Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-26
Books and Authors

Spoken Spanish" by Edith j. Broom.
n rn,i 'aaEn Bacon) is planned rs a
,or, IIa,ionai reader and composition
aeAt Us aim is to teach the ianguaEe
as IL is spoken, the composition OK
.rG.ses nave 4 purely. conversational
asked TO read his translation aloud II
VIII sound as II he IL telling a story
not reading a composition.
All writer's. readers and lovers o.
poetfy VIII be interested 10 know that
Appleton & co. which goes In" ~
subject OF poetry thoroughly. discuss
.ils an phases. The volume IN cXcp-
tona! In that Il probably in the mrs,
ono of it's Kind to consider, conscien
touS!y ana fairly. tho subject Of vers
i II ~ mas been written by Clarence
IN. me University OF Ohio. and is called
me writing and Reading II Verse"
The Path OF the Rainbow" by
neorSe w. Conyon tBoni < Livcrightj,
~, 80 mary Austin says In her Intro
nuGuon TO The book. the first authori-
tat!ve volume Of aboriginal American
verse. The reader viii be Interested In
.ae s,nsu! force and beauty OF this
il"rratiNe or American poetry, so sug-
scSlNc o. Inc splcndor OF Walt Whit
man. The illustrations. by J. B. Plat
nte dra"n from original sources. The
alterWord by Constance Lindsay skin
, ne h an imnortnni contribution to
ms book. The Path on the Rain
y ", seems peculiarly appropriate as
The beginning OF Science" by Ed.
.. BADGER, presents in understandable
.a"s uAes inc many difficulties that arc
Ib" ool, discnssed in Journals and
:clis what Is known about such sub
aeGis ts life: mind; how children learn
n ,,,,. nc mes, methods TO use In bring
F, ing OUT wanted results; what cvoin
lpnary theories are now accented an,,
- Una, difference il maeks to the
Mcrid at large as 10 which are ac-
ceptcd; who are authorities and WIN
ar: not: what laboratory work means
ana how the psyche logical Laboratories
rre uTa"lhS ihen In the various rields
st'chcc closer together and many
othcr important subjects The mai
chaptcr suggests 4 library suitable Tor
..co our p nf ann an excellent
10 deive deeply. rs"
,idealism Of tho French PeopIc." bv
louise Seymour IIough,on has ius;
ncch PUNISHED by Richard G.; Badger
s sHs,on 50 , Those Qualities which now
pital wards, III desolate homes and on
lruitfu! fields did no, come from no.
me, the gay endurance and the ardent
devotion TO an ideal cause. ali had
me ,heir origin in the past. The French
siStent development, progrcssivolv nni
mated by high idcaiis,n from the
days OF the Druids, who taught infant
tice fortitude." Through Chariem5rnc
unity in faith wrought unity I'm +. &C.
Inc Crusades we're typical Of the
French high adventure OF idcalism
Unique indeed was tho ronernsitw nf
Saint Louis in giving UP tho spoils of
battle for the sake nf peace. in order
mat nc might set love" between his
subjects and those OF Henry or Eng"
land. TO, day the sanity character and
heroic achievement Of Joan Of Arc arc
inspiring me soul Of every soldier OF the
armies ~ france. The ages III fcudal-
ism, OF chivalry. Of the rena issancc. the
wars of religion and the founding OF
ing the soul OF France for the ideals
OF the French revolutions: liberty
cqualitY fraternity. All through the
present Ccrhi.i t,rcnNh I.N.,f - I1s
recognized itself and is recognized by
all civilization as some hintr moro ~.
tent IMAM might. more to be desired than
life. force made all of sacri,ce and
truth: Read this book and realize the
growth of French horoism