Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-01-11
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The Bowen-Mer Company, In
Annapolis, announce the publications
OF Home Folks" On entirely new
book Of poetry by James Whitcomb,
Riley. The volume contains serious.
and dialect verses, as well % verses Of
homely sentiment-the authors love
Of the beautiful and good being ever
present. The first volume issued by
Mr.. Riley for more than four years,
It will take its place as ONE Of the
notable books of the last year.
Rand, Mentally & Co., Chicago. have
recently published a new book by
Opie Read, I'm the Alamo" In this
work Mr.. Read has touched his high
est point, which is saying much OF the
author of "A Yankee From the
West" and 1.-THE Waters Of Caney
Fork" 1t is dignifed, historically.
with the heroism of those immortal
Americans who fought and died in
the battle of the Alamo, but laid
the foundation for the early expan.
sion of United States territory.
"Alice of Old Vincennes" is one
OF the most talked about novels Of re-
cent years, and all of the talk is COM
plimentary to it's author, Maurics
Thompson. The following from the
Chicago Times-Herald Is a fair sam
pie of the many press notices the
work has received:
"More original than Richard Carr.
VEL more vital than Janice Mere
dith,' more cohesive than To Have
and 10 Hold more dramatic, sp0n-s
tsneous and artistic than any of it's
rivals-such is Maurice Thompson's,
superb American novel, Alice of Old.
Vincennes.' Published by the Bow.
en-Merrill Co., Indianapolis.
True to it's mission, but with an ever
widening and improving choice Of
Outings Christmas number, increased
in size and extra illustrated (includ-
Eng a colored frontispiece), gives Z
large space to big game, sports
afeld and subjects welded into our
country life. The Present Distribu.
ton of Big Game in America" by
George Bird Grinnell, is the article
OF a student of the situation, strik-
irgly illustrated by E. w. Deming.
A careful character study of the
Emperor William will appear in Mo
Clure's Magazine for January. In
this article the author, Ray Stannard
Baker, shows that be has given to
his work equal care and discern
ment: The result is an Illuminating
account of the man and the sover-
eign.
Marguerite Merington, the we'll
known dramatist, has converted tho
famous "Cranford" story of Mrs. Gas
kells into play for the Ladies Homo
Journal. In the evolution she haa
been remarkably successful in pre- "
serving the atmosphere of Crawford n
md of most convincingly reproduce
ing the quiet life and the individual, 4
harmless pecnliaritles of the maiden H
aides, and the charm OF lleir cour.
tesy. The play Is for amateur pre-.
,entation.
There is distinctive holiday flavor
about Ainslee's for December. Not,
,nly do we find real Christmas sto-
les in "When Sanity Claus Went
Nooing," by Joe Lincoln, and THE.
Rag DOLL" by Eugene Wood, but the.
in general suggest the sea.
son. 'The Great Interrogation" by ~
lack London, is powerful love story M
If life in Alaska, and ''The Desert A
ng of Sergeant Heath" by w. A.
fraser, is an admirable bit Of senti.
nent and humor.
The December number of The Ma MI
;,onal Magazine is rich in Christmas. u
stories, poems and drawings, and ra-
Hates a satisfying reelection Of \
Christmas cheer. The usual depart-f<s
nents are replete with interest, and IL.
= not too much Co say that this,
splendid number ranks among the
BEST of the holiday publications.
All the worlds. a staircase, on.