Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-08
Books and Authors

Having delivered to his publishers
the manuscript Of Adventures in In
.erviewinE." which will be published
this autumn. Isaac F.. Marcosson has
returned to Europe to continue his in
designations Of economic conditions.
ms Is MS sixth trip since August.
i:la He Will visit England. Germany,
france. Belgium and Holland.
Here is'a hopeful item for booklovers
who have been kicking a, the dis
crepancy between the cos, and the
mechanical quality OF present day
tenancy between the cos. and hie
VINO make their own books at the
riverside Press. in Cambridge. Mass.
nave returned to pre-war basis. with
regular margins and the various Incl
dentals that constitute the difference
between well-made and a poorly
made book.
The new publishing house OF Scott
Sc!tzer with Offices at West Fi:,ie,n
partners Temple Scott and Thomas
Settler. both men of high standing IN
,ne publishing world. Mr.. Scott and
the s se!iztF n a5e both Eeeny alive 70
the day. and IL is their aim 10 give
synpathetic publicity to the younger
visions, and who know how 10 reveal
them in high literary form. whether
IN Notion or other works. White they
are ar IN mus a,n6 for the best. they
BODY of literature which has always
appealed TO the popular taste. /, is
their hope 20 maintain worthily the
tine trad tons of the publishing bust
ness, Their first list OF publications.
consisting OF ten titles, will be an
nounced shortly.
The Shamrock Battalion of tho
H e uni,e BY s,s cesporaI Martin j.
ton & Coz. is the true and complete
story OF the experiences of the Fight
ing SiHty-n.nth," told by one OF its
noncommissioned officers. The Rain
was the frs; National Guard division
20 ne sent overseas. and after it left
s ssynTss NILS T.. , engaged in some of the
SiNiy-n nth was broken in at Lune-
vile. then went into the Champagne
sector. from which it emerged the or
shinS rushed TO Chateau-Thierry TO
open the great American drive Finally.
after the German line had been broken.
the SiXty-ninth went into the Argonne
forest, and there helped finish up tho
Job Of running the Germans out Of
France. Corporal Hogan has made the
story Of his regiment's adventures as
were. His story will he inspiring TO
every Anne rican as a noble example OF
American achievement and herosm.
/; Is ten years since Will Lexington
Comfort made sudden reputation with
Alone" and he has been steadily gain
ing ground as a conscientious and ca
paole American author. A fartravel-
ed man. he knows the lands wherein
he sets his stories. and some OF his
coiorinE is among the finest in con-
temporary fiction. With the Orient he
IS especially familiar, and no other
Western writer has his remarkable
ability IN presenting Chinese charac-
tiers as real Celestials. yet universally
interesting types. I'm The Yellow
Lord" UDoran>, HRS latest romance.
there are more than usual evidences
OF the influence OF Conrad. though il
IS an influence and not an imitation
\ stirring story IL is, also verv
thoughtful study. and in the variety
OF its characters is A veritable nor
trait gallery. The Yellow Lord" is a
Chinese prince. TO whose tea plantation
the narrator of the story goes. He is
planter of vast wealth. possessed Of
mysterious power among the natives
and the worst things Mr.. Comfort let's
out about him Is that now and then
he is seized with an unconouerahIa
desire to murder some one.