The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-13

II :1:-cIf Nortl
! ar!stocratic tendencies and balIcfs. he
+ projects an alien element in the person
| OF Alfred Ell.ins. uucducated and I'M
| refined, but endowed with sufficient vi :
| rii1ty to rouse Into animation the stag.
/ nant forces of Paulsville.
/ Before his coming there had been
| passive endurance and Htoical accep-
tance Of poverty. His energy restored
| prosperity. Eikins and his adopteo
! tastes. but as virile as his foster faith
/ or. symbolic tho power which like Il
/ .courSe was necessary TO fay Pnuls-
| vile people into activity. to enlarge
! their horizon and enable them to break
away from atrophicd lines OF belief
i and action,
! This is the authors conception OF tho
4 social and busin 50 situation In his
! book environment, He carries his IDEAS
/ 10 finish b. portrayinG a marriage
between the prctcge of Alfred Ell.ina
AND the daughtcr Of an old Southern
!amily, and contracting the prosperity
OF the intcrloper with the failure OF
the son OF the house.
Ihc author Of this novel has for some
I
i pessiinisnl OF his ideas would indi-
| cate tha. he Is \ reader and follow or
| OF the Russian school OF literature
"Thc Hlnck Gross Cloyc.r
BY James Luby. b w lIuehsch. OF
New York publisher $3.50.
} THIS is an ina native romance Of n
mountain country not far from New
York, with tho primitive village of
! Winnesook as the centre Of action. The
book takes It's name from d cleft in
TIE mountains above the village. two
+! Thousand feet IN depth and fun Of
i gloom and traditional horrcre
IN indaM legend linked Black Cross
rove with the demon or tho mountains
VINO, inturiatcd at the treachery Of the
| MAIDEN he loved cast his to1na haul,
With such force that 1t not only rent
ahHndsr the mountain, but pinned down
Inc demon within the gorge. from
whence his wild laughter and i,npre.
| cations could be heard alternately
| during days OF sunshine and storm
imprisoned the poor demon must re.
lnain un'ii some woman b. voluntarily
| giving herself to him would break the
I, spell and end the punishment inposed
upon him BY the Great Spirit.
ihte!NoIen With this legend Is tho
a.oIE OF discord eowed between two
villa sae pion ,Nd families Of the little
y
Two or the younger members OF thesa
I iaIn!lles, and fathers curse beipg
Visited on All innocent grandchild
"h Thl ne greatly loved.
( 70 WiHhesook the far-away dascend,n
or tho old man who uttered the cnrsn
/ F ipee aver ms coming he met Ruth
,a tamil against whom the curse was UT
! This girl is utterly uneducated and
. n II
drunken father. Also she is bv ma
! ture unbalanced and inclined 10 ,nrsti.
slsm. Her one ambition is 70 90 on
YORK and che The da fe q 70 eas get sh
ina glnes TO be awaiting her there
13nt she tmagincs herself in love with
RN,a aan G" me imprisoned demon OF
6!ack cross Glove. to whom she SINGS
shd aance5 IN the moonlight, to whom
she has pledged her troth and love
ma ih 81 ineeuns between this wild girl
ner own had been connected in years
past and gone marks & crisis in haY
NE AND, And Just here is where the SUI
| meeting until the curse is fulfilled Nv
/ a landslide that ends the tradition 81
b!ack Cross Glove, one can but feel that
| these two, man and woman. are blind
instruments in the hand of fate, work
iHG out preordained tragedy.
nina mas a 1lthheaaY i the
4 q
love story that relieves its sombre-
niece and gives the necessary touch
OF human interest to romance which
| otherWiso would have been too gloomy
and too full Of fatalism.
| '.The Hnndicapn
BY Robert f. Knowles. Fleming II.
Reyell Co. OF New York s1.eOne4
! The story Of the Canadian Settle
ihents ~ outlying districts and Of the
| people who lived and suffered and
prayed their parts III the drama or
derncss. - y! : -
It's men Dennis Riley, an irishn,nnn
from Donegal. and Arthur Ainslie. a
srItchman. overtop others in interest.
altnoush village types are we'll pres
The book takes its title from the
| TACT that the young lovers of the ro-
| nance are both heavily handicapped.
the man. by reason OF his birth, and
the Sifl. because Of her surround
The story is well told, and tho incl
dents, pathetic and humorous, are pre-
sented. in manner calculated to hold
| attention. AS q, whole. the book is de :
!. cidedly above the average in its style
and the moral lessons which 1t incul-
Gates. - fl
"The story OF Great Inycntionap
| BY Elmer Ellsworth Burns. Harper
& Bros Of New York
The Story of Great Inventions
: shows more than usual understanding
Of the kind Of interest which the boy
and has the advantage of many illus
9 For the mother In the homo 20 be