The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-17

Z reason OF The fdct That no Otner per1Od
collld be expected to yield so much of
Joint interest to tho American and the
Englsinnail alike, or to shed SO much
light upon the manner OF the divergence
OF the national tetnpers OF England and
America. Toward Viewing the matter from
this point of view at all, he was per-
suaded by his conviction that the litera-
ttire OF any country is most interest ins
and most significant when we consider
1t as the unconscious experiment of a
natural temper
| BY thus treating from a new and diff
ferent point of view general subject
Z far. as the author points out, from being
, h rcfto urtrit ed. Profnssnr 5S5t'l
has not been ut all at n loss to provide
now opinions and fresh food for thought.
His volume Is In no sense mere re-
tnmp of the researches and commentary
OF earlier critics. On he contrary, its own
Inherent newiless warrants the hops that
1t will find Its way into the hands OF
every student Of litcr71ttre, and to a per-
rnIr,snt resting place OH every library
shelf. 3
OBSERVATIONS or A RETIRED VET
15RAN. BY Henry G. Tinsley. 96 pp.
Albert Shultz, Stuunton, Va.
The little essays contributed by the late
Henry G. Tinsley, at Irregular intervals
during a period or many years to the
columns OF the staurlton CVa3 yindca-
tor OF which paper Mr.. Tinsley was edi-
tor. have ,tereI here collected and rnnrtnt-,
ed In book form. Though MI. Tinsley
,-.ovs refused during his lifetime to
dignity these papers with covers, because
OF bis modest conviction that their merits
did not warrant this, these little essays
are. iii point, of fact more than ordl-
8narily worthy Of preservation and general
circulation. In view OF the fact that they
we're written merely as bits Of ephemeral
journalism. and have never had the benz
eft of any retouching from the hands
of tho author. they are remarkably good.
They give evidence that their author pos
scssed In no slight degree n winning
hunor. a pleasant philosophy, Il real
literary grace and. actuating them. al u
big and good heart The e, y. is bound
in artistic gray boards with PAPER
label, Is we'll printed and Is in every way
an excellent specimen OF mechanical
book-niaking. 5 Il.
HEALTH. STRENGTH AND POWER.
BY DR.. Dudley "A. Sargent. ZIG PIP.
s1.75 net. Fl. M. Caldwell compan:A
Ess5t New York. S5 3,
q Ill the work OF physical culture and
physical educationr there Is no better.
known man in this country than the !
author Of this book. Thirty-five years
OF Dr. Sargent's life have been she 7, IN
this field OF effort, twenty-five OF them \
being passed as director Of tho Harvard
gymnasium. Fills system of gymnasium
apparatus and his system Of strength
tests have been almost universally
adopted. It goes without: saying thar
what DR.. Sargent writes on the proper
care and development Of the body has
the full weight of authority and wide 4
experience. His present work Is designed 4
particularly to make physical training
more popular for the man and woman OF
yedentary occupations and TO that end
contains series Of simple exercises &re-
.quiring no pparatus whatever. csc
exercises are grap hlcally shown by many
5half-tone illustrations from the authors Z
original photographs The whole tone OF
the volume is sensible and practical. and (
al wide reading Of 1t and an obedience to 4
the suggestions therein laid down would /
be Of very general benefit.
THE GIRL AND sTIID Y KAISER. BY
,3 Pauline Mackie Brad ord Nj Published
by the Botbs- Merrill Company. Of In
Il y dlanapolis. For sale by the Bell Book
and Stationery Company. ,..
After novels problemnt ical, 8 histo racal.
purposeful8 and lvorcefnl, Miss $ Brad
ford.s story seems re freshing ana hlEhly
readable Th e heroine, q young German
maid en-, goes to Europe 5to visit
her n Uncle, n an admiral In the Katser's
navy. She meets she German Emperor
in her uncle's house and impresses him
most favorably by her straigltforua! rd,
funnbashed and yet maidenly E, American ar
ways Ss 5 ~ a5
"A love affair. first with an unworthy
and afterEard with q worthy object, lenos
aStinCe .of$romance TO a little book tn at i
is simply the innocent chronicle Of a
healthy minded girls doings and sayings,
and that does not aspire to depth Of plo {
or the dramatic In situaft
THE view that Is given OF Nv lliam OF |
Germany is interesting. ms Is everything
cnr1carne one he mo st grenaTka bic