Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-23
EWS AND REVIEWS
OF LATEST BOOKS

continued From Eighth Pagc.)
|olume. containing not only tho best
1ne ola poetry. but q rich measure
modern and contemporary verso
ssiiw nh,aiuach OF IT not heretofore
ecu long felt by those who desire
.S2mprehehsive and exhaustive col
ection in English OF tho poetry OF
EIARhY PERSIAN POETRY. by A.
williams jackson. Tho MacmiI-
tn CO" New. York.
cc im,s s Sc and sympathetic
en,h c OF Persian poetry down to
.any Illustrations OF the poets craft
fanslated BY the author from tho
ahiaVi or tho later Persian. II is
Introduction to an important 1T
azure, 100 little known. and also
great range OF human expert
3ncc. OF which the primitive love and
AZURE songs are ono boundary. and
le other the epic Shahnama. the
reat historical Book OF the Kings"
mere arc ton beautiful Illustrations.
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. by Mary
o., Boston.
"a collection OF lyrlcs-simple. sin
'cat In them. They have a variety
theme. in cadence. In spirit The re
re the gay. the sad. the serious,
10 playful, but all arc human and
arm with the light of faith Of n
've triumphant.
AFTER THE DAY. BY Raine
ennctt. The Stratford Co, Boston
was ever game played that did
OF havc it's aftermath of stories?
fhy should this greatest game OF ali.
nc great war. pass without It's quota
campfire "reminiscences? Tho au-
,or. OF these verses has done his
pit" in this behalf by writing these
hfter-the- war" Impressions. The
erses themselves are shrapnel--
hkcn from the wounds OF soidicrs:
Its gathered at random from the
ccounts OF survivors, some based on
1ay. forming Il volume OF poetry
post interesting and timely.
Literary Gossip.
The. death of William Dean Howclls
Ill arouse fresh interest in his writ
fgs. especially among the younger
pvels and the lasi. az it hapne n ed.
come from his pen. was The Lea
ferwood God, published a few years
20 ny. the Century Co. This is a
Fanatic story OF pioneer life In the
lckwoods Of Ohio ninety years ago,
I'd Mr.. HowellS put into II all the
pc thought ana mellow undcrstan nd :
that come TO man as tho shad-
{ vS begin TO lcnEthcn and his work
& days arc nearly over. The book
az based on figure and series
events which Mr.. lIowclls had chr
ed IN his mind half "A century for n
'sslhlc story. once he gave the Mot
another author. Finally he took
back and worked out tho novel
Two important hooks on commerce
"a export whose publication date the
'ntury Co. has postponed from time
time are now definitely announced
June. These are Ocean Ship
nE. by Robert Edwards Amin, Ice
frer on economies at New York Uni
'rsity. and The New Merchan, Ma
me- by Edward ~ Hurley. former
iatrman of the United states shin
ag Board. The former deals au-
toritatively with the funda me mails
ship management and operation
Pch az eight rates, labor problems.
indling OF cargo. etc. while the lat
takes up tho Inevitable difficulties
pa problems which our merchant ma
nc must face. Both authors are un-
ually well qualified TO discuss their
'ibject and IL rs understood that they
ave handled the material In a way TO
tpcal not only to the business man.
II also TO the general reader.
We read in Talks With r. n" "a
Ok complied from diaries kept by
nm J. l,cary. Jr.. through long In
macy with Roosevelt. and Just pub
;hed by IiouEhton Mifflin Col. many