Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-17

yard common in the French quarter Of New
Orleans-ths is the home OF Mrs VI. E, VI.
Davis, whose revent novel. The Wire Cut
ters,' was brought out by Houghton, Mlf-
hin & Co.
Benjamin swifts new novel siren City"
will be published in America by Messrs.
Dood, Mead & Co.
Bath tubs are to be fitted with a rubbing
attachment for scrubbing the bather's back
as he lies in the tub a supporting plate be-
ing placed in position to receive q cushion
OF material which is secured by stitches and
can be removed for cleaning
The Life of Maximlien Robespierrc" is
the title of volume by George Henry
Lewes, published by Charles SCrihner's Sons
! which appears in its second edition. In
! cluded In the work are many unpublished
extracts from the correspondence of Robes
pierre.
MEMS Tragedies" is the curious title Of a
| book by X. V. Risley. just from the press OF
the Macmillan Company II is a collection
of short Stories each OF which treats of a
man under the influence of great and
powerful emotion, and each in itself is a
| tragedy.
side Lights on American History" by
! Henry W. Elson, is the title OF a book that
| will be issued next week by the Macmillan
! Company. In choosing his subjects Mr.
! Elson has selected the strategic points, the
pivots upon which the ponderous machinery
! Of our history has turned, rather than the
dogmatic or exciting events.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion" by AndreS
Lang, will come from the press of Long
| mans, Green & Co. early next week This
| Is revised and vastly enlarged edition OF
| bring the controversy down to the present
| date, and include as a second part MIR
Lang's Making of Religion"
Tho most noteworthy article in the MAY
| overland, which has new cover printed in
| red, is "Nailima," by A. II. Rose Soley. II
| Is sympathetic sketch of Sevensons old
| nome, with "reminiscences of the Christmas
festival given two years after the novelist's
| death when number of Tonga natives gave
the silva or national dance.
| Miss Caroline NJ. Fuller whose forthcom-
| ing book, Across the Campus" gives the
| first complete picture of life at girls coll
| lege, is graduate of Smith college, of the
| class of '95. 1t will be perfectly obvious tc
| all readers of Miss Fuller's book that the
| Harland college of her story is her own
alma mater. Across the CampuB' will be
published shortly by the Scribners.
"Side Lights on American History" by
| Henry w. Elson, is the title of book to be
issued early in May by the Macmillan COM
! pany. Mr.. Elson is a lecturer on American
history in the University Extension society
| of Philadelphia. His textbook has been writ
ter for the general reader as well as for
use in schools of the grammar school grade
and of the grades Immediately above it.
The Scribners announce for publication
this spring an important art work by Leader
| Scott. 1t is called the Cathedral Builders
| The Story of a Great Guild" and will con
! tain eighty very fine full-page illustrations
| This is the first book the author has written
| for some time and will undoubtedly sustain
| the reputation which he gained by such
! works as The Renaissance of Art in Italy, >
and Tuscan Studies"
Messrs d. Appleton G. Co. announce for
| early publication THE Races of Europe, a
| Sociological Study" by Prof. William z.
Ripley; Imperial Democracy" by DR.. David
Starr Jordan; Alaska and the Klondike, "
| by Prof. Angelo Heilprn; "a Double
| Thread" by Ellen ThorneyCroft Fowler;
Love Among the Lions" by f. Anstey;
| 'ldylls of the Sea-" by Frank T. Bullen;
| Bohemian Literature" by Count Lutzow;
| Uncle Sans Soldiers" by o. p. Austin
| 'Our Navy in Time Of War" by Franklin
| Matthews, and The Story of the English
! Kings According to Shakespeare" three new
| volumes in Appletons Home Reading series;
| Pursued by the Law" a novel, by J. Mac
raren Cobban Madame Ian" a tourist
| story, by Mrs. Campbell Praed; Fortune S
| my Foe" by John Bloundele- Burton; "A
Cosmopolitan Comedy" by Anna Robson
Brown; The Kingdom of Hate" by r.
| Gallon; "Dr. Nikolas Experiment" by
Guy Boothby; "The Game and the Candle. -
| by Rhoda Broughton; THE Spanish Reader
| and Translator"