Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-31
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
General Henderson Writes a Story Entitled
The Twin Seven Shooters"
BARBARA LAOO," A COLONIAL ROMANCE
w. a. Fraser Returns 60 His old ana
Famous Field of the Turf ana
Field in His New Work,
"Fhe ThorOughbreda.Y

In The Twin Seven Shooters written
oy our FELLOW t~ownsman, General Charles
r. henderson and issued from the press
OF F. Tennyson Medley. we have a pret-
tily told story growing out OF the late
civil war, whose truth is vouched for by
the author in its every particular. The
old adage about truth being stranger than
hction is again ezemplihed here by a series
OF coincidents that brought about the re-
eoVery by General Henderson OF the pair
OF revolvers presented to him by the mem
bers OF his Ohio regiment, captured by the
confederates and returned each by itself a
third OF a century later. The story. as
we understand 1t, was written by General
Henderson several years ago and only
given to the publisher at the earnest en-
treaty OF a few close friends who had been
privileged to read It. Its battle descrip-
lions are both realistic and instructive.
After reading 1t through the only regret is
that a bit OF romance should not have been
into 1t. with a hero and a
heroine. separated by the fortunes Of war
and reunited again like the seeding states
OF the union. To do this. however, would
have required a draft on the Imagination
and destroyed the character OF the book
as history rather than fiction. Perhaps at
some future time General Henderson may
expand his story into a more pretentious
novel.
Barbara Ladd." a charming romance Of
colonial New England, is the latest book
written by Charles @. d. Roberts, the au-
thor of The Heart Of the Ancient Wood
which has been called by some critics a
classic Of twentieth century romance"
Thu afnrv og fnarhapa 7 .aats ha.f.. l. A..
peaceful town Of Second westings, which
lies amid forests, and is carried to New
York at the period which sees the opening
OF hostilities with King George of England.
Hamilton and other leaders OF the whig
cause are characters in the book, although
the novel could not In any strict sense of
the word be termed historical in it's char
acter. The value of the book lies In its
power TO amuse, which the most blase
reader will frankly admit that 1t does,
from the first to the last page. Barbara
is as compact a creature of charm as a
humming bird. She seems to be made up
Of wonderful colors. swift motion. honey
appetite and glee and the creation Of her
has been a clever and poetical achieve
ment. Published by L. Page & Co.
In "Thoroughbreds." published by Nc
Clure, Phillips & Co., w. A. Fraser. the
author, returns to his old and famous field
Of the turf and tie racing horse. The
book IL q novel. full Of rich and stirring
pictures. On a glowing moving background
Of strife and victory and defeat there plays
a love story. charmingly simple and inno-
cent, seemingly the more so for the roar
ing. fighting life amid which II develops
A turn of fortune makes Il necessary that
the heroine race her fathers string Of
horses. The exciting incidents that arise
from this and the trials and complications
through which the love of the girl is COM
PEELED to pass go to make up a story Of
unusual interest. r. as-.a. 49, ae T..
The Lost Art Of Reading by Gerald
Stanley Lee, is a series of essays char
aCterized by thoughtfulness, insight, a
pleasing style and a flavor OF Emerson's
manner. which brings to mind The Auto
crat of the Breakfast Table" The title is
misleading One suspects-nay, fears-to
find a work upon eloeution containing ad-
vice about the best means Of lung develop
ment, tone. quality. ramatic reading, cor
rect enunciation, etc. One finds instead a
provoking, clever, original, fascinating
volume which protests many things in gem
eral and modern complsisancy in p%articu-
lar. The authors discussion Of the vari-
GUS "interferences with the reading habit"
IL as delightful as it is unique. G. p. Put
MANS Sons are the publishers.
Religious Life in America is a record
OF things seen on a journey undertaken by
Ernest Hamlln Abbott at the instance of
the Outlook company. II is not a study In
methods OF church activity. Nor is 1t a
record OF scientific Investigation. All pos
slbility Of any result at all scientific was
eliminated by these two conditions of the
trip: On the one hand. the field traversed,
covering eighteen states OF the Union scat
tered through a territory bounded by Can
ada, the Atlantic ocean, the Gulf of Mexico
and the Rocky mountains; on the other
hand. the time, scarcely more than three
months. Mr.. Abbott visits labor unions
and country churches In Virginia, Colorado,
iKansas; he attends negro meetings IN the
south; he gets down into the eastern west
and reports the religions condition and
feeling OF the people. His work is not all
portrayal; in the concluding chapter he