The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
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, much so that the reader is kept guess
ing all the time as to it's exact loca-
ton. There Is plenty of action and OK
citment at all, times
The hero OF the love story running
through tho book, Is the New York
writer, and the heroine a young girl
taking part lin the chase Not until
the very end is the mystery cleared
up and the rewards bestowed. s.
The story, is rather unreal but is
qaite Interesting and readable.
"The Captain of the Nine.
BY william HeyliSer. illustrated.
ID. Appleton e Company. of New
York and London. SIPS.
The scenefof this typical boys book
is at II school called ST. Marys. At
the opening, e1e Unfold OF the varsity
nine has just begun. Its fall practice.
rather early In the, season. The boys
are inNexcellent shape and full of en-
thusiasm, feeling sure OF success. dur
Ing the coming season. The coach
and the we'll beloved captain enter
with long faces, banishinS all chccr-
fulncss in Il moments time.
II turns out that the captain, whom
they all worshiped. must give up his
command and return to the ranks. His
father has failed in business and de-
SlTeS nlll 10 ScCuTe III the Dcncut pos
sibTe from his last year ut the school.
There develops a contest for the po-
sition of captain between Mellcu, the
second basenan. and BARLEY, the star
pitcher. BARLEY wins and makes an
unrclcnting enemy of Meilcn. From
this time on Mcllen does all in his
power. in an underhand way. to make
the nine a failure. Much of the book
is taken up in the struggle between
tl> ,l,.t,, Al,
be met and the hard work necessary
to develop winning nine.
The climax comes when BARLEY
illustrates Mellcn's attempt to deooy
away crack player on the eve OF
the big game The book is just the
kind that will delight a hoy, and it
contains the inside baseball talk that
has it's special appeal.
AThc Gay Rebeliiop.'
BY Robert ". Chambers. Illustrated
by Edmund Frederick. ID. Appleton
&. Company OF New York and Lon
don. $3.50 net.
Robert w. Chambers, vino is one OF
the most whimsical OF modern Aineri-
can writers, has employed the force
of his originality against Votes for
women and has called the book in
which his humor has it's fling, The
Mr.. Chambers evidently considers
ridiculc more effective weapon than
logic or an array of facts Conse-
quently he seeks, as other men and
women have done, 10 oppose the on-
coming woman's movement. by the
sarcasm of his pen.
The use Of the word gay implies
that lie looks on tho effort OF women
to establish equal suffrage as friv-
olous fancy OF the day. Rather. that
he seeks to impress the world Mt large
with Its futility AS 10 the employ
ment of the title word 'trebcllion,"
there is less certainty. Possibly he
means by it rebellion against the
assumed authority OF men or against
the convcntionalites of society
His now book then describes the
New Race" women as being organ
ICED in secret out of the most advanc-
ed and determined as we'll as the most
healthy, vigorous and physically beau
tiful Of all the suffragettes In North
America, one of their number happen
inS 10 own thousand acres for the
location of university, where great
numbers attend summer session and
indulge their cult-that Of being the
cave woman.
He works out his story evidently
according to his idea Of women al
ways yielding to what he has in mind,
''as the law of nature"
Mr.. Chambers has been clever in
selling upon one of the most vitalized
questions of the day as the basic idea
for his novel lie is nothing If not
original. and his originality here will
stand him in good stead.