The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20
SCIENCE and PROGRESS
and RELATION BETWEEN THEM

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hand and wife, who coiint. the world we'll
los FOR eacl, others love, are reunited
nnd the society BY tho order Of its tittlar
head. tho German Emperor, Is crushed
and disbarded.
The Story IL vvidly told without tho
least tagging OF power, and rivets3 the
attention Of the adcr throughout III
writing and style, the author leaves moth
Ing to wish for. ts l n; fSi iliti
THE sHERRoDs. Written BY George
Barr NfcCutcheon Published BY Dodd,
Mead and Company, Of New York.
For sale iii Richmond by the Bell
Book and Stationery Company Price,
$3.50. II Isl jt4 FL
Tho Sherrods Is d disappointing boot
II opens nttractivcly, With a rural village
community for Il background, and the
romantic love Of hero and heroine ending
Z In a rural wedding. n
born artist who makes failure after
his marriage. In farming his wlfe's land;
that he eventually goes to Chicngo !, meet Y
rich and beautiful young girl; that he
yields to temptation, proves 5urfaithfui
to- the girl he has left behind goes
through the form Of wedding another who
is ignorant OF his past: that he turns his
back on that past and travels for Il year
III Europe; that he only ceases his career
OF duplicuy and sin when brought face
to face with his Nemesis In returning to-
too revolving to attract sympathy and
$f
Such Instances may occur In the lives
Of men and women, but It can be happily
assumed That they are yet rare enough
to seem both dreadful and unna tural. 2
IN OLD ALABAMA.5SBy Anne IIobson
Published by Doubleday, Page and
Company, OF New York. For sale In
Richmond by the Bell Book and Sta.
tionery Company. Price, $1.5o. a5
Il Miss Anne Hobson dedicates her book
OF dialect and African folklore storief
TO her brother, Captain Richmond Pear.
son Hobson. ST III @ 3aS III 5
THE Illustrations for Miss Hobson's
book, done BY Carol MCPHERSON from life
are unusually fine, as every one who
looks at Miss Mouse" Old Man She'd"
"suk'' in wedding attire, Miss" and
Bob Pannl T. will instantly realize. The
SUITES are WGll NlltlclI, Inv ElJCAhes
well sustained all through and specially
characteristic Of the plantation darkey
in Alabama.
The plantation songs which Miss Hob
son has added as finish to her storie:
bring back to mind the rhythm and roll of
sweet African voices In the melodies
which, By association, have never failed
to appeal to the Southern heart. The
first OF these songs begins: Sc! III
."Gwne to reach de gre't white place,
Sec Mars Jesus face to face.
Swing low, sweet charriyut"
Gwine to ride dem hebbenly streets,
Gwine to kiss sweet Jesus feets,
Swing low, sweet charryut"
a DOCTOR OF PHlLosoPHY. Written
by Cyrus Townsend Brady. Published
by Charles Scrlbners Sons. OF New
York. For sale In Richmond by the
Bell Book and Stationery Company.
Price, $l5O
The promise aroused by the sight Of
Townsend Brady's name on the title page
OF a new book renders he disappointment
keen when the reading Of the book
proves 1t unworthy Of any commentator
whatever. That Mr.. Brady, whose ability
nobody denies, could write book so en-
cphy," one which Is so calculated To
produce mischief wherever it is read,
is n most incomprehenslble and regrett-
able thing.
THE vAeABoND. BY Frederick Palmer,
Published BY Charles scribner's Sons.
of New York. For sale III Richmond
by the Bell Book and Stationery Cons
pany. Price $3.50
10 lar,
hinges on the civil war and has It's drama
played partly In "Old Virginia
The writer displays great ability In his
delineation of character and In his ac-s
count tho adventures and vIcissitudes OF
his principal personages which possess
more OF Interest than his war Incidents
that probably have come to him as here
say.
The tremendous unfoldings Of 1861. 1865
are still fresh In the minds of many
southern people who lived at that pc
riod, and the pen which reverts to them.
to picture truly. must be moved by tlta
heart Of the writer. &
Nevertheless '''rhe Vagabond" Is a
book OF unusual strength. The interest
OF the story cannot he questioned, and
will be Instantly felt BY the reader.
The Introduction Of President Lincoln
into the book Is we'll managed by Mr.,
f-dlIl1tTi tuc ElHNSIVlcW DelWcen IHo l-TeSl.
dent and Miss Lelcin has a dramatic ele-4
mcnt which renders It very striking.
Though tho ante-bellum pages Of 1.-THE
Vagabond"4 make better reading than
those which come later. still the whole Is
one which is much above tho ordinary
output OF fiction. A. M. T.
Book Notes.
There is nothing HISTORICAL about Mr..
scollard's new novel, Count Falcon Of
the Eyrie.'' It Is n romance pure and
simple. a stirling tale Of Italy in tho
DAYS Of passion and feud The story
splendor. the scene shifting, after few
chapters to Rome-thc medieval Rome
Of treachery and lntr!gue-and thence to
an Imaginary D4kedom In the mountain
The mystery which, from the outset, en-
folds the We Of the hero, piaues TIE TIE
Incidents or the story thicken and the
plot develops. While the atmosphere Of
M picture is presented. |, q many phases
| Of Italian lIfc IN the middle ages.
! This volume will be published by James