Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-02

In fiction.
"ne-act drama. called "Rada." from
tn" pen OF the gifted Alfred Noycs is
described by the author as " II Christ
mas tragedy OF the Balkans being n
plea for Peace on earth. Good Will to-
ward men, Only five characters are
introduced by name. the others being
indicated merely as soldiers. and the
plays one act is short. But IL is !,
thing of horror in the useless sor,iid
ana hideous tragedy That II unfolds.
ana the very simplicity with which Mr..
NoYes has told IL makes II but the
more intensely dramatic. 1t is, TO be
very brief, the story OF Il mothers sac
rihce of her only daughters life TO
save her from the hands of bestial SOL
diers Quartcred in the little village,
and the action takes place on Christ
mas Eve.
George Fitchs cleverly written and
cleVerly syndicated vest pocket
essays" have. In part. been collected
and published under the title. Sizing
Up Uncle Sam" Included In this VOL
umc are many essays touching and ap-
pertaining to States. cities. historical
personages. leading citizens. political
phenomena, products. places. features
fads. pastimes. drawbacks. etc. etc.
III the january NUMBER or the
Bookman. Frederick Tnber Cooper.
taking Harold Bell wrlght's latest best
seller for his text. analyses the
methods OF that author and his stu
pendous popularity in the following
keen manner: Perhaps the simplest
way III which to sum up Mr.. Wright
is TO say that he employs the Salvation
Army methods. His style Is largely
suggestive of the drum and the tam
BOURNE. his attitude is the uncom-
promising attitude of the revivalist
he ruthlcssly divides his sheep from
his goats. omnipotently thrusting the
latter into outer darkness. And be-
cause so many people arc Rtill secretly
old-fashioned In their beliefs. still look
upon our big cities ms modern Sodoms
and Gomorrahs, they find his hectic
denunciations OF the sins OF society as
soul satisfying as our Puritan ances-
tors found iie fire and birthstone OF
the Sunday sermon"
Sir James Matthew Barries war
play. The Day" which has been pro-
duced in London and printed In this
country, has been Issued by Scribner's
in book form.
In the January ST. Nicholas, Hide
Earde Hawthorne continues her
Books and Reading" department with
a sympathetic appreciation OF Eugene
Il ieiu, tho poet who loved children so
well. She says in part: 1T was chill
dren whom Field loved best, and he
would take all sorts Of trouble to
make child happy. His room was
crowded with toys, queer dolls funny
little mechanical toys that ran about.
or boxed. or nodded strange heads. or
performed tricks. His study door was
never shut to n child. and he had many
child friends his family knew nothing
OF. HIS brother tells how, a few hours
after his death. little crippled bow
came to the door and asked - he
might go up and see Mr. Field. He
was taken into the room where the
gentle, much loved figure lay, and left
there. In little while he came linn
Ing downstairs. the tears streaming
down his checks. and went silently
away, known to nobody there"
An announcement, OF interest TO all
Browning studentA Is that made by
Macmillan that there will appear early
in January volume Of hitherto un-
published poems by Robert Browning
and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The
collection includes some twenty-nine
poems from the pen OF Robert Brown
ing and six by Mrs. Browning. II will
be prefaced by an introduction by
Frederick c. Kenyon dealing with the
manuscripts.
The John Lane Company announces
that 1t Will shortly publish small
volume containing Richard lie Gal
lienne's recent poem, THE SILK Hat
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