Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-11

| the author terms The Making OF Memo
| dism In Richmond" and under this mead
| he includes a centennial address By heV.
DR.. 4. G.. Brown. on "Methodism in RICH
mond for one Hundred Years; one by
Rev. W. ". Lear, on Centenary and Her
| Colonies" Two chapters are devoted TO
| the Laymens Union, and the sunday
school and the EpwOrth League. Ihese
| two chapters are by Or. Pell. They are
among the best in the book. On Sunday
schools ne is everywhere an accepted au-
| thority.
After describing the processes by when
/ Methodism in Richmond was made, natu-
rally, the author comes TO discuss ana
describe the men who made 1t. Therefore,
the third section OF the book is entitled
Makers OF Methodism in Richmond
J Under this head are reproduced fourteen
of the biographical sketches OF Methodist
pioneers in Richmond, which were SUD
mitted at the centennial celebration. Inc
volume concludes with five addresses de-
! livered at the centennial.
The book is from the presses OF the q.
E. Flanhart Printing Company, is printed
on excellent paper, and is substantially
and prettily bound. II is volume wnlcn
every Methodist. especially every Rlch-
mond Methodist, will desire 70 have III his
home. Price 81.
APPLETONs POPULAR SCIENCE
MONTHLY. May, 1859.
The above magazine for May contains
an article on liquid air, written by Pro-
fessor Ira Remsen, who has made prob
ably more advanced experiments in tfls
new direction than any other man. Inc
article is written from purely scienunc
viewpoint. without any Of the sensational
features which have characterized the
treatment Of the subject by some OF the
newspapers. but the writer says that
enough has been learned 70 justify the
prediction that results little short Of
revolutionary will be caused by the new
discover. He thinks that IN addition to
furnishing mankind with n beautiful play
thing the production Of liquid air seems
likely to find practical application as a
cooling agent. in the construction OF
motors, in the preparation Of explosives,
and for the purpose Of extracting oxygen
I from the air. The article is exceedingly
entertaining and edfying.
Other good articles are alaska and the
Klondike." by Professor Angelo Heilprin;
THE Origin OF European Culture" by
Professor w. 4. Ripley; Insane Charac-
ters In Fiction and History" by Professor
c. LOmbroso, and a number OF others.
lfiE 81 W ANII- NJ y IT. W r OIk AIlNl l..
The current No. Of this quarter literary
review. published by the Sewanee Unver-
sity. is an interesting one. One OF the
best articles In ii is a careful review OF
the recent History OF South Carolina In
der the Proprietary Government. le70-l7l9
( The review is written by d. ID. Wallace.
The writer has a faculty for taking out
OF a book and massing for easy survey
its most salient points. For instance. he
startles the reader with statement from
General McCrady's history, that Charles
ton was as much centre OF influence In
Colonial days as was either jamestown
or Boston, and before one has recovered.
shakes him up again by another state
ment that the colony had free schools as
early as I'LL.
A critical study Of George Meredith, as
novelist and poet. and Of Matthew Ar
mold are interesting and well done. b. j.
Ramage has a timely article on the parti.
tion Of Africa.