Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-04
Books and Authors

Books and Authors
Judge y. J. Dittenhoeter. whose book.
How We Elected Lincoln va. pub
iish"d last autumn. received last week
moro than 900 letters and kilograms
birthday Among theS" were cordial
/ letters from Joseph !! chontc and
Theodore Roosc",l,
rho Man in Evening CLOTHES" is the
iii" Of John Feed SCOTS new novel
10 b" published by the Putnans This
month. The M.,u In i:vcuinr Cloth"s
rs = master criminal who. armed Win
AN automatic. and taui,lcasly attir.d
robs the households OF social Wash
luGtou. Ills WAYS 90 roEucr" AZ" de-
houair II relentless; b% many IN. - lie
lcvcd to Toe :, member Of tn" social
set, by others simply professional
Around this Individual ANA - wcli-cou-
ncctcd spcndthrift at the sam. time
his accomplicc and antagonist, rcv"lvcs
a story fun OF breath taking surprises
.Oh. Bachelors. BE Careful MAY or
may not hc tho title or the ucNt novel
by The. author OF oh, MARY. Il" Care
ful." 1t seems that Mr.. Weston once
wrote a bachelor story aud received
PROPOSALS Of m"rriaG" by nearly
every mail The feminine beauty aud
wtt from Orcc on to Maine were offered
AZ his door--aud set. strange t" say.
MIR Weston j. still a bachelor. for after
q particularly busy daN ~ on" sweet
proposal after another lie silently
moved away in the might time, aud tho
FIRST arrival found nobody home" We
.naG!u" The girl To WIN MIR. W"stou.s
heart will have 10 hc az charming as
MARY Meaeham' ia "oln Mary. Re
Careful
In The Chosen People" the now and
striking novel published in March by
the L:ppincotts. Sidney l.. NyburE
draws contrast between two men.
Who might l." NAMED idenlist ana real
list. We're they not also strongly indI-
vidualist -David Gordon. the success
full lawyer and Philip Gr:tciZ. the
Young J"wish Rabbi. Try to think q:
little less al your beautiful. white viz
tue" says Gordon. ~ man can't do much
good until hc forGets how good he
really is" Learn To lie and natt"r
ana pretend" exclaimed philip. indiE
nantly Just so, You needn't be
afraid OF losing TO" much ot Your pres
"ut self ! and my Kind have TO hight
against you and your kind but they
need ms both, and ] shant let YOU
shirk"
-Four Presidents Of the United States
have had intimate relations with the
publishing house Of Harper ~ Eros.
which is celebrating its centennial this
year. having been founded In 1917. All
Of President Wilson's recent hooks
have been published by the uarpcrs.
including his remarkable hve-volumc
History Of the American Pc"pcl."
His Life Of George Washington" has
recently been published in II new cdi-
ton, although his latest hook is "Thc
President Of the United states" Mr..
Wilson's other books are when a
Man Comes to Himself ana "On R"inG
Human" Former President Taft
treated q vital problem OF American
life In his book. The Antitrust Act
and tho Supreme Court which is
treatise in the sherman law in all it's
bearings. Colonel Ttooscvclt's book pub
lished by the IIarpcrs. and called Good
Hunting. was written primarily for
younger readers Ii is Of wider in
terest, however. as II contains chap
iers from his early experiences in the
west and in pursuit of big game. Tho
first President TO have intimate rcla-
tons with the IIarpcrs was Mr.. Fill
more. This came about. through the
interest OF the house in protecting the
rights OF American authors in the carly
controversies over an adequate inter
nationa' copyright.
"'rhe Trficrs." by Frederick Grin
bartlett HouShton Minin Comuany)
is strikingly good love story, writ
ten in peculiarly charming style.
Mr.. Bartlett has the gift of telling
good story for the sake Of tho tell
ing. and he writes as well about the
daughter OF millionaire as nc did
about Sally Winthrop. the stcnograph-
! or. In The Wall Street Girl" His
heroine In this book is young Ameri-
| can heircSs. beautiful and willfui, who
I wants to cat her cake and have it,
too. SO, in order that she may be
! free from Il horde Of suitors. for none
! Of whom she cares. she enters into
| marriage of convenience with an
| old friend, whose tastes and interests
are Identical with hers. There foi-
! lows the usual and entertaining spec
tacle of man and wife falling in love
with each other. and yet kept apart
by their solemn and unnatural pact
| The scene OF the story Is laid in Paris
and on tho Riviera in the days before
/ the butterflies and the trllrrs took
| flight before the war storm. From
Paris, through tho charming French
countryside. go these two. in their
search for happiness, and it is in