Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-18

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ley Doubleday. Page " Co. Garden
Guy, y. V. tx soncthing different
ana, "it!al. Il tcnS.ly interesting
sorry with an abiding value for the
reader.
1t IS the story Of two husband
and tw" wives. Martin Ioid, the aris-
t"crat. and Fannie. clever ana capti-
NttinS. with "a p]rorusion OF taste
ana All OF II .'i': \morS Larkin. II
n''i-pahcd y radical unframed
i"t success, pare. his stuunrh.
truc-blue vii, ;nnding by him N"
longer perhaps Tor love. but because
without her ii" would sink newt
"biy. one marriage shows the fail
urc OF success. the other the success
OF 4 failure. with Fannie, Martin
succeeded to" well. for human dolls.
however exquisite. are dangerous
TOYS. Tie success that Dare achieved
from tho wreck OF her marriagc. re-
build their shattered lives.
MISS hartley. although originally
from iufialo. has found California an
id'a' place FOR literary work. ana has
spent tho last few years uu the West
"rn coast. which sh. has used "a n
setting for this novT As A popular
saturday Evening Post author. Miss
hartley has won Il larY" MAGAZINE
following and her books ar" winning
her an equally large public.
MApEMoISEL1.E or MONTE
CARLO Bv william LIE CucuN. Thu
Macnulay Co. New York.
II Master OF Mystery waves hls
magic wand again. and there has
come forth another east of tascinat-
ing dangerous characters in AN old
world setting or adventure. romance
and intrigue. lie QucuN IS in!mitnhlc
rs n writer OF mystery stories. II in
this latest narrative, tho strange
intcr-rclationships between tho
upper crust ana thu underworld are
revealed with convincing realism
Besides the elusive "Madcmoiscllc."
"" come in tantaliz!ns contact with
the sparrow" the ~inscrutablc SUPER
criminal whose cmissari.s and opera
tive battle the greatest detectives OF
Europe. y book that wnl be a POSI-
tive delight to those who appreciate
the spice of life in it's c~0urag"ous
clever and unconventional aspects.
THE SNOwSHoE TRAIL ~ Eli
son Marshall. Little. Brown X Co.
lIo<iton.
The scenes of this vivid story are
laid in the forest wil,s OF British
III " ltI'l OF i'ff'llttNt.
emotions. whore ]justic" is simple and
reVenGc rcmorsclcsS. Its hero is Rill
bronson, guide. trapncr. woodsman OF
the Clearwater Range. To this
region comes Virginia fremont. n
girl from the city. in search OF her
missing hancc. Harold Lounsbury.
L.ounshury's uncle accompanies her.
and Bill Bronson Is hired as their
guide for "a months trip into the
Wilderness. I5ut winter comes pro-
niaturcly. and the search turns quick
~ into \ fight for life ~aEains, the
forces Of nature. Othcr human IN
vadcrs %: the great silcnces compli-
cate the situation. and there Is con
tIict with bad men as we'll as with
the elements.
a story with strong situation.
MISUNDERSTANDING adventures and an
appealing love interest. The snow
shoe Trail" Is a story that YOU viii
forget.
DREAMING TRUE. Ry Alma New
ton. John Lane Co.. New York.
1T is only the dreams OF those
light slecpers who dream ~falntlJ
that do not come true" wrote AR.
thur Symons: and Alma Newton. no
! ''' 's's SNsi'iiS IN inc gTSl RAM rs Il
writer on mystic subjects. emphasizes
this fact in her new novel. Dream
ing True" II is the story Of a gil
OF great spiritual beauty. who, forced
10 sacrifice her desires TO the wishes
OF 4 fua!!y-lovcd mother. through
the guidance Of Il mystic friend. lives
in spirit apart from her material
SURROUNDINGS. ana in her dreams finds
the solaCc that her waking hours do
ny her. until at length her martyr
dom becomes II nightmare Of h past
and the drcGm-lifc matcrializcs into
the JOY Of the present.
IRELAND UNFREED. BY william
watson. John Lane Co. New York.
The unhappy events in ireland Of
tate have moved the poet to eloquent
Indignation. and in these pieces. writ
ten during the last few months. n
becomes once more the champion of
the weak against the scronS. Will
the exception OF one or two. which
havc already appeared in tho Eng
!ish press. the poems in this volume
are entirely new. and they show that
Sir William Watson has lost noac
or the fire and felicity that made
Abdul the Damned so splendid a
plea for justice and humanity.
VI ~ ~
Agnes Mary BrownciI. Charles Serb
ncr's Sons. New York.
Not since the PetcrkinS has there
been such Il family as the Spiccrs III
point OF amusement: but h village
life of Jed. Fanny the s,cnoEraphcr.
Evalina the child blue stocking, ana
Mrs. SpIccr who found something in
the worst state Of things to be thank
iui for. is much more thar amusing.
1t is n truly hfc-likc picture of a sim
pie. genuine country family ana their
friends. Probably the interest and
amusement il gives children will he
hardly more than that it gives their
parents.
TIE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF
\ PEBBLE. by Hallam IIawsworth.
Charles S~cribncr's Sons, New York.
In connection with the authors
previous book. Adventures i'm Ma
lures Wondcrlands," we know of
nothing in the whole range Of popu-
lar science that approaches either of