Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-18
CURRENT LITERATURE,

II GUhhENl LIlEhAlUnC
one of the best selling books in Omaha
in 1902 was THE Conquest" the true
story of Lewis and Clark. by Eva Emery
Dye of Oregon. Another volume of even
more interest to Nebraskans is MELON
aid of Oregon" detailing the close rela-
tionship between the old oregon trail and
Nebraska. Before Nebraska had a name.
the Platte had a history, the romance and
pathos of which belongs to world history
records of the westward moving Anglo
Saxon. In mcdonnell of Oregon we see
not only the old fur trading days on the
Columbia, but the first trailing west, and
ever westward the wagon lines that
slowly crept along the Platte and up the
Sweetwater into the Rocky mountain foot
hills of Wyoming. Like traces of lost
and forgotten peoples come this revela-
ton of actual home-builders, who camped
in green Nebraska "swales" and tethered
horses in the fairy circles" of ancient
buffalo wallows. The tides of wolves
that followed the trains, the hush and the
cry in the night, the graves by the lazy
winding Platte, the aborigines at Loup
and Elkhorn and Fort Kearney, the march
10 the fdClHCs dHllu VI tHoltId
decimating fevers, reveals a classic page
in old Nebraska. Before this, few have
realized that the Platte had a tragic past,
vivid as De Quincey's description of the
! flight of the Tartar Khans, the chron-
icles of which lie buried in Oregon
archives. Long before Omaha was
founded, or Lincoln was thought of, Ore
gonians were following the path of the
sun. II is said that John Mimic, one of
the heroes of Mcdonald of Oregon" is
still living, an honored veteran who knew
| Nebraska before the oldest of any present
occupant of the prairie state. In fact,
/ hundreds of those old emigrants still live
| in Oregon and tell their tales of what
happened fifty, sixty. and seventy years
ago on the spots where Nebraska cities
are hourishing today
Brilliant" is the adjective most appro-
pirate TO the August number OF Harper's
| Magazine, which, in it's literary and ar
tistic character, makes the summit of
achievement in American magazines.
Mark Twain, Henry James, w. d. Howells,
President Hadley of Yale Thomas A. jan
vier Joseph Conrad Alice Brown, Howard
Pyle are some of the authors and artists
who make IL so.
A wealth of suggestions for the newest
summer gowns is to be found in the Au-
| gust DeIineatOr, which is interesting, not
only from the standpoint Of fashion, but
| for it's reading well. Among the fiction
of the number is the second installment
of 'The Chauffeur and the Chaperon," the
delightful motor-boat romance by the
Williamsons, authors OF many autOmo-
bile stories; also two entertaining short
stories by Carroll Watson Rankin and
Marvin Dana. Carolyn Wells contributes
the "Rubaiyat Of Summer Khayyam,"
written in her inimitable style. Clara H.
Laughlin tells the story of the life OF
Rembrandt. whose pictures are held in
valuable in the worlds best collections of
art, and Gustav Kobbe writes of the ia
nous civil war song of the south. Dixie.
and its composer, Dan Emmett. the old
minstrel In the Campaign for Safe Foods
Mrs. Abel contributes a chapter on THE
Market Inspector and the Buyer" which
concludes this series of notable articles
There are numerous articles devoted to
the interests of the home The Kitchen
House Furnishing. Needlework and Dress
making and the Childrens pages include
a variety Of features. having for their
purpose the entertainment OF young
folks.
The Mayor OF Warwick" by Herbert
w Hopkins OF Grace Church. New York
is a genuine love story, which strongly
and effectively pOrtrays the various types
OF American citizenship and its them into
their various inches with a nicely OF ap-
probation. The scene is not far from New
York in a small city OF much wealth and
large inheritance OF aristocratic feeling al
though now a center OF manufacture al
well as OF culture. The heroine. Felicity
Wycliffe, an aristocrat by Temperament
and education and a socialist by impulse
and love for the experimental. is the center
OF various conflicting elements. and re
mains somewhat Of an enigma until thu
end There is an accurate description o.
an exciting municipal election; the III,
al a small church college Is drawn with
strength and fun appreciation; and tn
mysterious threads OF the love story glv'
rise 20 some very dramatic situations
Published by Houghton. Mifiin & Co.
BROOKS & Hubbards Composition
} Rhetoric" by stratton n. Brooks. superin
tendent OF schools Cleveland o. an,
Marietta Hubbard, formerly ~ he EnElyl
depa rtrnent Of the high school Of Ia Sale
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