Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14

nutgrowth of real &C .nradesh!p.
Then Alicia's son. the one human be-
,hroush all her drifting ses gears. 'o wss
killed In the war, and She made tire
aEe-old discovery of consolation
through service, The end OF the book
blu. with a record OF fighting and
ming deeper than his old bored cyni-
the hope and the sadness OF the world.
The minor characters are interesting
rs being OF such widely varied types
ma sGdis nro ,E gambler musician. a
OF the prince in Monte Carlo.
While It presents a brilliant pic
ture OF the feverish. pleasure seek
ing. cosmopolitan world which finds
i,s center-and Its symbol too--in
,ne , ssamins.t tables of Monte Carlo.
miration for-almost, indeed, OF ap-
peal to America. Alone in the gar
dens of Monte Carlo. Prince Lubim-
OH LOOKS out. in his minds eye. upon
the world. and sees the greatness of
the republic overseas. Never had
any empire in the past reached such
greatness: not even Rome. 1t was the
only country at once both agricul-
formed world apart within the
world. II might, without suffering,
isolate itself from the rest of the
globe: but the world would feel a
sensation OF emptiness y the great
republic were 20 turn its back upon
the other nations. The
prince calculates again the great
ness or this people, the only one
eapahie of stis working the miracles
that religions sometimes work in the
early period of their cxaltatlon."
=, BLIND; a STORY OF THESE
INES by Ernest Poole. The Mac
milan Co, New York.
It is a long while since we have
mad novel from Ernest Poole His
russian impressions, printed during
the war, We recall with renewed
sense sense OF their Importance. in the
ne VINO went to the peasant. while
other writer's stayed In the ferrncnt
OF me cities during the early days
of the revolution.
what of our thinking and writing
today is not that? But Blind" as
novel. is concerned with the life
OF man who was about forty years
oia when the war started. Ills life
before that crisis is drawn 10 give
us as full and rich a sense of grow
ing America as we had from The
iiarbor| But this hero Is of course,
an ercnt man. So we have boy
mood in the Connecticut countrysidc
ana youth spent in New York City.
There are hosts of interesting peo-
pie. The one we will remember
ionEesf is Aunt Amelia; with her
!.o;alty, her hcipfulness to the house
iui OF young people. her courage and
humor In meeting the new age"
She never let's II take her Mapping!
among the other unforgettable pco-
nle are Dorothy ut college. young
Tommy nt prep school. tho brave
young surgeon. the characters In The
Sums. the playwritinE adventures of
~, ~, man who is speaking now from
me same Connecticut homestead. re-
covering from his blindness through
writi'% this book
IS "A story of these times" writ
Ten by man whose previous books
nave firmly established him In the
VINO mas here Interested with singu-
lar insight the great age through
"hich we are passing.
THE BLUE ROOM nv cosmo
hamilton. Little. Brown & Co, Bos-
In The Blue Room" cosmo HamiI
,..on ehdeavors to show the aftcr-cf-
OF dramatically opposite tempcra-
inents and upbringinE-thc carcless
hiu Mortimer who has riotcd through
ms youth. and tho idenlistic and con-
the path OF rcctitude. Returning
rom the shamhles OF death. Mortimer
Is eager 20 begin all over again and
hing himself into what he calls an
orgy OF sentimental reconstruction;
to lock up the Blue Room OF his mast
marry and play tho game. jed.
ourEh, on the contrary. whose ideals
had been shattered by the blood
ana thunders" OF the war. comes
back suffering from the sort OF shell
shock that makes him bitterly anxious
to become not only demobi!iz-d but
demoralized as we'll. Both OF
the men. however. fall in love
with MISS Respectable. VII o o