Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-22
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
New Edition Of an Early Novel BY the Late
ksurics Thompson,
VALUABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORATORS
Other Books Just Published or To
he Published In the Near
Future-Announcem
OF spring Books.

OF spring Books.
Following the death Of Maurice Thompson
reprint Of his early books will probably
| be made. The first to appear is "Milly; At
| Loves Extremes" a southern romance. The
scene is laid near Birmingham. Ala, and is
somewhat conventional. in that 1t has its
quota OF southern beauties and manly
heroes. One. and perhaps the chief. charac-
| ter Of the book, at least the one to whom
our sympathy clings and whose name gives
the book its title. is anything but on the
| conventional order. A simple unlettered.
childlike mountain girl, hardly grown to
| young womanhood, she is endowed with a
face and form that is simply perfect. The
author himself thus impersonates Milly:
ut would be impossible to give in words
any fair idea OF her beauty or her ignor
| ance; to attempt either would appear like
| exaggeration. In so far as her vision could
| go, she peered into the paradise coveted by
| all girls and dreamed the dreams OF unself-
| ish love- With such a character the au-
| thor has done wonders and arrests and
! holds our sympathy to the end. The hero
| OF the mountain maid is a fascinating man
OF the world who makes the mountain cabin
home his hermitage and of course the sim
! ple-hearted child could not fail to bestow
upon him her love. After accepting her de-
votion. her hero goes back TO social life.
falls in love with young widow whose hus-
band he is supposed to have killed in a duel
several years before. His fondest hopes OF
marrying the widow are frustrated at the
last moment by the return OF the former
| husband and in despair, the recluse again
seeks the mountain cabin and fills with Joy
| the life of the mountain sweetheart who
was there pining his absence While Mr..
Thompson has drawn with exquisite touches
! the character of the simple hearted. un-
tutored mountain girl. he has made the hero
| tickle minded, rather heartless specimen
| OF mankind whom we can hardly admire or
feel very sorry for in his disappointment.
There are beautiful descriptions throughout
the work and the character drawings are
especially good. New Amsterdam Book
company. New York. Price. $3.50
F. Frankfort Moore whose novel The
Conscience OF Coralie," was reviewed at
! length in these columns last fall. is out
with a new story entitled, According to
Plato This latest work OF Mr.. Moores
Is a satire on London life. London letters
and London love. II Is somewhat epigram-
matte in style, while the story itself is
quite divertng. Mr. Moore has proven
himself quite a voluminous writer. Among
his other works which have become quite
well known to the reading public might be
mentioned The Jessamy Bride" phyllis
OF Phillistia" and The Fatal Gift" Dodd.
Mead & Co, New York
John p. Altgeld has published a little
volume Of sixty-fve pages entitled Ora
tory: Its Requirements and Its Rewards"
which contains more good advice and posi-
tive instruction than is to be found In Pny
or the more voluminous works. The author
has the happy faculty Of saying a great deal
in very few words and saving them So
directly and unequivocally that there is no
such thing as misunderstanding them
Within the brief space OF this little volume
printed In large type, the author has com
pacted practically all that it is possible for
an experienced public speaker to tell the
beginner. The young man with the ambi-
tion to become an orator should possess
himself OF copy Of this book and follow
closely its instructions and advice Charles
II. Kerr Co., Chicago.
"starboard Lights Salt Water Tales" by
A. b. Hawser, is small volume OF sea
tales, many of which have already appeared
in the New York Press The stories them |
selves might be described as pretty big
yarns such as the typical sailor is popu- |
larry supposed TO spin when surrounded by |
group OF landsmen. They are all very
funny and some OF them decidedly witty
The reader Is forced TO laugh at the serious
tone which the author employs in telling |
OF the most improbable events. II Is lust
the kind OF book TO while away an idle
hour or dspel an attack OF the blues. ouaII
& Warner, New York.
The Passing OF the Dragon" by F. Law
Ceash' is an attractive booklet, printed I'm |
two colors and bound in paper covers. II |
Is prettily told sketch, or as the prefacs |
puts II, shadow story about Gods love
the DEVILS guile and the imaginings OF
children II is written for grown-up people
only though children take part in the little |
taoleaux. Despondent over the death OF his |
wife. Sir Edward murmurs aloud, There
Is no God Bennett the butler, overhears
and answers that II is true, or else yby
should there be so much suffering amonp
innocent and Cody people. Sir Edwards
two little daughters, after saying their
prayers and being left in bed by the nurse
take II into their childish heads to pray
TOT the reformation OF the devil, concerning
whose personality they have very weird
notions. The little story turns on this
act OF the children, and Bennett, who. under
the cloak OF outward good behavior was |
an extremely bad man, confesses that he |
himself is the devil. and repents IL is a |
story that will unquestionably prove in |
teresting to people OF a religious turn OF |
mind. Cassell 4 Co., Limited, New York
Peter Schlemihl and The Story Without |
End is the title OF the most recent addi-
ton to Csssell's National library. Peter |
Schlemihl,' one OF the pleasantest fancies |
OF the days when Germany delighted in ro- |
nance, was first published in 1914, and was |
especially naturalized in England by asso- |
citation with the genius OF George Cruk- |
shank, who enriched translation OF IL with |
some OF his happiest work as an illustrator. |
Cassell Co.. New York, Paper, lOc.
Practical Gas Fitting" edited by Paul |
\. Hasluck gives in a form convenient for |
every day use a comprehensive digest Of in
formation, contributed by experienced writ.
ers and published from time to time in the |
columns OF the Building World, a weekly |
journal OF which the author is editor. IL |
supplies concise Information on the general
principles and practice OF the subjects on |
which 1t treats. Chapters on gas manufac- |
ture' on incandescent lighting and on stoves |
for warming and cooking are included |
within the space of the $50 pages compos-
ing this little volume may be found practi- |
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