Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26

leaves the book with a taste In the mouth
"a Of something more to follow. and
looks for another course. which he never
gets. You only know you have read the
last chaptsr By seeing 'Finis' at the
bottom OF the page.
The argument Is In brief as follows: A
young Engiishman IN France. poor. hut
proud fas heroes should BE-. finds n
self heir 70 a dukedon and a large for
tune. He comes 20 England. but cannot
enter into his heritage until the death 81
his grandfather. The mean time he EN-
pioys In having a good time and IN max
ing plans Tor reforming the world when
be shall find leisure for IT, He tries
London swell society. tries being a man
sbout-town. thinks and talks to himself
IN a rather vague way about being A
phiianthropist. and bores himself trying 20
make out his cousin Emmanuers system
Emmanuel Is the m0neyed man and man
ager q the family. by profession a the
oretic philanthropist HIS system is
kind Of experiment in Socialism. His
hearts desire Is 70 have Christian earn
OF his work when he is dead Christian
goes into the thing at first with zest.
tries hard to keep his interest warm. at
last confesses frankly that Il f. too much
for him. and gives q up He finds the
roles Of London swell and man-about-
town no more 20 his taste. and comes 70
the conclusion that the world II Tot 20
be reformed in a day. even to anuse
- IA
easily bored and wonder why. Unfortu-
nately his friend. the gentle reader. who
knows. cannot tell him that his sslf-ab-
sorption may have something 20 do with
n. His friends. the dramatis personae,
I however. tell him often. but fan 20 con-
vince him. He persists IN thinking that
II IL the inaction and suspense THAI IL
making him biase. and bC gins % look
/ back 10 his old life IN France. lie vacil-
/ lates between the new and the old and
/ fills many pages making up his mind. He
/ Is just about % give up everything and
4 90 back 10 France when HIS grand
/ fathers death opens the other door. lie
! loses no time now I'm deciding 70 stay In
England. and sOiaces his disIiiuslonized
| heart with dukedom and $50
| 90 per annum. The real cure for
/ his ennui. however lics not IN the change
/ from rweldom and Eve hundred 20 duke
\ dom and fifty thousand. but IN the fact
/ that for awhile. 90 least. be leaves or
l thinking only about himself. For he
! gets a wife az soon as may De after get
/ ting his Inheritance.
/ The loymaking of Christian and Miss
/ Bailey is a singular affair They meet
l ln the first chapter and she falls in love
| with him. They meet again. ana he asks
/ her 10 marry him. She discards him. and
] 4 mill HnH
/ tLi.d@ time IN the last chapter. and he
/ proposes again and a. accepted They are
/ married and live happily ever after.
/ Miss Bailey is very attractive girl
/ and IL IS regrcttable that she does not
\ appear oftoner. Between her and Chris
/ uau as regards character there can be
\ but ono choice one almost regrets that
I she D. thrown away on such a stick.
/ Mr. Frederic can hardly be said 20
\ have made success OF his last book.
/ By the side ~ some N his former work
/ Il appears unfavOrably. which speaks
badly Tor the future. The critics may be
/ mistaken after an In supposing that hi.
early death has wronged his credit with
I the world
For sale by the publishers. Price 81.
/ JEFFERSON wILDRIDER By Eliza
beth Clover New York: The Baker and
/ Taylor Company and east Sixteenth
street
After tho doluge ~ literature treatinl
/ New England lie from the one Old ira
3 diuonal standpoint ii d. positively re-
/ freshing 20 read Jefferson Wildrider.'
/ Prom most New England n0veiists OF M
! last twenty years an outsider reading to
| information would be justified In think
ing that New England was simply a ma
l ton Of cOttagers whose one idea OF eN
istence vas grinding work and poverty
| our northern brethren have dwelt rs
persistently on this phase Of New Eng
land lifs az n II were the only one.
with Miss clover 81 ls different From
I jefferson Wudrider" 10 appears tina
New Euelanders are after all pretty mucI
Ike other men, Not all OF them low
work as they love lIfe Some OF then
are even shiftless and unthrifty. Not
few are positively lazy and self-lndul
gent And we are introduced 10 tn
literary novelty OF a New England faml
~ actually rich and extrayagant.
Apart from the qualities that make ]
refreshing 20 southern readers. the book
IL interesting IN Itself simply az a story
II Is wen-written and entertaining. an'
some Of the character drawing Is excel
lent Unfortunately the hero turns on
his Interest. in the story is marred q
some extent by ifs unhappy ending
Although Jefferson comes % grief onl,
through the weakness of his own feebl
/ viii. and notwithstanding the moral les
/ con conveyed. % seems pity that 10 az
/ tractlve man had not a happier IRE.
For sale by Hunter a. CO. Price sl.25.
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