Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-21

anu Hi MIN WIN delight at the develop
ment of each new phase Of the plot. The
heroine is caught in the web of fate. At
any moment she might have gained happi-
ness for the asking, but she was held in
bonds forged by her own character. The
sympathy of the reader goes out to every
character and one cannot but feel that each
portrayal Is of a man or woman thoroughly
good at heart. l.. G. Page G. Co., Boston.
Cloth, $1.50.
THE Delahoydes, a Story CT Boy Life on
the Old Santa Fe TRAIL is a new tale of
the frontier, from the pen of Colonel Henry
1nman. Colonel Inman wrote the story of
the Delahoyde boys with a definite aim in
view. 1t was planned to bring before the
American youth an account of boy life on
the old Santa Fe trail. 1t contains descrip-
tions of the Indian tribes, together with their
legends and traditions. All animal and bird
life is fully described. The battle of the
Washita, the last great battle of the Ameri-
can Indians, Is accurately brought out and
wildly portrayed. In this connection Colo
ned Inman speaks from the standpoint of a
participant, and, naturally, the campaign
against the Indians intrusted to the hands of
such fighters as Sheridan, Custer, Sully and
Forsythe makes an interesting portion OF the
story. The author has introduced some
sixty footnotes, full of valuable information
and giving many western terms and their
pronunciation. The whole Is a clean,
wholesome and interesting narrative, full of
the freshness typical of the west. 1t con-
tains 80 pages, with eight ~full-page illus
trations by Stone. Crane g. Co., Topeka,
Kan. Cloth, $3.50.
Fact. Not Fiction.
THE Mineral Waters of the United States
and Their Therapeutic Uses is the title of a
new volume by James X. Cook, NJ. d., The
medical profession and the laity will be
equally interested in this, the first work
which gives an authoritative and practical
knowledge OF the mineral waters OF the
United States. European nations have APP
preciated the health and wealth giving
powers of their natural waters, but Ameri-
cans have yet to learn that their own country
contains the close counterparts OF the best
foreign springs and that the American spas
compare favorably with the most highly de-
veloped European resorts in charm of seen
cry and surroundings and in facilities for
comfort. A complete and discriminating
work on this subject has accordingly been
distinctly needed. In the preparation of this
volume every source of Information has been
covered. The immense mass OF material has
been reduced to disable form. and 1t Is the
authors belief that the physician will find in
this volume by far the most comprehensive
and practical account of this subject which
has ever been written. 1t includes all the
principal springs in use today. Every variety
of mineral water is represented and the
essential consideration indicating the thera-
peutic uses of such waters are clearly given.
The prescription Of such remedial agencies
is often the last resort of the physician, a
fact establishing their admitted superiority
to drugs in properly selected cases. Still
more efhcacious would be the earlier and
discriminating use of appropriate waters, and
II is the object OF this work to afford all
kno Wedge to this end. Lea Bros. & Co.,
Cloth, $3.50.
Potable Water and Methods Of Detect
ing Impurities is the title Of a little vol
ume Just added to the Van NOstrand Science
series. II is the work Of NJ. n. Baker, the as
sociate editor Of Engineering News, and an
authority on the subject Of which he writes.
The object Of the volume Is to present
clearly and briefly the essential qualities Of
potable water, how 1t may be obtained and
the chemical, bacterial and mioroscopical
tests OF its quality, both In themselves and
relatively. There Is also some discussion Of
the value OF pure water and the relations be-
tween water and disease, The present vol
ume is very well adapted to the use Of peo-