The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-07

The Story of Our Navy. by William o.
Stevens. Harper St Bro. Price.
$3.50.
A timely book in view OF the in
terest aroused in military and naval
exploits by the European war. A
book 'aat relates the story of the rise
and fall and rise again of the Ameri-
can navy. A book whose most inter-
esting chapter is that of the recent ex-
PLOTS of the American navy, incidents
that while comparatively fresh in the
public mind because of their newness
nave yet been infreauently treated in
works OF this sort The story Of
Dewey's exploits and the debt he owed
to training under Farragut at New
Orleans is especially interesting. Well
illustrated and fairly well written.
Gideon's Band. by George W. Gable
Scribner's. $i.35.
a novel of the Mississippi steam
boat DAYS portraying the rivalry Of
two families of steambo owners the
love affair of the youngest scion and
the youngest damsel of the rival
homes, and t1e tale OF an unseltish
Creole wife of one of the owners. Cen
tlemen and strong men in conflict.
The book is not particularly we'll
written and Some Ct me characters
are old for their ages. An insight
into boat life on the river in the palmy
days Of the steamboat captains, and
Me intense rivalry Of owner with
owner and captain with captain show
throughout the book,
Hans Ander4ens Fairy Tales. Har-
per & Bro. Price. $3.50. net
A collection of the fairy tales of the
f,G 1nif pfnF l.
Illustrations make the book particular
ly interesting 70 younger children.
some of the old and some of the new
stories, none of which ever grow old
to the children, make UP the volume.
over five hundred pages with forty
three stories and a hundred illustra-
tons to make the stories more real.
The Wolf Hunters. by George Bird
Grinnell. Scribner's. s1.25.
A book of adventure and travel. re-
lating the experience Of three SOL
diers in the wolf country of the Mid
die West at the opening OF the War
Between the States Having earned
their discharges, the men decide to
spend a winter in wolf hunting. and
go off into the Indian country to
make their fortunes skinning wolves
that follow the buffalo herds. In
dian tribes make the situation ex-
citing by occasional skirmishes. and
finally the ex-troopers are attacked
in force, to be rescued by members
of their own old cavalry company.
A typical narrative OF the time
To the Land of the Caribou, by Paul
: q. Tomlinson Scribner's. 81. net.
A book telling the experiences or
three Princeton College freshmen on
a summers cruise to the Labrador
coast In a small boat and with an
old tar for q pilot they spend the
time In travelling about the coast of
the northern country. examining what
they are able to appreciate of the ma
ture mysteries before them and en-
loving pranks at others expense more
than any other feature Of the trip.
The book reveals touches of amateur
In, composition and the humor situa-
tons sometimes fail to be fully
brought out.
African Adventure Stories. by j. Al
den Loring. field naturalist Of the
Roosevelt expedition to Africa. with
an introduction by Theodore Roose-
Welt.
A book which tells less OF the ad-
ventures OF tsle Roosevelt expedition
than one would think from its au-
thor's position. Taken up mostly
with retell,ng stories Of African ad-
ventures related to the author by old
hunters. some few personal expe-
riences and technical descriptions that
At into Me charact ,ristics OF the
work.
The Introduction by Colonel Roose-
welt bears witness to the reliability Of
the author and the authenticity Of
those experiences in company with
the Coionel's party.
The Unknown Guest. by Maurice
Maeterlink. Dodd, Mead & Co.,
$3.50
Maeterlink undertakes somewhat
new role In 'ais work. deiving into
tine psychic and psychological phs-
nome ma that have proven OF great
interest to certain classes OF inves-
tigatcrs In America and abroad n
recent years. The work seeks ito
present that inner thing that is self.
the soul. the spirit of every human