The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13


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/ THE FUGITIVE. ~ T3 - Ezra s. Brtdno.
4 EPublished by Doubleday, Page and Com
/ ssSpanyS Of New y orlt. III Tor sale byfthe{
! Bell Rock and Stationery Company in
/ athis city. gN 3i u VI 81 n. M ttSi IN 3$5
4 @s "a new writer and a new theme In
! fiction are introduced il$'The FngitWe,HA
BY Ezra S. Brudno. u 8is ar, epic { the
A emancipnted Jew. freM from the tram
i i,nels1 IA tradition and ceremony, which
4 must take Thigh place IN literature.
! Special timeliness attaches to tho book.
i lii view OF the &continued antl-semitic agl-.
4 tation In Russia, where The story opens
4 amid darkest oppression One tof5$the5
most stirring incidents ofgithe book has
! for its background the Jewish massacre
i at 1iieff. which was the forerunner ofsthc5
tragic 1lishineff affair From the cir
cumsorlbcd life OF the Pale, with ~ it's
4 picturesque orthordox customs. the scene
shirts to New York, where the Jew Is
betrayed under circumstances where sloye
4 knows no creed. tits an heroic and
i absorbing narrative, n human document
lin the fullest sense ~ is}SS IS Il
1.-THE Fugitive $ really tho memoirs
4 Of q wnnderer In search Of a home. Is
i rael Abramowtcls Is the son OF q tLitli-i
4 uanian Jew. AS n boy, he forms q 8 tronsl
4 attachment for Ilatia daughter OF the
4 provincial Judge, who is a. Gentle ~
4 becomes the ruling passion OF his q lie.
4 subsequently, when his father Is accused
Of numbering $a8ChristlanE child for ritual
4 purposes, and after Israel is an exile from
i his home, he returns to- the girl's house
as tutor under an assum ed name B5t lJn-.
4 der various names he4llves the exciting
4 student life In Russia, involved from time
] to time In political plots and visionary
i race schemes An intimate view of the
Jewish home life is obtained. 1srael's
| love for Katia never waivers. even though
! her father is the author OF much Of his
i fami1y's nisfortunes. Eventually, Israel
l comes to America, the sanctuary OF the,
/ oppressed Jew. and in New Y orl he be-
comes for a time n part OF the Ghetto
1 2plcture The raw immigrant develops
/ Into \ d, potential American citizen, and
\ the story OF the evolution Is part OF the
detail OF the story. Katia's father now. a
4 political refugee, comes to New York and
4 the lovers meet after a series OF ,1nci-
4 dents as dramatic as they are Sunexpect-
i ed $50 55 ,s55B E4tsEs $ ~ sE
4 * Mr.. Brudno interprets vividly the new
1 relation between Jew and Gentle. On
1.-The one hand is the Jew, with every tra-s
/. dtion Of this ancient race; on the other.
1 the Gentle girl with tho noble enthus-
\ iiasn OF her faith. hut love breaks down
| all5tthe creed barriers II is a condit ton
j evltaDle in8literature and in life. Every
4 chapter Of ."rhe Fugitive Is vital with
action, and rich with color; About IT IS
I the picturesquenees of peculiar peo-
pie, and touch OF the spirituality which
LIS their heritage THE Fugitive" moves
swiftly and logically; 1t is marked by
effective contrasts, and Its racial char
acterizatlons have the merit OF strength.
and originality.
i JOAN OF THE ALLEY. BY Frederick
i orrn5 bartlett Published by Hough-ii
ton N1ii1lln and Company OF New York
i and Boston. For sale In Richmond by.
i the Bell Book and Stationery Com
pany. s$f fs8
i Joan of the Alley" is Mr.. Bartlett's
1 first. novel and deals with tenement dis
4 trlct life In a$larses city, II t has rather
4 an odd evolutionary history. the reader,
4 being Informed that a4newspaper assign
mon once took Mr.. Bartlett to the top
\ of q city tenement, and there he discov-
cred. sitting In the sun. mite Of q girl.
a IN the last stages OF consumption Hop
ping about the fiat roof was her only
com1,anion, a 4 thin sorrowiul looking
A white rabbit who was also suffering from
the same disease, contracted from his
l mistress r'of. there years this girl had
4 lived there, going below only in stormy
4 weather and at night. What she saw
4 OF tho world was simply her bird's-eye
4 view from tho roof-top. For days after
ward the memory of this little girl
haunted the young reporter and he be-
Il gan 10 write her IKE. Then he met Joan.
a an utterly different type of girl, who lived
4 n most active live In tho very heart of
4 Things. Indeed, she swept all before her
4 and changed tho whole course OF the story.
The little girl on the roof was not even
Ementioned, and she now seemed to the
author only a shadow. One day lie re-
4 turned 10 the tenement to see what had
become Of her. She had gone, and only
a rickety chair was left, and a little bit
j of dried-up carrot with the marks of tiny
teeth in It.
Joan is a district maid of Orleans who
man of her choice and settling down to
domestic life.
. LIBERTY AND A LIVING. by Philip
Ct. Hubert 6Jr, Published by g. p, Put
4 nam's Sons, New York.
Liberty and a Living" is a plea for tho
4 simpler life Of the country as against
n the rush and wear OF tho business life OF
modern city, IT is the record OF an at
; tempt to secure bread and butter. snn-
!, 4 shine and content, by gardening, fishing
/; | and hunting, the authors basic idea he