Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09


advantage He is a lawyer, and at hrst
vidower. but soon finds a second WIFE,
who somehow does not come up 10 MS
eypectations And so he makes love 10
q Young lady guest at his house ana
wins her affection and brings much
misery into her life. one cannot quite
sympathze with such man, though the
authors never get out Of their conVersa-
tional strain long enough 10 condemn
him. it, nr,,,
Sunlight Waters as trashy literature.
Taken analytically, it Is a well-"rllten
and carefully book, OUT inc
"tout ensemble" drags and is lacking IN
interest The collaborators are eyldenlly
Gentlemen OF wide reading. Incidentally
Cthat is. in the neyer-ending CONVERSE
tions). they introduce comments on anu
oi1otations from scores OF authors some
NJ these "booxlsh" discussions are par
ticularly good, and show the writer's 10
he men of literary polish ana acuiiicn.
Had they taken the direct reSpol7iOii
Of these utterances instead or delsSd',
them to rather flimsy characters "e
lieve their book would have been ilul
more of q success. Among theso 60,
phonographic productions are se'el',
poems which show genuine merit Sn nv
finesse-nay beauty OF Nersic@'iOh -
their effect is partially los' Dec""S, -
are supposed 10 emanate IRON tne -
OF two rather insipid characters.
W. ebolild ike to see the literary part
,ersbin Of Shackleford and DeHart dis
soryed. its members DO not make good
vokemates. though, individually, they
both show ability.
THE FIGHT FOR DOMINION a Ro-
nance OF our First War Win spain
Nv CAV Parker Author OF "Ihe curse
~ Roeser." la Belle Creole. etc.
win Illustrations by G. Bertrand
Mitchell. New York: j. X. herrcA
& Co.. 70 Fifth avenue.
We that have time 10 spend on span
ieh" novels. prepare to spend 1t now, Tor
there IS a sound of abundance OF them.
The heavens are black with clouds ana
wind and there will shortly be great
rain. Some stray puffs, forerunners OF
the storm. have already reached US and
n certain little breeze. THE Fight Tor
Dorninion." is even now playing about
orr critical features. Here. lest Mer-
cutie Kill us, allow US 10 XIII Mercutlo
and say I'm plain English that Mr.. Cay
Parker's '"rhe Fight for Dominion. a
Romance of our First War with SPAIN
is I'm the front rank OF the noble army
OF novels. begotten and begetting. that
our last war with Spain is responsible FOR.
The time OF the story Is the time OF
the settlement Of Georgia by Oglethorpe,
the place is Florida, and the principal
persons are Oglethorpe's agents and am
bassadors 10 the Spanish al ST. Angus
tine. The hero Is the personal friend OF
one OF these Ambassadors and follows nm
10 Florida. making the adventure blind
for following up his suit Of Dolores, niece
10 the Governor. whom he had met and
fallen in love with in Spain. The meet
ings between the lovers, which are nume-
rous. are also costly for the incident Is
closed almost every time by Horton
being captured by his hatred rival and
thrust into the dungeon under the MORO
There seems 10 be kind of endless cham
arrangement between the parties, thus
Horton makes an appointment TO meet
Dolores secretly; Salgrado gets the ZIP
and lies I'm walt for the English dog. cap
lures him and thrusts him into the inner
darkness; Dolores masquerades In boy
clothes. goes TO the prison and gets him
OUT Horton makes another secret APP
pointment; Salgrado comes on the scene
again with his cut-throats aud ushers In