Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-17

THE Social Secretary" by David Graham
Phillips. is a study of Washington society
life. The social secretary is a young woman
whose family had been numbered among
the old and exclusive families OF that city.
when financial reverses came she accepted
position as social secretary to the wife
of an ambitious western senator. who is not
SO familiar with the social customs and
duties devolving upon successful leader
OF Washington society, but DESTROYS OF do
ing all she can to assist and please the
senator Miss Talltowers is given full sway
and determines to win distinction and prest-
ige for her employers. Her familiarity
with social customs and duties, together
with her personal charm and executive
ability achieve for the Burke's first
place in Washington society Incidentally
Miss TaIltowers falls in love. which adds TO
the finish OF the story. The story is bright,
interesting and will prove enjoyable. The
Bobbs- Merrill company are the publishers.
"The Ballinxton's." by Frances squires.
is a story that treats a fresh and vital
theme in two situations which finally be-
come mutually involved. Two families are
presented, in one Of which the husband
is the financial power, In the other, the
wife The main interest centsrs In the
spiritual awakening OF Agnes Ballington
her struggle for her rights Of the soul
and the steady involvement OF other homes
and other individuals. The growth OF a
tragic climax OF profound ethical and prac-
teal significance is worked out with daring
logic, and it's solution is bold and unmis-
taxable. The plot is full OF incident, with
increasing momentum and suspense to the
end A perennial humor relieves the
earnestness of the book. Little, Brown &
Co. are the publishers.
''shIpwrecked in Greenland BY Arthur
r. Thompson, also author OF "Gold-seeklne
on the Dalton TRAIL II story OF adj
venture with the scene laid in northern
waters. party of boys with a sea-captain,
and an older young man. fnd a drifting
steamer not far from St. John and set
out to rescue the stranded passengers and
crew. Their adventures on the Greenland
and Labrador Coast are vividiy portrayed
and their visit to the Eskirnos' village
is instructively entertaining. The book lie
illustrated with twelve full page illustra-
tions from photographs. LATHE, Brown a
CO. are the publishers.
.'Under Rocking Skies" by L. Frank
Tooker IL a tale of the sea which appeared
in serial form In The Century magazine.
The scene is laid on a sailing-sessel voy-
aging from a northern port to the West
Indies The vessel stops OF it's home port
on the Long Island coast, where the cap
tain takes aboard. passengers, his wife.
daughter, and the village minister. and
much against his will. ships a new mate.
I A.
is primarily a love-story with an unusual
setting, in which the events OF an exciting
and dangerous experience are powerful fac.
: tors in determining the choice OF the
heroine.
The stocial courage and the daring Of the
! captain. ana the picture OF life aboard
I ship are intimate and real. and true Inn
pressions of types now fast passing away
The description of the storm which the
vessel encounters is very realistic and the
pictures OF the sea are very "a scinA ting
NJ ]. Burns and Martin Justice have fur
nished the illustrations The Century CON-
pany is the publisher.
/ No one can intelhgently follow the de-
/ velopments OF American politics who does
not avail himself OF the information col
lected in a comprehensive political yea,
book like the New York Tribune Almanac
| This publication covers the national field
and offers its readers the freshest facts
concerning our varied political activities. II
1 reproduees the vote by counties in eacf
state in which an election was held IN 1906
SUMMARIZES federal legislation for the yeal
and notes all important changes in per
| sonnet under the national government and
| the state governments The Tribune Al
manae for 1906 gives, besides. the vote "a
every state by counties for Roosevelt and
Parker. and tabulates the offciai returns b,
states for all the six presidential tickets a
the held In 1904 II gives the popular votl
for president BY states from isso to 1900 ans
the electoral and popular votes for pres,