The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29

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volume Of literary ssssys, very seen s'F AS
L Il has become known that Andrew ~ !, q,
Wheeler, (Nym lCrinlde) who rece 'rtly,
died on MS farm near New q ORR Wa s.st
the 4 ~, IN whose .strikinE essays
nnd books have had large ropularity
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Mr. WHEELER had been out }of the BUST fugs
ling Aeid OF daily journalism. Ho nag y
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oism and wrote IN scolusiot, a UNDER ne 9
new pseudonym. It Is not TOO mu ti y. 20
Jay that his fame will live IN his later
books; tho authorship OF which is new
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NATURE the Mnking OF a Country
House,, ana f-Tnngled up IN VS. B b . III,
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could write an unusual sort Of q novel vel.
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ago ana studied two years With several a'' ,el't
Of the best painters in Paris 8l HIS story I'y
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| .~rhe constitutional Ethics Of seces-
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1903 It was observed In New York on
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Among the Important I April books sl are
announced two Volumes devoted to the
life and Letters Of Edgar Allan Poe
! from the press Of Messrs Thomas y.
| Crowell & Company The author Is
Professor James Az Harrison of the
| University OF Virginia, whose virginia
Edition Of Poets Works attracted uni
versal and enthusiastic comments last
year. 1.-THE "Life and Letters" will
prove Of the highest utility to the stu
dent, we have no doubt. The Letters
are here for the hrst time collected
from scattered sources; while the Lie
/ lis new. and makes use Of the most re-
i cent data on Poe's career. The set has
the further merit. we understand, of be-
Ing extra and handsomely illustrated
and finely bound.