The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19

with all their pioneer outfit fell prey 10
the marauders, leaving herself in her
| babyhood the sole survivor without n
memory or trace Of her parentagc
She was taken under the protection of a
concealed confederate, posing In the COM
munlty in the disguise of reputable cit
jzcn of ample means.
She and boy about her own age and
orphaned under Ike clseumst an W fiv
of n family Of social prominence and IN
telgenee. and as an adopted child of the
household she grew to womanhood un lS
| as refined and healthful mora! SURROUND
| ings as were practicable IN their SNeSt-
ern home. During all their after ne ii,.
Philip Aston provided for her l PEI ny
listed between them UP to the hour Of his Is
death. in the close of the story. was as
! tender as that between parent and child.
take to give even an outline of the story.
| Many OF its dramatis personae are C!ia IT.
acters generally we'll drawn, not fey sMas OF
them Of unique nefeS Historic e personases
as Andrew Jackson, Peter Cartwright and ID
| the brillinat young. Attorney. Genera ,e 81
Kentueky J9s9 p v,ctor par IN tie battle Of
| Tippecaioe in November 1911 only ~,
bfef time before this story, closes The ne,
birth in this community t oil Hpr Is detailed
with local pride, but strange. to say
| in this portrayal of Kentucky life at that
period the name OF Henry Clay is never
| incidentally mentioned.
The incidents In the Narrative are nor
overstrained. and the probability Is So
well kept in view that they impose IN rsa ae re
at ali liz familiar with the verltable expee
rlences of Western pioneer life. The lead a..
ing actors in the drama are g snel,aiifi
pictured sklfully and tneit t indiv'o nro.
Sented. -, .,,,,, a.,
Some of these characters Will outllve ~, IN
the affectionate memory OF the reauer WV
Good old Father Grin and his morse opS
can scarcely be forgotten. My oh &c
Toby, of Tristan Shandy. retains after t,e
lapse Of centuries sIa an hn Wortby bore
his name in daily and nightly service IN
the wilds of Kentucky, will claim lar l., o nor
his good master as pure t,o ana 'as'ins ho
The good physician of the bonnie 6.i ,a
Bush with all his experiences OF tn me
Highlands of old Scotland as as re pro wiIi
perpetuate in the grateful memory OF
MIR. Banks readers the name OIL faui
Colbert , rr,,oros,
and her associate Sisters Of Charity IS
depicted with delicate and appreciatlve
pencil. And broader traditions, i,ot r, eo.
fined TO the Western people oI ,,9 % t,,r-
bulent crowds of unsympathizing hearers
are graphically revived, The tribute or
Andrew Jackson to the Gn aristia NO less
of the one than the other OF these typlcal
leaders of men. 80
But Philip Aston is the real cal. mere ,,p},, Oh
this drama, and the curtain very naturee
ally falls with his death In the iloods OF
the great river just after the battle OF
Tippecanoe. The preface !ehs llla'
he was Of historic parsonage, whose lrllu-
ence long survived his death, the precise
! 1,to of which WAS lTdul-
tionally uncertain. but that ms roinahhtii '.
career must always remain inseparanlys
interwoyen og WITH az the fo"'a"e'
The author makes very bold essay, IN
undertaking to reproduce her ideal of TINS
remarkable parsonage ana thls ro''iaii''o
The Identification of Dr. Iekyll and mr..
Hyde as the same personality dld not N,
yove TO any appreciablH extent e t., any Ses sHe
II common rumor be true there are now
not a few such double lives scarcely less
ingenlously disposed. led by men OF
cities. The veritable history of ROBIN
Hood and Rob Roy, without any OF me
gloss or glamour of fiction, disclose III
their robber chieftains many traits OF u
of the brigand of the North did not V 90
lontly offend against these propa pliltles
in the Colour de rose. IN which he Por-
trays the Saxon and Highland outlaws,
But the salient features OF their char
acter, which measurably condone their
defiant war against, law and order, are
all conspcuously absent in the lie OF
Philip Aston. The effort to make the
Inconsistencies of that life probable or
plausible and the successful concealment
OF his double life among the people with
morally and socially, through the many
years of this story. could scarcely hope,
even with the magic skill Of Walter
Scott, to meet with any pronounced sue
Jacc ;e lie, n,,orr hny, n
the high merits Of the authors work Is
she has failed in this bold venture,
The book is presented to the public with
the typographical commentator OF the
house of Macmillan and Company and it's
merits ought to assure to the author \
large circulation among appreciative read
crs.
THE ,METrLE OF THE PASTURE.
lished by the Macmillan Company.
| For sale in Richmond by the Bell
Book and Stationery Company. Price,
1 Let no one infer from the title Of James
J Lane Aliens new book that it deals with
horses and horsemen. The name has a
ing which its author has cleaned from
the old Greek and Roman plays and from
the Shakespearean use OF the word met
tie" The phrase, 'mettle Of the pasture"
according to Mr., Aliens idea however.
belongs rather to the present than to the
period of the great English dramatis',
4 because, as he says, What most men are
\ thinking Of now il they think at all, Is
! OF the earth, small grass-grown planet
hung in spa .e, And unaccountably max
/ ing. his appearance, on it is man, pas
4 turing animal deriving his mette from
ne writer asks; nv What IS the mette Of
other brave people, not more polite, not
more honest Or more !,e,, truthful, or more
virtue. say the virtue or truthfulness
could be known throughout the world as
the unfailins mark of the AmerIcan--the
mette of his pasture.
Thus is the thought, which forms a., the
story. the thread of gold which CLEANS
redly throughout the warp and woot OF
prehensions less ready to grasp and as
simulate than his own
The scene of the story is laid IN VII,
lage and its environs in Gods country
that country which Mr.. Allen loves so
We'll and knows SO well how ia describe
whore nature has unbent to admit him
as her lover to her confidence, and has
r tpl no NJ ba 1D Nn'S mist v