Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-02

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rear. Although each novel is complete in
itself. The Moneychapgers" carries on
he characters Of THE Metropolis in the
development OF what Is the main story of
he trilogy, a story reaching it's climax
n the real history Of the panic Of 1901
the close of THE Metropolis Allen
Montague, the young southern lawyer who
IS the hero OF the trilogy, has tried So
,loty lifo and the business rendered him
the system Disguised with both, dlsil-
.usioned. he has begun anew a fight for
name and fame after the old and slow, but
way. He becomes involved in
the titanic struggle for the control of
Mississippi Steel a thinly disguised
pseudonym for the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company. He is made president of
the railroad which is the keypoint in the
Steel trusts attack, and at the end finds
he has been often a puppet OF men
more daring and INSCRIPTIONS than him
self. The book has a real story TO tell
and II tells It. not merely an introduction
to one. There is plenty of incident as we'll.
B.. w. Dodge & Co. is the publisher.
RED Cap Adventures" by 8. R. Crockett
is a second collection OF Red Cap tales
stolen from the treasure chest OF the
wizard Of the north" The success of Mr..
Crocket's RED Cap Tales insures a
welcome from the children for this
In the two books he has done
FOR certain Of Scott's romances what
and Mary Lamb did for the plays
Of Shakespeare; that is, he has retold por-
tons of the Waverly novels in plain, sim
language, choosing those passages that
intrinsically most interesting TO chill
dren. There are twelve full page i%llustra-
lions in color by Allan Stewart. The
Macmillan company is the publisher.
Health and Happiness" or Religious
Therapeutics and Right Living" by Right
Rev. Samuel Fallows, d. D., Ill. D., is
the outcome Of Bishop Fallows' expert
ments in his church in Chicago, where
results in the treatment Of va
Tious Affections have been accomplished
through prayer and faith. upon a basis
of practice original with him, but founded
on the principles laid down by DR.. Hud-
son. A. c. McClurg & Co. is the pub
Usher.
The Folk Afield," by Eden Phillpots,
author of Children of the Mist Sons
of the Morning" etc, is the title Of a COL
lection of stories. Their is a variety Of
scene and character in this collection, as
there are stories of love and adventure oil
sea and land. The backgrounds nave for
the most part the sunny lu%xuriance Of the
south Of France, of Italy, and of North
America. C, p. Putnam Sons are the pub
fishers.
Miss Rosa N. Carey's new novel, The
Sunny Side of the HILL" is a wholesome
and refreshing story for young people, with
an English setting Of blue skies and vii
lage life, and with automobile rides, pic
MICS and garden parties sufficient to satisfy
the most e~xacting appetite. Miss Carey
has now written about forty books since
1868, when her first story, "Nellie's Mem
cries" made her name widely known on
both sides Of the Atlantic. Published by
the j.. B. Lippincott company.
Ezra IS. Brudno's THE Tether," a move
deals with the American Jew. Mr.. Brud-
los frank attempt at realism, especially
in \picturing the arrogance and snobbish.
ness of a certain class of more prosperous
American Jews, has created something OF
a sensation. The plot deals with a young
poet of Jewish extraction who falls in
love with a gentle, and though there Ii
scarcely any difference in their creeds
they are made to feel the barrier existing
between their races. The ]. b. LIppincott
company is the publisher.
Uncle Tom Rudy BILL" by Charles
Major, is a story of bears and Indian ad.
venture. 1t Is hard to say which viii
most delight the thousands OF children
who will doubtless read this bOok-tht
quaint and lovable character OF old Unclt
Tom Andy Bill, or the marvellous tales
Of adventure which he relates Every
child who read The Bears Of Blue River
will remember it as one of the best stories
and will not care to miss anything Mr.
Major writes. From beginning to end, the
new book, like the older one, is crammeC
with adventure-good, lively, healthy ad
venture, such as every normal boy Graves
and most girls. Published by The Macmil
Ian company.
9TH Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch," by
Henry Wallace Phillips, Is a straight ap
peal to the sympathies through the faitl
of childhood. the supreme, universal ap
peal. A brave story, full of action anC
honest sentiment, compact of simple emo
lions and elemental virtues-coursge, kind
ness, the never-say-die friendships of mel
| close to nature, and love OF the opeI
reaches and the steep places. A remeber
reaches and the steep places. A remember
able. book, for the people do not forge
the stories which dim their eyes and mel
low their lives. The partnership and tn
mutual devotion OF the two Jims-thatI
the story. plus the woman in the case, o
course. She is Big Jim's sweetheart bacl
in the east, and his love OF her is the un
DERIVING motive OF all that occurs, Pub
lished by Bobbs-Merrill company.
'Daivd Libbey, Penobscot Woodmal
and River-Driver,' by Fannie H. Eckstrom
is the fourth volume of True American
Types" narrating the experience and va
rled career of one Of Names expert lum
bermen. carrying out the purpose Of thi
series to set forth in separate little vol
umes short sketches of the sterlinI
American manhood which travels alon.
the by-paths Of life rather than In tn
highways of fame" Until reading thi
book one would hardly realize the fund o
knowledge and the fertility OF resourc
to be associated with this unique exponen