The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22

Of an auction sale oil slaves In Richmond
which We think might very properly nave
been omitted. But these are matters Tor
tie editorial columns.
HENRY woRTHINGTON IDEAL1sT. By.
Margaret Sherwood author % Al "a
pertinent In Altru.sm" and a Puritan
Bohemia" New York. TIE Msem:i-
Ian Company. Goth, u NO, git toy,
II pages. Price 40.
This Is st-dy Ia sociology H1@Ty
WOrthngton being the young professor
OF economies at an eastern GniveFs.,y
ard ready 10 do and dare In TIE puT
suit OF his Ideals. The special lion which
Is IN his path Is the question Should
university accept money that comes
through a trust or a department s,oref
Our hero holds that TIE money coMiae
10 an institution, which stands for TIE
highest and best mentally ard moray
snoJ,d not be accepted as SIT. he mas
the courage OF his convictions and makes
a personal study OF the department sore
a1c - me.hods. He succeeds IN ioslng
his chair iE tie university and esirsnges
h.s dear old father. who Is professor IN
tae same university BY the irony OF
fate Ne falls IN love with the daughter
% the proprietor OF TIE much-talked OF
store. but fortunately FOR their love al
fair re daughter also Is an ideslist ara
scorns her fathers wealth, az coming
from wrong source.
Winthrop. where the scene IS laid is
undoubtedly Boston and the university
is Harvard.
smith - must OF course stand FOR an
IDEAL department store, although It's sins
are not very black. being somewhat mar
d
standing than are to be considered health
I'll.
IT gives vs. new point OF view In the
study Ok The subject Of how the other
tslf lives II IL written sympathetical-
~ and With a desire 10 be just to all
parties Apart from the serious prob
lem, discussed II IS an Interesting novel.
Like al studies m sociology. IL points
out the evgs but does not So plainly
suggest the remedy
CHRISTMAS AT DEACoNs HACK
EFT :; A SEQUEL TO HOW TOM-
MY SAVED THE BARN" by James
Ct.s Thomas 7 Croven & Co. q
eas. Fourteenth street. New York. Cloth
yo., lO5 pages. Price zoe.
II was only to be expected that the
children who read How Tommy Saved
the Barn should call for further news
from the crippled Luke. the motherly
little Garry and the lively THOMAS. This
Mr.. Otis has oblgngly given and he tells
in his Characteristic style about the adj
ventures that the city waits had the fol-
lowing holidays on the Deacons hospi-
table farm.
THE HEIREss OF THE SEASON. by Sir
william Magnay, Bart, author Of
The Pride OF Life" etc. New York.
d. Appleton & Co. Bound in paper.
Price zoe
This Is the latest issue OF Appleton's
Town and Country Library series ana
IS story OF English lie in which there
Is general mixture of loye-making and
political intrigue.
REPORT OF THE SECOND AND
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTIONS OF
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS or
MOTHERS published by order Of the
National Congress OF Mothers. Phila-
delphla. George F. Lasher.
This pamphlet contains the addresses
delivered IN Washington at the cOnyen-
items OF 1898 and 1893, and also list OF the
delegates from the different States II
furnishes In an available form much mat
ter of interest to the mothers OF this
broad land The writers Of the various
papers are all men and women OF promi-
nent intellect who have given their re-
spective subjects the benefit OF pains
taking research and they speak with au-
thority to the mothers OF the world.
Virginia was ably represented by Mrs.
Beverly b. Munford and Mrs Francis ID.
Williams. Of Richmond.
THE MAGAZINES
The most striking feature OF the Octo-
her number Of DIXIE is the number Of
| high-grade illustrations. The frontls-
piece f. half-tone engraving Of Al
bertlnenrs Holy Family" and an article
entitled "Od Masters" Is illustrated by
nine engravings from celebrated paint
ings seen IN the Reuling collection I'm Bal
timore "Old Pans and suburbs consists
Of a series II eight drawings by the we'll
known artist Gordon Pike. This num-
her contains the first Of a series OF ar
tlcles on the family OF Napoleon Bona
parte The subject OF this initial paper
Is THE Mother OF Napoleon and H. 5.
Turner is the writer. Elihu ;. Riley
writes a reminiscent sketch Of The First
Theatre In America" The portrait for
the month is Of Or James VI. Smith. or
Baltimore. from n painting by Rem
brandt Peale. Dr.. Smith IN 1872 estab-
lshed in Baltimore a vaccine institute
the first Of It's kind In America. Robert