The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

5Y ARE: LIKE ( !
heart iii JOY, Il cry for help III sorrow!
| or in pain 'i,s, n SKI Il
rho prayers are nll beautiful The
smnll volume, which contains hem seems
Ia bring ono into nearer personal relation
With one or tho most gifted and lovnbo
writer's md thinkers Of tho last nifty
Years. The prayer for friends Is In these
words; N. II. IN
"1ror our absent loved ones We implore
thy loving kindiiess. Keel, them In life,
keep hem III growing honor; and for
us. grant that we remain worthy Of thclr
love. For Chrtst's sake, let not our be-
loved blush foli,is, nor we for them.
Grant us but that, and grant us courage
to endure lesser4il ills mistaken, and to
as It were straws upon tho lido Of life."
Books and Book Notes.
of Underwater Virginia, written By Mrs.
lucy Mcacham rhurston Of Baltimore,
Is to be brought out by Little, Brown
and Company OF Boston, this month.
Mrs. Thurston is Il southern woman and
several years ago wrote q popular piece
OF fiction, called "a Girl of Virginia"
with the scene laid at tho State Univer-
sity, and tho characters taken from peo-
plc living there and in its vicinity. Lit
tic, Brown and Company will also have
t.1A ,Womnn's Will by Anne Warner;
"By the Good snltte Anne, Anna Chaplin
Rays new book, md a collection Of short
stories by Henry r. sienkiewlcs, in their
April output,
Little Rhymes for Little Readers" is
the title Of; q charming little volume, Of
simple poetry from the publishing house
of Rand, Mentally and Company. Tho
rhymes are written by Wilhelmiena SeeG-
miller, and the following selection indi-
Gates the simplicity and snontanelty Of
the verses:
I've cunning little bonnet,
with wreath Of flowers on 1t,
First rose and then npoppy,
Then a poppy and n rose.
When I dress my doll up In 1t,
Tie the strings In front and pin 1t,
She's as fine as any POPPY, ss
She's as sweet as any rose. .
In timely article on Everyday Life
in Japan" which Onoto Watnnna has in
tho current IIarper's Weekly, she writes
interestingly or a graceful tradition Of
the Japanese. Every month In Japan,
she says has its particular significance
to the Japanese: January, tho month
of the New-year; February, the mari
(fox festivaD; March, the doll festivals;
April, the birthday Of 1'uddha the month
when people stroll out for hanami Glover
plcnic), and fields and hills are tinted
with clouds Of cherry blossoms; May,
when the azaleas are ablaze and the
picnickers flock to the beautiful gardens;
June, the Temple festivals; July, the
celebration Of tho Milky Way; August.
month of the kkuzlSi (chrysanthemumD
shows; October is desolnte month. for
the gods are said to be absent. In No
venlber the parents celebrate tho third.
NTH, or seventh anniversary of their
children, and entertain their friends; De
cember, a month of work In preparation
for the New-year."
Mr. Thomas Fogarty has made moro
than thirty drawings for ''Tho Merry
Anne" which will appear this month
with the Macmillan imprint Tor nearly
two months author and artist have work 1
.
has taken infinite pains to have them
reproduce exactly the characters and the
atmosphere Of Mr.. Merwin's story. The
Incident affords a pleasing contrast TO
tho illustrator who called upon q dstin-
gulshed author and calmly requested her
to alter her story to conform with the
series Of illustrations which he had made
for 1t.
The charming literary love-story which
has been running in the Critic under the
title Of The Jessica Letters, Is now an
nounced for spring publication by the
Putnams. This work combines the keen
modern spirit OF inquiry with true and
wlnsomo sentiment, and ends happily
with a good old fashioned lovers meet
ing The book will be appropriately print
cd and bound, with one Of Miss Margaret
Armstrong; beautiful and refined de-
signs for tho cover. 1t promises to pc
one OF the most attractive gift books of
the season. The publishers are not per-
mitted to reveal the authorship. and the
Jessica Letters will appear anonymously
Miss Eleanor Hoyt writes In The Lamp
of her delight In "The Day Before Yes
terday. "Thc story has the charm Of
dear common things into which UNDER
of fiction hurly-burly, OF novels full OF
Travelling souls or clashns swords, to
find Il story like The Day Before Yes
terday' is to turn from the camor Of q
crowded city street, pass through door
In high wall, and straightway find one
self in quiet garden where old-fash-
Toned flowers run riot, and bees hum
drowsily through sun-steeped air, and
the laughter of happy children makes
music in the summer hush.'
sour Mountain Garden Is the title
of an attractive book by Mrs, Theodore
Thomas. which will BIO published this
month by The Macmillan Company. Mrs.
Thomas tells the story OF Felseagartcn
their summer home in New Hampshire
not far from Bethlehem, "and how we
built 1t with our own four hands" Incl
dentally the book is n practical guide for
those who want TO do the authors kind