Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Confessions Of a Matchmaking Mother is
an Interesting Novel.
E. R. MASON WRITES WESTERN STORY
' TO the End Of the Trail" sugEests
the space and Freedom of Colo
radO Ranch and Mining Life
Good Things in Magazines.

How many mothers would care TO under
AXE the lsborious task OF finding suitable
husbands and successfully marrying eight
fsiaugnters7 This is successfully accom-
.l5lished in Lillias Campbell Davidson's
= ovel, entitled Confessions Of a Match
taking Mother" Mrs. Dermot. q widow
H'Sith eight daughters and a small income,
bNneets such a task boldly and skillfully.
teIhe Is wonderfully successful, as the
aughters, as they return from school
marry one after the other. IN due success
cIion, men not only OF fair means and good
BSosition. but men who marry and are mar
B'ied for love. Among the eight daughters
Z here is great diversity Of temperament
oiving naturally much opportunity for va
Criety in the choice Of suitors. Probably
the most unpleasant Of all is the curate.
FRut the daughter is suited and though the
Pnother is reluctant in visiting them. she is
,onteRted with the match The incidents
TtriDging about the marriage between the
N-omping "madcap" and the supposedly Sc
slate banker are very amusing, but not
Fnore so than the experiences Of the practi-
Sal lawyer in his winning the girl addicted
10 romance. The readiness with which
aDe improvises a scene with a mad dog
imply a playful puppy running, to meet
hsm-snd the promptness with which he
Enet with financial reyerses because the girl
Thought him too rich. are indeed inter-
E%sting. The story is enlivened by the ex-
perienoes Of one Of the daughters-a firt.
1t is IN interesting novel. chArmingly
feeling nine love stories-the widow finally
marrying an old sweetheart who persuades
Fler that her life would be unbearab,y
Blonesome with no daughters at home. The
Jltory leaves her happy as & governor s
kwife in Australia, but planning. as soon as
bis term OF once expires. to return to Eng
land and assist IN selecting husbands for
her granddaughter. Published by J. F..
Taylor & Co.
ITO the End Of the Trail" is a novel Of
the west which suggests the space ana
freedom Of Colorado ranch and mining life.
Its author is Frank Lewis Mason. a mining
engineer OF wide experience. The characters
of his book are active. strenuous people.
whose portraits are drawn nth exceptional
4ife-likeness-Chase a prospector, who. as
a tramp hires out as a goat herder; Peter,
an old German miner, who loves both the
weak and the strong and vainly strives TO
turn aside the doom OF both; the Big Swede,
a woman Of the camp; and Ingalls, and his
wife. The story centers around Ingalls,,
a goat ranger and the herder. Chase. In
eoAAo 70 NNANNAALA aAA NNah ~ - tuHAle
worked by any and every clever talker.
while Chase is a man of strength in every
bway-a strength that forces him forward
at whatever he undertakes. Peter fur
fishes a very amusing, but sound philoso-
Cohy, and the Illustrations he uses from real
ife by his ready eye and active brain.
b.hough many times humorous. furnish
e2im a force TO his arguments. His appear
since is always welcomed with pleasure.
olrhe story is full Of swift, significant ac-
Ss1lion. convincingly realistic. thoroughly
we'll written. and increasing in interest up
o its dramati climax. Published by
Ioughton, Mifhin g. Co.
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81 The Brook Book" by Mary Rodgers
2;diller. lecturer on nature study at Cor
lell university, is q book that will interest
every lover OF nature. To the nature stu
Bt1ents a brook is one Of the most living and
sntompanionable features Of the wild land
LsIcape. and few people, even the most ardent
Ytaature lovers. realize what an endlessly
Interesting study its changes and it's throb-
spbing life afford. Mrs. Miller follows q typi,
,al stream through the year; the activity
and hustle Of its waters and their inhabi.
ants in the spring; the gradual warming
N,Nf the water and awakening Of the swarm
II insect life; the hot days Of summer
FEhen the FISH 20 into deep holes for cool
/ ness; the coming Of winter and the ice.
S,sovering. which sheets the edges Of tn,
DStream and glasses the rocks. II is a sub.
Sect which the author, well known as
a. teacher. lecturer and writer Of nature
2 isndles with much ability. Doubleday
upage q Co., publishers.
my Lord Fsrauhsr," by Thomas Emme
Ptioore. cannot better be characterized thar
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Ssf a History of the United States" a
Bs)ream Of Empire, and q well known liter
= ~ critic: Il have read Tom Moore's forth
Homing novel. My Lord Farquhar,' and con
cider it a most lively and entertaining TO
&C. nance. The story is written in a crisp an,
"ielightful literary style. and is full o
Rlramatie action. While in no sense an imI
ihAtion OF any other author. It is somewha
n the vein OF Egerton Castles masterpiece
The Pride OF Jennico.' Adventures In low
md war constitute the chief elements O
he tale. There is every reason 10 expec
hat Mr.. Moore's exciting fiction will hav
run with novel readers everywhere. Ma
bf be author become rich and fAmous. Pub
gs ished by the Abbey Press.
~ The frontispieee Of the current humble
cfof Donahoe's Magazine not only reveals
gaiel.Shtful bit Of landscape. but supplies a
we'll the Inspiration Of a beautiful poem
G, For Loves Sake" by Susan L. Emery. /
shthis issue there are some very timely topic
REPRESENTED for the consideration sof ID
KsthoGghtful Among them, Higher Educs
sgStion In Greece by Rev. Daniel Quinn, /
LuD., OF the Archaeological school. Athenl
EssEreece; The Philippine School Scandal
bnd The Boer Fight for Freedom" the la:
\ handsomely illustrated appreciation
Michael Dayitts history Of events in n
South African republics. A portrait grou
OF twelve American students, includiu
Archbishop RiordRn, the late ArchbishO
Corrigan and DR.. McGlyun, the first TO Ell
B ter the American college. Rome. is an il
> teresting feature Of the study Of ArchbishC
=Corrigan's career.
The hard lot Of a farmer Is one OF n
commonplaces Of political discussion. b
few people realize the extent 10 which n
Farmer has been aided BY science with.
1he last decade In Scribner's Maga1ir
tor June the remarkable results Of the Agr
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