The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-29

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IL West Broad.
sung by her in England. In Australia
Madam Butts singing of 1t provoked
demonstra ton in the Melbourne Hall.
such as has rarely been witnessed. His
first novel. THE Post Girl" estab-
lished him as an author to be reckoned
| with.
! "Dccp In Pincy Woods
BY j. w. Church. illustrated by NJ.
Power o'Malley. Thomas z, crowell.
OF New York; s12o net.
A romance OF the piney woods coun-
| try of Southern Georgia, with voodoo
superstitions and practices among
negro laborers on turpentine farm
brought most prominently forward.
The household OF Major Claiborne.
OF Claiborne House. Is the centre of In
terest in the book. He is represented
as typical Southern man, the owner
OF turpentine industries that had been
seriously mismanaged for him by q
young man, Leon Colquitt. When
boy, Icons father, James Colquitt, in
dying, left his little son, and his es-
tate in charge OF his best friend.
Major Claiborne. The estate was
cared for and the son educated In
! accordance with"the fathers wish. But
| Leon Coluuitt proved anything but
credit to his heredity and his up
bringing. He was ungrateful and un-
| principled to such a degree that Major
| Claiborne was forced to displace him
/ as manager of his business, and en-
ploy in his stead young man named
Brett Reed. connected with a firm OF
turpentine and rosin exporters in New
York.
Colquitt had been betrothed to Major
Claiborne's only daughter, beautiful +.
girl and the heroine Of the novel.
Furious at his dismissal from his bus
mess position In favor OF a North
erner, and at his broken engagement.
. young Colquitt sets himself to work
to revenge himself on Reed, whom he
: !, considers as the cause of his trouble
: and disgrace. Tragedy is very nearly
a averted by his DEATH, and that of his
: voodoo instruments among the me-
4 groes
a voodoo dance. with horrid priestly
!. rites, is fully described as an Incl
= dent of the narration. The story rounds
!, up happily IN its ending. The author.
= John w. CHURCH was for some months
!, | q resident OF Richmond, being engaged
: in journalistic work while here His
, book will have an added interest for
: friends who knew him professionally
, and socially in this community.
The New Books.
Miss Ellen Glasgows new book. on
which she Is now at work. will be
brought out by Doubleday. Page &
Company this winter. 1t is to be called
1.-THE Miller of Old Church."
!, "The Diary of James *. Polk" which
i has been in the hands of Messrs. A. c.
) McClurg & Company for publication
for some time. is at length ready 1t
IA lxf nc, "A
now appears in four volumes, care-
, fully reproduced verbatim from the
original. which is in the possession of
J the Chicago Historical Society. This
publication is most important one.
! as 1t throws open for the first time
, u source book for American history
T that heretofore has been used only In
, a few Of the most critical histories
Its interest cannot be overestimated
as 1t exhibits Polk in a new light and
with absolute candor. He hoped to use
edited portions OF 1t as a subsequent
Justification for his policies while
4 President but did not live to do this (
and the work is a complete revelation
of his motives while President.
!, If there is one book more anxiously
: awaited laan all others. 1t is the vol-
{ ume that is yearly added to the Billy
. Whiskers Series. Several seasons ago
=
] Ing goat was written by Frances T.
5 Montgomery, a woman prominent IN
iChicago social life. Her story took
. the Juvenile world by storm-not since
n "Alice In Wonderland" had anything
e so charming been written, and each
o succeeding volume has been more en-
q Enthusiastically received. The new book,
: BILLY Whiskers Kidnapped will be
: off the presses of the Saalield Publish
: ing Company within q few days, ana
: the adventures that befall Billy are
Just as numerous and just as satisfy
a Ing as any boy or girl could wish.
: 1.-THE Man and the Dragon" is the
o title of a new September novel from
a the pen OF Alexander Otis, whose first
! book, Hearts Are Trumps,' was one
O of the flctional successes OF 1909. The 4
9 Man and the Dragon depicts the
: struggle Of the young editor of the
: Carthage News against a political boss
on the one hand and ring of traction
: smagnates on the other. Through the
: plot there runs a charming love story.
t Little. Brown & Company will publish
q Mr.. Otis's novel. SSI
$ Following the news of new AT:
tumn novel by Mary b. Waller to be
Q called .Flamsted Quarries" comes the
!. announcement that her best known
Il book, THE WoodCarver Of Lympus,
I. has been sent to press again for the
j. twenty sixth time. First published In
n the spring of 1904 this appealing YER
II mont mountain story was some time IN
D. making it's way into popularity, and
/. 1t has, In fact, never been included
It among the list of the SIX best selling
q novels But unlike some OF tho So
y called .sbest Sellers" "rhe Wood Carver
h OF olympus is In greater demand nov
d after lapse OF six years then " was#
= during the first year of its publication
is Miss Walters new novel. "FlaInsted
: Quarries.' Is said to contain many ~
the human interest qualities that pop
II |ularized her earlier story Owing 70 \
q heayy advance orders necessitating tho
a, increasing the size ct the irst edition.
n the snub lication Of '.Fclamsted Quarriea*
IL has been postponed until sepsenahs NJ