The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-29
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Torbcth and Miss leighton were also
Miss Burlington, the identical fenia le VINO
hnd Tired him that night to the notorl.
Gus circle, Potocka. However all this
tangled as It Is, is successfully unraYci'
cd. The experiment on Croft was q prli.
liant success and Lady Torbetii. soon
after emerged From the same trta tment
!triumphantly rtStored to sanity ana t'ci
husbands affection.
It will be seen from tho fore oink oriet
ekctci15dt that this novel falls into tho
misunderstanding class 8of fiction winch
was such. a favoritc form with tne iate
titles Verne. ana is still employed by Mr..
II. q. Wells and others. Mr. Harper mas
succeedcdfin working out his rather WIZ y,
succeeded in working out his rather miiu
hypothess5 In a really convincing way. IN
addition no has written q thoroushly
read liable and entertaining story.
THE BEI'rE;D SEAS. BY Arthur Cotton,
Pr, S12. $3.50. Henry Holt and COM
pany, New York.
From tho short stories that he has con-
trbuted to magazine during the past
wear or two Mr.. Cotton has here maze q
book, weaving tho separate adventures 70
rether Through the personality OF Cap
tain Thomas Buckingham, who figured.
moro or less passivcly. in them oil, ana
who recounted them to n little audience
| IN tho front room Of Pembertons hotel.
| AS It's title would Imply, the narrative
has to do with life on tho briny deep.
Buckinghams first berth was on the &c
centric Hebe Maitland, whose crew re-
painted her In mid-oceaIi. spread new
set OF canVns, and clappod q new name on
her bows. The Hcbe did good busl-
ness m tho smuggling way for four years
TIL ono day gunhoat introduced itself
10 her. Tho Helen Mar was Bucks next
good ship. which got grounded at Por-
tate, Peru, as a. result OF o volcanic dis
turbance, which sucked most OF tile va
ter out Of the sea. Then Buckingham
and stevey Todd used her profitably as
| the Helen Mar Hotel, which they adycr-
| tised $50 successfully that the surround
ling country knew more about tina rauti-
cal hosiery than they did about the
/ Peruvian government. Sadler, the row
ling, inventive, vcrse-making and adven-
turous hypochondriac. who was 80 fond OF
asking what the use was. anyway, Is the
best chara cter in the book. Some OF TIE
4 verse he liked so much. to sing, Is good
i Mr. Cotton Is an able and skilful writer;
i the stories are entertaining and abound.
i Ing in humor, and most men Will read
i them with genuine pleasure. b
! AFTER THE DIVORCE BY Graxid
Deledda. PIP. 3l sl.5o. Henry, Hol,
and Company. New York
This is a novel OF an unusual sort. deal
4ng with scenes and things tar from hack
.neyed in the fiction tllat Americans
. usually read. Grazia Deledda is an 1tal,
!. Ian novelist. whose work has been wei
received In his own country and In other
parts Of Europe; but 30 far rs We know
s this Is his first appearance before az
3 American circle of readers. "a tier thu
Divorce, is an excellent picture OF lower
class italian life. The story, however. 4
conventional, the Characterization no
noteworthy; and we think 1t doubtful
Il whether 1t would appeal very strongly 7
i the average Anglo Saxon reader. T n
I tale tells how Constantine Leddn wa
4 sentenced to twenty-seven years inpris
onment for murder; how his wife, Vlovan
! ma. rather through weakness than any
thing else, took advantage OF the ltalia
law allowing wives to obtain divorc
under such circumstances; how she mar
rled Brontu Dejas. who conveniently die
when Constantine who was not real
= guilty, returned from prison; and how tn
: original pair OF lovers were finally re
united. Brontu drank like "a fish, and y
our opinion Giovanni was we'll rid Q
!, him. Perhaps. the best part OF the boo
Is that describing constantino's life J
) Jail. where he formed curious priso
!, FRIENDSHIPS with fellow inmates nnd tr
! cana an adept at the art OF making shoe
IA }MADcAP CRUISE. BY Oric Bate
!, Pp.. 800 $3.50. Houghton. Nifflin an
: Company, Boston.
Oh "A Nvely, II somewhat youthful, tale {
the adventures OF two young Harvar
. men, who quietly Cabbage" the yacl
y OF the uncle OF one OF them In order
! follow a girl to Europe. Most OF tn
: story deals with the preparation for AL
course OF the voyage. including sewers
: adventures by the way. Is almost W
y necessary to say that the trip proves
:. decided success. the girl Is only plucke
,, and the young purlioner OF the goo
: ship forgiven. jacks conduct with =
gard 10 his uncle is scarcely defenslb
q on moral grounds and he had no riGl
u to EXPECT to get off anywhere nearly
q easily as he did. Even tho long offici
: looking envelope which he forgot 70 q
3 liver 10 his uncle. but carried off
: Europe with him., proves. fortunately.
= have been OF such q nature that It's q
y livery would have resulted IN tho wres
= OF his uncle's handsome fortune. In, sho,
!. Jack was about the luck1est dog IN y
- world.
o Criticism would naturally be d.sarm
9 bv tho youth OF the author OF "a Ma
- cap Cruise" who is but twenty-ones yea yea
= old but 1t is a pleasure to say N
70 mateurlshness Is evident onlytn spo
- and that the story is wholesome, siml
G and pleasant. Mr.. Bates is q son OF Fl
IS lessor Arlo Bates, the well known g
8. s. thorlty on rhetoric and English comp
"a sition.
y THE cEInBArEs' CLUB. By 1srs
- Zangw!ll. PIP. $685. &16o The me-
: milan Co.. New York,
- Tho Celibates' Club was a sort OF