Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-27
THE HAPPY VENTURE, TELLS
OF 3 PRACTICAL YOUNGSTERS
Edith Ballinger Price, Popular Juvenile Writer, Has
Written Most Appealing Book Of Life in the
Country Old Farm.

of the romance OF TSsmee Alien O'con
nell and Count Ricardo. alias Richard
Power. the owner of mysterious
house. Cannon Wood. where many
strange things happen, There are
also Rudolph Silver. Ricardo's half
brother. who covets his property and
position; Violetta DIaz. II Venetian
actress. who conspires with Silvcrs:
Lyons. sinister man. who dogs
Esmee's footsteps. and Altona ANA
ranti. who has the pearls.
My MAIDEN EFFORT. with nm
Introduction by Gelett Burgess Dou-
bledRy. rage & Co. Garden CITY.
y Y.
A book OF literary beginninas. con.
Ia ming the personal confessions OF
l25 well-known American authors
published for the Authors League OF
America.
Your favorite author. whoever this
may be. tells tho story OF how he or
she began to write.
Did you know that
Zane Gray began as trnmp?
Rooth Harrington was n Daisy Ash
fordo
Robert Grant wrote The Ca, Laid
an EgS"7
Kate Douglas wigEin was a.pro-
feFsional at lI'
Joseph Hcrsesheimcr worked four
teen years before ne sold a story?
The confessions of these and 40
others nrc found In this fascinating
volume.
liELEN'S BABIES. ity John lIab
horton. Frederick a. stokes Co. New
York.
THIS Is virtually memorial edi-
ton of Mr. iiabhcrton's famous cIas
SIC The publishers conferred with
the nnthor-not long. as II happened,
betoTe his dcath-rcgarding their
plan To issue new ana handsome
ecition OF his hook and received his
cordial approval on February :.
1921. letter from Mr.. Hahbcr,on
said: Yours OF tho aIst January is
entirely to my liking. for TO SEQ tho
book In attractive form, Ia To SO. ary
babies 81 mine we'll dressed"
For two generations this humoro az
classic has been source of deltpb,
I" the whole family in thousands OF
hi mos. The adventures OF Buds. and
Toddi" please the young ones. while
Uncle iiarry's historic peaceful VISIT
makes the grown-ups roar with
laughter. The ciEh, charming :llns.
trations in color and the unusually
attractive binding help TO MAKE this
edition probably the best ever ISSUED
OF the book.
BEGGARS' GOLD. by Ernest Poole.
The Macmillan Company. New YORK
From the day when he himself had
been hoy upon farm, in the inner
world OF Peter Wells. the word Chin,
had magic sound. In those boyhood
struggles against duh routine. he was
IN Al
struggle for education. and q livcli-
mood. Little Moon Chao came into
MS life. bringing at tho sam. mo-
ment the old call 10 China ara me
roma inc" which bound Peter toa home
ana family. The struggles 81 Peter
and his wife to keep their home apl
10 NM their romance OF adventure in
fnr places. make an absorbing story.
ono that goes back tn The iinrnor'.
ROMAN ROLAND: THE MAN
AND HIS WORK. BY Stefan Zwelg,
Thomas Settler, New York.
This Is brilliant. exhaustive bloy-
rhphy of the famous French writer.
and critical study OF his work bv
one Of the leading dramatists an.i
novclists OF Europe. the author ~
Emile Nerhaercn." The book liz pub.
lishcd simultaneously in 1--WE Inn
Ruages. II Is the most comprehensive
Work mat has so far appeared on
Romain ROLAND and tho FIRST work on
him In the English language.
SELECTED STORIES FROM KIP
LING. Edited by William LYON
Phelps. OF Yale. doubleday, Page *
Co. Garden city. ~ Y.
The book Is issued in respons. 70 a
eng existing demand for ono.
,olumc collection OF Kiplings prose
mat Is characteristic of his many
rided genius. Each story included
- kipling at his best and most read
ers Will ind :heir "favor!te" story
In the book. While published prin.
cipally for school aud college use.
II is at the same time something OF a
event In kipling books,
htcause this Is perhaps the first time
that one-voiume prose selection
has been made from the whole OF
Mir. KiplinE.s work.
YANK BROWN. HALF BACK. Ry
David Stone. Barse & Hopkins. New
y ork.
When Yank Brown enters Belmont
College as freshman. there Is
whole lot he does not know about
college life. But he do know how
10 play football and how to make
riends. and he makes good use OF
both these assets during his first
car. From the opening week OF
he term onward Yank finds himself
II new. bewildcring and exciting
world. There are class rushcs. secret
'ocietics. training squads and many
another thing outside OF classroom
which challenge his attention. How
Yank made the varsity team in his
rcshman year and kicked n winning
oal when all hope seemed lost IL
,nly one Of the many exciting things
In this clean. lively story which starts
n new series of books for boys.
WORDS WE MISSPELL IN BUSI-
NESS. BY Frank II. Vizetelly. Litt.D.,
LID. Funk & Wagnalis Co. New
York.
The vocabulary OF this new work
indicates the correct forms of 10000
terms. In addition. the volume con-
tains simple rules for spelling, rules
for the formation of the plurals Of
nouns, and rules for the division OF
words in writing and printing. In
the course OF his treatise the author
has provided an exposition of the
silent letters in English which re-
veals the fact that almost every let
ter in the language Is silent In soma
combination or other. only four of
them. J. V. y and z, being excluded.