Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-20
Books and Authors

In The Law Of Mno in Action" .p.
pp" onmici ~ M 1Soi. II McBrido, %.
ers o; tho Southern California Meta
pmislctt institute, presents an cmi-
cnIlhenttE rcadablc guide TO tho teach
!ar!y 70 inc needs OF thosoJwho are
interested ia this lattcr-day philoso-
nmE but Who finds the bulk OF tho
scholariy or presented in TOO tcchui
Ga a manner DR.. Holmes. book out .
,iintSs lne eastc PRINCIPLES OF his b..
"pH''c"tions TO individual problems
Archibald Hurd. tho Rri,ish crI,,,
Of naval affairs and author o, '1,bc
hrlt'sh Flee, in tho Great War" has
! "nrnfa % it'iy IN his la,cs, book,
war" soon 20 be published by Robert
NJ: Mcbride Co. After bricf rcsn,,s
OF INC rise Of modern italy and its dc
power. Mr.. Iiurd discusses tho VOL ~
All branches OF the Itrlian naval forcc.
iSo MAJ a. fhnnter on "Itaiy's Future IN
important question Of future icrri,ort.l
a"HJuStments on the Istr!an and DaIna.
tian scaboards.
Major Ian Hay Belth, who /. n.r5sn.
nc nest interpreter Of England To-
book, Tho Las, Million" wh,nhs p u,I,
DC pub! !shod in a few days 1T has been
most Ginlcuit book 10 writc-the
iaFdest Job ever tackled. In fac, il
~ Il job which no Englisnman has
ever tackled successfully vet" Major
i,ith'a Ginlculty was tho interpretation
g, NC Greet upon our untravcliod
INC Impression made l." them upon he
b!tarts. His readers. however. viii
ieei INA. his compunctions were un
necessary and that his sincere sym
pathay with things American make
him tho IDEAL person Tor th!s task
h.douins was the nickname given
Eiyins Corps OF which 1t Robert II
Eecce writeY in Might Bombing with
IN" Red"u.ns" uiou-hton Minlin Com.
rah!p because The members came from
an over the world and because night
bombing involves SO many long nich,s
Tho greatest distance the SQUADRON
ever travelled was 400 miles-,to Co
longe-the machine used being the
famous Handley-Faigc.
Hidden Treasure" by John Thoma.
simpson 81. y. Lirnincott Company
tells the story Of the reconstruction
OF an old fashioned farm. where
farmer and his Wife their chief returns
for lifetime of toll, into :, PROSPEROUS
and delightful home. Today. thousands
he found upon farms where the app,i
cation OF modern farming and business
principles have produced revolution
coming Of Fob Williams. how VIII"
wanted to be farmer and wun
brought lively ina gination and ouicl,
witte6ness to bear upon the problems
OF farm life. was the starring noint
BOB and his ncw-madc Aunt Rettin
form an alliance. backed bv John
nitc' a progressive banker, to cou.
vert Uncle loo Williams to new
methods y jolly story it Is ~ ths
awakening of An entire neighborbood
TO new farming ideas Bob has the
assistance or a group Of merry Young
people in making some Of the most
startling of his discoveries of hidden
treasure" on the old farm Pracfirai
people who want to know lust how
everything is done. will be glad 70
near that the authors. book was read
by experts who could detect every
haw. SO when he tells how to mako
success Of dairying, poultry raising
or trench digging with dynamite: how
TO equip the farm with electric light
and power and modern farm huildincs
OF all kinds: or discusses construcfiSo
banking and life insurance for farm,
ers. crop production and market values
and thousand and one other nrob,
lens Of modern farming. the reader
Is getting facts. not theories Boil
Aunt Kettle. and eventually Uncle loo
and tho neighhors. have "the time ne
their lives" digging up the hjddcn
treasure to bc found on every farn,
There Is a splendid story interwnyn',
with the text: the characters ARC eli
drawn from life. and tho chnrminn
rural drama will inspire many a hnT
and Older reader with tho desire ana
determination to adopt Stick TO The
farm as IL life motto.