Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-09

Nicis Lynne by Jcne Peter Jacob
sen doubleday, Page K Co. Garden
'I'E. y. W. Is the book which Ibscn
called the greatest novel of the uiza-
tccnth century. 1t is the story Of "a
dreamer. II young poet STRUGGLING
through "a slough Of ouh and self
''naiisls. but upheld by the splcndol
OF his dreams. When the shv scusi-
i've youth with the sad face and
beautiful hands plunged into the 10
heriian life Of the metropolis II was
inevitable that he should hc bruised
b% in"S actuaiiticS. The roGuctrv of
Mad;imc o'cro, the charming philan l.
crcr' tn" failure OF his one friend.
the love OF his ricnd's wife, all these
icit scars upon his imprcsslonnhlc
nature. but at last IN the beauty and
SIMPLICITY o: his own married life he
round IN" exquisite fuliilment OF his
I d'cHms.
IL is nearly forty ycurs since .Icns
Jetcr jacobsen died. Barely 81. III
ia" IN his few years accomplished
'wo great achievements. He intro
duccd Darwin to Scandinavia and in
tr"duccd mysticism I" Icclandic ter
hturc. founded n now schoo. of navel.
ISIS an!pcrfoct"d Il style 50 exquisite
~ pictorial th.t IL has hccn termed
akin I" painting. Ills fam. rests ON
ii ti"ndcr volume or verse and TWO
novels. Mari" ;rubhe' and 'Niols
'l-H'in" both or these were written
during eight years Of incrssant suf-
'crinE from the disease whicl finally
lau"cd Ills death.
M~ASTEHrUL PERSONALITY. BY
or'son Sweet M"rdcm. Thomas Y.
Crowcll Co. New York.
pr. Mardcn. who stands today In
The forefront of inspirational writer's.
has here thoroughly congcnlal
theme. lie takes up the topic Of per-
soma! supremacy and seeks to define
II By a sorice OF short, pUngcnt chap
t"rs. Among his topics are: Impcil-
ing Personalities The Man You Could
BE; Personal Charm: Personality as
an Asset; what We Attract: What *
Your keynote? What Mental Chem
ietry VIII ia for You: Tiiuidity and
SurcrscnsitivCncsH. ctc.-cach chan
ter f~rciShtch with shrewd commen-
tarN ANA s"und advice. That per
Snnality Is IA subtle cssrucc which
cannot easily be Implanted. as il must
~" born into one. cannot be denied
i;ut many of IT'S higher attributes
com" only through ]assidHOus cultiva-
ton, as Or. Mardcn shows.
THE WONDER World WE LIVE
IN. Ey Adam Gowans Whyte. Al
fred y. knopf. New York.
An interesting guide to the study
OF animals, plants and many of the
wonders Of literature and science.
Illustrated from drawings and pho-
'ographs.
THE VALLEY or GOLD. \ ,nlo
az the saskatchewan By David Ito.
"arth. Fleming II. IIevcil Company.
Chicago.
\ romance ~ love and adventure
IN the Saskatchewan regions OF the
ar Northwest.
THE CHARMED CIRCLE ~ Ed
ward Alden jewell. Alfred y.
Kn"pf, New York.
Amusing and serious romantic ana
dramatic. incidents In tho life 81 an
American boy who IS stranded with
an absurd elderly guardian in a Paris
pension.
HOLINESS IN CHRIST. Nv Rev.
Clarence Moase. The Stratford Com
pany. Boston.
rhc authors ohjcc, is 10 trace
simply the Holy Ghost dv.rs vita
ing us. and that We can best recoE-
n.zc this fact by consciously living
"a holy life,
THE WiITTE-iIEADED Roy. y
comedy in three acts. Iy I.rrnox
Robinson with an introduction by Err
nest f!ny'l. q f.. Pu,nam's Sons,
New York.
y comedy o! Irish life II chara.-
ter FIRST given at the Abbey Thcat"r
iu Dublin. AMI later for Il long run