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

leaves out the treatment OF Slaves, III
dams and ndentured servants In MS
chosen field II Is not too much 10 say
that Mr. Bruce Is without rival. l1's
great study shows that out TOT siassiy
in Virginia none Of us would kno"
genial "uncle sam" as our national
TYNE. having ascended from tho Eng
lish. the typical American would nave
been a vigorous young John Bun.
8. s. p. PATTESON.
Richmond. Va, June 20, 1910.
.oIiyin l.. Cnrew."
Nv Meta Syrett John Lane com
pany, of New York. sl.5c.
A novel of modern life, turning par
Nv on American types and condi'lohs'
nartlv on society in England and Lon
son and partIy on the English colony
~ 1,a1y. at Siena and Florence and
Milan. ,,,,.,,
and comprehending standpoint one OF
tho principal characters written apou1
was a New England woman, aosoluteiy
true to the national type IN inteliec.ua'
and rnentaI characteristics and othef-
wise an absolute contradiction by rea
son OF her blue-eyed. golden-halren.
daintily clad beauty. woman WI.
failed equally in correct estimation u
her own powers and In those OF DINERS
whose spheres of life touched her own
u.rrv,np To secure enlarged opportuni.
ties for what she believed to be her
unnsua1 talents, she deliberately alien.
a,ad herself from a husband who was
d.vo,ed to her. not having perceptlop
enough to realize the worth of his al
| lection nor depth of emotion enough
| to return 1t.
| In entire contrast to Olivia carew
was sylvia Carnegie, an Englishwo-
mar. whose chief charm lay in the
fact that she was Just normal her
| naturalness, her ready sympathy. nee
| desire TO be sympathetic and helplmi'
rendered her. by contrast. especia.iy
attractive These were the two cnis.
women of the book, though others were
| de scribed with clever and illuminating
| touches.
OF course, after the distinctly supe-
| rior and priEgish New Englander &C
complished all the mischief possiniei
after she had ruined herself in her own
| esteem. as in that of others, she became
| conscious of the futility of her prls
gtshness and awakened pity because
for the first time In her self-centreo es-
;s,ence she comprehended herselt as
| failure She was indebted TO the mag
nanimity of Sylvia Carnegie for a very
much better fate than she deserNeu
because even in a book Olivia CareH
managed to excite the contempt o.
those for whom her author portrayed
her. And Sylvia herself, though sh'
fell short OF supreme happiness. wa:
too brave and fine not to reap MANY
of the blessings that accrue to the 10
of such women in life.
Dick Carew, Olivias husband, wa!
an honorable. clear headed and uprigh
young fellow. whose only weakness
seemed to be his infatuation for nj
wife. George Ingram. an English arm.
officer, inspired respect by his consist
ency and devotion. Hugh Alnson ne
lonred to the Oscar Wilde cult an
served only as a corrective of Olivia
imaginations and the instrument D.
which she at last found out that he
LITERARY aspirations were SO little wort
the price she proposed to pay for ther
love and happiness and home--tha
her vanity fell around her into shred
and tatters and she felt herself tn
fool she had been from the beginning
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Luther Trant, assistant to the hea
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crime and the punishment of the right
. full criminal.
In the elaboration of his theor
Traut proposes to employ the cardlt
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heart of every act and passion can t
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/. trays criminal through the swe'
9 glands in the palms of his hands.
The instances in which he carries OF
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o cases. many OF which have their fou1
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U interviewer as they are with ineXp
g cable enigmas, the solution arrived
: seems little short of marvellous.
The book is a new departure in 7
q line of fiction. Its facts and it's T
: mances are judiciously' intermingle
= and its stories are tinged sufficient
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"When Love Calls Men to Arms"
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g A novel in the form of an autobio
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Of Kilellan, in the seventeenth centu1
J. when the Spanish Armada was sendi
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y its defeat. and life at Kllellan Cast
on the broadening Firth of Clyde,