The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08

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# dying. The treatise Is true to science
and nevertheless written for the ma
: in the street" DR. Quackenbos is we
S known in the world OF medical hyp
$ notism, and his Views carry authority
: AS a record of humanity, the book vii
amaze and impress all sorts of readers
v1RG1N1E. BY Ernest oldmeadou
The Mcclure Co.. Of New York
publishers. s15o.
a highly imaginative romance in TIL
seasons output of fiction virginie
!. the heroine, appears in color as TIL
. ornament in miniature of the cover
and leads the reader on from til,
minute she is released in an uncon
scious condition from a cake OF ict
, to final denouement as astonishing
as 1t is interesting. She is called
"Leetle'' in the book, and Is left II
charge of n man who. after rescuinn
her from extreme peril, becomes hei
4 lover, and at the last is loved by her
i in return. The book situations are
highly wrought. and incidents follow
so quickly one upon the heels OF the
other that attention has no time for
tagging.
THOMAS ALvA EDISON. BY Francis
| Arthur Jones. Thomas Y. Crowell
| e. Co., of New York. publishers.
$500.
| This work will probably take rank
as the most important biography of
the present year. Indeed few books
of the last decade have dealt with per-
sonages more historic than the in
ventor of so many Iatter-day marvels.
The name of Edison Is known the world
around, and he is regarded abroad as
one of the greatest men America has
thus far produced.
His life story as here given reads
like the romance which it has been:
AT fourteen. a shock -headed news
butcher" newspaper editor and chem
ical experimenter-all on train board;
at eighteen. tramp" telegraph opera
tor, with a wonderful speed record: at
twenty-five, full-fedged inventor. SELL
ing his stock-ticker for the fabulous
sum ito him) of forty thousand dol
lars. After this start. the quadrupleX
telegraph. the dynamo, the ncandes-
cent light, the photograph. the kineto-
scope and many things equally Won
derful have followed, until the public
has finally ceased to be astonished at
anything this man does. and calmly
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llimself-long unknown--is intensely
human, with failings like the> rest of
us and humor like the best of us. All
this the biographer shows. He has
made the most of a wonderfully attrac-
tive subject. giving book replete with
anecdotes. descriptions of inventions
and Illustrations.
THE LADY OF THE MOUNT. BY
Frederic S. 1sham The Bobbs-
Merrill Co., of indianapolis. pub
fishers. sl.50.
This is story of the Black Seig-
neur. who held such power over the
peasants along the coast of France
in the days of the Revolution: of his
love for the Governors daughter, and
how he wooed and won her.
Far above him in station as circum-
stances seem to place these two. their
love and mutual sacrifices, the one for
the other. brought out all that was
noblest in both natures. and after
much danger and grief, made them
man and wife. The book is splendidlv
written, and is wildly presented
picture of social conditions during the
Revolutionary period in France.
THE CAT AND THE CANARY. Bv
Margaret Cameron Harper &,
Bros. through the Bell Book and
Stationery Co., of Richmond. 81.
The title refers to the old saying
about the innocent expression on the
face of the cat who ate the canary.
Just because man tried to please his
wife. he found himself kind of rob-
Der with "A lingerie garment from a
strangers wash concealed under his
coat, and the five-dollar bill to pay
~ hal zinc x,1r H.
man and his wife We're motoring home |
from the country club late at night
with two guests, and the incident
takes place on the road in the moon
light, watchman's whistle waking
up the owner of the house and wash
The predicament of having to take !
off your coat in strangers house |
with piece of his property wound
round you underneath, just after you
had proved your innocence of its theft |
would seem to be about the end of !
hope. The hero. however, has an In |
piration-contriVes miraculous trick, |
so that nobody suspects anything |
wrong except the owner. and the eff |
feet on him is not unfortunate; in !
fact. it is one of the most impressive
surprises in the story. a little every
day farce-comedy, reasonable In spite |
OF its absurdity. and ripping with
amusement.
LETTERS AND LITERARY MEMO
RAILS OF SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
Edited by John Bigelow, Ill. D. !
From Harper & Bros through the |
Bell Book and Stationery Co. Of |
Richmond. Two vols. $500 net.
These volumes are valuable con-,
trbution to American political his
tory for they not only tend to the
further illumination of notable ca
recr, but throw new and Important
light upon the public movements in
which Mr. Tilden was concerned. and
upon the character and motives OF
the public men with whom he came