The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-17

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Avenue, New York city. Clarence
Rowe, illustrator si.2s.
Another book full 10 tho brt,n of tho
cxcitation or cowbo% life, with its
straight riding. nlmble talking and
graceful twirlinG OF ropes. with Its
advcnturing and shooting. it's gam
bling. workine. hating and love max
ms. which summed up tho romance
of the ranch life OF yesterday.
book In which young Everton
ranks prominently and In which chap
tcrs reckon with the IMAM who rode
Purgatory." the "Nestor on Carri.o'
and The Prince Of the e. O." 4 hook
Tor all who arc fond of the best class
OF Western and cowboy fiction.
"rhc Rcd Hnon.y
By William I.e Queux Little. Brown
& Co. of Boston Color fr,ntispiccc
BY Cyrus Ounce $3.50.
Who killed Professor c;recr? be-
comes question of absorbing inter-
est and Importance for the readers of
this first-class detective story a prob
lem requiring much ingenuity In Its
solution. Professor Greer. u scientist
OF note. Is discovered in his laboratory
with knife in his heart and Ills face
! SO mutilated by soiue corrosive fluid
| as to be unrccoSnizable BY those who
| know him best. To add to the my5-
tory Of his death. his iaboratory doors
| arc securely locked and the only en-
trance to the room on the night Of the
murder was guarded by Eershaw
Kirk. the confdant and trusted friend
| OF the scientist.
y stumbling block confronting a
; man who tries TO unravel tic tangled
threads OF mystery is, that all CYL
dence Of eycsight proves the profess
! sor TO have been murdered In this red
room OF his London house Yet on IN.
| very night OF tho tragedy, the scientist
| Was reported to have been seen on tho
train going to Edinburgh
Mr.. lie QucuX keeps the secret OF
| the mystery hidden until tile end Of
the book. and so holds The attention
| OF his readers and their interest.
Observation-Disclosures"
| BY George Barr McCutchcon From
Dodd. Mead & Co.. OF aT2 rifti, Ave-
nue. New York CITY. through Tie Boil
Book and Stationery Company. Of
Richmond. $3.50 net.
The stage and it's interests are so
much In the public eye OF to-day tina [
1t seems quite natural for Mr.. Nc
| Cutcheon to have chosen for his heroine
a popular actress Of the day in New
! York
| Haling from Duluth, the actress, at
the suggestion OF her manager. adopt
! I'd the name Of Nellie Duluth. tIer
| husband was simply known as "Eer
Husband" or as MIR. what's His :
Name" lie lived at Tarrytown With
Phoebe the little daughter OF Nellie
| Duluth. The actress had smart
apartment In New York City. and only
occasionally remembered the house
! hold at TarrStown
| The husband was a simple hearted
genuine kind OF a man. who remcm-
bercd his Western home at a little
town called 'lakcvillc with regret.
lie was fond of his child. but found
himself dismally lonesome In Tarry
3. town. where tho rcsidcnters knew
nothing about linn and cared less.
| Accounts Of his going into town to
Witness his wffc's performance at
I tho theatre, OF his asserting himself
and his rights In a cafe whore she
was dining. and of his pluckincss in
| frightening a choice assembly OF her
| friends gathered around her in her
| fiat. with an nnioaded pistol. arc
written in n most entertaining man
| ner.
Like many another OF her class
1 Nellie Duluth permitted herself to be
| led away from her husband through
the Slnmor Of wealth and position. Ht
| for his part remained constant TO heI
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| took her again into his keeping
The book rests upon a substratum OF
| sound philosophy and good practical
| sense. Its moral is good and it's warn
Ing to American women clear and in
sistent
| Tho Grain OF Dust"
BY The late David Graham Phillips.
n. Appleton e Co. OF New York. pub
fishers 4. 3. Wcnzel Illustrator $l.3o
net.
Previous. novels by Mr. Phillips have
arraisncd women SO severely have
dealt so unsparinSly with their fol
| Hes. their weaknesses and above all.
with their Extravaganza and exac-
lions. that The Grain OF Dust comes
| to readers who have not followed its
serial appep ranc, through the col
umns Of the Saturday Evening Post. in
tho nature of a Definite surprise.
| The story deals mainly with an In
| fatuation on the part of an ambitious
New York man of affairs for girl
who occupies, when he makes her ac-
quaintancc AN obscure and unrecogniz-
ed position in a corner of tho great
business concern of which he Is one
| of the heads.
| This man has had to fight for all he
| has gotten. lie Is not Unreasonable