Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-31
Books and Authors

Tales From Boccaeeio" 10 = now,
number, added to the. strntford uni-|
S Tersni Library series by by the stratfordI
cludes the most popular Of Boccaccioxl
widelyrcad tales.
A little volume comprising three
s ..lrsd by Donald Hanksg; entitled
of the Brigade and AN Enslishman
ia,ss, issues. Nothing inner has been
e' h" rhs helo %,,h t Gsp.sa lsas
Every officer and soldier in the Amert-
can army. and every mother and
father at home should read this little
book. 90
Charles Scribners Sons have ro4
Gently published Abraham Lincoln,s
by Wilbur +. Gordy. author of several
books covering studies in American
volume the author says: My aim haS
been TO make real to my young read
ers Abraham Lincoln; hrst as a youth,
who worked and struggled in the back
woods 10 prepare himself for greater.
usefulness; then man raised by.
his own merits to positions of re-
a great nation who. through four Of the
most troubled years OF that nations
history: carried its burdens amid peril
and crisis: but always and under ali
circumstances one who was simple,
honest. and friendly. living true to
nigh and unseihsh motives of service
II. p. Holt, the English writer. wha
bour In Lost Island" one OF tho Sep
TENDER publications OF the Century
company. says he has been writing sea
stories !a ever since he ruined a promis-
ing career OF newspaper work by falk.
iEg asleep one afternoon ten years ago
He had dropped aboard steamer to
yarn with the skipper. who was an old
friend. and while the latter was attend
ing TO the ships papers. Mr.. Holt, be.
Ing very tired. curled up on a seat aud
took forty winks. His friend. tho skin.
drop newspaper work and sail about
with him. writing stories on tho way
found him asleep. and, knowing thaS
MI; Mr.. Holt was due to take charge OF
ed to smite any one who awoke him
cast off the mornings. and was well out
to sea when the surprised author OPEN
ed his eyes. That so strained relations
between the newspaper and himsclf
hat he resigned by cable to avoid un-
p.i pleas, rnm;, He wandered to India.
ever Europe. and to some queer places
In the romantic Pacific Ocean, writfnr-
stories all the time. and has never
ceased TO call that skipper blessed.
The little book" has become ono
OF the most interesting OF ali the lit
erary products of recent years It's uses
are many. for 1t preserves always some
little bit OF literature that deserves
'p'Ni"i anu Scpdrdte SarD, 1t can be-
slipped in the pocket, carried In a
handbag. kept handy upon the nearby
Table FOR frequent reading. 1t makes &
GIT of peculiar value and interest: ~
offers convenient means of remem-
herring special days with friends either
intimate or casual. The little books
has come. to stay in American book.
land. and American publishers have
spent upon its appearance So much
there is hardly any other Of theis
products quite SO interesting in the
skill, art and beauty win which they
are made. f. p. Dutton &c Co. publish;
ed this week another of these "little
books that is a good example OF their
worth and attractiveness. 1t Is "The
Great Expectancy" an essay by Mari
garet Prescott Montague that was firstI
published in the Atlantic Monthly a.
one OF series Of papers on the effeaA
or the great war upon n secluded yaRk
ley In the South The simplicity aI
daintiness Of the book. which Is bou3M
in gray boards and has white pam ~
attra ctiye. Y