Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
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manship. bookkeeping. letter writing bank
ing law, social forms etc, etc, are taught
by pen ana picture, with a dircciucBH and
accuracy found only In works carefully
planned from the start and conscicntiously
executed all through Resembling the wen
known Hills Manual, 1t Is at once more
! compact and moro upsto.dato than the
! latter. and Is just what the average man
or woman will nul indispensable. Laird n
! Lee Chicago.
"From whose Bourne" by Robert Barr,
! though first published In 1858, Is now re-
! issued In more inviting style. At the out
| set of this story a man Unexpectedly dies,
| and his dsembodicl spirit proceeds to take
| an interest In the fact that his wife has
| been arrested on charge OF numbering him
| by poison. Detectives celestial and tcrres-
! till work upon the mystery OF his death,
| and while the outcome i5 not unforeseen, the
talo is managed with singular humor and
6droitnpSs. Frederick a. Stokes company,
! New York MeECuths.
! Abraham Lincoln by Lyman Whitney
! Allen, is a revised edition Of the New York
| loralds 81 600 prize poem, won as the best
poem dealing with American history. 1t Is
not Of the kind that survive in literature.
| C.. l.. punam's Sons New YORK. Mogcath 5.
| witch Winnie In Holland Mrs Champ
ncys new volume, carries the popular hero
! inc of this well known series OF books TO
| Holland. whCIo she pursucs her art cduca-
! tion. II is difficult to imagine a country IN
! Europe cor tanning more treasures OF art ana
| more opportunities for Witch Winnie to
! finish her education than Holland. Many
! OF the characters In the other volumes Of
| the series are rciutroduced. Reproductions
! of some of the masterpieces Of Franz HAS
! Nandykc, RuGcns, etc, are included in the
! Illustrations. Dodd. Mead & Co, New York.
zone Days Courtship," by Robert Barr
! is a story of an English artist and Boston
| girl. The cJGrtship takes place among most
amusing aud unusual circumstances, at the
! Shawcnegan Falls of the St Maurice river
! in Canada. The subject Is treated with MI
| Barrs characteristic humor and yivacity
| Frederick A. stokes company, New York
! Mogeath's.
II will be hard to imagine a family. or a
| dealer in miscellaneous works Of art. or any
I small storckeeper. or a provider OF furni-
! ture to whom Charles Godfrey Leland's
! "McnlinE and Repairing" will not be most
| acceptable gift. The traveller who has trunks
| to mend, or broken straps to join; or the
! cmigrdnt roughng 1t in the forest may
| learn from 1t many useful devices, and with
! nothing more than a can of liquid glue ana
! another of india rubber. may effect more
tnan can be imagined. Dodd, Mead a Co.
| New York.
Like as tho Israoitcs in the wilderness
went out each day for mauna, so do the
boys of this generation expect each year
some new stories by Mr.. G. 4. HCuty to
| feed upon during the winter nights Ana
| their faith is justified with each returning
This year he has written three new ro-
! mGnccs: At Agiuuourt a Tale of the White
! Hoods Of Paris: On the lrrawaddy. a Tale
Of tho War between England ana Burmah;
and with CochTanc the DauntlCss a Tale
| Of the Exploits OF Lord CGChranc in South
American Waters. The hero OF the first
story is an English lad, VINO serves as page
| to French lady during the uproar Of the
| Butchers Guild in Paris, and afterward
at the battle Cf Agincourt. The second
story relates the adventures of an English
bog who served on Sir Archibald Campbeil'S
stan during the Burmese war; and the third
story is OF the exploits of a midshipinan
with Admiral Cochrane in Brazilian waters
| Healthy stimulation for receptive minds and
| recurring suggestions of manly forttude are
always the special eNcelercss Of Nj. Heniy $
tales. Charles Scribners Sons, New York.
| Megoaths
Harry Collingwood has kept The Log OF a
Priyatcersm1n to good purvose, as all boys
! will agree who have the good luck to read IT,
George Bowen sailed as second mate on the
Dolphin to fight tho Frenchmen aud capture
their merchant vessels. while Napoleon bit
his thumb in rage Sea fights at long and
close range. capture and recapture, storm
/ and wreck, fire at sea and starvation in an
open boat, are a few of the incidents In the
hero's career, and his bravery was finally re-
warled with a command in the navy and
stacks of prize money. Charles Scribner'S
Sons. New York Megeath's.
:. X. Crockett has written delightful
book in sweetheart Travellers" II is the
record of little journeys on tricycle. made
! with his 4ycar-Old girl in Galloway. The
chids sayings are very well reproduced
and her knowledge Of birds and trees and
flowers, her ignorance of real and hor great
love of fairy tales are admirably brought
out Older readers viii relish the story
more than children, for there Is much in
the nOyCliSts shTCwd comment which viii
be lost on the young. The book is S. beau
! tifully illustrated aud bound that it is suit
able for birthday or holiday gift Froder-
lex a. Stokes Company, New York. Me
! gcath's.
zone of the Visconti," by Eva W Brod-
head, the latest issue in the charming lit
tie Ivory Series" Of the Scribners, deals
| with the fortunes Of a pretty Italian girl
who is compelled to sool, a home IN an
American family. The story OF her expert
I CnCeS in this family. where the mother of
the family is violently opposed to foreign
erS' and the son of the family is violently
in love with her, is very Cntertainmgly told.
q nobleman Of her own nation, who bears
rather an unsavory reputation, ana for a
time her future looks dark but The con
tinuliion of the tale brings sunshine to
the girl and her American lover Charles
Scribnsr's Sons, New York. Megeath's
Tales OF he adventures Of a reckless and
rather improper young woman, who, being
a princess, passed safely through expert
n'0S hnlCn WOULD nave Deen the rum OF
ano her woman, may not be particularly Clc-
waiting, but once convinced that the princess
has a heart any reader possessed Ci n sim
liar inCumbranCo viii follow its fortunes to
tho end. In THE Heart OF Princess Osra,
by Anthony Hope, we have charming col
lection of stories with Princess Osra, Of
ZCnda, as heroine, all 50 closely connected
that they practically form one long novel
The princess Was a woman with a love for
adventure, and The striking incidents Of her
life are described with a charm that is not
surpassed, If equaled, in any other Of Mr.,
Hopes books. Frederick A. Stokes com
pany, New York. Megeath's
Through Swamp ana Glade" by Kirk
Munroe, is tale of Florida, in the days
when slavery was in full swing and the
whito landErabbCr was striving to wipe the
Seminole Indians of the face of the earth.
II is story of trcachCry and deceit on the
part Of Andrew Jackson and the United
states government, such as must make every
whiio man want to hide his head in shame,
II Is well that these who, like the
Phariseos of old, thank God that their ma
tion is not rs other nations are, should know
tho truth. The knowledge of crimes per
pc;rated against the Semnoos in former
days may help toward bringing about a
fsircr method OF dealing with the handful
Of Indians that still remain. The narrative
Is graphically told and, although nominally
written for boys and girls, will be found
good reading for gruwn-up people, Charles
Scribner's Son New York. Megeath's
Love in Old ClOathCS," by H. G.. Bun