The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08
-DTsPATc RcINoND VA SUNDAY DECEMBER

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and James MONTGOMERY Bailey tIhe
| Danbury News Mani Tire volumes nre
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70 ne cotnpan!onable collectint's ~, OF az.
they are, too. OF whatever time, old or
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most distinctive contribution to the 1T
ernttre of the world.
|iDickens.. sent by the same publishers:
NJ. Welsh presents one h.inarnn a NJ
fifty. or more pen.portraits !, ol w {,
own words. arranging them, alpllaheat !.
icnlly and prefaclng each with q brief
note Indicating the place the indiyidua
p poepfs IN ta TIE sto t Iron END T Of eae
references are given to all the chapters
In the story in which the cha ,,,I.,.,
e the charaeie ens a s nom
fdittons of life.
PRINCESS POcAHONTA.,. BY AIittic
Owen McDavid. The Nealc Pub
fishing Company, OF New YORK.
$1.25.
Tile writer of this little, book has
done more than relate the romantic IN
cidents OF Pocahontas's life, or give II
picture OF her people ana her environ
mcnt she has made the woman's per-
sonality an actual thing Again ana
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heart swells with love; 1ocnliontns Is
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lions, not of any time, any place. any
English i wife: she els is very woman OF
very woman "a being breathing
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life and DEATH
American wonaniood is honored IN
this biography. for of the long linc OF
native queens. gracious and loSnni ,. ara
womanly. none has higher r,gn. ~, :.
eolonists. broken. starving, hopeless
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GApE. By the late capthin VII
liam n. Mcdonald. Edited by Bush
rod C. Washington. Mrs Kate s.
Mcdonald, publisher.
tile Ashby cavalry of the Army of
Northern Virginia and the Chew Bat
terry. Tho book. which contains It's
history is. as its editor says much
more than its name implies. II con
Army of Northern Virginia. and. IN
deed. Is the only book upon the war
that gives an account of the cavalry
campaigns from the beginning to the
end If the war.
There is none other thyt contains
an account of the tremendous hardships
and sufferfngs OF the cavalry and the
desperate fighting the last days pre-
ceding App6matox. or tfat embodies
n general account OF the cavalry cam
paigns of the Army of Northern VIZ
ginia.
IT has mn addendum of over loo
pages. containing the name and record
of nearly every soldier in the brigade
aud Chew's Battery. IN roster by
and regiments. This atone
makes 1t a valuable record and BOOK
OF reference to the family of every
soldier who served in those commands.
In this book. AshbS, the born SOL
der. is yfndicated as to the impress
sion that he was q partisan and not
n regular soldier of the first order.
Jackson, who referred to him as
great partisan commander. evidently
saws Mr.. Washington, did not use the
term in its common acceptation. The
fame acquired by Jackson In his early
campaigns in the Valley was largely
due to the part performed by Aslby.
The book contains ~? pages, IS
bound. of good print ard
is full of interesting portraits and PFC
lures. The price is SO net. and can
he had bv addressing Bushrod e. Wash
ington Lock Box i6. Charlestown, W.
Va