Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-25

great 10 knDE Intimately this won
der-girl. Glory ana her wonder
, horse. Con when you have ridden
treachcrOus trails with tncm across
the w!lds OF adventure TO the goal
Z" accomplishment and the haven of
attainment Her romance will battle
YOU. al first, as II baiIled hcr--und
you VIII pursue the absorbing m?s-
terry Of this cnthrailing story with
undated interest and caEerncss. to
the end.
Literary Gossip.
Ralph II. Paine. whose "Ships
Across the Sea" has Just been pub
lishcd by iIouglton AIiniin Co, has
! been commissioned by J. Pierponr
Morgan 10 write for private pub
LEGATION tn, story Of his yacht--the
corsa!r. Mr.. Morgan offered the
yacht To the government at the begin
Z n!ng OF the war. ana the part she
played was hazardous and an I'M
sim.s;s called this little notilla OF
converted plcasure-boats that crossed
the ocean early in the game and
( hrivelE onder;Poh fca;s quite dispro-
portionate 70 their delicate size.
Canadian professor has inves,i-
gated Mrs Divers The Strong
Hours" with the idea Of discovering
l the secret or it's successful dig out
the formula for tho novel that en-
joys steady popularity with inte!li-
.
Mrs. Diver follows Aristotle's advice
in her selection Of ar,stocrats for
! heroes. Her belief in aristocracy is
go great tina, she believes the fewer
rulers, the bctter-(so says her critic.
This atmosphere o: aris,ocracy. Of
country estatcs and manors. combined
with the intensity OF the love scenes
and her sk!li.ul technique. Is. he be-
lleves. the secret OF The Strong
Hours" success.
Il,
o! Doubleday. Page X Co. has gone
10 Spain where he expects TO ar
range for an edition OF La Revista
, del Mundo" crhc Spanish World :
Workl, and to place an edition %:
/ The History of the World War" by
Frank II. Sinonds. which is now be-
ing translated into Spanish. While
abroad. Mr. Houston expects to COM
rlete arrangements Tor the publica-
ton of the personal memoirs Of Count
Wi,tc. the famous RUSSIAN statesman
the American edition of which,
Doubleday. Page n 90. viii publish
next fall,
Commander q. 9. Westcrvclt, who
with Licute nant-co commander y. &.
! Reed and Commander II g. Richard
son is author OF Il book entitled The
I Triumph o, the NCs." which Double
day. Page Il Co. Will publish this
spring. Is nov in Philadelphia. with
him is the Lame Duck the NC-4,
Z $500 "'h' hGp us IlSlDTlC
night across the Atlantic. COmman-
der Wcstcrvclt. who was so closely
( connected with the planning. prcpara-
ton and final achievement Of the
the NC's.' about the development Of
this great American seaplanc.
What are the books tina, the mid
sh!pmcn like 10 read? This was a
question which the navy recently set
gu, To discover by distrib ng 200
10 ascertain the ravorites o! the
students. Among the thirty -four
modern hooks which received the
greatest number OF votes were Rud-
yard k!pi!nS. poems. Thomas Dixon.
/ The Ciansman." q. Henry. The Four
M!liion;" Booth Harrington. "Penrod -
Mrs. Porter. "Frcck!es" and The
iiarvester''--all published by Double
day, Page &; co.
The war is over-se. any daily
raper--and those who have pull
with certain gentlemen at Washing
ton are able 10 get passports. so tina I
we are not surprised 10 learn from
no less an authority than the usu-
a!iy weli-.nformcd New York Times
tna' ihat entertaining story, Come
out OF the kitchens" which Alice
Duer Miller wrote. the Century Co,
published. and a r. Thomas drama
t!zed, IL about 10 dcser; these shores
and Journey across the water to some
i-o'AGoH DitS mouse. III IL not our place
TO proph"sy. bat VIC have a dim sus-
p!cion that Mrs. Miller's sparkling
comedy OF lafe in the new old Soui h
which many Americans still, enjoy in
Sook form. Will help our British
cousins to forget Lady Astor, pussy
/ foot" Johnson. and the Irish mudd!e
Harry Franck Is n, il again MIR.
Franck. i; is needless to say, is tina;
eddy globe-troSter who turns up
every so often at the Office of his
publishers. The Century Co. with "A
manuscript entitled - Nagabond
Journey Around the World" "Va.,.
bonding Down the Andes" or some
equally restless cognomcn. AT pres
ent he is lodging sharks among the
west lnFSs, This autumn he intends
10 publish his complete Impressions
OF !!'c among the Virgin islanders
and other inhabitants of the Greater
and Lesser Antilles under the title,
Roaming Among the West Indies =
Meanwhile he Is sending tantalizing
CHAPTERS OF his wandcrings to the
Century Magazine and whe;ting his
readers appetite for more.
With his new novel. The Por,y-
gee. successfully launched. joseph
{, Lincoln is preparing to leave soon
FOR his summer home on Cane Cod
where he Will complete the manu-
scrip. o. another novel TO be pub-
lished next year. Meanwhile. The
Portysce" continues 10 break all sales
records. Although the advance sales
were nearly three times as great as
Tor any previous Lincoln book. the
App!etons announce that the rcor-