The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-26

OF much els. .wo of the kindest ..earto
In the world the gentle priest, whose
memories Of home and love are bound
in few wlthered rose petals and y
bit OF faded blue ribbon, and tho
faithful old housekeeper. who had
never had a child OF her own, anA
who is consequently devoted to the
child OF another tnat Is Committed
to her care.
Everything about Peggy is snll OK
interest A sampler finished by
Sarah gannister in 1876" AMI found
by the priest at the bottom Of tho
black box that contains the baby's
clothing. furnishes the clue to he:
name. Her foster mother lives In
cottage with q generous wealth OF
flowers around and about Il, and when
she IS ola enough To express a prefer.
encc Sne. a human biossom, Is trans.
ferred from cottage surroundings 10
the presbytery OF Corpus Christi
Chapel. where the years scamper ~
while the cloak Of Romance is being
embroidered for her wearing.
Her love story is very simple one.
Just the record OF how the eyes OF
a girl dreaming under the presbytefy
roof look into otner eyes watching
her from an attic opposite. Then the
cloak of Romance cnvelops her. Love
brings her happiness but 1t alao
brings her sorrow, and when the sor-
row comes Peggy tries, aft.r the man
ner of young thing that Is sorely
grieved, TO find rest and forgetfulness
from 4, .Ithin the walls OF con-
vent.
, Before the ;r:cvocaDle vows are
taken. however, Peggy's gr!ef-Houiid-
ed heart is made whole. a little door
in the convent wall is unlocked. and
she goes away with the lover who has
! found her after months of silence, and
| has no mind to let her go out of his
! reach again.
The book is written with an art tina.
! is exquisite. with tenderness that
| glorifes 1t, and a love that transfigures
| even its commonplace phases i1to
| something that is fine and rare. The
| mission OF little child in enrichins
! and broadening the lives of those @ho,
| in their own sphere. have missed
| the best and truest happiness which
, life can give, Is depicted IN such a
| way as to touch the heart deeply With
ITS truth and It's power
"Flnmsted auarrics.'
BY Mary E. Waller Little. Brown
and Co.. of Boston. $3.50.
An American novel of present day
conditions in this country, both social
emphasizes the nobility and dignity OF
work and its healing power The scene
opens in New York City, where a
! fatherly priest sees u mere child upor
the vaudeville stage, takes her to ar
asylum for homeless children and late
/ on we find them In a small village IL
Maine known as Flamsted. where thi
natives live that sweet. plain. unaffect
ed family life. toiling daily among
the granite quarries.
'Flamsid Quarriesr is one of those
rare novels of self-sacrifice and love
that Will do one good to read and viii
not readily be forgotten. II has beer
| appropriately illustrated by G. Pat
rick Nelson.
The name of Mary E. Waller on tn,
I title page of this new novel. "Flam-
sted Quarries,' recalls her appealing
! story. THE Wood-Carver of 'Lympus.
/ which has just gone into Its twenty
sixth edition TO meet the ever growing
demand. Miss Waller was born II
/ Boston, travelled and studied abroad
taught In n private school in New
York and later established and main
tanned for five years school for girl
in Chicago Her family for four gen
erations have been identified with the
history of Vermont, and to-day sh
herself spends the greater part of he
| time with her mother among thos
famous green hills.
There it Is that Miss Waller studio
human nature and writes about i
She sees her characters. studies thei