The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01
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lar, because as the silver In this coin
was worth more than dollar, measured
by gold. exporters sent 1t abroad to got
the profit. Hence, as fast as the silver
dollars left the mint, they became n1er-
ohandise. to be shipped away from the
country, How much more would g9ld
have been shipped under this rule, had
we adopted free coinage, at a Tina when
the bullion In gold dollar was woI til
twice as muclv as the bullion in sllvor
dollar. q
Mr.. Watson lays stress on the fact
that Mr.. Jefferson was opposed to bank
note currency, and In favor Of treasury
notes, issued by the government. Ho
does not say. however, that Mr.. Jenur-
sons objection to bank-notes was that
no did not regard them as sale, but
that he feared that, under the system,
there would bs disastrous imitation. He
then gives me reader his own Views on
the subject Of government money" and
make1 Mr.. Jefferson agree with him, Says
he: Suppose the government should put
the banner ASIDE. call In the bond. and
issue the note Itself. putting behind 1t
the same law and credit which upholds
tho bond and the bankers, note, would
the note OF the government be less valu-
able than tho note of the banker?" And
he adds: Mr.. Jefferson thought not So
will every other citizen who will consent
to use his own eyes and his own brain.'
BY which, we understand Mr.. Watson to
mean that the government may set it,
presses to work and make all the money
that the country requires. without going
to the trouble Of gathering into no
vaults stock OF gold with which to
redeem the notes issued 1t s hard to be-
lievc chat Thomas JEFFERSON would have
sconcurred with his biographerE In that ex-
IRENE view.
Mr.. Watsons new book Is dedicated
to William r. Hearst.
THE I1ARyEsTERs. BY Aubrey LAns-
ton. Published by r. H.. Russell. lof
New York. For sale In Richmond by
the Bell Book and Stationery Com-
pany. Price $3.50.
After reading 1.-THE Harvesters" one IL
Inclined to wonder II the title has any
thing to do with the plentiful harvest OF
Wild oats which the characters In the
kcok seem to be eagerly occupied in cul4
uvating. to their own detriment and the
unhappiness OF their connections.
The scene OF the story Is laid mostly in
Oxford and London: minor portion re-
serts to rural England. The period is
that when George Frederick, Prince OF
Wales. was setting the whole OF the Brit,
3lsk Isles by the ears with his wild esca-
pades and his utter lack Of manly good
qualities.
The story is one OF beauty in distress,
OF an innocent young girl who essays the
most difficult, and, therefore. the most
hopeless of tasks. the reformation OF
m q ~ frI fy,$r
asance. As a wife. she makes inevitable
mis- takes, which are redeemed by patience
and faithfulness. Insthe end she lifts hes
husband from the slough into which he
has fallen, but at what cost to herself,
what anguish and what disillusion. no
soul but her own can estimate. But when
one elects to walk blindfold over red-hot
plough-shares, It Is small wonder II ones
feet are manned and scared In the doing
Of It,
NY OLD MAIDS CORNER. BY Lille
Hamilton French. Published by the
Century Company. of New York. For
sale by the Bell Book and Stationery
Company. y
It Is delightful to turn. aside from much
that is false and meretriclope in literary
standards and chance upon such pure
and restful little volume as THE Old
Maids Corner.HsN Is. like passing from
the hard, and fiilify glare OF the common
Highway into the cool and dim recesses
OF springtime woodlands, with the fra
GRANGE of violets and wild honeysuclle
Eorne In upon the senses. and the gray
green shadows resting tired eyes and
calming tevered pulses.
1.-THE Old Maids Corner Is corner
where one loves TO linger. The pages In
" hich its story is told will bespeak a
place for themselves in the library OF
hay mi ~ rr,fro TO- S,,1,
III books.
The gist OF tender and beautiful phil
losophy is embodied in the following sem
fences. which may be taken as fair |
exposition of fuller development In other |
chapters:
"one of the charms OF 'an old maids
corner is that to each newcomer the
by other experiences with which those
that each brings are to be measured.
When one thinks a room Is empty, one |
can talk about things just as they hap
'Lened, and so get nearer to the truth OF
them, as one does who discusses them in |
the open air.
"The young who will bring into our
lives the freshness and beauty OF young
hearts would not enter II they found the
place full OF ourselves. We cannot do I
much for the world. we old maids. but we
can do this: We can keep an atmosphere
about us in which the best OF young
hearts can grow
"A CAMILLE OF UNDERSTANDING BY
Elizabeth Bisland Published by Har-
per Brothers. OF New York. For sale
by the Bell Book and Stationery Com
pay. Price $l.50.
One OF the hardest things which self
respecting Southern people have had to
undergo since the Civil War has been
the publication Of many books written
about their section OF the country, its
manners and Its customs. by people who
have known nothing whatever about tho
subject. upon which they entered with all |
the happy confidence which ignorance
generates and the numberless mistakes
which ignorance perpetual tes