Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-25
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paid as dearly by the innocen, as Jy
the guilty. The book is splendtdly
Illustrated by Rober; w. Stewart.
THE BIRTH OFF RUSSIAN DEMO
CRACf. By y. j. Sack, director of
the Russian Information Bureau in
mo United States. Tn. Russian In
formation Bureau. New York.
The first piUt of the book contains
a full history of the russian rcvolu-
tloniry movement from the Ducem-
bris, uprising or 1925 up 10 the
March revolution OF 1917. This part
Is richly illustrated with photographs
o. the Russian rcvolutionistS---bc-
ginning with rare photographs from
portraits OF the Dcccmbrists. executed
IN 1875. up tn the leaders uf the
prescnt-day Russia. The chapter de-
voted TO the history OF the Duma is
illustrated with 1870 photographs OF
the most prominent members or the
Russian Parliament
The second part OF the. book ~ de-
voted ia developments in Russia Since
the March revolution This is pre-
scented. as .ar as possible. by d5cu-
ments giving the declarations and
acts OF the provisional government;
the detailed proceedings o! the mos,
important historical sessions Of the
=.
Peasants Delegates. the proceedings
OF the nhtional conference, in Moscow,
OF the Democratic conference ana o.
the preliminary parliament in Pctro-
g:ad; documents OF the BoIshcvlst
regime IN ussia; the foreign and
domestic policy of BoIshevisn: econ
omlc and iinancia! results Of the Roll
shcN!st rulc. the anti Ipishrv jst
movements in Russia; all the i'm
portant documents OF the Russian
revolution from Ma
date; many photographs and far
Smiles Of important documents.
WHISPERS. By Louis Dodge.
Charles Scr!hncr's Sons. New York.
The very night "VVhispers'' came 10
80 mysterious. In the fantastic shad-
ows ot an old cost Nnc shop thu the
whole city wondered
What really happened IL the ariaz-
unfoids.
Here ls book ,hat vii! hold YOU
10 its last piSc-fnr all the fov-iish
excitement %! II newspaper Office has
bech woven about the solution Of Il
strange mystery.
The book derives it's interest not
from the action alone: in the man
ner o: it's Storytelling there is "A
careful sympathetic study Of char
acter and an analysis o. psychology
tcctivc tale
AS the author o! Bonnie May"
4 children OF the Desert" and ms a
cont riblior !" the leading magazines
achieved recognized distinction as a
writer OF merit.
THE STORY OF THE ENGINE
EkoM LEVER TO LIBERTY MOTOR
ny w / Decker Charles Scribner's
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+. How does it work" 81 the simple
question simply answered ~ the au-
lnrr Of this book. beginning with the
lever. The iirst %: the elementary
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sho:; history % the development o..
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IN" reader Il working knowledge OF
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Of tho technical terms o. the sub
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n D,ngrAms OF a!mos, every page *
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most noH,echnical reader has UNDER
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Gray. Charles ScrIhner:s sons 49, ~.
York
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has some OF tn. sam. cbnr,c,ors -,
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smart clothes and flshion.hIn v.n,s
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the reader the genuine. slnnIr yili,rc
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