Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
Books and Authors

Miss W!n!frcd NJ Let's volum. OF
War HeTse, TN. snire@ Of oxford" pub
X Co, has reached it's fourth printinr
the poem which gives It's title TO inc
BOOK has been declared by many critics
TO hc the best poem that the war pro-
CuCcd
T. +. Dutton & Co have In train FOR
early publication an American edition
OF Michael Woods The White Island"
which they ,hropEh, gu, some months
naaniiful story, it tells about boy
whose spiritual vision Was developed
his family has made $" s,ro me a an o o.
peal 10 American readers TINT iha
sary.
w. 4. Hornung. who before the war
Amcricn az writer OF spirited stories
o. mystery and adventure. spent much
TIVE neld and he has gathered together
his best and mos; permanent observs.
June under the ii,lc. Notes OF a J,amn
Follower on the Western Front"
II believe that, - people. our en-
emotional" says Rober, sterling YARD
AZ the outset OF his The Book of the
National PARKS published by the
'S smn1isa ,nc,n rhs ns,tonn PARKS Of
and most diversified scenic sublimity
easily accessible In the world; never
tlteiess il is their chiefest glory that
they are among the completrat EXPIRES
s!ons Of the earth's history. The Ameri-
can people are waking rapidly to the
magnitude OF its scenic possession; II
Of the objects OF his book has con-
sequcntly been TO give some under
standing Of the geological and histori-
cal Background OF scenic America.
Charles Edward Russell. who twice
ran for Governor in the State OF New
York, and who left the Socialistic
party because of its attitude during
the war. believes that Americans are
TOO intelligent to follow Lenine,s hor-
riole nightmare Of BoIshevism.. Amer
leans are disciplined race. he says.
AS people we wait and weigh
decision reached. we act With vigor.
danger. not even the remotest. that
Solshevism will ever be tried in the
United States. II has Eretchedly failed
in Russia. and we shall not experiment
with schemes that have been hzzles else
where" In his recent book. After the
Whirlwind" tDoran). he develops opti-
mis;ic theories resardinK. Americas
position in the immediate future.
s f. Da stsay Co saxs jus, pub
settlement initiated by various coun-
tries Shy by lanes Si. F. Norman that viii
our own problem of the land and the
Fisee "F Sarieuiurs eslsa The
tion." and the aim of the author, who
is assistant secretary OF the Federal
Farm Loan Board. has been to study
all or the important programs OF land
settIemcnt. and the factors that make
FOR success In farming and TO deduce
a practical plan OF land settlement in
the United States for DISCHARGED SOL
dlers. sailors and marines. There iS
an interesting chapter about the part
OF ancient Rome and the Roman sys-
land; and the author shows that one
or the important factors In the de-,
cline and fall OF Rome was the failure
OF the commonwealth to provide ado
ouate settlement on the land with
operating capital for both soldiers and
citizens The British plan Is fully de-
scribed and discussed, the French
problems are stated and tho plans
that have been devised to meet them
fully set forth. and the situation In
Canada, which more nearly anproxi-
mates that in the United States, is
considered with detail. But nearly
half the book is devoted TO the various
phases of the problem Of fndins, the
the place 1t should hold IN the social
cussed are Secretary Lanes plan OF
land settlement. the farm labor sun
ply, the proposed plan Of co-operation
between Federal and State govern
ments, arid abandoned and swami
lands. the problem Of rural credits and
the sources of credit for agriculture