Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-12
LITERARY GOSSIP.

seou}f in 'hs rn wlss,nsSs con- b.
Snlliionairc lumber Hing who was eyni:
Eai about the value of scout training
hens put sa no Of test d send
Stwo of their number up into his forest
ION the Canadian border without TAX
ing anything with them. not even food
.seE clothes. to live thirty days. If they
Stood the test. they were TO receive
.Eas to pay Them double the value OF
E4nything they found How the two
scouts lived in the woods. the dangers
-And difficulties they oNcrcamc. tho uses
10 which they put the woodcraft of
-thcir organization; and the outcome of
the wager of the lumber king. make Il
.helpfuiness. The book Is illustrated by
-Eharles Livingston Bull.
~ The book faithfully relates the CO.
operation given hy the people of Wis
.consin during the entire period OF the
the people OF this Commonwealth dur
.nE the war period. which raised
suspicion among the people of other
.Sta,es that Wisconsin is no, quite pa
triotic and could not be depended upon
to give its share of cooperation to the
Saional government The record which
-cAarEeS of diSloyalty made against tho
State. Colonel Pixley'S book gives the
facts, 2nd IL is with the thought that
.$3u have an authentic record With
i&hieh YOU can answer any question
saised about This state that send the
book 70 you with my compliments"
,:s"PegEy- Elise" by Frederic Arnold
RUNNER, author of The Wen etc.
and Mary Christian. which is a pen
name CThe Century Company. is the
story of an unusual and fascinating
Etrl--a product OF the new era brought
.Ssout by the great war. Half French,
able qualities OF the two great races
In a way which makes ner irresistibly
appealing and attractive. Obliged as
a,rcsult OF the war TO earn her living
by posing in tho nude for a sculptor in
the studios OF Paris. she faces the try
ing ordeal with tho same modest Yet
exalted courage with which her father,
a French officer gave his life for his
country in the trenches at Verdun.
The manner OF her coming TO America.
the effect Of her brave spirit and eX-
ample upon tho rather chaotic house.
hold OF her American aunt her final
artist lover. all form rarely human
and absorbing story. To depict the
character OF fine. strong. iovable
Of his most difficult, tasks. The au-
.thors OF Peggy Elise have accomplished
an unusual feat-the creation OF a Gar.
actcr so vividly human. so frank and
sincere. so free from the convcn,ionaliy
feminine affections Of the average wo-
man OF fiction that TO know her is T."
look into brave and very tender heart
lighting with unfaitcrins courage for
inc same ideals which inspired her
father-idoa!s. indeed, for which
humanity must fight now. more than
ever, honor and duty. duty TO ones
self and 10 the world at large. Mr.
hummer and Miss Christian have
written a no"el possessing both real
aiterarE value and popular appeal
.tIn The Harves; Home" by James
u Kenyon tJames 7. White & CO.
New fo!k). We have all OF Dr. Ken
yons dainty lyrics and to.cetu! SON
nets. VAC have A.ftpearSd in various
masazines :'oin !In'.a 10 time and later
found publication in small volumes
collected and appropriately arranged
IN one volume HIS verse is highly
finished ard eXqu.sitely melodious and
IN MS nature poems The reader never
ttrcs o. mo rcf"eshment drawn from
Woods and streams. as from! foua-
apostle 0: SCHOOL. either ph.losop hic
OF heSnlE. he employs the simple
themes OF the outdoor world 10 portray