Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-18

ut cowboy songs II by-product of the
tnS s S't OF i,Srx wHish 40 made. The
travelling fellowship IN order thai
nc misht discover. and collect these
passing phase Of our Western ciyi,i Ia.
Ion. Being native Texan. and him
sou sou tam mar WIN the environment Of
ntted Tor the task he cssayeJ CIV
noy SONGS ana other Frontier Bal.
iadsi was the hrst" result oG this truly
unc the compiler states that ~. I has
included the best OF tho vers. ..ivrn
has ~" nddc ahIre &c by by the cowboys. and
and ballads Quilted from Western papcrs
nnu minor ianthologies. There is I'm
ii lam Esyo5g fp2hr s,nS by Professor VIII
s Weit as .ho lyric charm, for they pre-
swept western plains.
?s Gs sS24T $St BS!:a e.
or bs ss , kno w perhaps as the author
man Hymn o. Hatc'-Miss Cone IL ~
author Of several other weiilknown
thought and beauty Of ianru res'cs so,o ot
binsd With her technical perfec Sfor
valuable et adS iHTo9 2 e continually more
ture. In this new volume ' MIS- iit ERA ,
1nciudns: besides tho beautiful tItIec
. Moods OF Wa1 Of the Great Peace. >
Days" Gnu inc quiet
Liternry Go,sIn.
~ mas been several years since n ro,y
norei ny Ernest oIdmcadow. author OF
in n our book susan" nc. has appeared
pany announces that they viii 1n6iisb
the month. ~ e"u VI
Don't define hard word with n
literary editor OF tho Inde ncn,ent
warns all those who would wrIin acicn'
. ,,,ic ,hIe for the public press. And
ptacllccs exactly what he breaches as
glance at his latest book of science
CCreat!vn CHEMISTRY" tthc century.
mniin nic,r VII, comYince you. But to
means. he gives this example: "Viadi,
wostok 10 hard word. but when the
war coIrcspondcnt arrives at Vladi-
Vostok he goes rihgt on inland with
cut stopping 10 explain that this liz a
GcitS south Of koabarovka and east OF
:caIorie'. - "a, EGu, II YOU want TO say
worse BY explaining i, as the oua
oeY o. neat necessary TO effect raise
grade % cube Of water. each dimen-
sion OF which is tenth part OF the
lcnGth OF bar ot platinum and iridium
SiNH', ms i" 'hc observatory OF st.
Before returning to England. Wis
count Grey left small mannscr:pt with
his publishers. Houghton Mfiin Co.
the title OF this new bool; il ''Recrea-
tion," and in II the statesman describes
the charms OF his favoritc nastilnc-
ll Gofs 6,e,, birds and 3D., The reading Of
has published but ono book--a work on
ny -nshing-wh!ch has already become q
classic.
B!ographo.s seem to be shutting UP
their desks and taking to lec;urins. az
least ex-senator Bcvcridgc. having
} las, c99mp e his tonr-volu;re life OF
delivered an address III plymouth late
" and Professor William Roscoe Thay-
or; author OF Theodore Roosevelt"
tour in the Middle West. These two
books are the big outstanding biug-
raphics or tho year.
+. p: A., the famous columnist of the
New York Tribune. thinks William w.
Authors" GHoushton Miniin Cos eS-
aggerates the harm done by the dime
novel. "Probably the worst influence
in OUT, young life." he writes. was Ho-
never have been able To eXpurEc the
conviction that fortune, success and
happiness arc the inevitable reward of
honesty, chivalry and industry"
tain Raymond Recouly which the
Scr.bncrs are publishing in tho lat
ter part of February, will he the first
book in English on Foch written By
.i9n with the great commander Cap
particularly interesting and significant,
as ne worked personally under Fool!
crises Of the war. and as he gives
hoth an authoritative picture Of the