Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-04
Books and Magazines

A novel with a 'horsy'' flavor. entitled
9TH Mistress of Hounds by Jay Hardy,
is the feature Of the July Smart Set. A
delightful love story is woven around the
heroine, who is the central figure in a
smart summer colony. BeatriX Demarest
Lloyd contributes a short story, Madame
D'Arbel." Ella p. Midgley has a very en-
gaging tale entitled Three Fools and a
Wise one" Eleanor NJ. Ingram writes "A
Galvez with the Gray Eyes" a story with
a French creole setting; George Sylvester
Viercck. in the form of letters, tells a very
modern love story entitled Claudia; - Aus
tin Adams writes u most original tale,
The Room at the Top" John j. a'Becket
writes a story as gruesonIe and strange
as anything Of Poe's, called "Lallaby; a
Doubt" and Edna Kenton, whose work
grows In power, has never revealed her
talents to better advantage than in her
story, IAN Unimaginative Man" Other
charming fiction is contributed by Kate
Masterson, Anna Mcclure Sholl, Katharine
Metcalf Roof, Edwin /. sabin, Arthur C.
Judd and r., X. Weekes.
In the July number 81 The Popular Mag
azine J. Kenilworth Egerton, in The
Curse of Fernando Vasquez," takes us on
a tnfllllnB adventure trip 10 the west III
dies. X. and Hesketh Prichard, in The
White Mans Gift, are our guides to the
wllds OF Patagonia. with = r~ "
Hams, in The White Veil of Mystery"
we run before the wind along the coast OF
South America. The Las, Dose, -
Temple Thurston, takes us to Equatorial
Africa. but we escape the heat and the
fever. In Hearts and Diamonds by
Francis Whitlock, we search for wealth
and a lost race among the mysterious peo-
pie OF Yucatan. James Barr, in The Kin
ship OF Ages guides us to the cold far
north. Then there are western stories that
give us the dash and the sweep OF the
great country beyond the Mississippi.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, In his latest
book, Through the Magic Door," an in.
PRODUCTION to literature for the younger
readers, has given an account OF his own
literary tastes and experiences. It can be
seen. for example. how the author of
sherlock Holmes has read Poe, how the
Enthor Of eth White Company" has read
Charles Reade, how the author OF sig
Nigel has read Scott and Dumas, and
last, but not least. how the author Of The
Croxley Master has fsmiliarized himself
with the fascinating records of the old
English prize ring. Published by the Nc
Clure company.
Young's Magazine for July promises a
score OF brisk. vivid, unusual stories. In
'The Wager this months novelette,, a
gay, reckless young count makes a bet to
marry the first woman he meets as he
goes along the street, The Flaw" by
winona Godfrey, Is set around a wonder
full pink diamond and CLOVIS with the col
ors OF the Jewel as well as the beauty of
the woman who daringly attempts to steal
i. "A Lover of Gems" by Charles Henry
Hirsch, is from the French and will bring
cold thrills in the most torrid weather,
I'll Demon OF Unrest" ia the story OF an
actress tragic love, and "Circe," by Fred
jackson. is laid IN the Paris studios and
r~evolves around an artist, a model and a
sweet American girl. Quantity ironical lit
tie stories on the weaknesses of humanity
are The End OF the Romance" and 9TH
Country Mouse and Her City Cousin" gay,
frivolous sketches OF love that leave new
srthsless a questioning sadness. OF the
bitterness OF mans revenge are ''The An
ttqus Ring and The Implacable Quest
OF Sandro Rufino," while "The Seven
Loves OF Clornda" and The Uneternal
Feminine furnish roIlicklng comedy.
Among the stars who twinkle in ION
BrosdWay and orr are Joe Weber. Willie
Collier. Msude Fulton, Rose Stahl and
Frank Daniels. and The Sign OF Eros"
sounds out the number with gentle satire
an the summer girl and her man"
Prominent among the features OF the July
pUmber OF ounter's Magazine is Robert
Anthems serial "a Million a Minute" which
begins In this issue. This is a story of
Dow Stephen ouaintance. wishing to lose
is indenuty for a point Of honor. saddles