Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-04
Books and Magazines

Spanish Reader" by Charles Alfred Tur'
rei. A. NJ, Is for use OF beginners In
Spanish. "Er Soil Dein Herr seln.' edited
by Martin T.. Haertel. Phi. d., Is a short
story for the student of German. Latin
Prose Composition, based on Cicero" by
Henry Carr Pearson, is based on eight Of
the leading o%rations Of Cicero. practical
Elementary Algebra" by Joseph v. Col
Inns, Pm. D.. meets requirements Of the
college entrance board and Is valuable to
the students Physics for Secondary
Schools" by Charles F. Adams, A. NJ,
gives the student a broad, general view
OF the subject and its main subdivisions.
A Punctuation Primer by Frances NJ.
Perry, is a manual Of first principles.
"Hyde's Primer" by Amelia Hyde. teaches
children to~read by the use of a few OF the
most generally known rhymes.
Helen Grant, Graduate, by Amanda
NJ. Douglas, is the sixth volume of the
Helen Grant series. Helen Grant has be-
come the personal friend of an ever
growing number of girls and young women.
She continues postgraduate work at the
college at which she has been graduated
with honors, and finds her ability to in
struct others more and more called into
requisition. Her capacity for rational en-
joyment, and her unusual power to win
and hold friends do not lessen. Naturally
the number of those Of the other sex who
feel that she is well worth any mans win
ming does not diminish, but Helen is too
fond of her work and possible career to
commit herself yet. and remains a splen-
did example OF free, earnest young woman
hood. Published by the Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard Company.
9Th War in the Arp by II. G. Wells,
is one of the trlumphs Of what has been
called the scientific imagination. With rig
orous logic Mr.. Wells traces the course of
events In the future as indicated by the
past, preserving the probabilities at every
step with the utmost ingenuity. The result
is a story Of a great catastrophe told as IL
1t were not a prophecy. but actual history,
and carrying conviction by its avoidance of
all e~xtravagances. Apart from it's interest
as q prediction of What the world may be
coming to, this is one of the best romances
Mr.. Wells has ever written. Probably the
scenes Of a real war have never been more
realistically described than this imaginary
future war. The leading characters in
tAo ~ tAAAA W ANBAo11AANtH aAlh
there is no little humor in the representa-
ton Of Bert's cockney provfncialism; the
and the sentimentality of the
inventor, Butteridge, and the discontinue
Of the Germans when they learn who their
enforced passenger really is. Published by
the Macmillan Company.
To say hat Friendship Village" the
new book by IONA Gale. the author Of '"The
Loves of Pelleas and Etarre," is better
even than its predecessor. may seem ex.
~travagant praise. The people one meets in
the pages OF Friendship Village are SC
real that they cannot be entirely made
up characters. The charm of the book
the exquisite truth OF its delineations, will
be fully appreciated only by those who
have lived or at least visited in a small
! American village, say OF the middle west
Yet there is so much universal humanit
In these characters that even the mos
confirmed city dweller could not miss ali o.
their. attraction. The Macmillan compan,
is the publisher.
The Red City" by DR.. S. Weir
Mitchell author of Hugh Wynne, is a
tale or Philadelphia in the time of Pres.
ident Washington. 1t is the romance of a
ne NAlOo ldllGT mas Deer
Wantonly killed at Avignon by the Revo-
lutionists, and who comes with his wild.
WED mother to Philadelphia. There he
falls in love with a sweet young Quaker.
ess, goes into the employ OF Hugh Wynne
.comes in contact with Jefferson. Hamil.
ton and other public men; also with g
mysterious German and with Aunt
Gainor, who figured so largely in 'Hugl
Wynne.' There is a remarkable account
OF the great plague in philadelphia ant
the hero becomes mixed up in cabinet in.
trigues at a time when the warning Eng.
lish and French factions were embarrass
ing the president. The story is a true ant
valuable picture of the time of Washing,
toms presidency. and has to do with hin
personally. The Century company is IN,
publisher.
He Can Who Think He Can" b,
Orlson SWEET Marden, is the title of
series OF Observation-Disclosures talk
all bearing upon the general subject O.
success in life. The preachment, how
ever, strikes a higher note than mer,
worldly success. The relative values o
character and influence are also empha
sized. Above all, the author urges tn,
point that each man is master of his wv
destiny. The world will always accept
man at his own valuation. A hint OF new
thought is found in this teaching of tn,
Importance OF the ego, and yet like al
truths it's demonstration is as old as his
tory itself. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 4
the publisher.
Books of poetry received recently from
the press Of Richard G. Badger, includ
Golden Rod and Lilies" by r. w. Gil
bert bound in an attractive cover O
green; Memories of Cuba and Othe
Poems,"-by Jansn Ewyn, bound in a cove
OF green and palm tree decorations
! From the Foothills of Song" by Char
l lotte Mellen Packard. "The Lilies" b
Henry Percival Spencer. THE Rimas O
2 Gustavo A. Beequer," translated by julie
Renard. "A Passing Voice" is a collectio.
or poems that are not acknowledged b
any author. The Soul Of the Singer an
r Other Verses" are by II. Graham d
Bois. "Quivera," by Harrison Conrad. 1
a more pretentious book of verses. illus
trated with original drawings by Charlie
C. Swendsen and w, Z. Rollins. Cues
Work is the title of a book of lOl char