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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
CIVIC rudor shakesnenrc.n

Edited by William Altar Nelson
and Ashley Horace Thorndike. The
Macmillan Co.. OF New York, publish
ers.
Tho Tudor Shakespeare" which ID
10 be published In forty volumes. has
been represented already by Romeo
and .Iuliot,""As You Like It., Henry
"" and Henry w. Fart j." AS al
ready mentioned in these columns, the
edition has everything to recommend
1t and render 1t attractive in Its make
up and editing. Each volume has q
frontispiece taken from an early six
teenth century edition, Its decorative
work, Its binding and It's tipping heing
all of the finest, The introduction TO
these plays treats In each instance OF
the text, date of composition, source
of plot. style. stage history and gives
n critical summing up of plot ana
characterization.
Tho notes and glossary arc admir-
ably arranged. They add greatly Ia
the pleasure of the Shakespeare read
er and scholar. Strengthening ont
knotty points and rendering the text
perfectly clear and iutelligible where
obsolete words and expressions occur
The pocket size of this edition Is one
of its chief recommendations, this and
the fact that each play Is published
separately. Tho fact that Romeo and
Juliet" the worlds greateat love story
came first, and "As You Like It." the
worlds greatest forest idyl next, ron
ders the martial ring of Horny W.
and onry W." n contrast that the
Imagination approves.
Tho Interpretive paragraphs OF the
Introduction hold up to Wow tho old
and insincere King, tho frank, lngenu-
ous prince; Hotspur, u valiant man OF
action: Douglas, lesser Hotspur, ali
action; northumberland, weak md
timorous In spirit; Mortimer. a lesscr
Northumberland, all tact; Glendower
all lima gination and superstition. or
Falstaff, his critic declares that lie "Is
a strange and fascinating bundle OF
humors, a creature OF manifold incon.
gruities. fat and brisk, old and youth
full. q knight deficient in dignity. a
soldier deficient In honor, a gullible
cheat, a liar undaunted when caught
at his tricks. q wit. q. glutton, and in
Imagination almost a poet. In thu.
1rst part Of Henry w. Falstaff Is
revealed at his best. Nowhere else Is
he. so diverting and Iowa bic. !" S
The names OF the editors OF the Tu-
dor edition are those OF man fsIhous In
scholarship throughout the United
States tor their ability. Among many
other names appears that of G. AL
phonso Smith. Phi, d. professor sot
Engliah at the University of Virginia
tAIr,,syans Buren's j oit,f a; 81 Isl &;
1t la pleasing y to. know that "A, 81
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Van Buren,. of tho Wilmington bar. is
succeeding we'll with his book, Index
Digest of the Reports and Rulings OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission"
Orders from the leading railways and
large industrial corporations. show, an
appreciation OF the work that is not
wonderful when the value OF the pub
lication is considered In The business
world. a decided compliment comes
In n review of the work by the Amerl-
can Review of Reviewe. one OF the
highest of the magazine publications.
The Review of Reviews says:
1T is not the practice of the Re-
View OF Reviews to publish In this de-
partment notices OF technical law
books, but wo gladly make an excep :
ton in the case of the .lndeX-Digest
of the Reports and Rulings OF tho In
terstate Commerce Commission by, A.
B. Van Buren,, OF the Wilmington, N.
c. bar There is ample reason for ex :
ception, since this work 10 not mere
~ handbook for the use of lawyers,
but is intended to meet the require.
ments of railroad officials and of ship.
pers Under the enlarged powers of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
resulting from tho passage of the Hep
burn bill in 1906. the decisions of tho
commission arc of even greater inn
portance than formerly. Mr.. Van Buren,
has made simple and orderly ar
rangemant of the points involved In
the various decisions, with cross re-
ferences to every case involving the
same principles. Supplements to the
original volume. published from time
to time. bring the material well up to :
date, The last supplement issued
bears tho date OF October 1. 1911. Tho
hook has been commended not only by
attorneys and railroad officials. but by
business men who havo had occasion
to mako use of 1t as a manual Of in
formation for shippers"
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Peel Off the Old Skin
Bring Out the New.
(From Guide to Beauty.

You know that beneath that saltow,.
over-red or blotchy complexion you have
a skin that's clear, soft and white. If,you
could only have this more beautiful skin
exposed to view instead of the horrid old
skin you now behold in your mirrori You
can--and by very simple, painless.
harmless process which you can.use yours
self. Get an ounce OF common merco.,
lied wax at your drug g.st's and this
evening spread j thin coating Of IL over.
your face and neck Tomorrow morning
wash it of with warm water. Small;
powder-lke particles OF the lifeless top
skin will come off with the wax.
Repeat this treatment daily Until ilt
the worn.out scarf skin has been absorbed.
Then you'll have a loyelier, healthier look
ing complexion than you now think pdss
sible- Rlackheads. pimp,es. brown spots
freckles, chaps or any other surface disc
hgurehents are, Of course, renewed with
the skin itself,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
Gains 80 Pounds
In so Days
1tcmnrkublc Renuit of the New Flesh
builder Protonc, In sIeny Gases
Of isun-poTn Men nnd
Women.
prove II Yourself by Sending Coupon
Below Far A Free soc. Package.

s"Ry George. I never raw anything like
rho effects OF that new treatment. Protonc,
for the building UP of weight and lost
nerve force. H. Noted moro like miracle
than medicine said well known gen
tlsman yesterday In speaking OF the reyo-
luton thet had taken place In his condi
lion. II began to thnli that there VAS
nothing on eurth that could mako me lat.
! tried tones, digestives heavy. eating,
dletU. milk. beer. and almost everything
eIse YOU could think Of. but without re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

Those who have had the pleasure Zoe
being guests Of Enos "a Mills at his
Longs Peak Inn. Estes Park, Col. may
have heard him relate some OF his ed :.
ventures in the wild and fascinatira,
Colorado Rockies. Perhaps they have
heard him tell how he once escaped
death from an avalanche, By racing,
ahend of 1t on skis down long valley.
leapnG chasms, feeling the wind oc
the coming mass behind him, strain
Ing every nerve, and at last dashinE5
into small lateral valley in the niclr(
of time as the roaring avalanche aweptl
on it's way, laden with great uprooteds
pines. This story now FORMS Al chap
ter In his new book. 1.-THE Spell of the:
Rockies" just published by Houghton.
Miflin Company. Mr.. Mile is widely
known az lecturer OH forest con SER
walton. and as tn, author of prevtotia
book entitled wild Life on the
Rockies" He has spent most OF his
life In the mountains. and few men
with the exception of John Muir, can
surpass him in translatinE their spell
into literature. Mr.. Mills Ia now maxi
ing an extended lecture tour. "a:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

the world?" This idea of management
has found expression In THE Cook
Book of Lcft-overs," just published.
Tho hook gives 400 recipes for making
palatable and attractive dishes of food
WHICH wound otherwise he wasted
Marion Harland's Autobiography"
gives several amusing incidents of the
authors own trst steps In houscl eep-
ing during autebellum days.
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.ChrIatmus PubIIentions.

.Chtlatmns Publications. f
| Among delightful Christmas books
for young girls and boys arc 'lAlys-
.All-Alone." S1.5o, and The Little Count
OF Normandy" sl.25. from L. C. Page,
OF Boston, through the Bell Book and
sta uonery Company OF Richmond
SAIL Alone" is written by Una
Macdonald II is a pathetic story of
little girl. the daughter of beauti-
tiful American woman and a German
musician. whom she had married in
opposition to her fathers wishes. The
child and her father In Germany were
left alone by the young mother being
called to New York during her fathers
illness. All Eorts of troubles followed.
and the little family was separated for
years because of them.
Alys had no mother of her own like
other children during the time of sep
aration, so she thought of hcrself as
being "Alys-Ail- Alone But the day
came when she felt her mothers arms
around her once more. Then she was
no longer alone, and happiness came
back to her home anu her heart.
The Little Count of Normandy Il
story OF Old France. is written by
Evaieen Stein. and takes the reader
tack TO the days of falconry and for
estry. of castle feuds and danger lurk-
ing for prisoners in the castles of for
mcr days. 1.-THE Little Countn was a
manly hoy, the son Of u widowed moth
or, playing his part bravely, as he had
been taught from his cradle up The
story is full OF the clash of arms and
the stir of medieval times. and
is one that cannot fail to fire tho ina e
iuation and cnthrall the interest OF !,
youthful reader.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

should hang on the walls of homes.
colleges and business offices. SO that
people in every department of activity
throughout the Southland may learn
what 1t teaches, day by day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
Sir GiIDert Parker coming:


Sir Gilbert Parker, whose latest
published book is "Cumner's Son." ar
rives this week on the Campania. Sir
Gilbert Is working on a new novel
which is to be published In Harper's
Magazine. On arrival he Will so to
Lakewood for a time. 1t Will be re-
membercd that ''Cumner's Son" was
collection of South Sea stories.
IInuptmnnn's Novel.
Gerhart Hauptmann's long awaited
novel has just been published in an
English translation by d. w. Huebsoh.
The title. Tine Fool In Christ" Is
startling. but has Its origin In a pass
age from Corinthians: "Let no man
deceive himself If any man among
you seemeth to be wise In this world.
let him become a fool, that he may
be wise"
Among those elected members of the
Phi Beta Kappa Society last week by.
the chapter of william and Mary Col
lege, williamsburg, Va. wera two
we'll known authors-Henry Sydnor
Harrison, whose "Queed" Is ono of the
best selling novels of tho year, and
John Fox, Jr.
or all the artists who have illus
ira ted the numerous editions of "The
Pickwick Papers" none has caught.
tho spirit of Charles Dickens's album
dnnt humor. realized the characteria-
tics of the notable persons of the book
more faithfully. or has presented the
atmosphere OF the period in which tho
story is laid, with more truthfulness
or perfect harmony wit. the text than
has Mr.. Cecil Adm In his now edition
While retaining tho outward appear
ance Of the characters by which the
world has come to recognize them. Mi.
Adam has not exaggerated their own
special peculiarities. nor made them.
In the least, caricaturea OF what their
creator meant them to he. Each of
tho colorcd platee Is a complete pic
ture. whilst the one hundred black
and white form "a continuous pictorial
narrative of tho wonderful peregri-
nations of the famous club. absolutely
correct in detail. Tho edition Is pub
lished by L. P. Dutton & Company.
According TO the Boston Globe of
Saturday, November 4, The Case Of
Richard Meynell," BY Mrs Humphsy
Ward. tust published by Doubleday.
PAGE g. Company, Is ons ot the ten
beat sellere of that city, The popu-
larity Of the book was assured from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
BOOKS. AND AUTHORS,
Seton Nicrrimsp,s Noyeln.

The successful representation this
season of an English company which
is playing with Edged Tools in this
country has reawakened tile interest
in this and other Of Henry Seton Nor
rlmans books. All of this authors
novels met with almost immediate
popularity in both hls own country and
America. but the favorltes arc prob
ably With Edged Tools" and "Tho
Sewers 1t is said that Merriman's
father once took mp one of his sons
books, and, not recognizing his pseudo
nym. said: ~ would not mind your
spending so much time. scribbllng IL
only You could write like this fellow
Cook Book of Leftaoye-s."
Marion Harland Is quoted as saying
"a good housekeeper never loses In
terests5i It is astonishing what she
can do with a little ina inaticn and
q few odds and ends OF food. And
when a $housekeeper has planned a.
wholesome economical meal for her
family. hasn't She done her share to-
ward the bettermentsof humanity and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
.rhc Journnl of Julia lie Grand,

Edited by Kate Mason Rowland and
Mrs Morris L. CroXall The Everett
Waddey Company, of Richmond, Va.
This Is New Orleans war story Of
the years 1862. 1868. The editors SAY in
their preface: THE story OF New Or
leans, the proud and beautiful city. in
her thraldom under Butler and Banks,
is here interviewer with n family chron-
iclc. The writer. woman of rare in
tellectuai power, fine attainments and
great beauty OF character, suffuses
her pages with the charm of her own
personality. Now humorous, now pa :
thetic, as she tells OF tho trials and
notifications 10 which she and her
friends were subjected, she preserve S
always certain elevation of thought,
displaying in the strain and stress of
her environment noble traits Of ma :
tionce, forbcarance and charity.
"Ardently patriotic she claimed two
states for her allegiance. Maryland and
louisiana, and this volume should ap-
peal especially therefore 10 the Con-
fedcrates Of these two Commemorative.
Texas also may lay claim to Julia LIE
Grand. for here she spent the latter
part of her life; here she married. and
died. But to all Confcderntes, wherever.
found, who love and remember the
cause TO which. their generous youth
was pledged, and TO all their descend
ants, tho Sons and 'Daughters' of tho
Confederate South, this journal may be
commended.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

tho time It was announced that 1t wax
return to the characters OF "Robort
Elsmere," Mrs. Wards first great Sue
cess. After twenty-five years nRobcrt
E!smerc' Is still us we'll known. aud
In many quarters more popular. than
thousands, of other works OF fiction. s 81
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"rhe Romantic Story of The ,Iexnorer
PiiSrlms.r

pilSrlms.n
BY "A. Z. Addison L c. Page &. Co.
OF Boston. through the Bell Book and
Stationery Company. of Richmond
This handsomely bound and Illus
trated volume takes up the history of
the Pilgrims among their ld-world
homes and Pilgrim shrines, their flight
from England to Holland. their life in
Lcyden, their voyage into world un-
known, their trials and triumpha in
America.
In describing tho fate and fortunes of
the New England pioneers 1t gives the
Pilgrim roll CALL a most interesting
list to many descendants of the Pill
grins living. in different sections of
the United States. The author says
In his preface that "the, story has tho
advantage of having been written on
the scene OF the carly trials of the Pill
grims by one who is familiar with the
history and tradition of Boston, in.
England, where they were arrested be-
foro their flight to Holland. This book
does what no other book on the sub
ject has attempted: It atraces the indi-
vldual lives AMI varying fortunes of
the Pilgrims after their settlement in
the New World"
The book has valuable and COM
plcte index
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.rhc unonicial Honcymoou.n

Ely Dolr Wyllardc. John Lane Com
pury, of New York. s1.3o net.
The author rightly announces this
novel as being n story of the, imagina
ton, pure and simple. 1T presupposes
Two young pcoplc--an Engliahman an
officer in the army. and an English
woman, sister OF a young missionary
to tho Pacific islands. These two
young people. standing on the deck OF
n homeward bound steamer. are swept
by cyclone on to the shore of lonely
island. They awaken to lilo slowly
and with pain. but when awake use
their wits TO obtain the wherewithal
necessary TO sustain life.
Their adventures on the island, while
highly colored, are Interestingly de-
scribed. Altar six months they are
rescued and come home to England
civilization and happy life together
which would never have been theirs
but for their island companionship
which lat first seemed SO dreadful.
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.nI,iye Doils In FnirSlnnd,o !

olive Dolls in Fnirolnnd.p
d BY. Josephine sscribner Gates. Illus
strated BY Virginia Keep, The Bobbs-
Merrill Company, OF Indianapolis, Ind!
$1.25 IL &. -s -, ) !, S 81 3
Josephine scribne Gates. whose
several years by little g!rls. hae writ
ten a, new book which iBs JustSas charm.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

"The Dixie book of Days.
By Matthew Page Andrews. The
Page Publishing Association, Baltimore,
Nd
THE Dixie Book of Days' is an art
calendar presenting library OF daily
quotations revealing the romance, folk
lore, hunlor, literature and history of
the South. 1t is printed In two colors
throughout, on high grade paper, Tha
anniversary datea of several hundred
historic events are given through the
year. Each inside sheet covers week
[ and has marginal space notes
s. The cover design Isl distinctive iii
coloring, with photosrayures repre-
eenting historic occasions. Whatever
tennis to preserve the memory OF great
events and the tpe ople who made them
great Isl q Ssost iRs lIteratufe ITO be
commend ed 'sGThe ID Ike Art Cal endar,,
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DsPATo RICHMOND VA SUNDAY pEcEMBER IL

! ms az: tlie otherss have been, Mrs.
Gates calls the latest addition TO her
collection 1.-Two Dolls In Fairyland..'
but II Is far from being a conventional
fairy story. Tho live dolls. whose adj
ventures have boen related before in
this series. play no more Important
roles In this book than do tho cbiidrcn
themselves & Il. 80 4 ~
The children aud their doll compan-
ions ride on the silver moon boat.
swing on moonbeams balanced on the
handle of the d!pper, sleep in tiny cloud
nehs and pay visit TO Santa Claus.
incidentally they accompany tile fairies
OH their works of mercy about tho
earth and learn many little lessons
which u is to be hoped they will al
ways remember. This volume Is at
tractively illustrated In colors by yir-
slnia Keep, and Is uniform in appear
Hnce With The Story of tho 1.-Two
Dolls and other books OF an Immensely
popular gerics.
"Tsc Poets New EnRland.p
By Helen Archibald CLARKE. The
6aker-Tnylor Company. of New York I
One of the liandsomcst holiday books
OF this year is represented in this vol
une. which is richly bound eplcndidly
decorated and illustrated and Wonder
tuily interesting az to It's text. The
contents, by chapters treat Of the re :
iation of the poets to New England In
nature. from. hills to sea; of New Eng
land In romance, legendary and hla-
torical; In history, from tho birth of
the nation to It's majority; Of New.
,England in the light OF their personal
and literary friendships. their emo :
tional and intellectual thought
There arc among the many pictures
odornins the pages of the book those
OF the homes Of Longfe!low, Whittier.
Holmes. Lowell and Emerson. There
are pictures of places and people i'm
lnorta!ized by tho poets verse; there
Is much romance. much OF weird tradf-
ton touched upon, awakened by the
verse 1t inspired.
BrYants association with tho Amer
lean Revolution and the War Between
the states; the connection of Emerson
and Holmes and Longfellow and Low
ell TO the same periods. and tho atti-
tude of each, together with extracts
from the works of the poets and the
critical explanation of these extracts
MI the pages of the book with every
thing that is of Interest TO the student
OF American poetry and literature.
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"a For sale and recommended III Richmond
by OTens 4 Minor Drug Co, 1oo7 q; Iaip j;
I Peoples Drug Coz 5000 WI hamburg Ave,
stTra SIS p3,tpE.sl si1 road ST.,
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AIr.syan Burents j ook, q, 81 IL ss &.
IT; la pleasing +, i q. know, that a, 3.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-22
How to Float a Corporation.

To an organized Clique of capitalists
add given quantity OF deliberately en-
graved bonds, certificates of stock, and
incorporation papers, sufficiently di-
luted with water, and supplement with
a brisk dash OF clever advertising.
Disseminate and dissolve advert ing
thoroughly, and sift in a popular guam
tity of nskcr2 small investors. Add
more water. vigorously, and strain
through the fine sieve Of manipulation
and suspension OF dividends to elimin-
ate the now undesirable, panic-strick-
en- small investors. Set them aside to
cool, add to the residue OF capitalists.
water, and what rema 81 legitimate
stock, add monopo y md favorable
legislation. favor with defiance, and
the corporation is ready to serve
Puck
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-22
HEALTH SOCIETY BARS KISSES
consumption, Smallpox and Other
Contagious Diseases Sure to Spread
in This Manner.

Kiss not" is the motto of the
Worlds Health organization, of which
Mrs. Imogene Rechtin of Cincinnati
is president. Mrs. Rechtin explains
that the object of the movement is to
lessen the spread of consumption and
insists that the Kiss not" pledges
should be taken and kept by every
school teacher in the country.
Teachers and pupils both will
benefit by it," declares Mrs. Rechtin
"A sweet-faced kindergarten teacher
kissed her pupils good-by, saying, i
will take a good rest this summer. In
the fall l will give you more games;
they tire me now She died of con-
sumption in the middle of August
Were the children exposed to con-
sumption? Had the disease been diph-
liberia or smallpox would they have
been exposed to it?
Since you cannot quarantine
against consumption, nor vaccinate
against consumption, how will we con-
troll it?
ut takes whole families to the
grave. We get it into our system
through our noses and mouths. AS far
as possible we safeguard our noses by
avoiding dust. We have no way OF
protecting our mouths. Quarantine
them, if may be allowed to use the
word in this way. Teach the little
ones to quarantine their mouths. With
land teeming with consumption we
should always love our relatives and
friends. Teachers and others will al
ways love the little folks, but should
love them too we'll to kiss them.
"Our health officer says Kiss only
your enemies
I'VE have a very pretty club but
ton bearing our motto, Kiss Not in
red letters on white background. A
prominent physician said: If one OF
those buttons could be put upon the
bib of every newborn baby and worn
till the child is eighty years old there
would be more old people than there
are today"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-22
America go Move"

Yecrs ago there was a notable and
eccentric individual called the Great
Ar erican Traveller Bat recent Stats
tics YcU,d seem &c show that pretty
rea-'T everybody in Thu country is
becoG ing q great American traveller.
Ten years age the roi,ro2d C;perts
figured out that the fetal number Of
passer gers carried in the United
States one mile was about $780,
600, 900 Now the number is put at
90, 200, 100000, an increase of more
than 100 per cent. Of course this eX-
hitit includes those who go only short
distances. But even at that the show
ing is remarkable. The average Amer
lean keeps ION the move" to an ex-
tent not known among his conten
poraries elsewhere