Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-17
Books and Authors

:. The Amateur Man" by w. r. Cant
y ~ a reg nnn Issue S:,,, by Duieid & Co x
weaithv man ~ WIN an idea and ideals
s $40, The call Of something new new
do a Money ben or tpowe-, pvt the chance TO
hgh, he had kidnapped and held in
our ra1 1ryn at d i@st-and al this right at
amid pe2Gle so lifel!ke tina, they are
o o9r neighhors. This is the new kind
ming because It tells OF SERVED Thnre
Is fun In abundance here. and romance
100. just as there Is in lie.
buSnid s,ewart, Walker has written
En Isns,,n, Fariss; Eishe, Jana o,he OF
which Doubleday. Page & 90. pubiishad
tive fantasies OF childhood Both notes BE,
mantle spirit OF childhood The nj
hmosphcre of the hook is best given
or she 1"ihoTs 12trod"c,ior which
81 urending wonder and belief.
fragile craft Is launched from . moth
me helmsman Of the vessel and yom
are are, inc Inc guaLdian;" and concludes: "If
YOU wish. and wish, with all your heart.
which In honor Of the waves Of T.nt,a
ln'rr,;snd' through which hone vou-
Dream Roates.'"
Professor Samuel p. 9th who wrota
IN Iolo book Of character ske,ches
~ European nations puh'ished by the
century CnmDany under the title. The
sized chaptcr to Germany which. in
the light OF recent events and Of events
10 come at Versailles. has unusual in
tercst. GERMANY. Professor Orth wrotn.
was primarily fighting for an idea: the
imperiaii'tic idea OF centralized. me-
shanical force, This imncrial Impulse
heE-day OF their mower. Professor
Crth continues: the Caesars. Napolcons
and Alcxanders. who have tried ana
always hav" failed. to wine out bt
fnEIand's empire has been most suc-
cessful because as everybody knows
he moment Downing Street lifts its
little finger 20 coercc any part Of the
Hmpire II will fall 70 dust. America
taught England that Continuing.
Professor Ortiz wrote in 1915: VS.,
mdividualitv Is recognized necessity
for the perpctuation and enrichment
~ culture and civilization. when fba
size OF nation has little to do with
rs power to sway ideals. To work cyet
their own personality is the appoinsed
destiny OF nations as OF individuals.
- Events will soon declare
whether Germany is TO he shocked ito
p newer and truer self rcal!zat&n.
This unusual people. so capable Of Of
hcient teamwork and yet so fecund OF
thleh,' mas not: IN the sway OF the Bis
MARKHAM empire. been able to break
the circle of political intolerance which
envelops them. AntiQuatcd election
Ia VS.. a peculiarly odious caste system
ana. above all, the coarse spirit OF mil
itarism have stined the artistic and
intellectual aspirations OF the patient
Teutons. However the fate OF battle
may ensue, the new Germany will
surely come. IT will have more much
more. of bavaria and less, very much
less, of Prussia 1t will break the
she'll Of caste. open the magic cham
hers OF opportunity and allow That up
ward flow of talent and ambition from
the humblcst to the mightieBt, which
is the only purifying current in ma
tons life. IT will substitute the pow
hureaucrat. II will invade the far
thcst corners OF the earth with the
rich and varied products Of its genius
and return to their high place German
art. German music and German achol-
arShip"