The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-25

bounds. how long IL will endure and what
becomes of the suns energy radiated
into space All these and kindred great
Questions are here discussed by Professor
Ncwcomb in the light of the most recent
discoveries.
The $4,000 Request" and other Stories
hy Mark Twain. The mere mention OF
"a book by Mark Twain calls smile 20
the lips, because his name is so aSso-
ciated with the gentle kindly humor
which has always distinguished his writ
ings. that one can scarcely disass0Ciate
him from Il. And yet because laughter Is
akin to tears, humorists are sometimes
the most pathetic OF writer's. all who
read the name-story OF this book and
"a Dogs Tale which follows il, will
find out
"Wee Wrinkles and SNOWFALL" by Ga
brielle z. Jackson. with Illustrations by
Mary Theresa Hart. y charming little
Christmas book. just such one as the
author IS most capable Of writing and
Just such one as boys and girls viii love
90 read beside the Christmas fireside.
Kate. A Comedy" by Bronson How
ard. The comedy ia I'm four acts, the first
relating 10 the time when marriage is
a farce. the second TO love and legal
documents. the third to the feeling that
is stronger than law or rite. and the
fourth asks the question Which OF two
women would be a wife, A large part
Of the comedy. says the PREDATORY note
passes i'm or near q village in Bucking-
hamshire. England, during September
1908. The play ends IN Il residence on
Fifth Avenue New York opposite Cen
trai Park, I'm June Of 1906 One Of the
villages in Buckinghamshire is Chalfont
st. Giles. where Milton finished Para
disc Lost" and a little farther southwark
is the country churchyard Of 'Gray's
Elegy." at Stoke Pages. with it's an
c.eut tombs and ewe-tree lying closely
between church and parsonage.
Dummy" by Philip Verrin Nughels
Readers Of ''Bruver Jim's Baby will be
delighted TO have another Western story
written IN the peculiarly attractive style
Of this author.
A love story. I'm which a Connecticut
girl is first engaged TO man she doesn't
love. and afterward rectihes her mistake
by marrying a man whom she does love,
- the main feature Of this recent story.
quaint little specimen OF boyhOOd
names the book and IS its sub-hero.
The Gentleman Ragman,'' by Wilbur
Nesbit. This is a humorous story Of
Plainville. an inland American town. Its
merit lies in its local color and its anus
ing dclineation Of character from "a boy
standpoint. The village editor. the VII
lage poetess. and several village beau
ties and households play their parts for
the edihcauon Of the reader
THE Mirror OF the Sea" by Joseph
Conrad The mention Of the author Of
this book is an assurance of what
may be found in it by the reader.
Having followed the sea for many years
he here writes Of it with rare richness Of
imagination and much poetic sentiment,
touching upon the dramatic side Of the
sailors career with q sure. yet sympa-
thotiC. touch.
Lord Randolph Churchill" by Lord
Rosebery. As a book written by a Prime
Minister about Prime Ministers. Il shows
in every line the authors mastery Of the
inner life Of high politics" In addition
90 his personal sketches Of LoDd Ran
dolph. he gives one fresh glimpses Of /
Gladstone, BeacOnsheid. Salisbury and
other prominent figures. The book IS
charmingly written.
1.-THE story and Song Of Black Roder-
lex by Dora Sigerson. The author Of
this little book is remarkable alike as
writer Of prose and poetry. she is
not only an author OF great force and
ability, but she is versed In all the
West-of- England and Welsh FOLKLORE. and
she bases the story OF Black Roderick on
d. II is told partly in prose and partly
i'm verse and is as unusual. IT Is full |
OF poetic fire and imagination.
beyond the Rocks" by Elnor Glvn
A love story with the scene laid IN |
England and Paris, story which be- !
gins with a mismated marriage and yet
ends happily. romance which will
prove all the more interesting. because
In II the PROBABILITIES are not at all taken
into account
Some Successful Marriages." is writ |
ton 10y Abbey Mcguire Roach and illus
trated by Alice Barber Stephens It's
purpose is 70 make evident the neces-
sary adjustments, sacrifices and the give
ana take which should regulate rational
married life and properly develop its
romance and best philosophy As the
matrimonial problem ahsorbs the Ameri-