The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
and then takes up the record OF 1Sather-
inc Som nrNilln'a 1yldn Uhnnd

ana then takes up the record OF Kather-
Inc Somervics wldowhood.
There is wealth of incident In the
book the length of time written about
and the many characters introduced maxi
Ing 1t difficult for the mind to receive
clear und definite impressions of them
ALL The merit of the book lies IN it's
! description of Southern home life at THE
Oaks and mt "Briarfcld" These de-
scrIptions are very simple but very life
| like, and convey an accurate idea of the
occupations and social intercourse among
| the refined and educated class of South
ern people, and of the associations be-
tween the colored servants and their
| owners.
| THE K1NSNrAN. BY Mrs. Alfred sitlg-
wick. From the Macmillan Company,
| of New York, through the Bell Book
and Stationery Company, Of Rich
mond.
| This is one of the publications of the
| spring that will attract more than a
passing notice on account of Its merit
and the excellent way in which it is
| presented.
Mrs. sidgwlck is evidently a woman of
unusual literary ability. as evidenced in
every line and paragraph OF "The kins-
| man."
Two men are set in absolute contrast
In the book--one full of the tastes and
impulses of the English cockney, without
ambition or desire to make the most of
life and its opportunities; the other a
| gentleman In fact. as both are by here
dity, kindly by nature and correct in
thought, speech and appearance.
These men are cousins, and the former
believing he has good reason to believe
1.-THE latter dead, within a few hours after
his arrival in England, where he Is an
utter stranger. trades on an extrnordl-
| nary resemblance and endeayors to i'm
personate his kinsman.
The results are grotesque and must be
read to be appreciated The book CON
cludes with matters set right and with
the characters happily married, the mis-
creant having been spared just punish
ment because of the clemency Of the man
| whose position he has usurped, and who
rewards him not according to his des-
serts, but the desserts Of the woman
who loves him and to whom he Is finally
| united
THE SPIRIT OF LABOR. BY 1Tuchins
Hapgood. Published by Fox. Duhed
& CO., of New York. PIP 410. s1.5O.
The life-story of Chicago labor leader
and trade unonist illustrates the mean
ing of Mr.. lIapgood's Spirit of Labor, .
and Eliminates the never-ending prob
lem Of the conflict between labor and
capital.
The man whose biography is given in
the book as being type OF intellectual
vigor, of "a free, anarchistic habit OF
mind whose days were devoted to
work and whose nights were usually
given up to trades-union activities, or
to radical meeting of one kind or an
other"
VI He was born. Mr.. Hapgood informs his
i, lra in, 1,o ~
he. with his mother and her younger
; children, followed the father to Clinton
, Iowa.
, At twelve years old Anton--for so the
r German was named--went to work II
a brck-yard at twenty-five cents day
for ten hours work, When he was
fourteen he obtained work in sash
and door factory. where he remained
for eight years.
Afterward he went to Chicago ant
joined for while the band OF nomadit
: workmen. He travelled extensively
through the South and into Mexico
gaining much In the way of experience
, He returned home to Clinton, Iowa
! married a good, Industrious German girl
and, after many ups and downs, a re
/. version to tramp life and the holding o
!, numerous positions, he went to Chicago
and secured position in a union shop
AT the time when Mr.. Hapgood begins
his biography he is thirty-three year
old, a resident of Chicago, successful a
, an artisan and man of influence in tn
Chicago unions. Certainly the reade
who takes UP Mr.. Hapgoods book vii
find that he has approached his subjec
| from the average standpoint of the work
| ingman, and to those interested in TIL
| problem which he offers for consldera
| t,,n. the views expressed must prov
| valuable in the way of information an
| instruction.
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