The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-16
MISS GIBBIE GAULT. BY Kate
Langley Bosher. Harper & Bros,
pubIiAher1 prina s1 % nj


publishers Price. s1.20 net.
If rekindled charity for other folk,
more just federation Of the moods
and manners of men. both high and
iow' and truer realization OF the
potency and richness OF love be ac-
copied In any degree as reasons for
the pirth and life of literary work.
long and healthy career NAV be
sateiy prophesied for Miss Gibbie
9ault.' Mrs. Bosher's new book. To
infer from this that the volume is a
sermonette on charity would be TO
err grossly. for not In any instance
rs this the case On the other hand.
is fascinating story with inter-
estihK characters, and delightful de-
taiis. both the people and their acts
being stamped with that magnet quail
lty We commonly designate as ''hu-
man."
mary Cary, the heroine OF the story
bearing that name by Mrs Bosher.
mas peen woven into the warp and
"oof OF the catalogue of literary
iriehds or all who have had the good
fortune 10 read or her life when num-
pefen among the "Job-iot charity chill
dren" In the Yorkhurg Orphan. Asv-
um. Thus it is source of much
srauncation to her many friends that
IN Miss Gibhie Gault the same Mary
Larry with the Martha OF her still in
1orce appears with q charming bit of
romance In her train.
Hlsh above the other characters
stands out Miss Gibbie Gault, a
wealthy sp!nster with kindly hear,
and fruitful sympathy. enwrappea In
almost impenetrable harshness of
speech and idiosyncracies of manner
she secretly plays the role of the Good
samaritan to Yorkburg. ever fearful
na' ner LETT hand will know what
her right hand is doing
The scene Of the story ia laid /,
forkourg. sleepy little town IA
Hiiiar to the readers of Mary Cary
AFTER an absence Of several wears
MISS cary returns to Yorkburg and
taxes up her abode there, living alona
with the exception OF several faith
iui servants. AS the friend and secre,
emissary of Miss Gibbie. she EFFECTS
many reforms and improvements In
the town, these being made possihls
through Miss Bibles generosity. and
because the ways and means OF her
sH.s are not made public, she be-
comes the topic OF much speculation
an GOSSIP among the members of
the Needlework Guild Town tontcs
I. o.
nance. all Influenced bv Miss T;ihbta.s
philosophy and hungry appreciation
OF Mary Cary's devotion. make nm an
entertaining story.
WI nile there are many aspects or
the DOCK that merit particular man
'ioh' such as style, the most notice.
abie among these In Mrs. Boshar.s
splendid deifneation OF character Nv
pressiVe phrases and pertinent ana
WING conceptions reveal with won
ueriui force the thoughts and thence
.ne characters or Miss Gtbb;e. Mrs
hoA'ougaI and other townsfolk. Their.
an ehure lack OF hackneyed ex.
pressions that is as refreshing 90 :.
la rare. In the portrayal ~ sha~s
Ter and not that Of dull ana s,,rta
people, but of live original ana
tnoughuut folk, by means of bright
conversation and relative events. ina
aothoE displays exceptional skill. In
MISS ssiopie Gauit, as In Mrs. Bosh-
ers other books, the heroine ara
her associates are made living nay-
sonalities. and their acauaintancs
makes one more receptive OF love ~,
its richest meaning and OF the other
things worth while
Hed Rose Inn. by Edith Tunis. Sale
!. h. Lipptncott Company. publishers
Price, $1,oo net.
Fed Rose Inn" from the pen of
MTs Edith Iunis Sale, wife of Adtu-
tant-General w. w. Sale, OF Virginia
which has Just been published In hoax
FORM. will be welcomed with much
pleasure by her many friends. The
Story Is told by letters written by the
heroine from Red Rose Inn. where
sne Is spending several months in se-
oAusion trying TO decide the event
Iul question as to whether she win
marry a certain Farlie, a truly charm
Ing fellow, but with little of this
worlds goods to offer to HIS lady
love who has suffered much from
genteei poverty.
An up-to-date Croesus appears on
the scene, and complexities matters
After a prolonged struggle a,,r.as,
WHICH love battles against the lure of
wealth, Cupid ernerges with honors,
and the writer remains true to her
better self, developed through the or
deal OF decision and the influence of
the love gods arrows
In conclusion she writes to her sis
ter. who Is her confldante throughout
Il have learned my lesson, | have
contracted the real with the artificial
life; above all, l now appreciate the
distinction between man OF the
"0AAA "'Aa "a utAH VI parts, ana am
going back TO you a real woman for
the first time since | have lived"
Though she may have missed the
real life before her surrender to love.
the heroine Is a real woman with
vagaries and moods that give a
piqunnt charm to her epistles.
Brief History OF the Roone and
Crockett Club. George Bird Grinnell.
editor. Forest and Steam Publishing
Company.
AS its title Indicates this little
volume records the history of the
Boone and Crockett Club. which was
founded In 1898 at the suggestion
of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, then
member OF the New York Assembly.
at dinner at his residence when he
proposed the formation of a club OF
American hunting rifiemen. The club
has now had for many years one hun
dred members. including some OF the
most prominent men OF the times and
from twenty-five to forty associate
m EN- hers.
Mr.. GrinneIl. who was charter
member Of the club. writes. Begin
ming as a club OF riflemen, apparent
~ concerned only with their own
recreation, 1t early discovered that
more important work was to be done |
In the field OF protection than In |
that OF construction"
The accounts Of the beginnings OF |
the United States forest reserve sys-
TEN. Of the establishment and pro-
lection of. two national parks, and. o.
the foundation Of the New York |
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