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

i 1,ha boot ,,ivcss the reader a vast deal OF
! valuable in FORMATION about horses, doss,
| fox hunting and kindred subjects. Inc
| author Is thoroughly conversant win ms
| theme-in fact, he has made study OF IT,
/ and what he says may be relied upon.
| Moreover. he presents his facts in pleas
E;ne way. which makes his enthusiasm
/ contagious and thoroughly stimulates the
! reader
| The importance of the work to breeders
| Of horses and dogs, as we'll as to sports
men, may be judged by a glance at the
| following table Of contents:
True Sport and Sportsmanship: Hunting
Terms: The Hunter; His Conformation
Breeding Hunters: Schooling Hunters;
Buying a Hunter; Seat; Hands: Jumping
Fences. bitches and Water; Spurs; Dress;
Falls; Courage versus Funk; The Hound;
Hound Breeding; The Hound Puppy at
Walk; The Fox: The Fox and His Ways;
Scent; Farmers and City Men; The Lady
Rider; Mind-Power Horsemanshlp; DrlV-
ing to Hounds Officers and Hunt Assist
ants; Horse Companionship; The Consul
tation Of War: The Meet: Riding to Gov
ert; The Game Itself; The Hunt Dinner.
TOM MOORE; An Unhistorical Romance,
Founded on Certain Happenings in the
Life of Irelands Greatest Poet. BY
Theodore Burt Sayre, author of Two
Summer Girls and t. "The Son of Car
leycroft" etc. Illustrated. New York.
Frederick A. Stokes Company. publish
ers. For sale here by the Bel BOOK
Company.
This is a romance founded on the play
which was produced with so much sue
cess last winter at the Herald Square
Theater, New York. AS the title page
indicates, the sketch of Moore must be
accepted cum grano sails. : for many
liberties have been taken with the facts
of the great rhymer's life, and both aus
thor and playwright have allowed them
selves full latitude for their particular
purposes. The author soothes himself for
this urconscionable act by declaring that
even if he cannot prove that the incidents
described III the progress of Moore's WOO
ing ever happened. it can be answered
that it is equally impossible to prove that
they did not. That is undeniably true, but
we lament the fact that the demands OF
fiction countenance such liberties with
famous characters.
In the work under review. the hero is
represented as rollicking. charming
Irishman who wins the hearts OF all his
readers by his humor and genial quail.
ties 1t might also be stated, incidentally.
that he would be still more attractive to
rs # he did not indulge so often in ques-
tionable jokes. but we will pardon him for
mat and attribute it to the age in which
he lived. We always do attribute such
I things to the age In which one lives when
we can find no better excuse. But, be
that as it may. it cannot be denied that
7 the novel before us is most readable one,
+ and that it is brimful of clever dialogues
and smart sayings. The hons mots' are
put in the mouths-or rather taken from
the mouths-of such men as Richard
Brinsley Sheridan. Beau Brummel, the
Prince of Wales. Moore and a certain vii
famous nobleman who, we suppose and
hope is genuinely fictitious. These char
acters exchange much repartee and in
dulge in puns by the score. Indeed. one is
punned and jolled at by the 'libri per-
sonae' until he looks for double en-
lstendre in almost every word. There is not
"a heavy or a dull page in. the whole book,
and Moore's love-making is certainly very
| fetching. as is the Mistress Dyke, to whom
| It is addressed. The chief criticism of the
i}book is that it is too dramatic-that it
smaclzs too much of the playwright and
shows too plainly that it was produced
| from the text of the drama above referred
! 10. y little more worl: would have avoid
! ed this defect and impressed us much
| more seriously with the undertaking. For
our part we prefer to see plays made from
novels rather than novels made from
| plays. T.. r. G.
I WHEN THE HEART is YOUNG. By
William Wallace Whtelocil. illustrated
! by Harper Pennington. z. P. Rutton &
| Co., New York.
| Here we have another acceptable add
! ton to the flood of juvenile literature,
/, good and bad. that is now pouring in upon
| the Christmas market. This little book of
verses contains much that is calculated to
| delight children. provided their parents 90
! q little reading and explaining. Inc
verses are far above the average-indeed,
some of them are excellent, and all treat
| of subjects in which our little ones are
Occasionally it looks to us as
| if the author is an inlitator of James
|. Nhitcorab Riley, but what if he is! He
| couldn't initiate better poet when it
comes to pleasing children, and. moreover,
the limitations, if such they be. are Very
| good Certainly no second-class poet
could emulate the Hoosier rhvmester I'M
less the i7nitator had good deal Of abil-
itv as a versif1er The Illustrations in this
volume are excellent. We would give our
readers a sample Of the poems We're 1t not
for their length. Good verse is always to
be recommended for the youngsters and
we do not hesitate to commend Mr.. White
! locks work for this purpose.
THE INTRUsIONS OF PEGGY. BY An
thony Hope, author OF the Prisoner Of
Zenda," etc. Harper & Bros. Price,
$50 For sale by the Bell Book Com
pany.
This work has already been reviewed in
the columns of the Dispatch by Anne
Pendeton, who does not think the author
is at his best in it, There are other crit
les, however, who highly praise the novel.
But, after all. the reader must judge for
himself The sales of the novel have been
immense.
THE LOvABLE TALES OF JANEY e.
JOSEY Z. JOE. BY Gertrude Smith.
For sale by the Bell Book Company
This is a bright and entertaining book
suitable for the understanding OF chill
dren Z or Years of age. and fit for q