Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22
AND REVIEWS
B OF LATEST BOOKS

G MI.pp 5iI3ev the initial vehicle for
Bells novel. apar, from being: a charm.
being. the only novel dealing with cir
Sps lite, whose fidelity to, actual CON
t Singing Of s si,siiss pr SS sha cr
Gus.
Sax Rohmer; the interchangeable ere;
ator o. DR.. Flu Manchu. whose novel
another Oriental mystery, story. which
ndsc &C., GS t W pHSls aoaen rsSr o
pion." AIR. Rohmcr's new book deals
with the adventures Of band or
mandarin OF the same amtable char
iactcristic as the late DR.. Fu-A1anchu.
Eby a new IRISH novel this spring, deal
:, ing in part with the Sim Fein move
ment. The book is called "Maureen."
Mcbride & Co
leading publishers Of the trade which,
rnbIishers' Weekly. together with the The
rsspeetiye number Of their books in
f nR .ls n the the 4 a q Eooks' p dur
ranked twentieth with twenty-five
books included; The George II. Doran
Company was first. with 1872 books in
cluded.
Holland Thompson, author of Tho
New SOUTH" one of The Chronicles OF
america tfale University Press. is 4
in North Carolina in 1873. His boyhood
was spent in a ne ghhorhood which be-
OF North Carolina. after which. For
1SaG Years; he was principal Of the
| Holland took his degree OF doctor Of
philosophy at Columbia and is now
member OF the department OF history
York. and is thus able TO view his
North as well as OF the south. He
changing Industrial and social con-
ditionS, and he is thus eminently quail
fed to write Of the New South.
Scheduled for spring publication the
Bowen. TO be called THE Burning
Glass Ii is said to be another OF
her historical romances filled to the
briIn. as all of them are. with action
a and ihedent and fra and nj pre-
torical background. This new one viii
have 4 thrilling romance of Paris be-
the famous and fascinating Julie de
LeSpinaSse.
Elisha, NJ. Friedman. whose "Ameri.
can Problems of Reconstruction and
were timely and valuable books, has
added TO them another volume Of equal
and @h6 o ms
publishers. l.. +. Dutton & Co, have in
train for early publication: ii will
or those problems OF reconstruction,
such as international credit, which is
2uSi nov oa causing much nneasiness.
rope ortAmerica alone.
The Princeton University Press an.
nc noun me- IS that the revised third EDITION
OF Men" published last september is
nov nov practically exhausted. a new
seventh within five years N Ths Inc Inc
crsasinE popular interest In biology is
ysLneG,e "a in the demand for this book.
been. lion IL mas ever
Wadsworth Camps young hero
soirinr the ihso, detective who has been
ing through amazing adventures in The
MsR asH between book covers. .sThs 'G Gray ~
Page se Go. H TSese stor ey
Garth. the " uonnr me n. experiences of
Is continual venture into the IN.
Rnown: lie matches wits. with gangs
situations that demand nerves OF steel
Sut Barth IS more than detective
a ie is an eager boy. fun Of high horss
ms big chiefs daughter. Nora. 4 bit
OF 81 a detective she is. for she inherited
the intensity OF an Italian mother and
the reckless daring of her Irish father
Miss Amanda Benjamin Hall. whose
poems in the Century, Harpcrs and
other magazines have recently been so
mighty praised by reviewers and an
Iholosists: has now finished her second
novel. which she calls Blind Wisdom"
and which will shortly he published by
George w: Jacobs & Co. Miss Halls
hrst book. The Little Red House in the
Hollow, Is also TO appear in England
ms spring. MSS Hall lives in Norwich,
Conn. and in addition To being Il novel;
ISL and poet is also an artist of ability
The Four Seas Company is announc-
ing FOR immediate publication Werner
Won Heidenstam 8 The Birth of God"
a ono-act play. in an authorized trans
enStani. who has but recently become
popular in this country, was first in
troduccd TO the reading public in the
year ago. He was the winner Of the
Nobel prize in 1916, and is not only
recognized as one Of the greatest OF
Scandinavian authors. but is an out
standing figure in all contemporary
literature.
Those who have letters from the late
5: Weir Mitchell, author OF Hugh
WyAne. Free Quaker" and other books,
DR. Mitchell would appreciate. by send
ing tho letters or copies of them 10
The Century Co. 353 Fourth Avenue,
New fork City. or to Mr.. Taicott VIII
City Mr.. Williams is at work the
authorized life of the eminent physician
and author. which The Century 60. will
/. publish probably next autumn
According to an announcement Of