The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
COMMENTsAN

.85 COMMENT SANDOOOol[
NJ There Is something singularly incor-
rigible about a virtue thnt has become q
ylco. YOU attack the vicious manifes-5
tation and To- the virtue rises up to sm Mite
volt, 1t is thus with a certain feature of
the spirit Of chivalry which animates US
southerners-conside ton for OF theirs, pa
fticularly for women. Kind -liearte
els now all too often nothing snort OF
Chicken henrtedncss. Our very louuabie
Differences for women Is CARED . 20 suG,
5imperils the founda ton Of manly char
ncter. truthfulness. For instance IN TINS
editorial department we had occasion Il
little while ago to accept q challenge
from the author and give our candid Il!
Soplnlon Of her book. Whe' g ypso,a y.
cones to you for Il candid opinion. .De-
ware, take care. We were foolish enough
to give the book a long and serious y! I re-
view. full Of frankncss, not altogether
Mandatory Of the effort. fl The Cha ttanoogil
anthoress took It in silence, but one 81
{her friends or possibly only an adnllrer
5spont some precious time and stationery
in irditing to your most obedlent a severe
letter on the requirements OF chlValry,,--l
n latter beginning with the usual formula
Of outraged womanhood, - No gentleman
would be guilty f. and winding w
with an admoniton to do justice to this
literary lady Of Chattanooga. ..5S
4 And about the gistS or all we said was
that the author was O noVice IN; the arr
(t was her first book), that her work
showed talent, land that she night&lqo
something Of value with time and prac-
stice. n III
Now comes Mrs. Avary's y'''Virginia Girl
In the Civil War. Mrs. sAvary,s& frlenus
eli tsy,or 4 his hook.
We have alreRdytu used up nearly Two col
yumns Of space, In the aggregate, IN PVT
fling IN this nice little book. IT it1s q
harmless little narrative and makes really
Interesting reading, but some cold water ~
might easily be dashed Upon ITS bounding
ton 81; it. The 5Appleto-s's, by the way
report mn unexpectedly pod sale Tor q
Virginia Girl tits already jim It's fourth
edition, they say and is Temporarily o4t
of stock General II ntzhugh, Lee wrote
the author recently that he had enjoyed
very much reading the book. As ! WIS WI
a ma jor- general commanding the south
ern cavalry at the time and General w.
III IL, (Rooney) Lees troops were under
my command, I am familiar with many
Of the scenes described and the names or
the characters who played their parts IN
them. The whole story IS charmlngly
told" J! j "A tx X iSr M
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There is to. be no dearth OF fiction, AL
he$publishers have spring lists. %a For In
stance Little, Brown g. Co.'S announces
ments include ten works Of fictton-'oTh he
Siege Of Youth,"'by Frances Charles, au-
thor Of en- the Country God FORGOT
Love Thrlves IN War q romance O. tho
Frontier in 1879 . by Mary Uterine Crow
lev, author, Of ~ Daughter Of New
France, land '"rhe Heroine. Of the Strait /"
| ."The Dominant Strain" a semi musical
| novel, by Anna Chaplin Ray the we'll
known writer Of stories for older girls;
5"A Detached Pirate Ia society novel by
Helen NIilccete.g a Halifax IN. So author;
"Barbara, a'tWoman Of the Vest by
John H. Whltson; "A Rose of Normandy
| q romance of France and Canada In the
| time OF Louis XIV. by William r.. a,
Wilson; "Tfe Spells of Empire. !" a. ro-
nance Of Mexico In the time Of Monte
yuma, by Francis Newton Thorpe &c we'll l,,
4 tic dramatic story Of an English peasant
I. girl by Orme Agnus, author Of Love IN
| our village and Jan Oxber;'' he
wars OF Peace,''&a stirring Industrial nov ne
i 81 by "A. II. Wilson, and new edition e. or
"Truth Dexter" by Sidney Mecca Mccall 4W si'Et
i frontisplece. L
i Mr.. Philip Alexander Bruce, Of Virginia.
4 has written brief history Of the United
Il States, which may be used as text
1 book, which will DO issued early in April
& BY the American Book Company. We
q await it's appearance with great Interest
4 and shall take pleasure in publishing Q
i thorough review Of it. Mr., Bruce is now
u, In Geneva, Switzerland, where he Is work,
Ing on new seventeenth Century Book
relating to Virginia. which he may. have
A finished by the time the jamestown TX TX,
position falls due.
Miss Mary. Johnston Is at Nassau, witt
her family. for her health. In conse.
quence of Miss Johnstons unfortunate III
ness. her new novel, "slr Mortimer" vii
not begin It's serial publication in Har'
por's monthly for May, as heretofore an
4 nounced. Most Of this inevitably inter,
estng l1llznbethun story Is In the hands
Of the publishers. but the whole Is un'
finished as yet, 5
Miss Molly Elliott seawelrs Virginia
tale. "Children Of Destiny" book tina
y some think Is the best Of her sprightly ant
thoughtful productions. Is being published
this week In q new edition by the hobbs
q Merrill Company, of Indianapolis, the sue
cessors of the Bowen Merrill Company,