The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
window, and say: Write inc a great
drama, q worthy Master Shakespeare!
Thou dost sound the human henrt-Trcanst

window, and say: Write me n great
drama, q worthy Master Shakespeare!
Thou dost sound the human henrt--4tcanst
th0u sound these two y
II Not long did the Lady pokhhcntas 1--we
after her nt,al good-by to Smith was sntu.
Sho INDUCED In no vain rcpining, put
while she was planning to come homo to
Virginia and be Gods Instrument III the
conversion Of her people to Christianity,
she was seized with h fever Mt Graves
end. sank suddenly, and died there In
March OF 1911
e Her cpitaph, az composed BY Mr.. Cooke
Is In these words: "She lies buried In
the cllnnce1 OF the parish church ut
Gravcsend, there awaiting tho rcsurrec-.
ton when the secrets OF all hearts shall
be known This one was so white that
i think no stain be there to wash But,
l,athelcss. II there be, Christs Blood VIII
take 1t away, since whether d poor maid
III Virginia, or a royal princess IN Eng
land myslittlc Lady trusted III Him and
passed In peace"
BEFORE ADAM. BY Jack London. The
! Macmillan Company, OF New York.
PIP. 242. $3.50.
Since JACK Lohdohs book has APP
pcarcd, one fails to wondering as to how
1t could have happened that no one had
prehistoric folk OF the world.
His story Is told so simply and nat
urally that one falls Into accepting the
theory he presents In regard to It, and
is quite willing to believe lii his SEMI
characterization OF personality that inadc
the substance Of his dreams SO real; that
! enabled him ID distinguish nj once be-
! tween the different characteristics Of
| trees that had been his home III d pres
vious existence; that rendered the taste
4 OF nuts familiar to him before he had
even handled them; that recalled the
tang of blueberrles tasted In sleep, the
first time he saw them served Oh q
! table.
Mr.. London records the feelings WITH
| which he saw lion In a circus, as Z
child. In a very vivid way. az follows:
All! knew him on the instant. Thu
beast--the terrible pne-and on my inne
vision flashed the memories Of IN,
drea,nR---tlie midday sun shining on tai
/ grass. the wild bull grazing quietly, tn
sudden parting OF the grass before tn
to the bulls back, the crashing and tn
believing, and the crunch, crunch Q
bones; or. again. the cool quiet Of tn
water-hole, the Wild horse UP to hi
knees and drinking softly, and then tn
4 tnwny one-always the tawny one!-th
!. leap, tho screaming and the splashinl
y OF the horse, and the crunch. crunch o
4 bones; and yet again the sombre twilight
and the sad silence 81 the end OF day
I and then the great full throated roar
sudden, like trump Of doom, and swift
Il upon 1t the insane shrieking and chat
tering among the trees. and l. too, ar
trembling with fear and am one OF tn
many shrieking and chattering anon
the trees
Certainly herelity must be unhsuall
i strong In Mr.. London, for the reade
gets an Uncomfortable flavor Of realsr
) in all that he writes about the tree-fol
! and the cave-dwellers among whom h
I lived In pre-Adanite ages One canne
imagine that he did not come into actus
contact with .Lop Ear and Red Eye.
one Is deeply Interested over his 10,
for .'The Swift One.,' and one Is quiz
I happy In leaving him, when the boo
closes. safe from the molestation OF tt
!, ''Fire-folk" at home with her in his ca,
home. Mr.. London says about himse
at the last:
II often wonder about this line I
! descent. T. the modern. am incontest'
!, bly, a man: yet !. big Tooth, the prim
tive, am not AN. Somewhere. and /
= straight line OF descent. these two parti'
!, 10 my dual personality were connecte
:, Were the FOLK before their destructio
!, IN the process Of becoming men? AT
. did and mine carry through this pr
!, cess? On the other hand, may not son
: descendant OF mine have gone into Il
. Fire People and become one OF then
. do not know. There Is no way
! Ilearning. one thing only IS certail
: and that Is that Big Tooth did stan