Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-14
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Large and Complete Collection TO Tempt
Would-Be Buyers.
HOLIDAY BOOKS VERY MUCH IN EVIDENCE
Ench Week Brings to Hand Additional
volumes Covering Every Depart
mcnt of Literature, Fiction,
History, Art and Science.

Christmas . car at hand and the shelves
Oh the book seIerg are practically filled, the
display being most tempting to any lover of
books. The connoisseur who loves to feast
his eye upon beautiful bindings will find
all that heart could wish. There are
volumes and volumes produced for no other
reason than to please the reader with
artietic tastes many OF them old works in
new dress. Then there are volumes with
out number designed for the great reading
public which concerns itself more with the
contents than with the exterior appearance
OF books The buyer OF gift books who cam
not readily find something satisfactory must
be hard to please.
While the publishers have pretty generally
completed their liste Of holiday volumes the
past week has brought to hand a few ad-
ditlonal books Among the number were
several from the publishing house OF r. II.
Russell "Katooticut" by c. f. Carter,
illustrated by j. NJ. Conde, is story for
children, relating the extraordinary ad-
ventures OF a rooster, an owl, a dog and a
cat. 1t is an amusing and fancful tale
illustrated profueely with full-page draw
ings. Price $3.50.
Another volume of a similar character
also from the publishing house Of r. H.
Russell, is "Annancy Stories," by Pamela
Colman Smith 1t is collection of strange
stories of Jamaica folklore. profusely illus
trated by the author in her striking and
original style. The book contains more than
twenty-six full-page drawings. Price $3.50,
I'm the Deep Woods" by Albert Bigelow
Paine is a third volume from the publish
ing house OF r. II Russell. Like the two
preceding, 1t is designed for children and
is an amusing story in the vein of Joel
Chandler Harris Uncle Remus," though
not in negro dialect 1t tells of the adven-
lures Of Mr.. Coon. Mr.. Possum, Mr.. Grow,
Mr. Rabbit and their friends. Price $125.
Cupid and Coronet' by Malcolm A.
Strauss, also published by r. II. Russell,
contains twenty four charming full page
drawings in pen and ink, showing the his
tory of an American society belle who has
to make the choice between a coronet and
Cupid Price $500.
The Bowen Merrill Co. has celebrated
the appearance of the 150th thousand of that
fine historical romance, when Knighthood
Was Ia Flower" by the issuance of new
edition, printed from new plates on heavier
paper. To this edition is added a portrait
and biographical sketch of the author. and a
portrait of Julia Marlowe, for whom the
way of fiction could be more acceptable as a
gift book than this.
j. Il. Taylor & Co. have one of the most
unique books OF the season which will be
enjoyed quite much by adults as by chill
drer. 1t is entitled Little Leather
Brooches" being n collection of folklore
songs, negro rhymes, street venders' cries,
etc. gathered from various parts of the
south, arranged and illustrated by Francis
P. Wightman. The text and pictures are
printed together, the latter being in colors.
A profusely illustrated work is Child
Life in Colonial Days" by Alice Morse Earle,
author of Home Life in Colonial Days"
This is by no means a chld's book, as the
title might lead one to suppose. In her
Home Life In Colonial Days" Mrs. Earle
touched fascinating phase of American his
tory. AS in that book she gave minute de-
scriptons of the customs of our forefathers
and mothers, so here she has treated the
Child Life of the same period. There are
some hundred and fifty illustrations to COM
plete the picture of colonial childhood 1t is
in appearance most attractive volume and
no more pleasing gift book could be found.
1t went into its second edition on the day
of it's publication. The Macmillan Co. Price
81 so.
The trenchant comments OF William
Archer, the well known English dramatic
critic on American institutions and traits,
are embodied in a book which has Just
been issued, America Today: Observations
and Reflections" In letter to Literature
Mr.. Howels, speaking of the author Of
these papers, said; Rarely has this re-
public, so used to being rubbed the wrong
way by alien critics, been touched by so
kindly, so conscientious and Qf may say
ito SO competent a hand" 1t is a volume
that will interest every reader Charles
Scribner's Sons. Price, SIPS.
In Connection with the DeWilloughby
Claim" is the longest and most important
novel that Frances Hodgson Burnett has
written in many years. In 1t she returns
to an American field and to American types,
drawn with all the charm of Louisiana"
and of some of her earlier stories, but with
The added strength and maturity OF her
later work. The book is remarkable for its
plot, which will probably be held to surpass