The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-06

young WOMAN WITCH btcNS mo a
knowledge Of the world.
Stephen Crane. NJ a writer, and Peter
Newell as illustrator, make strong
combination. and the "Whiiomvllle Sto-
RES" the first OF which appears IT. this
number. promise to add to the hurels
Of these two clever men.
Anna Wentworth Sears contributes n
bright little sketch. when Mrs. Van
worcester Dimes" Other STORIES are by
Alice Duer. and Thomas A. Janvier, and
a sketch of q Cuban recohcehtrado, by
Frederic Remington.
silver Wedding Journey" are continued.
and THE Drawer IS full OF attractive
short stories and anecdotes. Notable
among the poems are The Last Room,
by Bliss Carman. most oppropriately IL
Illustrated by Albert T. Steiner. and Tho
Rodv 10 the Soul" by Ellen NJ III. Gates,
and illustrated by Howard Pyle.
other more serious articles are Hattie
"F,pisodes of the TAPPING Rebellion" by
Admiral Beardslee OF the United states
Navv. ''The Pursuit and Capture OF
stroirht's Raiders" by DR.. John A.
Wvefte and "The Filipino lnsurreotion
of 1909" compiled from a saudy OF Me
Snanieh Archives left in Manila, by Car
los Gilman Calkins, lieutenant United
States Navy.
II is reported that Thomas Nekon
Pages "Red Rock, pubiished 9y, mas.
scribner's sons has just entered upon
i3s fftieth thousand. OF course Nr.
pace mad been well known 70 American
readers as a writer or crltlcal artlcles'
ekotches and short stories betore ne at
TAINTED sustained fiction, and, for an
1e,!tpor5, Grst novel the success Of Red
Rock Is therefore not as astonishing as
# might be.
STANLEY Wevman has about finished
novel called sophia
A vvcU-lyuown author IS exhibiting 10
his friends with great giee a discovery
he has made I'm an English dictionary
of some note. which processes 20 lncSeos
what the editor terms .AmerlcanlsInt-
Among these Is the -, foi gov i,5Eob-.lls az os
v-iu he soon bv the following Illustration
from an Albany u. y paper
e. Mr. Blank. a prominent cltlzen' re-
turned from his cluD lh n illdIlous III
ditio, and after vanly irvine 20 UNLOCK
me front door with his umbrella cllinDed
,brough the coal hole. Ho was found
sleep in the bath tub fully dressed anu
with his jag.
Kipling I'm French must he funny, nay;
eooroinrlv Impossible. NM. Fahuiet au9
f,tfH,ie-ee have however. translated
"Tbe Jungle Book" ana u becomes Le
Tfvro DE Ia jungle and ne Acaus M, ~!
saws tho work Is very Wen zone ,., "a
III u-oifs plaint. NOW / nave mlss,u
~. I'm % sounds tame IN "Je vicns &c
,,35,o,for ma prole." How clsverly KIP,
ING describes the camel, me Gamer
JoI7hiod uD. camel fashion Ike t~o-
80 ,,,iou' This Is rendered. Le cha-
l TO- ~ ,ori,a a IA facon.- des chameauN,
lil' . y ~, IL encouraged by their ef-
r~t.t a. translate M HeepGin.' wnl inc
ioint Frenchmen try the soidltr s'9rlsSs
what an uncommon mess tney are 'Ne'y
70 make Of ~
THE nOOKMAN fills TO perfeotion Us
rou, particular niche Among 'n7
e,ecia1 features I'm the August number is
"a critical article by by Hamilton M i.sI,l,
,bo erst Of a series, and entitled Inc
T.esav and some Essayists.
IIerr,, Tburston Peck writes OF "lAtera-
.,,ro and Music" and Edward Fuller
.l,.,og,,s a. some length '"rhe Autohio@-
-,r.b,, and Letters Of Mrs Oliphant Inc
$50. .Thomas Hardys Country Is con-
Guided and the pictures I'm this numoer
a-o M the scenes portrayed IN Two on q /.
Tower" The fronuspice is a picture y.
whistler. from a drawing py hfhes'
haskell. chronicle and continent 4'
renlete with intereting bits or literary
gossip. and there is some good poe DO. !.
Notably. a short poem, "Ihe rates pN
John Curtis Underwood and III NaoiSoi
souare." by Regina Armstrong
Soma special features Of the Augns'
r,,,,,bor Of DEAIOBESTS FAMllil
Magazine. are ~ Notable Colony 10y
Theodore Dresser, describing the arts
colony Of painters, architects and lte s
arv lights who live at Lawrence PARK oD
The Bronx: "The Business Woman 10y
STANLEY can. and four good, short $40
rios "The Portrait Album Is Away
an attractive department and this ISSUE
gives us the photographs OF America.
Nofed Nulionaires." Demorest Is ohe
~ the oldest Of the family magazines ah'
continues to be one OF the best