The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-30

little son, who, after all, died in in
f, rcy.
When the story opens. the married
pair have been reconciled. when they
mad reached point at which there
seemed nothing ECt separation for
the wife. Then the wife went away
for two weeks Journey through the
mountains. ana a visit 10 the peasant
woman who WAS the foster mother OF
the child she had lost During the
tip the Contcssa comes face to face
lite and escapes e.om ii by night.
feeling that otherwise her power of
resistance is insufficient
She returns to her home and her
husband Another little son comes to
take the place of the loved and lost,
ana old wounds and bruises healed,
because she made an honest effort to
regain her husbands love and be n
good and dutiful wife to him
The story is. alas. one too common
place to awaken special interest as to
II? theme. Its treatment is differ
ent affair. Nothing could be more
delicate and spiritual more emotional
and moro truly Italian in atmosphere
than The Broken Bell"
The story OF the hell furnishes the
49, "a WV IOlidHCc. II hangs IN
the belfry of San Marccllo. a hell OF
green and golden bronze. perfect, fine
~ molded, but unrune for e century.
The Contessa SAINT Alcionc. in max
ing a periodical visit to san Narcotic
takes with her an English priest who
is guest in her house. She swings
tn bell and finds that a assure in tho
bronze causes 1t to emit broken
note.
When the Contcssa has put aside
the thought of personal happiness and
taken her place once more at her
husbands side. she finds that French
order of priesthood has taken san
Marcollo. that the broken bell has
the offices. SO the relation between
the bell and the life OF the Contessa
holds good and its lesson is obvious.
"The College of IIumpdcn-Sidncy,u
BN Alfred j. Morrison. The Her
mitagc Press, OF Richmond. va. $3.50.
This is n calendar of lIampden- Sid
ncy board minutes from 1876 to 1876.
nut It's author points out in his preface
that the Calendar" is no brief. In il
may he found the facts for a hundred
years of the management by trustees
of one of the oldest colleges in tho
country. Hampden- Sidney and Wash
nEton and Lee. representing the south
and west in the State. mark the he
Sinninss of the positive Revolution.
the history of William and Mary,
standing for the Colony. is now dim
with the circumstances of age" The
calendar tells how the three have
Jared since tho establishment or I'm.
university. 1t covers fifty years OF
the old college and fifty years of the
new college OF Hampdcn- Sidney"
Inc calendar begins with an intro
dnction which explains why the
ireshNiery of Hanover entertained a
design for erecting an academy. 1t
mentions attempts for CARRYING out the
design an unsuccessful one in 1872.
one moro successful in lTT4. and the
appointment OF Rev Samuel Stanhone
smith as principal of the academy. The
choice OF lace for Its erection. the
appointment OF trustees and Of Mr.
smith as rector follow in natural Sc
quence
Extracts from inc Virginia Gazette
for October and December of 1875. In
the shape OF letters written by aIr.
smith, say regarding the college that
1t already has valuable library and
apparatus: that special attention will
, he paid to the cultivation Of the Eng
hsh language, and that the college. as
TO IT'S religious teachings. shall be
conducted on tho most catholic plan.
memorial of the trustees of Hamp-
den-Sidney was presented 10 the Vir-
| gina House OF Delegates on November
40. l71S. explaining the purpose of the
college and its work. This memorial
was withdrawn and supplement to
the Virginia Gazette, July %. l777.
proves that the Hampdcn- Sidney lot
terry. to raise 1850 pounds for the ,yir
pose of erecting additional buildings.
was permitted by an act of the Cen
eral Assembly OF Virginia The man
ayers of the lottery were: Paul Car
rinston. William Cabell James Mad,-
son. Ir. John Morton. Thomas Read.
Nathaniel Vcnable and Francis Wat
kns.
he first staff of instructors in.
Guided David Witherspoon. n son of Or.
itherspoon. OF Scotland and Prince
ton: Samuel Doak. John Springer.
Samuel Stanhope and John Blair Smith,
The academy seems never to have
been closed a whole session on account
of the War OF the Revolution, though
the record OF the board of trustees
Is incomplete for the years between
1777 and 1852,
continuous history of what was
lone by those who had charge of Hamp-