Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-16
Books and Authors

inc Forest Ranger" is a volume q,
poems collected and edited by John D.
nnLhf't JUS published by Richard q;
ladS"r There - an !ntroductinn hv
CHORD lpincnot. who acknowlcdrns
Nc"t OF appreciation on the mari n.
h!nsc!: and all Forest Service ,ncn
ZOE the verses.
Annette kelicrmann has nm assort-
ii' nwnd 'n!sn'@. none Of which is al
!Iehts % r pn,mos She sampled the de-
,mtr books 'physicil B.au;y-itow "a
hreP ~ and How TO swim" we're
now she has written "A revue for her
self that promises TO DO enocb. NAH.
ING in vaudeville achicvement. ''''N :
From missionary in the hear, Of
Guatemala John Finley. New York
Htate t9inmis"toner OF Education and
.ate Kci Cross commissioner TO PaIcs-
'!Ae, mas received the following in
- filgrIm i'll Palestine" tScr!bners1:
your BOOK. more than any other. ex-
cepi the Iiblc, has mad. The Land
ana the Man OF ,ialil.e live FOR ma
aga IN ! am reading tho entire New
r III ss ineh M r nlGHl IN Spanish and a
l!sht and meaning am re,urninr
10 my work better fitted 20 make ;he
Goep.! known 10 tho people OF Guate-
book" oN'
summer rs, has been compi t;at 'n and
th1t about July Ii they viii publish
MUTUAL chiid''' hum Sqoms noy% Thf cir
T. = Wod"nouse. author OF .'Piccad.llv
s IN, oi Sici The Taker." a, powerful
goodman author OF ''Hagar Revciiy'':
n"i !rop"r. a novel OF ''h!g business
ne fro, 'f I'm y,;tj ne" American
the sweet Dry and Dry" n hur,o-ous
f sS IA. III, Of a s!mnle hearted drinker
author OF 9 number o. popular books.
aud me Stury OF the Rainbow III;
w wiz + an ~ p, -d RSnym;ond s. Tompkins:
MphcneF VINO commanded the Rainbow
Division IN all OF its battles.
honi & Liver!gat have published =
yo!uhe entitled The Great Modern
, ,H ,'sh Altmofs' an anthology COM
by Edward J. O'Br!cn The fac, mar
The short story is not characteristic
h"S.'aA literary FORM renders ali tho
nor" Interesting the excellence nf The
writer's in this collection have reached
.nterna ionai fame as novellsts or
p!aN "r.Sh;s. and In sense these
stories represent what is hes. in .beIr
work and style In addition there Is
an adequate biography Of each author
represented and an invaluable detailed
inhoEraphy. The Great Modern Eng
hsh Stories" can hardly be called a
chronology cal anthology, as all Of the
stories were written within the last
forty years. but II is certainly a COM
prche0s!vc one
Where is the ancient popular I'm
preston regarding the sacredness Of
authorship and authors? Time was
wEen authors, or at least some au-
,hors. fel, II incumbent upon them
selves 10 be serious. TO pose. to as
sumo distinction IL they had IL not.
even II that meant eccentrdcitv IN
dress or manners. Where are those
authors today? Would you ind low
ing ties. long hair and taper fingers
among such men az Rex Beach. Emer-
son Hough. Harry Leon Wilson. VIII
lrw!n-any OF scores OF the better
known American writer's? Not Mt all
Without exception they are simple
men. each OF them a mans man. al
though women read their books as
well as men. If you would go into
the sanctum of any one OF these mon
YOU would find 1t not study or bou-
coir, but business office and Won
would find the man himself not an
author. but human being. a business
man, with no hint OF fads or frills
about him. He does his professional
work seriously. hut does not take him
self seriously. He is above all things
"a simple and sincere type OF the bet
ter American business man. II is sur
pris:ng also how many Of the leading
authors "a r are ont OF door men. Robert
w. Chambers 10 famous as n depicter
o. studio and boudoir life, but his real
and great love in life is that of anr-
sing with the artificial fly. Rex Beach
is SledSe driver and big game hunt
err not in theory alone. Harry Leon
Wilson is n ranchm, IN and :uo,;ntain
man. Emerson x ugh is one ,f the
most widely experienced big game
hunters and most ardent anglers Of
the country