The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-02

starts to his old home, charged with
many messages believed by Lucinda to
be eiIicacious In bridging the gulf OF
silence and separation between herselI
and parent. who for months had
been In the grave
The evil hour OF revelation and re-
tribution STAYED off by Oliver comes
swiftly on after this. Lucinda's grief
and indignation at Sir divers duplic'
ity and fraud deleaaes her from the
Nhrall for her lover. which is the true
cause Of her weakness against herselr
She leaves him alone with his con-
science. and he comes gradually to
gpcrveive that the love she has
tenkindled In his heart Is the nearest
approach to n noble emotion that ne
has ever felt After his poor fashion
he makes amends to Lucinda. But
his atonement to her cannot cure other
evil deeds OF his youth. He renped
before he finished as he had sown. HIS
son, Sir Ralph. inherited Croxley Han,
untenanted until he came to nannoon.
and Lucinda, when the evil shadoW OF
Sir divers presence Was lifted from
her life, became Milady Fotherlngay.
The book may be considered as IN
accurate picture OF the times about
winch III lS WTIlLeiIs u pCiAcNt HSUS'
so sordid and so devoid of finer feel.
ings and purposes, that It's realistis
representation revolts instead OF at
tracing the Imagination.
The mind OF the reader receives two
strong Impressions in the perusal OF
IAN Affair OF Dishoner." The first Is
the influence exerted even over IN"
coarsest mind by contact with an abb
fapaar> haarfed and
faithful woman, such as Lucinda Man.
leyerer is show to be. The second
is that there is no truth more forcihlY
Illustrated in life, than that the VIII
full sins of mans youth are tina
ghosts that confront him at every
turn in his maturer years. when the
wind he has raised grows into whirl-
wind strong enough to sweep MIN out
of existence.
After "Alice- For Short" and ut
Never Can Happen Again." one turns
with difficult point OF view to An
AFFAIR OF Dishonor." And that Is WHY
1t were best in class to itself. Tor
| 1t docs not naturally go with these
others that linger SO enchantingly IN
| the memories OF many who are con-
| stantly recalling them because thss
know them ''by heart"
.The Old Virginia Gentleman and
Other sketches."
BY George w Bagby. Charles Serb
ners' Sons, of New York. s1.5o.
In his Introduction to THE Old
Virginia Gentleman and Other Sketches
I-sketches of Virginia life In the era
OF the War Between the states-by Or
| George w. Bagby, Thomas Nelson
| Page says: Next to Poe, the mos
/ original Of all Virginia writers was ne
| whose reputation in his lifetime rested
/ mainly IN humorous sketches OF .
mildly satirical and exceedingly orig
/ ina1 type. but who was master OF
pathos rarely excelled by any au.ho'
and rarely equa1ed by any America
/ author. Like Poe. his work was know
/ among his contemporaries merely y.
small co.erie Of friends. But thess
1 adored him. ~. ,h.o
lute1y imaginative sketch or tale-s'
purely Imaginative that to discoSe'
! an, local color by which to give
i locality It IS necessary to anaiyze IN
Il work for unintentional traces OF M
surroundings. George w. Bagpy, o.
j the other hand. was absolutely reallsll
i so purely realistic that no one CO.
read even at random. page OF M
genre sketches and not recognize
once the truth of the picture ana pom
4 ~ its original. He was not 1acl l1,
i ~. hut realist. Among al
4 Wir.,n,a,s writer's few have had tn