Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-04
Books and Authors

i hEen aF By ~ a issePs
Of p hn@ Tfn sna1d The an,hoT ,Sils
threw up MS position in The e'i for l4ra
sri sit"s on au sa ?a IN ih5em raiD aoM
ideas f eu wn Sf soqr fs net only Of his
that remained Unchanged wa o" bis 'Hhihsf
Caroltnc's sapprovai OF ali he did. said
or or, We Reinduishing his pursuit Of ma ma
'iirl. whom he had seen sitting on a
gate. As his cousin Lord Drcwitt ex.
npI iSat IL; You arc an ass. my dear
OF an ass. You are content TO bray
whereas most Of vs. cndeavor 10 roar"
Harper e. Bros. have jus, issued The
!: Az peaire: by Alexander Black,
all and VIII interest all. Is your
great wish for fame. for money. for
loerty, ior love or for something that
of h ,Sh s OF these; y was TO the City
young dreamer with an old question.
what do you want-most?" Some
s asnG NE to this was what The dreamer
OF human!ty-thc one wish that might
somehow explain and perhaps even
neip 70 reconcile all the wishcs of
OF what happened to the dreamer; OF
some Of the things he learned about
great desires; of how he was awakened
ana how nc was bewildered: Of what
he saw while war waxed and waned.
ana why his question has not been
asked for the las, time.
The Shadow of Resale Byrnes," ty
Grace Sartwell Mason, is new Ap-
pc BOOK Al the end of wonder.
msrries Lieutenant Gerald Cromwell
at the hostess house in camp. inst he
fore he leaves for France. They had !
nrst met on tho night that Resale
came down to sing TO the boys-so
snort while beforehand with both
II mad been case of love at first
sight. Gerald writes to his sister.
slners the union misa liiance, con-
Seais Geralds letter and sends her
nance. Hugo Stone, TO try to buy off
lsosa ne. stone soes 10 Rosnl!e's apart
supposes 20 be Gerald's wife, and Of
iers her large sum to give her hus-
oand up; When she finally consents.
series Of mysterious events follow, and
out of the tangc OF misunderstanding
comes much eXcitement-a fight
nutsuit-but. In the end, JOY for the
iive-day lovers
MISS Amy LoTell,s new hook. pie
, uures or me Floating World which
Vas pupiished on September % by Mac
milan & Company, is entirely lyrical
IN character The volume is divided
~, ~" wh ,~b Ihis'inct and differing parts
a..
of brief poems in the manner cf the
Japanese hokku. These charming lit
.ie HecHs have been appearing from
ilnle 10 time in !he ,pagaZin.s and
nave met WIN much Dr:, SO from the
CITIES. LOUIS untermeyer. in his New
FRA IN american Poetry" says: These
fragments. which al first glance seem
anaptatione. from Chinese and Japanese
Originals are In reality her own con-
tsptions pased on nothing more foreign
IMAM an Oriental influence; they owe
the paintings of Whistler ieHu owe Us'' 10 uki.
yo,ye and the compositions OF Hiro-
shige and Utamaro i'm their sersi-
l,vity and atmospheric color they are
hnotner PROOF OF Miss Lowells zeal as
an eXnerimenter." The second section
OF me volume made up entirely OF
siorl !yrics written since the publi..:.-
sion Or SWORD Blades and Poppy
Eeea ana which the scheme of Men,
Wone! ana Ghosts and Can Grande's
o"Siie, necessarily excluded from those
volumes Here are love poems. nature
poems. few war poems and Those
fantastic epigrams in which Miss
Lowell is 40 happy None ~ these
nav" poeh printed In book form be-
fore. nut number OF them are we'll
KNOWN; owing to their appearance in
magazines and their inclusion I'm an
tholosles. u has been regret to
MISS Lowers admirers that these
poems have remained SO long uncol-
Looted. Their inclusion in "Pictures of
the Floating World" serves 10 prove
Miss Lowell iyrist OF the first order,
4 fact which the brilliancy of her mar,
/ rativc and dramatic pieces has per-
haps somewhat obscured TO the general
public.