The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-01
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love story Is steadily and pleasantly
worked o,,t. A. readable, sweet and most
wholesome story, for tho relaxation and
cdification Of man or woman, young
or old.
JIMMY BROWN TRYING no FIND
EUROPE. BY w. l.. Alden PIP. 1854. 30
cents. Harper &; Bros, Now York:
Bell, Richmond
Jimmy Brown, we believe, Is already
quite we'll known to the moro youthful
reading public. AS TO HIS dongs in this
new j. Il. book, the title is so unusually
illuminating that we find 1t hard to iin-
! prove upon IT.. Before; he decided to try
to find Europe, however, 1t may be stated
that Jimmy was sent to live with his
married sister, where his ardent and
humorous nature manifested itself in a
thousand ingenious pranRs. After noting
the general tenor of j. BIS behavior here
VIC cannot say that We think It, strange
that GOODNESS eventually sprang up be-
tween himself and his brothcr-in-law. SO
Jimmy sets out to find his parents with
an Irish lad answering to Mike, and an
address consisting simply Of Grand
Hotel, Europe Many astonishing i'd
ventures, rccolntcd In CHEEKY and
amusing style, lead up to Il happy Brown
family reunion Sin Paris.
TILE WINGED HELMET BY Harold
Steele Macknye, PIP 1885, $l.5O. l.. c.
Page s. Co., Boston; Bell, Richmond.
Choosing as his theme France In tho
carly sixteenth century, Mr.. Harold
steele Mackayc has written n good his
torlcsll novel In 'I'he Winged Hclznct.'
,,,tyl !, bon1 T,h
young wife. Yonnc dc Bcaulleu, who.
through extending aid to her younger
brother, kings spy, becomes placed IN
an unfortunate and trying position.
Thanks to the endcavors Of her brothers
enemy, Baron de Pompelard, her htis-
band becomes persuaded Of her infidelity
and the unhappy. but quite Innocent
Yoonne is forthwith clapped into a. con-
vent 1t Is agreed TO note that the wicked
Pompelard shortly thereafter meets
violent death. a kerchief bearing the un-
familiar crest OF a winged helmet is
picked up In the subterranean passage,
and tho Beaulteu. believing this the clue
to the identity OF his wife's lover, sets
himself to the task OF finding It's owner.
Plenty of other plot is introduced into the
narrative through the plottings of de
Ponelard's brother and an unscrnpulous
priest, and action and interest, through
unexpected cl!maxes are well sustained
throughout. AS a whole the book has
Impressed us as being we'll above the
average Of readable historical novels
YOUNG JAPAN. BY James A. B.
h4 Schercr. PIP. 32S. S1.h0. J. B. Lip
pincott Company, Philadelphia.
Roughly speaking, this IS a history
Of Japan written from the point Of view
Of one who believes that Japan stands
to-day at the threshold of q new national
manhood" The simple narrative of
events is rather subordinated to study
of the educational development of the
Japanese, their growth in culture, their
advance in letters. art and science. DR..
Scherer5 has here made, in short, care
full and thorough inquiry into the causes
which have underlain the astonishing
rise of these so-cnlled yankees OF the
East" There Is a good deal of material
in this book, gathered by the author
during five years OF close association
with Japanese youth, which will be new
to most readers, and all of It, whether new
or old, is presented in an attractive and
readable way. AS being at once both
a good If brief, narrative history, and
an authoritative exposition Of Japanese
manners and intellectual deveopme nt,
Young JAPAN apart from Its mere
timeiness, will altogether repay reading.
MANS REsPON sIBIL1TY. BY Thomas
c. Carson. PIP. 524. G. p Putnam's
Sons, New York.
How. and Why, the Almighty Intro
duced Evil Upon the Earth Is the sub
title of this work, and some may consider
1t very Inclusive and pervaslve sub
title. indeed. Who Mr.. Thomas G.. Car
son is, and why he should be in position
so confidently to interpret the methods
and motives of the Almighty, often given
up by ordinary minds as inscrNta,ble, we
must confess to certain perplexity.
The book Is. in effect, an inquiry into
the origin. character and uses OF man s
mental qualities, with incidental comment
on wide range of subjects. 1t has not
struck us as in any sense n deep, ex-
haustIve, or satisfying study; indeed
Its genuine level scarcely ever gets below
the superficial and 1t abounds In wisdom
of a decidedly trite variety. The as
sured air with which Mr.. Carson adj
vances his private opinions as hard facts
is scarcely less Irritating than his pro-
found Indifference to the accepted prin-
clples of English punctuation
CHRISTMAS GUESTS BY Robert A..
Chcsebrough, PIP. S.. J. ]. Little and
Company, New. York.
Tho pup1lsncTS nave AlulS seHt 10
tho above volume of poems for review,
accompanying the book with the follow
ing information: 'Mr. Chesebrough is too
we'll known In the business world as the
manufacturer of vascllnc. rs we'll as
being tho owner of tho Chesebrough
building, to require introduction from us;
vet 1t may not !be known that he has
taken delight and recreation in cultivating
THE Muses.. AS no sample from Mr..
Chesebrough's factory was forwarded to
us, we conclude that no review Of his
commercial product Is desired In these
columns; but we may at least be allowed
to congratulate Mr.. Chesebrough on his
versatility and tho diversity of his tastes.
An examination of his volume leads US
to the conclusion that his cultivation
OF the MUSES., while no doubt sufficing
for his own delight and recreation, has
not produced any poetry which the world
could not have struggled along without.