Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH: SUNDAY AUGUST Is 1920

| have been renewed. One of his ex-
periments., III which he grated the
! thyroid gland of a monkey upon u
boy, who had been an. idiot because
he had no thyroid gland. resulted so
an m, SxPosi,ion Of the theory UPON
full account Of his s;' many nan St and ft va"
| ricd experiments and sets forth the
| benefit TO the human race which will
being translated for the Duttons and and
probably. Of either Life" or Vital:
the, physiological laboratory OF the
College of France. His wife. who
Vas before her marriage Miss Evelyn
sistant and coo;;operator in his in
nurse in a New York hospital and
noT are now in the United States
The letters. "A. y. NJ" which stand
FOR A. ~ Milne. are, n familiar sig
wherein they always assure entertain
inent; 4 collection of his essayettes
Is 9 nn,ren to a. american ioa readers by Z;
mat II Matters" 1t includes about
half a hundred ,shor, articles on di-
verse s'i,, ana casual topics written with
make the book delightful companion
for an odd half hour. His touch is
always light and graceful, his fancy
ing enough 10 make one forget, for
me moment. the heat. or the humid
n.y. or the toothache. The book can
be particularly recommended for a
just before going to bed
For those who tip the hat rcvcr-
ccntiy to Max Reerbohm 1t will be suf-
nsaent 70 say that young Huxley
IN 1(Ntff l.
substitute for the author of 'Zulcika
,obson, says Robert Benchlcy in
IN" World; AS there is no one in
no domestic comparison for Aldous
Huxley. Hc would have had a clear
held II only he had been born over
mere. Limbo is the work or
iIrst and longest story iR the book
The Farcical History Of Richard
Greenow." is the most original, and
the best. But originality is the note
from which they all take their pitch.
iherc is not beaten track between
Inc Inc TWO covers Of the book" AS for
IN our day-Aidous Huxley confines
his, protests to his subject matter
ana Il, Il, conforms CO. to the best English
one critic puts it that many or our
modish young intcllcctuals affect TO
scorn. Huxley seems to be seeking
SoHlc place Where Individuality can
he rcconciled with dreaded tradition,
where beauty can be fashioned for
her own sake and without thought
of what the past has done or the
present says" Another critic de-
clares that lin reading some OF Hulk
ley's poetry. he frequently feels that
he is reading some Of Keats early
work"
John J. Lcary. author Of Talks
With +. r." ttioughton Miinin Coz
seems TO hold unique position in
the esteem Of both labor and capital.
Having been presented with 900
It-!zc by the School of Journalism of
Columbia by reporting the steel
strike. he won the gratitude of both
capital and labor. Columbia Univer-
siiy gave him a $1,000 prize for the
best piece of Journalism the year
had produced, and he next is the
guest of honor at n Testimonial dim
ncr" given him by the officers and
delegates of the \. j.. of l.. attend
ing the convention at Montreal. 4
gold watch was presented TO him on
this occasion as token of friend
ship and appreciation" If there is
another man who receives large
prizes from university one week
and a gold water with gratitude from
the y. i. of l.. the next. we would
fke 10 know who il is.
Houghton MiGlin Company Is pun