Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10

living and farms to amuse his neigh
bors-he liz fond Of usIng homeiy IL
Illustrations drawn from the farm to
drive home his political points. Tho
which he Is the care-worn owner.
have enabled him TO illuminate and
moraiize on many political questions
in terms that every one can under
almost ranks as public character
In the Dominion. In his new book
there Is chapter on Prince kropot-
kin's Cow" which shows how the
futo tho arguments OF grave eco
nomic thinkers.
There Is certain typo OF sporting
book which the reader lays down
with irritation more than with envy.
what is the use OF tho man descrlb-
ing these magnificent days? We add.
They are not for us." Mr.. Shering-
ham. whose Trout FishinE-Mcmo-
rics and Morals" has just been pub
lishcd by Houghton Mlfiiln Co. Is no,
this kind of writer. He does not de-
spise the little things. To Judge the
success or ones day merely by the
number and size OF the trout is not
Mr.. Sheringham's philosophy. For
like all the best fishermen (and the
angling editor of the London Field.
is one of the best In the worldly, he
believes that II takes more than 1sh
to make up a fishing day. To land n
six-pound trout is. Of course, very sat
,sfactory. but there are other fac
tors even moro satisfactory and far
JESS dependent upon luck; 1t Is about
these other more Intangible things OF
which Mr.. Shcrlngham evidently de-.
lights most TO write.
In the frat week OF October, Bonl
& LlVcright Will publish In this coun-
Try novel which is now in it's fourth
ana NTH edition In England and
heads the lis, OF best sellers in Lon
don. The novel has the unusual title
OF Potterism." and. according to
Frank Swinnerton. Rose Mncaulay's
book Will be read all over England
with enjoyment b. Pottcrites who viii
recognize only tho foibies of their
.amil!ars. Snbtly nattering. II Will
confirm us all in our potterish self
esteem" The publishers OF Miss Ma
cau,ay's novel say that a Potterite Is
strange blending OF pecksniff, a
Micawber and an average tired busI-
ness man. Tho term "Potterism" has
already passed into tho Language
across the water.
II promise to tell you everything.
even " 1t blist"rs the paper" says
| James Huneker in the apology" OF
ms newly published autobiography.
has found that even the confessions
OF this writer OF opalesccnt rainbow
coiorcd prose do not blister the pages
OF ms BOOK They are tremendous
'''NN 'sh.llS lot WITHIN less than a
| week after It's publication IN Son.
tember by Scribners the biography
vent into It's second large printing.
Huneker has known intimately go
MAN. great artists that the story OF
his life is really an inImitahle his
| ,ory OF the artistic world for the last
generation and no one who cares FOR
such things can afford TO miss II.
John Fox. ira last novel, "Erskine
pa!o: Pinncer.' viii be published Sep.
tcmher - by Charles Scribncr's sons.
nrltics no have read this novel say
mar II has all the charm and in
ierest OF the authors Trail of the
Lonesome Pine" and The Little
Shepherd Of Kingdom Come" John
fox was one Of the greatest Amcri.
can novelista Of our generation, for
nc somchow learned the trick OF writ :
ing real literature and being absorb i.
lnFly interesting At the same time
Ieopie who have 4 love for AmerI.
can literature must feel proud that
IN ms last novel he has done n story
which VIII rank with the two most
delightful books he ever wrote.