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

WITH FORCE OF ARMS. BY Howard
r. CARTS J. S. Ogilvie Company, New
York. Price, 81 90.
The last twelvemonth has seen our cur
| rent literature greatly augmented by con-
trbutions from newspaper editors and re-
porters though it must be admitted that
the critics have not been over generous
in their compliments to these brethren of
the fourth estate. The author Of the work
under review is another ambitious news
paper man, who has SHE'D his castor into
the literary arena. and it is to be hoped
that he will fare better with those who
pass judgment on the new books than
some of the same profession who have
preceded him. Mr.. CARTS is Newark
journalist. whose short stories have al
ready attracted deserved attention. His
syle is exceptionally good, and in with
Force Of Arms there are many touches
which show him to have a fine mastery
of English. In his preface he uses the
following language in describing his story
This is tale of love, Of witchcraft and
of fighting. A tale Of a brave man and
as brave a maid. Herein may be found
the doings of witchfinders, Puritans and
Indians. Also there is set down the strug-
gle of two men for the love of a woman
and it may be learned who won. You may
the killing of the serpent, of the battle Of
the fort, Of the trial of death. and the
bursting Of the mighty press. This much
and more until the tale is at end
Thus it is seen that the author has laid
his scene in a very interesting period Of
American history. though he does not
trammel himself by following facts TOO
closely. His hero, for instance, is a mar
vel Of strength and courage who could
ct, ~s~ g. -I,o E -.
day, but for all that he is very interest
ing, while the villain is as consistently
bad as are the villains of Mary Johnstons
novels. The story is thoroughly interest
ing, full of action and delightfully."- told.
Moreover, it is instructive and high in it's
moral tone.
A LADY'S HONOR; 4 Chronicle of
Events in the Time OF Marlborough. BY
Bass Blake. New York, D. Appleton &
Co., 1902. Paper. pages 81. Price, soc.
This work is hardly worthy Of it's good
publishers, or of a place in their Town
and Country Library, of which it is No.
SIG. Yet it is full of incidents. and those
sensa tional enough. For it contains war,
murder. suicide, abduction. and deep viii
lainy. The lady's honor was assailed but
remained untarnished. One hero, Adam
Crighton is passable. But his uncle, DR..
Peter Creighton afterwards Sir Peter, and
his illiegimate son. Cathcart, are vile
beasts: Cathcart. demon, incarnate.
Adam makes love to his cousin, Kath-
arine, In manner about as assinine as
that of Cyrano De Bergerac; for his ears
were as long figuratively, as was Cy-
ramos nose. Both were in pursuit Of fas-
cinating widows. Adam obtained his at
last. Cyrano kept waiting for his, until
he was knocked in the head by a billet
of wood cast down upon him from an
upper window.
This work is not redeemed by the in
PRODUCTION of the famous Duke of MARI
borough. It's scenes are laid in England
and in the Netherlands before and just
at the battle Of Oudenarde. There is in
it plenty of mud" both metaphorically
and actually. Adam, Katharine, and
Cathcart had to crawl through it, and
sink ir it, whilst Adam was bearing a
secret message from Marlborough to
Prince Eugene.
CALVIN TWISSE AND EDWARDS ON
THE UNIVERSAL SALVATION OF
INFANTS. BY Rev John Weldon
Stage. D. D. Presbyterian Committee
OF Publication. Richmond. Va, 12mo.
PIP. 1853. Price, so cents. net
The author of this book who has been
for many years the pastor OF the Second
Presbyterian church in Charlotte county,
is not unknown to many of our older
readers who were contemporaries Of his
boyhood and early life in Richmond.
The object Of the book is to repel the
very common imputation to Calvinism
and the Westminster standards of teach
ing the doctrine of the damnation OF
all children other than those of protested
believers diving in infancy.
The statement in the Westminster con-
fession that "Elect infants dying in in
fancy are regenerated and saved" has
been claimed by many non-Calvinists to
necessarily import that some such in
fants are non elect, and are therefore
lost This construction has been repu-
dated not only by the Northern Presby-
terrain Church. in their proposed amend
ment of the Westminster Confession; but
no less emphatically by the recorded con-
struction of this passage by the General
Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian
Church.
DR.. Stage endeavors in this book to
show from the surviving books of Calvin
lbjnnealf and nf Or William zTwisse me