Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
CArrent Literature


planned FROM the start and conscientiously
executed, all through. Resembling the well
known IHlrs Manual. 1t is at once more
compact sand more up.to-date than the
latter, aud is just what the average man
or woman Will find indispensable. Laird &
Lee, Chicago.
From Whose Bourne" by Robert Barr,
though first published in 1883, is now re-
issued In more inviting style. At the out
set OF the story "A man Unexpectedly dies,
and his disembodiel spirit proceeds to take
an interest in the fact that his wife has
been arrested on a charge OF numbering him
by poison. Detectives celestial and terres-
tial work upon the mystery OF his death,
and while the outcome is not unforeseen, the
talo is managed with singular humor and
6droitness Frederick A. Stokes company,
New York. Megeath's.
Abraham Lincoln" by Lyman whitney
Allen, is a revised edition of the New York
Hcrald's $1,000 prize poem, won as the best
poem dealing with American history. 1t Is
not OF the kind that survive In literature.
q. f. Putnam's Sons. New York. Megeath s.
witch Winnie in Holland " Mrs. Champ
neys new volume, carries the popular hero
inc Of this well known series of books to
Holland. where she pursucs her art educa-
ton. 1t is difficult to imagine country IN
Europe COT tanning more treasures OF art and
more opportunities for Witch Winnie to
of the characters in the other volumes OF
the series are reintroduced. Reproductions
of some Of the masterpieces of Franz Halls.
Nandyke Rubens, etc, are included in the
Illustrations. Dodd, Mead & Co, New York.
zone Days Courtship," by Robert Barr,
is story of an English artist and Boston
girl The cCUrtship takes place among most
amusing and unusual circumstances, at the
Shawenegan Falls of the st. Maurice river
in Canada. The subject is treated with Mr..
pap .ha fnrtg Ell INN nd n
Frederick a. Stokes company, New York.
Megeath's
1t will be hard to imagine a family, or a
dealer in miscellaneous works of art, or any
small storekeeper, or provider of furni-
ture to whom Charles Godfrey Leland's
"Meniing and Repa iring" will not be a most
acceptable gift. The traveller who has trunks
to mend, or broken straps to join; or the
emgrdnt rOuEhng it in the forest, may
learn from 1t many useful devices, and with
nothing more than a can of liquid glue and
another of india rubber, may effect more
than can be imagined. Dodd, Mead & Co.
New York.
Like as the Israelites in the wilderness
went out each day for mama so do the
boys Of this generation expect each year
some new stories by Mr.. G. a. Henty to
feed upon during the winter nights. And
their faith is justified with each returning
autumn, fer Mr., Henty does not fail them.
This year he has written three new ro-
Hoods of Paris; On the Irrawaddy, a Tale
of the War between England and Burmah;
and With COchranc the Dauntess, a Tale
of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South
American Waters. The hero of the first
story is an English lad, who serves as page
to French lady during the uproar OF the
Butchers Guild in Paris, and afterward
at the battle Ct Agincourt. The second
story rCatos the adventures of an English
boy who served on Sir Archibald Campheil's
STAFF during the Burmese war; and the third
story is OF the exploits of a midshipnau
with Admiral Cochrane in Brazilian waters.
Healthy stimulation for receptive minds and
recurring suggestions of manly fortitude are
always the special eXcellences OF Mr. Hentys
tales. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
Megeaths.
Harry Collingwood has kept The Leg OF a
Privateersmln to good purpose. as all boys
will agree who have the good luck to read 1t.
George Bowen sailed as second mate on the
Dolphin TO fight the Frenchmen and 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
heros career, and his bravery was finally re-
warded with a command in the navy and
stacks of prize money. Charles Scribner's
Sons. New York. Mcgeath's.
s. II. Crockett has written delightful
book in Sweetheart Travellers" 1t is the
record of little Journeys on a tricycle. made
with his i-year-Old girl in Galloway. The
Childs sayings are very well reproduced,
and her knowledge OF birds and trees and
flowers, her ignorance of real and her great
love OF fairy tales are admirably brought
out Older readers will relish the story
more than children, for there Is much in
the nOyelists shrewd comment which will
be lost on the young The book is so beau
titully illustrated and bound that it is suit
IA Int hi l,.Ns
geaths.
One 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 pretty Italian girl
VINO is compelled to seek home in an
American family The story of her expert
ences 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 entertainingly told.
Our pretty Piccarada becomes bethrOthcd to
a nObeman of her own nation who bears
rather an unsavOry reputation, and for
time her future looks dark, but the con-
tinuation of the tale brings sunshine TO
the girl and her American lover. Charles
Scribner's Sons. New York. Megeaths.
Tales of The adventures of reckless and
rather improper young woman, who being
a princess, passed safely through expert
ences which would have been the ruin of
another woman, may not be particularly ele-
waiting, but once convinced that the princess
has heart, any reader possessed of a sim
liar incumbrance Viii follow its fortunes TO
the end. In THE Heart OF Princess Osra,"
by Anthony Hope, we have a charming col
lection OF stories with Princess Osra of
Zenda, as heroine, all so 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 charm that is not
surpassed II equaled, in any other of Mr..
Hopes books. Frederick a. Stokes COM
pany, New York Megeath's.
Through Swamp and Glade" by Kirk
Munroe, is a tale of Florida, in the days
when slavery was in full swing and the
white landgrabber was striving to wipe the
Seminole Indians off the face of the earth.
1t is story of treachery and deceit on the
part OF Andrew Jackson and the United
States government such as must make every
white man want to hide his head in shame.
1t is well that these who, like the
Pharisees OF old thank God that their ma
tiOn is not as other nations are, should know
the truth. The knowledge of crimes per-
petrated against the Seminoles in former
days may help toward bringing about
flirer 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 grown-up people. Charles
Scrbners Son New York, Megeath's.
Love in Old sCloathes" by II. G. Bun
ner will be welcomed by the many adj
mirerS of its author, II is a rather unique
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