The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-22

from the British steamer Trent, and OF
their imprisonment in Fort tNarr>r n, in
8tsosiisfl mar datii surrendereUs atSthe \
demand Of the English GOVERNMENT IN
these papers, AMI constantly Throughout
the book. The reader is impressed with
the Dc rsonality of this grandson ofsthe.
great Geo1 Sc Mason, "a $ ..e55.s cakes MS part
in the bul4cn OF our great CIVIL conflct.z
.s.2.eptee Z Resources of the Confederacy,'
bv William Carrot Brown. in the De-
cember Atlantic, normally a book re-
view. is d scussion Of the meals and
methods Of tn. Southern ConIederacys IN
IA, IrE giscanIlcs iWar1afe e.; and & Pfo1eSsrr
HenryF A Beers paper on ature
anu; the Civil MAR develops i:t.Otn. T
phase offs the Same Squestioll--ata tic uaie,
now, and hereafter. Inest:EeWo al!'cies
and the IDEAS. they, promluisate VIII s1e
found as suggestive for me :Ialare MS
torian ass they enterta, mag and ~
structive for ge neral reaoihs eo-ua ".
John Regnault El,yson has contributed
to. the January Smart Set an intense,
weird sketch. of a vague, slamorous
fabric. quite i'm harmony. with previous
productions, of his pen. Of a: a sspseudo=oc-
cnlt cha "a cter. tbs ca lied - What M.
Maurice Pelot Says" and sto$a1ly one in
] innate with. the stuff of SWIn when dreams
are made. Monsieur Peiot demonstrates ST.
very satisfactorily that he DID llf3 not. take
the life Of his patron. Prince Victor
Louis; but rather that tins response to
the invocation OF their devotee. the
mysterious power of Iidtfen2lndia snatch
ed him from the sight of men We are
left waiting for the urtherseSplanatory
revelations that will star ties
Henry Van Dyke 1.-THE Ruling: Pas
SION is about to be issued III an edition
de luxe; that is. in a special way. per
sonal edition. DR.. Van Dyke signs each
Of the five hundred copies to- which the
edition is limited and the frontlsplece
is a strong and original nortrait of MIN
drawn for the book by.tWalter Appleton
Clark The PRAYER that precedes tne
stories, "a Writer'S ReGuest OIL ms
Master which has provoked so many
comments both in England and America,
is reproduced in autograph fac-sinl!e.
In a competitive contest: to name the
Twelve best novels Of 1901. before Novenl-
Der list. the readers of the London AGA
denv give the first place to Rudyard
EipIin@'s .'Ilim' American titles are
conspicuously few the only ones being
'.-rhe Octopus' and The Crisis. ne
nradn,nv also gives an ed''ne'al .st'i s..lt
which likewise places ~ I'M III eiie
Mace and includes no American titles
81 ali. though two novels from the
lands of literary booms' are .,1nentloieu
snnarately as two OF the finest novels
af tho ,-ear" These are ''The Octopus
and "Sister Carrie Thus the conSen-
slst of opirion Of the AcadenlN ahn bS
readers IS that kim is the best ENG
,ish novel and t'The Octonls the pest
American novel of the year ND to the
of
This must be- verv gratifying COM
,;,,s,,. ~ NJ. 1T~anl< Norris. the author
of 1rba .Octo,,rs'' and lsatista Glory
raadinr to his publishers. Messrs; DOW
,,,o5o, Poo s. Co. But who knows
sister: Carrier" ss
F-nn15 <. Maeralls have issued: a n e" eu iii
tion Of ..Hirsh's Tabulated. Digest, Q! tte
Divorce L avs, of 5theHUnlted STATES, sly
Hugo TIirsl: The. work. which,sls 2reV!seuss
to September. 1901, contains "a a; icolfPiete
digest of the divorce laws or .efery7s %
and i-,erritoi-y: placed in tabniateo- foritf'o
Cd that bv a. mere glance theaparticuiar
Information sought for maEJbe'Gootalneo.:
Attention isicalled to important changes
,nade'i1i the divorce laws 1in:9the l)lstrlct
Of columbia. in the State of Florida, ana
in the Territory of Arizona
77ditroyvharton.!w whose writingsiln prose
and verse have attrac ed the =hlghest
commentator of critics here and abroad
will begin in the January Scrlbners
series of brief artistic impressions OF
italy.
a; feature Of personal. as well as arts
tic interest about this book is that the:
ill,,str.a tions will be done by Ernest chi
ford Peixotto the clever ana careful
young California artist. whose wife. and
occasional collaboration, formerly Miss.
Mary Hutchinson. is the daushter OF one
Of virein;a,s numerous emigres to the
Pacific coast.
The January "California" number of
the attractive new magazine. e"lled
Country Life in America. now canncunc-