Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-16
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Notices of New Books.
UNCLE ISAAC: or. OLD DAYS IN THE
SOUTH. By William Dudley Powers.
T.. r. Johnson Publishing Company
Richmond. Va.
The title page Of this work gives
hint as TO It's subject-matter ana al
though the ante-bellum darky has figured
too prominently i'm literature for the last
decade or So. We are obliged to admit
that Rev. Mr.. Powers has offered us
most pleasing picture of him. The book
opens with TWO daintily-written prose
ESSAYS ON "Whcn and Where Uncle Isaac
Lived" and after these the old darby
himself speaks i'm verse and tells us oil
those happy bygone days The following
are the subjects of the poems, and
Though each is separate and distinct from
the other they form the links of very
interesting and romantic chain of thought:
Uncle Isaac's Christmas Recollections'
When Narse Ran Got Kilt, De sundays
am dc Ligion Dat Is Gone Uncle Isaac s
Experionce With New Things, Marse
par,s Uoss. Uncle Isaac Has More EN-
uerience. Uncle Isaac's Lament, The Pass
ing off Rebecca, Uncle Isaac i'm the Sons
THE Passing Of Uncle Isaac, The Old
song. Nanny.
Nearly an of these poems are in the
negro dialect. with which the talented
author-an old Richmond boy-is tho
roughly familiar They present most
charming specimens Of versifcation, and
I'm a rythmic. musical strain tell some
very pathetic stories. "Uncle Isaac Is,
OF course. very respectable darby of
tine old school, whose long association
with the better class Of southerners has
made him am uncompromising aristocrat
and close observer. After the war
life is not all plain sailing with him, but
me manages TO keep cheerful and happy.
Al times be- is positively humorous, es-
pociaUy when he gives his experience
with new things and describes the work
lngs OF telephones and elevators.
Tn. author seems equally the master
of proso and poetry. His essays on the
south before the war impress us as eN-
cacdinelv polished and well written,
while his poetry. though dealing with
rather trite subjects, is attractive
bright. and artistic Indeed, Uncle
Isaac is "a book We'll calculated to please
the literary world Of This section, ana
our friends north OF Mason and DIXON 5
line will certainly not find AKA offensive
syllable I'm IL.
There are several very neat half-tone
ui.furcs i'm the book, which is bound IN
green and gilt and printed on the best
of paper.
THE VIRGINIA LAW REGISTER.
Edited bv W. NJ. Lille. Published by
the i. T.. Bel Company, Lynchburg and
Richmond. Price. 50 cents for single
copy.
Contents: The Unanmity of Jury YER
diets. Ben. b. Lindsey; instructions in the
Daingerdeld VIII Case, Testamentary
Capacitv. Undue influence. Virginia De-
cisious reported in Full-D Spencer vs.
Field. assgmpsit. affidavit with plea
waiver Note by NJ =. Hurks. bills OF
exceptions. % FOWlkes IS Southern
Railway company; common carriers;
erroneous information 10 passenger by
agent. Measure OF proXimate cause-re-
mote rause. CD Virginia Midland Rail-
road Cu,nuauy vs. Barbour; adverse pos
session by -idntOt of real estate, sur
reud.t OF possrs-iOn- what is
adverse po-sessIon-statute OF limita-
lions Note by NJ. T. Burks color OF
title-ciaim of title. 80 Portsmouth Gas
Cofnpanv vs. SANFORD, garnishmenl OF
municipal corporations. 90 baKeI vs.
SWnei0rd. judgments, nnaHty during
term issuing execution during term,
under section $500 of code. 90 'aroWeH
vs.. Talbot Corporation court OF Dan
,-ilic): order OF publication against resi-
dent defendant. under section jz'1 OF Loue .
personal judgment thereoil-res adludl-
c.fa. action or motion on decree IN cham
Gerry. Editorial note: Personal Juu6ul. ~
ON constructive service of process. tdi-
torial Notes OF Cases; Miscellany; Cor
resgOndence.
STORIES or ANIMAL LIFE. 10y
Charles Frederick Holder. Ii. d.. Au-
thor Of elements of Zoology. Ameri-
can Book Company. Publishers Of School
and college Text Books: New York
Cincinnati. Chicago: Price, go cents.
This book aims TO create in young stu
dents an enthusiastic interest in zoology
bv presenting some Of the remarkable
phases Of animal life. When they nave
even "A faint conception Of the wonderful
wavs and habits n me animals. they VIII
find that natural history is far from belnS
dry and embarrassing. Under the guiss
OF stories, many facts not geiieraiiN aNah-
able and covering a wide field have been
introduced.
The volume may serve either az hrse
book on The subject or a. "a supplementary
reader for those who have followed
course In the field or the teNt.book
The illustrations carts out SIN E'hrr
the idea OF The boob and present a. one
the more interesting aud sifihl"s feai'''
OF the varrohs ANIMALS under consider"
ton. The stores are neafiy all oasen