The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03

strangcst OF all, wise as we'll as al
fectionate father. To attempt to detail
his romantic res w SSar pc e.
which the authors have set them down.
The book Is full OF the spirit OF ro-
nance and cniyalry, and the stories
told as any that these delightful au-
thors have ever produced
FOR THE WEEK END. By Handa-
syde. John Lane. the Bodley Head,
New York and London. PIP. sl9.
The reason for. the title OF this APP
pears In It's reading for the story is
evolved from connected series OF
Weekend visits in English country
incidents and people in the most viva
cious and entertaining manner.
The life and amusements of the Idle
rich class that are now exciting so
men. but without malice, SO that one is
Thoroughly amused but not disguised
by what the author has to say.
The grouping together OF indtvtduals
and the contrasts , afforded ~ mike e.
an art in authorship that nnderstands
the value OF literary high lights and
makes the most of them
The two principal figures Of the book
are Mrs. Miles Heythorpe and Mortimer
Kcppel, an English officer recently re-
turned from the Roer War.
The womans Characters drawn with
Infinite charm. She is revealed as pos,
sessing infinitive tact, patience: good
temper. grace and beauty. The man
is manly. upright and honest and de-
scribed as possessing rare personal
beauty
Both are types OF their class, held
by its conventions and exactions. Mrs.
Heythrope is conscious that following
the luxury-loving creed of those around
her, she has married in haste. Unlike
them, she does not repent at leisure.
Her husband though he Is not her
ideal, is her best friend. She is not
Irritable over his toibles and finds ex-
cuses for all of his weaknesses. He
considers her an exception among wo-
sideratlon from his open admtra ton for
others.
Between Mrs. Heythorpe and Morti-
mer Keppel lie the possibilities OF a
Before the disalluslons OF time can
lesson or destroy it. death tntervenes,
death "the most irrevocable thing in
the. world, but not the saddest-not
quite
THE FLIGHT TO EDEN. BY Harri-
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| a1S. S1.50.
The scenes of the first three chapters
are laid in and near London. about the
year 1870. Basil Forester, through
tragic experience, comes to feel that
his love can only bring sorrow or
death to a beloved object. and fees
to remote Tomocala on the east coast
of Florida, where most of the action
passes.
Although he finds an Eve there. this
is not the Eden of the title. for he
| finds thero also the menace of vio-
Ilent DEATH a rude chivalry unknown
IN his English experience, and the
shadow OF London. He is notable for
vivid descriptions of a little known
corner OF the great American republic.
! and for dramatic situations handled
I with marked restraint and naturalness.
TIFF t GR ~ OF TT, THE I'm, MAKE,H ~
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| With its fresh and ingenious plot,
It's subtle humor and genuine senti-
len is oneSof tho most pleasing stories
| OF the Year. The hero, Gilbert Byfield,
a rather quiSotic young man of wealth
and social position, becomes interested
on the impulse supplies her avaricious.
but shift1ess. relations with a sum of
money sufficient to give her an unex-
pected and much--needed holiday. The
! strl,e the gift into sudden fortune;
!, aud with the unsuspecting girl for a
shield proceed TO live upon his bounty
| in tho most unblushing fashion. The
story concerns itself with the schem-
/ ings and plottings of tlloarelati ves, ana
tho attempt Of Byfield to outwit them.
/ TIE. Luck or THE. DUDLEY. Ora
HAMS. By Alice Calhoun Halnes.
| Henry Holt & Company. Of New
a sPoFv o rp sSi f liz for bov. and
girls between nine and sixteen years.
How the family were poor and kept a
4 SoardinE.house, how thcy lost their
4 boarders and We're poorer still: how
| Ermine. tho little sister, persisted IN
\ looking for the lost Dump cart con-
good things ! gonlS it could be found,
land whether In the end she found 1T,
4 There We're funny things that hap
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hoy Horniman. bi Lii D. B ass,N. 4 4
COMPANY, Of Boston, publishers,
/ A brilliant story with a novel ana
saudacions plot,a clever hero, IL charms
/ ing love interest md entertaining dla-
thespriyata secretary OF Lord Cnmnar-
|Ileigl3tp learn&llis great secret Is one
OF the most fascinating heroes In cur
trent fiction, . "a
4 THO PRINCESS rouRQUoI. BY Mar
SIC. sl5o ~ s'N' e
~ Five clever parable are here told In
4 tho form Of ola-fashicnetl{ fairy tales
4 with a mediacYal setting aud flavor
ana yst With very m, modern ,meanins