The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16

the world. lie is the man TO whom
all of The older collections OF Spanish
poetry. in which are contained a num-
be- OF old spanish songs. give
mention for his great work Of
getting these songs and ballads to-
sether. He wrote and published n
History of YiddisE Literature" to
which the highest praise has been
given. fe translated Tolstoy'a works
in 1904. which was chosen as the
authoritative work OF hts writer Vie
wrote a number OF other. authoritative
books. which. though assailed. are
accepted AZ standard, II VIII be seen
that he Is well, fitted to DO the task
which he has undertaken in writing
On tho Arabico-Gothic culture.
In the arst volume Professor Wiener
discusses; viTFilius Maro. the gram
marian. FIisperic Literature. Hubisca.
%l.nrica, Hisperica Famina. Antiphonary
OF Bangor. The Gothic ForgerieH. vita
s. Columhar;, Dorf. Bach, etc; The
Eucharist. The Ghost Mask and Arras
Cloth This is the only volume now
ready for sale, but il the other two
that are 70 follow The author VIII treat
on subject. that are equally interest,"
Ing ana vital 80 the student
The Campaign" ~ Fred r. Nor
r!ii Eea!e Publishing company, New
NorA. 81 IS ret.
This on one of - very few political
stories that has found it, way into
The literary world. IL is a story that
has a connecting series of interesting
and absorbing incidents that holds the
feader Gatil the la$t page OF the book
is read Resides beng an interesting
and we'll told story it is vital at the
pc}ft'csl iutrigues, when the Tins" are
trying 70 keep the Outs out, and IN
ioing this they are often aided BY
the saloon. big business. in whose In
~tsrests the politicians are often work
ing and the political boss" The boss
and his methods are one Of the great
est problems that is facing this coun-
try today. and this story lRvs bare the
methods OF these crooks
The boss In this story is . man
Of dual character. "BiR-hearted
John'-senatoT, millionaire ard max
er az officials of thoee who are loyal
crowd of hepchmen and crooks that
are working for him in the saloon dis
itrlct and 10 his daughter. he la Senator
BIernon, 8 straight Upright and clean
politician. who gets what he wants, and,
as she thinks, in a fair way. Rut
things were not long such when the
hero, a rising young lawyer n an
honor 10 II community started out
20 crush the political Machine" This
he does. and not only wins the ed
miration and lifelong friendship of the
man who was his worst enemy. and
who Is made TO see where re had gone
wrong. but the hand of hts ~daughtcr.
as we'll.
This is one of the most absorbing
stories that he's beer written il. a good
many moons and all Who are interest
Cd In how the political "muChine''
works and how il may be broken up
should read aud profit by his book.
which was written by n ma who was
m In and kno~e,
The Life Of John Caldwell cal
houn By William NJ. MeiEs, Neale
Publishing company, New York, ,
Volumes $1,000 net
one OF the great needs Of this our 70
try at tho present time ts a source
from which 10 get first hand informa-
ton on state rights, Being one Of the
greatest opponents OF state rights. The
Life Of John Caldwell Calhoun" is Of
ten referred TO as Al place OF informa To-
ton. But authors OF the life Of this
great statesman generally bore parti-
saN marks, and their opinions were
biased. But now we are able to refer
ITO a work which hoes not lean TO one