The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07

H'IrE
In New York,,,' by Richard Aldrich. This This
iliriber' also contains "rho Pcssicn Let
ters' and E"rho Black stick Papers No
81 BY Mrs. Richmond Ritcfllc. The
aIoungero discourses OIL the literary
events OF the month and there are the
usual number of book reviews.
An excellent review of Miss Ellen Glps-
COW new book. THE Dcllvcrance, which
appeared tho Baltimore Sun of January
18th. begins una closes with the following
This IS one o. the strongest, novels q 4
its author may well be proud for In IL
she has surpassed her former successes.
In. character drawing she has given US
evidence Of master hand. and Z IN !, th 4,
abundant and faithful local color draw,
jforfns types Of Southern life, They have
never before been so slslfully depicted.
holds up tho mirror to nature In q man \
ncr to call forth the highest praise. e
does so In suchfWise that the Sou hcfher@
e., met take eXcepton 70 srm 10 9 North
ernerg fret at imputations he by nature
1cSents. sf8 S98 5sssp n
''The Dcllverance' will stand rs one Of
the best novels upon Southern life and the
novel Of the tobacco country. If we mis-
take not. twill be regarded US one Of
the best books q the present c year 81 ana Z
this without regard to the scene & nt,nl,''s
go = - 4 S. 5
p,o,,, j. ! 4 \. o,,ienne viii issue through
the Baker and Taylor Company q II once q
= H owA to Get the Best Out OF BOOKS
popular manual which snpula ser s,,, e as
u reading Guiae 20 .ne 10 W
road much are usually floored completely.
by manuals Of this sort, for tney ina m =
them titles which they never drc.'iu ,,hi
and the .hopelessnes OF .ne s 50
his fault. He 8 eliminates with stern
hand dozens Of books which few writer's
On this subject would dare to omlt and
he makes even more sweeping eliminu,-
w IiIs he finds ads no O., pleasure AS a guide
n'ithnse who would seek enjoyment be-
Hind doors that busy lives have closed
One cha pterB on&''Whats the OIL lSoe"-
try?". is particularly attractive.
From "FactEand Fancy Mr. Carman,s
essay in the February number Of the Lit
nv World, we quote the foilowing:&
IA "Between|fancy and fact lies the d /, e n:
ma we cailite, &tnhm e . other e things as We
as ,IeS ha ave them be. On the one side,
the solid durable impae3a bic 1 sITeu the
stah ehie Oh desire. the ncerttude Of mind
a And vet the fact is not established beyond
thaA nfluence OF fancy. We are no moro
stonna' ia the shadow OF ourselves, we
s siai'f moiided we say BY the conditions
and surroundings in which we I'VE I'VE ,,, ont
we too often forget that the environm,e1In ,e
is largely whatSwe make It.. we "a a. h,,, ,,m
children; TYPE IN 'eua en- M hat fact
substance .aa Years t Of aspiration
zation OF. c %, ess ~ years 4, J
[ and resolve
rood storvEis going the rounds about
~. es.mnter The author OF f'Mr. Barnes OF
y New Ne York" A we'll known man Of N ,a',
YORK Mr. Banks II. fell an into ff COOKS came
WILD MOS and Mr.eBanks bet Mr.. Gum
tar that he could not make out OF MN 2. an
interesting book chara 7; ,nter formulated
an a. i Ge,l.;n an" V W.
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,,o,ora yvhiteinr is known as a
] Mr.: Richard W .nrha island" "Number
s John Street" .n ana looks ks has been look.
An admirer OF Is tnoSe of TIER author. and
ing up 70 tne the world that in 1876, writing
over the name nler, OH = three volumes. enti-
P ,d sirhe , s,no It would not be
sieG ne If thIs work were to be g eX <
s hnrped and republished-New York Irl''
q.bune,
l 0 il5 , a, ,,,.,t ten II tho
The e last SenRtsT rs eGi little SILVER YorK
4 shire dog, whose story IN Mrs. ElizilGet,t -
Stuart Phelps Wards book BY that c T,!Ie
such Wasd now III has
a few years ago. MIS- l,si, ~. Fav'
~, >03' ~, 800 $se
Wary,c,r Dceplng the author Of tht
4 4 nth ~, = romance1 "Utter and Igralne,'
nubl.sned in October by the outlook com
Il Ipanw : comes of an old Fenland family
II T M Abbey in the fourteenth century
a Ic was horn att Southend. on the Es sso
no = - ,,hrd raHSTn9 london he went as