Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-17
CURRENT LITERATURE

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The Delineator for September is packed
with good reading matter for everyone. The
woman OF fashion will find much OF
interest in the many pages devoted TO
dress, millinery and neckwear; and those
who are otherwise inclined may derive
erea. deal OF pleasure and entertainment
from the literary features provided in this
'number. Barry Pain, the well known
humorist. contributes the first chapter Of
s'The Diary Of Baby a story that prom
ises 70 be one Of the brightest and clever
est this author has ever written Every
one must enjoy the observations of this pre-
cocious baby, and follow with amusement
its budding career.
The wllllamsons' delightful story Of
nnotorboat and its jolly crew in Holland is
continued. and those who admire the two
famous authors of motor stories will learn
much Of them from their personal side in
an article contributed by John Harvey.
There are short stories by Ellis Parker
Butler, Tudor jerks. and an article of
practical value on How Not to Spoil the
HAIR" by Juliet Marion Lee, a specialist
in this line. Housewives will welcome the
advent Of NJ. Jean Marie Devaux, a cell
ebrated authority on cooking, as culinary
editor OF the magazine. feature of
special interest In this department is THE
Culinary Dictionary" giving the meaning
Of the terms used in cooking and menu
making which is to be continued from
month TO month, until completed. and
along with a series OF 'Favorite Recipes
OF Famous People" gives a distinct orig
inality to these pages. The home-builder
will get some splendid ideas in w. H.
TUffkinao,1fa Illustrated An
House Altered" and In Alice Kellogg's ar
ticie on Furnishing the House; treating
OF Dressing the Bed" And for the chill
dren are stories and amusements well cal
culated TO keep brains and fingers busy.
Octave Thanet's popular novel, The Man
of the Hour published by Bobbs- Merrill
Co, is full of sayings at once witty, wise
and graceful. Witness the following;
Nothing is so bracing to courage as
company"
I'm afraid 1 came awfully pear being
bumptious shall never learn TO
hold my opinions and my tongue at the
same time, / guessr'
'Tf the council don't put that Teller out
for heresy they ought for foolishnessl II a
mans outgrown his church clothes, why
don't he clear out to. some other gospel shop
you are playing a game and don't like the
rules. quit! It's better'n trying to kill the
umpire"
There isn't a labor leader going who
doesn't have to swap some OF his opinions
for his place"
mighty little tastes inherited, none OF
it's made; the big majority's Just contaged
like the measles, That's why these big
exhibitions are so useful. Most anybody
can catch thlngs!''
1.-THE unions are a good deal like a lawyer.
II you've got anything coming he'll see you
amt beat out of 1t. But he can't make 1t
for you"
We've got to Judge a man by what he
does but guess the Lord will Judge us
more than our doings"
81 shouldn't have said she had enough
distinction about her to be disliked she al
ways seemed to me like apple dumplings.
wholesome but not intoxicating. You can't
get up any ardent feelings about apple
dumplings."
ut is true that L have been exposed to
education, but 1 only took a very mild
type"
'Iie drank only in the presence of ladies
because be was sure, as he explained, that
II he followed such a rule, he should never
exceed moderation"
1t is long time since a book has been
written which savors as strongly OF the old
long novels whose names have survived as
''Vivien,' by w. B. Maxwell. The book
has aroused a discussion all over England
as 10 whether the modern high-pressure
novel is not literary degeneracy. II is only
since the marvellous improvements in the
printing press and the development of the
all that hax de-
covered this ability to turn out readable
books at a high rate of speed. Who was
the spsniard who wrote 800 plays? He
must have died of writer's cramp. But who
would not love to be reading Bleak House
or Henry Esmond" for the first time? The
author wrote quietly and thoughtfuily in
his study In Lichheld House, Richmond,
Surrey, and the book bears a resemblance
to those mentioned above, at least in its
aspect of literary leisure" Published by
Appletons.
Max Pemberton, the author of THE
Hundred Days" published by the Apple
tons. was asked II he could enter into the
spirit OF the age in which his historical
characters lived. Mr.. Pemberton. who is
famous for the dash and vigor of his his
torical novels replied: when wrote the
episode of the duel between the grotesQuely
ugly man with the white cockade and Ber-
nard St. Armand, during the latter
journey 10 Paris became so wrought UP
that had to stop writing for the day at
the conclusion. In writing that passage
OF arms. I actually made as much muscular
effort as II l had been watching a jolly
, good game of Rugby. ana were deeply In
I terested IN the success OF one OF the teams. "
A collection has been made OF the best
/ of the fairy stories. rhymes and pictures
1 that have appeared in st. Nicholas. These
I will soon be published under the title.
~Fairy Stories Retoid from 81. Nicholas. "
: The Century company has under way a
new and revised edition of THE Bible for
/ Young People" which Is 10 sell at one
half the price OF the original edition. II
! will be a large book. with twenty-four
illustrations from the old masters.
, The first long story which John Fox has
written since the marvellous success OF
. '-The Little Shepherd OF Kingdom Come "
I WIN begin in the September Scribner under
the title, "A Knight OF the Cumberland "
lone OF his most successful pictures OF
life and character In the mountains. A
northern girl is the heroine OF the story