Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-12

erb, gaming many frlendA throughout the
land. In the last OF the book is an ex-
cellent sketch Of the author by Forrest
Crissey, which has been published in Aims
lies Magazine. Published by L. A.. Rhoades
q Company.
The third series Of Cap and Gown"
~(eollege verse published by L. c. Page &
Col has reached US. This collection, Sc
lected by r. L. Paget, has been published
from time 10 time during the last four
years in college publications. There is
something in the rollicking air Of the col
lege that always catches ready readers TO
their productions. As the publishers say:
Years may come and years may SO, but
college verse remains the same, full Of
youth, the faults and conditions Of youth
cheeriness and an indescribable buoyancy,
seen rarely in the works OF maturer life"
But at the same time the tender and senti-
mental verse has its place and reaches
s~ympathizing readers. The collection is
good and furnishes CHEEKY reading for
tsbiue' days. Following is The Modest
Poet" selected from the Yale Record.
'Dear Jack" said Kate, with eyes OF blue,
ITO tell the truth, / cannot see
Why you don't make a verse or two
Which ! can say IL all for meP'
MY love" said Jack, that would / do
IL 1 did not with fear foresee
1haN II i mace a verse IOf you.
II might make you averse to me-
CHM & Co., by special arrangement with
the Perry Mason company, publishers OF
the Youths Companion, are publishing a
series OF supplementary readers, using the
material. with illustrations. as it appeared
in hat paper. calling them the Youths
Companion Series" There are several
groups. each containing four or Eve books
devoted to a general topic. We have be-
fore US Toward the Rising Sun" Siam,
Benares. China, corea, Japan and the East
Indies provide tie sketches contained In
this volume. The peoples OF the orient pre-
sent more that is novel and interesting to
children than can be found in any study OF
Caucasian races.
Luck O. L~assendale" is a September
novel by the earl Of Iddesleigh. Sir John
Lassendale dies. leaving behind him con-
siderable money. There we're three sons
and one daughter. In Sir Francis the au-
thor portrays a life that should be a lesson
against gambling and other forms of specu-
Iative money making. Although Sir Fran
els strikes the reader as being coneeited and
foolish, the author takes hin through a
number OF wild experiences In mining specu-
lation and the turf. At first phenomenal
luck pursues Sir Francis and he makes
thousands Of pounds with more ease than
less favored men make ~shillings-but soon
the tables turn and the unfortunate young
man finally dies q poor but heroic death
while trying to save a boy in a runaway
and was mourned by the community. AL
fred, the second son. is a selfish. sickly
man. while Robert. the attorney, is prob
ably the finest Of the three. There are two
pretty love tales in the book. One Is
connected with Robert, who marries Clara
woodleigh, and the other is where Giles,
her brother, proves his devotion to Mary
by coming promptly to the rescue when Sir
Francis nnds himself In sad straits. tiding
that individual over rough places.
The negro problem in the south is a sub
feet that is attracting considerable atten
ton at the present time, consequently
Neither Bond Nor Free is bound to at
tract more or less attention. II is by @.
Longhorne Pryor and Is a plea for the rea-
sonable consideration OF the rights Of the
colored race by the white man. He takes
the position that at present the colored race
"a Afro-Ameriean not negro, that they are,
even as the white man, citizens OF the
United States. entitled to the education,
protection, privileges. which that status
includes. The viewpoint is that Of today,
after more than thirty years have passed
since the civil war conferred citizenship
upon the whole colored population, and still
their letters are unbroken. and they are
stu the subjects OF injustice and oppres-
sion. indignities and cruelties being con-