morleys Life OF Oliver
Cromwell" IS the special feature of the
number This is Illustrated from pictures
by Van Dyck. Samuel Cooper Joseph
Penneu and other artists. Another ate
traction SIS tho first nstallment of 1.-The
Biography of a Grizzly ny Ernest Seton
Thompson, the famous writer of animal
stories. The charming illustrations are
by the author, and are beautifully exc
cuted in color. "Ths autobiography OF
Quack." is the title OF Dr. S. Weir Mitch
ellis new serial story. which begins I'M
this number Captain Joshua constitutes
the third part OF MS remarkable history
Of "Sailing Alone Around the World"
Under the title wagner from Behind
the. Scenes" Gustav Kobbi tells Of the
mechanical appliances used To produce
the wonderful scenic effects seen IN Passi-
fll and other Nasnerian operas. Mark
Twain tells of Dis Debut as a Literary
Person" under the misleading nom de
plume Of mike swain John c. Van
Dyke writes of Sir Thomas Lawrence
and John Crome. two "Old English Mas
ters." "The Golf Bonnet" is the utle
of a bright poem by Jennie Belts Harris
wick. appropriately illustrated by Mary
Hallock Foote This is the first number
OF a new volume of the Century and ar
cues well for the future.
The opening article ia IARPERS MAJ
AZINE for Noyember is a bright sketch
of Boston at the Century End" written
by Sylvester Baxter. and illustrated from
drawings by clifford Carleton, w. A. Rog-
.re. ard other artists Of note. Leila Her1
bort contributes the third in her series,
"The First American. Ills Homes and His
households" 1his paper tells Of Wash
ington's li.a I'm Philadelphia and German
Town. climbing Mount sorata' is the
story Of Sir Martin Conways ascent Of
hat difficult peak He was prevented
from reaching the utmost summit by un-
usual weather conditions, but went far
enough TO master the difficulties and to
make the history Of his climbing q very
interesting bit Of writing. "India's
threshold" rs the title Of a delightful
article by Julian Ralph, and IT Is Illus
trated by c. D. Weldon. Hon. John Bar
rett formerly United States Minister 10
siam. contributes a thoughtful paper on
America I'm the Pacific and Far East.
Archibald r. CoiQuhoun. an authority on
territorial Developments IN Asia, publishes
the first of a series Of articles on Russian
and Chinese B0rderands. In this num-
her he writes OF the conquest OF Siberia.
In fiction. there are short stories by Marie
Van Worst. Ada g. Sweet, Katharine ;.
Alacquoid and Edward 5. Townsend.
Staphen Crane continues the ''Whilom-
vile Stories" and the princess Xeriia"
ia concluded. Their Silver Wedding
Tourney is continued. The Drawer is full
OF bright thing and he Illustrations nu-
morous and excellent
with the November issue. DEMO
RESTS FAMILY MAGAZINE returns
to its old form. which is much preferable
to the large and rather unweildiy form
40 the mast year or two. The opening
ortf,fa e. a erafch of that woman of