The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16

n TIE SOUTH BY Conner Il. Peck
{ Published by the Broadway Company
h of New York. For sale In Richmond
!; by the Bell Book and Stationery Com
pany. Ia
Many hands have essayed to write the
i annals Of what has come to be called
lin this day and generation the "Old
South
4 Tho ante.bellum period, with its peace
i fu and dignined atmosphere, It's decoroUs
i Yet elegant. simplicity Of living, its rare
1 and lovely women Its courtly and gal
liant men, It's perfect flower Of civilization
and refinement. has furnished the material
l for many books.
Perhaps, after ALL only broken and
imperfect picture has ever been made by
/ tho busy pens Of sclf-constituted chroni-
clers In the thousands OF pages which
/ they have covered Of the epoch and the
4 section which they have sought to de-
4 scribe. The knowledge that has eluded
1 l!ternteurs exists only in the minds Of Il
| few. Soon they. too, will have passed,
and With them tho last vestige Of all they
] represented shall vanish. Then. maybe,
| the ghost of the dear dead days Will be
! allowed to rest and his righteous soul
| will be no more vexed by the caricatures
| Under which every now and then he and
| they masquerade In fiction.
The scene OF Lorna Carswelr Is laid
IN Georgia, on Southern plantation. The
| machinery of daily work and tho round
| OF daily pleasure: the relations existing
| between slaves. the master and the mas
| ter's family; the close and nffectionate
| tie binding the old slave marina" TO the
mistress whom she respected and the
nurslings whom she tended; the trials and
sorrows OF the Civil War and the changed
conditions following 1t, are supposed to be
fully and accurately represented in 'Lor-
ma Carswell." But as each man must be
limited BY the atmosphere Of his environ-
ment, the book as n necessarily imper-
feet reflection. should be viewed through
sucho a realization. The thread OF the
story is broken by the interposition Of
chapters devoted to political RETROSPECT
lions. but many of the Incidents are writ
ten with a truth and power that give
them instant appeal to the heart
The Illustrations OF the book, done by
Mary Norton, are unusually beautiful.
CAVALIERS AND RoGUEs, BY Will
liam Murray Graydon. Published In
London by John Macqueen. Il
Prince Rupert has always been name
to conjure by in fiction, and tho adj
ventures OF the men who rode out under
that brave and brilliant cavalier make a
record calculated to stir the blood and
fire the heart OF tho least imaginative,
and most prosaic among readers.
Many historical MISUNDERSTANDING
them Cromwell-Egure in the pages Of the
book. The scene. laid mostly In England,
is transferred for short time to the Vir-
glnia colony to the Indians, and the life
OF the hunter in the forest. The story Is
! we'll Connected and we'll written.
THE TRAVELS OF JOHN WAYLAND.
Written by himself. Published by the
Equitable Publishing Company, OF Al
lenton, Pa. For sale In Richmond by the
Bell Book and Stationery Company.
This book, after lying many years In
manuscript Is now, for the first time
given to the world. 1t Is a narration by
John Wayland OF the incidents Of his
journey to Thibet, of his there becoming
King Of tho Island of Patti. and of the
war he waged upon the Ne-ar-Blans.
The narrative throws new light upon the
history, laws. institutions architecture
and inhabitants of Patti The inhabitants
of this island. from the narrative. APP
pear to possess a knowledge Of war and
craftsmanship that might we'll inspire
American statesmen and warriors to emu
late them
TALES From WoNoERLAND. BY Ru-
dolph Baumbach. For sale in Rich
mond by the Bell Book and Stationery
Company
Wonderland is the region Of ThurInglnn
forest of central Germany. near which
Rudolph Baumbach has lived nearly all
his life The eight stories In this little
volume have been selected from two OF
the authors most popular books, and been
specially adapted for the use Of American
children.
The setting OF field, forest river and
other natural scenery has been depicted
with loving pen, and the characteristics
OF real wood and animal folk are de-
scribed with simplicity OF treatment that
suggests Hans Andersen, and q grace. del
tcecy and humor that rival Heine.
A ROSE OF NORMANDY. BY William
r, a. Wilson, Published by Little |
Brown and Company, OF Boston. For
sale In Richmond by the Bell Book
,H.f,-andr Stationery Company.
T TherTe!gn OF Louis XIV Of France, tho |
mostsbrIlliant and picturesque figure of
royalty in his time, makes the setting for
Mr.. Wilson'S romance-a romance In |
which the artificial atmosphere of the
French court Is sharply contrasted with |
the savagery and loneliness of the Cana
dian wilds in the western world then the
theatre where the adventurer and the no. |
Bile, the soldier and civilian alike played |
their dramatic part for the benefit of the |
future maker OF fiction.
The love story OF "The Rose Of Nor
ma ndy" holds the Sympathy and the atten-
ton of the reader. which Is never allowed
to flag throughout the telling OF It's
phases. Where Gilbert Parker has blazed
tho way, and Gwendoyn overton has
deepened the hold Of the Canadian-F French |
type. Mr. Wilson has not hestated to fol-
low. and has bravely held his own.
HAYDN. In Masters in Music, Daniel
Gregory Mason, editor. The Bates and
Guild Company. publishers, Boston,
Mass. Twenty cents each, 50 a year,
For sale by the Bell Book and Sta
tionery Company
A very good engraving after a portrait
of Haydn, by Roster, Is the frontlspiece
of the August issue OF Masters IN Music.
II rather idealizes Haydn's confessedly
ugly features and gives them relief In
the amiabe and winning expression his
face was said to possess, ,Ihe editor con-
tributes "iife'' OF the great composer
Criticisms of his art are written by the
editor, Dwight, Parry, Hadden and Run
clman There follows list Of the works
of Haydn and a Haydn biography.
The selections of music accompanying