The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-11

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womanhood she was forced mo ~ w.
fenssaas ab15esss T sree. hor from
bond and gives her happier deetiny
as the bride Of q young Eng1ishn =, san!re;
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solely because he loves her. 4 "a q
IN THE SHADOW or T1ID PINES
~ By John Hamilton Howard. Pub PUP.
5s5 lished by Eaton and Mains Linz New es'.
Books q bout virginia ana s sy X,r8
problems and Southern life, ana BOOKS
telling OF the events Of the war between eet
tho States s2fhaVe been written IN great
numbers y during the last forty years.
until the titleS''A Tale OF Virginia" has
become somewhat hackneyed; put. mere re.
Ia nothing tireBome or commonplaoe. rs ~
the latest Virginia story by John #1ainil--t
ton Howard, formerly of Pprtsm outh,
5s The author has chosen a phase Of VIZ r.
na history and Virginia rend nae sv publio
a a9rs IL With u his descriptions
OF conditions in and around the e Great e
Dismal Swamp a love story OF peculiar
beauty and purity. !. y, !, y.
The plotwhile IN =, no ,,n way G Intarest
and THE handling OF the various types
Of character is very skillful. EVA
Using the strange disappearance ,s I o.
,n Dol Iii. to the Confed crate Governs
ment,i@ns the basis Of the story. q Mt MT
Howard rears on this foundation a splle' len Z
did structure Of fact END q !, = f1etion, !.
%is The time Is 1861 and ] 1862, during me
years OF the war, but the story is5 con-
cerned rnther with the dlplomcatic . rela..
tons existing between the Confederate
States and France. than with any actlal
lighting or noise of STRIFE Ir e I y, rno,d
the "a, ardent lover, I,eonldas Darwood, the.
noble and beautiful Isabel sProctor-.are
Y ali clearly and # forcibly. ORA n, while we
faithful old tncle zeken - 81 y Typ. Y o.
' ayPfus book Is excelently Illustrated with
fhalt-tone cuts, eyide ntly mage az Ia IRON ron
e pn sye Rafss
Turned toward Underwater Virginia, it will
command a read sale. ~ n .ss
THE i s,T1.AATrEsMAN's 3 o 8 K-1s BOG
1 Edited BY ". RI Scott Kettle, II
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those dependent upon the dlsso solution
of the union between Swed en- and NOR.
way, the ending OF the Russo Japanese "a
war the Russian upheayai; me ne ! eetan
sJJnited X Kigdom. Il Developments. and
notifications Of tie colonial empires OF
Great Britain, France. Germany and the
United States have been no ted. iR3
othor; features OF the new issue are
tables In the Introduction. dealing with
matters OF public Interest. and maps ana
diagrams showing among other things.
the new Barotse land boundary the po-s
ilsal ohanges II tMet su nS
division Of Bengal; the tariff chart chart Of
ana ana aspects aspect OF Of he United States and
the races Of Russia; Special attention ~
is directed to the Additions a ana Gor7
among others the preliminary results
OF the recent German census Il I'M II IN
coTToN.-I3 BY Charles ", Burkett and
th msu : the sBali BOOK ana Stationery
Company, OF Richmond,
This publication ought to $'be g part o.
eSsgers aq tas 5Gf assns
marketing and mar ufacture Of cotton
and the problems OF the. cotton world.
1t traces the history OF cotton from
anGen India down 70 the prosendd e9
and shows where the worlds supply
is grown. II describes the men who
mako cotton: whites and blacks, Ipla nters
and tenants It !nformss the reader, wn 1hd
Southern States. It recommends tho
organization Of cotton growers on the
basis Of what such action may accom-
psh and 7 goes IT, t. trGun eetto q
n nnn9,3 ma ! e n = onn eao ~ go
pf Sections y second &c sthi third and fourth 81
the volume which Is most interesting
to 8 style sas sdmplf1s II a s q tka
cotton is a self-supporting crop; to ne
cost OF making cotton; to the watch
ing Of tho world while the plant Grows;
to tho puzzling problem OF cotton yaluesi
to cotton seed cotton oil, meal ana hulls.
and to the making OF cotton goods. ~.
shall IL add to the the chIvalry and courage
Of the Old South the progress and pros
perity of the New--and y. the coming
literary awakening! some writer WIZ at
last write the real epic q the !, cotton,
and in American letters the so ,, own =
snowy fields will become as famous as
New England'a gifted sons and laugh
tiers have made the Ice fields Of the cold
err North" x
THE FRENCH BLOOD IN AMERICA,
BY Lucian J. Forsdick.. Published
BY the Fleming II. Reyell Company,
of New York. /, :, LII III I,
A most Interesting book. written " vel
people ali over. tho United States WILL
be glad to avail themselves q. a.
Tho illustrations are as valuable as the
text. The narrative begins with the
rise of Professionalism n France ana K =.
and an account Of her trial and execu-
tion.' s1st5s !, y,
and the massacre q, St. Bartheol,onew
are very graphically described "a n /, g
IN Enrops.'F ana TO the HuguAnot set
Elements madY n Great Britain, GER
T4o1la ND S3Wedenf and RuSSla,