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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
"HISTORIC FREDERICKSBURG
BOOK OF LIVELY INTEREST
Judge John I. Goolricks STORY of an Old Town Re.
ccives Many Complimentary Rcviews-Is Work
of Rare Interest and Merit

hook that I. receiving tho mos;
favorable comment fram many
newspapers In the North and In vir-
R'nia Is Judge John T. Goo,rick's
lively story of the mon and events
that have made Fredar!ckshurg
famous a. center Of history In
America. "IIi.torio Frederlck.burx
the Story OF an OLD Town has been
reviewed. most favorahly not only
In virginia. but In sunh papers as
tho Philadelphia Ledger. Brooklyn
standard l'nion. Hostun Transcript
and tho baltimore and Washington
papers. allowing that !ts interest Is
not local for FrederickAburg. or even
for Virginia. Being Il rapid and a
most interesting survey OF events
that wore vital Ia Virginia. 1, was
but natural that tho Virginia news
papers. among them Tho Times
Dispatch. should nrst have discov-
cred that the book had grea, deal
to commend II 20 Americans and.
hrst Of ALL To southern.rs.
or Interest to Every Ono.
While u Is a story Of F-edericks-
burs's three centur!c, o, community
lie. ~ Is remarkable how l!t.ls II
smacks Of locai!sm anG how largely
II may Interest every one. Tet this
IS easily accounted for ~hen ono
considers that Frederick burg was
the home Of Washington and Of his
mother, Or John Paul Jones, General
Hugh Mercer General weldon.
fresioent Monroe. Matthew Fon-
taine Maury. Lewis Lit,lepage. Com
modore H"rndon, John Elder. Mon
cure -. conway and dozens of other
men whose ma mes are intcrnationallv
known and whose fame ie secure
No less IL the wide interest In the
lpooA du" To such things as thu
cIaim that at Frederick sburg was
made the first real Declaration OF
inoepcnde that around the fro
OF the Rising sun Tavern was SLOWLY
CORN. from discussion. the Bill or
hights and other documents and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25

arc no wells whatever for the fret
five days. Ny companions are Har-
Ney $. I.Rdew. the wcllknown Long
Island hunting man: Dewitt Hutch
ings. vice presid-ntA ot the Mission
Inn of Riverside. California wh" was
famous Princeton athlete In his
time and Sh-rin. I.adew'a valet. who
was in the British army during the
war. aud !s mighty useful man To
hav. along.
wish YOU could see us We are
all wearing Arab dress. with k.ni.hs.
agals and abayaliS. handolier~ stuffed
with cartridges. Maus.rs. and the
rest. We look for all tho world like
tho Arab contigert in RuTalo Rill's
WIG West. A matter Of fact. We
are facing precisely the same condi-
tons which were faced by the Amer
lean frontiermen who crossed the
plains fifty years ago. The only diff
ference is that we use camcis in
stead Of horses and are In danger Of
attack by Arabs instead Of Indians.
The desert across which We are
motoring is revelation: IL is go hard
and smooth that the car is making
twenty miles an hour.
Despite the discomforts We have
had perfectly bully tim. thus far
and have picked up a tremendous
lot Of material for tho articles and
books. The day we loft Constantinoplc
| had an hours audience with the
sultan who received me in the Pal
ace OF tiidiz Kiosk At Beirut Gem
cral Gouraud. the French High Com
missioner, gave large dinner FOR
us at the rcsidcncy and Sir Windham
Dcedcr gave another for us at Gov
eminent House in Jerusalem
From Basdad We shall motor
across Persia to Tehcran (about five
days. | understand, thence to Euzeli
In the Caspian and across Azerba Jan
Armenia and Georgia To the Black
Sea. II tho trip continues according To
schedule ] expect to sail from France
for America about July list. after ono
az the most remarkable and compre-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
CELEBRATE CENTENARY
OF LITERARY PARTNERS
ErckmannC hatran Novels and Plays, Many of Which
Had Alsace and Lorraine for Scenes Became World
Famous in Early Nineteenth Century.

Hhatrian obtained over th.'people Of
their own land was due to their
simple. homely style. and to their
descriptions OF that peasant hfe which
they knew so we'll and depicted so
faithfully in their books and plays.
For the majority OF English and
American readers they are best
known today by their first play. lie
Juit Polonais"
II was a version Of this drama by
one Leopold Lewis. q London solicitor.
bohemian Of BohemlanS, who loved
tn" play houSc better than the law
which Was produced at the I.yceum
Theatre. then on the verge OF bank
ruptcy. on Saturday night. November
-. 1871. There had hepn nothing
awe inspiring about the first French
representative Of Matthias, the. Al
satan innkeepcr Nor did his sue
cessor, couuclin the elder. do any
thing 10 elevate the character from
thnt Of tho prosaic bu-Gomaster who
has committed p crime and has "a
ringing OF bells in the head as some
people have \ singing In the ears." a
strange contrast TO the conscience-
driven. haunted figure presented by
Henry Irving throughout Great Brit
ain. Ireland and America for over
thirty years.
The Irving family are intimately
associated with The Bells" II was a
Matthias that Henry irving elected to
make his first appearances on the
American stage (Star Theater. New
York. October %. 1889. It was in
America. at Chicago, In December,
1905. that his elder son, Henry Bro
drihb Irving. played Mathias. for the
first time III. b." bcEan,his man
aScment OF the Queens rheatSr on
September 90. 1909. with The Bells."
and In II on April %, 1917. his daugh-
ter. Elizabeth. made her FIRST APP
pearance on the stage.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25

ho not respect merry faiIow; be-
cause hts jokes ara jokes we do not
taks' him seriously; but wa 10 take
seriously those whoHa only merit II
mat they cannot nmile.
when wan young earnest musi-
clam usod TO gay tina. Mozart was "a
frivolous composer borause Of
Figaro" and Cost fan lutte; be-
cause in those and other angelic
works he wrote tunes that any one
could enjoy except WaRnerian OF
that age; and no one enjoyed them
more than Wagner. We are all past
that ingrsti:udc now: but tho causes
OF II remain In our minds and s,ill
we are slRvihhly inclined To respect
writer II he makes US feel uncom-
Portable. and not II he makes us sway
with laughter like flowers in the
wind.
A Puritan Sentiment.
We believe that We have at is1t got
over the English lovs OF a ,ermon at
all times and all places: but II han
only taken new form In us. Our
canse they did not like them: at least
hey could enjoy the though, that
others We're suffering them and tina,
hey themselves were acquiring merit
ny submitting 10 something disagree
all" persists even in the arts and
especially among advanced persons
That must be the reason why they
prefer unhappy 70 happy endings
The unhappy ending is something
'ha, YOU suffer and. by suffering it,
acquire merit. In fact. when | read
come ptor. poem bv q dcnantly
artistic Young writer often soc In
him tho ghost o. his spiritual ancce
'"r. robed in black gown like John
Knox. and telling an awcd congre-
CATION from = high pulpit that what
ever they would lik" 10 do is wrong
He is not aware OF this hereditary
strain In him hecaus. II has special
led Itself in art. thing his ance&-
tor would have denounced altogether;
but he liz just az sure as his ancestor
could have been that no one ought to
enjoy f..
All rmri,ans di-trust the NATURAL
man his tastes and desires. II. likes
a happy ending. and he is. at least
more right than those who like an
unhappy one. our preference. other
things being equal. SHOULD always H."
for tho happy rather than for IN"
unhappy. II IL human natural. and
Kind I" Xix" what Is happy for its
own sake; to Xix. what ~ unhappy
* affected. morbid. or malicious.
" We remember this We shall he
able 10 apply searching test to all
attempts ~ tragedy. !; may hc the
greatest form Of literature. but a
man should not writ. IL unless II is
wrunG from him. and tho best trar
"dice are those which seem Ia he
tragic against the writer's YIN. Soth-
ing - NOR" eHa.pcrating than q trag-
cdy that might have ended happily,
d, Is far worse than one that ends
happily when IL should not. So :,
writer, before h" starts uron a tragic
story. should a~k himself whether
he really has tragic sense Of things
whether he is not doing IL in cold
blood and because Of literary snoh-
h!shuesS which ranks tragedy higher
than comedy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25

we're manufactured tho arm. with
which Washington fought. and here
was danced tho peace ball Ia cole
brate tho end Of war And then
there remains Its connection with
tho War Between Tho states. with
In or near IL 10000 mon wcrc killed
and wounded In the ,greatc,t series
or battles that. until the World War.
history had recorded.
story Ia Narrative Form.
The author has been happy In III.
choice OF medium To convey all
these things. lie ha. used dates and
facts merely as evidence. and has
chosen I" tell the story %. srea,
mems lives. great events and great
battles In rapid narrative. ropl-.o
with color and deeply Interesting
II is IN" Kind Of nRrratlv. that
makes easy and entertaining resd
irE. and tho book will awaken an
interest In the splendid t~a,'.'ons OF
Virginia In children and :. W PEG
pie. u Is volume that e.. read
by people. young NJ .'t ,ar might
thrust aside historical
tome
Tells Frederick >i'uru'. story.
Some Of tho book toll, % Fred
ericksburg's history. 4 par, touches
and graphically tells o. tho War Be
tween tho states honbardmnnt and
hatt!es. part is devoted 10 nor
soma! slimpses Of some ~ America :
greatest men. and to stories Of old
homes and beautiful gaiNcns ahou,
which cluster memories of romance
achievement and adventure Within
its pages one catches no, onI. q
glimpse OF the old homes and tradi
lions Of Fredericksburg and It's
neiEhocrhood, but Of all Of old VIr-
GINA. 1t is valuable book, II /,
had no other worth. because |, viii
Immensely help in preserving the
traditions of great State. and be-
cause II catches such delicate traces
OF the charm and elegance Of the
has'. t'Historic' Fredericksburr:
The Story Of an Old Town" John
SheppcrsonD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
'SAREEL,' BY EDITH DART,
SUPERBLY TOLD STORY
Concerned With Life of an
English Workhousc
Girl.

sAREEI. BY Edith Dart. Boni g.
Liveright.
The s,ory. superbly told, Of an Eng
hsh workhouse rirl. named Sara Hill.
wh". At IS, finds herself in her frs.
position. a, a meaEre wage. under a
severe and most aggravatinx mis-
tres>. Worked early and late her
life is frightened by tho coming Of
Allan l.iddie. a young Collegian, who.
in her ey.S. is nothing less than a
god He pays her some attention.
handsomely. and leaves the farm
with the assurance that he will some
lay return for her
Receiving no letters from Allan
and w-aried Of waiting for him. her
outlook is weil-nigh hopeless until
m" attention Of Bob Nugcnt is at
tracted 10 her. He ia her senior by
twenty years. and is writer and
hook reviewer who makes his HON.
IN cottage near the farm. Largely
out of pity, he marries Sarcel. takes
her 10 his home. and begins her cdu-
cation. II is while living in Nugent's
home that AIIan'e letters-kept from,
her by her former mistresS--are dis
covered in ono Of her old dresses
whcr"upon she AT once sets out. in
NuSeni's absence. 10 join Allan. Her
h"l" 20 Nheent ~ brlef-'l am going
away. have to go. Don't worry
about me. have got 70 Cos"
Arriving AT Allans home she finds
mat he has about forgotten her. She
~ taken seriously i'll. is nursed by
Alian's sister. who sends for Nu-
gent. one Of tho finest episodes in
recent literature is the story of Nh
gents devotion. and his attitude OF
complete r"nunciation, well as OF
Sarceis disinclination to throw her
self on Nusents ply and return to
him. They are reunited and the re-
euIt IL all the reader could wish.
The story is told with simplicity
but II stands the test OF fine writing
II is in the STYLE OF the better Eng
fish writers. the school Of George
Eliot and OF Thomas Hardy. The de-
v.ioprncnt Of Sarcel from the raw
workh"u~" girl into the beautiful
assured young woman. tho character
sketch of NuHent, and the splendid
descriptions OF the country scenery
all combine to make this story OF
real worth. j. q. H.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
APPY ENDING OF BOOKS DISCUSSED BY LITERARY EXPERT
New Foreign Gallery
for Tourists In Paris
IL, I-uI,.,, Naval

PARIS. June Elm order to
make culture convenient for
American isMrI-te stopping In the
pspter of Paris. the government
has derIded Ia remove the foreign
paintings and statues from the
famous luxembourg Gallery tn a
building ualled the Orangarie, In
the TuilefIer Iardenr. near the
Place Concerdo and. the lite de
Rlveli, making a permanent eahi-
billion Of the best foreign art In
the capital.
The most famous picture In the
collection IL WhiEtiar's portrak
II his mother. besides tho Whilst.
!cr pictures. tEe exhibition In
oludna the work OF ouch we'll
known Americans az Cameron
burnside. Charles Dana Gibson. 10
Davidson. Harry Lachmann. Of
Chicago. and A. c. webb. Of Na.h-
viila. American ar,lstn prodomi-
nate.
This French government has ar.
ranged that the formal Inaugural
ton OF the now foreign gallery
shall bo hold on July I. In recoz-
G!tion Of the American intcreat In
The collection.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
NCALLS SOME. WRITERS
KILL~JOYS OF FICTION
Says Puritan Ancestors Liked Sermons Because They
Did Not Like Them-Cloomy Stories
Are Not Popular.

LONDON. juno awe are told
that tragedy is tho highest kind Of
literature. or, at any ratio, higher
than comedy. 1t may he true; IL 10
not absurd to say that king Loar"
!F greater than "A Midsumm or
Nights Dream" or. indeed. than any
comedy could be: but the truth. IL It
he one, has had an unfortunate re-
sui, in the common belief that any
writer VIII be greater II he writes
tragedy than II he writes comedy Be
cause OF that belief, how many fve-
act tragedies have been written In
The past by men who may have had
talent for some kind OF writing.
though not for that: and in the pres
cnt how many miserable stories are
written. not even because the writer's
feel miserable. but because they hope
-" To achieve excellence and repu-
,niion7
IN" tragic story. according 20 the
common belief. ~ one In which moth
ing amusing ever happens and which
ends unhappiiy. though happily Il
docs "nh At last: and about unhappy
"ndings there IL strange confusion
- thought. II is supposed that an
rnhhppy ending ~. In itself more
artistic than p happy one. whereas.
~ fact. what and ending ought To be
depends on no abstract principle. bu,
upon the beginning and the middle.
IN most miserable stories writes
\. C!u,tonBr"ck In tho London
Time. happy ending would 10 best
for tho characters having suffered
tnlSfcrtuncs all through the book. and
misfortunes clumEily forced on them
hy tho writ"S. ought at last. Xix. job.
4" have run Of luck. II only 1" MAKE
things equal. And II their luck :
also clumEiiy contriv@d. rs indeed IL
is IN JOB. then IL viii b. proof at
least Of good heart in the writer
and of a desire to leave VIZ in "A cheer
ipl state OF mind.
kIli-Jo,s Of Fiction.
sut there ~ nothing many writer's
desire leSs than 10 leave their readers
ia a cheerful! state of mind or to
prove that their hearts are good.
They have the deep rooted puriiau!c
notion that works of art ough, not
81 be enjoyed. and they are deter
mined that no one shall enjoy theirs.
lu this matter they set themselves
an easy task and succeed with it.
"" DO not "hjUy stories which are
gloomy for rn- az" OF being gloomy
No enjoy them ~" more with tho
tears of tragedy than Win IN" smiles
~ com"d,. At best We feel that IN"
writer has don" his artistic duty 10y
VS., and perhaps "" recommend b =
hoes to q friend with tn" statement
that ~ il strong" which means that
u has produced very unpleasant
eject upon us.
No ono believes now that out of
tho strong can come form sweetness
~ tina, any man would ever writ.
T. story with a happy ending except
from grossly sentimental or haSely
commercial. motives. w" regard ar,
IS q form ~ self mqr'ifcatio and !:
q man does produr" -om.thinE mat
"" can enjoy with happy laughter
Sc" arc not grat"fUl 10 him as We
should h, Vary amusing. wr say.
'Uut. ~ course, not literature. w.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25

LONDON. June c4.-One hundred
years ago there was horn the cider
Of the literary partners, Erckmann-
thatrlan. who's. novels and plays
many OF which had Alsace and I.or-
rainc for their scene. became world
famous. Both were born in I.or-
raIne. Emile Erckmanu, at Phals-
bonrg. on May 30. lS22. Alexandra
chatrlan. at Soldatenthal, on De-
ccmbcr .. 1926.
They began working together in
iSiS. and. although late In life they
had some difference over money mat
tiers. they We're partners to the end.
''hmtrian died in Paris iu September
1880; Erck mann at i.uncvillc in March,
1899 Their most celebrated work IL
lie Juir Polonais," which. as The
Bells" enabled Henry Irving 10 cap
lure the London public half CEN
fury ago.
Eleven irnr. for Success.
Erck mann-Chatrian. by which com
pound name their hooks were known.
had to wait eleven years before they
made their first real success This
was tho novel "I.IlTustre Docteur
Matthews" published in 1854 Their
output was very considerable. not in
tho numbers or their volumes so
much as in their length Their
chief tales and romances Of Aisace,
some twenty-four In number. In
clude 'I'Inras ion. on 10 Fou Ycgon''
IS62). "Histoire dun Conscrit de
1914" GSsI. Waterloo" (iS65), lie
RloCus" iS6I). all Of which wore
translated into English. In addition.
they were :he authors Of a history
Of tho French Revolution. in i've
parts. covering the period from 1889
until the defeat Of Napoleon, ISIS.
Their plays include lie Juif Polo
uais'' GSs9). LIANT Fritz" GST6),
Les Rantzau" DSs2), and La
Guerre" GsS3).
The great hold which Erckmann-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
$4,000 Secured for Old
Copy of Bunyan's Book
Especial cable Dl.patch.

LONDON. June 2&-The first
edition %! Hunyan's "PiIgrlms'
Progress" which sold today ~
Sothshyr FOR a record price Of
more than 10000. was FOR almost
year In Tho possession OF n
Derby hsrbrr who had no idea OF
what troRRu:o hn possessed. The
volume was lett to John Thomas
az pHrt Of an inheritance from
a distant relative. and !: was not
until he war advised by several
friends ia have It appraised that
he had any idea II was worth
more than 10 cents. for which he
sa!d he would have sold IL to any
one.
&C.. 1922. Public Ledger Coz
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chapters ~ Rear-Admiral Schrued-r's
'utohioGraphy. "A Half Century OF
Naval Service tAppletonsb, will be
S.ad TO near that the author. who has
been desperately i'll this winter. is
now out OF danger and on tn. road
10 recovery. He has been able to
leave Washington for his summer
home at jamestown, r. l.
MISS Ellen Glasgow. whose new
novel. one Man in His Time" a
study OF contemporary political aud
social conditions in Virginia. which
left the presses OF Doubleday. Page
n GO. at the time the State of Vir-
GINA was presenting at Richmond a
pageant Of her history, is one OF the
ATTEST interpreters OF Southern llfc
Richmond woman. belonging nv
birth of the old Colonial aristocracy
"f the lanes. Miss Glasgow belongs
to the new democracy by her sym
pathetic understanding OF socioloe-
zeal changes and 10 the old era by
her painstaking artistry and refusal
10 sacri1ce style to quantity produc-
tion. Her books do not flow hot from
the typewriter. hut are the product
OF a very hard-worked lead pencil
ana revision after revision. Miss
'!dSSoW WORKS usually in the study
~ her Richmond home with windows
overlooking stretch OF lawn and a
quiet shaded street The door is
always locked, for even the posi-
bility OF intrusion makes undivided
concentration impossible for her The
hrst drafts OF her novels Miss Glas-
gov writes very rapidly. Then she
COPIES the penciled version on a
typewriter. revising as she goes
Sections that do not please she re-
writes again and again. some chap
ters more than dozen times until
she achieves the final version. the
version which is right"
"Trampins With Poet In the
Rockies is the title OF an unusua,
and richly entertaining book by
stephen Graham. author or Europe
Whittier Bound" etc. which the An
pietons have just published. Vachcl
Lindsay Is the poet In question. and
the volume forms a record Of tramp
which Graham took with him in the
Rockies. The two are born tranpcrs
and their days and nights proved a
continuing rerel In the glories of the
country traversed. in the amenities
OF their camps and in the discussion
Of any and every topic which came
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25

henslvc Journeys taken by any trav-
elcr in recent years. When the Sui
tan OF Turkey heard our itinerary
Anatolia. Syria, Palestine. Trans
jordania. Arabia. Mesoptamia. Persia.
Azerba Jan. Georgia. Armcnia-he
threw up his hands and exclaimed
How typiCally American No one
but an American would undertake
such n inurnnN'' -"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25

Rockwell Kent. the American ar
tist. author ~ the hook. wilderness"
wherein he describes year spent
with his s-year-old son on an Alas
kan Island. has just left on tramp
steamer for Patagonia. Mr.. Kent
Will put In some eight months on the
southernmost tip OF South America
painting. drawing. and preparing an
illustrated hook OF exploration which
the Putnams expect to publish ne1;
year.