Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-12

The style is light and easy appcalinS
10 children from tho ages OF u TO II
! TO students OF anthropolosy and So
cloioSy and those interested In Indian
me, Ihere are many unusual photo
| graphic Illustrations.
STRONGER THAN HIS sen BY
Rohert Watson. George ii. Dora:, Co,
New York
Sandy rorter, becoming mar IT
. the .:an,iiy" 10 his mother ana sister
on h;s fl,hcrs death. assumes the re-
spo!s.h,iities Of fe with q happy
isrr"rs for sandy and his Joyous a.,
ceptance OF his lot wins him friends
who pave the way for his later sue
cess, The hook is the story OF Sandy's
boyhool and young manhood and the
romance that comes into his life. II
is 4 wholesome. human story. simply
and sincerely written, and hctrayirg
a vivid insight into the problems and
the possibilities of the growing boy.
| The book is distinguished by quiet
charm and faithful portraiturc. \
! story for those who maintain their
lsympathy for the difficulties and tri-
umphS of youth.
Robert Watson was horn in Glas-
gov. Scotland. and spent the first
twrnty-fcur years of his life in and
| around that seaport. In 1905 he came
out TO Canada >nd since then has
lived in british Columbia in the midst
"f the country depicted in The Girl
The Girl OF q. II. Valley" My brave
and Gallant Gentleman etc.
CAPTAIN MACEDoINE'S DAUGn-
! TER Ky William McFec. Double
day. Page n Co. Garden city. y. Y.
| The sea stripped of it's sentimental
glamour. life stripped of the convcn-
tionnl irappings OF romanccs. these
are the setting for the story Of Cap
tain Macedoine's Daughter" But the
allure of her rich vitality is stronger
L . Ia.
tentiouS Captain Macedonia with his
pathetic bubble, the Anglo-iic.leni
I Development Co.. to be built on the
sulii6ie sea-captain's savings, his
/ fathers speculations. hut growing be-
You'd him into amazing experience:
l the ships crew that fell in love with
her; the writer who played "A super
| in the drama until the last biz scene,
when for few moments he was til.
hero: these are the people who make
| the story. Of Captain Maccdoine's
This is William MeFce,s third novel.
\ "CaSuais Of the Sea-" although a FIRST
hook established him as a writer of
his position and Captain Maccdoinc's
/ Daughter. is the greatest OF the
three. Melee is not a professional
writer. he is ships engineer At the
| Of one Of the United Frui; lincrs
lou, lie knows the seas OF Conrad and
i tramp ships that Scutter in and out
/ The shallow harbors of the South.
1 DESERT LOVE. ny Joan Con-
/ quest. III. Macaulay Co. New York.
! An cXquisitely romantic tale OF
| Cairo and the great d.sert-aS color
/ fui as the Arabian niEhts--as poetic
4 as the ShakeSpcarean sonnet. II deals
| with people as simple as children
! iicrcc as untamcd animals, but dom
mated 'by traditions as ancient as the
\ pyramids.
y story Of passionate love ant
| thrilling adventures. wherein two
young people, one 4 king OF the dcS
ert. and the other 4 charming young
| English woman. cast convcntlci
aside. and live their own lives in tho
4 Desert Wilderness
THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS
Edited by James l.. Hughes. George
H. Doran Co, New York.
This collection is, we think, unique
| AS a bringing together of IN,
best of Buras. this book is distinc,
addition 10 selectivc literature and
J viii he welcomed by the thousands
| who have long desired a single vol
unc of the fuvorite poems. This Sc
| lection seems 20 be- In harmony with
the wish Of Burns himself as re
corded in conversation just bcfor,
I his death when he regretted not hav-
! ing destroyed the many Indifferent
I poems o: merely local interest which
| are included in his collective works
The poems are arranged under III,
! four headings: Tam O'Shantnr and tho