The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09


The Prospector," there are nine stories
r The sgod ses and Sns Fl res
Career i ay Jea e1'f Rand oRla ~ Harriet
4 Gaylord, arc two b. the best.
,rhel first ii,stalment of David Graham
I Phillips, d new novel THE plum Tree, Or
the Confessions of a Politician appears s
| in tho October Success. Il starts out W
satraR ps VII y,SGfH nta ths
| sydney Brooks. the noted English Journal u !:
iist,. contributes a.. somewhat staarttln IN!
e ea S b sSfaads sc 81 hat
| there nfe living BIZ fish statesmen IKE
| Ianstlowtle and Balfour who do not even q, en-
Know where some Of our principal slt,es
| cast and west. Frank Tayaiit contti-
Industries. This time lie writes about.
tho cereal crops ana their relation to the
financial centcrs OF the world. Some or
the facts that he gives regarding the ms
ploniniic Mysteries" toll d thrilling story
Tegardlng the mysterious death Of N Felix
are fiction stories aud poems by Captain
IT. jenkins EIains Holman II. Day, Cy
yyarma, y l 4 mp,ton, and NJ ~ r.
IN. "a D0VlS.fs II he 8uepdrI1I1GllL loeOpl6 WE
Read About, contains a large number q
pictures Of men and women Of tho honr.
Among tho articles OF particular interest
to tho home circle and women may be-
Make i / Beautifully Z 81 Enrrlett Prescott
Spofford ~ Practical Talk With tho Ems
gagged Girl" by Christine Teri uuo Her
What WI to wear and How 70 Wear IT," 81
Keepers' ana od-heaitit Hints, 3 ~ ".
clusion Of Dr. S. Weir Nj .choll's remark
able biography, THE Youth OF Washing
tom" The work = will DO published III book
ton serial feature, j ack sLondon's s;rhe
f Sea-Wolf," Is nearing Its final climax and
viii end the Noven Der issue. The short
u stories OF the number include: The Thorn
typical experiences of the studio, by
Grace. Ellery Claiming: The Waller
wups, another miss. Niger tale, by
Rose Young: "a Ready Letter--Writcr."
by Miriam Nicholson; Love at Long
Distance, a humorous loyc story, by
James Raymond Perry; Concerning My
5y rshy Mh amor;
Gus Miss clegg stories, this time "Ja-s
$throp La throp's Cow. :. and n monologue,
Richard $ Practlcing," by Ruth Kimball
Gardiner. S#
W Most timely Of d. the October numbers
articles viii be d discussion Of ""Thc Real
Clark, professor Of political economy Mt
which Professor Clark viii take up viii
be tho danger lnc,as to prices, the saving
grace of9s''potential competition,' the I
great danger 81 political corruption, alli-9
danger OF "trust.smashi1g.' honest wealth
and honest labor aga inst monopolies, with
some suggestions as to the remedies for
the regua ton Of the trusts.
The Bookloycrs' Ma gazine S not only
II does SO by snleans Sof articles by .ali-
thors whose words carry weight, and by
m Z; ARA Of Illustrations that crystalline
5ture ON almost every page Of tho October
number, and every picture is significant
!. People who like To- know, how things
who do them, will find q group&of very
Interesting articles in the October num-
Der of the Booklovers' Magazine. JOSEPH, 4
National Campaign Z IN a paper pa Which, is
lures Harold B s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. e is p on
Gold sbp Suess n essre
mining By ships thai literally san on
the century plant for the purpose OF tap
MEXICO; This IS described bye. cunyng-
Great Mexican Industry Tie lighter
side of business is touched on by Sig
mnuind k 81 Hs who writes about Little
Literature and the drama are well reps
resented in the October number OF tho
Booklovers'' Maj azine. Robert Shackloton
u Sre' sss hahsipsa 9sat s he
many references te italy ii his plays
were the fruit Of the great poets own
observations at first hand. * 81 i'5 rs
&i Julian 1IaWthorne's story, THE Oub-
liette &CryptOgrar,l m, : which appears in tho
October number OF the Booklovers' Mag
azine, is a delightful blending offromance.
heps an happy n m.' i Worid
Print department is up-to-date in It's
mark. Iiaf
Il The Harpers brought out a holiday
edition Of famous American pocn,--NNlll
carleton's Over the Hill to the Poor
house ION September Stll. The volume,
which is newly Illustrated includes the
sequel, Over the Hill from the Poor-house,
In which the neer-do-well son returns
home and takes his aged mother fronl
the poorhouse to8a. home OF lle:- own.
There Is also a. preface written especially
for this edition by Mr.. Carleton In it
the author explains that both these poems
were written imaginatively, but that the
sentiment In both has been over and
over aga In justified by the facts fife.
lie writes. that he has heard from them
in many parts Of the world" and adds:
Letters have often been written me by
repentant sons and daughters, acknow-
Lodging their error%of indifference to the
parents who had reared and loved them,
and stating that PREPARATION had been
made as far as possible"
z Carolyn Wells has prepared IA Parody
Anthology which makes an admirable
companion voutne8to her widely popular
.'Nonsense Anthology" published u year