The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-10
u LANCE HERE AND THERE
AT THE BOOKS OF THE DAY

IL
aiorc" NJ The town to pass the time be-.
fore tho hotr to resume JourheSihs
comes. III
when Il ioes como she climbs to the
brx beside tho stage driver and Ill a lohg
dny,s drive across the desert country TO-,
wards The foothills, she turns down an-
c,bcr Ienf In her book OF Western expe..
rlGncc, At the first halting place, cals ss
in fan,iinr parlnncc "Dnx's.S Miss Car.
michael makes the acquaintance or JUDITH
RcGney. the heroine from whom the pook
.eis its tit.e, md nh unusual type, oven
in d country where ordinary lines seem
ali out OF place
From, "Dax's" Miss Carmichacl's stage
route leads her still farther away from
civilization. Her last halt Is Mt Rod
,nys." the homo OF Judith 1aodneys
father ana OF his second wife and chill
d, en-. Here. Mrs. Yclctt makes hcr app
ncnrat,ce In It blackboard to claim MISS
Cartnichnel Mrs. Ycllctts .individuallty,
tttally irreconcllablt With her epistolary
personality and tho dualityaof her note
papeTT, Is ,,Edistinct shock to the weary
Eastern traveller. Tho climax comes
wien Mrs Y,,llett arrives cat home
and the governess to be taken at
once into the house OH the score Of ex-
treme fatigue.
q IJ1Cg HOS leSS VI oAlplS iiltthu' AiiS
81 shore hope you ain't figgerln' on goin'
Into no house. cause there amt no house
10 so into sho laughed mcrrily as II
Tie idea Of such an effete luxury as a
house wer., amusing. This yerc family
amt ever had II house--it camps" Tho
end of this announcement Is that Mary
Carmichael had her bed mado up to lee
ward OF Il great sheep-wngon and slept
i'll a nice little corner of the State Of
Wyoming. With rare adaptabtlity she
smothors her inconsistencies and perso-
.veres In the line Of duty, receiving grad
uaIy the reward of consclentiousncss and
hard work and tl1 appreclative liking
Of Mrs. Yellett. She misses The house
with brond piazzas fringed Mexican
hnn.mocks, wild grass cushions and other
su, roundings with which her imu gination
had Invested ranch life. She gains in
stead sum Of practical knowledge
which cnlarges her sphere Of vision and
makes her view all things from n nero
comprehensive vantage ground and n
greater feeling of Kindness for all men
ana women.
The main thread of the story In Marie
Manning's novei concerns Judith Rodney
and Peter Hamilton
She is the daughter of a Sioux mother
and an American father--Warren Rodney
-'tIC duOptNu VI ull HIS sOllt'
GERS wife in one OF the frontier garrsons,
and has been educated at the convent
in Santa Fee. Peter Hamilton, a college,
bred New Yorker, descended from distin-
Gushed American statesmen and pa
triots. employed by one Of the great
American cattle monopolies, Is thrown
irto the society Of Judith and at first
reslsts the attraction she has for him
because of the drawbacks Of her family
and the associations they must entail.
Afterwards the real nobility of her char
acter and her wonderful beauty win all
his heart, and the closing chapter of tho
book chronicles the union OF the lovers
The book is written with great vlgor
and freshness and the characterization
E admirably done. Many scenes-the de-
scription of supper at Rodney's, of q
cloud burst, sheep shearing. a wolf
hunt, lynchng and a ball at Benton
ranch-are described with wonderful pow
er and skill. In the last the writer says;
'rhe dancers scanned bitten to the
quick with the taranlIla Of an ecstatic
hilarity: their bodies swaycd in perfect
harmony to the swing u tic fiddles and
the swell OF the cL1rus. Their move
inents, that in the beginning Of the dance
had been shy and awkward, became al
most beautiful: their bodies became like
the strings of some skilfully played in
strument, obediently responsive to
rhythm. The scene was amazing in its
beauty and simplicity. like the strong in
spirational power and rugged harmony of
some old border minstrel"
REBELLION OF THE PRINCESS. BY
NJ INLAY Taylor. Published by Nc
Clure. Phillips and Company, of New
York. For sale by the Bell Book and
Stationery Company. Price. $3.50.
Russia seems to present a field of num-
ucrless possibilities to writer's Of romance
ana adventure. Henry Seton Merrlman's
great novel. "The Sewers" had the eject
some years ago Of bringing things Rus
sian into vogue. Since then the pen OF
the dramatist and the novelist have east
.lv followed in the fruitful direction where
he led.
The tragedies which have attended the
downfall OF Russian dynust!cs the niys-
tcrlous phases OF Suv character and
craftsmanship, and the unlimited power
and mobiles form u picturesque setting for
the display Of an artists literary powers
The period treated OF in 1.-THE Rebellion
of the Princess" dates back to tho splen-
did reign of Louis XIV. In France; to
the fractional quarrel between the Narysh-
ilius and the Miloslavskys in Russia.
where Peter, Il lad OF nine, has been
created Gear. while the Czarevnn Sophia,
supported by her cousin Ivan Miloslav-
sky, and the Russian Minister, Prince
Basil Galitsyn. conspire with them to
keep the balance OF power in their hands
during Peters minority.
The hero of the story Is the Marquis
dc Cernay an officer OF the household
" the King OF France. and a cousin OF
the Due dc Richolieu but masuucrading
in exile. on account OF tho cnmity Of
Nine. dc Montespan, as tho apprentice
OF Il French goldsmith Maitro G. Ras-
tien, called in the exercise OF his art to
Moscow, the home Of tho Cars Of Rus.
sla
Tho complications of the book are
brought about by the Marquis do Ger
lays meeting and falling IN love with
the Princess Darla tho rival of the
CHarcyna Sophia In the affections Of
Prince Galitsyn.
The Princess visits the shop Of thu
goldsmith 10 Basticn, and mistakes do
CeInay for what no pretends TO be. the
smiths apprentice, She hands him Il
locket and pervais upon aim to remove
the miniature Of Sophia and substitute
her own for it. The miniature belongs
10 Prince Galitsyn. and the whole affair