Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-02
HOW MUCH ARE MEMOIRS
OF GEN. PERSH|NG WORTH?
Already Publishing House Has Maic
American Army Leader
an Offer.
MARSHAL FOCH Is AT WORE
Admiral JeIlicoe Has Written His
History OF the War. and High
Price Has Been Demanded for It's
Publication.
ny HAYDEN CmrnCm.


ny HAYDEN CIItNCH.
LONDON. March l.-Adiniral Jellicoc'3
Forthcoming; book was so secret Il Sc
crct ;il.; George Doran. the American
publisher VINO has captured il. didn't
know what was he had bought for
80 hug. . prize iniil he came over here
to ind uu,. Ii:s English associates
bough; liz. rook for him. and only told
him they mad something good waiting
for him. They were forbidden 70 write
This will be- til" frs; OF the big com
ing war books written by actual par
Douglas Haig refused Il grca, Offer for
such a book. ana understand that he
has definitely decided not 70 write his
experiences Marshal Foch has re-
fused to consider any writing at pres
cnt. but about two years from nov ".
fishers. i'ergarLcvrauli. viii. | under
stand. have the management Of II. and
ready sailed down by well known
American literary agency with head
first in line of General P-rsh!ng should
decide to write his memoirs. II. hasn't
given much thought 30 the subjec, yet.
but has at least promised that Ii.
would consider i, when tho right time
came. having received "A proposal that
is almost unprecedented.
MEMOIRS or SIR SCOTT
PROMISES TO HE LIVELY
Perhaps one OF the livelisst books
that may be forthcoming Will be the
memoirs Of Admiral sir Percy Scott.
who took charg". Of The air dcfenscs
Of London when the poor old town was
almost wholly at the mercy. OF Han
aircraft. He fought and bullicd and
cajo;ed and cocrccd the authorities
don began TO be able to defend itself:
blu; Il was "A struggle that would make
great reading II the adsniral-who can
,th 60. ,r, I....a ,fvs.t. 4 20
Say exactly wha; he incans--cau be
induced 10 put pen 20 paper.
II was remarked recently by a Lon
don writer. by IN" WY. that any Brit;
ish official history of the war-and one
Is coming from tho Hon. John Fortes
cue-would he ovrcshadowed by vol
umes from the pens Of AdIniral Jc!licoc
End r1c,d A Ms sir David , Eea,;y and
lord GREY Is ALSO
EXPECTED TO WRITE ONE
Another book by one OF the most dis
unsuishsd asnres in tn. carly hist2ry
rumor has i, tia, LORD G ' Of I" Fa, i"
den. who. as B-itish Secretary OF State
for Forei.n AfraiIs., .strove so hard TO
broken. Is making Ise of his leisure in
his Eorthumberland home, ia compiling
whose early ambition was known TO h.
In the direction OF literature. Lord
no te H,s 70 few NOV wn qssd ms pen far
the bulky Fly Fishing which he an
ardent angler. wrote for the lila ddon
Han Library under the Joint editor
ship OF the Duke OF Rntiand and George
Dewar in 1899. TO his little OXFORD pub
lished pamphlet on the league OF ma
tions
Bu, in other directions his activity
has been great II he is not now az
Keen tennis PLAYER az he was once.
his northumberland tenants can fur
nish cridcnce that he does not neg
lee; his fishing rod. The Coaue; River
PROVIDES all that Is needed for his
a Fall
den he has a pond stocked with Scot
hhiiS-h 'ro 3ta The study OF wild fowl and
greatly. and was one OF the many in
terests he had IN common with the late
&c Inn;5 1seoTTs orct with whom he Went
sing, on the day following the cx-
Presidents famous "bombshcil" speech
on Bri,ish ADMINISTRATION in Egypt a;
the London Guiidhnll, after his return
rom MS African hunting trip. Lord
Grey hy has eStnbiished :: large pond far
OF water fowl on his estate. Wild duck.
sa,ddaptpsr and maHard. teal porchard
known to him. and no biography or au-
tobiosraphy would be complete win
played In his life.
CoMPOSES NEW MUSIC
FOR NATIONAL ANTHEMS
a.. some time ago ii was reported in
this correspondence that British com
| whose "Coronation". and other odcs'
written 10 be sung on great occasions
have been rendered by choruses mum
berlng many thousands in various parts
or the British empire; had been moved
to compose new music for My Coun-
gled Banner"
Mr.. Foster was led to undertake
shens fasks by feeling; In the case OF
then! lG:n1 Instead of singing II to that of
that, as he declares. the A.ncrtran
words do not. from a musicians MONT
case s'e OF rb The sia psish words IN hs
he remarks. the words or il were sim
ply htted TO an old "glee." which. be-
cause II goes up so high and down 40
voices VI ,nos'
HOPES THAT AMERICA
WILL ADOPT TUNES
Mr.. Healey Foster believed. in the in
nocence Of his heart. that there might
airs Of his adopted in ,hmerica. They
heen sung with considera f ar" erect ta I've
massed choruses OF school children In
r his county, CO Thcn Ills Ills 1ir for NY Country
nat II Is written in march time. and
TINS could .o,,,l hc sung by our soldiers
With q view to attempting to get
these meiodies introduced in tho Cnited
States tie compose" recently sent
general of tho Emergency Fleet Cor
poratinn. who is known IN this country
as a keen music lover Mr. Schwab
was Interested. apparently. and turned
rho matter over to Ravmond Fosdick
cha irman OF the co"mmitice on training
Camp ACTIVITIES. From the latter Mr.
l,"?IeE Eostrr has just had a letter.
tirc his suggestions runs as Follows:
The comment concerning tho nro-
Anosee music for America is that II is
very good indeed. but that there seems
TO be no disposition IN this country
IN. make 2 change. Thee is on mo
ether hand, quite n decided feeling that