The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

toric buildings In tho world.
"Thc Uonsc az Torment"
by &. Rangcr-Gull. Dodd. Mead &c
Co.. Of New York. sl.2G net.
y romance OF tho days when Queen
Mary and King Philip sat on
the throne OF England aud together
ruled "a Srcac part of the outside world.
Tho biSotry ana cruelty of Mnry's ma
ture and the ,rcachery Of Philip to-
ward everything that was less ignob!c
than himself arc made most APPARENT
by the description given OF the burn
inss IN England. tho infatuation or
the Queen for her unreaponsivc Spouse.
and the association az the King with
tho bascst men OF tho court
The story tells. tir rcmarkatla adj
ventures OF John Comincndone, sem
ucmnn to Philip in England Mr.
Commcnhonc fnrribly prevented tho
King from carrying; out a;tsa design
toward young girl beloved by Com
ncudone. Af;crward thesc two. uc-
conpanicd by several followers cs-
carcd 10 Spain. There tho. fell under
the power Of the Inuuisition ana wero
barely rescued. They found eventual
y safe asylum AMI huppy home 1T
Rome until such time ~ IL was aafu
Tor them to return to England,
Tho st7ry is fun Of adventure and
the spirit OF an earlier period. All
history IL interesting. and tho his,ory
IN this book is we'll told. It's hair
breadth escapes and brcathless ell
inoNca are calculated to attract ami
hold the attention or a reader,
"rhc Runnwny Equator"
BY Lillian Boil illustrated b. Peter
Newell. Frederick =. Stokes Company,
, OF New York
THIS dclightfni little book ct the
imagination tells about The strange ad-
ventures OF "a little bcv in rurguit OF
! "a runaway Equator Tho hook Is H.
| Illustrated hy Potter Newell AMI tho text
Is charming. Billy. starting out an
enchanted trolley car. encounters tho
giraffe motians .! the equine OK. and
III" Evening star Investigates n pas
siNc volcanic ana doesn't have his nosa
nppcd hy Jack Frost
lie visits tho place where night Is
six months lGnE.and then comcs 4c!oss
rainbow Bridge which Is made tor
!uin by tho rays. The story e.; FUN nr
! thinSa that children want to know,
told In way that is calculated to
attract any child who ~ "a lover OF
what Is nrishtcs, aud best III juye.
milo literature.
"Fhr Little Cuun. Of Normandy"
BY Eyalecn stein. From l. e. Page
d Co, OF BoScton, through the Bcli
Book and Stationery Company, OF
. liichmond. $3.50.
\ charming book for girls and boys,
telling about the life OF Il page IN
the great medieval castles Of l'runce,
and OF hoy who, even in his boy
mood was brave and manly. and ready
for the defense of his mother and sis
ter when his father had gonc to the
wars
The book gives Il striking picture OF
life in "a stcrncr and ruder age But
har n,
humanity in all ages and in all coun-
| tries. And the best of human quail
ties stcadfastness, courage and de-
Totion-belongcd TO the little Count
OF Normandy that both boys and girls
OF to-day will want TO read about and
to know.
"Thc old Clock Book"
BY y. Hudson Moore. The Frederick
A. stokes Company, OF New York $40
net
This hook contains l0i illustrations
| from photos rapiis. and has Il full list
Of clock makers II tells much about
carly English clocks az timckeepers.
table clocks and watches and lons-
case clocks, and gives the names OF
New England and Pennsylvania clock
| makers. it also gives directions for
krering clocks running.
In the list OF European ana Am,ori-
can clock makers given, there are
4,"9S names. The illustra lions are eS-
ccllen', and the book full of vaIuoble