The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

king, who literally camo to love and
remained to pray. is well told.
| Mr.. William Pool. the editor OF these
plays, is the director OF the 1lizabethan
| stage society, and with the cunning
hand of the drntnatist has placed side
by side two women differing so strong
Nv In character that the roader seems
to soc a black line drawn by an un-
| seen hand parting with unerring accu-
racy the ways OF these two women.
THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HIS
| TORY. Edited by Francis Trevel-
yan Miller. From Associated Pub
fishers of American Records.
! This inaugural number 1.-the Jour-
nal of American History" Will imnle-
diately take Its position as n signih.
cant factor in American periodical 1T
eraturs.
/ Accompanying the periodical Is n
silk American flag made by the Cheney
Mills, Mt South Manchester. Conn, as q
memento for the inaugural number. It
makes a very appropriate frontispiece,
/ fastened into the journal Of American
i History" on the opposite page to Mrs.
Champions able article on the "Ameri-
J can Flag: The Emblem of Liberty"
Special messages from the Governors
! gon. under the caption of ITO the
American People: The Voice of the
States" and containing Governor
George E. Chamberlain's fine article,
| "Amerlca's Greatest Need Is Civic Vir-
| tue" will prove most attractive to
| American readers and lovers of cur
rent history.
Contemporary Thought in America
by Frank Johnston, editor Of the jack
| son, Miss. "Evening News" also en-
! bodies Il. IL. Stafford's Ideas on "Ameri-
! can Municipalities of the Future" Mr..
Stafford is the editor of the DAILY
Oklnhoman," and the trend of the en-
| tire article goes to show by liberal
collaboration that the best thinkers in
American to-day are the unsigned writ
crs In the American newspapers. their
vision being broader and their Judgment
| quicker and surer than that OF any other
class of men-ow1ns to their superior
! training.
| AS whole, tho magazine is a beau
tiful example of mechanical and lit
| erary art It's cover Is emblazoned
with the coat-ofarms of the Hooker
| family in America. Mrs. Henry Cham
| pion has written the story of the evo-
luton of the American flag, from the
| Year Of Americas discovery to the pres
| ent day. Tn the personal messages
| from the Governors, George C. Pardee,
| of California; George r. Carter. OF
! Hawaii: f. NJ Warner, OF Michigan;
| Bryant B. Brooks, of Wyoming; John
G. Butler. of Utah; Andrew L. Harrcs.
Of Ohio; j. o. Davidson, of Wisconsin.
Joseph M. Terrell, of Georgia, and w.
| T. Cobb, of Maine, are among those
| Heard from.
Other articles mirroring the various
| phases of history. art, literature, SCI
cnce, industry, and whatever pertains
| to the moral, intellectual and politi-
| cal uplift OF the American nation" are
contributed by Seymour Bullock; an ex.
| tract from an old manuscript by the
Hon. Felix Walker, of Virginia, born
| in 1853; Fannie NJ. Hackett, of Name
| Abbie II. Carpenter, Lydia j. Knowles
Alkaline b. Z. Roberts Louis A. GUIDE
brod. Elizabeth II. Schenck, Mrs. j. r.
| Cozart, Lima Moore McKenney. Mrs.
Hiram P. Dillon, NJ. Augusta Holman.
Theodore Roosevelt. Julius Walter
Pease. Ella S. Duncan. Mrs. Nathan
Gillette Pond Eliza Comstock, Joseph
Alsop. Judge Lyman r. Munson, Hon
Spencer p Mead. Howard Arnold Wal
ter, Hon. Henry Taylor Blake, Herman
Atkins Mcneil, Frederic L. Snow. b.
D., William Burt Harlow, Phi. D., Hon.
David Nelson Camp, NJ. A., Bicltford
Cooper. Horace Holley, Stuart Copley,
| Clara Emerson, Frank B. Bagley, Mrs.
Martha Williams Hooker, and such edi-
toral writer's as ]. w. Spear, Gilbert
! p. Paine, Horatio w Seymour, w. III.
| Merrell. and the editors of the Bos-
ton Herald. New York Tribune. Hous-
! ton Chronicle. Montgomery Advertiser,
| and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Reproductions of the bronze medal
| lions Of George Washington, Abraham
| Lincoln, Daniel Webster, and Benja-
| min Franklin, appearing In the Hall
| of Fame, form one of the attractive
| features of the Journal of American
| History"
The Illustrations, of course, involve
! much that is rare and valuable. and
/ everything that is beautiful and ap
! propriate. the reproductions of the Cop
ley and other portraits being splendid
| " done.
The journal of American History
cannot be too highly praised or COM
| mended. It's influence and example arc
! along the best and highest lines. those
that all right-minded Americans de-
| sire to follow.
MosBY's MEN BY John Alexander.
Published by The Neale Co., of New
| York. PIP. 1SO SEQ.
The writer of a most interesting book
disclaims at the outset of his narrative
the intention of writing history Of
Mosby's command, as to a full and COM
pletc account Oh us SeENlce uuIiilG tIe
War between the States. Instead, he has
wisely limited himself to what he saw
and knew of men and events W II abso-
lutte fidelity to the impressions made upon
his memory. so that there may be nothing
that is not absolutely true In his repro
duction of war Incidents and the character
Of the men who colored them.
About five or six different books have
been printed on Mosby and his men. The
first, by Major John Scott appeared a
year or two after the war, and in it the
author blended with historical accuracy
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