The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-26

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THE LAST OF THE 1IouGHToNs. b
Richard Wallace Buckley. TIL
Ncalc Publishing Company OF Ne,
York 3t,5O.
Buckley has written a startling an
compelling story. one that is we'll stis
S3taincd and wrought out and weird al
most beyond acceptance In the rcalis
tic light OF to-day.
The period of the book goes back t
1.-THE Colonial days OF Virginia, whe,
8s;llas Houghton. scholar, soldier an,
later In life an Egyptologist. lived OF
his Virginia plantation.
Before coming to the Virginia col
Sony he had represented the Englisl
government in Egypt and had bccom,
the intimate friend Of Tcos Dyonesus
powerful native sheik who gave t
Houghton papyrus roll tina t claimed
70 be an extract from the famous Bool
of the Dead. which described til,
ancient process of naturalization
Prior to his departure from Egypt
sllas Houghton married the daughter
OF the sheik, Shura Dyonesus.
He died In Virginia on his plantation
IN 1850. and left his possessions to his
son John, a commonplace enough In
dfvidual. Tho plantation and the pa by .
rus roll came in turn to Edgar, Johns
heir, In whom the idiosyncrasles OF his
grandfather were repeated.
Morbid brilliant and eccentric, Ed
gar Houghton holds himself aloof from
his neishbors and shuts himself closely
into his mystery haunted old house.
People shook their heads and whis-
pered. when Hal Houghton, last of the
line. buoyant and gallant, broke the
opposition Of his fathers wishes and
rode away to join tho Federal army.
few hours later his horse came
nome riderless. but Halls fate, whether
ne was killed in battle or not. where
ne was. II living: why he made no sign
and sent no word to his sweetheart
I.unld calvert, were questions that men
and, women were perpetually puzzlinr
over 1"N''''
AND the colonels Inheritance. the ST.
zen. house with its vast attic and its
SelioWed papyrus-a part of the Book
pI the Dead. handed down from the col,
pneFs grandmother. woman from t,,e
land OF the Sphinx-held the kew to the
unsolvable riddle with which the storv
% filled which overshadows It from
beginning to ending. '''
AT THE FOOT OF THE RA1Npor
BY Gene stratton- Porter. The
Outing Publishing Company. ~
New York. $780, -
me scene Of this charming idyllic
love story is laid in Central India
The setting is entirely rural, and most
OF the action is out OF doors. Four
color paintings, illustrating and adorn-
IDS IT'S pages, are done by Oliver Kemp.
tsaipn fietcher Seymour Is the artist
-: ior =, me book designs and decorations.
me story Is one Of devoted friend
ship and self-sacrificing love. tho
friendship that gives freely without
exacting return. and the love that
seeks first the happiness OF the object.
The novel Is brimful of beautiful ma
ture pictures, pathos and tender. senti-
ment.
THE DEsTRoYERs. BY John F..
carter. Jr. The Neale Publishing
Company. $780,
A strong mans struggle against or
ganized labor is Mr.. Carter's theme,
and he has written closely knit and
wcll-sustatned story. 1.-THE Destroy
crs" is mans book-rapid. stirring,
convincing. full OF the passion and
action OF the men who move great
economic forces. control wide COM
mercial interests. ~
a
man, man conscious OF power. who
believes in his power. conserves It. and
never denies 1t; a man who knows how
to walt until the other fellow lashes
himself to pieces; who can manipulate
all things to his own ends, ana subject
his passions to his character, his ideal
OF himself.
This young Napoleon of the coal
fields" resourceful tender hearted,
go nd to-,
says. with the process whereby a lot
Of ignorant miners, led by bunch OF
money grabbing grafters can be fore
ed to keep their contracts or be fired
bodily out Of the mines or shops.
That's my problem, and by all that's
eternal, I'm going to solve it!'
The book i story of mans
world withttwo clever women in 1t,
and yiotorS:@whose? Who conquers
in that woman's world that lies ABOUT
that other world. the world OF men
and dollars and stocks. OF fight and
power?
Then jump. or maybe I swim, but
1cross,' said Tom Steele. Who truly
conquers? Read 1.-THE Destroyers," FOR
all8victory is complex, after all. as well
as relative. and in two worlds there
must be several victories.
THE SCARLET SHADOW, BY Walter
Hurt. Appeal Publishing Com
pany. OF Girard. Kansas. sl.50.
This is a story OF the celebrated
Colorado-Idaho conspiracy. The scene
opens in Denver, Colorado, during
May Of 1901.
Two of the principal characters II
sthc book are Frank Walton ant
Shofoth. both newspaper men. Boil
loved the same girl, Jeanette Mel
Note and Shofoth won her.
"A letter left him by Walton. VIII
committed suicide. explained muc
that had been a puzzle before. Thi
letter announces his real characte
Il and his connection and sympathy wit
the Terrorist wing of the Russian revo
lutionary party. 1t also proclaimc
him as the assassin of Governor Steun
enberg. OF Idaho. and his motives Q
revenge in committing the murder
The romance is very highly colored an
spiced.
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