Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-03

Harper & Brothers announce that
they will put to press this week for
Himself" by Woodrow Wilson; "over
the Border" by Herman Whitaker:
The Tenant OF wildfcll Hail." by Anne
Bronte; Jane Eyre" Shirley" wi
lctte." The Professor and Poems" by
Charlotte Brontc. and "Wuthering
Heights" by Emily Bronte.
The Red Planet" by William ].
Locke (John Lane Company. Is
story OF war time, but not OF war.
Love and mystery and love again
these are the threads the war god
tangled and w. j. Locke has unraveled
in this. his best story since The Be-
loved Vagabond." Though 1t has war
for its background, THE Red Planet"
is a story of home: it has its setting
in a quiet English village. where dwell
the mothers and fathers. the wives
and sweethearts Of those who are out
somewhere" Love is there. and great
devotion. and quiet courage and mys-
terry. And the old soldier who can no
longer serve his country thrills you
with the story OF 1t all. 1t is book
that You can hardly afford to miss
reading.
Florence Howe Hall. author O: The
otOIS Ol INC bdllic hymn Oh the NC
public" shares with her sisters in the
Pulitzer prize of $1,000 which has Just
been awarded by the Columbia Uni
versity for the best American biogra-
nhy written during the year OF 1916.
This was the life OF Julia Ward Howe.
Mrs. Hairs name appears on the title
page of the Life" as having assisted
in the work. In writing to thank the
hecretary of the university for The
honor Of the award. she wrote: "The
credit for the work belongs not so
much to the writer's as TO the noble
parents whose memory inspired them.
My mother would have been greatly
pleased at this tribute given to her
life in her beloved native city of New
York" In the STORY of the Battle
Hymn of the Republic" she has shown
what influence her mothers famous
poem had on her American patriotism.
The Empty House." by an anony-
nous writer, but one who is we'll in
formed and knows how to support
purpose in story OF tense interest
in the development. is Just out from
the press of the Macmllans In this
brilliant and searching novel is pre-
scented one OF the greatest social prob
lens in American society to-day-that
OF the modern childless woman. The
story which is told in the first per-
son, is that OF young woman who In
her childhood learns that her mother
was killed by bearing children, and
who resolves, in consequence, never to
have child herself In a most nat
ural way the plot develops a situation
Of intensity in which the heroine finds
her entire future happiness involved
in her decision. While primarily 4
story-and an interesting and even ex-
citing onc-in it's course all the various
points Of view OF this great problem
arc presented with telling effect.
That humor and scientific attainment
can travel tremendously together is
shown by Arthur Everitt Shipiey in
his book entitled Studies in Insect
Life" which E. P. Dutton & Co. have
just published. Scientific accuracy and
wide knowledge mark the papers
which comprise the book. and so does
droll sense of fun which leads hin,
to say. with great frequency. mirth
provoking and unexpected things with
as much seriousness as IL he were maxi
ing a dry scientific statement. OF par
ticular interest at tho present mo.
mont In tho paper on Insects and
War;" which gives = detailed account