Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-12
ny tho Book Worm.

ALAS Ior the pride OK Amoricel II
looks very, very much "a though our
,red,headed Lewis" were to be
knocked out by tho rapid fire OF the
English David. MAIN Street" has
sold, it's thousands. but III Winter
Comes" Is selling It's ten thousands.
IN It's hrst fourteen OF fiftoen months
that Is up to January. 1922. Main
Street" sold $4,000 copies. but now
tho 306th thousand Of Hutchinson's
months aftor publication. Hutchin-
son is reported at work on another
Hfok already. Sinclair Lewis is still
silent. 1t Is ticklish matter this
following UP OF n best seller. Many
n novelist has wrecked his popu-
larity for good and all doing Il un-
adyiscdIy.
1t Is bit dangerous to suggest
that any book is the most unusual
book which has been written about
the war. stu. Simon Called Peter"
comes very close to filling that po-
sition. Robert keable was South
African padre himself. which amply
accounts for the fact that his hero
Is a padre and his heroine u South
African nurse. Personally l am sorry
for Koaolc. II no had not been a
'sadre probably not moro than six
padre. probably not more than six
been certain this was his own story.
ten Will be thoroughly convinced that
they arc reading hiy own actual cx-
pcrisnces In France. And being n
padre Will mako II at lenst ten times
as dihlcult for him to 1.-Two down that
conviction.
Gny and Amusing.
Actually great many other people
have told us less adequately or the
same condition of AFFAIRS which swept
away NIL mans n,S-ai nud religious
beliefs. making him feel that II he
didn't snatch little love and laugh
H.er nt the moment, they might never
come his way again. No one could
be more surprised than Peter is when
no realizes that the time has come
when all he can do for dying com
rade IL to light him n cigarette.
Whatever your opinion OF Simon
Called Peter think II Is one OF the
hoooks which has got 10 DO read. II
10 gay and amusing. much Of It. and
Julie Is n fascinating witch. bu, after
NIL II liz serious book written bv n
serious man. who is describing condI-
tions which he knows existed
novels mny be written in all sorte
OF places. To be sure. some OF the
firms. which promise to turn out suc-
cessful writer's for tho payment Of
S25 Cor some other fat rate) usually
picture the novelist seated at n large
mahogany desk In luxuriously fur.
nf6hsd room. both hy-products Of tho
pen he holds. Other celebrity sleuths
nave Inferred that tho true mastcr-
.sy.aceH arc written In garrets. think
Edwnrd Alden Jewell. author OF THE
Charmed Circle"--a promising first
novel as Il hppcns--Is the only
novelist ] have heard OF writing In n
barn. Hc describes the place as "a
huge. romantic structure. built in the
fashion OF quarter or half n century
ago with huge cieht-by- eight toists
and beams. Tho kitchen was once n
grain room. and since It's lined with
TIN underneath n veneer of fashion
able bcaverboard. whenever there's n
thunderstorm tho lightning strikes II
which makes II not precisely n den
OF refuge. Our enormous dining room
table Is made from rescued Kicking
boards OF the ancient cowstall. Tho
charmed Circle" is n story OF Paris.
One wonders docs he still write of
Paris from tho reconstructed barn in
New E.ncland?
An Employment Expert.
No more practical book has been
recently published than William l..
Flctcher's How 20 Get the Job You
Want Mr.. Fletcher .e nm employ
ment expert. who knows all the ways
or capitaltzing your abilities and pull
Ing desirable Jobs. Never suggest to
1'Ai'tAib hc u maximum with
which you will he satisfied. II YOU
ct out to get $1,000. the chances are
chat you will never got more than
that. His book discusses step by step
the way mon succeed In pulling big
jobs. IT includes "A number OF letters
which have actually secured results.
Ono OF them pulled eight leads on
$4,000 Jobs from forty corporations
at time when business was slack.
Probably the most practical bit of
advice he gives is to use the book,
not copy It," No one can know het-
ter than Mr.. Fletcher the many cor
porations which arc due to receive
duplicates of these illustrative let
Jers, for the Get-Rick- Quickers have
yet to learn how to get real value
from such hook.
We live in an age OF many good
books. but very few great ones. Jean
Christopher" by Roman ROLAND. was
n great book. Martin Anderson
Nexo's "Pelle the Conqucror" was
another great hook. Pclle was the
epic OF tho poor Danish boy rising
from his poverty. Ditto. the later
Nexo. is the story of the poor Dam
ish girl. Ditto: Girl Alive" was the
first volume and now We have the
second called "Ditte. Daughter OF
Man." I am inclined to think that
aDitte surpasses Pele. It is ono of