The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29

sees him she Is more agreeapla anu
by and she calls upon him TO take her
in special train to her father VINO IS
hundred miles away over the NOUN
,tnins i blizzard is raging and Glover
knows that the trip will be full OF dan.
ger, but yielding TO the trn1hnd OF
s"'rhe Daughter of II Magma te," he makes
IL a special train and starts on the
Journey. BY and by, the cur has to DC
abandoned and he and he girl take pass
nge Oh the locomotive. It Is on TINS trip
that she sees his splendid COURAGE ana
his command OF himself ana o. s''ua.
tons and before the Journey Is ended, the
levers have agreed 10 make the whole
Journey Of life together.
Tho story is well told and the charac-
tiers well sustained.
THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE. BY
Baldwin Sears. Published by a. s.
Barnes, OF Now York. For slle I,
Richmond by the Bell Book and Sta
tionery Company Price, $l.60.
When Mrs. Humphrey Wards Robert
Elsmere was a new book, Gladstone. n
a review Of It. said words to this effect.
that Mrs. Ward had Launched gallant
ship, but one which was too heavily
manned.
His criticism is applca BILE to THE Cir
Gle In the Square. It Is a strong book,
one ovInclng unusual thought and insight
into character by Its writer. but It wou.d
be stronger If some characters who seem
purposeless had been left out of Its pages
and II some scenes had been omitted.
The story Is that of a Virginia cotnnu-
nifty ruled by the cllques. the keynote TO
the antagonism between the ruling splrl =,
the Berkeleys and Ntorgans. being fur
nished in the leading chapter. which
serves as prologue to what follows.
In this chapter Shan Morgan. the elder,
Is forced through the failure of Clay
Berkeley to keep an appointment wi.h
Evaleen st. Could. whom he had per-
suaded into an elopement, to marry the
actress himself. Thereby he lost social
caste with his friends. who refused 10
receive his wife.
Clay Berkeley who swore that he had
never asked Evaieen to be his wife. and
transferred rne odium of his wrong-doinR
to Morgan. was held 10 strict account ny
the man he so deeply wronged. Afte'.
wurds however, Morgan being too proud
to take the public altogether into his
confidence. Berkeley prospered lie mar
ried Elizabeth Fairfax, tile girl whom
Morgan had loved and lost. The lntte:,
losing all hope and ambition, fell into rvN
ways and died early, having amone other
children. son, Shan. the younger. he-
tween whom and Clay Berkeley, the sec
ond. the rivalry which had existed IN an
earlier genera ton was carried on.
The period trentcd of Is that subsequent
to the Civil War. The picture Cra wn OF
tho Morgan household, with its incompe-
tent mother. It's general air Of decay and
its lack Of sympathy and harmony, Is
pitiful In the extreme. Nor IS the Paige
home much better, 0.e w .gt-.l Il. .-t
Young Southern manhood receives sharp
and unflatterink Characterization at the
hands OF the author OF THE Circle In the
Square Southern provlnciallsm In dia-
lect Is broadly and Enthusiastically scored.
But admitting all this, tho book has
great deal in 1t that Is true and exceed
ingly we'll told, and often the w.y to Inn
plovement along all lines Is that which
Is reached by needing criticism.
THE HEART. OF HYAc1NTH. BY
Onoto Watauna. Decorations by
KuykIchi sano. Published by Har-
per Brothers,, OF New York and Lon
dom For sale In Richmond by the
Bell Book and Stationery Company.
In binding. In Typography and In deco
ration, this Is one OF the daintlest and
most charming books OF the season. IN
every respect. In marginal decorations IN
the lulnl VydClEtIl liHliH6 ~ e'!e pu6~'
and in the pictures. where the figures
of Hyaclnth and Roma appear, first In
childhood and then In young girlhood
and manhood, the Oriental atmosphere
and environment perrades and domi-
mates all surroundings.
The book gives a delightful picture Of
Japanese home life, It's genuine spirit
Of hospitality and care for tho home
less, the helpless. the stranger and the
"a r(A Nc ~ - n
tious dignity and simplicity, and above
all. It's unqucstionlng, undoubting faith
and pety.
All American women who are home
lovers. all women generally will be inter-
csted in the little Japanese home mothcr,
Madame Col, and her English son.
Roma.
AS for Hyacinth, the little adopted
maiden whose heart by adoption was so
truly conferred In the land OF her natvl-
ty, In her foster parent and her brave
young lover-as for her never did sweet.
fair woma nhood more fully Justify
flower name. for, the sky. elusive grace
and the delicious fragrance Of the b]os-
som were interviewer IN her nature and
exhaled In her daily intercourse with
those she loved
Reared as naturally and sincerely as a
flower. she reminds one In her unfold
lls " Wo1uoWSs |AA SN4AA RSSA'' 80
ma!denhood.
A KEYSTONE OF EMPIRE. BY the
author Of The Martyrdom Of An En-
press. Published BY Harper Broth
ers, Of New oYrlk, and London. For
sale by the Bell Book and Stationery
Company. Price, 1925. ~
A few years ago book appeared short
~ after the assassination OF Elizabeth.
Empress Of Austria, which aroused the
whole world and was the sensation OF
the day. 1t was written In an intimate
personal tone which suggested an Aus
trian court lady. Matters were touched
and brought out which had never before
been guessed at by the public
The runor that the author had been
banlshed from the Austrian Empire on
account OF her publication. and that she
had come to make her home In America.
Invested her personality with greater In
terest and many were the abortive at
tepmts made to penetrate the veil which
disguised her personality. All have fall
ed, however. and the authoress Is still
known to her readers only a $ she desires
to reveal hersele, The secret OF her