The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20

j uranium (pago 1861, nor did Ballard dis
cover chlorine (pnge 17o). Occasionally
j 100. an essay at an explanation Is no
entirely happy, but comes out confused
and -incon c Iusivc. Were We disposod to be
severely critical we could Indicate o, ll's
| tlefec ts. but all Of them, together arc NJ,
Of sufficient weight to diminish the IT.
| dinlity with which we commend the work
as m exceedingly Instructive and lntcr'
csting exposition of the newest contep a
| In science. IA G w. ~ ~ -
THE LITTLE SHEPHERD or King.
DOM COME. By John 70. Published e.
by Charles scrbner's Sons. Of New
York, For sale III Richmond By the Bel
Book and Stationery Company. Price
$3.50.
THE love OF Kentucky firstIand foremost
thrills In every line which comes from
the per, OF Kentucky writer's ana makes
The vital and anlmating principle OF very
r sn, n,,ic and interesting chapters III "'rho
little Shepherd or Kingdom Come
which has Just appeared in book FORM
fter running as u serial through last
winter and spring
Tho book opens at 4 period some
years prior to the civil war,twith ~ de-
scrlntion OF mountnineer life In what
was still almost u pioneer section o. !, =, he
State The mountains themselves, Win
their ever llftinG lights and shadows.
with their primitive solitudes ana theif
virgin forests with the hardy face nur-
tured along their slopes and developing
~ character and personality n picturesque
Individuality that set them apart from
tho kentucky town people and plain dwe!-
lers by n strong line of division, one
which no nftor time has broken down
or brldged over. ponsthesc things mr..
Fox has turned the strong light Oh s''s
imagination with fine revcalings.
The hero Of the book appears FIRST as us; q
waif and astray. WI.
struggle against environment, the oooH
rocs or 10 say that es"after the !anse or
three-ol,artcrs Of d century Chadwick 81.
ford. gentleman, came back to MS OVID
and what that own, at that DAY a "T' ~ ~
that land, was!"
"It was the rose of Virginia, sprlngins
In full bloom, from new ana rlcher so SUI
rose Of deeper scarlet and a Sstiohse,
stem; and the big village where ms olu
university reared It's noble front was .,e
vnrv heart OF that rose. There We're the
,,rro,,7ast families, the statclest homes,
the broadcast culture, the most gracious
hosnltality. tho gentlest courteses, ING
finest chivalry that tho State has ever
l,nnwn. There lived the political IDOLS:
there under the low sky, rose the memo
real shaft to Clay. There had lived beauH
and belles, memories of whom hang SUN
about the town, people II with phanlo'n
shapes and give an individ!!al ", :.
family here and there q subtle dlstlnctinn
to-day. There were the dance. me reaus
sldeboard the card table, the love OF me
i ~, manly VII"
tucs. ms manly vices, US tho world mas ever
known, And there, love was rs tar from Fti'
lust as heaven from hell. IN
Mr. Fox has dedicated his BOOK LIZ
currie Duke, Daughter of the Chiel amohe
| MorEnn's Men" III his reference 10 'lne
wears Of civil strife he has drawn
splendid picture Of General Jonnl Nlorsh'
and of the flower Of Kentucky mahn ,
| who rode at Ills SIDE throu5ii 'n "'
and storm of battle.
And in his picturlng OF Melissa any
| Margaret, his two types of womanhoou
md pirlhood, the pathos of Melissa $
! figure In its homespun, gathers the icolor.
inr and blush OF the wild rose when SCI
nro,nst Margarct's slender grace ana
white robed gracious dignity. .
One seems to hear the soft monhta!'l
| dro W, on Meissa's lips when she pitusce
before the woman that she knows mas s
taken from her what she holds aeares' ~
earth to ask: -,
"Are YOU Mar-gn-r%!'' u
And when she had her assurance, ASK s
,nr once more: 'Do you know Whar Crao
is.,then finishing her pathetic outbursS
| With the assurance: II come tet hin
You understand-fcr him. ] hate YOU
rae YELLOW cRAYoN. BY r. Phillips
onncnheim. Published by Dodd, Meao
& Company, Of New York. For sal! SAFE
IN Richmond by the Bell Book ano
Stationery Company Price, $3.50
"The traitors" written by AR. oppet-
he,n. and published last spring, IS &C.
a ra." ed one or the successful hooks OF
,,,s',,o,r IL merit can count III the ma l.
~ ~ success, then The Yellow Crayon
ought TO go as far ahead OF "rhe = Eilt-
nrsi as 1t exceeds 1t III literary value
and interest ,
secret society, and an episode IN the MS
tory of this society gives the book rs
| title. The leading character IN me SLOT
is tho Duke of Souspenner. FrchcF
nobltnan, n retired diplomat of distlnc-
,inn who is introduced to tho reader az
living nj Tuxedo, New York, With his
wife the Countess of Radantz The
Countess Is member of 'Fhe felio"
C,rayon," and is forced by her oath &c
the society to leave her husband while
spending a day In New York city without
4 oven saving goodbye TO him, to 80 tf
J,ondon and undertake there an importan
mission for Tho yellow Crayon,' pledged
as an organization to use It's influence
(. AGAINST anarchists and socialism
The ostensible service demanded of he
is that she shall exert her fascination
10 prevent Reginald Brat, an Enslisl
statesman, from coming Into the pre-
miership of England, and the power
the society Is such that she has no opuol
but to obey its bidding
Underneath ostensahle REQUIREMENTS
however. arc private motives OF reveng
aud jealousy. The head OF THE felo'
, C,ayon," the Prince of SAKE l.elnitzel
who loves the Duchess Of Solspenniel
hcpes to estrange her from her HUSBAND
for his own ends. He is helped by Lad
! Muriel Carey, another member Of tn
y society, who has an infatnation for tn
= Duke of Souspennler, These two en-
:. deavor to keep the husband and wifi
/, apart, TO prevent him from leaving Amer
. leo and coming 10 England. and to SOY
!. discord ana suspicion where confdenc
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