The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31

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THE FORTUNES o q TIE LANDRAY,s.
BY Vaughan Ilestcr. u, n Clurs,,S
sssig Phillips 4: Co. New y For sal
here by Bell EooAy anu Sta tloncrys co
One or tho most noticea bic things about
this hook, thong natura " not one Of the.
most Significant, Is the cxtra0rd nary,
& number or errors, typograph cal or 81 m
NAUTICAL that mar It's pal " n 4 he firEt
u few pages we noted md marked these =
Marine sheep;', q hat cous OF your's::''
IA. these lie had know - nth chain ana
q compass he lly. out tie2t town; y !" Indians
& predecessors: y, and ttirous Ii the b0cis q E
rather too frequent iteryn;s. ncli tl,intss
re- ,"wHte
n dty,issctc ! whether this Is the fault Of
y, author Or publisher VIC q on kno w, and
g may there foro compromise by laying he
blame upon both. This is q very long
story, ard in many wa 3 Z quite ;lSsIood
Il ono. 1t follows the oil -fas. io ed method.
lin giving tile history or O generation RI tn
err OF Il single set Of characters or, say,
Of an episode. tIsI!1e time OF the man
body Of the story is presumably 1913. when
81 gold: was discovered in Cal lio.llia, tholel1t
Il there is some tie story pr .ous TO hi Ri
u ana a. great deal nj tier Il t. It Isl an oddly
constructed story, he long lapse OF tine.
If over which the events stretch max
n l1ythins like a consecutive plot pretty;
well out OF the question The focus OF
tho narrativeSis nm Ohio town, where the
two young Landray men are the most
r. prominent oitizens. Both arl led to join
y an overland expedition to Gal fornia z n
n gold quest, wiiicii involves tilemfln adj
ventures with the Indians and ends un-;
1 happily some time before the gold lands
M are ever reached. 3 The rest Of the story
deals principally with the careers Of the
AZ Younger iLAndrtiy VS., and an apparent at
tempt OF the village lawyer to get cons
s. troll OF the family property. y love Which
A lasted half II u fet.lne 81 so plays IA part.
In Characterization, IIr. Hester Is very
good, and lie has also given d fai hfsl ana
convincing picture of the lie of Il he time
& under varying cond, ticns. View Simply
3ns u story, lloweVe CIR, II re {Landrayss' has
not struck us as especially $ ncccssfrl.a
There are \ 50 many png and so little
II progressive action that the readers inter-
n est Is never We ry thoroug III emil listed 'ft
THU 4. ID LACK SPANIEL y az Rorert
IIchcns. Pi,.s $50. $50, Frederick a.
Stokes Co., N CIV York. rs For snle here
by Bell Book and tionary Co.
The titlo-story III this col ectlon, which
occupies over one-tllird OF the volume
represents a return to the more mystical
1Iichens OF carlia: days. IT II: a Mete,n-
psycllosis tnlegand interesting, though far
too long drawn out. Were 1t half as long
ii 1t would be rather moro than twice as
good There are two men In It.. one q
London physician who believed that ami
sFI ais exist only for Inc service Of hui;
lnanity,a alidithe other passionate lover
OF brute nature and violent anti -Slvisec-a
Zionist, Tho doctor, Decming, keeps a
black spaniel as a pet and Yeraon. ,4sus-
+ rccting, as proves to beNtle case, that
Deeming treats the dog badly, makes IT
\ his business to get at tho facts. roiDeem-
I ins's Immense annoyance, Vernon be-
comes Is perfect stuth on his trail, NOV
ms from italy II ENGLAND. taking tho.
house next to the doator'sI and doing
other strange things. AfteraJ great many
pages pceming dies, no; soned by the bite.
of his pet spaniel. a short time after
wards, Vernon. who had for years stoutlys
declined to keep ~ pet OF any s6rt, sud-
e denly makes n complete change Of front
any buys Il dog which had attracted his
attention on tho street one day, Tt was
Il black spaniel. queer thing about he
whole business IN that the dog, VII le3
friendly with every one else, is Wildly
y and Violently afraid Of Vernon, n even
5gneerar thing is that Vernon 4 fllends
lad every reason to suspect that he was a.H
! cruel 10 the dog--.Has sloWlyI staryl ~
TO death. IN fact. This from Vernon tNg
passlonat g animal lover, hat would ,you
4 make Of n mixed up situation Ike thlsf
Would You entertain the idea, Tor exams q