Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-05
3 NOVELS AND 2 SHORT
STORIES IN ONE VOL UME,
Thc Forsyte Saga" Comprises ], 100 Pages-May Sin
clair Scores in 'Thc Life and Death of
Harriet Frcan.

than soma classes Of the people yot.
After her eighteen months under
the Soviet her feeling is that the
United States ehou,d have established
| trade relations with Russin at the
same time that England began 10
trade with the Soviet. Then she sug-
Hests tho solution OF accounting tho
governments assurances that II we
VIII re-establish relations. they will
| cease TO spread Red propaganda in
this country. when asked her op!n-
lon OF the future OF tho Soviet gov
eminent she confessos her feeling
| that IL is there for some time vet.
The younger people. however. have
seen what communism means ard
arc not likely To be all in favor OF
| any government which does no,
| recognize private property. Mrs liar
| riHon FEELS that the existence OF thc
Far Eastern republic. which does
recognize private property and seeks
| TO rc-cstablish a gold basis. liz in
cicative Of what the future OF Russia
may be--"a number OF separate
sta 'es." she says. since they have
such diverse interests. but possibly
hold In loose union for conven-
fence sake by some central govern
mcnt. remotely parallel 10 our Fed
| cral government
| MIRA Chapdciainc.' which Hey
| wood broun has called ono of the
| Few great books OF our day, was
written under most unusual circum-
stances. day lnborcr on n Cana
| dlhn farm surprised the simple people
| IN tng whom he was living by one
| evening making a place for his Ink
| stand In the chimney corner and
| wiring page after rage in the Arc
| light u was In the Lake St John
4. ~ b
| Saguenny. where the northeast wind
! IL NOR" cruel and tho summer shorter
| than IN any part OF the Quebec coun-
! try.
In July. 1913. Louis Hcnon started
! 10 walk west with friend along
| the route OF the Canadian Pacific.
! Neither heard the approaching train
! hnd both were run over and killed
| The story was accepted and printed
| IN l." Temps. from which NJ. Halcvy.
| Ia" famous editor ana tho author Of
| lie Able Constantin." clipped IL,
Years later he took IL TO noted
| publisher, telling him II wns tho
greatest unpublished manuscript in
Paris. Tho result was the French
| edition. which quietly sold over 49,
| 900 coiics. Now at last comes the
| Englith edition. OF which Dorothy
| chnhcld writes: The book Is iiko
music. saying as music docs things
| which often lie too dorp for tears"
Copyright. 1920
THE ISLE OF VANISHING MEN.
| ~: w. T.. Alder. The Century Com.
rany. New York.
| This is hook OF experiences and
adventures In tina, out-os-,he-way
i ;''i":=. '"h':5c i;:act!ces furnish ono
| haif OF the reason for the title OF
| this hook-thc other half OF it's i'm
| p!ica,ion being that the cannibals
themselves. as well as the less for
tunate among their visitors. arc
diminishing In numbers as rapidly
as d" most OF the brown races In
! contact with the whites
| Mr.. Alder Is an American who was
| educated for an engineering career
! hut became interested in the tech
| meal cnd OF motion picture prodmc-
| ton. After building several pro-
ducing plants. designing cameras.
etc. he was caught by tho wander
! last and hogan a long series az in
formal aud explanatory travels.
| When lie proposed TO penetrate
wish his Harty. into the wilder parts
| OF New Guinea he received >an Of
| fetal warning from the Gesaghchbcr
| ,the c,vi! representative OF Dutch
domain in West and South New
| Gulpca that that official would not
| he responsible for the consequences
| II Alder should proceed finland To
more than few minutes walk from
| my headquarters the country being.
| hc said. dangerous In the extreme,
az the natives are absolutely un-
| trustworthy"
Nevertheless, Mr. Alder success
| fully reached TIE Interior. campcd
there. lived in native houses In their
| villages, and saw the cannibais idline
| away their days under the blnzinC
| tropic sun, their minds as nude Of
| ideas as their bodies OF coverings"
| That this is indeed the isle Of
| vanishing men is emphasized by the
| fact that skulls are seen as acccs-
| sories of almost every activity. in
| Guiding, apparently. the entertain
| ment OF children. OF course. the ma
tivcs are now furtive and cvasivc
when any attempt is made 10 OF :
| tain Information about cannibal prac-
| uccs-they have been punished bit
| terly by the white man for following
II tradition OF savagery go strong
| that man may not even wear the
| hcaddrcSS of honora BILE manhood UNI
I'll he has at least slain human
| being. Bat MIR. Alder almost--in the
| end. not quite-Succceded in getting
aim to bring him the bones of a
| Swiss scientist who was believed to
| nave been eaten. He thinks that the
| old men OF the tribe feared that de-
| livery Of the bones would he taken
as evidence OF guilt, and that some
| dreadful punishment wOu!d follow.
| They childiShly hoped to district his
| attention by rendering him feast.
| Nevertheless. condolences were in
| dulged in by some of the less eau
| t!ous-for instance. the young man
who tells the author that nothing is
fn l-.Ff .lz Il
| bone of n young girl.
| The strange huts. the weird Gus
TOMS. the exaggerated and utterly
| barbaric ornament. or rather mutila-
! ton, In which men and women In
dn!ged; their equally childish sus-
| ricion OF and trust In the white men
the tribal councils Mr.. Alder and his
| companions attended: the kangaroo
hunt. at which they assIstcd-all
make up thrilling. curious and fas-
| c!natinG story.