Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-30

I saw, she says, man convicted ol
eiSamy and sent 10 prison. thousi
| he was entirely innocent OF any in
tent to do amy wrong. lie had al
ready been victimizei and punished
by nature, declares Miss DAVIS; the
court sentence merely added more
punishment.
THE RELEASE OF THE SOUL. BY
| Gilbert Cannan, Honi y Liveright
/ New York.
! We have here 4 study of the de-
/ velopment OF society and the soul in
modern life. The following extracts
from the book give line on the au-
! thors treatment OF the subject:
The soul INST he sought and that
I soon, II the terrible, devastating. eN-
/ asperatinE hunger gnawing at the
/ To nothing else is due the pathetic
attempts being made everywhere 10
establish communication with the
dead. II is surely time to establish
| communication with the ltrinE. time
TO remove the ancient reproach that
men in society can do everything
but live
IF man loves woman. he be-
love; II he loves dog. flower. n
tree. work Of art. a song. a sud
den glimpse of the sky, he belongs 10
them TO the degree of his love,
many loves. great and small TO love
the soul. then he belongs 10 the soul
and by it is utterly possessed. not
icAlousiy. nor in any sense OF prop
er;y. Possessed by the soul, all his
loves are enriched, eloriiied and
TRANSPORTED. fruitful and creative
THE UNMATCHED DOOR: By. Lee
Thaycr. The Century Co.. New York.
The hero had been out late-and 1t
was before New York City was made
dry" II is DANGEROUS In these
times 70 high moral recitude to say
J. al "A a..
protuscly. when he stepped out Of
his car and mounted. a liitlc un-
steadily. 6me Of New York City,s an
stoops, a; an hour far past midnight.
he found the door at the top Of the
s,oop Unattached. He went in, y few
as sober as he had ever been i'll his
life. lie had gone into the wrong
door, and he had stumbled upon
we'll upon the mystery which is the
'"rhc Unlatchcd Door" Is a COM
hined love and mystery story SET IN
New York. CITY. which the author
of an old inhahitant. This story
moves with exhilaratinE speed. in
YolVcS a group of intensely interest
luton that Will astonish most read
crS.
Thc author is Mrs II. W. Thaycr.
who writes mystery stores as a re-
]
ing business hours, the art director
Of an old successful firm OF illustra
tors and designers.
ALBANY: THE CRISIS IN GOV
| ERNMENT Hy Louis Waldman.
Boni Il L.vcriIht. New York.
This hook tells the story Of the
unscating Of tho Socialist Assembly
men by the New York legislature.
In presenting this book 10 the pub
lie. the author takes the position that
ttn lIt IA t.sl oil tftN a,+..
To us constitutional representative
government. was brutality assaulted
by the proceedings through which
these ASScmhlYmcn were expelled.
Charles Evan hughes says OF mis-
action: IL regard II as a serious blow
at the standards Of true American
ism, and nothing short Of a calamity
Louis Marshall saws. eff the prccc-
dent set by this action is To continue.
il will wipe out every VcstiGc of rem
r"sentativc government in this
state There is a suggestive intro
duction by Seymour Stcdman.
4 MODERN BOOK OF CRITICISM
Edited with an introduction by I.ud-
Wig I"wisohn. Boni e Liveright.
New York.
In this hook We have the best crit
ical thought Of the time as express
ed by such diverse figures as George
! bernard shaw. Anatolc France, Ar
! Hunekcr, jules Lemaitrc, Rrmy de
Gourmoni. w. l.. George. Thomas
Mac Donah. Friedrich Hchhcl. George
Moore. Arthur Symons, John Cowper
Cowys, and others.
Nj l.cwisohn's anthology reveals