The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-16

crs and students Of the literature Of to;
popular price, Is deserving 81 q general
circulation whichlts earlier and less con-
venicnt form no doubt tended to deny It. <
TALES or TIE ROAD; by Charles !,
e { THamns, cB Eli go 'l'e thompson
because 1t denls with business and mas NJ
cufne interests in a readable way. Ihe
author has been a travelling salesman Tor
seventeen years, and he knows the true
inwardness Of life on the road. Salesman
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business; II is the first Of all professions
on which all the wheels or comm cree re-
volve The science of 1t and the underly,,
Ing principles he has studied closely. and
he gives q good deal OF sound and apracti-
cal advice out Of his own personal expert
liable to embryo knights OF the grip. This
1 layman Of ordinary healthy Intelligence
good deal here that Is Instructive if not
actually Of assistance TO him. Many or
the chapters originally appeared In the
Saturday Evening Post.
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Under this somewhat startling tile.
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spiri; which finds frequent expression In
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butEa plain case OF the mc5's taking the
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csting, and his point, II It needed pre-
else demonstration, appears to have been
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present volume closely#folloWs up. This
cook Is a series OF pleasant stories from
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a birthday, and as she Is very fond
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Seven short stories OF Southern life
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A grnin or sand Is here supposed To- tell
IT'S autobiography from the moment when
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nottplaln.
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Great Day and Great Man.
September 5, 1905. That lisa date that
is forever hereafter TO hold prominent
place In the worlds calendar, IT Is the
-. ~. ,aI ON ha
of Portsmouth That The Portsmouth
treaty is going to cut Il great figure IN
the worlds future history, all tho states
men believe Times Dispatch.
Ana whenever the treaty Is mentioned
and the day recalled, this name of Fheo-
dore Roosevelt will shine ont as that
OF the most conspicuous citizen OF the