The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17

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the trtie scientist. as Only the beginning
i UT greater things N Tx ID
The book Is scientific but not nbs s
Il The aoMQucr0r OF tile nir chronicles III
il bright, entertaining way Ills many dair-
Il Ing thsceiits Into the bite et1,cr, and his
i even moro terrifying dcscbhts TO oarttl'.
i Az striking feature oil this remarkable
i Dock Is that somehow, iii describing his
4 various ait-sliiTs and their pec,ilinritles
they take or almost llulnnn attributes.
one pfoVes To fl,o IL loyal, slendy friend,
tl pporter In times Of storm and stress;
otllerF Is vicious and faltlicss III emer-
\ gehhlcy. There are scventy-ilvc rcprodultc"-
Won -. a from photographs and diagrams 10
y ndd to the Interest, the frontispicco pc
Ing q phptograv,ro' from an exceedingly
i suits sali sfnctory portrait OF tho young I3rnz-
silian. a s5t's N III 8 n
Fsnhtos-Dui1ont gives tho following nc.
| cour v Of how IL New Slo DIRK girl operated
aloh 1s' Ills No. ., wien he says:
q. -. young, lady we'll known IN New YORK
so!ciet y, having visited my station with
\ ilefs friends on several occasions, cons
1essed an extraordinary desire 70 naVi-
gaze tie ntr-ship. Y
l. AnCull lllHC you NVulN
| courage toSbo taken up IN tho free bal
loo1n.w mo ono holding It's gulde-rope.?'
| ! nlfsketl. 'Nfademoisclle, thank YOU Tor
tho confidence.
~ Oil. no,o sho snld, az do not want to
he taken u p. I want to 80 UP alone ana
navigate 1T 8frce,5as you do. Tx
think thatstho simple fact that con-
scented on condition that she would take
g lev lessons II the handling Of tug mo-
t . an q machinery speaks cloquently IN
favorto or my own confidence In tho mo.
" sho;had three such lessons; and then.
on q date that Will be memorable II, the
Tasti f9dirlgiblc balloonng, rising from
my station grounds In the smallest Of pos
sible dlriglblcs, she cried Let go, all. Z
From my station at Neuilly Saint James
she guide-ropcd to Bagatelle. The guide
rope, 81 trailing some thirty feet. gave her
an altitude and equilibrium that never
varied. VI will not shy that no one ran
along beside the dragging guidc-rope; but.
certainly, no Que touched 1T Until the
Termination OF the cruise at Bagntelle.
when the moment had arrived. to pull
down the intrepid girl-navigator i.6
Mr. Frederick. A. Obcr. well-known
writ }nnd traveller, has sailed for the
West Indies to gather fresh material for
Il
which Isl to fbe published by James Pott
& CO. the coming season.
| FL MIR. OberS has acquired n reputation az
a writer on Spanish America III general.
| land the West Indies in particular, his
| first book on cnmp-lire in those Islands
having ppcared h % years !aso. 10 was
ut one time special commits sioner8to the
West indies for tho Columbian WoriH's
Fair, and Ereccived the Exposition media
for his historical work in that connect Ion.
Basil Kings new novel, The Steps OF
Honor, was published by the Harpers on
April IA. Mr.. King Is known as the author
| OF the divorce novel Let Not Man Put
Asunder$ ana ~ on idyllic Nova Scotian
story, IN tho Garden Of Charity which
appeared last year. Tho new story IS
I placed In Co mbridgc, where Mr., King re-
| sided for eleven years, Ills knowledge
OF the university life of tho old conser-
| vattve town where LongfeloW,S Lowell,
and Holmes have liveu has enabled him
Ito produce Its charming atmosphere in
The stops Of Honor.
! Mr. Winston Churchill's new novel.
g,The Crossing will probably appear
some time in May. It's theme Isl largely
the peaceful conquest Of the great Louis
lana territory by American settlers: It's
background comprises pictures OF Amer
Iican llfo In tho, statesbord erng the Mis-
sisslppi accent urysaGo the crossing OF tho
river after the Louisiana Purchase by
American settlers and &the Introduction
of American social land ii political ideals
into the Louisiana territory. The; book
will be illustrated an / colors.
Gertrude Atliertons novel, Rulers of
Kings, appeared April H.. The Harpers
state that this story isrnot only abreast
OF the present time. but ZIP to the min
ute in immediate Interest. Its issues and
problems areE vital, and they arc pre-
scntcd as only Mrs. AthertonS can do,
with force and edarlng. Noa.more nation--
ally typical story has ever BEEN written
by an Americans. Alert, keen, ncisive,
without any unnecessary. adornmcnt. her
.uuips and sallies, sentences and para
graphs, hit the mark like bullets. In
the opening sentence the startled reader
issnformed that the hero Is the helr@of
.s4oo,o 100000 Given this power and the
knowledge how to use it, 1t will be seen
at once that Mrs. Anterior has theme
worthy OF her entirely fearless pen.
The Robinson-L Luce Company announces
for publication in April Charles
Swickards English Translation of the
great Sudcrmann play, Tho Fires OF
st. John which is entitled in the orr
fginal German, "Johnnisfire" The play
HIS recently heen presented for the first
time on tho Englisn&spea stage, by
Nance O'Ncil, the young American trage-,
diennc, who Is now in the third month
of a series OF special afternoon performs
ances In Boston. Tho pIayis arousng
fully rs much discussion as did the same
authors "Magda' and I'll is u conceded by
many critics to be the most brilliant work
of this famous German dramatist. Tho
volume will DO tastefully bound in cloth.
The Theological Review, Of Princeton
pays the following high tribute to -Four
Years Under NIarse Robert" by Major
Robert Stiles, Of this city, when 1t says:
"The simple story OLA Confederate sol-a
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