Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-29
"THE BRIDGE" TELLS OF FIGHT
AGAINST TREMENDOUS ODDS
Driving Story in an Extraordinary Setting of Man
With BloodStained Conscience Strug-
Cling for Peace of Soul.

THE Bridge" by NJ. l.. C. Pick
thall tThe Century Co. New York;
IL the powerful. swiftly driving story
IN an extraordinary setting Of n man
with n blood stained conscience light
ing against tremendous odds for
peace OF soul and great hearted
girl.
Alan MacI.cnr built gigantic
bridge. and II was skimped for
proht In the building. 1t was skimped
only In little things which he Thought
would make no large difference. He
miscalculatcd. The bridge fell. and
among those killed was his brother.
was he murderer? Ten thousa nd
times he cried out "No" to himself,
put therc was no peace for him
where people who knew him coulo
see him. lie fed to wind-swept
isict OF sand In the Great Lakes re-
gion. and met Sombra Ransomc. How
ne and she. who Is herself presently
stricken By fate. work out their des.
tiny. is the theme OF this completely
unusual novel.
BePind the graphic. vivid detail
of it's scenes is the sense Of dramn
'ot fate identifying and raising 10
great Intensity every step Of tho
steady progression with which each
scene moves tho story toward lis
ciimaN. There Is that kind OF driv-
ing suspense I'm the narrative which
hoids the reader close within tho
scenes OF the book. The plot is sim
PIC. hut OF noble outline, the Incl
dents homely. realistic. human.
throughout the book there arc
constantly occurring feIlcitics of cx-
preston. which will he precious TO
NOSE who recognize such things with
instant pleasure. Here liz tho cx-
preston OF distinct. unusual per-
sonaItY for tho render who cares
'or inc Acknowledgement because
of essential quality. and not for tho
sake % being so.
FOR ME ALONE. Nv Andr. Cor.
this Frederick a. Stokes Co. New
York '"
is situation conceivable T.,
which good woman would wish her
husband To be murderer? Andre
NorthlS' novel. For Nc Alone" nrc
SCENTS such situation in way IN
convince any woman. through mn clo.
uueht revelation of married c.p.r
fence by young wife. This novel
was awarded the Grand Prix du Ro.
man by the French Academy In 1870
ana Is translated by Frederic Tabcr
cooper. II Is now in It's second nrip,.
ing.
THE GARDEN OF MEMORIES. r.
nenry ST. John Cooper. George n
Doran Co. New York.
refreshing light romance OF IN
oid garden and the strange influence
rove anair OF long ago may have
upon tho present.
flrst that haunting sense NJ
,"hiiiar ity. OF having walked up this
taI 'icular village street many times
pelorc. And then in the old weed.
e'",,erea garden. before the stone
maiden who. he somehow kpcw
awaited him there. Allan had a
strange dream. Suddenly tho garden
nioomed about him in the rio, OF
color 1t must have known two hun
nrcn years before. lie turned his
heau and there came hurryinC 10.
Waru MN up the stone tagging n
sim h"diccd little serving-maid with
tho hiuest eyes in the world
Allan" she said. ALLAN. are Won
sun angry with your Betty nov
dear?" '"'
AND then at the touch OF the agents
hand on his shoulder the garden az
suddenly returned to it's dcsola,ion
It's weeds and the twentieth century
MT cooper Is an EngiIsman whose
mlH' sreht success was novel called
sunny Ducrow, quickly followed
ny lanes Bevanwood. Baronet."
Ills distinctive quality liz the ability
to portray quaint Dickensonian char.
act"rs. He comes by his genius very
naturally as he !s nephew OF the
!ate William Clark Russell and his
iather also wrote novels. the best
known perhaps being The Ring OF
HEgcs Mr.. Cooper spends much OF
ms leisure time breeding bulldogs
and has twice bred the champion.
COoMER ALI. BY S. n. III. Hurst
Harper & Brothers, New York.
Coomcr Ali'' opens up ncw
world OF fictIon-the land and the
sea from Calcutta To Mecca. IL Ia
the story OF three men In the For
East--Coomer Ali, fiery little Mo-
mammalian. who set out for Mecca To
hlasphemc Allah: Captain Armit, a
blacklisted British sea captain, whose
opium dreams tempted him to steal
valuable cargo: and Mr.. Brown. n
Far Eastern half-breed. who special
's'N' ~ 'NIihh OlntTS HOW 10 cSCADe
punishment for crime on the high
seas
Only n man with S. b. III. IIurst's
amazing experiences. ms n seaman In
the Far East. could have written this
novel. With his impatient. inauir-
ing mind he has penetrated to hithcr-
to unknown depths in the life of
the Orient
He has livqd the great romance
and now, after adventuring over the
seven seas. he has written II.
THE LULLABY ROCK. Compiled
ny Annie Blanche Shelby. DuGield &
Co, New York.
Contains the choicest OF mothers
love songs. the memory OF which re-
mains throughout the lifetime OF the
individual az, the tenderest and
sweetest OF all the associations of
his early childhood. This collection
OF old-time lullabies. therefore, nils
distinct want in every home where
there are little ones and will meet