The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
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i ,eIehton. Illustrated by a, Keller.
Fl punished BY Harper and Brothers, or
Nav Yorl, and London. For sale IN
I,chrnond by the Bell Book and Sta-
tionery Company ,.,.
X This Is typical western story, Win tl'e
scene laid In the beginning IN the EAis'ioi -
VALLEY Of Nebraska.
4 The picture drawn by the autnui ~
farm life and rural pleasures u, Nv. 49,. ~,
Ia exceedingly we'll done and extremeiy III
terestsng. descriptive nature touches ana
chnra II erization being done with sure
and skilful hand. az
THE book takes Its title from the tact
that its hero, becoming impatient OF every
day restrictions, leaves his countr! nolne
and seeks the attainment OF ms lulule
career In a western city. presu1,nAoiy.
Denver, where he enters the law once OF
a successful man Of affairs.
5 like many another. vainly comment
the Glare Of the false and meretriclous
blinds his eyes to what, Is really pure aliu
true. For time he strays ASIDE lr tI1
ncous toned standards. but when the -,
timate Moment comes, though his soul
10 shaken to its foundations by tho shock,
his manhood reasserts itself.
& N His brothers death makes his return
- mis- home imperative. Once there Ola
habits and associations reassert them
selves. and In the busy round !. OF WORK
his vision clears, he estimates lie arlsnt
and feels that tho ambitions which tempt
ed him have lost their power and their
attra ctlon. Els heart returns once more
to the girl Of his first choice, and the
book says good-by to hero and heroine
happily reunited in love and confidence,
which has In It the element Of humility.
born OF the test Of experience.
BOOK OF MONTHS. Written by 2. ".
Benson. with marginal color, lllustra-
tons, Published by Harper and Broth
ers. of New York and London. f'or
sale In Richmond by the Bell Book and
Stationery Company.
The book Of months Is a book Tor al
Z the year round, and makes as good q
December companion as 1t would 1or 81.
Valentines eve, for primrose time IN
April or May, for the perfect days that
come in June, for the dangerous passion
of July and August, for the golden ma
turity Of autumn
Into the story of the months MIR. Sen
son has thrown himself with force
and realism that communicates itself
"a his reader, and awakens the most re-
gponsive sympathy and emotion. whether
the mind dwells upon childish form repeat
Ing a prayer beside q little grave made
In n snow world, or looks out upon tho
fog from London sitting room or walks
abroad at night to cool the sprns fever
In ones veins by contemplation OF the
starry calm outside.
Beginning with the month OF May the
love story Of Dick and Margery begins.
Such a delightful love story IN Its begin
ming, such a pitiful tragedy IN Its end
ing!
Dicks grave under the South African
Ekies-Margery sleeping with her baby
on her breast under the daisy-studded
turf In an English church-yard!
And Jack, who thought his heart quite
broken, In the end finds 1t still Is living
and still Is capa BILE OF loving when sweet
English maiden comes into his life, with
q golden CLINT in her hair like Margery's.
with q voice with tones like Margerys,
hut with a nature, which unlike Mar
gery's, responds to his love. Just as
flower opens to sunshine.
As Thus the story of the months Is the
story Of humanity. 1t holds the record
OF the smiles and the tears, Of the shadow
and Of sunshine. which leads to the Mer-
nal Light.
AMERICAN MYTHS AND LEGENDS.
BY Charles M. Skinner. Published by
!. 3. Llppin.Seott. Of Philadelphia and
{ 1,onHnn 81
When the'.full' and complete history OF
the American people shall be written, the
volumes which contain 1t will embody, not
only the lives and deeds Of the men
which have made America from the days
of the colonies until now. but 1t will give
q place TO the legends and traditions In
which the foundation of oil history laid,
which vitaltzes the natlonalities of all
countries. which are and have aways been
law Vv,os - S,cy crtr Iva,
ence In the lives of individuals and sec
tons as well as Of the whole.
American history, compared with that
Of other lands, has been Justly considered
somewhat bald and undressing. When
other American writer's exhibit the re-
search which Mr.. Skinner has shown
and the RICH store Of Western romance is
Z fully gathered in, the reproacn OF ex-
cessive American materialism will be
taken away Mr.. SINNERS volumes,
which point out the way and show the
beauty Of the little-explored region OF
American myths will serve as an index
finger, pointing ever. like the image in
Longfellow's "Morituri Salutamus," to
buried treasure. and saying to all, "Dig
Here"
A. M. IT.
BENDING THE TwIG, Written by Wal
ter Russell. Published by Dodd Mead
and Company. For sale In Richmond
BY the Bell Book and Stationery Com
pany.
Much has been said and written about
the lack OF sympathy between the young
and old, between childhood and maturity
The spirit OF self-centredness, which
makes ii impossible for one class to
enter fully into the pleasures and pur-
suits of the other that erects barrier
over which one side or the other looks
occasionally, but only In the spirit of
detraction and earning criticism-this has
been a subject for increasing thought
and comment during recent years OF prog
sTress and emancipation that have cast old
ideas Of reverence and obedience to the
winds,
bending the Twg' is a book written
with the avowed purpose of helping
# groWn-ups TO understand children, AS.
Stunning the truth of the axiom that as
"the twlg Is bent the tree Is inclined"
It renders the very evident responsibility
OF parents In training their offspring, q
4 task 10 be entered upon with the utmos,
+ care and prudence.
The illustrations Of the book are one o!
3 it, best features, and picture all the gra-
dlations Of childhood and infancy at It.
innocent diversions The Whola tendcn r..