Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-15
Notices of New Books.

ZINE. Editor: Lyon q. Tyler, NJ A,
LID, president of William and Mary
College, William and Mary College,
Williamsburg. Va.
Table Of contents: Diary Of John Blair
member OF the Council Of virginia. for
the year 175l. Rev. Samuel Henley, Pro-
fessor Of Divinity in william and Mary
College (sketch). Entries OF Births and
Deaths i'm the Hunter Family Bible. Ex-
tracts from John Davis's Travels in
America, 1889, 1900. 1871, 1872. Papers
Relating 10 the Founding Of the College.
The Ashton Family Record. from the |
family Bible OF Burdett Ashton, OF King /
George county School Teachers In CO. |
lonial Virgenia--John Walker, John Bruce.
&c. The Indian War of 1916, orders OF
Mddlesex County Court. Armistead
Miscellaneous Items. Churchill
Family-Will and Inventory Of Colonel
William Churchill. Of Middlesex. Bible
Record OF Scarburgh Family. Marriage
Bonds in Blddlesex County. Seaweli
Family, OF Gloucester County. Marriage
Bonds in Goochland County. Historical
and Genealogical Notes and queries
Queries as 10 Courtney Parker, and ray
lor as TO Barrett Family; Notes as 10
Deaths Mentioned in Richmond Papers
for the Years 1905. 1906 as TO Roots Fam
lily, on Rebels and Traitors, on President
Thomas Lee, on Mosby, and Netherland
Families. Book Notlces-Genealogy or
the Hord Family; Genealogles and Rem
iniscences. compiled by Henrietta Hamil-
ton Mccormick; The Loves of the Lady
Arabella: The Religious Element in the
Settlement at Jamestown History and
Genealogy Of the Family of Baillie OF
Dunain.
THE JANUARY CRITIC.
The January Critic appears with an en-
larged PAGE and a cover Of granite green,
with rubicated title and a poem by Miss
| Edith NJ Thomas, an acrostic which
| spells Happy New Year. The type is
| good for tired eyes, being clear and bold,
and the wide margins lend beauty to the
| page Mr.. Charles Dana Gibson's many
admirers will be interested to see the
! portrait of him printed in this number,
| and TO read the article on his work by Mr..
! Charles Belmont Davis, which Is copiously
! illustrated. There Is also an illustrated
article on IAN Artist of the Sums by
Mr.. Roger Riordan. meaning Mr.. Phil
| Nav. whose original drawings are now
! being exhibited in New York. Another
| article that will be found of special ana
| timely interest is by Mr. Charles Wood
| ward Hutson on 1.-The Real Cyrano de
| Bergerac." in which it is shown how
closely Al. Rostand has followed the true
history OF that warrior-poet. MT. "A.
| du Pont Coleman contributes paper on
Seventy Years of Ibsen," which Is mus
trated with portraits OF the famous Nor
v,egian at various ages Bismarcks Au-
photography Is reviewed at length by MT
Charles de Kay, late Consul-General oil
the United States al Berlin, while twenty
five pages more are devoted 10 reviews oil
the latest and most important books. Inc
drama is illustrated this month with por
traits of Miss Ada Rehan as Portia II
| THE Merchant of Venice" Miss Juli
Arthur as Mercedes in Mr. r. Il. Aldrich'
play OF that name, and there is repro
duction Of a scene from Mr. Plnero
latest success, "Trelawny or the Welis'
The frontspiece OF the number Is por
trait Of Mr.. Thomas Nelson Page, an.
In The Lounger are portraits or DE- u -
Hale AIr. joel Chandler Harris. l.. a
poe Miss Pamela Coleman Smith, NJ
) Boutet de Monvel, Mr.. Kenneth Grahame
. Mr.. Lang. and Count Leo Toistoy. VIII
a ricture OF his homo I'm Moscow. IheI
is a full-page reproduction or the lat
Burne-Jones Memorial 10 Miss ChiIsuh
Rossetti. the last work from his hanC
besides other Illustrations Of varied M
, terest and value. This is the first mum
her of The Critic to be issued from tn
Knlckerbocker Press OF Messrs G.. y. Pu'
) MANS Sons, and It is an excellent illustra
ton OF the advantages Of good printing
+, THE GREEN BAG. an Entertainln
Magazine for Lawyers. Edited by ITO
D race w. Fuller. Volume Nl, No. IN
= Boston Book Company, publishers.
D cents per number.
This attractive magazine though pr
marlly designed for the legal profession
is bv no means dry and technical, an
discusses subjects well calculated |
b please the general reading public /
= treats mainly Of unique cases ana ques
s tions. and conveys information Whlc
z IS both valuable and interesting. Inc loI
lowing table OF contents will give an lde
y Of the Green Bags attractlVeiles
> George NcDufie with portraiD, by Wa
Il ter /. Miller; Revision OF the Dreylu
s Case by Seymour j.. Thompson IN
4 Death Penalty in Olden Times. tlorenc
- Spooner: Siberian Prisons; Few Note
on Ducling Stools illustrated, by Lie"
ellyn levitt: Territorial Sovereignty
lanes w. Stillman; Bugs and Beasts 30
+. fore the Law H., by +. y. Evans;
e Modest Defence OF Suicide; The Lawyer
Easy-Chair, Irving Browne
SHADOWS on THE WALL BY Mis-
4 Howard Weeden. Publishers, NJ. Stoi
g Co. No. % Park Place, New YORK
This charming little book Of verses. al
tractive i'm every sense. shows MISS Gee
en- I'm the dual capacity OF artist ana a'
thor II is no disparagment or her me
O., rarv ability to say that her illustrator
are the feature Of the work. Indeed. the
would be n feature anywhere, for the az
lie curacv with which she has delineated IN
D oId-tinne negro should give her rank q
E an illustrator Of pre-eminent ability. lie
pictures. aside from the peculiar chari
Of answering accuracy and ndehty
u her subject matter, would serve as exec
L. lent studies for amateurs or art student
The poems, though very short, ana iorn
=. ing but a small part Of the book, have u
- true plantation ring and harmonious
'o combine humor and pathOs.
lie Miss Weeden has received the unstinte
y praises Of such men as Thomas Nelso
pare. Polk Miller, and Joel Chandler Ia
:. ris though her work could stand on ]
unsupported merit.
FROM SCHOOL TO BATTLEFIELD. /
Captain Charles King. Published by
u. IippincOtt Company, Philadelphia.
=. For sale by J. i. Bell Company, cry.
This attractive boys book by CAPITA
Charles King. deals principally with u
)n lives ~ Shorty Pride and Snipe LawtO
r. 10 New York school-boys They are fir
m fellows. They love each other with To-
IKE that of Damon and Pythias, get
many scrapes. have many good frienu
III and some enemies. are thrown into serio
n difficulties by the latter, and happily 2
tricatad by the former When the VI
g. NJ 1ss1-'G5 comes on they enlist. and
- valiant service The story OF their awe
' tures will no doubt greatly interest Il
10 tuvenile reader for whom the book seer