The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13
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as They Are II FIoui,d siIttlsS
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Every Day 5l life
COUNTRY & lN 1 f: !: | 4:
|tX Pretty Summer Love Story,
Liberty and Living, BY Philip
IIubert-A Plea for the Sim
pier Life Of the Country.
Notes Of Books and Authors.
THE DAY BEFORE YlSsTERDAY. BY
lk9s Sara Andrew shafer, Published by tho
Macmillan Company of New York and
Sf London, For salei Richmond by the
Es Bell Book and Stationery Company
II seems a relief to turn from theu ucs-
stions OF the day, from questions met
|Enphyscal and questions sentimental in
ioyels to a book SO rcstful, so Qulet and
10 fragrant with memory and home life,
Sto$ the one Miss shafer has written
$aaIt Is essentiallYsa child's book and the
children who figure in 1t nre real, their
arn,iscments, their thoughts and actions
|Htheir9 delight in outdoor life, being Just
What one must naturally expect from Ut
tie boys and girls. Its natuia lness rel-
#ders the book interesting to grown peo-
sple as well as little folks. 1910
ma Ole OF the best chapters Is the rest,
(which, describes the village where the
#children have their home. In the para
I#Eraph devoted to the village gardens
III the author says: &sst xxx Nj & FL III
Is;3SS.,Tl,en every housewife expressed her
fnelf not her neighbor. in her garden, and
Ito walk with one Of these gentle garden
ers through her planting, was to know an
epitome Of her 1ife8 Y HIS rose-busll with
%the loosely petalled blossoms was a slip
Observation-Disclosures had carried Into the
k$Westerra Wilderness when lie left the old
home. soon aftersthe Revolution, to mako
Ia new home for the girl he loved. }5 s.
s38tThese great pink mallows were from
seed brought into that fearful West be-.
I8fore the eighteenth century had closed
Its sad drama Of exile. The Sweet aNVil-
IEliams'' were from Mary, who had been
$50 long away The little rosy daisies, the
tulips. the daffodlls the blue flags. the
yellow coHslips, the pink rockets, the
rose ca1npfon, the Japan ounce bush, the
Prairie Queen q boye the porch. the honey.
|%sucktcs. the lilaes. the syringas. the
heak-sease. the sweet peas-eacl, had It's
story, None had been bought with
money: each was the gift OF love. and
those were gardens to remember"
t7lA$ COUNTRY INTERLUDE. Written by
sst Hldcgarde Hawthorne. Published by
Houghton, Mifflin and Company Of New
York For sale in Richmond by the
Bell Book and Stationery Company.
IN "a pretty summer love story under the
little given bove has its interest height
sened by the fact that its author, Miss
sIIawthorne. is a granddaughter OF the
III famous Am elican novelist OF her name.
Isller book is ID summer idyl told In letters
IsTwrItten from IA girls country home on
1.-the Hudson to n friend In ashington.
THESE letters are charming and contain
Iesrna NY descriptive passages OF great beau-
ty8and delicacy In expression,
Miss Hawthorne is now living at Yon-
latkers on he Hudson. Country ways and
IsFcountry things have always appealed to
her, and her book is an expression of her
I#Sfeeling In that direction, with a love story
woven In. She has previously been known
Ithrough her short stories and poems
which have appeared In many of the
leading magazines.
TIE STONE OF DESTINY. BY. Kath-
crime Mackay. Published by Harper
Brothers OF New York and London.
For sale IN Richmond by the Bell Book
apd Stationery Company, @
Stff An unusual book, one in which the
material is at war with the ideal and
the spiritual
One gathers that Theodore the mother
8of the hero. a beautiful and, noble wo-
man., has missed the hanpiness of life,
but has found its duty and remained true
L. G ~ =
ties OF love and relationship. She typl-
/ des womanhood at its best. S
The hero, Theodore, fall III love with
Land marrles Margaret. his unequal In
IieYerything, narrowed and held down to
pettness and sel6shness by an ignoble
i nature. Aftersa time husband and wife
grow apart, and the wife Is only with
held from sin by the uplifting power Of
ISa&str0ng and manly nature which stoops
to her level to save and to heal.
/ Es The book is cleverly written, Mrs. Mac
kay doing the work on 1t In q log-cabn
situated a mile from her beautiful home,
1darbor Hill. Mt Roslyn, Long Island.
The tiny workshopiis furnished with mis-
zion furniture, and decorated with news-
I8Eaper cartoons. the most important object
| An the place being the typewriter upon
which its owner wrote her story. In
/ fine weather Mrs Mackay walked to and
l from her secluded WORKSHOP, and carried
her luncheon in a basket like any school
g1rt or humble working woman. She IS
still a young woman In the middle TWEEN
| ttes, and not overload of society and It's
exactIons, Mrs. Mackny Is q rgranddaugh-
tar of the famous wit William r. Trav-
ers and Observation-Disclosures of Rever-
dy Johnson, At the time Of her mar
riage she was said to be the most beau
tiful bride OF the season.
MRS M'LEERIE.5 Written by ]. .. Bell
NJ Published by the Century Company Of
New York. For sale In Richmond bS
the Bell Book and Stationery Company
Mrs. bI,I.eerie. like Mrs "Wiggs; OF tho
Cabbage Patch Is unique literar!
4 character The little book IN which she ap,
psarB tells quantity Tho annals of hel
simple life and that Of her neighbor, Mrs
| Munro.
If Both ladies are inclined to be talka
tive Mrs. MI.eeries conversation, while
not profound makes enjoyable reading