The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-02

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idea, leaving her head APPARENTLY floating
about unattached. This naturally inter
fcred with the hero's courtshlp OF her.
but he perscvercd and all cnme we'll Bo-
You'd this pralseworthy effort toward
timaginativeness, the story has no merits
that VIC have succeeded in locating.
MELvINA DREW. BY English Norman.
Pages 400; $3.50. Broadway Publish
ing Company, New York
a crude and in many ways ridiculous
story, involving a nigh society and
other phases OF modern llfe with which
the author exhibits n wide unfamiliarity.
OUR QUAKER FRIENDS or YE
OLDEN TIME. PIP. PSI. Svo. SS.l5.
j. P. Bell Company. Lynchburg.
This book is,&in part.Sa transcript Of
the minute bcbls OF the Cedar Creek
Quaker tMccttI; of Hanover county, and
the South River Meeting, Campbell coun-
ty, and In part historical sketch OF
Quakerism reprinted from u. Southern
Quakcrsf and Slavery" The book will
no doubt be of value to members OF TINS
sect In Virginia, and 1t Is OF sor2c little
interest TO the general reader; though
from the latter point o. view the booK
suffers greatly from ,u:Idne repetltioh
and the inclusion of E good deal OF mat
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FORsASING ALL OTHERS. BY Syl!a
w. Hamilton. PIP. 107. s1.5o, Neale Pub
fishing Company. Washington.
Mrs. Hamllton's little book would be
more worthy of remark II the same thils
hadn't already been done over and over
again in the past She tells the con-
yentional story Of the South In war times,
of q beautiful, enhancing and nigh
spirited girl and Of two lovers, one IN
each army. One dies and the other mar
res her. On the whole, It is well written,
though there is an ovcrdash OF sentiment.
and a ncedlcssy recurring mocklhS
bird. The war material, OF which, AZ
General Thomas's daughter, me author
has been In position to gather IN am
pleness, is well handled and snere arc
lively accounts of various actions
Georgia is the scene, and the devastating
effects OF Shermun's march through that
state are pictured with fidelity and skill.
Mrs. Hamilton appears to be at her
host however In describing the home
life OF the time, to which a considerable
part OF tho book is; devoted "Forsaklns
All Others" is wanting in originality OF
theme, but 1t is a pleasing and readaple
little story, and holds out promise loF
tho future. \
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THE FAIR LAND 5TYROL, BY w. y.
McCracken, PIP. 1928 SLIGO net. l.. c.
Page & Co., Boston; Bell, Richmond.
Mr.. McCmcken fell In love. with the
Tyrol in his sojourns there, and ne
writes of It with the touch of
lover; but It cannot be said thar his de-
scrfptions of that country are any the
worse for that. Affection for u land and
a people. or at the least sympathy with
| them are rather necessary TO an 1nte-
| ligent understanding Of them. This book
| Is an excellent guide book to the Tyroleso
| Alps so comprehensive and appreciatlVe
| that 1t would certainly merit reading
| from the prospective Gurist Instructive
naturally. begins the recital, ana there
follow in disorder the trip down the Inn
Valley. Kitzbetel and tho Aim, tbs
| Achense, Brcnner Pass, the Pusterthal
Railroad, and many another objective
noint or interest, Northern. Central,
Southern ana Italian ryrol are all set
down here, and many historical and bios
graphical hits serve ut once to break
and to illuminate the descriptive nnrra-
| tive. There is u suitable map and many
handsome half-tone reproductions. Good
clear print and excellent paper further
combine to produce specimen of at
| ira ctiye book-makinS,
| ~ o ~ 4 + b
NO SURRENDER. by John y, Swift
and w s. Rrge, PIP, 81 Broadway
Publishing Company, New York.
Battle, murder and sudden death run
riot here but the authors have handled
it well and have spun a good yarn for
those who enjoy mascnllnity rampant In
their literature and demand something
doing all the. time
g"No Surrender Is astale of the briny,
and sailors, robbers. convicts and Other
J low sorts supply various phases Of the
strenuous life. The story mainly concerns
J Itself with a VOYAGE of the two young
heroes to Chill, whittier they We're led on
n curious cnterprisa-nnmey, that of ef-
/ fecting the escape from the Chilean penal
| settlements of certain convlcts at SO
much head. The venture WAS a com-
mercial, not phlanthropic, one, and 1t
paid well; but the questionable ethics
involved in 1t makes us siad that the
chief hero who tells the story, declines
TO share the spells. That his conscience
riumphcd, however, is at least partly
th.. ,anfr,,apis Of nm blp