Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-05
Pooks and Authors

In 1.-THE Preacher OF CEDAR MOuihali'
published by Doubleday. Page d Co.
Ernest Seton Thompson has written
his first novel AS novelist. TINS
famous nature writer draws upon his
intimate knowledge OF western IRON
tier life. its physical aspects, its PEG.
pie and the creatures OF mountain ana
forest, and the result is setting that
is n yeritable panorama of color and
beauty. The story deals with the con-
version of Jim Hartigan. the young
preacher Of Cedar Mountain. and his
later fortunes in n little frontier town.
Always by his side is the great motive
force Of his lfe--a woman with the
knach OF taking life and the glfts OF
fortune on her own terms.
Whittet& Shepperson. Richmond print
ers have issued in pamphlet form
second edition of "Reminiscences or the
war of 1sG1-1Ss5," by Philip F.. Brown.
Company c. Twelfth Virginia Infan-
try, Mahone's Brigade. Without at
tempt at literary flourish. the author
gives n straightforward account OF his
experiences and Impressions AZ n Con-
federate soldier in the ranks during
the four years when Firginians won
imperishable renown for matchless
courage in resisting the invader. His
story is modestly told. but is absorb
ingly interesting. and one could wish
that the pamphlet were placed In the
hands of every Virginia young man of
the present gencration-to stimulate
his patriotism.
THE Capitols OF the South" by
Henry y. Boynton. Washington, d. c.,
Is an attractive booklet. containing al
tentative pages of full-rage illustra-
tons of the capitols and descriptions
of them. treating in this manner the
capitols of the States Of Georgia. South
Carolina. Virginia. North Carolina.
Kentucky. Tennessee. Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama Arkansas. Florida
and Texas. with an cpitomizcd sketch
of the various capitols of the respec-
tive States from their formation to
date. One page Is devoted to n repro
duction of the flags of the various
States contemplated by the volume.
smile reproduction of each of the
State seals. grouped around the great
seal of the CCnfederacy
Vance Thompson's Woman" (E. =.
Dutton & COD, has reached its second
edition within few weeks OF publ.
cation. The publishers arc receiving
from prominent women many letters
about 1t that vary from enthusiastic
praise to bitter denunciatio with very
few that are not of one or the other
temper. Mr.. Thompson's conviction
that the age-old seN-specialiZation of
womani what he calls making n
StrasbGrg goose of hor," has been
one Of the greatest tragedies of the
human race is so thorough that 1t
voices itself in emphatic and pic
turesque language. as this quotation
bears witness: Dear man. the thing
you see tottering along the street on
short legs and high heels. its head
gaudy with taffeta rags and feathers.
Is not woman; 1t Is female. Neither
God nor the devil ever made a thing
to look like that Man made her. And
she is just as much n monster ms the
male soprano he used to carve out of
human flesh. You cannot judge wo-
man by what you see walking about
in skirts-ashamcd of the duality OF
Its legs. She Is the product and re-
suit Of generations Of coop-life and
coop-law and coop-feeding. In
It's essence her tragedy Is a tragedy
of the coop and 1t Is nothing else"