Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-09
Books and Authors

''Cleomcnes." by Maris Warrington
Billings fJohn Lane Coz is a romance
Of ancient Rome. giving brilliant
picture Of tho great city in rho height
OF it's splcndor, thrilling tho reader
with it's realistic descriptions Of chariot
races. Gladiatorial comhats, imperial
entertainments. and having for its cen
trail figures the Emperor Nero. the
great sculptor CleomeGcs and beau
tiful slave girl. for love of whom the
two most powerful men III Rome be-
came rivals and deadly enemies. The
many narrow escapes from a horrible
death and the clever schcminE on the
part OF the victims to cludc the mighty
Einpcrors jealousy watchful eye make
the story one OF sustained interest from
the first page to the last.
The Hundrcdth Chance by Ethel
81 Dell GO. r.. Putnam's sons, is
really good novsl and is inspirational
I'm the right way. making one tho bet
ter for having read il. The hero is
man OF masterful force. Of hard and
rough exterior. who can rcmake
human being with the assurance OF
success with which he breaks Il horse
Toward the heroine he is all love pa
thence. solicitudc, but she sees in him
only the brute and the master. To
break down her hostility. and defeat
INSCRIPTIONS craft which draws her
relentlcsSly TO the verge of disaster.
the hero can rely only on his per-
sonality and innate tenderness. II Is
the Hundredth Chance: on it he stakes
all.
Funk & Wagnalls Company has just
published new book OF unusual inn
portance. Conditions Of Labor in
American Industries" by w. lett Lauck
and Edgar Sydenstricker. This is not
economic value in that ii is a deep
and intensive study OF the important
subject described in it's title. II is
repletc with valuable discussions and
statistical tables and Information drawn
from the most authoritative sources
obtainable. II is profound and COM
plete treatise on labor in its various
ramifications; wages and earnings; loss
in working time: conditions causing
irregular employment; working condi-
tons; the wage -earner's family; living
conditions the wageearncr's health;
the adequacy OF wages and earnings.
These are merely the big general di-
visions OF the subject. Each one Of
these general headings is subdivided
into many others. and the result is an
up-to- date volume OF immense useful
ness and distinct dependability and
authority. No American who wishes
to know the exact conditions Of
American industry, with regard to labor
AT the present critical moment in our
nations history. can neglect TO read
this really important economic work.
.'Literature in the Making" new
book by Joyce Nimer. is published this
week by rta;p.r & Brothers. Mr. Kill
mer presents symposium OF opinions
l.y many Of the bcst-known American
writer's On tho present tendencies IN
our literature and the possibilities OF
it's development in the near future.
The interview form gives CONVEX
sational flavor to the individual expires.
sons. He has included also short bio
graphical notes of the authors. Will
liam Dean Howells; Booth Harrington;
John Burroughs: Rex Beach. Robert
w. Chambers. Harry Leon Wilson,
Kathleen Norris. Montague Glass, L. S.
Martin, Robert Herrick, Author Gutter
mann, George Barr McCutcheon, will
n. Harden, Ellen Glasgow. Robert
Underwood Johnson. Amy Lowell.
Charles Ram Kennedy. and others
poets, essayists, and dramatists, con-
tribute their beliefs and hopes and
fears.