The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05

Authoritative handbook for students / ann
lovers of art, nxplalhlng com po ,7l. ~
5syhlcll Is now quite generally renilaea "
Ssplrtlife or d statunrya figure. The au-
thor, Ii successful artist and instructor o.,
makes here plain tnteinent Of ting prln.
rinirs IL Fcoinpositlunt md illustrates them
~ retrod uctons or standard works Y OF
art. The csthetlcs Of composition are u,
discussed and illustrated 90 well IL
We prIn9lpss Ct HUmpoal,nh s hro
Bic rules Tor the critical Judgment 81 Of
pictures are deduced VI 4! @ .55S
I1rAg LEoATaE. BY Prescott Smith,
$8IIougNton, ltrlIn s. Co., is 81 y
4 Boston. $1,t0 NJ II a &. (, 4. y.
Hero Is d pretty good story, which, f 70
laf''rirst novel" ought to come ~ to T., q
fair success among the spring novels. I :.
lie name Of Cabell inherlts' q lumber mn
In 4 WISCONSIN town. and with u the
legacy Of This ,,hcle's relations to the
toWnspeople, which wore not Always way :.
Tie finds himself involved in various IN, n,
of4the pcople-a lingering effect Of the
war with his workingnlen, and with q
group Of socfallstic and temperance fa-
natlcs, The clouds Of opposition grad,
$uaily gather about him and break at last
In b strike, during which attempts are
made upon the hero's life.
THE climax of feeling IN the story fls
attended with a most dramatic catas-
Ftropho lii a great forest fire, which sweeps
through all the region. burning q number
Foritthe people. S The hero succeeds IN
trcscuing some of the survivors, and finds
when The fire Is past, that It has con-
stunned, also all antipathies and lef It feel !
Ing Of harmony, In which he is ablo 70
work, toEetl her with the people, LOT LOT tile
future Of the town /. FL 4. !.
THE novel Is marked throughout with
much Intensity Of feeling, excellent dia-
2logue, raptdity Of narration and wealth
Of Incident, IT Is entirely modern, and
Its afr OF sincerity is n relief from q great
deal Of the iictlon ofgthe last few years.
AS the authors first book, It nus power S''
that angurs we'll for It's success.
Mrs, Alice Prescott Smith, although OF
New England ancestry, was born at st.
3 PAIL MINI, in 1865 When she was elev.
on years old. her father, n congregational
clergyman. went as missionary to q ltim-
Der Village III the northeastern peninsula
orbWlsconsin. Here she gained , q, most 70 !.
novel describes For the past thirteen
wears she has lived on the Pacific coast.
she was married In 1891 and since then
her home has been In San Francisco. sew
ieral OF her short stories have Q ppeared
In various ma gaines. $ II z: t&
PENAL gsERVlTu DE-. By w 3. N.
Lord William NeyllD Z! g. =. IFutmana's
Z Sons, publishers. ew York. ~,
Lord William Nevill's account or ms
prison experiences Is certainly most
6u1,luue productions Many will remem-
Der the comment caused in England IN
1895 BY the trial for fraud of Lord NYil-
liam Neyill, the second son }ot the Mar
|quis Of Abergavenny.l Lord William was wa
convicted ana sentenced to five years a.
penal servitu1e. This term, reduced one.
fourth the maximum amount, Tor gooo
conduct has now been served. 4,
Since his release Lord w lillian Nevill
has written, in simple and absorbing
way the story of prison life as he found
II. BY the advice Of his friends that
work Is now published. There is q Ger
tain fascination In descriptions Of prison
life, and this book, on account Of ITS au:
i thenticjty. as well as Its easy style and
touches Of humor and Spathos, Will surely
be well received by general rea ders Be.
sides its great interest as q human docu'
ment "Penal Servitude" has actual value
rs a contribution to the knowledge OF the
English prison system. The English con
ditons closely resemble those IN American
| institutions, and this work Is worthy o.
CoilSAueA = @'ot! -
ology. ~ !, I,
| career. shows himself In this book to bt
| a man Of good taste and good sense. III!
comments favorable aud otherwise or
prison methods, made as they are from
j the inside, are pertinent and exceedlngl!
Svaluable and this book may be REGARDED
as Lord Williams return to society 10
| tie wrong he committed. Reliable tes
4 timony from the prisoners point ofSviev
/ Is not easy to obtain and the truth o
/ this book is lnquestionedGin England.
! SPECIALISTS in search OF information q
i we'll as those who read merely for tn
i pleasure Of reading, will find in ''Pena
4 ;ervitude" a book which they cannot Of
4 ford to miss.
"a DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX" !.
1 Tale OF the Indian Frontier, BY Gen
4 oral Charles King, author of 1.-THE Cole
Il ners Daughter" Fort Wayne, "a
Army Wife," ETC., etc. ,5 j
y .,He is bred out OF the bloody strain
4 That haunted us In our familiar paths.
s5a n. King Henry ".
II Illustrations by Frederick Remingtoo
and Edwin Willard Demng, New Yorl
; The Hobart Company, 81.
"THE5 LIGHT OF ASIA" The Tao re
King of Lao Tsze, 60l-5Q4 B. c.. an az
; curatc metrical rendering, translated q
rectly from the Chinese text, and crit
cally compared with the standard tran
latrons, the ancient and modern CHI
csc commentaries. and all accessab
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