Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-20
Books and Authors

II used to know a swcde who owned
ten ter, SECTIONS Of land in Texas says
Wi!itam Maxwell in Tho Training OF
spring he shipped ten carloads OF
steers TO Chicago. lie came along
win the cattle. His boots hur, him
tn" steers. he took off his boots and
went downtown in his bare feet and
wandering, into a wholesale hardware
store tried 10 buy enough bob wire
TO fence III his ten sections Of land
in Texas. The salesman. who had
sized MIN up called the police. He
hands II was only when the Swede
was searched for weapons and they
found his handbook and Clay. Robin
son a. Co.'S cheque for ten carloads OF
steers TINT tho salesman realized he
hadn't sized up this Swede rancher
with absolute accuracy"
In connection with the rccen; publ!-
salon sailor or new edition OF Edward
ing Backward" ,Honghtom. Mitil!n
Company. FIRST published in 1857. il is
Is interesting 70 know that promi-
Dresden, and his Cab!nc; copies OF
this book, together with Equality"
ey ne same author. for their aid and
Be!iamy outlines in these two books
simple but perfect plan OF economic
democracy such as this late world war
den; and his Immediate advisers do
not seem To see the way clear TO The
realization Of The ideals they have de-
are outlined in Mr.. Bellamy's books
that ! have sent the Pres!dem; and
most of the members Of the "a b.ne,
o. war and its settlement doubt II
they have read them. AS soon as they
get breathing spell | am going 20
cal! their attention 20 them again"
Those Unfamiliar with the prowess
missioner OF Education, as a pedes-
trian. may wonder at some OF tho
5aunis he describes in his new book.
"A Pilgrim in Palestine" (ScribnerS)
Take the chapter from Jaffa to jericho.
FOR instance: record OF twenty
four-hour walk across Palestine from
extreme eastern boundary-a journey
lasting from noon one day to noon the
next. DR.. Finley has repeatedly done
sixty and seventy-mile walks in the
crossing the entire State OF New
hampshire in a day. On another occa-
sion he walked around Staten Island.
more, than nifty miles. and favorite
stroll of his while professor Of poll
tics at Princeton when he happened 10
be detained in New York Saturday
il, time for church sunday m .aahT
No wonder "a Pilgrim in Palestine'
is remarkable for the adventurous
met with along the roads Of this land
OF dramatic contrasts between the past
and present.
John Lane Company published the
following fol- nI;. books curing the past week:
North etc. A family fued dat dating back ses
to medieval times and resulting in the
succeeding heir to the family estate
is the plot of this intriguing novel,
which surpasses even the authors pre-
terry OF the situations. "Anymoon"
is a satire on extreme Socialism. by
Horace Bleackley. author OF "A GEN
depicts England after the war as
commonwealth. with superman Of
vast vas, ambition. Joseph Anymoon at the
and dramatic force. The Two Cross
i 1ngs of Madge swallue". Is novel by
tingushed OF Belgian novelists and
the English version is by Tita Brand
s,;,,'nia the gifted wife of Bel
Cammaerts. The novelist analyses the
conflict of ideas and temperament nris-
his his E hetWeen vie Belgian husband and
Their organization. Equipment and
FINANCE" by Claude Grahame- White
and tnd Harry Harper: This is the drst
definite terms information as 10 how
this new traffic of the air is being or
sanized and operated for carrying
mails and passengers. Poems by Iris
Tree" The author is the daughter Of
the late famous actor. Sir Herbert Tree.
and has inherited a marked artistic
talent. This first book of poems is
notable for rich thought and balanced
human feeling. THE War and Mems
Minds" by Victoria de Bunsen, is a
very lucid and interesting argument on
the subject Of religious motives, foun
dattons and institutions, dwelling par
ticularly on the influence OF the war
In modifying and coloring the religion
of each country that has taken part In
It. ~
Daisy-Stars.
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