Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-01
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Mary North" is a Novel Dealing with
Problems that Face Women
MRS. HUMPHREY WARDS LATtST NOVEL
"The Stumbling Block" by Edwin
Pugh. Illustrated by n. W.. Crosby
striking Cover Design for
April PenrsOn's.

tremely active in deaconness work. IS one
Of the late publications Of Fleming II
Reyell company. Mary North herself. the
central figure Of the book. was horn and
raised among the hills Of pure. sweet
country New England, and to the last there
is something about her that reminds one
Of the wild rose. She becomes engulfed
In the city through no fault of her own and
in her story we catch glimpses of the de-
partment store, the gaily desolate midnight
streets, the not always unhappy
tenement life, the underworld of crime and
shame, dire poverty grinding its victim to
pulp. blank despair drawn out into long
agony, the frequent nobleness Of the rich.
The picture is not all sad; here and there
bubbles up through It the irrepressible
laughter of life, the never wholly destroyed
hopefulness Of youth. The author Of this
book does not preach at us; she interjects
almost no ommen of her own-she let's
the story speak. The book is not one of
social science, though many OF its sltua-
tions are OF acute interest TO the student
of sociology. 1t is a story-a life.
Harper G. Brothers have put into book
form Lady Roses Daughter" the latest
novel by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the author
Of Eleanor and Robert Elsmere." The
critics Of England and America unite in
saying that in Lady Roses Daughter
Mrs. Humphrey Ward has written a novel
that will live among the masterpieces of
English literature. No more appealing
heroine than the many-sided Julie has been
created in fiction. In this story Mrs. Ward
has abandoned the didactic tone of some of
her earlier books, and has given us an in
tensely dramatic story, a brilliant picture
pf EnyIfeb unc{ofv pF today and a x-{vfd
and striking character study. No serial
published in Harper's Magazine since
George Eliot's Daniel Deronda" has
aroused such enthusiastic interest as this
brilliant story Of the very human nameless
daughter OF an English noblewoman. The
mystery Of her character-whether she is
good or bad, strong or weak, a failure or
a SUGGESTS evolved with supreme art. The
reader is completely absorbed in watching
her development and her behavior at the
time Of temptation. The end is a most
happy one.
THE Stumbling Block by Edwin Pugh,
Is a most remarkable novel. It is entirely
original in conception and plot; the quality
Of atmosphere impaired TO each changing
scene and the clear and effective analysis
Of character are very striking and unusual.
II is a book which takes a great hold on
the reader and one which should Justly
be expected to make a sensation. The illus
~trations are by r. NJ. Crosby. whose clever
work In Life has attracted much favorable
attention. Published by A. S. Barnes G. Co.
American life from Florida to Oregon,
and the outer world from Germany to China,
were drawn upon in the making of the April
number of the National Magazine Of Bos-
ton. TIL FIVE strong stories run the gamut
| of the emotions, from grim tragedy In THE
Shadow of Lachesis to happy comedy In
The Disinherited Fathers" Articles In the
lighter vein are Dream Travels" a wom-
ans naive confessions; "A Cradle OF Great
Americans" the remarkable story OF a
little Indiana town that has produced more
famous men than any other place IN
America. 'California's First Native Gov
ernor." and "A Contested Partnership" the
story OF how a man and a robin raised
strawberries together.
Barnes New Histories OF the United
States" published by the American BOOK
company. have been thoroughly moderated
both as to appearance and contents Ihey
Incorporate present-day views OF history
! and methods Of teaching. The larger book
has been revised in every particular ana
the smaller one entirely rewritten by that
charming and we'll known writer for child
rem, DR.. James Baldwin. The series, In its
new and attractive form, will doubtless De
warmly welcomed by the many teachers
who have long used with satisfactory re-
suits the previous editions. The elementary
history tells the story OF the country IN a
series of biographies Of important men, as
raoompanded nv the committee of fifteen.
The Incidents narrated show the manners
of the time, and the stories are all IN
tenseIy interesting. The numerous illus
~trations form an important aid to the I'M
derstanding Of the text. In the school his
tory. while the fascinating literary style
and the remarkably successful distinctive
features of the original volume have been
retained. greater prominence has been given
70 Industrial and social development. Ref
erences for collateral reading have been
inserted at frequent intervals, and many
new maps and pictures introduced.
The cover design OF the April Pearson's is
a striking sketch by d. N. Marchand OF Sir
Harry Morgan, bucaneer-the chief char
acter of a new serial by Cyrus Townsend
Brady which begins in this number. Dr..
/ Brady paints with a masters hand the fas-
~cinating character of the notorious buc-
| cancers, swayed by the strongest and
Aercest OF human passions, and the picture
he draws of the manners and customs OF
those times is so vivid, the action Of his
story so swift and the situations so thrill
ing that the reader finds this first Install
ment all too short and looks forward Gag
erly TO the continuation. This is unques-
+to,ahIy daatipad IN he one of the leading