The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-07

pleasant, nor does the reader object
to the setting and accessories OF
wealth and leisure, the motor car and
the country house, amid which he finds
himself.
The actual denoument of the
story is dramatically deferred until
Marjorie and Bruce appear together In
the Chinese opera. THE Beggar
Prince" The gentleman thief has
quite clearly not yet played out his
part in our romantic fiction. and this
enga ging variation from ;he conven-
tIonal type is sure of hearty and adj
mlring welcome.
HopkInson smiths New Novel.
The Quality called atmosphere" IL.
a story, the impression that it conveys
or reality, OF sincerity, OF environ
ment, is as varied as the lives Of men
No story-te1ler Of our day better
succeeds at the very outset IN Great
ing an atmosphere than r. Hopkinson
Smith, whose Fortunes of oliver
Horn" was so greatly admired when 1T
appeared as serial in Scribner's
Magazine, and whose new novel, Ken
nedy Square" begins e November
THE old square was in Baltimore,
place Of birds and trees and flowers,
Giant magnolias filled the air with
their fragrance, and climbing roses
played hide and seek among the rail-
ings OF the rotting fence
Mr.. Smith always introduces his
readers to group of people that ara
worth knowing, and ne has the faculty
OF putting them before us in man
ner that at once piques curiosity and
enlists the sympathIes. Tig time or
the new story Is set back some years
before the war, and 1t begins with a
charming picture OF the return of a
Southern gentleman from hunting
trip and with a dramatic incidexn that
leads at once into the love Story that
the author knows SO we'll how to deal
with. There is an element of idealsm.
cheerful and genial appreciation OF
character, a spirit OF irradiatng op-
timism pervading the story. No one
better understands the underlying ten
derness that SO often ATTACHED master
and man. father and son, In the old
South or the pride OF race and often
wilful. blind selfshness that has been
the cause Of much unhappiness. In
one of the late chapters there Is most
remarkable and intensely dramatic
scene, in which Edgar Poe appears.
There Is no lack of movement; the
story goes on rapidly and with con-
SldAl1y
Unique Production.
A young Richmond boy Preston
Dean. of North Twenty-ifth street. is
the author OF romance which he has
entitled Nellie Gray 1t has been
typewriter, illustrated and bound BY
himself in green and white, the cover
design showing the photograph of the
hero and heroine inclosei in double
hearts
The little book is dedicated TO Nellie
Gray. whose picture appears as a from
ttspiece. She Is a Richmond girl and
the heroine of a pretty love story, be-
ginning with meeting between her
and the hero--ictitiously called Rob
Roy-in front of Leigh stree. Baptist
Church.
The young author has shown no little
ingenuity In composition and work
manship. and is to be congratulated
upon his being able, not only to write.
but to publish his novelette,.
DR.. Eesleston's Ro~k.
DIR. Edward Eggleston, of Amelia
Courthouse, is hard at work upon All
exhaustive and scientific work on The
American Negro" The doctor has re.
Gently given UP his NAgR in Richmond
ana removed 10 -AIllelld IN OVuer ludi
he may be freer to devote his whole
time and attention to the subject upon
which he is engaged. He belongs to
a family of writer's, and has had un-
usual opportunities for observation and
preparation along the lines OF the ne
gro question Els work will be looked
forward to with Interest.
ssThe Boy Rancliers of Puget Sound.,'
BY Harold Bindloss. Frederick a.
Stokes Company. of New York, through
the Bell Book and Stationery Company
of Richmond. $3.50.
This boys story by the author OF
many popular novels, tells how Franz
Whitney. at the age of sixteen when
thrown upon his own resources. feels
the call of the West and goes out to
seek his fortune. He begins work or
ranch bordering on Puget Sound
where he and the rancher's son have
an interesting life learning all the ms
and outs of ranching, and in spare
| moments 60 swimming. canoeing OF
| shooting in the wild country about
| and dream of the time when they will
have ranch of their own.
Not long. however, are they left
| without stirring adventure. A mystic
lrious dark schooner makes its appear
/
team Is stolen. The boys do some de.
tective work and soon become involved
! in a conflict with smugglers of opium
| and Cinnamon. This finally develops
into siege and pitched battle. from
| which the boys derive an advantage
| leading to a satisfactory conclusion o,
| the book
From the same publishers through
| the same Richmond firm have beer
| also received Masters OF the Wheat
lands" by Harold Bindloss; "Youne
Duck Shooters in Camp" by FranI Z
| Kellog and Dick Among the Lumber.
Jacks by A. w. Dimock These book:
are priced. respectively. at s1.30, SIP;
and $3.50.
1 Masters of Wheatlands" is full Of
| the v!gor of fortune building in new
4 land. and carries on no less than three
/ dramatic love stories.
Young Duck Shooters In Camp tell.
!. the story of two boys, one of whom /:
1 recovering from an illness, who spend
i TIC IN