The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03

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against the Vatican and the Vatican
against Frances and several other mat
tiers Of contemporary interest. Tolsloi
free slaphGa ia wsn up az ahS 9ply
y generally OF highly colored sort, and
Mr.; THOMPSON has SO employed 1t as TO
make dramatic and lively reading
81 500 1fo 1y erDef Mffi hi sUs CO. 81
Hero is a book that will be delight
10 bird-lovers, particularly, Mr.. Job has
! long been known as an expert Camera
hunter" and the fruits OF his prowess
| In this =. diversion splendldly illustrate his
| text. There are no less than 100 photo
| graphs reproduced here. many of them
Of a rare and difficult kind. THE author
not only classifles hunting with the cam:
away the most genuine and exciting sport
| It has yet fallen his lot 10 try In his
| opinion the camera beats the Gun all
hollow. Certainly II more Of our open
belief, we should have. many more birds
md no doubt great many more Of these
excellent picturas. To secure reputable
photo. Of some Of the larger Wild birds
ter, and there Is no ground flor doubt
Ing tina. the operation would furnish to
the full tho adventurous difficulty that
trua sport demands. An interesting fea.
author for the preservation Of some Of
the plume-bearing birds, which are rapid
~ being axtermlnated. Mr.. job stamps
Mis- extinction ms Infamous and a.tr-
territory here covered with pen and cam
era ranges from tho Gulf OF st. Lawrence
to tho !Florlda Keys
The best bird-book we have seen In
many q day.
MoToRnrANIAcs. BY Lloyd osbourne,
Is cents net Bobbs- Merrill Co, In n
There are few, clcvered tellers OF short
stories In America than the well-known
step son Of Robert Louis Stevenson Mr..
0sbourne has to conspeuous degrss
ton; lie has humor5 Of the simon-pure va
rlety. and a breezy and whilnsically I'M
conventional manner Of telling story,
tho stories In this little Pocket: Book
volume, have ben published in n maya
zinc during the past year, and they are
the most pnrt, they are told In the first
person by Il young lady Of tho modern
type, a sweet, slangy. vivacious girl, al
and always charming. The automobile Is.
the background of them all--how she
c0ntrived to rescue one by working "a
market tip she happened to overhear, or
how she organized u stock company
among her friends to buy one on shares,
or how she used her car as n public
conveyance, in order to raise funds for
the church, and what came .. OF It. peyo,
these stories the more for the. plentiful
motor color they contain: but littL:
OF thu real interest of the stories will
be lost to those who don't know spark
automobile stories which Will appeal no
less strongly to the abstaIner than IT., 70
the indulgar. For summer reading.
among the discriminating. we haven t
seen anything more engaging in the past
few months. @
PORT ARTHUR. BY Richard Barry; Ppr sl4.
$3.50 net. AIoitat, Ford s. Co, New
H. York.
Apart from the literary merit Of this book
perform a mission OF value in preserving be-
tween covers a record of r tremendous mill
tary achievement. Our nearless TO the hnpp pen
lngs OF the war In the Far East, together
with the natural reluctance OF the nina 70
accord to modern events a place on a Iar with
tho great things OF past history issapt TO
exploit like that described In this book--the
capture OF Port Arthur. Mr.. Barry. who wns
present during tho selge and at the downfall!
or that supposedly imprcgnable fortress. and
who had eyes to SEQ and cara, TO hear. seems
to have construction In assigning u very ei
lofty place In the annals Of war var IN all inc
long history of military exploits. he says.
there is none that can compare, In point OF
difficulties surmountcd with the reduction Of
Of his book Will be inclined to disagree. With
singular vividncss. Mr.. Barry has portrayed
veloped the spirit actuating the triumphant
Japanese, and the significance OF Japan's VIC
tories Port Arthur !. Is true ~, + put S one ne
more than one way typical of Ill the rest;
and he who comes to understand this ono VIII
understand much else. Mr. Barry has get I. gu
no one can fail to understand and TO pc
thrilled in the process. This is ono OF the
very best books that the war has 30 iar pro pro-
duced.
THE WITNESS TO THE lNTLgENcn OF
CHRIST BY Rev. William Boyd CARPENTER.
PIP. $780, sl1o net. Iioughton. Mihlin &
Co., Boston,
The Noble series OF lectures delivered By
him in 1904 at Harvard University form .ae
basis Of this volume by the present Bishop shop o Of
Ripon The purpose OF tho Noble lectureship
TO make known the meaning Of the say !!
+yvords II am come that they might nave
life and might have It moro apundantly IN
carrying out this intont Of the lectures. Dr;
Carpenter has dwelt only with the historical
fact OF the Influence OF Christ. and the
spiritual fact OF his influence IN religious ex-
perlence-the inward and outward facts Of the
World s acceptance OF Christ He makes the In
teresting contribution that religious faith !s
punes but he Concludes with a plea for
tho courngeousness OF faith as against the
demand for certltudc and aflrlns the IN
pcnter was for some years honorary chap
inin 10 Queen Victoria, and Is q well known
writer on religious subjects in England Ihls
little volume should help to make MN FAVOR
ably known to q circle OF appreciatlye readers
In America.
PARTNERS OF THE TIDE. BY Joseph G.
Lincoln. PIP 400. SLED. a. S, Barnes & Co..
New York. NJ, IS
| tho s,lccessful "Cap'n lIri. returns to the
picturesque and vigorous life Of the Massa-
| chlsetts coast Cap'n Ezra Iitcomb succeeds
Cap'r, Fri as leading sea-dog, but the real hero
| of the story is tho boy. Bradley Nickerson
Young Nickerson makes his initial appearance r
his way to the home Of tho old maids.
| Misses Prisay and Tenipy, who have surprised
| everybody who knew them by agreeing to take
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