Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-04

Later. she received other assignments,
in which her nnc spirit OF service
found Il wide field OF usefulness. On
her return to this country she con-
soldiers III the y. NJ e. y. in Wash
ington until January of the present
year.
In this plea. to her ~ t. +. she
appeals TO them to tell just what they
know about the war. their impress
sions about the French. the british.
the Gcrmans---of the i AMI the Red
Cross, OF ->c officers and Of the men.
YOU have finally tested 1t out for
Yourself because they are going to
believe you-and you dare not play
them false
\ PRISONER OF TROTsKY's. by
Andrew Eal raschnikon Doubleday,
Page ~ Co. Garden city. y. \.
The author. back in Russia from
relief mission to- America. was ar
rested for completely in a supposed
American plot against the Hoishcyist
government. |, WAS an attempt 10
break the golden silence Of our
ambassador and commit our govern
mcnt to IA policy Of recognition.
His story. apart from being the
record OF Il profoundly moving per-
sonal experience. is important Tor it's
new ligh; on events and personalities:
among them. the dcbaclc of the licr-
cnSky regime and the true pcrSpcc-
tivcs OF the leaders. or particular ia-
tcrcst to America is the account OF
the relations OF Americans in Russia
with the successive governments
II is rich in human content Read
crs will be stirred by the story of the
authors five months in the historic
rounded by the cells of men who
made Russian history. and next to
the cell OF the patriotic assassin of
Rasputin: the strange odyssey Of the
100 American automobiles; the trag-
cdy OF Daria'S American shoes. the
story of the prison guards: and in
the end, the personal revelation of
the author which is. in sheer truth.
Il passionate hu/ian document. and in
it's clarity u Vcritablc cross section
OF the RUSSIAN situation. revealing its
vital inner life and meaning
THE INVISIBLE FOE. Ey Walter
1fackctt and Louise Jordan MIN.
Frederick y. stokes Co. New York.
This is a powerful novel dealing
with the intensely thrilling Spccula-
tion of whether the dead can COM
municatc with the livinE-a problem
which for ages has cNcrted strange
fascination for mankind. and which
today attracts - stronger interest
than ever before.
The heroine OF the story is beau
tiful girl Of psychic gifts. loved by
two brothers of strikingly contrast
ing character. The elder brothers
disappointed passion proves his moral
undoing and leads him TO commit Il
crime cloudcd in mystery. which
places his brother in position Of
man being who knows him to he
guilty dies with the secret. 1t is his
dead hand which brings ahou; a
startling occurrence through the psy-
chic scnsitivcncss OF his daughter.
The treatment OF this subject in the
solution of tho mystery. and the re-
action OF tire" strong characters TO
"a vital situation. make a move! OF in
tense interest and satisfying conciu-
sion.
THE CHARM or FINE MANNERS.
by Mrs. Helen Il. S,arrett. j. Il.
Lippincott Co. Philadelphia
There is nothing quite like this
book in existence 1t is lively read
ing Girls enjoy every page of it,
In writing this hook Mrs. Starrc;t
has drawn from her many years OF
experience with young girls nj her
school and elsewhere and has pre-
scented her various subjects in a man
ncr truly delightful. and which APP
pcalS TO every right minded Eirl.
Teachers and parents Will find 1t
boon. |, covers everything that or
dinarily is such Il vcNation in a young
girls development: behavior and
manners Sclf-control, sclf-culturc.
aims in life. persona! habits. society
and conversation. associates and
friends. tact and unobtrusivcncss cti-
Qucttc for schoolgirls. and that finest
feminine art. the making of a home.
Mrs. Margaret : Mooney, Albany
state Normal College. writes: II wish
copy OF IL could be placed in me
hands Of every girl when she enters
high school and made Il part OF her
course"
NF.NTBESTERS By I.ulah Rags
dale. Charles Scrihncrs Sons. New
York
roily and Fat and Tho Eoss" were
the NcNthcStcrS. They couldn't have
tho best any more when hard times
knocked AT tho door or tho big house
on tn" old Mississippi plantation. and