Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21

ANOLD SWEET1dEARTO OF NINE. James
whitcomb Riley. illustrated by II. c.
Christy. Cloth: a.50, The Bowen Merrill
company. Indianapolis For sale here
by Hunter & Co.
C1N FEW things that Riley has
t4%f / | written are the sincerity and
t&S / sweetness which pcrvade his
fTsSSEgyST verses set forth with more ten
$500 deraeSs than in An Old Sweet.
heart Of Mine" The poem sings
NTH : wholesome sweetness and an idyl-
lie gctGoSpection. and makes quick and
lasting appeal 10 many hearts. 1t easily
pists a welcome in any g,iisc, but has
here gained new attractions by the ar
1;s,ic manner in which it is now being
presented for the holiday trade. The pub
fishers announce that tho text OF The new
edition or The poem is the most complete
that has yet been given, and the volume
IN which il appears Is decorated through
ont With dainty marginal illuminations
end is generally illustrated with pictures
by II. c. ChtiSty. IT is trae that there
Rrc some OF MS who feel n lack of sy!npa-
tbs between Riley's verses and Christy's
pictures. believing the poets honcly fan
lles 10 be but Ill at ease IN the company
Of lhc very correct and charT1ingiy fash
ioaabie people that the artist knows so
well how 10 portray. Yet Just at present
not TO Tcvel in Christy's pictures would
be 10 suffer 9 thousand fortunes Of dis.
taste and So while II Is true that the
Hlustrations< here seem to come from a
va!ld altogether different from that OF
tho verses which they adorn. Yet they aid
n giving an air OF grace and lightness
re The volume and in making II one of the
most popular of the new gift-books.
TIE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF
SANTA CLAUS. l.. Frank Baum Cloth:
rT--
d!arapolis, For sale here by Hunter &
E--~fITH fascinating reading matter
MI and dainty pictures in many
w / colors. this new life of Santa
f-sSr-g Claus discloses for the pleasure
EAsAS5s and the cdification Of the many
small lovers OF the good old
saint many facts end much history hith-
c7to unknown. but of large and lasting
lractive one. and will win the hearts Of
many little readers.
SOME LETTERS OF AN AMERICAN
WOMAN Sarah Riddlc. Drawings by
Arnetta Gibson Mccall. International
Printing Company. Philadelphia For
sale here by the Cohen Company.
EaEF sorts ana kinds, ana on all sub
lGk l iects with which we have of late
ES5ST91ssT been deluged, it still remains
E.35g@&@t true that it is not given to any
and every scribbier 10 write a
volume Of letters that is readable. To
Me reasonableness of this pessimiStic
ypnloa The present book gives able end
ABUNDANT testimony. The letters here
given were written by a young wife
10 her husband. and in them is detailed
raTious episodes OF her life away from
aim and, Incidentally, we are edited
by gushing descriptions Of foreign scenes
and people, together With opinions on
books. pictures ard other things. about
which the reader is supposed TO ue thirst
tre, for information. At the close of II all,
two fond hearts are reunited. and ono IS
left with feeling Of wonder what sort
Of being this young husband could have
been 10 have Tevclled, as we.rare led TO
infer ne cid. in the sIsh. the awkward
ness. and the affeCtations Of his wlies
prolific illusions
The Illustrations OF the book are hard
IL less stilted and distorted than the text,
the combination of the two being distract
ingIy unnatural and unloyely.
BILLY WHISPERS Frances Ire
70 Montgomery. Pasteboard covers; IL
frustrated in colors; 81. The Saa!iield
Publishing Company. Akron, .. For
sale hero by Hunter & Co.
This newest of autobiographies gives
+he history of a most enterprisng4 and
wholly irrepressible young goat The
.torz. Of this hero's antics and vagaries
cannot be called classic in either design
or expression but it is, nevertheless,
ore which appeals very surely 10 'he
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