Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-14
CURRENT LITERATURE.

''The Boy Craftsman: Practical and
Profitable Ideas for Boys Leisure
Hourt,' by A. Nicely Hall. is very cont
prehousive guide to the exercise OF me-
chanical ingenuity. we'll illustrated as well
as practical Every real boy wishes to
design and make things. but the questions
1 OF materials and tools are often hard to
| get around. Nearly all books on the sub.
| ject call for greater outlay OF money
| than is within the means of many boys,
/ or their parents wish to expend In such
ways. This book is the very bost yet Of
fered for its large number of practical
and profitable ideas. A number OF chapters
! give suggestions for carrying on a small
business that will bring a boy In money
with which to buy tools and materials
necessary for making apparatus and arti-
cles described in other chapters, while the
/ ideas are so practical that many an in
dustrious boy can learn what he is best
I fitted for In his life work. No work Of
/ its class is so completely up-to-date or 50
worthy In point OF thoroughness and avoid
ance Of danger This element alone places
Mr.. Halls work beyond comparison. and
! as an example Of the practical nature OF
the book II can be said that what many a
! boy wants is not an expensive workshop.
which Is out OF the question. but directions
for building shanty with what material
he can pick UP. and In the chapter "A
| Backyard Club House just such treat
ment has been presented. The idea OF
economy is everywhere carried out, teach-
ing a valuable lesson and commencing the
work to parents who will more willingly
buy book that does not suggest con-
slant future drain on the purse. Published
by Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co.
j
The Fool Errant." by Maurice Hewlett.
is further described in the subtitle as
| Being the Memoirs OF Francis Antony
Suelley. Esq, Citizen of Lucca." Maurice
Hewletts novel has for hero and protago-
mist a dashing young Englishman OF ex-
ceedngly attractive and interesting per-
sonality, who goes to Padua early in the
eighteenth century to study at the uni
versity. The years study under DR.. Ian
franchi ends in Irritation the result
of which Francis sets forth on travels and
adventures the most curious. extraordinary
and delightful; and presently falls in with
| Virginia The book is full of the charm
and delight common to all Mr. Hewletts
novels. and has the combined destinations
| of Il capital tale of adventure. novel OF
the days just after those of chivalry. and
a fresh and breezy love story. The Mac
milan company Is the publisher.
Lodgings in Town" by Arthur Henry
| is an intimate, uneXaggerated account of
the experience which the author passed
through while seeking for an ideal form
of existence. The youth who came to New
York with clean collar and a poem. and
who found philosophy in a Baxter street
tenement and a comfortable income i'm his
| rambles is the one who, when the road
A. Il a.
of mountain farm in preference to adj
vancement in the city. This naively frank
story is filled with pictures of the curious
characteristics of city living and of New
York City in particular with its joys and
sorrows. it's festivity and it's conscience
and its side shows. A. s. Barnes & Co.
are the publishers.
IAN Island in the Air" by Ernest rnger-
soil. is g. story of real adventure on the
frontier-the far west of fifty years ago.
Life was large and free. with game for the
shooting, Indians and soldiers and emigrant
trains. and all the picturesque features OF
land of promise for healthy sport. The
boys and girls In this book were separated
from their elders during their journey west
by a strange yet perfectly natural acct
dent and found themselves marooned on
q ueSttt III a std vi Diuf an "H'hNF
they escaped by the aid of MoSis. dead
and alive. Fortunately they were brave,
resourceful and jolly. The volume is fully
illustrated with pictures in the text and
a frontispiece in color as we'll as half-tone
plates. Published by the Macmillan Co.
"The Little Green Door" by Mary T..
} Stone Bassett is a romance OF the time
) of Louis XIII. The door which gives the
! title to the book leads to beautiful re-
tired garden belonging to the king. In
this garden is developed one Of the sweet
) est and tenderest romances ever told. The
tone of the book is singularly pure and
elevated, although it's power is intense
The style is in keeping with the time and
the nature OF the work and harmonious
treatment Is given to the production OF
! the book with it's striking illustrations and
pleasing pictorial half-ttle pages intro
ducing each chapter. There are eight illus
trations by Louise Clark. Published by
the Lothrop Publishing company.
In view OF the extraordinary popularity
of 1.-THE Widow OCalla ghan's Boys" by
: Gulelma Zollinger, A. c. McClurg & Co
! have recently issued a new specia
, edition, which is the sighth since its
publication Ave years ago Among the
younger readers IL has become household
word, and IL would be hard TO find Q
volume in this field more suitable for holi
day establishment. Mrs. Shinn is In thu
, foremost rank of the artists who devote
! themselves to character illustration, and
her pictures for Mrs. Wigs contributed
extensively to it's phenomenal success
Those who have been waiting to see the
delightful o'Callaghans properly presented
will find their ideals realized in these
captivating drawings. The typography
and dress are new throughout coming in
enlarged form from new plates, with twelve
full-page illustrations III color by Florence
Scovel Shinn. Published by A. c. Me-
ClurE & Co.
Port Arthur-A Monster Heroism," by
Richard Barry. Is an instructive and in
teresting account of the siege and captur
OF Port Arthur. Some Of the articles an