The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
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ESTELLE-AN IDYL OF OLD VIR-
GINA. BY Marcus BIaley Almond, A
AZ, LII. D., author of Fairfax, My
Lord" Outlines of Latin SyntaX,' etc.
Bound in white parchment paper with
title printed in two colors deckle edges,
illustrated with eight full page half
tones and boxed, price CD cents. For
sale by Hunter & Co, and by The Bell
Book and Stationery Company.
This dainty little volume will appeal es-
pecially to Eirginans for several reasons.
It's author is a Virginian, graduate OF
the University. and now Professor of Lat
in Hampden-Sidney College; the scene
of the poem is amid the uplands of the
Rappahannock, and the '2stelle' of the
story was Virginia Cary Meade, now the
authors wife. Now "ail the world loves
a lover and Virginia love-story. writ
ten by a Virginian, appeals to all true
Virginians Add to this the fact that
''Estelle" is a charming idylic poem,
clothed in Il most dainty dress, and it is
easy to understand its popularity as a
gift book
Such high authority as the late Presi-
dent of Yale College, Dr. Noah Porter,
gives it words of praise and says that
it is ''swest in its spirit, lovely in its
plctuIeS, ttIlu 4CiSitouS III IlS
diction.
WHO GOES THERE? THE STORY OF
A SPY in THE CIVIL WAR. By 3. X.
Benson. New York: The Macmillan
Company Bound in cloth, gilt top, y
mo, 4S5 pages, price S1.50.
"Who Goes Ehere?' is by a new writer
of fiction, B. X Benson. 1t is a remark
able story told by a Federal soldier. The
of !,
are his love for the daughter of his for
mer tutor and the mental affection of
"sllnneSia the malady of forgetting his
past identity-under which he suffers.
His tutor becomes a medical officer in the
sanitary commission of The army, while
the daughter becomes an army nurse.
The hero of the story enllStS III the
Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry; Is IN
the battle of Bull Run, and under Nc
Clellan in the advance to the Chickahom-
my. While scouting for the North he is
wounded and it attacked by amnesia
and becomes a private i'll the First South
Carolina Regiment, and makes the cam
paigns of Richmond, Second Manassas,
Antietam and Charlottesville under
Stonewall jackson, and the Gettysburg
campaign under a. P. Hill. In the Bris-
toe campaign he RECEIVERS, and brings to
General Meade the alarming information
OF the Union Army; Meade succeeds in
retreating.
The descriptions of battles are from
the standpoint of an eyewitness. as are
the adventures while scouting, the trials
of the camp and the march, and the ter
rors of battle in the ranks of two armies
4 good deal of space is taken up Win
discussions between the hero and his tu-
tor as to the causes and probable results
al these UilOte
the following extract. which comments
itself by reason of its good sense and
sound philosophy:
For the people of the two sections to
live in harmony, there must be mutual
respect and there must be self-respect
An easy triumph over the South would
cause the North great vainglory and the
South great humiliation. Inc
South, if she ever comes back into the
Union respecting herself. must be ex-
hausted by war: she must be able to
know she did all she could. and the North
must know that the South proved herself
the equal of the North in everything man
lv and respectable. So I say I should
fear a future Union founded upon an
easy submission: there would be scorners
and scorned-not friends
IN OLD ROSEAU. BY William S. Birse,
NJ D. New York: Isaac II. Blanchard
Co. Bound in cloth: illustrated; 100
pages: price 81.
This book consists of the authors per-
sonal "reminiscences of life among the
Carib Indians and on the Island of DOM
mica. The first part depicts life on the
Island OF Dominica and contains much
of interest concerning the customs ana
habits of the people, as well as descrlp-
tons of the island, which is character
izaa as ''the real eysium Of the Carlb-
bean Islands"
The latter part of the book tells of the
Caribs and of the writer's sojourn among
the remnants OF this once powerful peo-
pie.
1.-THE GOLDEN BOOK OF VENICE"
By Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull. Publish
ers, The Century Company. New York.
Cloth. u mo-, gilt top, 3e9 pages. price
S1.5O.
The charm of Venice is as unique as It
a Ia nerennIaL It has been the delight and