Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-30

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ing and even the suggestion of suspicion
come to mar the brightness of their
idyll and Patience suffers to the full capa-
CITY of a noble nature, but In silence.
Eventually all doubts are dispeiled IN
the warmth Of a true devotion, and the
lovers are once more united. Not the
least interesting portions Of the BOOK
are those devoted to little Timmins and
his two boon companions, Israel and
Sammy, whose FRANKS are recorded with
a freshness and naivette delightful 20
every son of Adam who cherishes reml-
niscences of his boyhood.
TOP OR BoTToM-wT11CH? BY Archer
Brown. Cloth. Post & Davis New
York.
"a study OF the factors which most con-
tribute to the success Of young men," is
the inscription on the page OF Archer
Browns book. Mr.. Brown, member OF
the firm of Rogers. Brown & Co., OF New
York, one of the largest metal importing
houses of the world, Is well quailned ~
write such book. Himself seit-maoe
man, his words bear the mint marx OF
authority.
At the close of the short chapters IN
which he places the hard-earned expert
ence of years for the benefit Of the com
ing generation, he summarizes the lol-
lowing rules for success:
Absolute answering, integrity. Brains,
mental grasp. Energy and force OF chaf-
acter Capacity for work and executive
ability Personal manners, engaging ad-
dress.
Prefacing Mr.. Browns work are snort
Introductory chapters by Andrew Carne-
gle. Bishop Charles II. Fowler, Hamilton
~ Mabie irving Bachelor. and James
B. Angel, president of the University Oh
Michigan.
Every young man starting in life Will
find Mr. Browns book of great help ana
Value. His precepts are not those or
mere theorist, but CT man OF a1talrs,
experience and thought.
! THE SUCCESS OF MARK WYNGATE
By w. L. Silberrad, author of The
Enchanter." princess Puck" etc. New
York. Doubleday, Page g. Co. For sale
by the Bell Book and Stationery Co.
The success of Mark Wyngate is mate
rial success-success achieved by indefat1-
gable labor, absolute singleness OF pur-
pose. entire concentration of thought and
the utmost self-deniaI but won at the
expense of the tenderest emotions of the
heart. In the pursuit of science, Mark
Wyngate finds no time nor inclination
for love, or even friendship except as II
forwards his aims yet his success Is
brought about through the love OF a
woman. Judith Loring is the central 1lg-
ure in the story. We follow her with
growing interest from her first meeting
with Mark at the forge, through the years
of toll she shares with him. and her eS-
perience in bachelor apartments in Lon
don to the final climax. when her love IS
revealed to Mark, and he realizes that
possibly life holds something more than
chemistry and a woman's heart is most
precious possession. The strong charac-
ter drawing and rather sombre incidents
are relieved by a vein of humor which
leavens the whole, and the story is told
with a directness which commands at
tention.
! PHIL AND DICK BY Enrique H Lew
is. The Saalfield Publishing Company,
Akron, o.
The subtitle of this book, "The Ad-
ventures of Two Apprentices in the Amer
lean Navy" gives the reader the oppor-
tunity to decide at once whether or not
! the book will interest him. To the one
bow perhaps in a hundred who is already
| enthusia stically interested in the coun-
E! try's navy, this may appeal; but there
| is in it no element of universal interest
| The style has neither the happy dash
| Of the old fashioned, go-to-sea boys story.
nor does it substitute for this that charm
| in the modernized tales for children, SO it
will fail entirely in pleasing the grown
| ups.
The adventures are told in way that
| fails to make them appeal to the reader
as exciting; they seem to have happened:
there is nothing gloriously impossible IN
| them; but the emotion of the reader is
not aroused to the point where he feels
| himself longing to be one of these boys,
nor does he experience the feeling Of hav-
ing been eye-witnesses to any of the hap
penings. The volume is an edu-
cation in nautical terms, but lack.
ing this education in the first
| ance a burden, and when he strikes
| brig-rigged vessel Of eight tons burthen.
| laden from stem to stern with sea-far-
| ling terms, he feels that the book ism, t
| worth his while. 1t is scarcely possible
! to give a connected outline Of Phil and
Dick" The various adventures are almost
| equally interesting. Probably the eXcep-
t;onal incident was the encounter with
the river pirates nara ted in chapter III.
RETROSPECT. AND PROSPECT. By A
r. Mahon, D. c. L., LII. D., Captain
! United States Navy. Author of "1nf1u-
! ence Of Sea Power upon History" ETC..
etc. Little Brown g. Co., Boston. 500
| pp SO9 For sale by the Bell Book co.
Price, SLIGO.
The name OF Captain Mahon is abundant
guarantee that any publication from his
pen will be of exceptional merit. He &C.
| cupics in the United States navy of to-day
unique position, something like that OF
our own Commodore M. F. Maury in the
! middle of the last century. His published
| works have given him a widely extended
| and most enviable reputation, no less IN
| E,,rona than America
This volume is a republication IL book
form Of eight articles which have ap-
| peared during the last year or two In
! leading magazines Of America and Eng
+! land The topics treated are in the llne
! Of the authors professional education
and thought-and are handled with mas
| terly skill.
| The book is interesting and instructive
| to every historical and political student.
| It deserves and will, doubtless. receive
! an extensive circulation among the more
! serious class of the reading public.
ALI. THE RUSSIAS. Travels and Stu
dies in Contemporary European Rus
| sia. Finland Siberia, the Caucasus, and
! Central Asia. BY Henry Norman. M.
P. Author of Peoples and Politics IN
| the Far East, 1.-The Real Japan etc,
| With Illustrations and Maps. New
| York: Charles Scribner's Sons. For
sale by the Bell Book ard Stationery
Company.
! This book is the fruit of fifteen years,
| ffo;r ,l,,,ir, irs~