The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-11

Gauls suddenly hurled themselves from
| the hill OF Tuoro upon the center of the
Roman marching column and broke 1t TO
pieces. The Roman army. barring the
| vanguard, with the consul. Flanin1ius,
| perlshed, and tho next day the vanguard.
followed closely by Hannibal. surrender
| ed.
II thought. as looked over the scene
so peaceful to-day In the bright sunlight,
| of what frightful sound of cries and
savage blows must have come out of the
mist across this water on that eventful
morning what a ringing of steel on
steel. what snortng of steeds and
tramping of elephants what pan
| demonium of shouts and death
cries! And the many thousands that died
redeemed with their blood this llttlo
stream that to-day flows SO gently down
between the rows of giant oak trees. So
the peasants called It saquinetto: and 1t
still bears the name"
REeEccA OF sUNNYRRook FARM.
by Kate Douglas Wiggan. Published
| by Houghton. Mifflin s: Co. For salo
! by the Bell Book and Stationery Com.
] pany. Price. SIS.
The delightful author Of THE Birds
| Christmas Carol" shows her accustomed
power of quaint originality in her latest
book, "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm"
Rebecca has no advantageous sur
roundings: she is not a genius nor suf-
ficlenty beautiful to lift her above the
ordinary and commonplace.
| Yet one follows the development and
unfolding OF her life. MS recounted by
Miss Wiggn. with unflagging interest.
i Born in rural New England. she is truly
( typical in her talents and her up growing
| from the days Of her childhood in River
! boro, to the days Of her maidenhood at
| Warehaln Academy.
! Probably ore of tale most delightful
chapters in the book is to be found I'M
! der the caption, "Eaoses of JOY" These
! roses were conceived by Rebecca and
OF Joy. success love- helpfulness. genius
and self sacrifice. Only. Rebecca said
sacrifice might be lily instead Of
rose.
THE BLACK cHAnTER. BY Nimmo
Christie. Published by the Macmillan
Company. OF New York. For sale by
the Bell Book and Stationery Company.
| Price, 81 so.
"rhe Black Chanter." the initial num-
Der OF series OF Highland stories. names
the book which contains 1t. 1t is one Of
ten which are remarkable for their
strenth and their fidelity to Highland
! character and tradition.
The music Of the piper and tho bard
resound through Its pages; the song OF
peace il drowned in the fierce notes OF
| the war chant and the fire of the mighty
| Highland minstrel.
Love plays a small part In the stories,
but they are intensely interesting, deal
ing, as they do. with the rude Gaelic life
OF earlier days.
VIRGINIA. BY John Esten Cooks. Pubs
lished by Houghton, Alifflin & Com
L. pany. Of New York. For sale III
| Richmond by the Bell Book ond Sta
| tionery co.
| Mr. Cookies history OF his native State
! has a subtitle which calls 1t by The
! broader better name which this first
/ implies: "A History Of the People
No filter pen 1t would seem, could
trace the annals of Virginia and Vir
glnlans, through tho successive periods
/ Of their development from the Colonial
to the Revolutionary period; through the
| smiling years OF ante-bellun days; In
the midst Of the stress and wrack OF
civil War; in the midst OF the grim
| struggle and endurance of reconstruction
evils: in the midst Of the years OF pro-
/ gress, upon which Virginia and Virgin
i.ans have since entered-than a Virginia
man of letters. born into the inheritance
of State tradition and State lore; an In
heritor of gentle birth and breeding,
| and keen observer Of the social life
I, and customs which nc mas DceE pledSeu
| to name 1.-THE life of tho people. which
rendered those people famous >all over
the United States, an officer in the SER
Woe of the Conrcderacy. with unusual
! opportunities fol knowing by personal
contact the great leaders OF the Con-
federacy, and man with his heart In the
| writing of every line of his history. with
| Judgment to moderate his impulses and
| the gift Of authorship to clothe his writ
| Ing in beauty and make the gallant deeds
of his heroes glow on the page where
they are recorded.
| This new edition of Virginia" there
| fore, WILL perforce, be widely read and
| will doubtless find Its place on the book
shelves of all Southern households where
| it will be a welcome visitor A supplement
| tary chapter, "Virginia Since the War"
| written by William CARAT Brown, APP
| pears in this edition.
| AN APACHE PRINCESS. By General
Charles King. Illustrated by Frederic
Remington and Edwin Willard
! Deming. Published by the Hobart
Company OF New York. For sale by
the Bell Book and Stationary Com
| pany, Price, sl.bo.
General Kings reputation for stories OF
army life on the frontier of Indian char
| acter and methods Of warfare, Is more
| than sufficient to invest his new book
| with interest for a large circle OF readers.
The stirring adventure and incident
| with which the book Is filled compel at
| tention. but the romance and the love
story arc equally conspicuous. Nobody