Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-27
Library Gossip.

Library Gossip.
storms Of ' Youths cs' Whleh T the Serbs
ncrs recently published. she was
afraid ;,! certain parts of the book
wona be SO @hen she so showcG fo
by one Captain John Hodge. U. $.
a.; an officer lighting in France. for
office of literary agent. In the crit
icism and discussions of the book.
whieh IL fell to her lot TO hear, many
occur to single critic that the
manuscript had not been written by
man.
the publication of * Fragment Of
the Human Mind" by John Theodore
Merz, In his new volume Mr.. Merz
has set down the main effect on his
ton with what he takes to be the
central problem of philosophy.
;, News has just been received from
book 'ilavo wa a Far Eastern Pol
ley tScribenr'sl, has just been made
dition 10 his diplomatic interests Che
was formerly minister TO the Arscn-
,inel General Sheriff. is also an an,
books on the subject to his credit.
IL WAS after he had read Il paper on
glass to the society that it's mem
Warren G.. Harding, the Repubii-
can nominee for President. was on.
OF the early employers of Frederick
oBricn, author OF white Shadows
was tramping around the world AMI
MIR. and Mrs. Harding were running
a small paper In Marion, Ohio. Mr.,
the country after having marched
on Washington as II General" in
Coxcys Army, lie stepped out Of
Ohio, and frs, began selling hedges
70 the farmers. y murder trial in
Marion attracted his attention, and
reporter. TO Mr.; Harding, proprietor
at that time MIR. Harding solicited
ADVERTISING and Mrs; Harding kept
the ncwSboys.
NJ. Luckeish. author Of Artificial
LiEiht, which the Century Company,
s Mt is sesoI al the end Of this month
that the potcntialities of light. cs-
pcciaily with reference to interior
decoration. are but barely glipmseI
even by. experts in lighting. lie in
dicateS the vast possibilities of light
ing. effects in his Forthcoming book,
II Is said. and IN a book to appear
next autumn, "LightinE the Home"
will develop the subject with special
reference TO decorative art. The
1ook now to be published. Artificial
h l,1ans SIS Is said don to be history of
from the days of the first fire and
the effect of the conquest upon in
crcasins his health, happiness and
Wisuoh: Mr. l.uckeish is chief OF a
research laboratory of perhaps the
worlds greatest electrical industry.
ana ana during the war was chairman OF
tional Research Council.
"A world governed by women as
lops!dcdiy rs il has been by men
would be much like that depicted
mere, says Gilbert Canaan on his
preface To the section on Gynecologia
IN his new volume of Satire fiction.
"Windmi!ls" Uiuebsch), and the
nnal collapse. il it came. would surely
follow the lines indicated in the sec
ton which have called out of
or what We arc portcnt and who
can imagine to what Lady Astor's
| Hight into fame may lead. If had
NOT alrcadf dedicated this book TO
my friend, ID. H. Lawrence, ! would,
without her permission. inscribc upon
! II the name OF the first woma n to
take her seat in the worst club in
! l-ondon-thc House OF Commons "
sun in the earlier part OF The book.
Mr.. Cannan comes to the feminist: in
! this fable the Lady Amazons capture
the state, abolish cities. money and
Z HltTTIiCc ana cnSidNe men. n SClen-
tile examination CLASHES men for
certain functions: but all are alike
miserable brow beaten in a manner
to put the Wife OF Faith 20 shame
How Cannan's hero barely escapes
being assigned to the Cult of Father
hood Is tale to put many OF the
best sellers in the class of dull litera :
ture.
/ The critics in their reviews of Anne
/ Douglas ScdEwick's new book, THE
/ Third Window" (IIoughton Miniir
/ Company. usually refer to her as
distinguished English author" She
/ is English, but not by birth, for she
/ was horn in New Jersey. and America
! was her home for the first nine years
of her life. Then her family moved
I TO England which has since been hcl
/ home except for five years spent il
! the studios of Paris. Her husband
] Basil de Selincourt. is Frcnchma n
! so three countries can lay claim Il
! her The publishers Weekly report!
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