The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-05
A CT IMPSE HERE AND THERE
OF TIE BOOKS OF THE DAY

have It truly told, defiance. to BIO pec,-
| liarly turned upon the General
For his part. the General never wore
a loftier look. He scrubbed quick line
and gave 1t to the chairman.
THE President offers toast. Then
| solemnly, as one who feels It's import.
"The Federal Union. It must be pro-
| served.
1.-THE Generals glance was on Calhoun,
as pointed as a sword. Pushing back he
| arose and bowing to tho chairman. he
began moving towards the door.
"The Federal Union. 1t must be pre-
served. The General. as though to call
last attention. repeated his toast. Then,
thinking doubtless on Owerton and Crock.
EFT and Houston and Dale and Coffee
and those refiemen in hunting shirts and
leggngs. and on the ships and Scott AMI
Castle Pinckney, he added--and 1t shall
be preserved"
So much for the President and politics
That there was another side to his kalei-
doscopic character goes without the say
ing. At this distance of time, and with
the grave stone resting for many years
above Peggy ONeal, 1t Is not for the
reader to question in captions or skeptical
mood.
1t seems better to take Peggy UP where
tho fiery championship OF Jackson placed
her and to believe that she was As pure
and true as she was beautiful, a creature
ruled by impulse and the more lovable
because OF 1t.
Peggy O'Neal." the book has been
finely illustrated for Mr. Lewis by Henry
HUT in colors. Miss Campbell, the daugh-
ter OF Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio. be-
Ing the original of the beautiful pic gre
| In miniature. which makes the fronts
piece. The fact that the novel has been
dramatized for a popular actress. and
that It will be put upon the stage next
season, will doubtless add to It's populari-
ty. The style in which 1t is written is as
unusual as 1t Is clever and vigorous.
QUESTIONABLE SHAPES. written by
William Dean Howells. Published by
Harper Brothers, of New York. For
sale In Richmond by the Bell Book
and Stationery Company. Price. $3.50.
Mr. Howells. who is without doubt one
of the most ingenious of writer's in avoid
ing a point or a conclusion. has the dis
tinction, in his volume Of ghost stories.
under the above title. OF being the author
of the first one which he calls "lIis
Apparition, without doing more than
limiting at the apparltion Several times
the expectation of the reader is worked
up in lively manner and several times
IL IL disappointed ~ an lltelIuplloli JUST
at the thrilling moment.
1t is a tribute to Mr., Howeils' merit
that he can proceed in this manner with
out exaspera ting one beyond the point Of
attention and interest. The supernatural
element IS always one to conjure by. and
the book as whole Is very entertain
ing.
TITO. BY William Henry Carson. Pub.
irI,a l,.. 1,A l1rly( rpy,, INV.
Of Boston. For sale by the Bell Book
and Stationery Company Price, s1.5o
Tito" is a highly-colored romance.
the scene of which is laid partly in Flor
ence. Italy and partly In New York.
The story is that Of wealthy yourg
American, who marries while abroad.
beautiful peasant italian girl and es-
FRANCES his father in so doing.
The young husband and wife are happy
IN each others love, however. though
the former Is hated by his wife's uncle
and aunt who consider that he has come
between them and the first object Of
their affections, and are savagely zeal
Gus of him. While he Is absent in Paris
his child is born. He returns to find his
wife dying and is told that her little son
Of few days old is already dead. Heart
broken. he buries his wife, returns to
America, and finding his father unfor-
giving still, sinks into dissipation and evil
courses.
In the meanwhile his son, the Tito"
OF the book, Is brought up In Italy by
his maternal relatives to hate his father s
name. He Is bound by VOW to avenge
Ills mothers supposed wrongs whenever
he meets that father.
Tho book goes on to tell of his coming
to America, of father and son meetine.
and. In the last, of doubts and mistakes
being swept away, and "Tito's" coming
to his own again In his fathers heart
and into a love nearer and dearer still.
while his father is reformed, restored
to his better self. and his proper station
in life.
FORT BlRkETT. Written by Edward
w. Townsend Published by w. j.
Richie of New York. For sale in
Richmond by the Bell Book and Sta
tionery Company.
A new book by the author OF "Ch!mmle
Fadden" prepares the reader for some
thing quite different from what he finds.
Mr.. Townsend, instead of giving his story
New York or a Manhattan atmosphere.
deals with a mining camp and tale Of
adventure in the Sierra Nevada noun ,
tains.
Tho story is well told. Mr., Townsends
name is guarantee for that. Mountain
bandits furnish plenty Of incident Of a
stirring nature The womanly element
introduced Is skilfully and attractjvely
worked up. and a double thread of ro-
nance fares to a happy conclusion. The
book makes no great demands, but II IS
yei'v bright and communicable.