The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05

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/ I Here at any rate. are the opening lines
Whe ELL IRON from the chaos OF tremendous
There, burst, with promise Of n glorious
ger clearing skies the joy-insplrng light
VI treehom's constellation fair and
bright" etc.
a Simply n as literary achievement this
! we have not detected any bursts of the
| true poetic fire. 1t must be said tina the
,r,l is even, regular metrcal and good.
I ..,.t. NV, who Ike swinging rhymes, those
who like history. and, above nll those
who would be drawn to ID combination of
the two, should fnd Mr.. Dcrry's compost
ton well worth rendng.
Tie COUNsELS. OF A WORLDLY GOD
NMOTHER.-By Persis Mnther PIP.
aes s1.5o: Houghton, Mfiin & Co..
- Boston,: Bell, Richmond.
rms is the agc for publishing letters.
to be found. they IRE written anyway. and
published In book form Thus we have
Ind "'rhe Letters Of i1lizabetl,'' 'rrhc
Letters OF Self-nade Merchant TO Ills
Co,lnscls or a Worldly uodmother" in the
form of letters. And they are good
re.ndlng, too. Herefls some of the wise
ADVICE the sodniothcr" gives her de-
TO be contcnted IN that station In lire
10 which y has pleased God to call US.
I've f oTD b Il to ourselves and to society not
Concerning reading. she says: "ff you
read at all YOU must read for the fun
ol.it, or YOU will get no real good. an,
book, or It MI slips through her mind
as wa Ter runs through sevc.''
"A THIEF IN THE N1GHT.-By Il. w.
Hornung. PIP. S72. $l50. Charles
scrlbner's Sons. New York; Bell, Rich
IA Thief III the Night contains some
further, and We are led to believe, tho
t nns n1dventures Of The celebrated RAT
has proved Mr.. llornung's most popular
hero. He Is indeed a, distinct creation. n
charming villain, cool courageous, ccv-
er, resourceful and polished. He is tho
k ,i OF craGksmen. the Beau Brummcl OF
as of yore, his companion and bograph-
or, and they saro In some rnn1cap enter
prises toge ther. For example. the very
ilrst story relates how they made m at
tempt TO &burElarize the home Of Bunny's
sweetheart and crstwhle nancc. Bunny
was trlcked into this mehnness. however.
and it's pleasant to note that the lady
one gay was . able to forgive him. Lively
daSnlng. exciting and we1l-writ ten stories
which Will sustain the reputat!os of both
Bntiics and Hornung
ANIMAL A IN: !, HERoEs.-p Ernest rhomp-
scribners sons New W. xo fi;;V Bell asrshs
mond. gl2
.A,.yolume OF short stories Of forest life.
written s with all.the vivid color and real;
how To rerderEhimself elish,fnl.
q Animal life Offers n broad field for mar
ration and adventure None have used
pose than Mr.. THOMPSON Seton.
Animal Heroes Is Il book with fasci-
mating possibilities for those who sit be-
gulInent, Tint may be found in following
the tiignt. of 9S"sirneaux.5' the carrier
pigeon. The Legend of the White Rein.
DEER, andsincidents In the career of other
animal Kingdom. - e. i!sssl e .s. i;t3E A
5 She defines snobbishness thnsiss 'snob-
sbishness, as Understand t.and as I!lnost
hate lie, is atdeSiresto; shine at the expense
oftsomebouy else.'
X Concerning-the prevalence of divorce she
says: There is only ono decent way in
which a woman can look at marriage----
and that is as q thing that is final"
Lhe letters are bright and snappy and.
while the writer claims to be worldly, z.
t1ey contain good, sound advice from a
m0i'alist's point OF view. II she is world
{ ly, she is not the hardened woman of So
ciety that Is too often. in evidence in
smart circles. The letters come straight
from the, soul Of a true womanly woman; ;
and mothers and &daugh ers Swiil do well
TO take her counsels TO heart SfFlssss42ssll
tlSilERAlA Ms LUCK. BY Henry Van
Dyke. PIP. 272 $l50 Charles Serb
ner's Sons, New York; Bell Richmond
Lovers Of Van DYKE wiilstbe glad Ito note
that his 'IEishernlan's LUCK which was
iirst published some years ago, has Jus {
been gelssued fromspews plates. me bind
irg, and press work in TINS new edtionFis
q celtent, and the ttnted uiustra tons
make the volume don blv# a Itracrivp .