Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
Books and Authors

Simple Souls" by John Hastinp,
thu urh mr ,Gha.les scribner's Sons), is
son and has already been successfuIlv
dramatizcd. II Is, in fact, eminently a
st5ory or action. Things happen from
hHish. The real interest OF the story
matches its surface extravaganza. iris
i romance OF King Cophetua the duke,
Il "a 'ns ,6 5eegar maid Ga shop grip. But
style, but by its wealth OF characters
at once typical, realistic and original
Fighting the Boche Underground"
by captain II, d. Troun>Ae. is a new
issue by charles schibner's Sons. One
OF the most important and most dan
serous activities Of the whole war has
as yet been ignored by writer's: that
S St b,as b, @nd sapplnE 1t is at las,
our engineers. but Of the Royal Brit
,sh engineers up to July. 1917. He
writes writes or this strange form Of warfare
trenches and no mans land with great
clarity and yividness. describing the
construction OF galleries and mines. un-
derground fights. explosions above Neu-
Hllie-St. Vast, in Flanders. near Ar
ras; under The Vimy Ridge. etc He
deals with the most thrilling subject,
hitherto untouched by war writer's in
4 way which is no less Informative be-
cause untechnical.
I'm the Days of the Guild" by L
Lamprey (Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany), is treasure for the librarian.
inc INC parent or the teacher to place be-
teen. In the days when there were no
huge factories and everything had to
be made by hand master and work
ran belonged to the same organiza-
ton or guild and met in the same Guild
Hail to discuss their differences for
modern labor unions were unknown.
tai was In it's infancy Those were
stirring times. and the little appren-
tees, merchants children and the coun-
try boys and girls Of the stories had
helped to do their share in bringing
about the golden age OF English arts
as s ey" bsse Hsgy s made nad
son. the shoemaker's boy. the artist.
the lad with the woolpack and all the
narrative runs through the stories.
Their value lies in the fact that they
take the reader back to the days when
the industries and decorative arts were
n simpler stage. They ought to make
children feel something Of the beauty
or rightly made, rightly designed, long
shoddy things. which are merely new.
ION the Overland Stage" by Edwin
l.. Sabin. is a>recent issue by Thomas
Y. Crowell Co. This story for boys,
by a weii,knoWn writer of Western
life; depicting life in the Middle West
is picturesque and true chronicle OF
western accommodating of the
rise OF the great overland stage route
which extended from ST. Joe. Mo. clear
across across to Sacramento. Cal. during the
railroads Terry's father enlists to
nght IN the War Between the States,
and Terry and his mother establiss1 a
store si. and way station on the stage
iine. Here they encounter many in
teresting characters. among them the
pony express rider. Billy Cody, who
was later TO be known to fame as
Buffalo Bill. and Sam Clemens, who
made made his mark ns Mark Twain. Next
Terry gets his chance to handle the
rcins for n trip or two behind the
prancing team of six. on the overland
Holiday, stage king and forerunner
Oh, the railroad kings OF a later day
There are likewise brushes with In
dams which are brimful of peril, and
other excitcments galore, awaiting
Terry ana ms many boy friends clear
uD to tho last page. II is clean,
SSnhppy. Wholesome story presenting a
line. pen picture OF an important
period In our nations growth.