Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-28

The medical profession will welcome
the volume just issued from the press
Of I'aul II. Hocbcr New York entitled
Cancer. rs Cause and Treatment" by
I. Duncan Buikley, y. NJ. NJ D. senior
physician 10 the New York Skin and
Cancer Hospital. etc! Dr. Buckley two
years ago pat forth II small book in
which cancer was considered from
quite a different standpoint from that
commonly held by tho profession and
iaity, which was well received and
has had much TO 90 with stimulating
increased study g. tho conditions
which cause the disease. and. therefore
OF adapting tho modes OF treatment
best suited TO each individual case.
In the present volume the author gives
the results Of his further Investigations
and experiments. and in so doing in
dulgcs The hope tha. these may assist
in stemminE the tide Of the fearful
ravaGcs made by cancer. and that
others may Investigate still more deep
ly along the lines Of its medical as
poets. with increasingly satisfactory
results.
The Trail of Tccumsch." ny Paul
Tomlinson, has just bccn issued by u.
Appleton & Co. The famous Indian
ch'cftain. Tecumsch. aroused by the
cncroachmcnts Of the white settlers.
hcSlnS "a strong campaign against them
plots the destruction OF the white.
man. Governor Harrison Of Indiana
finding all arguments useless. and con-
WINGED that tho time has come TO ond
the depreciation and raids Of the In
dams. is Obliged TO call out the State
troops. Among tho volunteers who 20
To the aid OF the Governor arc George
ifollister, a young fronticrsman: Alex
smith, young trapper; Dennis O'Con
nell, Irish all through and q fighter"
aud courageous Frenchman These
men become fast friends. and they
work together as scouts. Their thrill
ing experiences and hairbrcadth cs-
capcs from tho Indians are told as by
an eyewitness, so careful has the au-
thor been 10 use only accurate his
toric data in his narrative. The>clos-
ing days OF the great Tccumseh are
graphically described, and we close the
hook with tho feeling that This India
tho pride Of all the Shawnccs. vas in
deed a warrior worthy OF our steel.
"Slippy McC;ec." by Marie Conway
ocmlcr the Century Company is the
first book of a new writer. story
with "a fresh, touch and with delight
fully unusual plot and character into
quaint South Carolina town, with
.'s best families" on one side OF the
town and the foreign factory workers
on the other. came. one night, Slippy
Mc'icc, Kit or burglars tools beneath
his arm and price upon his head.
the next day some Poles. on their way
to work. picked mp his mansIcd BODY
at Dead Mans Crossing and carried
it to tho home OF the Catholic priest
Nursed back 10 health. Slippy awoke
one morning TO find himself cripplcd
for life. Slowly during the years that
followed. Slippy McGee. the notorious
yeGEman, was transformed, through
his love for little girl. into John
Flint naturalist and Butterfly Man"
AND. year by year, the Butterfly Man
win" the respect Of the rich, the de-
rofion of the poor. and the love and
admiration Of those who took him in
as homeless. unpreposscssing tramp.
Woven into the story of his life ia
the life OF the entire town--and the
love story of Mary Virginia. AT
tho end tho old priest and the one
time burglar cooperate In a glorious
JOB or safc-crackinE on behalf Of Mary
Virginia, which jeopardizcs their rem
,ntation. but thrills their souls. TIE
author is q Southern woman, born in
Savannah. where she went to school
Her life has been spent amid inst
such surroundings and characters as
she describes.