The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

reality. 1t Ia only recently that the
present Mrs. Henley has heard OF tile
death of her fret husband. Dick
Wrinkle, who has long been lost to
view as d wanderer In the wide world.
She therefore. feels az IL recently be-
reaved, and insists upon having a mon
ument set UP In the village cemetery
and a funeral rmo preached.
Alfred is thus placed In the position
OF being asked to- attend the belated
%obscquics of his predecessor.
But while Alfred is the victim of an
ironic fortune, he calls for sympathy
in quite another relation. Next door,
to him lives Dixie Hart, an attractive
young girl, who does a mans work in
trying to support herself and her Wild
owed mother. She is pathetically anx-
ious to marry and he rid OF her bur-.
dens. even going to the length OF cor
responding with a mar she has never
seen. Alfred, who understands all this.
acts as her friend, eventually rescuing
her from the clutches of the village
skinflint,Sw own the land upon
which she lives. unconsciously the
two fall In love, but on Alfred's part
to HIS wife. The situation Is eventu-
ally solved In a way that is consistent
with the characters OF all concerned In
it. It turns out that Dick Wrinkle. the
first husband. isn't dead after all. and
hearing of his wifess second marriage.
5he.Adecides TO return. Meanwhile the
woman has come INTO "a little property
and has taken on airs that help.to es-
TRANCE her from her de facto husband.
The conclusion pictures Alfred and
Dixie as happy, In spite OF the gro
-.-. Z - - q - 80 ~ n IA y n S,o /, n EI
Mr.. Harben's so-called Southern nov
els always recall to the observant and
Intelligent class among Southern read
!ers the thought OF a little boy who was
sbroughtFup by his mother to think that
he must never say anything disagree
able of oma During a visit OF
an aforementioned spinster to his home,
a mischievous uncle of the boys test
ed his principles by asking what he
thought Of Miss Emily. The boy
flushed. but was mindful Of his moth
er'ss %admonition. Well" unused he
frankly, .".she is not pretty, and l don't
think she's pleasant, but" he said. his
eyes brigtening,"she's right healthy
looking"
SO, II the question comes up about
the Harben&novels. They do not rep
resent Southern life and people as
~SouIherners know them, but they may
speak the truth from Mr.. Harben's
point OF view. and they are certainly
harmless. because they are pointless.
.yvherc,s MasterY'
BY Caesar. Holder g. Stoughton, of
New York. George II. Dorans Company.
The little dog that was for years the
Intimate friend and companion of King
Edward of England, who slept on the
Kings bed, and, by order of Queen Al
fexandra; marched directly behind the
gun carriage that bore King Edwards
remain on the day of his funeral, Is
represented as having written a pathet-
&c. little book, tender and touching IN
the extreme. The book Is called
"Where's MASTER" and It's unknown au-
jthorship renders 1t all the more attrac-
tive.
..Burning Daylikht."
By Jack London. The Macmillan Co.
of New York. S1.50.
Not since the publication Of THE
Call of the Wild has Jack London
written anything so full Of animation.
SO vivid. so trimming rel with tho
Astounding NY of life. SO pregnant
with h ambitions and the elemental
forces OF existence In a Klondike land.
where tn. daily struggle and Its COM
pensating joys are vitalized in a way
that ~differentiates from anything tnat
the rest of the world dreams of or
experiences. ..ls
burning Daylight. was a man 80
Ii~ndividualized by this@name that no
other seemed to At him. a creature Of
tireless energy and unflagging deter
mination. to wrest wealth and compel
Opportunity to his advantage before
leaving Alaska, to play. the millionaire
game In the great outside American
world of civilization.
And then when Burning Daylight.
had succeeded: when he had grown
rich beyond his hopes and turned his
back on the land which had given
him gold. he still intended to accu-
mulate and pile up money power in
New York and San Francisco.
But instead. the common fate OF
mankind overlook lima fortunate
fate in his. case, For he fell in love
with asgood and beautiful woman, anu
for her sake he was willing to- give
Sup his ambitions and live simply In
"a mountain retreat and substitute
peace and happiness for feverishnass
and unrest.
"His.s Hour.
BytElinor SGlyn. D. Appleton & Co.
of New York. $3.50.
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a young English widow. but the main
figure in itais a. membersof the Rus
sian noyal family. whom the au-
thoress calls Prince Milaslavski,,, and
who is represented to be a member
of the royal. fanny of Russia.
The English Widow has a. Russian
sgodmother, supposed to sbe the Grand
Duchess Vladimir. thinly disguised for.
purposes of fiction. The widow meets
the prince in EgYpt. and her inlagina-
8tion is AT once so fred by his charm
that one lis, made to think she goes
to. st: Petersburg to continue the Sae-
Squaintance.ss
The prince: is described as "a beau
tiful, fierce loYer."FA strain of Cossack
ancestry in his blood excuses his
being whatever the whim of the mo-
ment derides,s buffoon or court ofa-
scial. cruel TO brutality, OF grave and
geourteously reserved.
The English widow plays withs5fre
and rets burnt. But she seems toslikes|
being burnt and. to submit her will
entirely to the all-eonquering prince.