The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08

iIylnin SO loudly. 1t is the authors hope
that Ii may also ssrye rs q text from
which numerous sermons In the same
good cause, shall be preached In the
editorial cols-sitis of the representative
Journals of the land.
.cHI1.DREN's hooks AND READING,
BN Montrose j. Moses. Mitchell
kenn..rlyy Of New York publish
In consultation with such experts as
Miss Annie Carroll Moore. supervisor
of Clildrenis Rooms In the New YORK
pervisor OF school libraries and mem
Der of he New York Board of Eduea-
don. and many others. Mr.. Moses has
written hook which will make In,
slant appeal to parents. teachers and
librarians. II supplies IN n single.
handy and simply arranged Nolnme y
practical. workable guide to chiltlren's
books and reading.
"Childrens Books ann Reading
makes plea for tile broadening, OF
ciiildren's reading. and the author
warmly advocates the inclusion III
c,iildren's libraries. whether public or
ionle- of books that are literature as
wnll as for children" SAYS Mr.. Moses:
"Place first upon Your list the best
and iinGles. Let true art
suoplant the comic su..pi ment sheet.
chapters covering tho history of chill
drenis boaks from early times to the
present date, ana those dealing with
the general purpose of the hooks.
there Is an appendix OF siyty7seven
nages OF hook-lists- carefully arranged
and Classified including books in va
r'ous languages and music lists.
sEM uefsat y,r BY "a Edward - ~. Rep !,e
publishers: $3.50.
The author of Prince Chap that
was so successfully dramau2ed aud
plaNed, Mr.. Peple, formerly. Of Rich
Richmond and Virginia writer. who is
rapidly achieving fame in literature.
Ills new book is.> us its name i'm
Mics q historic novel of great breadth
spienaor of the period to which 1T re-
rertS in 4 most realistic way.
The tire sdy of tho life of Semiramis
"a a; warrior gtleen: who was so renowned
that her rame has been handed down
through the centuries with its lustre
yet undimmed. IS here fully told. The
treacnery of Minus. founder Of Nineveh.
and his. jealousy of prince Monon. the
husband OF Semiramis. caused him to
MS wife that he was dead and marry
Semiranis himself. The reader will
be interested in finding ont how
vengeance she took. The description
of the siege and capture OF the city
of Iariaspa by the Assyrian hosts in
this book; Is exceedingly interesting.
MI Peple,s. friends in this city have
of the success of his literary career
and the additional proof he gives of
1t In 'Semiramis.'
BIRDS. BY william Lowell
Finley. From Charles Scribner's
Sons, OF New ork, through the
Bell Book and Stationery Com
IL. hTN, III u ~
iife studies and photographs of birds
taken by the author. These studies in
pirc life represent many months spent
season after season in the open. and
perseverance, of the author. Mr.. Fin
ley, who is the president of the Oregon
Society, tells graphically the
stories of his intimate and affectionate
ty-one typical bird families. beginning
with the hunmins- bird and ending
With the great golden eagle. THE 12S
form unique and extra
paniment of the text, portraying in
nearly every instance the eggs in the
nest, the chicks in various stages of
development and the full-grown bird.
AND sen. Biographical
Recollections. Charles Saribner's
Sons, of New York. through the
Bell Book and Stationery Company.
VI lNISilllpHu, 81 az.
One OF the most remarkable of re-
cent books. Father and Son; BioSraph-
ical Recollectons.'' has just been pub
lished anonymously. II is II striking,
lations between a father OF atrictest
religious We've and his son during his
from y boy to man. In
the preface the author says:
AT the present hour. when fiction
takes forms so ingenious and specious
u is pertains necessary to say that
the following rarretive in all its parts.
md 80 far as the punctilious attention
it so. is scrupulously true. II it were
not true. IN this st-ict sense to publish
it would be to ,r'f'e with ali those
who may be induced to read it. IT Is
nfsred 10 them SIS document AZ n
'c"..rti Of ednc"tional and religious
which havi,g nnsse,i away
VIII paver return. In this respect. as
INC, diagnosis Of n diving Puritanism.
y is ho"ad that tlIa nar"ative Will not
be altogether without significance. .
HAITI ny J. y LN~er. The Neale
p~h''shng Company. of New York.
In ret I Of tthis book we have the
io'a~d< nf Saint Doninpne We're en-
s'aNed in ti,rn nv the STANDARDS and
the .F"e"ch, how the slaves rose again
a".l n~nin ard again: brulsetl, cheated
"'aSshcrca; bow they never gave IN
TIVE ifea If freedom. never fell hack.
mover dr""rrnd; bow Toussaint lou
'te"t'''a died in chains. and how from
the ht"nd-snnked ground new heroes
sntn p~--loessalnes slave, soldier gen
erHl T""iar n'ct" 49,, enrneror law
elA-r"' Potion. f"unc'a" Of tie rapuhlc
aud Boyer. first President Of the united
r"nNN'ici how IL" rev state. harassel
by France. painfully worked out her
or'r' "ational Glory. anh secured the
r"c"rnition OF her Independence by n
treaty. SIGNED on the arniversnry Of
our o"n Lincon's hirthdav, February
~. tS3S--it is a magnificent evolution.
IN nart H.. "Calumnies and Their
.Refuta ton" NJ. L@G"r discusses tho
n2tnrai history OF Haiti, her system OF
education, form OF government. the
manners and customs of the people,