Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22
sMTHE YOUNG MAN AND THE Law.
sAxN Simeon e. Baldwin. The Macmil-

aIH Ax, simeon Il. Baldwin. The Macmil-
IS aeR Co, New York.
5s athnb OF the legal profession: the OBJ:
81 1eetlons TO choosing IL; the personal
9Isiities and prepara,ieSn , necessary Try
1t stands. The writer. after
tshaStng had an extensive practice at
sEttie bar. was for many years on the
II III Tho Yale law school and director of
III The bureau of comparative law OF the
IL american Bar Association. The de-
aeign of the work is to give young
I min who is about to choose 4 profess
~ sion n clear idea OF the reasons both
4 FOR and against seeking TO ente- The
(which society has placed in him.
ss.The lawyers place" says the
author is one OF service in the state.
privileged profession, to which is COM
mittcd large part in the administra-
4 lion of that law which. however we
{ anei name the author, has certain
J principl as invariable AS the law of
I EgayEy. Its ideal is TO do this SER
II Vice in large and in trivial affairs,
q alike: By the use of such powers as
1 Sne may have, be they great or SMALL
With. a loyalty to the constant prin-
ftples of law, not Inconsistent with
the hope of amending and improving
1t In minor things; always striving to
( aid in the world wide effort. ever be-
Ding made, to make law and justice
q ore and the same.
i ss8FSr young man who is contemplat-
Ing entering the legal profession tho
book will prove invaluable in giving
him clear insight into the basic
obligations he assumes, If he expects
Ss to attain to truly successful career.
THE BOOK OF THE LONG TRAIL
BS Sir Henry Newbot. author of Sub.
marine and Anti-Subtnarine." Tales OF
Sgths Great War" etc. Longmans,
Green 6: Co, New York.
4 This new book by Sir Henry New
bcit is 4 record OF stirring events in
4 tile 1fvss of. and glorious achievements
& BIZ. some OF the most notable British
travellers and explorers OF the past
! Ssntnry- The names Of Mungo Park,
Franklin. Burke and Wills, Living
stuue, Stanley, Burton. Captain Scott.
n XeunShusband. Wollaston, etc, convey
an idea of the interest to be found
tn the book. Where will you look
I for finer men than these. or for more
q houorable enterprises than those they
undertook. or greater dangers and suf-
fertngs than theirs. or moments more
lnlI OF daring and excitement? Every
bne of them was. as the author says
3T hts introductory, in truth an army
i 8fommander. though the army was only
Z handful Of men and was snever out
& Taded. these explorers, what cam
9 peigns they made, what forced
,hsrches. what banking. movements:
cGmmissariat. what risks they took,
What casualties they suffered how
I they supported each other. and. when
2 feated deaths they died. If any men
ware ever worth knowing by the youth
8of all countries. these are they.
espssiay adspsed to se needs sed of a1d
ant girls Sor worthwhile reading.
There Is eolored frontispiece and
niany illustrations IN black and white
hF Stanley Wood
X JEWEL IN The SAND. BY Alma
Newton. puAeld * Co. New York.
s s Eas ags9s % a Seson 5 boi
i stories OF renI merit a Jewel in the
hsr 2rpa1s::os as :has wr T,
nr worth while fiction. Nature gifted
Z the,vheroine q shis sIorE. with beauty
sortex ~ its Har beauty aad he
love OF mus;c attract the, wrong kind
triimphs = a sIncY OF reality. Q: ire
nsndous synapathet!c FORCE
than- Dufneld ( Co. Mex YORK.
The author gives Us here z drama
nrenc-s CT the college. his love and
marriage. the first onslaught OF life
,,sw author. but it possesses elements
OF strength that assure It's popularity
mnsh beyond that usually accorded
hstached to them. 1t belongs distinct
~, In the Class of good novels.
HERE AND THERE By Allen Tuck
er. Dufficld & Co, New York
This volume of verse. part OF which
mas 1s already r,a.i appeared in magazInns.
contribution to the poetry OF the dav'
The author, very weli:known land.
Ssdium 'An'f powe sH0M .na IL ior Eli "e oi
y phrase and an originality Of idea
which give to-. his Verse distinc-
Literary Gossip.
4 once more Mary pickford is going
4 living part of her life a,nids. luxury
q and the rest in the Sums this time
as Margaret Kendall alias Mag Of
the Aal .H ht tile heroine o. Gross
Glad Books Miss Pick 1enGF has os , tnt
u signed contract with the Page Co,
81 the characterization OF the story for
8 the screen by her own COMPANY. The
z numerous admirers OF this beloved and
& Alley" ' o' inc
Before sailing for England on the
~ Adriatic, February il. Ian Hay. author
vi ana playwright Cor Major Ian HAY
s. Beth, late of the British army left
B the manTpserip. OF a play, 'If Wishes
81 were Horses" with his publishers
81 Houghton Mifiin 60. He STAYED IL,
III this country only long enough to sea
y his "Tiily Of bloomsbury" uccessfulIy
ts start her stage career. and finish IN,
for the limited auto.
81 Kraphed edition Of his books, whicl
81 VIII appear this spring.
In Mr.. El!swor.h's "a Golden AZ,
g 81 Authors" Woughton Miffln Cos
81 American literary men come 70 lii,
s. not merely as authors. but as human
III beings. When Mr.. Ellsworth's father
:5 in-law was young man in New York
ss be boarded a the same house wifi
s8 Poe, who was in the depths of poverty
III and as each boarder- mad to heat hi
III own room, he lent him a stove Il
Keep himself warm Sometimes, OF
81 Saturday night, he helped him GU
;H with board money. But il is IND
81 literary world beginning with 1871
~ THAT Hr. Ellsworth writes OF principal
iii ~, and which he calls the Code,
Age" Poe, shivering in his chem
III 91odgirs. Is but a curtain-raiser for ;
sssf happier epoch.
p. Appleton Co. will publish ne.
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