Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-05
by the hook Worm.

Ahe DUCK season OF 1879 has opened
with confidential book prices and
distinctly lower and the supply Of
new books is undiminishcd. The sea-
son Is early. There IL u new ten
I dency to distribute the publication
OF books over a longer section OF
tho year. There ar. no entirely dull
season and January. In spite OF It's
nearnoss to Christmas. sees tho pub
lication of Il number OF important
books.
Joseph Iargeshcimer's cytherca
has got people talking. First Of all.
they are not sure OF the pronouncia-
ton. (Tho dictionary gives IT, but
apparently few look 1t up. Then
they are not quite sure whether they
ought not To be shocked by II. Cy-
thnrca is bound To make Main street
feel II little more virtuous. licrgcs-
heimer has written Two OF three
things which keep people guessing.
It's about marriage. but he has d"d!-
Gated the book 10 his wife. so IL his
OUTLOOK qu!,c what one at first sup
poses: licrgcsheiincr liz one .. the
few Americans who really knows how
to write. ltumor has 1t that he never
allows temperament 10 put him on
thing 10 lure him from his work.
Wells Latest hook.
The big hook of the week is Wash
!ngton and the Riddle Of Peace. Mr..
Wells may have his prejudiccs. but
IN" author OF the outline Of History
cannot help presenting Tn. whole
tangled situation In an Illuminating
manner. He makes history interest
ing whether II is ancient or contein-
porary. lie watched the daily spec
iacl" Of III. disarmament conference
without forgetting the scenes Of
stricken Europe trembling on the
brink OF disaster. His book IN an
Impression lica TO III. United States
TO realize her power and undcrsta nd
tofor" IL - too late. He outlines
IN" cause" ~ the worlds presen,
labor situation and no does not hehi-
tat" 10 rrophesy the future whirh-
ever path the United states may take
II !a pournai!itic hut where els. can
YOU lind journalist with the back
ground % u. O. Wells, Nust 1l ~.
can f"rS!v" his lack Of tact" when
II" tells "a SO iruch that We want 4.
know.
Mrs. e. y. Williamson l~o-au,hor Of
ia" tw"nt? three novels, from The
l.iHntn!ng Conductor" to Vision
ilou"-" aud TN. Br!vhteucr'D told
mc recently how she discovered what
Americans were really thinking
about. She had ,omew hn, !ndiscrcot
lE allowed herself 10 b. interviewed
on the remarkable beauty opera
uoTS' CT Dr. LEROY S,oddard. hus-
band OF Alic" Nc!iHon. The reporter
s,ili more indiscr"rty concerned her
sci: WIKI Mrs. Williamson alone and
omitted the Doctors name entirely.
Nhcr-lpon Mrs. williamson entered
Lpln +" hcctic period, IN. end Of which
ie not r".n in sight. The telephone
rang continuously. Letters arrI"-d
b! messenger. Ladies' 81 every age.
condition aud state Of virtue. called
a. the hotel. Men came also tusuaI!.-
later IN tn" evening". They one an!
all. wanted 10 know the nL.n- OF tho
wonderful doctor who could painless
j. make people beautiful! Soon IL
hprca" beyond the bounds of New
York. II swept through zon. after
zone westward. Apparently the in
'erNicw had been widely read and
cxtcrsi,.l. copied or syndicn,ed.
When talked with Mrs. Williamson
Size had ha! TWO secretaries working
for some tim" ANA they were then
listening to Kansas Guys desire 10
be beautiful. Mrs. Williamson was
curious To knhw whether t, would
80 lar AFTER the coast WAS reached
'Iend with IImtchinson.
And stiil they plead with iiutchIn-
son. the author OF Il! Winter Comes"
10 Visit Amerina. one wonders has
he heard too much or too little OF
American hospitality.
The man Of the hour ms n lecturer
comes close To being Shaw Desmond
freshman AMI author Of passion :"
Democracy and Gods" lie is one
OF the most brilliant lecturers the
BritNh Isles has furnished us. and
MS subjects. have been as varied as
ireland. the Genius of II. c. Wells
ana inc meanings Of death. He is a
sthtcsuue- type with leoninc head and
Iron gray hair: some Of tho Icr-
turcrs who have taken that means of
seeing America have disappointed MS
but Shaw Desmond ie continually and
delightfully."- surprising.
VIM ia imur Stcfansson, whose re-
cent book. The Friendly Arctic, :.
save a fearless account Of ting actual
uisco'ns OF his last expedition and
iouHe" pr' X. 81. anderson To retail
ation, announces himself eager for
an investigations. Certainly no writer
on Polar matters has done so m,,rh
10 baniSh the mystery of the Arctic
as Stefansson, hut II is easy to bc-
licve his statement that so far from
CiNuiZatioh mmandcr would stand
little chance who could maintain his
position as literal head of his cxpe-
dillon.
And speaking of explorers the late
Sir Ernest Shackleton. author OF
south" once told an amusing story
OF his first lecture in London
Think" he related to his wife after
ward. there wcro nine people in the
city OF London Interested in what l
nave been doing" NO. dear" his
wife answered rcgrctfully, only six
! sent the maids"
1t Is long. long way from VIII
TWINS stirring exposition of facts
in The Next War" TO his new novel
'Columbinc Time" which Is n story
OF the early days of Colorado. n
charming. romantic tale. revealing an
entirely different side of the elder Of
the talented Irwin brothers.
Puzzled. hut PIcnscd.
Henderson Daingerfield Norman. TO
whose credit stand the two big vol
uncs or translation OF Rostnnd's
plays Into English verse. Un every
way remarkrble piece of work., is
100 recent an author not to be sur
prised that all the events of her life
become m