Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-25
Books and Authors.

The Mystery OF the Thirteenth
81 Sy se h NV T6 6s pen bn, qame
on business in odd hours. has called
inr th!rd large edition. making one
cation week since it was issued.
"Domus Dolorls" by w Compton
Leith, is "a late Issue by John Lane GO.
In his Two foTmsr, books ,'slren,ca"
compared his work TO the golden
b b5oI. Of Of Walter ra,er, In the nresent
hitting strain the emotions and sensa-
tons that he experiences while lying
on Il bed OF pain.
The BrItton Publishins Company has
by Carolyn Rccchcr. This rapid plot.
beginning In a small town. soon trans
plant plant Itself IN New York City It has
Born to wealth. the heroine. through
adverse clrcumsta seeks livelihood
Or better days Her. crper!cnces hit
the Id from those who wonder about
the pitfalls OF the larEes: city in the
world. The author digs deep into the
heart OF things. Introduces many inter
eSttng characters. and leaves the reader
the reader
Henry van Dykes nrst volume OF
stories since the publication OF his Tho
lished by ne S,ccribners on March II:
Why The Valley OF vision? Why no,
The Mountain OF Vision" asked u lit
cral- minded friend. "EcCause," Or.
van Dyke explained. ST IS in the valley
OF suffering that the deepest visions
Of the meaning OF lifc come 10 us
OF Romano and Some iialf-Told Tales"
There arc some lIaif-Told Tales in the
volume" Dr, van Dyke explains in his
sketches, grave and gay. on The margin
OF the book OF life, Where more Is
meant than meets the ear Dreams
have a pa part in real life" There arc
eighteen stories in the volume.
. The Csntrry Company has just issued
Helen Davenport Gibbons, author OF
The Red Rugs Of Tarfus.' Mrs. Glib
france With her h Iisi and four Hi" ehi
drcn. She has not been outside OF
France. since the declaration OF war in
engaged in, relief work: being the
founder S,nai and director Of Isauyons les
nearly 5000 ne new born iarisians' After
the United States entered tho war and
tho American Red Cross took over the
Gibbons began 10 dcvot" herself to tho
American. soldiers. She travelled 20
the !. NJ. &. A.. and Observed the growth
Of the army from its earliest days At
Haz1; b TO Ss lhs d1'Snns Of the arm
British fronts after the Americans went
into baltic lines, and went to all the
ports of landing on different occasions.
Last spring she took her family 10
Aix-lcs- Ba ms and from there to a CHA
teau in the area Of Base One. Her
place came to be known by soldiers as
the little gray home in France" Mrs.
Gibbons. in simple, easy. entirely hu-
man way. has achieved the task of get
ting the American doughboy on paper
what he thinks of France: what he felt
about the war, what France thinks
about him. etc. etc: 1t is a book OF
the heart that viii touch the emotions
Of readers and fill them with the i'm
pulse to tell others about It. Tho au-
thor describes her methods thus in her
forcword TO the book: "In the study
Of my. Little Gray Home in France liz
an old Brittany wardrobe Tho boys
toast their toes at the fireplace be
side it. When they stop for n breath
ing space they tell me what they think
and see. on shelf are paper and
pencil, and when go there TO get out
chocolate or new pair OF wooden
socks. scratch down hastily what my
boys have said