Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-10
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
'Dogtown," BY Mabel 0sgoOl Wright, Will
Interest Levers Of Dogs.
-FOUR LITTLE INDIANS" is A JOLLY BOOK
Miss MuHet's Christmas Party" f. an
Interesting Holiday Publication
for the Little ~FoIks-New Novel
by Alfred Ouivant.

by Alfred Onivant.
Dostown," by Mabel Osgood Wright. Is
Illustrated from life by the author. Mrs
Wright's books have hitherto dealt largely
with wild nature, but this is devoted 10
dogs and will interest all dog lovers. The
central figure is Tommy-Anne's old COM
panion Waddles and the story is OF his
meeting with Cadence. the beagle with an
cestors' and the promotion from the re-
g1ons Of kennel life to be his mate: the
struggle for his supremacy with Lumber
legs' the great 81. Bernard, the history Of
JACK ana Gil. the twin puppies. and the
birth OF the irrepressible sixlets, Lark.
Bobwhite, Dicksisell, Phebe, Dinah and
Tiger Lily. beside the dolngs of the other
dogs Of the neighborhood which form the
dogtown Of which waddles was the recog-
hlsed mayor. Mrs. Wright's personal
knowledge of dogs gives the incidents the
stamp Of truth, and the numerous i~llustra-
lions are from photographs by the author
OF real dogs and actual scenes. Though
some OF the characters OF "Wabeno'' and
Iommy-Anne" appear In this book. Il IA
entirely complete in itself and a new story.
Published by the Macmillan company.
-Four Little Indians by Ella Mary
Coates, tells about children as they are.
and her little folk will be found healthy.
normal little people who sometimes, in the
exuberance of youthful spirits, do the
things they ought not to do, but whom one
cannot help finding attractive. They are
mesh and blood little creatures. as thew
ought to be; and Juvenile readers will
recognize their kind. Children are always
Interested In the doings OF other children
when these are realistically and naturally
set forth, and many a young reader will
md friends in Carroll" Bob" BILLY"
and Peggy" and follow the recital Of their
pranks with interest. -Four Little IndIans"
10 a jolly little book and presents some
hints to children for their amusement in
leisure hours. Published by Henry T.
Coates & Co.
Miss Muffet's Christmas Party" by
samuel M. Crothers, tells of Alice and her
friends from Wonderland, Sindbad the
Sailor and the Forty Thieves, MowgIi and
Bagheera, Rollo, Uncle Remus, Grimms'
Company. Hans Christian Andersen's he
roes and many others. At the hour for
the party they com from all the ends Of
"no-man's-land." in coaches, on horse
back or afoot, dressed in costumes that
would be the despair OF any stage manager.
The grace and humor OF the story keeps
pace with the Invention, making this an
enjoyable book. Houghton, Mifin & Co.,
publishers.
Danny" by the author Of Bob, Son Of
Battle" is published by Doubleday. Page
a Co., this week. Alfred Ollivant has
written only two novels, but the former
became a modern classic and showed to
the great reading public his rare ability
In drawing the intermingling lives and
characters Of men and dogs. The new story
is In a very different vein, though tho dog
Is still the central character; and the main
figures are q grim old laird, the last OF
the stark Heriots,' his fascinating child
wife. and Danny. gray knight the idol
Of the mistress as we'll as of the retainers.
Among the Great Masters OF Warfare"
by Walter Rowlands, is a book that brings
together thirty-two reproductions OF ia
nous paintings representing scenes in the
lives Of celebrated warriors. with explana-
tory text by Walter RowlAnds, the we'll
known art critic and collector. The sub
jects OF the chapters include Alexander,
Hannibal, Caesar, Cromwell, Frederick the
Great, Washington. Napoleon and Grant.
Among the illustrations are: THE Death of
Alexander" from the painting OF Carl Won
Pnots; THE Death OF Caesar" by Jean
Louis Gerome; "The Baptism Of Witikind. 4"
by Paul Thumann; NELSON Leaving Ports
mouth. 1885," by Fred Roe; THE Surrender
of Lee" by Thure de Thulstrup. This vol
ume completes the popular Great Mas
ters'' series. the preceding books being de-
voted respectively to the great masters Of
literature. music, painting and oratory.
Published by Dana, Estes & Co. o.
Mayhem" a historical story of Holland
for children, by Jessie Anderson Chase.
ume TO 'Margot." In makeup and general
appearance the two books are practically
uniform. and there is a similarity in their
central des-the exciting life OF a very
youthful heroine In a stirring period of his
tory. The Spanish subjugation of the
Netherlands is the background for the
story Of little Mayken's adventures. A.
G. McClurg & Co., publishers.
The s~peronAra." journeys with Dumas,
translated by Katharine Prescott Worme-
ley. has Just been published by Little,
Brown a Co. In 1884 the great French
novelist set forth upon a series Of journeys
which furnished material for some delight
full sketches and stories. The pages OF tho
guide books Of the present day are filled
with the lore, historical and legendary
which Dumas gathered. and which is well