Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-01
Books and Authors.

'Mo,herl.ove in Action" by Pru-
dence Bradish Ciarper & 3ros). is "a
splendid volume foli of inspirational
Whole of h5fh.s 9Se the TIM, tme
BEFORE the Baby Comes" until after
.oliese days are over. i Is book
there are children.
Charles H. Kerr Company. Chicago.
has Just publish ed "Socia ism Versus the
state" by Emile Nandcrveldc, member
OF the Belgian government. state own
crship OF railroads and other Industries
different thing from Socialism. In this
work he explains the attitude OF OPP
MARKHAM Socialists toward the State.
lie also gives u wealth OF information
on the practical workings OF the State
Europe. His conclusion Is that the
State must cease to he an organ OF
class domination. and must be trans
formed into an organ FOR the manage
ment OF industry controlled by the
workers themselves. The book is full
transition now under way from CAPT
talism TO Socialism.
The Black Stone" by George Gibbs.
is one OF D.; Appleton & Co.'S best
new books This latest Of Gibbs up
to-thc minute adventure yarns con-
Germs the struggles OF Allan Jessup.
a young American millionaire. and
Captain Won IIcngcl. German spy. TO
stone OF Mecca. The stone has great
sign!hcanc. in the East. where it is
MS The hol!est Of holes, and is symbol
which they will follow anywhere. With
ihc. stone in his possession. Won Hengei-
believes he could bring about an up
rising in Mesopo;amia Arabia. Egypt
and India. thus forcing conditions i'm
the East 10 a decisive climax. AS tho
,nadvertently been the cause of placing
Won Hcngel in n way to secure the
stone. and when he realizes the import
10 oppose the Germans schemes. Tho
story OF how Allan carried out his
plans takes the reader across the At
MOSQUES and harems. across deserts.
and finally into Arabia. Two attractive
young women have principal parts in
girl. the other an Armenian. who is
rescued from Turkish captivity by
Allan Jessup.
THE sky Pilot in No Mans Land" by
Ralph Conner. is a late issue by George
from the rolling prairies. the foot
nils ,sr; and The ragged canyons of the
Nnrn %ro enSnglemsnts frem
the outposts of civilization have Shift
ed within three decades from the Far
West TO the Near East. and Ralph
ing the great spiritual forces which
have determined liberty and freedom,
discovers us in this new story. Tho
Sky Pilot OF No Mans Land" that the
same men who made the fight for
freedom and liberty in The Sky Pilot
OF the Foothills" have once again by
their undauntcd spirit and high cour-
age won the struggle for humanity
and civilization and saved tho world
from new order of savagery and
brutality. AS in his tales of the West,
this story abounds in humanity, hero
ism and tenderness, and again, as in
the Western books. this one is the
dramatic recital of an eyewitness, for
Ralph Conner is now, as then, the
beloved Sky Pilot. the friend of ranch
men and of soldiers, u great leader in
the cause of freedom and human love
Ralph Conner. who is Major Charla/
". Gordon. of the Forty-third Gamers
Iighlanders of Canada. went 10
front with one of tho first contingeI
from Canada. and Is now "somewh
in France" Long known for his vi
books and the old frontier. "rhe SRI
Pilot" "Black Rock" Corporal CAM
eron" and the still later book Of thd
new frontier, 'The Major"