Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-03
Books and Authors

Kermit Roosevelts The war in tho
E ,,n OF Eden record of his pie
erals Allenby and Maude. will he pub-
i!shed by the Scribners in September.
a new, popular. priced. one-volume
edition OF Henry Cabot Lodges The
S,Hy OF the REVOLUTION" was pub
T ISM py me scr!bncrs on August 20.
Lodge mas not stressed purely military,
financial or constitution details and
mas avoided in most cases the use OF
iootnotes. prcferrins Father to present
an interesting story of tho struggle
along with broadly philosophical e1-
PLANTATION:
Is ~vers librc the Bolshevism OF
poetry? Henry Van Dyke. who con-
F fIibu,ss TIC y.rp retaee 70 "a BOOK .,
September 20 BY the Princeton Uni
versity Press. thinks it H. in his
OPINION poetry must be musical in order
human heart. And because the poems
IN this collection are more musical.
more vital in spirit he considers the
book better than its predecessor pub
lished three years ago and edited by
Alfred Noyes.
The special features Of the septem.
per number Of The American Review
OF and He wi s are; Hungary the Balkans
High Prices and a Remedy" by S' Ipvins.
y r1nn,s p, by byron W; Holt: The
AnaiHss Ran AND and cr rhf Raiways An
the unsolvcd Problem" by Agnes g
taut; The Prince OF Wales visits
wSass the by MCGEE GsqeE' w ayeH Se Fam
Historic Colleges" twilliam 'a and Mary My
fnn Idnes in rHHirsnial BY
Piaymakers.'' and "The New Mi ssioa
Of Inc Red Cross" Can interview win With
depa?t men, pav! T4n In The editorial
III the i've current questions Of iab or
prices. and other topics Of the hour.
the cartoon department is UNUSUALLY
full this month and covers wide
range OF domestic and foreign subjects.
The Marqussas Islands are further
9a IN the Pacific than Tahiti. and
United States. though European artists
arc going more to the Pacific Isles
or color and are then making them
their seeming distance Is dimin ishing.
TO know thing brings 1t nearer. But
only one even of the artist pioneers
Marquesas-Paul Gauguin. who worked
there for several years. sent back to
Paris pictures glowing in color and
here neT ,s 5 he and died
described. It is said. in in book soon to 10
be published by the Century Co. en-
titled. white Shadows in the South
Seas" by Frederick O'Brien. But
GauEuin Is only an incident in the
book. according TO the announcement
of the publishers; it reports what the
author saw and heard in the Mar
uuesas during almost a years resi-
dencc among the Marquesans. The is
landers, RAPIDLY disappearing through
contact with the white man Cor rather
with the white mans diseases for
which they have not developed anti
toxins in their bloody. are descendants
Of ali ancient Caucasian race. Mr..
O'Bricn is said to argue. which in
habited huge portion of the Assiatic
Continent that sank into the ocean
with the exception OF certain noun
tain tops now appearing AS islands
Mr.. OBricn. his publishers say. has
number OF photographs Of pure blood
Marauesans. who appear 10 be quite
different kind OF people from those
we usually picture In our imaginations
AS cannibal inhabitants of distant
Pacific islands. Tho Marquesans do
not indulge in 'cannibalism now. 1T Is
said. though long pig" their not too
euphemistic name for human being
we'll roasted. appeals so powerfully 10
them even now that tho nero men
tlon makes them swallow hungrily.