Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
REVIEW OF The new BOOKS
Work Of Burbank, the PLANT wiEzArd,"
Eagerly Sought for Abroad.
BOOK BEING TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN
March Magasines OGer an Unusually
Attractive Selection OF Matter,
GOVERNS an Exceptionally
wide Field.


Luther Burbank has achieved fame that
Is literally almost worldwide, and the
authoritative account of his work con-
tained in W. s. Harwood's New Creations
in Plant Life" published by Macmillans,
has been discussed all over Europe. 1t has
recently been announced that a lumber of
TRANSACTIONS of this book are to be made.
The German translation, which will prob
ably appear FIRST will be by Alexander
wurtenberger Of Dettinghofen. editor Of
the Deutsche Inustrierten Gartnerzeitung,
and man of large scientific training and
attachments An Italian edition of the
same book will be issued under the auspices
OF the Societa dogli Agricoltori Italiani
In Rome, the most important agricultural
association in Italy. The book was adopted
for translation by this society because of
| its educational value.
Professor e. w. Hilgard, the author of
the important treatise on Souls pub
lished by The Macmillan company, is an
eminently practical scientist. His position
as professor OF agriculture in the Univer-
sity of California and director of the Cali
| fornia Agricultural Experimental Station,
/ is something more than a mere scholaristic
distinction in his oficial capacity he has
been repeatedly consulted to the merits
| and adaptations OF various soils, and his
book is the direct outcome of his expert
ence in this direction. 1t is designed pri-
marily as a textbook but the author has
also had In view the practical need of
farmers for convenient comprehensive
reference work on this subject, and It is
quite possible that the book will find its
Iargaat usefulness in dald
The March Century is a garden number,
covering a wide and varied range of out
door lnterests-Charleston gardens, Persian
gardens workingmen's gardens, flower ar
rangement in Japan. and review by a
Dutch expert of Luther Burbanks work in
scientific horticulture.
There are so many good things to delight
st. Nicholas young readers In the March
number that choice for special mention is
difficUlt. Perhaps no feature of St Nicholas
in many years has made stronger appeal
to the mothers-and that is saying a good
. deal-than Lima Boards series of Hints
and Helps for Mother-Rainy- Amuse-
ments in the Nursery" Few mothers, or
. big sisters or nurses have ever guessed the
fun to be had from paper boxes and
everyday articles to be found in every
home on any rainy day. There are always
plenty of illustrations to help on the
4 | sport; and this month there are jolly sug-
gestions about spool Playthings'
I Another bit just for mothers and
, the little ones is a dainty illustrated sketch
1 OF finger play, "Baby's Ten Little Live
Playthings," by ]. X. Barry.
An uncommon collection of uncommonly
= good Stories in addition to a powerful and
4 absorbing novelette, entitled "A Flight
$ From Love-" make the March number OF
a Youngs Magazine entertaining reading
. for the lover of sprightly fiction. This IL
! the second issue Of Young's in It's enlarged
8 form and its presentation of twenty-five
\ | short pieces of bright, up-to-date fiction ir
s addition to the leading novelette, is q
3 notable achievement in the realms of tn,
3 magazine world.
Arthur Stringer, whose work In recen
J years has grown in strength and impOr
lance, is the author of the novel which
4 opens in the March number of The Smar
Set. 1t is love story of absorbing in
terest. entitled Creeping Rails" depicting
the passion of a wealthy woman for
musician who, in the end. proves worthy
n Of her love. Mr.. stringer has done n,
n better piece of work and this story will
i win him added admirers.
10 The North American Review for Feb
, ruary Is presents an important anc
70 timely table of contents. In the Twelfth
installment of his autobiography, in whlcl
, so much interest is now centering. Mari
. Twain gives a touching and charming &C
count Of the life Of his older brother
Orion.
The March Everybody's preserves IL
= customary fair balance between informa
- ton and entertainment. The informing ar
a ticles are OF unusual significance and time
illness. In accordance with cabled instruc
:. tons. Vance Thompson undertook to inter
- view Cardinal Merry del VAL papal secre
= tary OF state, on the church question 4
!. France, and succeeded far beyond his ex
b. pectations. WAR Against Christ is tn
- title of his remarkable resultant articl,
- THE Needless Slaughter by Street Cars.
by John p. Fox, is an expert considers
:, tion OF American street railway cond
A. lions. It's conclusions are eye-openinl
90 THE Shadow In High Finance" by Davi
"A Ferguson. Is an account of the entrance
a. detectives into present day financial opel
q, ations olivia Howard Dunbar writes {
an the womans rights movement OF the worl
M in an article entitled THE Worlds Hal
\, Citizens"
ty
al The new novel by Harold Bindlos
w author OF ALTON Of Somasco' and 'aTl
re Cattle Baron's Daughter" published
ed Frederick A. Stokes company. is entitle
The Dust OF Conflict" The action TAX,
place for the most part in Cuba In Il
time iust preceding the Spanish war TT
blowing up OF the Maine has a dramat