Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-05

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writing with that Of the facsimile
of the Trinity College Ms. Of Tho
minor poems. and. with other fac
SMILES. have found letters and
words In both which seem To ma
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step Is Swallowed. his beautiful
daughter. palace 1000 feet above
London. romance. mystery crime
'h"se are the story. Tho adventure
"onId be exciting enough II enacted
on prosaic earth: in the clouds they
arc enshrouded with even more
strangcncss and peril
THE BODY IN THE HLI-r poou
l:y Sidney Williams. The Penn pun.
iishing Company. Philadelphia.
An absorbing mystery tale ,vhich
taxes the Imagination to III. ljmit
II Is an ingcniously tangled web or
cr'mihaiit!. the supernatural. and
Richard Mnrston. a prominent,
JounE lawyer while ATTENDING =
house party with old friends. nndr
himself involved with the Other
quests In mysterious murder.
pr. Ben. tho old household physi-
'ian' who has had great success in
criminal cases. Is called In. Although
every one is more or less un,icr sus-
plcion. he appoints Marston his aid
Suspicion points mistakenly ,owar,!
Cariotta. whose camco-lihe heaut,
ana charm have captivated M,rs,on
But through al OF the douh,s and
fcars his love is constant and leads
him To take desperate chances IN
shield her. DR.. Bon and Alarston
y 4, IL
rate and In the end tho guilty person
IL cornered
THE PSYCHIC LIFE OF INSECTS.
by r. J.. Bouvicr. Tho Century Com
!Sny. New York.
~ Bowler Is known to tho scien-
tihc world for valued articles and
monographs on various phases OF
animal life int"ns!v"ly observed
This * translation from tho
French OF VI. Bouvicr by l.. O. How
ard. himself distinguished Amer
ican cntouoiOgist and the author OF
long list OF scientific monographs.
DR.. VI. NJ Wheeler. OF Harvard!
University. in reviewing the French
edition. wrote: Most readers Will
be delighted with It's lucid die
non, its lack OF dogmatic assertion.
us kindly and stimulating tone" I,
Is indeed readable AMI alluriur
hook. it's strict scientific accuracy
and conscientious statement not af-
icctinS the quality of its interest or
appeal. The psychic life OF Insects
IL fascinating idea in itself. ana
this Is detailed study OF manifes-
ia,ions which. when attended to-
prove of the most extraordinary in.
tcrcst.
Attraction to and repulsion from
light. the reaction OF insects TO gray
NV. morbid 'lTnniSpAS'' L..
insects 10 apparent suicide. organic
memory rythmS. the wisdom and
folly OF wasps, the bee which must
have the leaves OF the red poppy
20 line lis nests. hut Will use yellow
flower petals if--and only If--the red
ones arc lacking. the stimulation OF
death 10y insects (Which. Bouvier
discovers. Is not. as has been sup
posed. playing dead" TO dupc an
"nemy). the unholy marital conduct
az the female siider-a thousand in
tcrcstinS problems Of behavior. are
discussed with admirable cicarness
with no dogmatic assumptions or
prcconccptions. and in an extremely
enjoyable style
That this is not the benedlction
"f science upon that "nature-faking
which imputcs To creatures reasons
Hike our own for actions like our
own. is clear from the fact that NJ
Bowler says of his hook: Its final
estimate OF the subject Is that never
do insects differ from us more than
when they appear 10 resemble lis
most"
The growth Of the work has been
SLOW. lasting in the ncighborhood OF
twenty years: at was only \ little
before the war says its author
that / gathered mp the loose threads
end commenced actually to write it,"
The writing OF il was done in tho
mornings and evenings. the main
part OF the day being given to other
cmploymcnts: II is thus, evidently,
q work OF love.
This book should prove intellect
ually exciting ana alluring, for It is
II field which is now practically un-
explored by the general reader. DIR
Howard wrote to the publishers: 1T
las Interested me enormously, and
feel sure IL will have the same
interest not only for students in the
same restricted field of biology, but
also for all naturclovers. especially
those To whom the constant question
why occurs
THE LADY OF NORTH STAR. BY
Ottwe!l Rinns. Alfred y. knopf. New
York.
Corporal BracknclI. of the North
west Mounted Police. had followed
the man ne nopcu To take prisoner
over 400 miles of frozen waste. At
the journeys end the stiffness of the
day is broken by the crack or a
rifle shot. a young woman with the
tcil-talc rife in her hand appears
suddenly and then II few yards FUR
Their on Brackncli discovers the body
OF Koona Dick. the object of his
search. murdered. apparently. by his
own wife.
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