Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-01
Books and Authors

Herbert Adams Gibbons tells "a very
pretty story Of the children Of France
in war times in his Little Children of
the luxembourg" just published by
WiEston's. Philadelphia. Little girls
IN Red Cross uniform. boys drilling
with toy guns under tho direction of
c"iVaiescent soldiers. II touching pic
ture OF soldiers blinded in action being
led by little ones and learning Il new
dependence. 60 10 prove that the chill
dren reflect the spirit and work Of the
nation al war.
The extraordinary popularity OF Ell
bert Earle Purintou's Efficient Iiv-
ing. which has gone through four
editions in the ten months sine. IFS
publication. has led TO the preparation
Of :, new book by MIR. Purin,on. THE
Triumph Of the Man Who Acts" lust
issued by Robert NJ Mcbride X Co
rms book takes its title from the ilrs,
chapter. which was originally pub
lishcd separately az a pamphlet. and in
That form achieved the enormous sal.
IT 700. 600 copies
Talks on business Cor..spoudrrca"
written hy William Cushing Bam-
purHh. contains II complete ritual OF
principles. customs. rules and methods
prhct!ced by experienced business men
and corporation officials throughout
etc. lave been gathered ny Mn Ham-
hnrgh 50 thar the student may have
a standard textbook. written with com
mrrcial authority II also deals with
s"ics campaigns handling Of mail AMI
SLING systems. The book is published
hl Little. Erown & Co. Boston.
The latest addition 10 the topical
ana artistic outputs OF the holiday
season by John Lane %. is "Our Hos
nital y |! c. 4 delightful siit on hos
pital characters and hospital Incidents
III war time. There Is q rhine for each
letter of the alnhabet faced by clever
Illustration. The artist herself has
been working IN y war hospital since
the early days Of the war, and knows
her subject intimately-the drawings
.-c obviously not done by IA outsider
while the amusing verses watch ar-
company the Illustrations are chiefly
TIA" work Of colleagues.
when the Prussiaus cam" IL 20
land is the experiences Of an Amcri-
can woman, Laura de TurczynowicZ
during the German invasion II i a
straightforward NARRATIVES terribly
real, Of her experiences ~ the heart
Of TIA" eastern war zouc. of her Sirllg-
81" with the extreme conditions. of
her Rcd Cross work. ~ her fight for
the lives Of her children and herself
I.
~ her release and Journey through
Germany and Holland 10 this country.
and II IS offered 10 the public n typical
Of The experiences of hundreds 81 oth"r
cultured Polish women Published hy
The Hutnams
y timely publication. IN >tcw a. tho
recent death OF Franz Josef ~ AUS
tria Is My Years a, the Austrian
Court. issued short time a"o las
John Ian" compaTN. II Is wr.ttcu ~
Nellie Ryan. IN Englishwuman VIA"
speni many harry years acting ~
companion in the household OF Arch.
duke Carl stefan. 9 cousin Of the late
Franz Josef I'll" book is written with
tho intention Of sho wing how extremely
interesting and clsvcr arc IN. members
OF tho House OF lIapsburg. and to re-
fute the popular theory that madness
HoSs their footsteps. Owing to the
position which she held IN the f;lm-
Wy, the author has been able Ia give tho
most intimate and au'hcntic version
OF court life. ono great advantage
mat this book possesses over similar
studies IL that 1T ~ not Anonymous
and liz free from pages OF court chat
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