Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-16

to enforce the contrast between Cuba past
and Cuba present. Published by Riggs
Publishing c.
II the price OF meat continues to ad-
vance the probabilities are that the new
vegetarian cook book by Sidney II. Beard
will have a ready sale. The book is en-
titled "a Comprehensive Guide Book to
Natural. Hygienic and Humane Diet" The
book will prove especially useful during
the summer season, when vegetables and
fruits are in season and are largely in
favor. Many persons would be glad to
escape a flesh diet II provided with ade-
quate substitutes. To supply these Is the
aim Of this book. which gives practical,
reliable information in concise form,
avoiding superfuous matter and "fadism,"
and supplying only such recipes as are
not so elaborate as to require the skill Of
a French chef for their Interpretation.
Many hygienic hints are included-the pur-
pose of the whole work being to stimulate
the growth of the higher self. Thomas Y.
Crowell & Co., publishers.
In September Of last year the Dart
mouth college celebrated the centennial of
the graduation Of Daniel Webster, at
which time Samuel w. Mccall delivered
an address termed the webster Centen-
NAL Grafton" The address has been pub
lished in book form by Houghton, Mlhiln
& Co., under the title Daniel Webster"
Mr.. Mccall, who has won national atten-
ton by his reasonable independence and
marked ability in congress, and who wrote
the strong and discriminating Life OF
Thaddeus Stevens for the American
Statesmen Series, here recounts with brew
lily and point the chief incidents In Web
ster's career and his more important
services to his country. Without under
taking an exhaustive survey Of Webster's
life, he presents with great clearness and
directness and with a very Just apprecia-
ton those characteristics and achievements
which were most distinctive, and which
best entitle him TO the admiring memory
Of the American people.
The Meditations of Al Autograph Col
lector" is q new and original book by
Adrian H. Joline. Autograph hends, doubt
less, would thoroughly enjoy the authors
account of his finds, his losses, his pleas
ures and disappointments; but the general
reader finds the book a treasure house OF
information and anecdote. while the nu-
merous facsimile and other letters given
are rarely good reading. There are letters
AVN SdNNh iNlOlAo al utT youth
to Lord Melbourne, letters from Rus
kin. Louis Napolian, Kipling, Robert
Burns, Martin Van Buren,, Winfield Scott,
Stephen Crane and others. That the au-
thor is a thorough autograph lover may be
judged from his preface, which reads: at
is a pleasant thing to sit here" he says,
this rainy afternoon, with the books and
the collection close at hand. I have GER
tainly been arranging that collection for
ten years, and it is not arranged yet .
1t is an amiable folly" Published by Har-
per Brothers.
G.. p. Putnam's Sons have published a
very valuable and interesting book to the
lover of flowers entitled "Fieldbook OF
American Wild Flowers" 1t is compiled
by F. Schuyler Mathews. 1t contains short
descriptions of their character and habits,
a concise definition of their colors and in
cidental references to the insects which
assist In their fertilization. 1t is a timely
book. probably more so now than ever, be-
cause Of the popularity the wild flower is
gaining. The author says: This is a field
book OF wild flowers; 1t originated In the
fields and 1t is intended to go back there.
l trust, in the hand OF its good reader. or
course, not all of II was written on sunny
meadow and in shady mood, nor were all
OF its illustrations made at once from
specimens gathered during various botan-
zeal rambles; but, in the truest sense OF
the word, nearly all Of the book is a direct
result OF field work, ranging from New
Hampshire to Virginia"
In "Deep-sea Plunderings," by Frank T.
Bullen, author Of 1.-THE Cruise Of the Cach-
olaf" and other successful sea stories, has
Just brought out another volume Of salt
water yarns. Mr.. Bullen affords in these
pages a series OF brilliant and often drs,
matte pictures Of the sailors life and ad-
ventures. While the picturesque enters
into his book, he deals also with the stern
verities Of fo'c'sle life, and he brings be-
fore the reader strange and bewildering
phases Of deep-water adventuring which
will lay firm hold upon the imagination.
There Is not only the freshness and vigor
OF the sea in this book, but also It's
grandeur and gloom, Its uncertainty and its
remorselessness. The thrilling experiences
that the unknown sailor faces as a mere
incident II his daily life. and the hsrdships
he encounters, are pictured with the vivid
ness and insight that Frank Bullen always
realizes so forcibly and inevitably in his
brilliant pages. It is published by d. APP
pleton & Company.
"Heralds Of Empire" by A. C. Lsut. is
a tale Of the great fur trade of the north
during the seventeenth century. when
France and England struggled for the pos,
session OF the vast unknown regions above
what we now know as Canada. II is sup
posed to be told by zone Ramsey Stanhope,
lieutenant to Pierre Radisson In the north,
ern fur trade" Beginning with some tales
OF witchcraft in Boston Town, from the Inn
prisonment for which the aforesaid Ramsey
Stanhope Tescues the heroine, the scene Of
the story is transferred to the great white
wilderness OF the north, where some hair
raising episodes are recounted OF Indian
masIacTes, duels In the darkness with I'M
known foes. canoeing among ice foes and
various other exciting incidents. With the
next shifting Of the scenes all parties are
transferred to London-the London of
Charles II-and here tragedy becomes
comedy. with an unusual though very sat-
isfactory ending. The central figure In the
story - Pierre Radisson, an adyenturer OF