The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-25
Among the Books

Among the Books
The Childrens Book. edited by
| Frances Hodgson Burnett Katherine
Newbold Birdsall and vivian Burnett.
.donat, Yard & Co, of New York sl.1o,
The leading poem story in this de-
llghtful book is written by Mrs. Bur
/ nett and Is called THE Raby's Sc
cret." The other stories in prose and
/ poetry are written by the best and
cieverest authors for little people and
cover the widest range of subjects.
There are humorous stories and
pathetic stories, stories OF tho inau-
guration and stories of chidren's life
in school and out at holiday times
and work times, folklore. Mother
| Goose lore, Christmas and Easter
tales, combining fact and fancy of
every attractive description. The book
as arlhole IL calculated 10 bc zhe most
delightful addition to the juvenile
readers library. the most fascinating
and alluring nursery romance To be
imagined
among its chief excellences They are
contributed by q a long list OF ar
fists who have caught the spirit OF
inspiration in their work and rendered
the text and pages doubly attractive
and illuminating. Crown ups might
/ well visa TO be children again for the
chance of getting such a book in
hand.
.RaIeish."
By william pevereux and stephen
Lowell J. 3 Lipp!ncott 6 Co., OF
Philadelphia; $3.50.
j This romance OF Elizabeths court is
founded on the successful drama. as
PLAYED By Lewis Waller, and book IL
Illustrations are taken from scenes in
The love story and marriage of
;. Raleigh and Bess Throgrnorton furnish
the romance OF the story, and the
Jealousy OF Queen Elizabeth. the mo-
tive why. FOR some time, II was .
hideous romance.
The age of Elizabeth. as ali know
was the golden age OF English
chivalry. 1t has furnished more in
spiration for literary and dramatic
workers than any other period. IA
leigh was one of the knightiest and
bravest OF corrt!evs and served his
queen with mere singleness of heart
than any other OF ElizabetR>s
satellites.
The plots in behalf OF Mary, Queen
Of Scots, Mary's execution, Elizabeths
deliyer:fne-
from the hands Of consprators; RAJ
leish's marriage to Bess Throgmorton
in the tower and his final acknowl-
edgement of his marriage to the
Queen. I'LL chapters that are full of
the most vital interest and charm
The book is we'll written and con-
structed, and is an excellent example
of the historic novel
Little Miss FNlcs.'
BY Emile Benson Knipe and Alden
Arthur Knipe. Iarpers Bros. New
York. Price. sl.25.
AS Little Miss Fales says in the
very beginning, she was happy in
spite of everything'-in spite of being
girl instead of boy. which she
ought tc have been; in spite Of
poverty and the prvation thereof;
happy to the end. 1t was this same
clear-eyed happiness and unconscious
ness that made her what she was
Just as hon'rable. and just as brave
and Just as gen'rous as a boy"
Her name had great deal to do
with her destiny. fer she had heerl
christened "JohI' by mistake, ana
there was a fortune awaiting the first
child to be called John Fales.' But
John herself was SO much absorbed
in living up to the last part of her
name and trying to remember that
there never was a Falcs who wasn't
a fine man" that she did not have
time to pay much attention 10 tho
prospect OF a fortune.
And so it came about no one was
more surprised than John herself that
she sholld be the means of recon
LII Go, =;
: ing herself ans. her mother to their
rightful place in the family councils.
There is a breath of wholesome
straightforwardnes about the charac-
ter of little Miss Fales. that is most
attractive: yet there is nothing un-
feminine in her outlook upon life.
boyish though she is in name and
ideals She is the latest addition to
the roll OF winsome girl heroines that
is represented by THE Little Colonel"
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" and
anne of Green Cables"
"Thc Way Ia VIM
By John w. Ferguson. The Neale
: Publishing Company. OF New York.
' Price. $3.50.
This combination of character
study, love story and an ''eXpe-
rience meeting" concerns itself with
tho change In a certain Jack Hamil-
ton from a brilliant, courted society
! leader, into cool crisp man of az
! fairs. The metamorphosis is rather
sudden, and is brought about by the
realization that comparatively little Is
left OF the pntrimony bedueathed him
/, by his father.
So with scant fifty thousand Jack
sells his personal belongings. pulls
I, up his stakes and departs for the
!. Middle West, that Mecca Of tho for-
Q tune hunter and adventurer,
Not that Jack lis an adyenturer In
any sense of the word. With a de-
\ cision Of purpose that makes one