The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-13

and personality. yet cannot command
himself in the hour of weakness and
temptation Beside the Judge walks
solomon N1ahaffy. gaunt and awkward
yet redceming much that is untoward
IN his life By the manner of his death.
As for the Cavendish family, among
the book character group. they are in
cotnpcra BILE, their life on the raft
bringing up thoughts of the purest
pleasure The part they play. little
Cavendishes and all. IN the rescue Of
Inc heroine of the book and Hannibal
"hen these two have fallen into the
hands OF Western outlaws Is one of the
most thrilling episodes in o romance
which ls largely made up Of such EMS.
odes.
No novel deserves its name that does
not have delightful love story run
ming through it, THE Prodigal Judge"
justices Itself thoroughly both as to
rs love story and the villains who OBJ
struct its course. The latter have TO
be severely dealt with by tho Judge
before being brought to reason
Inc book period and the country in
"hlch the major part of It's drama is
enacted render 1t specially rich and va
rled In Its experiences, in the picture
IL draws OF the strongly setting tide
OF emigration toward western Ten
hessee, and Of social life in that region
ree-quarters of century ago. when
andrew jackson sat in tho presidenttaI
chair OF the United States and did not
forget his friend. THE Prodigal Judge.
Frodlgal though the judge Is represent
ca 10 have been. like another Drodiral
ne remembered himself before it was
100 AYE and essayed successfully the
hardest task known to humanity. that
OF rsgaining what he had lost, his man
mood and his independence.
IN awarding final Judgment n NJ
hcsters book, the many sided nraisa
mat might be written concerning II
can pc embodied in one word-comnan
io ,n. Having been read, It is assoc
n'en IN me readers regard. 1t docs
not belong to the transient class +b,r
awakes CLEAN of approval ana the,,
Is forgotten. Sentence Is passed uno,,
1t permanently 49,
THE Adventures OF a Modest Man,
ny robert w. Chambers. Edmund
r y illustrator D. Appleton &
Co. Of New York. $3.50 net. y
Robert w. Cha mbers.s new move, !.
dedicated to Mr.. and Mrs. c. Wheatnn
Vaughan in clever little poem M
last verse Of which says:
so II you'll take this book from me-
and hide 1T in your cupboards laden
heside some Dresden fligree !.
-, anu frivolously fetching maiden
- Nito"S. lnat Dresden maid NAV
sec
My hook,-and read it through. par
diet" 20
The people who are attractivo,,.
whimsical in this book through thsjr
little vanities, their moonlicht varar.
les IN which the moon and a silhouette
take hand. include Americans
IN parls with following; Vassar girls
aho attendant SWANS, who comDosn n
mouse and camping party; a countess
and her friend. a club man who leaves
MS Manhattan home and its comforts
toehind him TO chaperone a lively duo
OF daughters abroad and permit thorn
10 purchase all the frivolties on which
"omens hearts are usually set.
rs usual in Mr.. Ghambers's books
mere are not ono but several pairs of
lovers and as many romanccs The
noVeiist Is an expert in the manage
ment of the different threads which
INC presence of his women and the
manner of their wooinE render neces
sary. In The Adventures OF n Bash
ful Alan"-and the cover picture con.
tradlcts his bashfulness-Mr Cham
ocrs is unusually happy in his treat.
mont OF his book people and what In.
tcrests them, approaching his theme
III every instance with a light touch
and a happy delicacy that charms bv
It's mingled thumor. satire and tend
crness.
Indeed. here is story Of modern