The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-15

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g. Read John quincy Adams Lindley
Murray, Donald Mitchell, Charles Dickens,
| rhnckeray owen Meredith. r. 4 II. stod-.
dnrt. and II, the South Edgar Allan Foe,
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Powers G. 3. 11ongstrcet, John G. Cal
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McCube B. B. Minor schele Do VeroI and
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Its editors included Edgar Allan Poe.
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rare and difficult to obtain. The book
Is from, the pen Of tho venerable DR..
Bon Blake Minor, who was editor and
1S47. DR.. Minor. who Is in his eighty
seventh year, Is native Virginian. and
now a resident OF this city His book Ia
nm interesting account OF a now dead
but well remembered enterprise, and is
a valuable contribution to tho literature
OF the South. & u
JOURNALS or TIE HOUSE OF BUR.
GEsSEs OF VIRGINIA, l1773-177s, In
Guiding the records Of the Committee
@2 Of Correspondence. Edited byl John
Pendleton Kennedy, Richmond, vir.3
gnla. Folio PIP. a. III and 301.
Not the least OF the many obligations
which the people Of Virginia must 5recog-
nze to the Library Board, secured ui-
der the new constitutions Is the provision
made for the proper publication Of val
liable manuscript sources Of ottr history
which are preserved In the Virginia State
Library.
The volume Just iss.,cd from the Colon
lnl PresY Richmond, Virginia. Everett
Waddey Company, Is the first OF a series
proposed to be edited and published by
authority OF the Library Board OF the
Virginia State Library" It Ia understood
that the encouragement given by the adj
vance subscriptions for this volume JUS
tify the expectation that subsequent vol
umes may issue regularly a t thelrnte of
one In each period Of eight months.
This Is a faithful reproduction OF the
manuscript record book Of the Journal OF
the House Of Burgesses Of Virginia. from
March 4,91773 to May 6, 176, portions of
which are here printed for the first time.
The portions which have been hitherto
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cessble. The minutes and papers Of the
Virginia Committee OF Correspondence
from It's birth to the formation OF the
Committee OF Safety arc added after each
Gof the printed journalns The letters from
the other colonies add greatly to the value
8of and interest in this volume outside
OF Virginia. In the preface the editor
gives many documents OF unusual I'M
7portance for an understanding OF the
history Of the period Including III Dun
more's proclamatlons
In mechanical execution this Is probably
the finest volume ever issued by any
Southern State. 1t Is thoroughly indexed
and most creditably edited. Perhaps no
State anywhere has ever issued volume
of greater historical significance. 1t VIII
be necessary acquisition In every public
library possessing any book-fund ana
preserving American history. me 'ha IN
will make 1t indispensable for the
5genealoglsts and collectors OF American
autographs and book plates. and as tho
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#1ustrations arc, reproduction OF the cx-
&tremely rare council chamber book plate.
frontispiece fac-simile OF the last paSe
OF the manuscript journal. ana cuts OF
tho arms and seal OF the Virginia colonJ,
fine 81 George III. If the editor who
8 !. tnt accomplished State Librarian. ana
Jtho Library Board can continue. on the
high standard they have set By this vol
,,nne. a series which will embrace all OF
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Until the edition Is exhausted COPIES
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application to the Virginia State Library,
Richmond, Va.
CASTLE DEL MONTE. BY Nathan
Galligier. Pages 444; s150. L. G..
Page and Company, Boston Bell.
Richmond. 585 II
Italy during the latter part OF the thir-
3teenth century is the scene OF this some-
what wcighty and long drawn out MS
torcnl romance, the fall OF the Hohen-l
stanfen dynasty affording the main OASIS
OF tho plot Mr.. Galligier has gone at his
task most seriously and conscicntlously;
local color and costume descriptions are
worked up fully and no doubt accurately
too fully, wo have thought at times.
The plot need not be detailed. ] affords
the usual assortment Of villains and VII
Harnesses. heroes and herones, plots,
brave deeds, battle, murder and sudden
death. The utter gravity with which the
author has addressed himself to his work
is perhaps indicated by the fact that IN
the last chapter he has killed OFF both
hero and herone--the former on the
bloody field Of Benovento. the latter by
the contents. presumably poisonous. OF a
crystal phia Among historical novels.
"Castle Del Monte belongs to the more
dlgnined and painstaking and decidedly
less readable type. II is pre-emHently
story for the nalnstakng and conscien-
tious reader.
JOHNNY REB AND BILLY YANK. BY
Alexander Hunter. Pages 72o; $500
net. Neale Publishing Company.
washington (4S1 Eleventh street,
This war book Is interesting, readable
and Informing. 1t differs from most Of
the memoirs and recollections that the
last few years hnve harvested 80 nbnnd-
a, Is nv n J,ytt RI