The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01

\ With Portraits; s. II Kemper. The
!. The I'reclpltaate Mr.. smlf; a story: Ruth
si; Story ox Aired Henry ss Iswis m
49, The tsookman.
Chronicle and Comment" In the Mo-
vember number OF the Bookman is ut.usu.
ally rich and racy and this In adl!-
| ton:
Charles Reade's Opinion Of Himself.
and Ellis OPP MON OF George Eliot NJ.
The Revelation Of Herself. part y.
Mary Farley sanDorn.
The Men at Sea. Stewart Edward
White.
Alheri and Louise. Countess Of Albany.
ullustratea). Frederick Paronelli.
Prison Journal SIN. BY No. 1900.
The District Attorney (Fcuon) Church.
| Ill Williams.
Five Books Of the Day Reviewed.
The Reading Public Frank Moore
Colby. ~
9Rudyard Kiplins, Poet Harry Thurs
ton Peck.
The Sustained Effort and Some Recent
Novels. Frederic Taber Cooper.
The Drama OF the Month. Frank Moore
Colby.
sumo "Reminiscences Of william Ernest
Henley. BY on Old National Observer.
Art Mag azines
! Some Of the good Things IN Pearson's
Magazine are: Mrs. Adrian G. Hopes
Pastel Portraits, illustrated by repro
ductlon from portraits.
The Electoral Commission, an interest
ing bit OF history from tho diary OF q SEN
ate page, David 8, Barry.
The Duel Between Don @. and the
Dark Brothers OF the Civil ( Guard,
i = z 70. It,
| ard.
The Marvels Of Fruit Breeding, the evo-
luton OF new fruits from the crossing
OF old var. eties. Marcus woodward.
Sir Henry Morgan. Buccaneer, Cyrus
Townsend Brady Chapters xix-xxt IL
lustra ted by ]. N. Marchand and WIN
| Crawford.
Life in Metals. A Sarah Kumar Ghosh.
Tho Pariah. story T.. Jenkins Halns.
| James Cardinal Gibbons, William p.
| synin. I'D
The Ivory casltet a story. James work.
| man
Holding the Mirror up to Nature, secret
OF Mr.. darrigan's successful portrayal Of
East Side types, Edward Harrigan.
/! Her Right to Choose. 8. story. J. p.
| Setoun. -l.5 i.
The Biograph Theatre. Gellett Burgess
and Will irwin. Zone OF the stories 81
the San francisco PicaroonB) "A COM
| pote story.
Lady Elias Marriage. story. owen
Oliver.
Books and Authors.
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor's book, '-rhe
Mother OF Washington and Her Times.
Is now definitely announced by The Mac
milan Company for publication on No
vomber 4h. It's pictures OF social life
are new. It Is said, because they portray
the manners and usages In the part OF
| Virginia In which Mary Washington lived.
not the oft-tod ones Of Underwater vir-
ginia We are told that the origin OF
Washington's name is given for the first
| time. Mrs. Pryor has studied Mary
| Washington and her times for so many
years that she writes less like a hsto-
rtan than like an eyewitness History in
her hands becomes warmed into contem-
| porary chronicle" The book will be
very fully Illustrated.
Miss Anne Story Allen. author OF ''Mer-
ry. Hearts" recently published by Henry I
Holt and Company, is a New Englander
by birth. Manchester-by the-sea being
her native town.. She has lived. in New
York for 50 long. however, that the tie
OF sentiment Is the only claim that |
Massachusetts now has upon her. She
devotes herself to writing. A small fox
terrier Is her constant, companion. and |
| Is. according to her mistress, 1.-THE hero
Inc ofscamosts the first stories 4 ever
wrote. and quite the first to be accepted"
Miss Allen says it{is almost impossible
for her to write story without putting
| dog In somewhere.
edwin Markham says Of ''Barbizon
Days by Charles sprague7 Smith: ut
Is a brilliant book full OF freshness and
golden gossip. This book makes live
for US and breathe that Immortal group
about the inn Of Barbizon whose only
rivals are the nimble wits of tho Mer-
maid Tavernrpan and the nest of singing
birds at Concord"
Miss Florence Converse, the author OF
Long Will.'..to be published by Hough-
ton. MiffIin and Company was born in
New Orleans In tho year 1871 She is an /
NJ A. Of Wellesley College. holds an
editorial position on "The churchman."
ana for five years has lived at Denison
House. the Boston Cc''age settlement.
Her book. Long WILL Is romance
Of the fourteenth century, with the
Peasants Revolt" for its theme.
Miss Mary Hunter Austin, who wrote
1.-THE Land OF Little RAIN" lives at In
dependence. where her husband Is gov
eminent land-agent. She has a house by
the rill. OF Pine Creek looking toward
Kersarge. and the sage brush grows up
to herSver door. She IS fairly on the
edge OF Death Valley. and her compan-
ions are principally Pluto Indians. She
lisa sort Of friendly goddess OF the hearth
to these Indian women, encouraging
them in the making OF their beautiful
baskets. and urging them to keep the old
patterns, the old dyes. and the careful
workmanship. Years ago she was a good
shot. but as she grew more acquainted
with the ways OF the wild folk" the
thought OF shooting them went against
her conscience. and now she rarely uses
gun. She has been writing only four
or five years.