The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10

Blake and s"The Two Natures OF Eous-
Bcau" make Originating reading. THE
Operate Triumph OF Oscar Hammer
stein" tho notable plays Of the month,
Ludwig Fuldn's second dramatic Filing
at the Kaiser" and many other drama
tic events arc ably discussed. The eli
macteric scenes OF Henry Arthur Joness
"Hypocrites." the strongest play Of the
year take up several pages. Bernard
Shaw's I,cligon," Tho Rise and Fall
OF Dowieisn,'' and "a New Kind OF
immortality" make the department OF
religion and ethics unique Of It's kind.
why the Dwellcrs in Mars DO Not
Make War and "Plensures and Pains
OF Bacteria" are the leading features
OF the science department. Recent
Poetry" and "Reccnt Fiction and the
Critics" are unusually brilliant. even
for this sprlghtly eclectic periodical.
THE MYSTERY. BY Stewart Edward
White ana Samuel Hopkins Adams.
illustrated by Will Crawford. and
published by Mcclure. Phillips &
Co.. OF Now York. PIP. 26G, $3.50.
The mystery OF this book Is a mys-
terry OF the sea and Of men that go
down into 1t IN ships and are seen no
more. 1t concerns itself with the
United States cruiser Wolverine, com
missioned to destroy dereicts, and with
German scientist, and Ralph Slade,
American free-lance writer and artist
on the Laughing Lass" schooner
that when last seen, was sighted about
ago miles northeast OF Oahu, In good
shape and going westward
.The Mystery lies in the explanation
of the GRAND on which the Laughing
Lass" was bent, the personality of the
ragamufin crew on board Of her. the
! ultimate fate Of the scientist, and his
experiments, by which he hoped to
achieve what great minds had attempt
ed before him and failed in accom-
pllsrlng. The book is filled with ex-
citing Incidents and lively Interest, AZ
a story OF adventure, 1T cannot fail
| to captivatc the Imagination and hold
the attention of the reader.
THE WHITE DARKNESS. BY Law
| renee Mott. Frank q. Schoonover
81, and Cyrus Cuneo, illustrators. PIP.
3oS, $3.50.
| This is a collection Of short stories
with the West and great Northwest as;
| a background, and the tragedies and
comedies of the primal lifo stirring
| within both to move readers to tears
! o1 laughter. as the one or the other
comes uppermost The stories are
strongly written with vitality and
| a power In description and narration
4 that render them intense to degree.
! The realities of human nature al
| ways move the mind and heart OF the
reader They Will be found here in
fascinating guise.
| IN THE LAND OF THE RoMBURG.
BY Benjamin ClaI Warren. The
Broadway Publishing Co., Of New
| York.
A lurid production that turns upon
| many social problems and many ques-
| tons that are treated in manner that
1 renders their mention even from a
! moral standpoint unfortunate
! Islander, and nck Of decency In In
| d:viduul relationship are discussed. but
| discussed to little purpose In SO far as
| clearing the heavily clogged book at
! r.osphere is concerned. The book, from
beginning to end, is Objectionable and
| sensational and cannot be recommend
] ed.
Dodd, Mead & Company will issue
| this spring new romantic novel OF
| the "Graustark" style. entitled Hi
ma" by William Tillinghast Eldridge.
1t will be beautifully illustrated by
Harrison Fisher and Martin Justice.
"Brewsters Million" by George Barr
McCutcheon, has been dramatized. and
| is enjoying successful run at tho
/ New Amsterdam Treatre in New York.
/ One OF the most-talked-of books In
! England at present is THE Priest"
nv Harold Begbie, well-lnown Lon
don journalist. Dodd Mead & Com
pany will publish the book this spring
Under q new title "The Penalty"
The National Magazine sparkles with
able, entertaining. interesting and live
reading. Admiral Robley D. Evans,
whom the American people affection
ately call "Fighting Bob" Is a con-
tributor. and his story. Forty seven
! Years In the Navy" deals with condi-
/ tions-things that he has seen and
fclt; it Is not history. but Is alive with
action from the first line to the last
entsnce, The Menace of the yellow
Empire" by Hallett Robbins, and "The
Japanese question from California
] View Point" by Congressman Il. a.
Hayes are two contributions OF vital
Interest AS a "Jap' head appears on
question Of the yellow man is most
thoroughly taken up IN this number
OF thu National. "Haroun al Rashad
In South America" by Sandy Broad,
/. an article o. interest and strength.
The home department is filed with
things of interest AFFAIRS a. Wash-
/ ington" and "rhe Happy Habit arc Joe
Mitchell Chapple'a regular department.
. "Wa!fs, or Poems by Bernard Grady
is the title OF most attractive little
volume, issued by Robert Grier Cooke,
l Incorporated, New York, Its publishers.
Under It's cover are harvested the first
fruits OF this new poets muse; as eX-
planned in his modest foreWord, which.
In itself, Is a poem In prose.
Every lover Of verse will rejoice in
the matter presented. The first poem,
"Grievlng Mays Departure" strikes a
minor chord perhaps In such verse as
Good-b is the word that comes to rest
Its weight on the heart OF the lightest
/ breast;
And awaken the soul to thought Of
i gloom
The word Of all words would cntomb.
The cover drawing for the February
Peoples Magazine is the work Of w.
r, Leigh. Other contributors for the
month are; John II. Whitson. Arthur
j, strlnger. Brand Whitlock, Edwin l..