Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-16

Of the old ones arc retained The re-
vlsors could avail himself of the excava-
tons and discoveries OF sch1ienan and
! others Whilst Justice is done to Juno.
/ 9thene. and Diana. the pictures of the
soddesses OF Love and Beauty are not,
20 cur eye. sufficiently Venusan.
! we nave fac smile page from the
| eooex Palatinus which makes us feel
exceedingly grateful to those who have
| reduced that rustic capital script of
the fourth century to the beautiful type
| which we now enjoy. In English the
poets name is given as Virgil but, in
Latin. Vergilus
We arc glad to have such an edition
OF the Aenetd. with useful maps also, at
hand, but when We received our first in
PRODUCTION to Publius Vergilius Marc. it
which the text. the "ordo.'' and the notes
| are all in Latin B. B. NJ
| THE SHADOW OF THE CAR. By John
R. CARING. Illustrated. Boston,. Little,
| Brown & Co., 1902: pages. 40: price
| S.5o. For sale by the Bell Book and
| Stationery Company.
| A H.ell-written story. with deep
! plot. and life-lke characters is this. The
| scene is laid first in Dalmatia. and next
at S!ayowitz. the quaint capital of the
! old Polish principalty. Czernora. The
| Princess Barbara. when merely: a girl,
| and before she knew herself she was des-
| tined for a throne, was wooed and won
| by Captain Paul Cressingham. Of the
English army. They became separated.
and. believing each. other dead. sought
| to- allay their grief as best they could.
| Barbara was finally persuaded to do her
duty to the Poles and be, crowned
! Princess. while Paul sought to meet
death in foreign lands. Instead, he be-
came famous at Tajspore. and changed
his name to Paul Woodville at the death
| OF a cousin. But Of this Barbara vas
ignorant. The Duke Of Bora. a kinsman
Of the GEARS determines to obtain the
throne of Czernova by fair means or by
foul. and when at last Barbara denies
him her hand. on learning that Paul still!
lives. he seeks every means to depose fer.
One OF the ;, finest characters in
the book is that Of Zabern. the
chief marshal. Another splendid one
is Katina Ludvoski. and third
Nikita- Zabern's aide. One Of the
charms Of the story lies in the fact thai
nowhere is it overtlra WI, Intrigues and
plots follow each other in rapid success
sion, but not to excess. Zabern and Paul
defeat the Car and the Duke after a
long struggle. and Barbara. is proclaimed
the rightful heir to the throne. while q.
shouting popuace cry Long live Paul.
Prince IF Czernova.''.
ISTAR, OF BABYLON. by Margaret Hor
ton Potter. author of THE House Of
De Mailly, etc. Harper & Brothers,
New York. Price $50 For sale by the
Bell Book and stationery Company.
This work was bold undertaking.
which has been successfully executed. 1t
is -eplete with historical and mythology
cal and religious references and moreover
contains a thrilling story Of love and pas
sion. The figure which stands out most
prominently in the foreground is 1star. the
Egyptian Aphrodite. who is represented
as a goddess changed TO a mortal woman.
The Baby1onian prince, Belscha zzar. the
Jewish prophet MEL. and a score or
more or other characters. both real and
fictitious. are introduced. while the eco
nornic and political conditions existing in
the great Oriental kingdom more than five
centuries before the birth of Christ are
carefully described Vast research is dis
played by the author. who presents her
facts in d most fascinating way and with
exceptionally vivid powers of description.
Perhaps tho most interesting. and GER
tainlv the most attractive character in
the romance, is CharmideS, young
Greek rhapsode who. hearing a story of
the living goddess. 1star Of Babylon. be-
come. inspired with the desire to see her
and worship her. and sets out from Sicily
to journey to Babylon. One is little
! bit disappointed by the subsequent career
Of, Charmides. and before the story ends
| the reader almost feels that he vas mere
" introduced to serve as d thread on
which to hang the plot. The author goes
| deep into her comments on mythology and
| occasionally presents the spiritual side
of the Bahylonian divinity. but she leaves
| much to pc imagined by the reader. AL
though Istar at frs. is represented as en-
tloEed with seemingly divine attributes,
and is made to do some marvellous things,
! she later falls a. victim to the passion OF
Belscha zzar and subsequently becomes
| his wife Then she is transformed from
| a goddess to woman. but the processes
! by which tho mctam orphosis is wrought
are not clearly explained to the reader.
| We are led in the beginning to expect a
startling denoument- which VIII explain
| all the mysticism OF her character. but
the expla nation never comes. One natur-
ally asks the question: What was lsrar-
| a goddess. a woman possessed OF occult
powers, or a gigantic fraud such as the
| priests of that day so often perpetTated
| on the superstitious people? Assuredly
she is most interesting character as pre-
scented by the author and it is only because
| ,i1ss Potter has vouchsafed so much in
|
The prophet Daniel is presented IN
| very urfavorable light. as a cruel, mer-
cenarv conspirator. who even played the
part of principal in at least one atrocious
murder.
"Istar of Babylon. despite its defects,
| which. after ALL are pardonable after one
considers the fact that the author IS
| har.pered by historical limitations. - a
work we'll calculated to attract attention
| and to create a lasting impression on the
readers mind.
Fanny LoU-HER BOOK AND HEART.
By George Martin, and illustrated hE
Charles Louis Hinton. Mcclure ~ 60.
New York.
emmy Lou whose real name which no.
hody lis her by. is Emily Louise Pope Nc
I,a,,rin. is presented TO us as Very dear
little girl. who is attending a pubic
school. We first meet her when she is a
wee bit of q tot. and scarcely have we
received an introduction before she mas
orr love. She Is not a. brilliant ch1ld-m
fact. she is rather slow in hsures ana
shm- other things--but from the very f1rst
she !, q thinker and her very errors are, III
l7rr. decree the products Of her reasoning
movers. We follow her career through
the first, second, third and fourth readers
md into the grammar and high schoois:
Incidentally we meet her teachers aliu