The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-17
THE TIMES: RICHMOND VA SUNDAY. DECEMBER II. 1899.

Those with a taste for horrors will find
abundant material to crafty their appe-
tiles in this daring work of the magma
ton.
OUR LADY OF DARKNESS. BY Ber-
nard Capers, author OF THE Comte de
h. Muette" New York. Dodd. Mead &
. Company. Bound In cloth. II mo-, SS
pages. Price. $50.
The time OF this story is the latter part
OF the last century-the period of the
French Revoution-and the scene is laid
first In England. afterwards in a little
town in Belgium. and then in Paris. The
heroine. "Our Lady Of Darkness IS
one Of the leading figures in the Reyolu-
ton. Its movement Is rapid. and the
story is one Of absorbing and tragic in
terest.
TROOPER TALES. 4 Series OF sketches
Of the Real American Private Soldier.
By VIII Lexington Comfort. New
York Street and smith. Bound in
cloth J. mo-, illustrated. gilt top. 24s
pages. Price. 81.
Mr.. Comfort writes of army life from
the standpoint Of the enlisted man, and
knows whereof he speaks, because he
"soldered' and was for time "a blue
atom in the great blue mass which
makes the backbone Of Uncle Sam s
fighting bottom" The stories are of the
cavalry. and the time, the recent Span
ish-American War. They depict the
hardships and the pleasures, the rough
fun and the rougher tragedy OF soldier
ing. but above all. they emphasize the
sterling manhood Of the American sol
der.
FOR LOVES SWEET SAKE. Selected
Poems Of Love in All Moods. Edited
by c. Hembert Wesley. Boston Lee
and Shepard. For sale by The Tell
Book and Stationery Co. Richmond.
Bound in cloth. illustrated, gilt top, II
mo. 1S6 pages. in a box. Price, $50.
Any one capable of constructing
scrap-book can compile a volume Of So
lcctcd love-poems, but only one who is
himself n true poet and a scholar of ex-
ceptional research could do what Mr. G..
Hembert Wesley has in the charming
collection called For Loves Sweet
Sake" The poems are presented I'm four
divisions respectively entitled Loves
Morning Loves Noontide.' Love
Evening" and Loves Night
The book lis gem Of the printers and
binders art, with its rich cover. fine pa
per, excellent full-page illustrations, and
profusion of decorative designs.
CHILD LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYS
BY Alice Morse Earle. author OF Home
Life I'm Colonial Days" Illustrated
from photographs collected by the au-
thor. New York. The Macmillan Com
pany. For sale by The Bell Book ard
Stationery Co, Richmond Bound in
cloth. illustrated, gilt top, 500, uncut
edges. - pages, i'm a box. Price g 80
Mrs Earle draws for MS q most inter-
esting picture of the lives OF the Colo
NAL children. The lives Of the Puritans
We're so FUN of hard hips and their creed
such r. gloomy one that it IS hard 10
realize that there were children i'm that
company. and that like all children they
had their plays and pleasures. Mrs.
Earle brings them before us, tells us OF
some of the curious names given 20 chill
dren I'm that day, tells as Of their toys,
the Joy when O. ship came into port with
eighty boxes OF sugar-candy and sixty
tubs Of rich candy. tells as of their dress
their schools. their manners, their relig-
ious training their books. their samplers
their toys and their gardens. All Of this
and much more Mrs. Earle tells in most
fascinating style and all through the
pages Of this delightful book are found
the queer old photographs Of by-g0ne
day. Grown people and young people
will find much 10 entertain and instruct
in this charming volume.
MICKEY FINN IDYLS. BY Ernest Jar
rold with Introduction by G. A. Dana
New York. Doubleday x Mcclure co.
For sale by The Bell Book and sta
tioncry CO. Richmond Bound in cloth.
IL mo-. 2S1 pages Price. Sl.2j.
This is n collection of Irish sketches,
presenting chapters from the life OF m
Irish lad who lived on the edge or
city They were first printed In the New
York sunday sun" and now are collect
cd in book form. They are fun ~ human
nature and pathos. and since they are
Irish sketches. Of course they are hui
morous Mickey and HIS pets are very
interesting Acquaintance.
THEIR SIT ADOWS BEFORE 4 STORY
or THE SOUTHAMPTON INSUR-
PFCTICN BY Pauline Darlington
Route Boston. Small Maynard &
Company. Bound I'm cloth - mo-, gilt
TOP 22 pages: price. s12j
This is another southern story and
the scene rs On southampton county Va,
and the story IS Of Vat Turner'S insur-
recti0n. r. is written I'm simple fashion.
and IS told I'm the first person, little
maid Of heroic spirit telling the story