The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-12
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IGOOD CITIZENSHIP. BY Grover Clcvc
, land. Henry Altemus Co, Philu
II delpliia 30 cents.
Mr.. Clevclhnds Good Citizenship Il
!. rightly called by It's publishers 20 lit
i, tie masterpiece. a primer of patriotism
fostering an Intelligent and unselfisi
4 love of country
patriotism and good citizenship. Mr.
: Cleveland points out, arc not virtues
Ito be exercised once or twice q year
:. but duties to be practiccd daily from
Z New Years Day to New Years Eve
lThey are not alone the duties of the
! great and powerful, but debts that
Il are owed with equal gertrude by the
4 humblest and most obscure.
Y NO one can scan these pages, how
ever hastily. without saving to him
4 self: Here is a man who breaches VIVA.
i for lifetime he has been practicnS.'n
MEMORY DAYS. BY Alexander S. Pax
ton. Tho Neale Publishing Co. of
New York. $3.50
4 Mr. Paxton fills his book with remi-
niscences of the beautiful Shenandoah
| Valley interspersed with glimpses OF
lschool days and the life of Virginia
people of fifty years ago. The volume
lis dedicated to the memory of his
father and mother.
| 1t contains thirty-six chapters. the
first drawing contrast in description
between the Shenandoah Valley ana
Eastern Virginia. and the second and
| third reverting to Crystal Spring. IN
I Rockbridge county, near an academy
OF the same name, and recounting the
legend OF its sparkling waters; then
picturing to the readers mind the daily
round of life at Quarry Hill, near Lex
Iington, tho home of the author.
Here, Mr.. Paxton says, looking
back to the house: Though it is plain
in architecture, 1t is beautiful TO me.
There Is the garden by whose walls are
beds OF thyme and the old-fashioned
lplnks (which. love to smell. In the
yard stand six Lonlbardy poplars. tail.
graceful. aristocratic. looking down on
their neighbours. III our home we We're
taught practically the fifth command
ment. We never questioned. except in
"a limited way, the authority and Wis
dom of our parents.
Our social intercourse was free and
pleasant. Bring your knitting and
spend the day was an invitation often
accepted. and the ladies would sit and
talk and knit, and knit and talk. SPEND
ing the evening was also customary.
and to me the climax Of the event was
tile good supper. the hot biscuit,
chicken gravy and preserves. Thus,
the surroundings OF my old nome were
such as made young life pleasant and
better. TO me it seemed paradise, and
my home in many respects was typical
of others in the community.
In this retrospective vein and III
pleasant style the book continues
throughout. Memories of school life,
with its lunch baskets. its blne-back
spoilers, its classes in geography and
grammar its recitations, games. disci-
pine and its successive teachers oc-
Cupy much of its space. Crystal Spring
Academy having evidently been cen-
tire of much interest in educational lie
for the youth of Rockbridge county.
The Virginia Military Institute, at
Lexington. comes into play in one OF
the best chapters OF Mr.. Paxton's book,
| otherwise tnencefofward devoaed to
railing Spring Church. Washington
College TO tournaments and to last
visit to Crystal Spring. The book
through its tone OF simplicity, truth
and realism makes q special appeal 70
INirginians of the Shenandoah Valley
and to others throughout the state to
whom
The bloom and fragrance Of bygone
,v,,, ,1,,,sa, ,,oir hearts forover."
WI it''e
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,,,,, = = o.. Jar,es BALDWIN. Tha
,,1,a,.io,, poo,, 90 Ak cents
80, a,,i,ar.., i;l,s IL ,ear of the Iilli.
~ ~ ,.s,.s - ny SAT IN the nalm OF
t.,,,,i,ar.s e. hand snd Of the Rrobding-
nagian baby who cried to have Guilt
liver given TO him as q playthinS. But
nov. coppnt we'll rea1 these stories In