Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-28
Books and Authors

Mary Webb. whose Golden Arrow
showed her to possess n sympathetic
and a graphic pen in the description Of
the quaint customs, the strongly indi-
vidual people and the inspiring scenery
of Wales. will have another novel pub
lished the last Of this month by +. p.
Dutton & Co. 1t will be called Gone
to Eearth." and IT will also deal with
life in the little land of Lloyd George.
James Oppenheim. whose latest book
The Book Of Self" has rece"'ly been
published by Alfred A: Knopf. is the
editor Of THE Seven Arts" magazine.
The new book has evoked many and
various criticisms. To some II Is frank
~ the best thing that Mr.. Oppenheim
has done. To others il is interesting
philosophy but poor poetry. Still
others ind its appeal wholly in MIR.
Oppenheim's impressive handling Of
free verse forms. The Book OF Self"
is. however. undoubtedly interesting as
setting forth the psycho-analysis OF
very average man. It's object Is to
disclose ones self to ones self. for. as
Mr.. Oppenhem says: He who finds
himself finds humanity"
Alfred A. Knopf is about to publish
Rose Strunsky's translation OF The
Journal of Leo Tolstoi." This is the
first hitherto unpublished work from
the pen Of the great Russian to appear
in this country for several years. In
fact the present volume. covering the
years 1895 to 1899 was only published
in Russia last year. where 1t was
brought out by V. Chertkoy. Tolstofs
literary executor. Mr.. Knopf intends
to follow this volume with succeeding
volumes as they may appear abroad.
In these journals which Tolstoi kept
for many years he wrote down his
thoughts on Life and Death. Religion
and his own Faith, Prosperity and Class
Distinction, Government and Violence.
and the personal problems OF Love and
Marriage and Sex. The volume will
contain an interesting introduction by
the translator who visited in Yasnaia
Polyana in 1906, and whose knowledge
Of Russian thought and Russian move
ments for freedom At her peculiarly to
present this diary to American readers.
.My Mother and 1" is the attractive
title OF book by Elizabeth Gertrude
Stern, which has just been pubilshed
the simple, unaffected story of the
Arf1ericanization Of a little immigrant
girl, told with all the charm OF utter
sincerity. In it's human qualities, It's
reflection of the life that Is lived
in the foreign sections OF all pig cities
dominate, it Is suggestive of some of
the sketches which Jacob Riis has
written, but 1t goes further than many
Of those do. In that 1t shows how
life that has been circumscribed, shut
Off from the best influences, may. UNI
der proper guidance. assume new pro-
portions and achieve new ideals. So
it is with the heroine Of this book, the
daughter of Jewish parents, who emil
grated from Russia. Surrounded by
limitations and privations. she still
keeps her faith: she still believes that
there Is a life that In richer and fuller
and purer than the one she knows.
How she grows into this, how she real
ICES her better self and how. at the
same time. she grows away from her
mother, who typifies tho old genera
tion-this is the authors theme
which reaches its climax when once
moro mother and daughter meet on
common ground and the wound OF sep
aration - healed.