The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-18

! foirlN wCll OH an Island. though the
hero has to act father forcibly at times
| In order to convince his Scottish com
| paniom that property rights must be
regarded even on an uninhabited island.
! And when Il beautiful maiden, dashed
to Il hoating SPAR comes drifting IN
with the tide. the hero is compelled to
, be more convincing than ever
However,. lac prevails in his con-
tentions. foundcd on right as they arc:
the dour Scot succumbs to rum and
the sea birds and an unconventional
way to legitimate happiness Is found
by the hero and his sweetheart.
.CbrIstophcr Qunrles."
BY Percy James Brebner l.. p. Dut-
ton ~ Company.
sixteen detective stories. all the plots
Of which are solved by n psychological
expert. are combined in the book,
"ChriStophcr Quarlcs." by Percy James
! l3rcbneT. Considerable ingenuity has
I gone to the making of the crimes and
their complications. while their solu-
! ton is attained by methods unhack-
neycd enough to create. a certain
amount of interest.
| '.Tim: The AutobioErMphy Of u Dog"
t by Rt Rev. Iithelbert Talbot, Bishop
| Of bethlehem Harper & Brothers.
| Tim was Il Boston-bull pup who grew
/ up a real dog with a real individuality
4 III 10y at liielu SNitclHciS Boo'
! hater. He was something of philoso
| pher too, and there were moments
| when the call OF the wild made him
ponder on dog-eXistcnce and the why
! ness of things as they happened to him.
! His adventures began on his arrival at
! n fashionable mountain hotel with hui
mans, a wild boar and mountain cattle.
GLOW to Cook and Why"
| By Jessie y. Long and Elizabeth
| Condit Harper & Brothers
! This practical book presents In un-
| technical language the scientific prin-
ciplcs underlying cookery. 1t does not
| give recipes, but 1t does give In a di-
! rect, practical way the facts. principles
! and general directions which enable tho
| llousckeepcr to use cookbooks and to
learn TO be somewhat independent of
! them also
This book has been written to meet
+! :hc needs OF two classes--the girl of
| high school age and the average house
Keeper who. deeply Interested III the re-
! sponsibility she has In preserving the
| health OF tho family, needs Il book that
her broad. general principles without
going too far into details that she finds
I! it impractical to follow.
| The following are some of the chap
ters: why VIC Need Food: THE
! Value of Cereals; BREAD and Yeast:
I ne lnulSDcnSaDlc NepcttDic EPSS,
| Milk and Cheese; why Meat Is I'm
portant": why Flavor Counts; What
to Eat Together; "IIow to Keep Food:
"IIow to Use n Cookbook; "A Few
| Warnings"
| North Caroline Records.
] AS n matter OF interest to North
Carolinians and VirEinians the follow
| ing announcement. though of Il char
| actcr unusual in this column. IS printed:
The State librarian OF North Caro-
lima announces the completion OF the
! last volume of the Colonial and State
| Records. in twcnty-siH volumes. with
four volumes of index, with n historical
review. This Is without doubt the most
valuable historical work that the State
has ever undertaken, and, indeXcd rs
ii is one of the most disable. The index
alone comprises some 1000 pages, and
is unusually minute and completes. BY
Ia liberal contribution of time and
labor by the editors and compilcrs. Col
oncl William l.. Saunders. late Score
tary of State, and Hon walter Clark,
Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court of
North Carolina. the maker OF the index,
DR.. stephen b. Weeks, together with
the libcrality Of the General Assembly,
these volumes may be obtained at the
remarkably low price of SO each. or
S75 per set, from Miles O. Sheriff., State
librarian. Raleigh. y. C.