The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-24

dreding company. They figured out a
profit on thetransacttonr OF some three
hundred dollars apiece. Tom was gent
to the woods with a small squad OF axe
men to get out the poles, and there he
ran into d peck Of troubles. Tho rival
firm Of Kemp & co. were not favorably
( disposed towards these operations Of Gray
& Charlton, and they were at some pains
to throw obstacles Of various sorts In
the way, even going to the extent Of
Turing off Toms party on q Hidden
treasure scent and making n bold effort
to steal his raft which we consider q
pretty low trick. OF course, there was
high old fight when Tom returns and
catches them red-handed There is plenty
Of action and a good deal OF fresh out
door color. we should call ION Tybed
Knoll" the kind OF book that boys should
read with healthy and peasureable In
terest.
LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.
BY Paul Laurence Dunbar. PIP. 100.
sl00 net Dodd, Mead & Co., New
York; Bell Richmond. f,
Lyrics OF Sunshine and Shadow" COM
prises large number Of Mr.. Dunbar's
contributions to magazines during the.
past four or five years The titles are
no less diverse than the subjects, which
sound the note, from grave to gay; all
along the limo or simple and unaffected
human emotion. The poet Is not always
bithe. Indeed, the dominant tone OF the
little volume Is rather serious, drawing
its inspiration most frequently, perhaps,
from the sadness Of life and tho deepH OF
feeling. The average OF the verse Is we'll
sustained and high. Paul Laurence Dun-
bar Is one OF the most promising of the
younger song makers In America and
this volume reveals him at his best.
WoODMYT11 AND FABLE. BY Ernest
Thompson Seton. PIP. Isl. sl.5 net The
Century Company, New York; Bell,
Richmond
The popular interpreter Of Wild life. 10.
r.. Seton, gives In this latest pretty
volume a number of fables, allegories and
anecdotes of the folklore type, relating
to the beasts of the field and the forest
How tho Giraffe Became THE Wise
Wood Chuck, F" THE origin OF the Blue
Bird ."rhe Myth of the Song Sparrow"
are titles which will help to indicate tho
general nature OF the volume. The form
Of the fable Is for the most part adhered
to to the extent OF the appended moral
The volume Is handsomely printed in
brown Ink. with numerous Illustrations
by the author. and Is in every way an
excellent piece OF book making. Mr..
Seton's admirers will no doubt find It oil
that they could WISH
( ON THE TIRING-LINE. BY Anna
Chaplin Ray and Hamilton Brock Full
8ts Ter. PIP. 2S9. sl.50. Little, Brown and
Company, Boston.
South Africa during the Boer War pro-
vides the background for this tale Of
love and fighting Harvard Weldon. six
feet one in his stockings, broad-shoulder-5
ed and without an ounce OF extra flesh "
good-looking and the hero. goes out from
England to help the cause along BY
Benlisting as trooper. On the steamer
he meets Ethel, Dent and saw good
deal OF her. and. OF course,Sit happened
tibet wherever his duties as a Tommy
carried Weldon. Ethel CHANGED to be
near at hand. visiting a friend or aiding
In the hospital work. Camp-life and
THE pcculiarities involved In fighting a
nation, who trek are we'll described,
and there are accounts OF some lively
Eskirmishing. But after all, the love
story Is the main consideration. for
which the South African panorama is
but background Miss Dent was far
from being an easy girl to WOO: and then
there was the terrible complication. born
full-grown, when Weldon heard Ethel
with her own lips tell the gallant Cap
Gtnin Frazier. who laydying at tho time.
that she loved him. We leave the reader
to conclude whether or no this difficulty,
was eventually Strengthened out. Aaeat-
isfying, spirited and agreeably told story,
with plenty OF color and plenty OF in
tercst. t55
THE ART OF THE AiUs1CIAN.-By
Henry G, Hanchett. PIP, 327 $3.50
net The MACMILLAN Company. New
York.
There are a great many people who
get little out OF music, or who get the
wrong things out OF 1t, by reason that
their power for intelligent appreciation
has never been perfectly trained, To
supply Just this training is the adm!ca-
Bile purpose OF this volume. The reasons
which prompt musical critics to approve
OF this composition while condemning
that; the distinction between the study
OF music proper and the study OF the.
art Of playing 1t: the composers aims.
purposes. methods, and the true stand
ards for Judging them-these things rep
resent the educative line which the au-
thor here follows. There Is in this field
vast room for educational Improvement.
and it is too much to expect that one
rather brief volume should altogether oc-
cupy 1t. NJ. Hanchett. however has
made an Intelligent contribution in this
waya and, at least. to tho untechntcali
reader, to whom he chiefly addresses
himself. his book should be either a
helpful textbook or profitable reading
for earnest hours.
THE GIRL AND THE DEAL. BY Karl
Edwin Hartman. PIP. 3i9. George w.
Jacobs Company. Philadelphia
Howard Mosan was. In our opinion, a
lucky young dog. To win ones fathers
good opinion, reluctant fnancer's CO.
operation. traction deal, and the Z most ;ss
course OF a few days. Is d HATEFUL OF
happiness such as falls to the lot Of
young Harvard graduate only once In
century, and that generally between COW
ers. Old Mason sent Hal all the way
from Boston to San Francisco ostensi-
bly, to enlist the financial Interest, OF q
Golden Gate capitalist. but IN reality as
| sort OF test Of character. Wasn't It the
Iluclest thing in the world that ne
| lovely young thing who had SO recently
l,had hie haa ~ with JEALOUSY by Sit