Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-17
Books and Authors

The Curious Republic Of Gondour
and oth,sr Whimsical sketches" ~
If Boni ~ Liveright. These sketcnes
~ Americas greatest humorist have
never heior. appeared In book form.
can be completed without this volume.
Blasco lbanezs novel o. German
submarine activity during the .rnr.
Mare Nostrum''--''Our Sea"-wil! 10
ready for issue by T. r, ppuon. y
has been made by Charlotte brewster t
Jordan, the translator or The Four
HorsGmen Of the Apoca!ypse" In
e eova sf ,nss mis- Is e0mneoon
deals with the way the Germans made
war on land and the other with Their
refers OF course. 10 the mediterranean,
the sea especially beloved Of all the
Latin lands, the sea IN which was
Graded the infancy OF civilization, and.
therefore, in peculiar sense the sea
Of all ,he. nations that were a-rayed
against Germany. Those who have
read the book in It's or!g!na! spanish
adventure concerned with tho chasing
OF submarines and contests with them
and other happenings at sea, while
ton OF the story. for there are
German spies at work cndeavorinE TO
make sure and speedy The work OF
the submarines and duplicating in
their plots some OF the important char
acters. AS powerful In theme aud han
ding as The Four Horsemen." accord
orig NAL. and the equal OF that book
in the vividness OF It's background.
Mare Eostruin" liz more thrilling and
more ro'nantic as story because Of
the multitude OF vigorous, exciting and
tragic Incidents the author has woven
into the narrative.
George Duhamel. author Of "Civil!za-
ton which has achieved notable
i'll England and America. now goes
Mcclure de France before the war
he was surgeon and the CRITIC OF
the beginning to the end of the war he
was surgeon on the front lines, han
ding 'nuititudes OF men just broken
goes back TO civilian practice and to
poetry. a recent issue OF the Mcclure
dc France carries his first article. It
follow: They were good enough to
save my position. I am taking 1t back
] am taking it back with much anxiety
and after long, hesitation. War has
poetry In our country. Literary life
has continued after all. Some old mas
ters are dead; some yoiing and ardent
poete, for whom destiny seemed rich
with promise. have fallen in the i'm
mense massacre: but whole new gem
Grafton has come into strong light: the
SitIS pl are no" huUtclOuS
men, and. apparently. ara avid to ere
ate beautiful things. During the past
FIVE years; while ! have failed to ut
the pen of the critic. tendencies in the
'poeticLl world have been profoundly
modified. Some regulations have been
reduced to dust. others have gained a
relief and new flrmness. Broad day
light has spread itself over the face
of the heavens, and 7 am awakening
at noon. am afraid OF being no
Longer on the fire step as we said
during the war. 7 betake myself to
the Office of the Mcclure de France. The
box wherein they gather books des-
tined for my department has over
flown tummltuously. 1t is in front OF
veritable ocean OF muIticolored
works that sadly seat myself The
cxhortations and consultations Of the
indoleht and benevolent friend who
likes sometimes to chat about the
years between do not incline me to
plunge into this silently agitated sea-
limit my efforts TO the swiftest pos
sible Inventory. 7 find there is no
douhtingit, some Of the best and some
Of the worst. Could 1t be otherwise?
There are undoubtedly some outcries
worthy OF eternitv and many whim-
perings which already press on into