Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-16

/ the subject and the photography append
ed to each chapter. lie intimates. how
ever. that his work Is intended to appeal
! 10 Jewish students. In our view It APP
peals TO all who have an interest in litera-
ture in its broadcast and noblest sense.
II might well be made a textbook in
/ any school; and 10 many IL would open
field that would be a delightful revea-
ton. 1t introduces the reader to a lite
rary domain concerning which the ave-
rage student Of. literature has but
/ vague idea and leads to the hope that
the author will build on it a moro elabo-
rate work for colleges.
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| COMES ONE WITH A SONG. BY Frank
l. Stanton, author Of Songs OF the
SOIL" Indianapolis and Kansas City:
The Bowen-Merrill Company. 1899.
Mr.. Stanton Is already well-known TO
the South and tho country at large by his
contributions to the press of the day, and
by his volume Of collected poems entitled
Songs Of the Soil" This second colec-
| ton is in his characteristic style-or,
! rather, 'styles-and comprises dialect
| verse, poems Of child life, pastorals. jingo-
verses love poems-in a word, the usual
! repertoire Of the newspaper poet. All
! these fields have been worked time and
! triously TILED. and there are no startling
/ departures from the traditional, either I'm
| matter or metre in Comes one With
I Song" Indeed, originality does not
! seem TO be Mr.. Stanton's strong
point. The children's poems have an
unmistakable flavor of Eugene Field, that
/ makes II not hard 10 see who godfather
| ed them. and some Of the dialect pieces
are decidedly reminiscent OF Riley and
]. 10 fr,rff Tprft rTr ~
| lack tho quality Of novelty, they possess
| that OF lightness and grace OF versIdcation
| I'm a marked degree, and parts OF his book
are delightful reading.
II IS probably due TO tho popular de-
| mand for dialect verse that Mr.. Stanton
has put so large part OF tho present
volume IN that form. We take the liber-
ty OF thinking IL a pity that he has done
so. A pretty thought that comes natu-
rally out OF the head OF an unlettered
Georgia Cracker might reasonably be sup
posed thnkable by a civilized poison;
and no thought worth expressing at all
ever lost anything IN power from being
expressed in good English. However. as
somebody has said. Every man TO his
taste. and every poet 10 his customers
lack Of f."
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THE GREEN BAG. An Entertaining
Magazine for Lawyers. Edited by Ho-
race W. Fuller. Published by the Bos-
ton Book Company, Boston. Mass. April
no. Price. 80 cents for single No.
Contents: J. Martin Ingham Townsend
with portraiO. General Edward T. Bull
lard. H. Constitution, or Theory hich?
Eltweed Pomeroy. III. Charles Lamb and
the Law. ". Choice Anecdotes OF Irish
Bench and Bar. v. \ Client 20 His Law
-. rHa Trf n
OF John Brown GllustrateO. Bushcod G.
Washington. VII. (Sug)Jsstive Cases-llI.
VIII. Tho old Court--Now Court Contro-
versv John c. D0olan. N. Reform Of the
English Ecclesiastical Courts. y. A Le-
gal Romance. NJ. London Legal Letter.
III Editorial Department.
The chief feature OF this months issue
Of the Green Bag is a carefully prepared
article on the trial Of John Brown by
Bushrod G. Washington, with several IL
Illustrations OF those who figured proml-
nently in that affair and its scqleh NE !,
Washington appears 10 be thoroughly con- |
versant with the facts about which no
writes. end his contribution IS a valuable
addition to the literature which helps TO
yiudicate the South. II would be well for
northern readers to study carefully tho
statements Mr.. Washington makes, and
TO consider tho diabolical details OF the |
plot conceived by Brown before they |
again characterize this fana,ical character
as hero.
4 TROOPER GALAHAD. BY Captain |
Charles King, United States army, au- |
thor OF THE Coloners Daughter" Ma |
rlon's Faith" Captain Blake" Under /
Fire" From School 10 Battlefield" I
&c. Philadelphia: J. 3. Lppincott Com !
pany. 1859
Not 20 be outdonc by the Romantic /
specialist, the Gesha-sirl specialist, tho !
political. society, colonial. blood-and- |
thunder, and dialect specialists. Captain |
Charles King is out this month with an
other army tale. a Trooper Gdlahad. !
lie presents his usual dramatis personae-
captains. DULLES, Indians troopers, de-
fauldng commissaries, gossips, &c.-the /
the stock furniture Of a frontier post.
The author is, by no means. up to his
former mark. There are no novel incl
dents or characters in "A Trooper Gala
had" and the story IS unpardonably
prosy Indeed, Captain Kings army life
is getting little cloying. Custom is be-
ginning 10 stale his infinite monotony
For sale by the publishers. Price 81.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Devoted
TO Literature. Science. Art and Politics.
April, 1899. Boston: HoughtOn, Minln
& CO. New York. Per copy, IS cents;
81 year.
Contents: 1.-THE Mystery Of Evil" by
John Fiske; "Cromwell--A Tricentenary
Study" by Samuel Hardin Church; The
Solar System, in the Light OF Recent Dis(
covcries" by T. J. J. Lee; "Reminiscences
Of Julia Ward Howe"-V.-by Julia Ward
Howe; Growth Of the British Colonial
Conception" by W. Alleyne Ireland; "Ths
End Of an Era"-I-by John s. Wise, |
talks 10 Teachers on Psychology
III.-by William james; Some Recent
Fiction. Improvement in City Life"-I.-
by Charles milford Robinson; "A March
Wind" by Alice Brown; Love and
Wooden Leg" William r.. Tighten: "A
New England Hill Town"-I.-by Rolln
Lynch Haiti; BLACK sheep" by Richard
Burton; "The Shadow OF a Cloud" By
Anna Hampstead Branch Echo" by
Flayian ROsser
THE HOPPERGRASS. Published Month
Is by the Little Bryces'-Mildred, Nir-
ginia, Clarence a., Jr., Jeanette, and
I.ouise-of Ashland Va. April No.
This tiny quintette OF editors are still
brayely forging ahead as magazine pro-
prietors, and appear TO improve with ex-
perience Though they are all deyotees
OF Santa Claus and by no means ripe In
wears. they show great skill in the selec-
ton OF matter designed TO please children.