Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-12

,Snd Guy "A. Bailey. Allyn e. Bacon.
New York
This volume was written to show
'ne close relationship of the science
"i biology to human life. The treat
m"nt gives a broad survey OF the lie
~ plants and animals. including man.
| Specifically the book aims 10 do six
hings: To teach the pupil to see &C
nrately what he looks at and de-
nribc exactly what he sees: to teach
im to think clearly and to base his
| pnclusions upon his facts: to broad
his knowledge OF his own body
trough the study Of the structure
! "a functions or other animals and
q y plants, TO show him by the adapta-
| ipns OF plants ana animals how h.
N adapt himself to the varying
,ntitions OF life: to make him "A
I GOD citizen through his knowledge
good food, good health. and good
| Wing conditions; 10 teach him how
ioiogy has helped human progress
biology for High Schools" gives
| ~" attention 10 laboratory and note
iook work. II makes the most OF
ne pupifs interest in recording per
pnai discoveries about living things,
aud guides him by easy steps from
simple pencil sketches TO more ella
treatment OF the practical side OF
hioiosy, with reference 10 the pfu-
Ncntion OF disease. particularly IN it's
epidemic forms. through sanitation
and right living.
The last chapter is on biology and
human nroEr"ss. and treats such
cries which have made for progress
BY Improving human environments
Quarantine regulations for the pro-
lection, of domestic fruits from for
"ien destructive Insects; the func-
IONS of the United. States Depart
mtnt OF Agriculture; and the rrinci-
hieh OF variation and hcredty as
'hey affect both tho cultivation OF
me soil and human i!ce.
TUE VOICE OF THE NEGRO. by
inf sh i. ketiia, professor OF Eng
T. button & Co. New York.
Ihe negro has suddenly discovered
NC power and importance OF his own
press. IL is a rapidly expanding in
nnrnce. consisting even now of two
aallies. dozen magazines and over
1np weekiics. In II may bc md
and mind.
II has secmcd 20 Professor kcr!iu
may ~ In" interest OF national unity
an" harmony. II is essential that
Whitc Americans should know what
Afro Americans thir.s and feel on
matters Of nationa! Importance. as
Wen as what are their grievances
'htir aspirations. and their demands
!n 'h!s compilation. mad" with SYM
phthy ana know ledge from III. coIorcd
utess OF America for four consecutive
months. We have a true cruss-sec,Ion
aamittch as or primary Importance in
~ VITA! ana necessary work 81 get
ing 70 know the negro and or Civ
ips him justice arr the rights or a
citizen.
TILL: sTnANGi;NEss OF NOEL.
AhTON. BY William Caine. 6. H.
&.si ca fGns G Griyen for Is ae,os,0
,,l9n ny ms yuignr little wife who. In
huy!hg his position is furced 10 ac-
,sPt h!nI with Ii. determine to bury
himself IN the writing Of n novel. in
"a" vain hope of forgetting A, the
same time he elects 10 keep s.cret
journal In his novel he subconsci-
ing people surrounding him
ito" this novel becomes Ines,-lcably
"htansleh with his own journal II
we basis for this extraordinarily
'"und!hs climax.
THE MERRYMAKERs ~ chi
nAo'p by lierschc! Williams Tie
The Merrymakers who had such a
spi"ndid Christmas vacation in New
iorh' enjoy another rollicking good
wp,n summer vacation in Ch!cago.
ww..tn wealthy aunt. Mrs. Fortune
w hlie brother Ned, the young news
paper reporter. covers" the Repub.
:Gah National Convention in Chicago,
Ar the oldest OF the four sight
s"einE Merrymakers decides that no
wants 20 own II department store
s''he day. and incidentally icarns an
.ne s'ips ne must take from AN err
ana hoy 10 merchant magnate.
hcr" ~ much real humor ann mtrth
"a this book, and the writer has nor.
lprmcd rca! service in publishing
The story.
FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS
l'y +. Scott Fitzgerald. Charles
sc,,hnsrs Sons. New York.
VT .tzEeraids success as a writer
mas mas been astonishing. His novel.
MS SIDE OF Paradise" was INSTANTLY
acclaimed hy reviewers ali over tho
vonn n.y as revealing writer OF
oo"k had gone 10 press for the third
time. His success with the shotr
sso's MAS no less spectacular. Cpon
me abrenrance OF the ttst stories
IN Scribner's and one or two other
periodicals., he began to receive FROM
al! SORTS OF magazines offers as large
~" those mad" 10 the most popular
writer's OF the day Evidently M ona
mas appealed so genuinely to neonic
a. short-StOry writer since ~
,isnFy, rms N.,umc contains his
sCNBEAMS INC. by Julian Street.
'nn"isday' Page & Co. Garden City.
(. til: evolution of Henry 'P He,,
"Nh through the H. Bell 'Brown
Sc 10 Belwyn Brown, creator ~
"nbcams Incorporated" Brown wos
hntnrr ,akcr, one OF the sort
VINO nave such supreme self-es,eem
ihat any compliment; or courtrsv -
!'tciEed condescendngly, as mai
.er OF course. Rising from n rnnor
tur'ai )ob 10 an advertising aronrv
IN agency with II reputation SHADED
.sht gray, he finally becomes Telwvn
';fown and markets his ..Supbca,mss,
tneeriui piatitudc in verse. Al nrna;,
hoic rate But the war brinos
iessened demand for this partis,,,r
brand of Sunshine. so Brown ha
SLOWS II on the doughboys i'm Franco
later ne recaptures the spo;iig,;;
arr"HSing huge banquet In ~;
hohor and passes off the stage o,,.s
more SHINING before the pubIir ~
"ane: smiling and condcscending
ouiian street is one Of Anne, Ic,.s
nes, kn0wn dispensers of chuck1.s
and ana behind the chucl,les there is
sometimes trace OF irony. aIwavr
serious thought. 'Sunbeams Incnr.
pura'cd. is vivid analysis of Tho
~ pc Ihat one avoids. the whoiesaio
distributor OF sunshine. bottled iaho
c'eo ana devitalized.
LIE MEANING OF SOCIALISM, nv
=, hruce tilasicr. with an introduc,inn
~ y; y. iiobson. VI. a. Thomas SET.
ger, New York oei'-