Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-01

not suffice.
In the endnis it peace. is IT happi-
ness, Is It lite's fuinllment TO which
her? MISE spadon has sn freed hor ot jess
from man-nade standards and limita-
tons, but can Jean be freed from her
own insistcnt and inherited woman
hood?
| No American novel has attempted
such theme or given clear an in
sight into the lives OF women as they
and other women: none has offered
such a candid. penetrating portrayal of
mans attitude towards sex and man
anu womanS true relationship.
The Swing of the Pendulum" is a
fascinating. enSrossnE story. written
with Invest huinor. with understanding,
with Illuminating flashes of the real
motives that actuate us and lift the
characters out of the pages into the
circle of our own friends and acQuaint-
ances. 1t is a great feminist novel
but n greater novel Of modern woman
hood
CAUGHT BY TIE TURKS. BY
Francis Yeats Brown. The MacmIllun
Company. New York.
In this tale arc laughter. horror. ad-
venture and 4 lively spirit that makes
tho best OF evcrythinE-evcrythin
being AZ times pretty bad. There are
moments when the reader asks him
10 the book. Il wonder what l should
have done? wonder If could have
got through this And perhaps. too.
10 do: How much. after all, are we
Americans 10 be congratulated upon
having had to swallow so mild dose
OF the war 1t is 4 true tale. this one
not tale invented; chiefly IN this does
it differ from those variations OF
spies. escapes. and alarms which fall
from the pen OF Action,
The young soldier who chronicles
his experience here is but one among
;he legion Of the living TO whom sud-
Of death. /; CHANGED that lie lived 20
tell his biz % disaster peril and re.
prleve. Thousands OF such Sits VII,
Think Of ; Sa which WIN so rns a ttS' ne
dead might relate! II may be that we
owe the existence o. this one 20 ne
watch -chain during those days o. sol!;-
airy confinement. lie might have go,
OF with his life, but i, may wen be
that wa,cSe eS ' shrt,ln nnn t,o on
.rora start 10 finish.
THE B1,owER OF BUBBLES Rx
G Co. New York
Here We have five delicate, within
seal stories OF love and adventure with
ground which Lieutenant BAXTER
knows so Well that ne makrs II poiY-
nantly real without ever being obtru-
blower Of RaSSles '"f IS the s'H Sfs.ory s ne
Basil Norman, sort OF modern Puck.
who. In spite OF his weak heart. went
into the war and came out of il help
world. "
Mr.. CraiEhouse, OF New York. satir-
can newspaper man. who went 10 Eng.
land to write series Of articles sa;ir
izing the British people. But before
be be se Out f0 and he ss his york the war
ENGLAND that underiay her dull. sta!d
Petite Simunde is the tale OF Can
recruit. Jacques de Rosiers-a splenIid
soldier until no fell in love with tha
little French siri. Petite Simunde.
or me me, Man Who scoTed"' IL a study
The Airy Prince" IN account Of how
Young airman took a Picardy meas.
a ant iIi to London in his airplane and
showed her all the sights.
Throughout the series the amino,
has endeavored to choose for his &C.
d Jras ordlnary people who never
pfs,t'i i1 tS os the PARTS they were to
MEIioRIGs or BUFFALO BILL. Rv
tion aii r; C% o, his Wfe in eollaborA-
Appleton & Co. New York.
hunalo Biii is name familiar 70
very man, woman and child in Amer
,ch. Hence the, announcement OF the
iGb!icaiion OF this intimate siocr,phy
OF one OF the most picturesque cha.
acters In American history, pu,satinr
WIN All the excitement OF the old
" Ia West Will be joyfully hailed.
From the day that Louisa Frelerici
met Buffalo Bill and slapped his fasa
10 me Gay or The great Indian flghter's
H os,o' ne was a series OF wonderful
lures That Mrs. Buffalo Bill recount,
WIZ lntenSe ,rividness and charm Of
StEis' She tells OF Buffalo Bits whiri.
Wind coGrtship OF his life Us pioneer
OF his success az an Indian fighter and
as the avcnser of Clusters massacrn
i ;,,t "i me organization Of the world
countess thrilling stories of battles.
oil Danger and hair breadth escanes:
i iiiHHii,If n,i. amusing anecdotes of
ne friendship between the members
OF The Wild West Show. All in all
ms Dook Is thrilling story, an an
portant human document and a unioua
picture OF the West nifty years ago.
THE COCKPIT OF SANTIAGO KEY
Fisht New York.
This story of Porto Rican life in
tended primarily for boys and girls.
~ Is rcplcte with excitement and adj
venture mystery and healthy romance.
!nSpir1tional note, without being in
the !east tedious or preachy. Briefly,
- w tiAc story OF cOck-IEhtinC carried
on against the ban Of the United
states government. and the mysteriou
warning that Felipe. the hero OF Inc
story, receives from his aged grand
father. The cockpit. and its surround
ing tragedies. the revolt OF Feline
against It's sordidness and his final
Indtrs tandiTg OF It's evils make I'M
fascinating whole.
THIS is the rst of a series of ;pv.nio
BOOKS that David S. C;reenberp autbn~
or ~ Bunch of Little Thieves" socI,i
worker and idealist is writing Ea"h
book Will take his youthful readers
10 another country, and acuuaint then,
win the manners and custo,ns and the
ne" ana exciting adventures OF their
Peoples. HIS style is simple and read
ahie, and his descriptions remarkably
a YEAR AS A GOVERNMENT,
AGENT. BY Vira e. Whitehomse
harper & Brothers. New York
IN delightfully."- straight.forw,,d
ana caust!cally humorous style Mra
norman DER Whitehouse has ,ni';
mere IN" story OF her work in Sw,i;znr
land. giving illuminating sideojirhi,.
on secret diplomacy with frank ga,
acterizanon OF many Of the vel
known diplomats. 30 other worn,
was eve- given such mission Nv n
great government. II was her dur
10 get the truth about America mir
I!an3 and resources, into f,e-ma,,,