The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-13
.Everymany and Death" There are
twenty-rlne illustrations In all.
LOVE AFFAIRS OF LITERARY MEN.
BY Myrtle Reed. G.. r. Putnam's
Sons. OF New York, publishers. PIP.

LOVE AFFAIRS OF LITERARY MEN.
Sons, OF New York, publishers. PIP.
/ 200.
The charming author OF Lavender
and Old Lace" has written book
containing a series OF idyls that
breath out the fragrance Of rosemary.
and that seem like an echo from that
dim past where Lavender and Old
Lace" rightfuliy are enshrlncd.
The names OF Jonathan Swift. Alex
ander Pope. Samuel Johnson. Lawrence
Sternc. William Cowper. Thomas Car
lyle, Edgar Allan Poo, Percy Bysshe
Shelley and John Keats are familiar
to every lover OF English literature,
But these men have always seemed
consecratcd and set apart by their
art. That they suffered and loved like
ordinary mortals does not seem possi-
BILE or probable. One feels strange
reluctance in lifting the veil from
the history Of their eart-dramAs and
tragedies. In reading the burning SEN
fences In which their love Is told. after
the hand that wrote such sentences
lies still forever and time has yellowed
the pages on which the words were
traced.
out Of the pages oftIlss Reeds book
SIiiils TIE GSEs VI AldIy 0UCAIeys
tured by Edwards. Esther Johnson.
Swift,s broken-hearted "Stella,' seems
the Image OF youth and hope and life
as one looks at her pictured image
Martha Blount, the Most Divine or
Alexander Pope, has place TN tisis
gallery OF portraits. So has Esther
Thraie, said to have been the original
of Hogarth's painting, Tile Lady's
Last Stake" Samuel Johnsons incon-
Gt 1OUa n nd he
daughter Of the famous Lawrence
Sterne.
The gentle. placid lineaments Of
Mary Gnwln recall her sad fate and
that Of William Cowper. The vivacity
and charm Of Jane Welsh Carlyle's ex-
preston makes one wonder at Thomas
CariyIe's lack OF appreciation. Beside
Edgar Allan Poe appears, not the fea-
lures of Virginia GLENN. his girl wife.
but those of Mrs. Helen Whitman. to
whom he was engaged after his wife's
death. but who gave him up on ac-
count OF his dissipation. The last Pic
ture in the book Is profile in minia-
ture Of that Fanny Brown whose
parting gift and last letter were In
closed in the dead hand OF John Keats
when he was laid In the grave. Miss
Reed writes:
"The letter was still unopened. But
his eager eyes. freed at last from the
limits OF earthly vision, may have seen
beyond the seal: through some grace
of God he may have known. for one,
blessed instant. that In his hand he
held his beloved's last goodnight
A JOURNEY IN THE BACK CouN-
TRY. BY Frederick Law olmsted.
In two volumes. q. p. Putnam's Sons.
of New York. publishers. PIP. per
volume. 2s1. $500.
These volumes revert to the period
of 1S53-Ia5i. and were originally
issued In 1860. The chapters deal with
the valley of the lower Mississippi.
the property aspect of slavery. They
include an account OF trip into
part of Northern Mississippi. the in
terror and Piedmont cotton districts
and the people and climate of the
highland regions. Patriarchal life in
Virginia and in general Is dwelt upon
along with the authors estimate of
the condition. and character of the
citizens of tile South.
That those VINO are not acquainted
with Mr.. Olmsted al writer may un-
derstand to some degree what his est-
mate Is. the following paragraphs are
quoted. Representing himself as a
chance traveller in the South. Mr. Ohm
sted says, on page ISIS OF his second
volume:
"only twice In Journey of four
thousand miles. made independently of
public conveyance. did receive a
nights lodging or d; repast from a
native Southerner without having the
exact price in money which was ex-