Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15


style and by the fact that the author
assumes no position IN advance Of his own
definite knowledge. He emphasizes the
Importance Of correct breathing, upon
which he has long been an authority, and
discusses fully the nervous system and
how the mind may build the body health
fully. Much space is also given to the
science and art OF habit formation, and the
effect upon health. The important matters
of eating and digestion are treated most
ably. and in connection with each subject
We are shown how we may make ourselves
in every way better and happier by the
simple exercise of knowledge and self-di-
reetion that can be az the command of each.
Published by Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co.
''Blindfolded." by. Earle Ashley walcott.
has a plot that is entirely and astonishingly
new for the hero. Giles Dudley cannot see
his way. He has stepped. by chance OF
fate. into another mans shoes. has ac-
cepted a mission whose nature he does not
know. but which he feels II his duty. TO
work out How this blindfolded man makes
his way along a path beset with traps and
peTils and asSailing doubts, makes a story
Of exciting and powerful interest The
scene OF action is laid in San Francisco be-
fore the earthquake and striking incidents
OF San Francisco adventure, bringing in
the life Of the Chinese quarter. and inolud-
ing a night excursion into the opium dens
Of that district, possess now a degree OF
appeal even greater than would have been
the case a year ago. The Bobbs- Merrill
company publishers.
Captain Lettarhlair" the comedy by
Marguerite Merington. in which E r.
sothern and Virginia Harmed made one OF
their earliest and greatest successes. has
been brought out in book. form by the
Bobbs-Merrill company. 1t is illustrated
with photographs Of the play and arranged
from the prompt book used in the original
Lyceum production. The lines throughout
The wishbone Boat" by Alice c. d.
Riley, is another of the Pleasant Street
Series 1t is a fanciful little tale. and hid
den In its pages ia a store CT advice for the
child from to l.. without, however, in any
way detracting from the story. The many
adventures OF the little princess and the
court jester. In search for beauty, will inter
est old as well as young. and the clever
Illustrations by l. ]. Bridgman will appeal
especially TO the latter. Like the other vol
umes in the series. The wishbone Boat
lie attractively bound in japanese cloth.
with color inlay. and there are six full
page illustrations. as well as pictorial head
ings for each chapter. Published by the H.
NJ. Caldwell company.
Queen Of the Rushes." by Allen Raine
author of "A Welsh Singer" Torn, Sails. p
etc. is a romance Of the Welsh country,
IL
the life OF the Welsh people Of today In
realistic maner. There is cleverness OF plot
and good Portraiture, but, more than any
thing else are we impressed with the depth
OF feeling portrayed and the poetic beauty
OF the story. Published by Geofge w
Jacobs & Co.
A few days after the surrender at Ap
pcmattox, writes Captain Robert e. lie,
/ IN his recollections of his father. Genera
/ Lee was visited by two confederate salideri
! in very dilapidated clothing. worn anC
emaciated in body. They said they hat
] been selected from about sixty other Eel
/ lows. too ragged 20 come themselves, 4
offer him a home in the mountains o.
Virginia. The home was a good house ant
farm. and near by was a defile. in som,
rugged hills, from which they could def
the entire federal army. They made THU
offer Of home and their protection be
cause there was report that he was I,
be indicted for treason.
Meredith Nicholson had never heard o.
this historical incident when he wrote 9TH,
Port OF Missing Men" He thought that h,
had invented the episode which gives IL
alluring itle 20 the popular serial nov
running in The Reader Magazine. an,
which so closely parallels the romantic plal
described by Captain Lee. II is a curiou
instance Of the imagination finding con
4 nrmAtion in fact
THE Romance OF John Bainbridge." b