The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16

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acquired such a mastery command over
this difficult branch of his art, but the
utent of his experience explains his ca.
pacity.
He was born at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas in March, 1915. While he was a
baby his family moved to Caddo, in the
Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory,
where his father had business interests.
His family lived in the Territory until
he was six or seven years old, when
they moved to Colorado. where they
stayed for couple of years and then
returned to Leavcnworth. Mr.. Mar
chand left Leavenworth in 1892 and went
10 st. Paul. Minnesota, where he lived
until 1885, when he moved on to New
York
His first study in art was in Leaven-
worth, where he attended Saturday
class taught by Professor Will Weber. of
kansas City. After moving to St Paul,
he went to a night class in Minneapolis
taught by Bert Harwood. He went to
New York for the purpose of studying art,
but Eot into newspaper work. and this
United his study there to two days in
the Art Students League and about two
weeks in Mr. Chase's School. He went to
Munich. Germany, in 1898. where he
stayed about one year and half studying
7rawing under Professor Anton Aybe and
Professor Walter Thor. Mr.. Marchand is
Tow living in New York city, where his
-uperior ability has found ample recog-
milton.
Down in Australia they do some queer
hings for a new country. At Melbourne,
not long since the local Supreme Court
ndulged in the medieval proceeding of
declaring that Zola's novels belong to a
lass of indecent literature, within the
meaning Of the act and so, in order to
ovoid communicating the innocent youths
md maidens of the Commo ealth a
'atch of these novels was solemnly con-
1erned and burnt Few people, if any
oody, in this neishborhood read lola. not
because they dread defilement so much
the fact that the books are SO portcn-
tously dull.
Wallace Irwin, the author of the literary
.ensaton, Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum,'
has been told that slang is vulgar, and
'fter due reflection has come to the con-
fusion that his informant is right. The
esult is that he has undergone netrcal
'eformation, and his second book is moth
ng If not elegant in it's diction. However,
he deposition of slang has not marred
he originality and humor of the Rub
aiyat OF Amar khayyam, Jr.,' which is
published by Elder and Shepard San
Francisco. and rivals even the Love
Sonnets'' in popularity and lasting merit.
4 mock-serious biographical sketch pre-
aces the book and throws some rather
tartling side lights on the lives of Omar
Ehayyam and his family. The book is
,rofusely illustrated by Gelett Burgess.
whose inmitable drawings are fully in
'1eeping with the spirit of the verse.
The immense sales that have followed
he publican Of audrey in book form
offer its appearance serially in The At
'antic Monthly, contradcts decidedly the
-urmise of The American Author that
perhaps successful authors are becom-
ing convinced that serializing their works
ends to injure the after sales" This
IS a long-mooted question, and though
Ike all such matters. it is subject to ar
gument yet the facts in the case are
ather convincinsly in favor of the serial
Mrs. Wards Eleanor was published
seria1iy, but despite this, it had an inn
nense sale; and later "Thc Right OF
Way" which also ran in Harper's Maya
ne met with an even more pronounced
success when published in book form.
..Vallanall." the new colonial novel pub
'ished by the B. J. Johnson Company, is
Meeting with a most gratifying success.
The Bell Book and Stationery Com
ANY have a special window display OF
he book and its Illustrations
Colonel William Byrd was an enthusiast
ic naturalist and his comments as PRINT
ID in "The Writings of William Byrd
non the nature and virtues Of the wild
plants noted and collected during his
Journeys through the swamps and forests
are some Of them very entertainging. In
one place he discovered a supply OF gin
seng root. He says:
.rrhough Practice will soon make a
man of tolerbale ViSor an able Footnan,
vet, as a Help to bear Fatigue US q 70
chew a Root of Gingseng as l walk u
along This Kept up my spirits add made
me trip away as nimbly in nv halI JACK
Boots as younger mon cord N thelr
Shoes. This Plant is in high Esteem IN
china. where it seels for IL NelSht III
Silver Its vcr1ues are that
il Gives an uncommon Warmth and Nigor
TO the Blood. and frisks tie Spirits be-
vond anv other Cordial. 1t chears the
heart even of a Man that has 2 bal Wife,
md makes him look down with great
Composlre on the crosses of the World
1t promotes insensihfe perSpirauon, dls-
solves all Phlegmatic and Vlscous Hu-
mors that are apt to obStruct the mar
row channels of the Nerves. 1t helps
the memory, and would quicken even
Jilvctian dulncSS. TITS friendly to the
Lungs much more than scalding itself
1t comforts the Stomach and Strengthens
the Bowels, preventing all Coles and
Fluxes In one Word it will make
Man live a great while and very we'll
while he does live. And what is more
it will even make Old Age aimiabl by
rendering it cheerful, lively and good
humoured."
Old book binders sometimes use the light
froth of ale as a coating over a binding
of silk. Tho froth holds the gold leaf
with perfect success. and does not stain
the silk. Eggs. condensed milk, olive
oil and vinegar are also used in the bind
ing of books The white of the egg is
used for Sizing to cause the ornamen-
tai gold leaf to adhere to the leather. To
make the Sizing perform the adhesive
work even more delicately little milk IS
added, and to help further in this impor-
tant work of adhesion a coating of olive
Gil or vinegar is sometimes diluted and
applied to the leather
The publishers of larry Thou Till I
Come are receiving a number of inqui-
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