The Washington times., 1921-07-10

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ted out. and always the GOLD hike
wolf"
In this setting the young officer
falls In love with q samovar girl
And though he does not know II, she
10 the daughter of the man, for
mer governor of the prison colony.
whom he has come to slay. The story
of these two carries an appeal with
interest.
Never. perhaps. in all history has
An author been so honored in his life
time as Vicente Blasco 1bansz mas
been recently by his native city OF
Valencia. For a week the city was
en- fete, celebrating the Worldwide
success and tho presence of Its famous
son. A triumphal arch was erected
in his honor and inscribed. ITO the
Novelist of Genius" The climax OF
the celebration was reached in an I'M
posing ceremonial In which the free
dom of the city and it's coat-of-arms
presence Of city officials. notable
and q vast throng. So
great were the crowds that the cere-
mony had to be held out OF doors, and
a photograph Of the occasion shows
a wide street or public square nlled
with a dense mass of spectators as far
as the eye can see, with multitudes
leaning from windows and balconies-
TWILL POWER AND WORK"
will Power and Work." by Jules
Payot, Lit. D.. Ph.D., the Funk IL
Company, as It's tue I'M
plies, deals particularly with Inc de-
nf ha nrQcfinAl AnarRy
which makes for real succsss in 'life.
In a series of talks the author
covers the whole subject of the the
Dry and practice of self-culture In
manner that will make a strong ap-
peal to all who would increase their
mental efficiency and power OF ac-
Here also one IL told
how to read systematically and in
how to build up a de-
pendable memory, how to obtain con-
troll of the will, and how to supple
nent the lack or rightly assimilate
the surplus Of education which rate
has decreed for one.
Two books OF literary interest and
value from the publishing house OF
T.. P. Duttop & Co., are SHELLEY ana
Calderon and other Essays on Eng
lish and Spanish Poetry" by Salvador
dc Madariaga and THE Tale of Ter
ror: A Study of the Gothic Romance"
by Edith Birkhead. The former con-
tains four essays that discuss and
compare Spanish ard British poets
and their work. The latter gives an
account Of tho growth of
supernatural fiction in English lit
erature, beginning with the vogue
~ falA -
terror toward tho end of the eigh-
teenth century and continuing the
study to modern times. One OF the
chapters Is devoted to the develop
ment Of this form of fiction in the
United States and takes up the work
of Irving. Hawthorne and Poe.
AHIsToRIC ENGLISH.
Historic English" by James c.
Fernald. L. II. D.. for many years
one of the best-known authorities
On the English language, is not only
a history of English speech and the
English language. but. a resume Of
the English people as seen in the
of their language. DIR.
Fernald shows how, when, and why
the language came into being. and
explains the reasons for it's remark
able regularity, development and
progress. These facts are made clear
by means of extracts from MASTER
pieces of English literature-not the
masterpiece found in books
Of recitation, but genuinely choice
specimens of English.
Unusual interest attaches to this
volume, for 1t was the last DIR.
Fernald finished before his death. He
was the author of twenty five books.
In a few weeks more the bugles
will be blowing at Plattsburg, where
on August will open the first army
instruction camp for citizens since
1916. and the Indications are that 1t
will be attended by young ana
men in such enthusiastic
numbers as will strain IT'S accommo-
dations to their limit. Ralph Barton
Perry's book on The PlattsburC
which h. p. Dutton q Co.
have just published, attests .he
nationwide and profound interest in
this scheme of military training for
citizens. The author tells in Inter
esting style the complete story of the
movement, from it's inception in some
students camps in 1913 down to the
present time, with especial reference
to the valuable results 1t gave dur
ing the war. He shows how the
has eliminated in "a new
Idea of civic fitness and RESPONSE
bility" and he makes 1t evident tnsS
the welfare of the nation demands its
continued growth and development.
Mr.. Perry, whose vocation is that OF
of philosophy at Harvard
University. is particularly we'll fitted
to be the historian of this movement,
for he has been deeply interested in
Il from Its Inception and during ths
war, as secretary of the War Depart
ment committee on education and
special training, was in constant and
close touch with it's whole important
war development. In the writing of
the book he has had access to all offI-
cial records and reports and has
profited by the assistance OF many
people who were connected with ono
Or another phase of the various de-
velopments of officers. students and
artillery training camps, The work
Is the interesting story of an Ameri-
can scheme of high consequences
which holds promise of much benefit
for times of peace. No one who is in
the least Interested in the PlattsburR