The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-17

NOR" scarcely SO ood q story as either
! Betrayed or mysterious Mr.. solim;'
but 1t remains none tho less II lively
Through an unusual chain Of clrcunl-
stances, eliminating In murder, q
young girl becomes the ward OF three
bohemian bachelors. Even not Forgetting
| It will be readily perceived that the
situation Is n somewhat unconventional
one, Just redeemed by the fact that the
girl, scarcely moro than a child ind con.
remains behind; for 1t was not long be-
J fore tho three Jolly bachelors began to
receive hints that their unknown ward
would be we'll for them TO 10 Yield her up to
| her natural guardians. This the young
men, at 1sabel's earnest cntreaty and
| for their own reasons, refuse TO dc; and
the remainder OF the book Is the story
OF the contest between these two rival
| claimants. An interesting episode is the
pistol-battlc In the garden OF Rosely's
cottage A world-famous actor figures
prominently In the narrative. his interest
| pected source. Isabel turns out to be
nothing short of royalty, but thanks TO
Mr.. Oppenheim's magnanimity. and his
this is not allowed to stand in the way
Of certain marriage. which her heart
prompts her to make. Nobody Is at all
likely to fall asleep while reading THE
Master Mummer."
THE HOUSE or CARDS. BY John
leigh. PIP. 49, sl.5O. The Macmillan
Company, New York
'"rho House OF Cards Is strange
book even remarkable one, while It's
general manner OF presentation Is odd
enough. the hood is oven moro Unusual
from q structural point of vtew; for az
most the whole OF 1t is by way of inter-
II ha I'M
Of Boston to Philadelphia with a bonnet
quite full Of the bees Of reform: and the
old friend Of his family, gruff but kindly
John Heigh, wishing to dispal II few too
roseatc illusions. takes him to Cards din
ner, where the young man meets q good
many famous men, hears what they have
to say and does little talking on his
own behalf. Later that night, John Heigh
collections and young Eliot learns all
about John Heights youth, and the rise
OF the founder of the House Of Cards.
and how his own loved uncle also Wal
OF poor George Clayton. This Is nearly
all the book; later there is just chap
terror two to tell how young Eliot turned
down Cards offer to come into the
foot still on the path of the reformer;
this. too. in the face OF the fact that
Cards had a daughter (kriemhlld Cards
was there ever such q nameY, who had
COItle 10 mean Ill tlle WOflo 10 lIllOl ~ ne
groundwork and suhstratum OF thu story
is a vein Of illuminating, agreeably sa-
tirlcal comment upon contemporary con-.
ditions in business and politics. over all
Of which is shed the color, Of old John.
Heigh's Continental. reminiscent. philo-l
sophie character. The passages In which
this latter influence Is ascendant are not
unlike n book which young Eliot himself
cites IN .,r Somparlson.1k Manel,s Reyer-
mixture OF n book, but a good one and
nm eminently well-wrtten one. John
Heigh, we are to understand. is but a
non de guerre; at least the author ass
sures us that 1t IS: hut the scars OF
many a literary indiscretion," which
his preface mentions as among his tro-s
iphies, appear to us, to a man who writes
SO charmingly, singularly little mcrited.
sA tA W } BY Dorothea Gerard. Pages
! Philadelphia. 74
in the timber lands ofEthe Polish Carpa-
scene has the author Succeeded in hl inspr
k T ale red told reiess an
with q thorough appreciation OF the
points" Of the ! situation and the people
he had made his million, 1t was the proud
and oft-reiterated boast that he was still
only a common workman, and his secret
the things of birth and breeding is. sue
cessfully and somewhat pathetically
brought out. One admirable foil for Heir
Mayer is Count Rutkowsk', a ,nobleman8
Of ancient lineage, sirreproachable$ address
and a certain keenness of Int .lect, who
had not been sharp enough, however, to
avoid being oyerreached by the a suite
Ru1kowskl forest lands. The count.
stripped down to the bare necessities OF
life repaired to the little shooting box.
which alone he had saved out OF tie
wreck, while Mayer, with. the passing
years, reared him q splendid palace, all
full OF morocco bindings and patent wash
And how the story might have ended had
it not been for the fact that the count
had a blooming young daughter, while
the university, was as handsome a young
buck as ever the eye Of high.born
Polish lady fell upon. These two facts,
stated SIMPLY yeda FOR even
somewhat lethargic reader.
The count though much less ener-
getic person than Herr Mayer, is really
he succeeds in teaching the saW-millcr
something before he gets through wi, with
him. The mill however h ny s5od psoth ne
expected air of half cruel material a., !, SIN
and practically over the virgin tlmper
lands of the Carpathians. Inefe are, Log
whose not too uncomplicateds racial cEar-
acterlstics the author seems 70 l.uiiael-3
stand uncommonly well, ana mere ~ ~, =
dramatic scene growing ou. OIL Ter .,l ni su-
"Sawdust" is pleasant story, IN an
yunhackneyed vein.
ENGLAND IN AMERICA. BY Lyon Gar
diner Tyler. PIP. 500 500. harper al'p
& Bros, New York. &
This book by the President Of William
and Mary College. is Volume W., in Har-
per's wenty-eight-voluns series on
1.-THE American Nation.. This series IS
edited by Professor A. =. Hart, and the
various periods of our history have been
assigned a ceording to individual qualfca-
ton, or President I'yLar. Dr., Hart says
that he us especially qualified as an
author. whose descent ana hls 80, Mrt m