The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29
Painting in the 4Felix 1sman Collection
needs only to be seen To be apprecia lei ,i88{

scribner's for February is an Issue vel
goodness, on,!the whole the most impor--
tant Scontribution#it CONTAINS IS the second
$instalment Of Edith Wharton new
novel The House Of Mirth. Interest In
plot. and already there Is little doubt
that this story IS easily the best piece OF
work that this brilliant novelist has yet
E uye hazn9s be beey RF'ma
tined to takcarank as one 20 the notable
American novels Of. ot'r day. John Corbn
writes for. this Issue an entertaining arti-
scrtbng New Workers. nocturnal turning
out for amusement. nppro priately3 lus-
ttratcd BY Jules Guerin, 9. Allan Gllbert.J
Il, Gardner;.s and Howard chand ,.11
paper on The Progress or Socialism,"
which Is Il review Of such European poll
tlcal roebens as, would naturally nc be Of
feature, MI. Varderlip recognizes that
socialism Is avery live IA ctor In the poll-
ties o + l1urope, and that the. success Of so.
cinllstlc parties there would have a vital
tons and would foreshudow similar err-,
clio IS coplllsly illustrated. Another paper.
Of interest and importal'ee Is felnd IN g
Letters Of Diplomats WIFI" under the
title, italian Recollcctions !" Readers q
Nine. WaddtngtOn'S, recent volume VIII
letters. Thomas II. Willard writes Of THE
War Correspondent and His Future" and
ably combuts tho opinion which NO oc-
casionally hear advanced to the effect that
the present war will mark the passing ol
Me- has appe nc sne
good pictures in color Illustrative OF
scenes in Western life, Short stories are
BY Maartcn MaartensM juliet Wnoor
! 'rompklns and Arthur Train; and verse
| by Algernon Tassin. Edith M n Thomas,
| Georgia Wood Pans horn. and Ohm White.
article. on 1.-THE White Slaves Of Hal
| chcng.'' # Fl 81 Il 3$5t
I.cslie's contains this month its second
J annual automobile review, which Includes,
4 besides Il number Of brief and timely cs-
1 says on nulomobiling topics. n paragraph
OF descriptive matter and Il cut OF all the
automobile show ~ New York during the
present month makes the "revlew parti-
snlarly t appropriqatte at this time Another
lofartlcles on the taking Of Port Arthur,
consisting Of the personal narratives by
4 officers Of the Investing forces literally
1 translated FOR THIS nagazine.3 Miss
! The Dlscovcrcr Of Alaska" IN which
A she Interestingly tells the story Of the rc-
markahle VOYAGES in Nitus Boring, the
au jss Journey IN search q eui, fnr
among ,he mountains she here descrlbcsI
and the present pnper&is but the forerun-
4 ner of y series on tho ''Vikings Of the
! Pacihcs' which Is TO deal with the
1 famous discoverers Of our Western coast
/ Annie Payson Call continues her series
on THE Freedom OF Life dealing in3thls
| issue with .'sef-contlol.' "rhe prospec-
| tor Ralph Connor's popular novel.
| reaches y conclusion this month; and In
J tcrest In Anna Katherine Green's new de-
i tectiye story, which replaces It as n
serial, reachesa high point in this months
,4instalment There are some good pictures
/ OF Japanese women In characteristic hose
| BY Miss Znlda BenrTusuf, the well known
art photographer, That coIuborative
combination which The strand magazine
has made familiar TO Its readers. T.. n.
I Meade and Robert Eustaco, has Supplied
the number with an Interesting story in
Tho Federation Of Count kinsky"; other
/ short fiction being by Ben BLOW, l.. G,
4 Hall, Charles 9, ,Lofguest, Wilbur d. Mes
BIZ and Frederick Waiworth.
Tho first fruits Of Mr.. Arthur Hennlng's
! Explorations into The wilds OF Northern
y 5Ganada IN the infafestsfol the Metropolis
Inn appear In the February number Of
/, this magazine Mr.. fleming. who has
] travelled 1900 miles of mtracked forest
4 lands and made fourteen trips into the