Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-19

few men of our day are better known
or more highly esteemed among all de-
nominations of the Christian church
This book will not detract from his re-
putation. and will be hailed as helpful in
their spiritual life by all it's serious read
erS.
THE HOPPERGRASS. Published month
ly by 'The Little Bryces." Editorial
Staff-Midred Bryce, Virginia Bryce,
Clarence A. Bryce. Jr., jeanette Bryce,
Louise Bryce. Vol. ". Ashland and
Richmond, Va, october. 1902, No. 10.
|. Here are the little Bryccs" again-a
quintette of youngsters no bigger than
piece of chalk, who publish a magazine
just like grown folks. And their maya
zine is good, too. It contains all sorts
of stuff for children and is even amusing
to the grown folks. The Hoppergrass has
been jumping for several years now. and
it gets better as the years creep on
Some day the little Bryces' will be
writing books and then other Hopper
crossings yet unborn will have to take
their place.
THE RAGGED EDGE. a Tale of Low
life and Politics. By John T. Mcln-
tyre. McClue, Phillips & Co., New York.
This is a story of low life and very low
politics. 1t may be to some extent a
! truthful representation of the social and
moral surroundings of both men and wo-
81, men who exercise in many of our large
cities a potential influence in the election
of officers of the municipal, State, and
Federal Government. There is no little
cleverness in the authors portrayal of the
methods and influences with which local
politicians and ward bosses manipulate
the votes OF ignorant and plant voters
and control ward meetings and conven-
lions. Human nature is weak. and
passion and prejudice and self-interest
and class feeling. it must be called. con-
troll the action Of masses more than any
sentiment Of reason or duty. But we are
10th to believe that even among the
classes to which the author introduces
us there is such entire absence as he at
tributes in this story to them, o. and all,
of any elevated instinct or feeling of pa
triotic purpose and desire, or any concep-
ton of the dignity and responsibility OF
high manhood or the sensitive modesty
of a pure womanhood.
THE WORTH OF WORDS. BY DR.. Raj
cy Hustled Bell, with an introduction by
DR.. William Colby Cooper. The Grafton
Press, New York
The author says his sole purpose has
been TO put into ready form some help
full gleanings from worthy authorities on
the true worth of words. He has not at
tempted to write for scholars-"for those
who have had the good taste and indus
try and sufficient leisure from bread-win-
ming to become truly and broadly Gull
tured'-but rather for those who have
little time and less opportunity for this
kind of study. and yet have regard for
the fitness and right need Of the use
Of words. Chapter I. is devoted to Mis-
used Words" II. to ''Vulgarisms and
'Wordsno-W Words y; III, Everyday
Errors; ". Slang; ", How Word
Meanings Change" etc.
Here is his comment upon an error that
is so general and widespread it is we'll
nigh a hopeless task to try to correct it:
Written over the signatude is the very
lunacy Of liberalism. We write under a
certain date whether the date is placed
at the beginning or end of the letter. SO,
too, do we write under the signature, no
matter where the signature is placed"
The Worth OF Words" is u book OF 20
pages. and its price is $3.50, net. Its au-
thor is a poet, as we'll as a prose writer
He has been wonderfully successful in
weaving pithy epigrams and bright touch
eG Of humor in to a scholarly book.
We find ourselves agreeing with him
in the majority of his observations and
deductions. and are Of the opinion that
every writer or public speaker would be
profted by reading his book.