The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-25

in strong lines the stern !epressed New
England woman; VIII Allen Drumgoole
has SKI tched the ''MaiungeonS'' of the Ten
aessee mountains, and now Miss thlleS, a
V!rginian, has given us most faithful
portrayal Of the Georgia Cracker his
environment, his capabilities and his da-
lect. Miss Chies work, in the form OF
a story, is in a sense a defense OF the
Cracker against those who assert that
by nature the Cracker is so differentiated
from the rest of the world as to De past
a.! metamorphos:s CT even past improve
nent, morally or intellectually. The book
is of value as written from the Cracker
standpoint and not from the point of
view Of an outsider. These people are rap
lilly dying out, and soon will be known only
through literature, and this accurate pic
ture Of their lives and their ASPIRATIONS or
lack of them, viii doubtless enhance in
value as the years go by and the Geor-
:sa Cracker becomes a past type song
with the ants-bellum darkey.
The story, as a story. is a readable one.
Here a, gleam OF the scllrewel hu,nor ot-the
Cracker, there & ravslng bit of pathos
found IN their rude lives. Moonshiners,
z'evenue officers, 'iasses slew and apple
butter rakngs. all havs their place in the
story as in the lives of these strange
people. Bill" our authors hero, is a
rare character, who gives utterance TO
Slicl remarks as thiS-"NaW: takes er
better mann discovered Americy ter tell
whn I means ter cheat. Gaze, you see,
l allus means ter cheat, and l allus looks
the same His mother outlines a W.
mans hopeless lot among these people i'll
these words. in reply to rsnark upon
the fine country: Yes, it's fine huff fur
dogs an men, but its terrible on women
an steers.
The story comes with conviction Of
its fidelity to life.
DAVID HARUNI. a STORY OF AMER
1CAN LIFE. BY Edward Noyes West
colt. Illustrated by B. West Clinedinst
Farrand. New York: d. Appleton &
Company. Bound in cloth. illustrated, L
Mo, gilt top. 40 pages. Price, 81
> The firm of D. Appleton & Company
have gotten out an illustrated edition OF
David Harum. This is most timely, in
view-of the approaching holiday season.
since David Harum has become an
American classic, and will find, for many
a year TO come, eager purchasers. The
illustrations are by that well-known ar
list, s. West Clinedist. whose name is
guarantee of merit. Nj. c. D. Farrand
has also furnished some pleasing and APP
pirate text drawings. The volume IS a
most attractive specimen of book-naking.
IN THE PALACE OF THE KING. A
Love Story OF Old Madrid. By F. Marion
Crawford. New York: The Macmillan
Company Bound in cloth; 12mo; gilt
top: illustrated 36S pages. Price. S1.50
This is most thrilling story, written
by that voluminous author. Il, Marion
Crawford The setting is the gorgeous
Spanish court in the TINS OF Philip II.
With that skill which he possesses in
such eminent degree tine author brings
before us the magnificent pageantry and
the wealth of beauty and sorgeousness
of costunla which characterized the court
of Spain. The grandees OF Spain, clad
in velvet and silk. blazing with their
jeweled orders: the great ladies' of the
court, in sheen of silk and glimmer of
satin, with The CLEAN Of jewels: the
Kings Jester, clad in red velvet; the
King melancholy, sombre, repellant,
though clad in silk and wearing the
collar OF the Golden Fleece; the pathetic