The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12
.1-s Ha.te's Condensed Novels:
''Unda Colonial Colors Three
L;ss,e Mays The Climax.
the Lost Wedding Ring
Virginia Magazines.
A,,AMp-sook OF BEST READING
asa saolmes"-"Around the Throne
.scap and Gown Prof: Trent's
.Ameucan observation-disclosures
Sons and Others-Long>
fellows Trousers-The
Weeping Willow.
Friendship.

ghe Lost Wedding ring. BY rev ~.
land Myers. ~. D.. minister at lie
Baptist Temple Brooklyn. \. X
Pupnsned by the Funk q WaeHais
Company, n. &. 70 cents.
Or. Myers, who is minister AZ the DAP
east Temple. Brooklyn. has IN ne Los
Wedding Rins' produced oooA peiis-
ting in contents the CITY o. homes at'o
Churches wherein he is a very pop ,u
preacher AS he says in the preAaee'
.The home is at the foundation OF hu-
man society, and the InaI1aas. a1.a ~, =,
al the center Of the home. And So ~
nine helpful talks he discusses the IN
atit,tion Of marriage from religious
standpoint. go,
-. Myers approaches his subject from
- noCative side. He tells what mar
riace is not before he discusses ~ AZ -, 10
e.St1ya aspects The evils that oese'
ire institution command his first atte zen.
.ftjn. The lost wedding ring IS 10 nm
tlost sancicty, security and saiSatiota.
In tho latter half of the BOOK, ho" t,....
the lost is found, and the chapters Inc
Kingly Husband. Queen OIL Tue no ,..,.,,
and Strong as Death, present
5 glowing fervor the Christian aoeal " lug
6ife-union Of man and woman.
There is one passage in the little oooh
,which. while it is too strong alloscthei'
is somewhat in line with some remarks
Of our own on the influence OF the ,nou
ern novel upon love and ioNe-lldhiiiS'
and we thetefore reprbduce IL
.Nuch OF 1his evil etidivorce IS Que 70
- a.pat nbod OF corrupt llteFaIuIe
GIrust into the hands of the YOUNG. i't'o
Soisonous food for heart ana heau -. q
fatal preparation for the Day OF iii nv
ity. dist1ust and the final sepai .ioi'
Our modern novels are full OF me ~.
eentation of false Ideals. and OF the ma n
,,r,c,,,red and the Impossible. The world
never saw such men and SUCH Noniei''
por such conditions and such leSui.st
.rna, Young man and young woman WV
Gna,,y ended the wreck OF their iiia'
rnonial fabric in the divorce court ~ 81
Fad their souls upon this 1000 from -. -.
$50 a.. soothing fiction writer's ai'u
'.crihos of the new school OF shepei. ISL
THO false notions of marriage die i,e'.
ib,y presented. and difficulty anu ii
domestic obstacles are easiis os.. ~,
Virtue is not a necessity, 'ilu 80 All
che whole. is not as COCO -. 4,,,t r:vcs
ents il literature. so-cailsu. me .,,;..
t,,s ,.oad 40 ruin, and completely pii ~.
.,,,,4v,ndr Of Young men ano "eiiie4i -, 80
49, ro,, and ordinary duties oil iiie. ny
,a,,a comes TO chaos anH VIZ -. =.
..is.,,nointment while TINS SouiaS 80.
reads on about rescue "il'eii a..a,,t.
..,.~n and methcds that isNei No
,,a,e The cheap novel turned "u' - -, :
exnensive falschood l'et'er 80,
h,d taken counsel from the 1920 IN
OF the older and wiser. a ~,
+ba voice of Almighty Goa.
Tn. Climax; or, What Might rave GEE.
no charles FELTON, Pidgin. author ..
..ou,ncy Adams SAWYER ana n.e =,
,,e,ha ssett-.' ublished by the =. ~
clark Publishing Company h'ot'
s1.s5. -;,,aticn
In this fresh flight OF ms i,il,.,'s'i..,,-
N.Y., PidEin has given us a si,ss ~
anE. fantastic sort OF tale .eiil i,' &c ot
80 story of the climax in the liit -
eS-on Rurr-.as It might have been. ~
,t,er words the author has WORKED up
ssar,,,i,,r romance out Of what hlisi'e
A,,-e ,,anne1,ed to this country. lls i'eo-
~. ard IT'S institutions il fsurr had 'esp
n,.c,ed governor OF New York. When ne
osrJreA to that Office -.
M. I,idgin stands his story az .tiio
pcr;od. elects him governor. anu . .i'.is
president In the latter once n'H
brings about important changes an o''i
f,or.ti,ution. An entirely different aaron
r,u,.r from tho ono histories describe
n. the central figure of the story Inc
.,,,tI,or has a fanc;ful conception tof
aaron Burr as Presidcnt-Gencfal 81 'ie
yTn;ted States. JIG is ever on the nlarch'
seeking TO conquer. Il he decides ''na'
,snsland. Spain or France has som" '''-
ritory the United States should possess
no takes his army ont and gets 1t Every
thing he does is for love OF country.
IA, IS the peoples idol. "A love adventure
is of the same Importance TO MN as -
affair of state and he Sights neither ~
1850 Aaron Burr has created an o1ollaa
Amarica-in the romance.
some great men have said that bur,
lived before his time. He surely did ;'"'
cording to this romance. which show
how much farther We might nave neee
advanced in power, craftsmanship 50
-iety. the arts. crafts and sciences 10
day. il Burr had actually carried on'
She ideas as developed by the author
AS the author safely says. however
IN his preface: Being purely imagina
live, this work cannot be historical,
.rue: but would ask the reader If nc
or she does not wish it We're true.
handbook Of Best r sading. BY S. Il
clark. professor public speaking in tn
University OF Chicago. Published b
charles Scribner's Sons. New York
$50.
enc purpose OF the author in maxim
.h.s compilation was to select good litera