The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
and was buried in Burnham Thorpe

and was buried in Burnham Thorpe
Church, by the side of his Wife
From thenceforward the interest of
The book is carried on by extracts from
diaries and journals, and by letters
written to and BY different members
of the Matcham family. The journal of
young George Matcham gives an ac-
count of the train OF events following
the battle of Trafalgar and the death
OF Nelson. The records afterward OF
the Nelson family, rendered famous by
the great English hero. are also taken
from young George Matcham's journal.
He writes in IL of his uncle that II
wish they would let the great man
rest In peace. His actions speak for
themselves. and on them his fame may
safely rest
The widowed years of Catherine
Matcham were spent at KensingtUn
with her youngest son. Her going out
days were over, the book records. not
wtthstandins that King William aske ::
Why does not my old friend ever come
TO see me? Al Kensington in 1912
she died. and with her death this most
valuable book ends.
1t contains outside OF its main
lines, numerous references TO notable
Norfolk families. including the Cokes
and Walpoles. and great variety OF
miscellaneous ouds and ends of the
highest interest, which throw fresh
light on already published memoirs or
contemporaries"
"In Her Own Right"
BY John Reed Scott with color illus
trations by Clarence F. Underwood J.
b. Lippincott & Co, Of PHILADELPHIA
and London. s1.25 net.
novel beginning In Northumber-
land. a wealthy community with an
exclusive club set. not far from New
York, and ending in Hampton, a little
village located on the Eastern Shore
of Maryland.
young man, named Godfrey Croy-
den, who has been stripped of a hand
resolves to quit a fashionable club set
among whom he has come to grief, but
among whom his dearest hopes are
centred. and go to Hampton, where a
home inherited from his uncle awaits
him.
Ills introduction to Hampton society
and his installation in his residences
are described with great spirit In
going through an old-fashioned writ
ing desk Godfrey Croydon comes upon
paper which points 10 him as the
heir of treasure hidden by pirate
who, years before, bequeathed 1t to
Croyden's ancestors.
The search for this treasure divides
interest naturally attracted toward the
love affairs of four of the most In
teresting characters in the novel,
which Is absolutely safe as to morals
and clever in construction and nara
ton.
"out of Africa.v
~ book of short stories by Thomas
Lane Carter The Neale Publishing
Company, of New York and Washing
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The stories of African life told in
This book by an American mining en-
gineer are presented with great d.
RICHNESS and vigor and with the ex-
perience OF Il man who has sane way
of looking at the facts Of life, ready
humor4 and a frank and natural style.
Mr.. Carriers book is dedicated to an
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wide reputation, Hennen Jennings by
name. The author of the book is
Lousianian By birth, a citizen of New
Orleans by residence and education, a
mining engineer by profession and an
artist by temperament. For many
years he lived in South Africa, work
ing In the gold mines of Johannes
burg and acting as correspondent for
several important mining journals.
"The story Girl"
BY l. NJ. Montgomery. With cover
and frontispiece by George Gibbs. L.
c. Page Company, of Boston. through
the Bell Book and Stationery Com
pany. OF Richmond. s1.b0.
4 The author of such delightful ro-
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Cables" '.Anne of Avonlea" and XII
neny OF the Orchard" has. written an
othor fascinating girls book, which
She has entitled The Story, Girl
Tho story begins on Prince Edward