The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
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THE WAY. OF THE GODS. BY John
father long. From the Macmillan
Company OF New York, through the
Bell Book and stationery Company,
Richmond.
Into this new book Of his Mr.. Long Long
we'll known for his skill in writing stories
OF Eastern life and for his description
~ .rapanese types, national and social,
ho ! 90 tfered the very aroma OF Oriental
Ism. .,.a..
an tha East one is taught to be moro
nrod,ral with ones Joy than with ones
sorrow. The sum OF both Joy and sor-
row, IL Is said, are immutably the same
IN the world from eternity. Ana o.
these each soul born is allotted It's rea-
sonable share as the gods adjudge ~. y.
an that II one takes too much Joy OUT
~ ina common lot, some one perhaps
MANY ones. must receive less than they
ought" ~.
derlvinr Mr.. Long s philosophy, displayed
In .Tho way OF tho Gods" ns IN his
earlier works. The story has 70 90
chiefly with q Japanese samural ana war
lord and his wife. the Lady Hoshlko'
otherwise "Dreanco OF "a Star me s sun.
HroI y,nkes hie exit from life in an allen
land. denied the Joy Of the red death
10 which he had pledged himself. But
thc 1,adyE Hoshiko, for the sake OF whose
iowa he had sacrificed fame. name ana
country. became his noblor reinoarnation,
NJ responding in his stead to his oountryss
cali mending his broken love vows a. ana
on the field OF battle carrying his RAG
TO victory and to the glorious ana yer
rible end that wrought her explh .,3,. =,
a. Il b comes about that though Mt.
Long writes Of the East in THE Way
~ the Gods" he tells in 1t truth that
the west and all the world has learned
q, Reckoning IA the supremest test OF
Great love. tho test OF self-sacrifice
THE z; ARDEN, you AND !. BY Bar.
bara. The Macmillan Company N ' o.
New York. -
5developed q taste for books on garden
lore several years ago and had some
thing to do with the cordial reception
| accorded 1.-THE Garden of a Commu-4
8ter,a WIFE, q, when that lively and clever
composition recently made Its appearance
lin Sthe American book mart
8..The Garden. You and I, has much
to commend It to persons who have as
linking FOR simple out-of-door pleasures
and Tor study in that book. declared by
|5Charlotte Bronte TO be the second best
Nm the world. the book OF Nature.
'Baxbara.,, knows how to- entertain ana
| interest other women when she talks
to them about her garden It's lore IS
l,intermir,eled with charming bits Of de-
acription. with acterizati ion and with
| much quaint vet practical nforrnat ion tor
the benefit OF others who are no 80
| wise as she Is In garden making. ffFi
The Illustrations are most appropriate
and suggestions In regard to pergolas,
rose trellses. varieties OF roses for "a
simple garden lists for "the hardy seed
bed',s and worthy ANIMALS" are 4 well
worth close attention.
AS '.Barbara" Y speaks OF her grand
mothers Virginia garden and OF ~ ca ra y
way, fennel balm and arntca that grew
In ii, d a bond Of sympathy. linking the
s"Commuter,s Wife with her Southern
sisterhood Is establishe as It'll. al 81
! $3.50 i3 jGs siS 5s5E
THE LIFE OLA STAR. BY Clara Nor
s5 ris. Mcclure, Phillips g Co. OF New
1 York. S rs u; fsS h ssl
Clara Morris. the i actress and writer,
! Is we'll known to the pa me rdcan spu Die
4 AS an a rtist IN her prof ession. who has
/ won success and held respect, what she
l
lis authority and, as such, worth much
! to young women whose I'd cas- are vision.
airy and romantic. ii &S 81
A4 The chapteriin which the authoress de-
I scribes her, marriage to- Mr.. gHarriott Is
as Interesting as any In her book and
affords a real Insight into the nature OF
4 the woman who has written 1t. i Mem
3bers OF the Society for the Prevention OF
i Cruelty to Animals will delight in her
i "reminiscences OF Mr.. Henry Bergh, whom
she calls ''the riddle OF the nineteenth
century, and IN whom she discovers q
,mar',ed resemblance to Don Quixote.
The story she tells and tells SO we'll OF
| s"sarah Siddons's Tryst, will bring to
mind pictures that all the world has seen
OF "the idol OF the English STAGE and
j will present her from hitherto un-f
tiers filled with "reminiscences OF Car
field, Mckinley, Rachel, Jubal A. Early
] IL c., C.. Lamar and Dion Boucicault.
| and probably some OF her pages that a
reader viii linger longest over are given
to a brilliant Failure as Marie See
bach is termed. 81 553s IN
! THREE MEN IN "A MOTOR CAR. BY
Winthrop E., Scarritt Published by =.
/ Dutton & Co.., OF New York. il.
A bright, breezy kind OF a story in
which Mr.. John A.. Hill. Mr.. Charles II.
Kavanaugh and Mr. scarritt, Of America,
tour France and the Continent OF Europe
lin a motor car. There is nothing new or
specially startling tn,9the details OF the
| trip, but 1t Is altoBether readable, the
| closing chapters Of the book being de-
voted to the auto car, as an sannihilator
| OF time and space and a powerful factor
I in the promotion OF good roads.
IN SUN OR SHADE. BY Louise Morgan
SILL From Harper Bros. of New York 4