Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

and hunt Tor mountain goats IN tne
American Alps. Walter A. Johnson Co.,
1888 Fourth avenue, New York.
From Bull Run to Charlottesville" is
the title given to the story Of the Sixteenth
New York infantry, together with personal
"reminiscences by Newton Martin Curtis,
brevet major general of New Yorks volun-
teers. 1t tells of the part taken by these
New York troops in those campaigns; when
the regiment was mustered out and its
members re-enlisted; the record Of the
army Of the Potomac during this period
with the operations of its various corps
and their subdivisions in each of the bat
! ties. Personal "reminiscences are inter-
woven with the stories OF men and events.
G. P. Putnams Sons are the publishers.
Parrots and other Talking Birds" is
treatise on the birds included in this class,
their food, care and training, by Charles
N. Page, author Of "Feathered Pets"
Canary Breeding" etc. The author in
his preface says, special care has been
taken to have it thoroughly reliable and
practical, as we'll as interesting" Pub
lshed by the author at Des Molnes,
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diary. In his preface the author says, TT
is not a complete nor a comprehensive, nor
/ philosophical treatment of the subject; It
is nothing but the record OF the sincere and
faltering thoughts Of one who was suddenly
and unexpectedly confronted with death"
but he does not sign his name. The book
is published by G. p. Putnam's Sons.
b., co ~
Cabot sedgwick, is intended to give the
amateur in convenient tabular form all the
information needed for an intelligent selec-
/ ton of plants for the garden. and to re-
duce to a minimum the number of IN
profitable and needless experiments. From
/ no other source can the seeker obtain a
clear notion Of his needs and thereby work
out feasible plan.
The book is divided into months. short
but comprehensive description is given of
each plant, stating its appearance. its
| height, its possibilities and appropriate use,
| and the proper soil and amount OF shade
needed. The exact color of any flower can
! be found by means Of a very complete
color chart, to insure the accuracy Of which
infinite labor has been spent.
over two hundred engravings, mostly
full-page from photographs show the ap-
I lNeA allN0 VI the llONEls anu give BlllllpSca
OF attractive gardens. The book Is hand
somely bound and will be a source Of de-
light to any one having active or merely
aesthetic interest in flowers Published by
the Frederick A. Stokes company.
The April issue Of DOnahoe's Magazine
devotes much Of its space to Easter fea-
tures-pOems, stories and Illustrations
Am ng the most notable tributes to the
sea on are THE Power OF the Resurrec,
ton" by S. l. Emery; "A Metropolitan
Easter" by Mary Catherine Crowley; and
The Queen Of the Resurrection" by f. x
Emmett
The opening article has for its subject
the Most Rev. John Williams, D. D.. Arch,
bishop OF Boston, whose eighty-hfth birth
day occurs on April I'D. Six portraits OF
the archbishop, taken az different periods
illustrate the tribute.
In Eastern Wonderlands," by Charlotte
Chaffee Gibson, Is a bright, entertaining
and instructive story OF a real trip around
the world, made by real children who Wis
tied Japan, China, Ceylon, India, the Red
Sea and Egypt. Any child might be GLAD
70 follow this party in its joyous cours,
through the land Of hnrikshas up tht
Canton river, where the boats have eyes
through CeylOn. through India, and uD IN,