Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-23
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THE STORY OF PORCELAIN. BY
sara Ware Bassett Penn Publishing
NoInpany, Philadelphia.
me story method of conveying In
IN such common everyday use as TO
, ,,aae excited little interest In their
history history has been carried TO high de-
srse Of perfection by the author in
series OF books. in which She gives
ne story of leading products entering
INTO commerce. upon which have been
industries. Previous books in the series
are The story OF Lumber. "The story
Il s wG s1ory y S,ory p # siory Or
Su,;ar.3 'The story Of silk" etc. Tho
story: but OF yividly. improssing tho
most in mp .,n M tSa, every one Should
POSSESS. and the earlier in life acquired
the better. has the ADVANTAGE not only
to orr esf but of vy ysy pfessns R the
facts narrated upon the memory for
future use.
In this. The story of Porcelain" the
author gives the history OF thls Indus
try from it's earliest beginnings. sew
cral thousand years ago tracing It's
OF progress TO the present time. 1t is
- story of surprising interest. charm
ingly told, and may be read with
younger people. In brief, Thee Swift
goes to the woods with his father and
Mr. Croydcn, and Is in for great
X. N
dent Interrupts his holiday. and to help
the boy around n hard corner Mr.. Croy-
den. who manufactures porcelain. tells
Thco what 1t is, how It was FIRST made
and all about 1t. Afterward the boy
gets an opportunity to see for himself
how the different kinds OF chinaware,
decorated and finished. Thus he ac-
CURED a valuable fund of real. practica!
knowledge.
MARTY LENDS a HAND BY Har-
old S; Latham. The Macmillan Co..
Mr.. Latham vii! be remembered as
the author OF Under Orders" published
a .,i year ago, a story for boys.
and has gone Into several rcprintings.
This, his latest production, is a story
OF adventure caH;ering around an old
conner mine and des.rikin. what hap
takes over the mine and attempts a
most unusual experiment. Just what
,his experiment Is. with it's results.
anticipating the readers pleasure in
finding out 10 r;hcmselves. Suffice It
to na say that there is much mystery
ling events at the mine, a narrow
escape or two, hot pursuit across
river, followed by an aulomobile chase
ovcrtakc and the snatching Of sue
cess from scemingly inevitable failure
In Marty's big Undertaking.
Besides Marty. the book introduces
a, number OF interesting characters.
There is Hen Elliott. who has an eye
school teacher. Who eoae hesu The e" ssopT"
show: Professor Newcombc, the x indy
old naturalist: "Pcgleg'' Jake who
aHa and M %G Mhf nsnn waIs w6o
Is popular with all tho boys: Bert
simmons. who is always ready for a
young S foik.' no, to ho'r mention 1 Martss
father and mother and sister, Betsy.
The book is illustrated by Z. c. Cas-
we'll.
TIE NAN THAT NEVER GREW UP.
Dfl,ton Publishing Company. New York.
This Is simple, natural story OF tho
everyday life and everyday happenings
fHgg'ry y ,ns S wso sss
in the characters here presented
ncaus!n,ances familiar to that en-
vironmentt, There is Judge" PEABODY,
at all, but Is accorded the title on
account OF his advancing years. just
as old men in Dixie, II they are dig
nuire the title Of Colonel" Judge"
Pea body mover gave thought TO him
self, but could always find time to do
put aside any matter, however. i'm
portant, to comfort and help the dis
tressed and those who were heavy at
heart. And we have known NANNY
Easter Sunday Jackson. the Judges
who made the Judge eat
his breakfast and saw that he had
q clean handkerchief, his rubbers and
umbrella. and who brusacd OF his
clothes every morning before he went
10 the ONCE. And all OF us know
Ruth and Agatha. who had come back
from Paris TO live In Spring Valley
each with a romance In her heart.
And Alan Bailey, who worked In
'Bradlcy's Store" and studied law In
the Judges office-who showed the
stuff that was in him. and came into
his own; too; And you have always
cigar. Jim was the local politician.
crooked. of course. but slick enough
to avoid being caught UP with. And
Zoe Belcher. the president of the bank,
and Sid Pomeroy, neither OF whom
liked boys. and Abner Judd and the
other "sitters" in front OF Bradley's,
who spent almost all their time
regulating the morals OF other people.
You have known every one of them
not forgetting Sandy" the game lit
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