Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-22
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Increasing Popularity Of Books with Gives
Of Holiday Presents,
EUsY TIME WITH ALL THE PUBLISHERS
Many Attractive and Artistic Holiday
Volumes to Suit Buyers of All Tastes
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ell BLUFFS Newspaper Man.

Books are always acceptable presents and
each year are coming more into favor as
holiday presents. While certain OF pleas
ing the recipient there is a distinct advant-
age to the sender-it is easier to make selec-
tions Of books as there are so many, any
one OF which would be appropriate, and
much time and trouble is saved Then too,
they will endure sending, by mail or ex-
press, long distances without danger Of dam
age. Whether the public has taken into
consideration all the various advantages of
books as holiday presents 1t Is not possible
to say, but one thing is certain, and that
Is that there is a growing demand for holi-
day books. and the publishers are meeting
1t with commendable enterprise.
Among the noteworthy volumes designed
for the holiday season Is, Life and Charac
ter Drawings" by w. 7. Smedley. The
accompanying text is by A. V. s. Anthony.
Mr.. smedley is a member of the American
Water Color Society OF American Artists,
National Academy OF Design, and his work
is already well known to art admirers. The
whole volume is a splendid work of art.
Published by Harper & Brothers. Price, S..
One OF the notable features OF the book
selling trade in the past three years has
been the astonishing success of several pub
lications that can be called books by
courtesy only, and that are rather scrap
books, containing letters, kilograms, news
paper clippings, etc, by means of which a
story Is told. The latest of these has been
beautifully illustrated by Archie Gum, and
the novelette,, as it may be called, told by
means Of the documents in the case, is a
really clever piece of work from the pen OF
James l.. Ford, critic, humorist, novelist and
playwright It's title is Cupid and the
Footlights." The publishers are Frederick
A. Stokes Co., New York.
Another most attractive volume from the
same publishers is The Golf Girl" The il
lustrations are by Maud Humphrey and the
verses by Samuel Minturn Peck. Tho text
as well as the illustrations are in colors.
While it is very attractive and artistic
volume it would be most appropriate as a
present to some golf enthusiast who would
appreciate it to the fullest extent possible.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Co.,
price, 81.
or an entirely different character. but
highly artistic and at the same time most
attractive TO the eye is Colorado in Color
and Song" There are a large number of
color reproductions from photographs rep
resenting the most striking scenery of the
Centennial state. The verses are con-
tributed by a number of well known Colo
RADIO writer's. The publishers are western
as well as the theme, the book being brought
out by Frank S. Thayer OF Denver.
Another volume that would be most appro-
pirate as a Christmas gift is THE Ship
Her Story" by Clark Russell. Perhaps the
best description that could be given of this
t,n1t, ic hat 10 prly hpft tictto md
instructive. The printing, binding and illus
trations are all artistic in a high degree.
The illustrations, beginning with the ark,
show the ships OF all ages and all nations,
while the text tells the story of the
gradual evolution that has transformed the
trireme of the ancients into that terrible en-
gine OF destruction, the modern man-of-
war. The publishers are Frederick A.
Stokes Co.
at matters not" says Howard w. Tilton,
whether you wear white choker and
straight frock and talk from a pulpit, or
whether you are only tired mother stand
ing at the kitchen table and preaching the
gospel of right to congregation of one
little sinner" True to his belief, the author,
who is editor of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil,
has written a series of homely personal talks
mcr6 make very neat little volume which
eh-u'i reach a class of readers apt to be
Indifferent to the more formal and profound
utterances of the pulpit. Books of sermons
as rule are none too popular with the aver
age bookbuyer, and for that reason Mr.. Til
ton is somewhat unfortunate in the selection
of a title for his volume. They are not SER
mons in the general acceptation OF the term,
but rather plain talks on the everyday affairs
of lie by newspaper man who has seen
and learned much Of human nature. Bright
and sparkling with wit and good sense, they
make most entertaining reading, besides car
rying with them many a lesson that the
world would do well to heed. IN all prob
ability Mr.. Tilton never thought of his work
In the light of a holiday volume, but in
reality no more appropriate volume could
would be equally suited to young or old.
Doubleday G. Mcclure Co., New York. Price
81.
1.-TWO Pilgrims Progress" from fair
Florence to the city of Rome, is by Joseph
and Elizabeth Robins Pennell The volume
is profusely illustrated with drawings by
Joseph Pennel. 1t Is the story OF a trip
by tricycle. from Florence to Rome While
nicely written and very readable, the auth
ors do not really tell us very much. The
attractive binding and heavy paper. to-
gether with the many sketches by the ar