The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28

NlcEots f1llL DWlsHt tracy. Nj. ~.
p D. s.. John Gaylord Davenport,
Thacker. Sarah sholes Nighmah, Or.
JoAeph Lyon Miller. TIE department
OF Contemporary Thought in Ameria
en- Is. specially good III this volume.
MOTHER. BY Maxim Gorky. PUB
p }'snsa b 81 81 Ap sl.5S g Con.
4 this book, and from tho frontispiecc
drawn by him the book people Of
Maxim, Gorky look ont with ''sombre
e ensss s tse,r muscles stiff from insutl-
\ The writer shows one many people,
but they sll have the same look; they
are area, al oppressed va, The same con.
In little while viii hold .lem WITH
Ian lnexorsblc grasp from which there
lcan. be no escape.
I, The despair. ct the book itt utter
misery q little Of the brightness OF
~. how infinitely more attractive TIE
las the heroine Of his book a woman
WHO is no, longer young. who has sur
Tered much without the ordinary COM
.Iwoman,,t lot. and who, 1T The begin.
!stis q ser oSStleooRR Upon a1 tSe i nSa
Bst grssg g.g., son begins g
MIN 70 organize and instruct them;
n md etaar sssns f ss Il
T. realization by looking through. tho
5|eyes OF her son, and from hencetorth
h ,sha work or is that q the sympath izer.
a z ,,, = i, her. BY hsr patience. courage
sfs'sr b 70 kea Is e f9y 9 Vii, char
lists and champions OF the lower
Iagainst the higher classes. Living for
ideals, often impossible and irnpracti-
being at all times ready to Brave
gtdeath and danger for the sake Of the
cause they represent This eappse
ssefh oass q se p ia s e III ff9s
ment and the. uplifting OF othors.
II That such a book ends IN tragedy
4 = inevitable. THAI the son Of the
.Ishe IS killed IN a struggle with the
lgendarmes sent to arrest her is fore
Swallowed from me beginning. The
hook bears the reflections OF the
sichaos within sthe last few years and
(which threatens yet further reign
LOT terror before law and order are
iIevolvcd.
That Gorky is sincere is mos evl-
jdant That he strips life OF Illusions
land writes with stern realism. adds to
the force and weight OF what he por-
His novel fails OF greatness, but !.
5|gives evidences OF so much promise
In future achievement aid Is so con-
Gotky sees them. that 1t merits care
Itul reading and attention.
I I'rHE LIFE OF CHARLES a DANA.
By Jamez He Hs1gsa Wtlsg prot = $
through the Bell Book arg St.;
Pr is. 81. : -,
preface: 1T happened hiatt in the. great
Terra Of the Civil War Charles A. Dana's
energies were so powerfully callnd
upon, and his services were 50 viger.
s|classed among the real heroes OF that
. unequalled conflict. AS a Journalist
and as Assistant Secretary Of War.
Nj. Dana was one Of the most inlu.
tiles. and for his l.ower to interest ana
impress mems minds. he must be3con-
sidered as the first Of American ed
The book gives a sketch of his III.
. eestry. his early life. his entrance al
! Harvard College and gives his reasons
4 for Joining Brook Farm.
i It then takes up his active career In
! York Tribune. and describes his polit-
zeal studies abroad In France and
YoTk his hss
principles as expressed through the
Tribune. and his dismissal from that
paper In 1851.
His career during the war Between
, War With Grant ii the Vicksburg
|campaign.. and Sherman at the grand
f rev Of = the e generals and STAFF Of
lilies in the War Departments his pres.
ence at the scene Of action during
Richmond; his services IN Washington
after the war; his return to civil life;
his editorship OF the Chicago Repub-
!ican:shis. purchase and conduct OF the
reconstruction, through Grants presI.
end OF his lifewotk; his resignation
RS Eat 81 M e snte
4 a. Dana" His biographer. in making
H. sumn7ation OF his character, writes
That ne was very great editor, i
overtopped and overlooked ali pro;
tessional contemp oraries OF his late,
wears no ona will question. He STOOD
clone in the last decade Of the cen,
tury. He had not only outlived tbs
& great men whom he had opposed and
Cor whom he had fought. but he Nae
outlived obloquy and detract!on. His
work was done. and there was Blu,
'H:c Dana and one SUM-"
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Book and Magazine Notes.
Alexander Hume Ford. WHO Was tn
author, OF an illuminating and valu
able article In tile July Appleton
Magazine on "Raleigh's Lost Colony
at Roanoke ISLAM. appears again /,
the August numbe. Of the magazine
where he is accorded a leading place
land writes charrnnsly OF histor
section that he is pleased to coll 'ou
American Adr!at!c' by the "Aer!attc
he means the Eastern Shore" and tn
tidewater section OF Virginia an,
Maryland. His article is illustrate,
With handsome pictures Of curl,'
Neck mansion. on James Rtyer, tn
site Of the former home OF NaIhanie
Bacon; Sherwood Forest. the fornla
home OF John Tyler, President Or In