Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-22
CURRENT LITERATURE,


} A new book from the pen OF Meredith
Nicholson is always interesting 20 Omaha
readers because Of the local associs-
tons OF the author and the Identification
! Of his main chance" with certain fea-
lures OF Omaha life. The latest Nicholson
| novel IL entitled The House Of Thou
! sand Candles" and Is certainly different
| from his previous literary productions
| which portray society In it's modern
phases. The House OF a Thousand
| Candles" is a fascinating combination Of
the weird and mysterious. the adventurous
/ and romantic Of realism and pure inn
| aginstlon that bespeaks versatility not
elsewhere displayed by Mr. Nicholson. II
| Is the story OF a young man of rowing
| habits being subjected to test by his
wealthy grandfather to ascertain whether
| he is a worthy heir The test Is made by
| q feigned death and whimsical will for
| bidding him to marry the one woman his
! grandfather would have him wed. The
/ ordeal works out as might be expected.
| The grandfather returns to punish the
| plotting lawyer and bless the grandson
| and his sweetheart. The scene is laid in
a crafty built candle-lighted house, left
| half finished on the banks OF a fancied
/
action to produce a substantial interest
70 the very close The book is illustrated
from dra wings by Christy and published
| by the Bobbs- Merrill company.
Rev Newton Mann's book on THE
Evolution Of a Great Literature, is at
! tracing favorable attention Of the book
critics The reviewer OF the Boston Trans
| crlpt devotes a whole column 20 the work
with many commendatory references.
| Among other things he says:
THE entire biblical literature comes
under this authors review and is always
treated fairly. though not always in a
way to gain the assent OF scholars to de-
| tails. But this is not the main point. Too
much has been made by the traditionalist
out OF the minor discrepancies OF the
| higher critics. Their matn contention, that
the Bible is literature, evolved out of
older and at times foreign literatures
that it is not infallible, that it is not
ethnically ideal this main con-
tention will stand, even II we cannot find
the exact number of the authors of
Isaiah, or correctly separate the docu-
ments that made up the Pentateuch.
This book by Newton Mann should be
read as fearlessly as II has been written
Its various positions should be studied
carefully Those that seem reasonable
and in accord with the best authority
should be accepted. and the coming gen
Grafton should be taught what the Bible
really is"
Northern Trails" by William ]. Long,
is a handsomely printed volume of adj
venturesome travel through the wilds OF
Labrador and Newfoundland that will de-
light the nature lover who wants to extend
his animal acquaintance, 1t is more than
descriptive. for explanations are given of
many curious phenomena OF wild animal
life altogether strange to the unintiated,
1 coupled with bits of natural philosophy
that is refreshing as well as instructive.
The reproduced sketches drawn by Charles
Copeland make picturesque marginal fg-
ures of the ThomDson-SetOn order. The
presswork is by CHM & Company of Bos-
ton.
President Roosevet's Third Term" by
Herbert Young, is the suggestive leader in
Donahoe's for November Other notable
papers are THE Ninth in the Civil War
and 1.-The Jolly Monk, protest against
| grossly insulting pictures exhibited in
show windows. Philip j. McKenna tells
, of the organization of the Catholic order
; OF Foresters, and Reatrice Oulton writes Of
Thanksgiving Day in New England" A
= number of short stories, poetry, theatrical
: and book reviews complete an excellent
e magazine
o p F. Collier & Sons have issued photo
e graphic record of the Russo-Japanese war
: which, aside from containing vivid repre-
. sensations of the scenes of battles suf-
Z fering, soldier life and others incidental to
this great international struggle, presents
r. a graphic account of the war. 1t is a
u work of unique value. Condensed, it yet
7 gives what appears to be a most inter
q | esting story of it's subject. The photo
I graphs are of rarest value. In all the
e work is one which promises to become very
q popular. The volume, large in size, was
i edited by James II. Ware, war photog-
! rapher for Golfers and these men as
sisted Mr. Ware in supplying photographs:
It Victor K Bulla, Robert L. Dunn. James
:; F. j.. Archibald, Richard Barry Ashmead
y Bartlett. James Recelton, Captain A. +.
n Mahan. U. S. N, retired
lie "The Buccaneers, a Story OF the Black
. Flag in Business" by Henry NJ Hyde, is
= an up-to-date novel giving. with startling
candor and realism, picture Of modern
} corporation methods of the "fTenzied" type
70 in dealing with rivals in business. Two
l. great concerns clash wit is sharpened
2 against wit; schemes and plottings are met
81 with tricks and counter-plots; the blood
IN tingles as the reader follows the struggle
a love story winds its troublous way
~ through the clashing and twisting interests
re- Of the rivals; the relation OF family ties
l. to business" is shown reentlessly. II is
n a keeniy interesting story of the times
s. and thousands who read 1t will say: Her,
is fiction cast in the mold OF TRUTH" Since
~ the story ran serially in the Saturday
= ] Evening Post last summer. the author has
D. materially reconstructed and enlarged it.
is Published by Funk & Wagnalls
re 1.-THE Children OF Bedford Court Is the
4 third volume of Janet Series" by Grace
lie Baron. Illustrated by Amy Brooks
The hero of this book is Master Roy FitZ-
E patrick, brother of Jerry, whose remark
able talent for singing is brought out iu
- queer Janet" the first volume of this
sRrlas and alsn N Iessic.i \ whose sIIccess