The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31

uStlstlDeSS TO ncT SlOTS tTal SET II upaTl
from the guneral run OF romances that
attain publication. Prettily bound in
blue and white. the book is illustrated.
for the most part, by Elizabeth ]. Winn,
whose newspaper drawings are ia
miliar.
Emma McChesney's son, Jock. whom
readers of Roast Beef Medium" will
certainly remember, has reached m age
and Importance that justify his creator.
Edna Ferber. in writing u book about
him. personality Plus" (Stokes) re-
lates the story of the young mans
start as an advertising agent, In which
capacity he radiates so much charm
and magnetism that his employer
frankly assays him as personality
plus" Nevertheless, he is n competent.
even brilliant, youngster, and his brain,
trained as IT has been by that attrac-
tive and clever woman. his mother.
must not tie sighted in considering
the items which, in addition to his per-
sonailty, go to make up his equipment.
And. even though the boy for whom she
mace so many sacrifices is now a man
thinking about wife OF his own,
Emma McChesney has still some years
in which to yield to romance in the
pcrson of her faithful wooer. T. ~.
Buck.
Louisa NJ. Alcotts influence, especial
ly as welded in Little Women" is
strongly In evidence in Margaret Turn
bulls appealing story, Looking After
Sandy" (Harpers) Sandy is n
workhouse child. and the process
she appears in the family that
brings her up, in Egypt, y. j.
She had been informally adopted and
taken out of the poorhouse by old Miss
Perkins. and when the old woman died,
leaving in her will no provision for the
care of the homeless child. Sandy
turned to the Bible and found there,
Flee into Egypt, and be thou there
until I bring thee word" Therefore,
Sandy alightcd from the train on which
she had taken flight at the station
Egypt, and was taken care of by the
cheerful and humorous Sandisons.
There follows 4 tale of childhood
changing to early youth, of schooa-
days and fun and love-making.
all Sketchcd with light hand and
with a touch of real sentiment Later.
there are pictures of Sandy grown to
womanhood. fallen in love, and. finally,
triumphant in her chosen work.
Wheels Houghton Mfflin) to the
whimsical hulnor that has made his
other stories, notably "Happy-Go-
Lucky" such delightful reading. The
hero of his newest story Is young
boy. Philip Medium, who is reared
most unconventionally and, theoreti-
cally, most improperly by those who
assume charge Of him. And among his
guardians his Uncle Joseph is the most
interesting, indeed.
than Philip himself. Uncle Joseph
practices q curious and Highly immoral
form of philanthropy. He makes a
scientific study of finding cases that
are really worthy of help, but then he
evolves reprehensible methods of pro-
curing aid for them. He invents all
manner of imaginary good causes and
lays them before those that he thinks
will be most apt to give to such objects
To these appeals he dcvotes to the per-
sons and causes that are, in his opinion
deserving. Philip is required to act
as his secretary, and by the time he
Is fourteen he can write two distinct
hands, and is invaluable as an aman-
uenSis. Later, the boy runs away and
falls Into the hands of an amusing and
eccentric literary man. From his care
he withdraws himself for the purpose
of entering the automobile business.
After all. Philip is thoroughly normal
younGster, and duly falls in love with
4 nice girl.
The same simple humor that marked
the stories of Charles Heber Clark
MAX Adeler), published many years
ago, ia apparent in lis new volume "By
the Bend OF the River" (Winston)
Whether they are old-fashioned or not.
they are genuinely funny. with the
clean fun that is so welcome OF the
eleven stories in the volume ten are
short: the eleventh and longest Is n
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