Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
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! Chinese blood, but who was very
eomeiy and neat. pushed forward:
p,ho; She WAS Apporo,. wife Of
owned house in which her father.
q Nhinainan. had recently died. This
house she earnestly desired. to give
| ana we struck a bargain. | was TO
i've I'm the house OF Apporo and on
departinc TO leave her the bed. Great
Fern. her husband, was called to seal
| me compact. He was giant in
stature. dark skinned. with serene
o"nntsnancG and crisp hair. They
| aErccd TO clean the house thoroughly
/ ana 10 give me possession at once.
Harry a. Franck. who has handed
20 ms publishers The last of the copy
i I9r his forih,S,ominE book. Roaming
week on a trip into Canada with T.
a. Ross. OF the University OF Michigan
A .ii,,r OF ,Prineiples of Sociology"
thorS so TO Canada for rest and recre-
alton, and not for work or copy.
IN author of sea stories with an
authentlc atmosphere who has not
been heard fro,s in several years APP
pears this autumn in the catalogue Of
NE Century Co. with a new novel en-
Titled The Middle Passage" H. Frank
i Tt2iGker' . 4n,hor OF Under Rocking
ZONES OF long line of seafarng folk
re himself set out in a sailing Shin
a. me hoary age of six years with his
H.
pack TO the sea whenever school and
coAeSc did not claim him, and he
ftSm UP IN one OF the Old Long
ffS,nHa ports that sent ships to the
novel. The Middle Passage" is set
IN nm, me days when il was a pcrilous
ALL 49, =, running run ing, slave ships from
Much Information of value TO a
variety of people is contained in "A
ho!ome. entitled Commerce and In
nmu rf.iH, ana containing tables of
~; Yt' 1919. The work is edited by VIII
nam Page and is published in the
.Trnmd'cd states by, Il. p. Duiton * Co.
,a .t, IN an parts OF the British ON
pre- and OF revenue. expenditure taX-
anoh, imports and exports. public
o ne shiDpinE. railways. prohibition
~ ~ sortS. wages, prices and other
miaUcrs In Il companion but larger
Np!ufhS bearing the same title and
S sdS, editcd BY Mr.. Page there is pre-
ECONOMIC Conditions OF the liritish
empire from the Peace of Paris in
iiSSi: TO the Declaration OF War in
dcihtn,o. IL rs j. based on parliamentary
william Ashley, vicc-principal OF the
University of Birmingham.
war diary of much intrinsic in
te'est ana picturesque comment is TO
be found in The Modern C'rusaders"
lE. l.. button " Coz. wherein Cani,'n
H. h. {. Adams rccounts the ndycn
lures ana experiences OF the infantry
pf!btdc with which he served on tho
eastern front during the war. The
uaiiy entries describe in vivacious
style the happenings as the troops
trained at the sea coast, marched
across the country, took part in va
iiouS engaEcmcntS and finally cap
surcd Jerusalem. Considered as the
birthplace OF ones religion" Captnin
ADAMS found Jerusalem worse than
Disappointing.
In The Transvaal Surrounded" (E.
T. button " Coz, W. j. Leyds con
i1nucs the South African history
"hich he commenced some years ago
in The First Annexation 81 the
IranSNaal" He begins the story in
Inc early SOS, with q backward
glance over previous history. ana
continues 1t until the late '9Os |, is
mr.. Lc!da purpose 10 show in this
volume that a systematic plan was
carried on, by the British govern
mcnt through all these years TO sur
round the South African republic
WIN british territory and so impede
us internal development and prevent
MS outward expansion. as to make
impossible its continued existence
y translation of DR.. Scrgius Voro-
non's book. "Nivrc," which has cleo
trihed the scientific world and amazed
lished in the United States during
the fall season by T.. T. Dutton (
co. In IL DIR. Noronom tells the story
Of his world famous experiments i'm
me Erafting OF certain glands from
young and vigorous animals upon old
or feeble ones of the same species
ana from monkeys upon men. Whereby
their youthful strength and yirnr