The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-05

1-,,za- .ha title "Confessions of a
2Nifc" Munsey's prints an amusing par
nsy on the serial of the same name now
arriving at a conclusion in the century.
The following note from 1t VIII sho" us
tore:
strong Oak. with moaner ivy legally tied
/, You We parted cruelty this morning.
HON could bring myself to black your
boots? / don't know where You Keep
yoyr backing or Your brushes. or nov.
10 give the dull finish Your fasudlols,
though lowi-born, taste requires. But
Heart of me. ii is the woman's part to
learn. others may say that you are
cad. / know already that the servants
think You no gentleman. But. though
your calumniators were right, would
DENY it even to myself All, my soul. a
1.ife's heart is a strange jewel. 1t is 10
g. clock and You are not home yet
your brave, heroic Moaner.
De worst oh de imitation ladies isn't
always found among de scrub ladies or
de kitchen madison.
Lewis and Clark are becoming names
to coniure With and their latest appear
aace Will be in romance. Messrs. A. c.
NcClurgs and Company announce the
book for publication early in November
l,.lder the title The Conquest: The True
Story OF Lewis and Clark 1t is by Mrs.
Eva Emery Dye. he author of sue
cessful book dealing with the Northwest
Lewis and Clark are having their day.
Oregon is preparing a Lewis and Clark
centennial celebration next year; st.
Louis is to give prominence TO the Cap.
tairS at its exposition next summer; q
new def1nitiye edition of the diary of
their expedition is nearly ready. and now
they are to be the subject of work Of
fiction. announced for immediate pubti-
cation Certainly there never was better
material for the romancer than the story
of Lewis and Clark and their days. 1t
is a story whose theme is like that of
the Had and the Odyssey-valor. natri-
otis1n and national endearor. With the
lcaven of love such as the novelist should
know how to add, this new romance
ought certainly to prove the epic of the
West.
There are greater virtues than thrift
it is better to die penniless than 10 have
been too much Q IA saver.-The Unspeak-
able Scot
Among new editions to be brought out
nv Little. Brown & Company this fall are
the following: .Plutarch's Lives Oxfocl
edition in five volumes: The Colonels
opera Cloak" by Christine c. Brush. with
illustrations: Madame D'Arblay's
Diary" two volumes limited to SOC
copies: a ne wthirty-two volume edition
OF Charles Levers works: How To-
live by DR.. Edward Everett Hale:
Little Women and IAN Old Fashioned
Girl Louisa M Alcott's famous, stories
srperhly illustrated: Hammertons ..Etch-
ings and Etchers,'' and The Intellectual
Life: Helen Hunt Jackson's .Glimpses
OF California: Hours with German
Classics by Frederic Henry Hedge:
popular illustrated edition of The Three.
Musketeers." by Dumas: and Miss Bella
DONNA by Caroline Ticknor, with addi-
tional chapters.
A man who was fond Of saying got
ten" instead of got telegraphed his
wife. II have gotten tickets for Lohen-5
grin" The operator sent the message:
.'Have got ten tickets The mans wife
promptly invited ten guests. and the con-
sequent adventures Of the man in his
frenzied efforts to get enough tickets at
81 each for his unconscious wife's theatre
party are told in a very amusing story
called: The Price Of the Past Partici-.
Gle" in Harper's Magazine for October.
It was written by Margaret Cameron.
October Magazines.
new Illustrated magazine. with the
taking title of The Reader" is to he