Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08

ter epitomizcs the deeds and hits off
the foiblcs OF the great. from George
Washington to John Philip Soupa.
Ancient institutions and modern in
vcntions are targets for his wit:
neither the Missouri Compromises nor
tho eighteenth amendment oludps him.
Moses brigham Young and Harold
Bell Wright arc among the objects
OF his satire. and the Chautauuua cir
cult and the league Of nations are
not overlooked.
THE POETS OF THE FUTURE: a
COLLEGE ANTHOLOGY FOR 1920
1921. Edited by Henry n. Schnitt-
kind. Ih. ID. The STAFFORD Company.
Boston.
This collection OF verse In gaining
more prominence each year. as it liz,
IN large degree. n forecast OF. what
tho poetry of the future will be. a
number Or tho students included In
former volumes Of the College An
thology have already gained nation
wide distinction In the field OF poetry.
The edition for this year contains 1875
poems representing aixty-cight col
reyes; also mn honorable mention list
OF LAO names OF those whose poems
rank next highest In literary merit.
oi-aN STORIES. Translated
from the original with an lntroduc-
Tory essay by l'arle pOpovic. proIes-
sor OF tho University OF belgrade.
Duhicid & Co, New York.
These nine storics by tho greatest
OF modern Serbian writer's give mn
extraordinarily vivid and true mic.
ture OF the life and the soui OF IN,
Serbian people today. They deal with
every side OF the national life. ana
range from tragedy to comedy, and
from legend to the most ,ip-to-datc
realism. Their power and profound
beauty would make them remarkable.
In any literature and their ricturesuue
and unusual background gives them
nm additional interest
OFT WHERE THE WORLD BE-
GINS BY Abe Cory. George II.
Dorian Company, New York.
This story Of far country" holds
the reader with It's spell Of the un-
known OF superhuman seif-sacrificc.
OF that incrpiicahic marriage custom
OF the T,he,an nomads OF the smrr..
mundane life of the windswcpt roof
OF the world. In tho shadow OF
earth's topmost peak fate wovc
strange pattern with the llycs %!
Sylvia lambert. Lo.ong and Jodin
Raymond. Another shining chapter
wan added to tho glowing annals OF
Christian service In foreign Iands.
SATURDAY PAPERS. BY Henry
Scidel Candy, william Rose Bcnet
and Amy Loveman. The Macmillan
Company. New York.
Is the American renders sense or
beauty dnil' Arc the magazines
really giving what their readers
want? or how many American move
lists cnn IL be said that the reward
which alone tcmpts them Is the re-
wprd of durable cxccllcnce"? Pointed
discussion Of many such questions is
found In the Saturday Papers" from
the Literary Review of the New York
Evening Post by Candy. Benet and
Lovcman. which has just come from
the Macmillan presses. wit and sim
certify distinguish this score OF brief
and pithy essays on novels and novel
readers, movies and art. rSanHts re-
viewers and the plain person.
PORTMANTEAU ADAPTATIONS.
BY stuart Walker. Stewart Kidd
Company. Cincinnati.
The third volume Of the Portman-
tcau Series includes three of Stuart
Walkers most successful plays. which
are either adapted from or basad on
works by other authors-the first,
tho over wonderful "Gammer Cur
tons Needle" written some hundreds
OF years ago and now arranged for
the us. Of the modern thenter-Roers
next; Tho Birthday Of tho Infanta."
from the poignant story by Oscar
Wilde (uscd also By Alfred Noyex in
one Of his most effective poems); and
last. The Seven Gifts: and also ono
splendid play newly written by Wal
ker. .Sir David Wears n Crown" a
seGueI to six Who Pass While thu
Lentis Boil"