The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-13
American life, genuine to the core an
truly entertaining.
"a woman with a PURPOSE"

~ otOi VI ii SotiIS woman, WI no, DC
Ing college graduate and having mono
TO say her nay, takes bachelor apart
ments in New York and begins a
fight to win recognition and indepon-
dence. She carried on her struggle
bravely. but failed In the end.
When she had quite dcspaired OF
herself, a man who loved her devoted
ly found her out and she became his
wife.
For awhile everything. was couleur
de rose. The young Wife fitted ma
turally into her new sphere and sym
pathized with her husband in his plans
and ambitions. Then her old desire
for mission in life led her into The
commission of sonlo foolish acts. But
she found out by experience that She
needed guidance and q home career
Fortunately both were given her.
The moral tone Of tho book com
mends it highly.
"Thc Romance of Monk"
BY AltN King. Published by the
Metropolitan Press, New York. Price.
S1.2O.
j. The rs title OF o. this eempanlon volume n,
lead one to conclude that the story
goes back 10 past ages but not so.
The book Is modern in taste. ideas and
more powerful in its presentation 81
q romance that might we'll have be-
longed to the days OF chivalry.
Madge Ockleston. q charming Eng
lish girl Sojourning in Rome and on
tho lookout for new worlds to con-
nuer, .strays with party of friends
into the church of San Luino. aud her
idle fancy is caught by the white heat
OF earnestnesS and the other worldly
look on tho face OF the young monk
who is preaching. In IL spirit of imp
1shncss she determines to make him
look her way,and when she fails to
do SO. her half-angry piQuc makes hc,
resolve upon Il course that proves her
own undoing, In order to be brought
into contact with this man who calm
~ Ignores her existence. she deter
mines TO seek religious instruction at
his hands. To carry out her plan she
finds she must embrace the Catholic
faith.
An adventure begun in mere jest
proves to be serious affair when she
finds herself passlonately in love with
tho young priest.
| The gradual awakening Of the
Father Fampalloni to the fact that he
We'll por ORTIZ ifow the climaN comes =
at Easter and how the lovers are made
happy in each other By bold cutting
tic but rather illogical end to the
story.
.rhe Gold nag."
=, B. Liippincott Co. Philadelphia.
Miss Wells has followed her former
other detective story that is sure 20
be one Of the most popular in its class.
Her plot is worked out in an un-
expected but thoroughly satisfactory
ending.
The story Is told by the young de
est to acknowledge his ability. and
who fails a the end by reason OF the.
blindness Of love.
Interest is caught at the very be-
the case and the finding of a series
Of conflicting clues. Mr.. Joseph Craw-
ford. a wealthy fnancier and owner
is found murdered in his own home,
with bullet through his temple. The
weapon with which the deed was com
mitted is nowhere to be found but
lady's gold mesh bag, late Extra"
OF the evening before and several
crunpled rose leaves that have fallen
to the floor from the basis OF a by
pothesis. Suspicion points at once TO
Mr. Crawford's niece by marriage,
Florence LLOYD. Miss Lloyd Is proven
to have had Q motive in the fact that
marriage. to his secretary. Gregory
Hall and tho night before his murder
threatened 10 cut her Off with tho ira
dtional shilling Unless She broke of
the match. The mysterious disar-
pearance Of the Will further involves
matters. and when the detective finally
proves that Florence made false state
look black indeed for the young girl.
It is Just at this point that Burroughs.
the detective and storY-teller. becomes
aware of the fact that he would give
his life to save Florence LLOYD lilo
goes to work more frantically than
ever and succeeds In proving every
single clue to be quito a commonplace
coincidence. In DESPAIR he sends for
his superior Fleming stone, who
solves the mystery While Burroughs
Is gagged in winning Florcnce over to
his way OF thinking.
The story is entirely free from the
revolving features that so often mar
tales of its class; vet IT Is. quite thrill
inS enough to satisfy the strongest
craving for exciting fiction More
plot in a manner that Will appeal to
Il logical mind. and the methods OF
her hero are not tho far fetched meth.
DDS Of deduction" that have strained
tho readers creduity TO the breaking
point so often.
polly Madison and Hook People.
1t Is an astonishing realization. and
one that Will interest Richmond friends
who went to Washington. o. c. IN
1871, as little Jane Cabell enjoyed
Elsie Ferguson's presentment OF dolly
Madison at the Columbia Theatre in
e. Mrs. Van Iandt was Just eleven
Years old when She met ono OF the
most popular mistresses OF the White
matron OF the old Southern school now
surviving WHO can record personal I'M
pressions OF Mrs. Madison and she has
done so In the Washington newspapers
In very interesting and attractive
manner
Richmond Authors Work.
in the March issue, OF Book New,
In, IL ltnr s,- 4 tf.v.s 81