The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-14
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loyalty on her plrt, and tempsramertal
Indifference On MS. They went abroad
to Lisbon, in Portugal where Cir oliver
was sent on diplomatic mission. The
description OF the dreadful earthquake
OF 1855, which occurred while they were
in Lisbon, Is the dramatic climax OF the
novel. IN 1t the novelist shows his
very fine powers at their height. Out
OF the shadow of the earthquake Sir
oliver emerged broken man who
turned to asceticism. the shock having
permanently cured him OF being gay
Lotllarto.
one Of the best characters in the
book is Miss Quincy. the companion OF
| Ruth Josselyn during her girlhood anu
wifehood.
AS work of fiction In entirety, the
book, from a psychological and literary
viewpoint, is very interesting.
"H6-Man's Lnnd.o
BY Louis Joseph Vance. From Dodd,
| Mead & Company. New York. through
| the Bell Book and stationery Company
OF Richmond Price, $3.50.
Lovers Of a good tale well told Will
hail with delight another novel BY the
| author OF that phenomena: literary sue
cess. THE Brass Bowl" Nor will they
| be disappointed Mr.. Sance's new
story, NO Mans Land"
| From the very outset the plot grips
the attention. The setting OF the very
| first chapter. New York ON the evening
| OF a late November day, is full of pos.
| sibilities. The reader is first intro
| duced to Garrett Coast as he leaves q
| subway train at the Fourteenth street
| Station. The typical keen. well-built
and well-bred man of AFFAIRS, there IS
| little in his figure to suggest the stir
meeting with Douglas Blackstock and
| the invitation to an evening OF cards
/ in the latter's rooms seem simple
! enough. Yet the whole story hinges
on the events of that night. for. driven
to rage by the knocking insults Of a
drunken man and further spurred by a
hidden motive, Blackstock murders one
of his own guests. His diabolical clev-
erness In fixing the crime on Coast
and his cruel triumph in seeing his VIC
tim committed IT, prison and later In
Coast had always loved. is of shor:
duration.
How Coast, after gaining his release
comes unexpectedly upon evidence
which convicts Blackstock OF turtle.
4 crime, and how the weapons OF re.
4 venge are placed in his hand, is the
rest OF the tale. Through 1t al! runs
the thread OF q. love story that lends
deeper interest to It's unfolding.
Mr.. vance's style is dramatic in tn.
extreme. yet at no time hysterical anc
rarely does a popular author take time
for choosing his words with such care
Several bits OF description. especiall,
of the sea, are worthy the time ant
| attention OF those who care for poetl,
prose.
"The Little King
BY Charles Major. The Macmillan
| Co., Of New York. $l.5o
"The Little King" is Louis XIV. o.
France. around whose personalit,
Charles Major has woven series o.
charming and beautiful romaQces.
Louis has figured in many works O.
| fiction, but they have always deal
l with his maturer years. when he hat
|! lost the natural innocence and guile
/ lessness which rendered his choldhood
as represented in The Little King" S,
| Iingenuous and SO appealing
The character most intimately an,
| tenderly associated with the child-kinl
: In this book, the one of all others VIII
: really loved him and sought to inAu
II ence him for good. was his nurse an
liccmpanion, whom he called "Swee
Mam'selle.' She helped him at inter
.livals to escape from the confinement
and tediousness of the palace apart
ments and brought him into contac
/ with the outer world and humanity
II thereby broadening his sympathiss an
teaching him something of the reali
ties of life and the beauty of unself
ishness.
1t was an unfortunate happening 10
"The Little King" that he was separat
ed from Sweet Mam'selle" while h
was yet a boy and lost the influenc
which might have mouled his life t
| higher ends and purposes. The charm,
A ing book in which this tale Is told I
written with Charles Majors usua
: power and Pathos, and Is one that Wi
be read with pleasure by many VIII
n will from it gain a new insight Int
II the character of a child who after
wards became the most magniticen
II monarch of his day and time,
/ ..Mrs. Fitz..
III ~, r n Spaith MOffett. Yard