Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-23


the titles and the authors names.
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MOLLIE AND LIE UNWISEMAN. BY
John Kendrick Bangs Illustrated with
sixty drawings. by Albert LeverlnS ana
Clare Victor Dwiggins. Henry T.,
Coates & Co. Philadelphia. Price, 81.
Tho renutail %, args has achieved
in ,itera ture VIII st sui T from this book,
which. while III rendering H'iu
omen to the charge .garsm. suggests
Alice in Wonde,ie1sl.' The ''unwlse-
man is new creation, and the book
revel of absurdity. which will appeal no
less to the old than to the young for
whom it was specially written. 1t will
| make most acceptable holiday present.
For sale by the publishers.
THE COMING CITY. By Richard T. Ely.
| Phi. D., LII D., author OF Socialism and
Social Reform etc, Emo, cloth, ~
cents net. Postage 5 cents. Thomas Y.
Crowel! & CO.. 4z6 and AS west Sroad-
way. New York.
In 1870 only little more than three
per cent of our population were to be
found in the cities. mis- has steadily in
c,ea sed until now % Us per cent, of one
third of the population, is urban. II cor
I.porate towns smaller than 5000 inhahi-
tants We're considered. the percentage
| would be brought up Immediately to fiji
ty, or one-haif. The problem Of munich
pal government. therefore, becomes one
of vital significance.
The present small volume is suggestive
rather than eNpostulatory. 1t confines it
self to pointing out tendencies in the past
and present, and to describing and illus
trating the progress in the spirit of NUM-
cipal reform 1t is accompanied by notes
and illustrative material, and should prove
helpful to all who desire to bring our ur-
| ban life to a higher plane.
| THE HAPPY FAR AWAY LAND" BY
| Ruth Kimball Gardiner. From tales told
by Frances Palmer Kimball. Illustrated
| by Howard Smith. New York thinner
mans, 1856 Fifth avenue. Price. Sl50.
| A charming little book for the children,
and artistically illustrated. 1t consists of
twelve fairy stories. mostly. explaining
| the origin Of various familiar Mother
Goose" rhymes. such as Little Bo-Peep
-Four and Twenty Black Birds" etc 1t
| is beautifully bound in black and gold
| and very handsomely gotten up other
wise.
| WHAT GIRL CAN MAKE AND Do"
| 3. Lima Beard and Adelia b. Beard.
! New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 9oo
| For sale by Bell Book and Stationery
j Company.
What a Girl Can Make and Do will
be most acceptable gift for the holt
| days to the practical girl. 1t is prettily
| bound, profusely illustrated. and con-
| talns many new and original ideas for
home work and outdoor sports. 1t is
divided INTO two parts-''What a Girl
Can Make" and What Girl Can Do
The first teaches the art Of basket
/, weaving and priciila rugs. and making
moving toys and many other useful
things. The second tells how to get UP
games, such as 'statuary tableaux,"
.basket-ball,'' ping pong" "parlor cro-
| quet," etc, at very little expense.
TEN STORY BOOK. Published by Daily
Story Publishing Company, Dearbon
street, Chicago. December number Ten
cents per copy.
| This months issue of the Story
Book contains contributions from the
following wei-known writers:
Edna Wallace Hopper Ernest Jarrold,
Mrs. General George E. Pickett. Hay
der Carruth, Philip Peabody. Dorothy
Dix, William A. Osborne, Adam c. Haze
selbarth, Edith Morgan Willett, Charles
Dickens.
CROSS COUNTRY WITH HORSE AND
HOUND. By Frank Sherman Peer. au-
thor of ''Soiling. Ensilage and Stable
Construction" with Illustrations by ].
Crawford Wood Charles Scribners
Sons. New York. Price, $500 net. For
sale by the Bell Book Company.
This is one OF the handsomest works
that the season brings forth. and we fancy
that few Yirginians, with their innate love
| Of horses and sport. will be able to resist
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