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

$ Fittings Tile most enchanting part OF
], 1.-THE work has to do with half q dozen
n very small girls whose young mother
i and father are friends of the lovers.
: The children grow up as naturally as
/. wild flowers, brimming over with ador-
! liable traits, and the part they playlis
/. ifreslstibly sweet and mlschievous.
Altogether this is a story any reader
. will enjoy, entertaining in every phase
!, LOT the plot with a happy ending and
a good. wholesome flavor that lasts.
!, The special features of this number
, of the Review Of Reviews for March
!. nre an illustrated character sketch pf
! Frank A. Nanderlp, the New York
Understandable the chosep success
sor of Mr.. James Stillman in the preai-
dency of tile National City Bank. by
Y Charles r. Speare: discussion of the
pros and cons Of the proposition for
4 a government guaranty of bank depos-
i its, by Gen. a. b. Nettleton and Prof.
4 David kinleS: a summarized view of
| the prospects for business recovery. by
| II. c. Watson, editor of Duns Review;
/ a careful survey of current conditions
| in the labor field, entitled The Man
HOut of Work To-day" by Arthur p.
Kellogg: an account of the successive
steps in the process of nominating a
President. by Victor Rosewater; "Por-
tugal in the Family of Nations" by
Isabel Moore; discriminating estimate
of the genius and achievements of the
American composer, Edward MacDow-
ell. by Lawrence Gilman: an illustrated
article on the Western sheep industry
by Arthur Chapman: an account of the
magnetic survey work of the Carnegie
Institution. by Herbert T. Wade;
paper on Cosmopolitan Clubs in Ameri-
can University Life by Louis Loch-
ner: and encyclopedias. Past and Pres
emit" by Louis Windmuller.
The editorial department. THE Pro-
gress of the World" contains brill
liant resumel of the record Of the
United States in international politics
during the ten years that have elapsed
since the sinking of the Maine in Ha-
vana harbor. besides interesting com
rlent on the Presidents special mes
sage. the progress of the various presi-
dental candidates.. and the usual
summary of current events.
When the historical facts about the
Branch family We're recently assem-
bied In a genealogy which Mr. James
Branch Cabell privately issued. it was
clear that the author could afford to
be pretentious along the line of n high |
Virginian ancestry. Quite on the con-
trary, Mr.. Cabell is extremely unas-
Stunning in his habits and personality. |
he lives in dignitied old mansion in |
Richmond, where he habitually re-
verses day and night in the hours for
work and sleep. Since his latest novel
Gallantry. was published. swift |
moving romance in the time of George
H., ME- Cabell has attracted many with
the stories. half historical. half fanci-
ful. which continue to appear from
time to time i'll Harper's Magazine.
where the author has won his creates,
reputation
On March 18th Messrs. Harper Il
Brothers will publish a group of new
books which include novels by William
Dean Howells and May Sinclair. The
fun list READS as follows: "Fennel and
Rue. novel BY William Dean How
ellis; The Judgment of Eve by May
sinclair: Worlds in the Making"
book of popular science involving a
new theory of cosmology. by svant.
Arrhenius; and Ponce de Leon" a
sketch for young people in the He
roes of American History" series by
Frederick "a. ODER
Mrs Humphrey Ward will sail from
England to America on March 11th
on board the Adriatic. She expects to
remain. as the guest of her cousin,
Mrs Frederick W. Whitridge, for about
SIX weeks in New York. A vast num-
Der of social arrangements have al
ready been completed for her enter
tainment. and there Is no end TO these
in sight In spite of the conjecture as
to how much of her coming experience.
she will turn Ito material it is pro-
bable that Mrs. Ward will give her +,
self over to a single minded enjoy
ment OF first impressions, and let lit
erary motives, for while at any rate.
alone.
The new novel by May Sinclair will
be published early in March; as it hap
pens, on the same day with Mr.. How
eils's "Fennel and Rue" The story Will
not be a problem novel. In any currcn,
sense of the word, at least. since it
will describe wife who is loving and
a husband who is faithful. The psy-
Geological tragedy between them which
is nevertheless involved will 1t Is
claimed. challenge the critics 10 de-
Glare whether Miss Sinclair in her
most poignant realism is not, after air
an ideaiist Of complex and subtle
that is to say. of an intensely modern
kind.
THE VALUE or CHARCOAL.