The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-24

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Fyle and Frank Dempster sherman.
The February number Of The, Smart
Set opens with q novelette,. aho ne, WINNIE LIN =
e. y heIne as strong as it Is
t L i.etl The dramatic Incidents which
follow man who has kidnapped lis o IN
cha Hfter r, n stpf divoreed him. arc stir
r Tn N and nc, the story is written with that
literary distinction which always chnrac-
terzHs Miss h1ync an,nS worK delightful short
story witch strikes a new yein-"T IN
Knightly Love Of Spike McCool;. by no, no
land Eranklyn Andrews WHEREIN c1a r. S
s!'rihl c Match- Breaker" BY Mary L. Pen
dered, Is a unique and thoroughly yos satl s.
flying tale with an underiy!Hg 'I 1mnoss a.
b Hi Frank savile has written a strong
story Of adventure, while Julian "a haw =,
thorne e9nt1ibutes be Of the Cd
Adam i"n ana seumas MacAlanuss Lost st
by a Nose"His as humorous a piece OF
fiction as Its author has ever Wrltten.
Iferbert b. Ward. Virginia Woodward
Cloud James Branch Cabell. Gharles ~.
Skinner and Kate Masteft3hn HtGu npoae e
contributes one of his best essays. which
he has called Dear Dead W9meae, !. rd ana
Andre Sardou; n son Of Victorien Sardou;
Il Among the..verse writer's are Edith M.
Thomas, John Vance Cheney M IL al 20!
Lzette Woodworth Reese, Theod q Isl,
Garrison, Arthur Stringer,$ Clinton Scol-
lard and Elsa Barker.
Everyboays Magazine Is for Dr. February s,n,,9
Snnai bv Emory r.. j Johnson. q member
Of oa" the & Canal hLi''e Commission.
S one5 spffs aEfaf Now
s Stars Williams Hams ana its
Leaders" by Mrs. Reginald Pc Kooyen;
ne rne There are Several short Stories
AIMS Daughter by Wilder D. Quinet;
ION Behalf OF the Management" by Q.
Ainsle's for February offers an attrac-
tive table of contents. The novelette, Is
by Elizabeth Duer. who contributed that
T TSr the IS GAF Natnra DHSss M new
number the first Of a series of "Stories
Of tho Street." entitled, The Control
OF the st. Louis Southern" Dorothy Dix
has another of her delightful little talks
with misunderstanding Il Husband" a
striking story is Cosmo lamilton's In
Regard to Optimism. It Is story Of
French peasant life. In which there seems
to be such an inexhaustible fund OF the
"tcuch Of nature that makes the whole
world KIM" Tom p. Morgan has short
Stretch, Ills Appreciation" with a new
araIity Of Western humor Charles Mar:
rlos: contributes short story entitled nas
tributes one of his CHARACTERISTIC stories
entitled "rhe Converts" THE Professor
Conducts" Is q funny account Of how
n college professor; loses his illusions
on his first visit to Rome, under the lnflu
ouco of an up-to-date American business
woman. 1t Is by Albert Il. Carman. THE
Social Side of Washington" by Howard
Cameron, bears internal evidence tina
/ the writer Is on familiar ground In his
| de. triptlon OF tho customs of polite socle
| ~ IL the capital. An amusing phase o.
| the strenuous life in the metropolis Is vel
hardIed by Alice Porter, In THE Fore
iandedness Of New York.
Tho poetry of the number Is contributed
by Arthur Ketchum. Theodore Roberts
| Carolyn Wells. Harold !MacGrath, w. ID
Neshit and Madeleine bWindeyer.
The theatrical article, entitled "MldWin
ter Plays" is by Alan Dale.
Miss Ellen Glasgow's book is arousini
favorable, comment on every sldeii II ha
| has read ".rhe Dollverance" that the,