Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-04

during the German occupatIop ~,
their country, as well as that ar n
ships butcher boy. young midship-
man. n little walnut seller and many
others.
SPENDING THE FAMILY INcONE
ny s. Agnes Donham. Little. Brown
a. Co., Boston.
Miss Donham has won an cny,abIe
reputation as teacher OF and leo
turer on household economies. and
In this book she has collected much
pr the information gathered duriny
her teaching and while serving on
various boards for the promotion of
savings: She shOws how the bousn.
hold income can be divided pronor-
tionatcly To cover the six prIncin,,
items into which the EXPENSES natmr
ANY fall-savings, food. shelter
clothing, operating and development
EUDOCIA. BY Eden Phillpot,.
The Macmillan Co, New York.
In .Eudocia." Eden Phlipotts has
turned to the East for the Getting
OF his romance. An incident in tho
life OF Eudocia. Empress of Byzan-
tium. is staged against the bril-
liant background of tho royal court.
Tho scenes In palace. prison and
vineyard arc full OF action and
color. and the dramatic denoccmept
In the cathedral. when Eudocia
leaves II to the excited throng OF
her subjects To choose who shall
become their emperor and her con-
sort makes ftting climax for tho
tale.
Il HAVE ONLY MYSELF TO
BLAME by Elizabeth Ribcsco.
George II. Doran Co. New York.
Here are short stories that have
freed themselves from the artificial
ity Of form imposed by the imitators
OF Q. Henry. which follow the modern
novel and surpass II in presenting in
words tho emotions. varying and
complicated, % u moment They
nre something very new and very
interesting. finely cut. complete
Elizabeth Bibcsco is the daughter
OF Margot Asquith. whose memoirs
created such furore last season.
CThe last two volumes Of thesA
memoirs. dcIing with England and
the English during the war. will an
pear early in 1921 She is the
Princess Hibcsco. wife Of the Ru-
rnanian minister to WASHINGTON.
where she Is now living.
PRoDIGAL DAUGHTERS. by Joseph
Hooking. Fleming H. Rcvcll Com
pany. New York
Here Is novel that bids fair to
start Il controversy. Some critics 70
so far rs TO deny that conditions
In America are NJ all as Hooking
shows them to be in England. In spite
OF the fact that Elinor Glyn. the En-
.ltsh novelist. has pronounced them
worse: Morality is AT Il very low
level. the modern American girl has
no innate modcsty." she says. Ellis
Parker Butler refuses To see Hook
inR's viewpoint at all--hc says: In
Proiigal Daughters tho fault Is with
the parents alone, and not with any
spirit of the times" And so II goes.
Undoubtedly. 'Prod!Gal Daughters"
has started something" In literary
circles. and has n good chance TO be
tho most talked OF" novel of the
day.
MYSTERIOUS JAPAN. BY Julian
street. Doubleday, Page e. Co.
Garden city, y. y.
Japan the islnnd OF mystery and
charm. the quccrness. the quaintncss
and what MIR. street calls the in
versions" of japanese life and GUS
tom. are the substance Of this book.
Never had I been so fascinated he
says. "by foreign land. Never In
so short time had I seen go much
that was new and strange and
charming yet never had my obser-
vations been so fraGmentary, so puz-
zlinE." Julien Street saw Japan un-
der most favorable circumstances.
Travelling with MIR. Vandcriip and
his party he was able TO see tho
intimate life of the country az few
foreigners have. Mr.. Street is one OF
the foremost American humorists.
SINBAD AND HIS FRIENDS. BY
Simeon Strunsky. Henry Holt & Co.
New York.
lie left twelve widows and child.
n deceased inhaLitant OF tho far city
of Bagdad. The twelve wives were
necessitated by his social position
the high cost of living accounted for
the solitary heir. There the people
got much OF their instruction from
the Magh-AZins. issued every new
moon They had Open Window Day.
Many were their bizarre customs.
All hugely entertaining to the Guilt
verian traveller Sinbad. who later
turns into one Williams OF our own
RaEdad- by the Subway.
We have a number OF humorists in
the United States, but no other In
quite the class of Simeon Strunsky.
He has more point than the rest He
is our talent most nearly correspond
ing to the Chestcrtonian, satirical.
philosophical journalist. And at the
top In our writing prose style.