The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-20

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THE FaRRlNGDoNs, by Ellen Thorney-
croft Fowler author OF Concerning Isa-
be, CaTnaoy. : "A Double Thread New
York: D. Appleton 4 Co. Bound in
Cloth. L mo-. 3sG7 pages, price ss-5o
Those who found pleasure in reading
Concerning Isabel Coraaby.' and "a Dou-
bic Thread" VIII welcome Miss fowier.s
new book. The Farringdons.
The scene of The story is laid princi-
.,ally sn the iron country of England,
though in a few chapters the anthor takes
The heroine TO London. One Of the fami-
Ties of the hardy race who dwell in the
BLACK country, and whose time is taken
up in the making OF iron and the say
ing of souls, gives the book It's name
From this family comes the heroine,
who IS first introduced TO us as a child.
Her CHEZ playmate is the nephew OF the
manager OF the mines AS they grow uo
he realizes that he loves her, but VIII
not Tell her 50 because Of his position
After some time the overseer dies and his
nephew becomes the manager. Not long af-
ter the heroine's aunt, who is the last mem
her of the family, dies. and by her viii
leaves the bulk of The property to
nephew that went off 10 Australia, pro-
rided that he can be found in ten years;
otherwise 1t is IN go TO the niece ilef
former playmate. now manager, insists on
going TO Australia TO look tor the heir,
and she, angry because he leaves her
when she is all alone. gradually grows
away from him. Before he returns she mas
gone to London to study art and, after
some years. makes a great success.
All this time she sees nothing of her
manager, who. upon his return, told her
ne could find no trace of the heir. One
day she receives a letter. saying that the
manager is I'll and that it is necessary 10
have some papers in. the private sale TO
which only he and herself have keys.
she goes down 10 the iron country, and,
while looking for the papers, flnds
letter addressed to herself. but not to be
delivered until after her managers death.
She reads it and learns of his love, and
also that he himself is the heir to the
properly, but which he has relinquished
for her sake. She realizes now that she
has loved him all the time. and tells nm
so during a conscious interval. This gives
him new desire for life and he RECEIVERS
and they are happily married.
The book is filed with long converse
tons, after the order of those in Con
corning Isabel Carnaby," which to the
admirers of the latter viii prove equally
writer among the number. these suppos-
cdly brilliant conversations will seem
equally forced and boring.
The heroine is a woman who knows her
cwrL mind so little and has such little
force of character that, on two occa-
sfons, she is only prevented from marry
ing other men by The interposition OF
some third person, and SO perforce saved
Tor the hero.
THE IUNATIc AT LARGE. by J. storer
Clouston. Appleton's Town and company
Library. New York: d. Appleton &
Company. Paper. 80 cents.
AS the title indicates, this story is a
record of the adventures Of a man who
has escaped from an asylum. The story is
well told, the lunatic, an amusing ana
lsind-hearted fellow, and the book ends
happily, with his mental restoration
LIES TRIVIAL ROUND. By Rosa
Neuchette Carey. author of MY Lady
Frivol." the Old, Old Story etc. Phil
adelpfia: ]. b. Lippincott Company
Bound IN cloth. 12mo. 2SS pages.
In the magazines devoted TO matters OF
family interest the question, What books
shall we give our girls to read?" is often
asked In this day Of sensational and
cratic literature it is a hard question to
answer.
There was time when the authors
name was a sufficient guarantee of the
character of his works, but now many Wno
have a record Of good work done in the
past have turned aside and write stories
which, if not actually immoral, certainly
have a vitiating influence and tend to
enervate the moral fibre Of youthful read
ers.
Among many who have changed for the
worse, it is a pleasure TO note Miss Carey
as an honorable exception. and to know
taat her pen carries no poison virus. but
that her wholesome stories. love stories.
pure and simple. tend to preserve the COM
torting belief that religion, morality and
pure affection are not altogether things of
lac past, but that it is still true that
Gods in His Heaven;
Ais right with the world
.'i.ife's Trivial Round is the latest novel
from Miss Carey's pen. and while it is not
quite up 10 her usual standard. 1t is a
pleasant, wholesome little story of every
day life.
Literary Notes.
Mr. Thomas Nelson Page is soon 10
make his debut as a 1ramatist. He is
hard at work upon n stage version of his
popular novel, Red Rock" which is
row selling in its one hundred thousand.