The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-06


gresham Mccall. Ex-Governor Black,
Senator Hoar. DR.. Edward Everett Hale.
tho Honorable William Everett. Cher
Justice Fuller and others testified.
nczcklah's Wives. BY Lille Hamilton
French, Houghton, Afifflln & Co. SIS
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This Is graceful, dainty story Of tho
matrimonial experiences of a canary. IN
writing this book, the author has made
an Interesting variation from familiar
books on birds. Instead OF anything like
scientific treatment, she has interpreted,
III story form, bird motives and passions
with so marked SUCCESS that her account
OF her Ganary's loves reads like novel
Hezekiah had three wives: the first
fought him: the second bored him; the
third he loved. There was. too. fourth
canary who was introduced to him, q
beautiful bird whom the third, wife nearly
demolished in her Jealousy.
An Island Cabin. BY Arthur Henry. Nc
Clure, Phillips &. Co.. New York $3.50.
'.An Island Cabin Is a record Of three
city-bred people, who, city-bored, took
possession of a small island. and, Cru
soe-like. worked things out for them
selves. This fascinating story is based on
n peculiar case of land-grabbing on the
part of the author of the book. About
two years ago Mr.. Henry, while cruising
around Long Island Sound. landed OF u
small island of about an acre and a half
between Fishers Island and Watch Hill,
and within q milo OF the Connecticut sh re
just where the sound opens out into the
ocean. The island was pleasantly wooded
and had a. small but good harloor. Mr..
Henry made inquiries rs to the owner
h11 f:,,1 l,o< n
Aaim to it He thereupon decided he might
as well own it as anybody else, and took
possession
Red Saunders. His adventures West and
East. BY Henry Wallace Phillips.
Mcclure Phillips & Co., New York.
$125.
Red is the real thing in cowboys He
Is not an imitation bad man, or a high
falutin hero. or g. cross or compromise
between the two, but square, out-and-
out man; the kind Of fellow you'll be glad
to know. He is philosopher, too, ac-
cepting with a quaint and humorous
eouanimity the chances which the fatas
assign to him. These chances are varied.
He gets mixed up In an Indian fight: he
breaks some good resolutions and strikes
gold mine: he becomes entangled In an
other mans love affair: and finally he
gets into one Of his own and ends up by
reconstructing a. New England village and
being himself reconstructed by one of its
daughters.
Through 1t all he Is the same clean
hearted. happy. reckless. 1ovable Red, a
golden type of the genuine cow-puncher.
And one more thing: he's a sure cure for
the blues.
Pussy Meow. BY S. Louise Patteson. Geo.
". Jacobs Co., Philadelphia
This little book seems destined to take
Its place beside '.Black Beauty and
Beautiful joe as a classic for children.
IT is devoted to the cat 1t is a: story
that parents may read to their children
over and over. and when the children arc
able to read they will read it again. No
one who wishes to inculcate in a child a
love for dumb animals and real kindli-
ness OF spirit can find better book for
the purpose than this.
The Magic Wheel. BY John Strange
Winter, Philadelphia J.. B. Lippin-
colt Company. Cloth, Il mo-. $50
pages, price $1.25.
In 1.-THE Magic Wheel" We have a story
whose plot is used as a peg wherein to
hang various investigations in the realm
of mysticism In the first fifty pages we
are introduced to our chief characters,
and the heroine (who is somewhat of a
mystic herselD marries the man of her
choice, a young naval officer. Soon at
forwards, in journeyinG to join his ship,
the passenger steamer in which he travels
is wrecked and the husband lost at sea.
The heartbroken wife, overpowered with
a desire to communicate with her loved
one. who she believes is in the land of
spirits consults!the apostles OF occultism,
and takes part in many a psychic seance..
IN turn. she tries the various methods OF
fortune-telling cards. palmlsty, physiog-
nomy astronomy sniritualisn, and psYi
chometry. Now and then she finds an
imnostor. but in & general the various
medicines are not dissinilar in their pre-
dictions. Finally in her opinion she has
mystic evidence that her
l,us,,a nd is alive on an island III the South
Atlantic. BY the aid of wealthy TRENDS,
WHO mace themselves and their yacht at
her service. she sails to the spot lndl-
Gated by the mediums and flnds hcr iohs
lost husband. ,.o,s tho
like all of Mrs. Stannards novels, .iie
story is we'll told and in scope IS SUITE
what unique 1 ,,,;e ,;ne IF
-,,,.a ais ..AIv Magic Wheel, draw
home to me the man I love.
,rr;rat,on in the Uni ed States. ks n Hrea-
u sr;cls Haynes Newell. Chief 81 DlN rs
ion Of photography OF the safes yes, us -,
,onic,, survey. Thos. Y Grower ana
20 New York With 1876 l!lust. ;'1t
,;ors-maps, drawings and half tones.
r.s nares. with index, l2no. 5: net.
rro b p blS the average citizen Of TN. 1n,s
a,,rtrv would be surprised to learn ths -
twn-tift,,s of our national terri.ots
!. ,,oost unknown. and yet remains, $50, 70 DC
a y hee,nning has been made IN the way wa;
o. reclamation of the arid lands os " III =,
.atien. the greater part of the work re- s
I'M In line with this question Mt. NeWelr Us
hook Is timely. He is one OF the n,o -.
canable writer's Of such work IN TINS
country, his long official and practiea ~
experience giving him authority IN ms
,,tterances. But he has not brought. 70
sether the abundance of material here
presented in a dry. technical tr 's
the typical favor OF government re-
port. Instead. he has given iuc,o,
Comprehensive and entertaining study.
which commands attention from start to
finish. and leaves the reader with a