Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-27
New Books
Fiction.

Fiction.
IT CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN, BY
William DeMorgan. 67 pp.; Sl.15; Henry
Holt a Co.
A strange story, in which Mr.. DeMor-
gan's humor. humanity and optimism
again dominate, though pathos and dra-
matte, even tragic episodes are not want
Ing. Three distinct stories thread their
way through it, and at the end all are
unraveled with unerring skill. One Of the
main themes is the love Of Blind Jim for
his little daughter, Lizarann, and an ac-
count of how he rendered brave service
despite his blindness. Another tells Of
the doings of a successful novelist, his
nice, commonplace wife, and a third per
son, Judith Arkroyd, with stage am
billions, perhaps the most, fascinating
woman Mr.. DeMorgan has yet drawn.
WHEN A MAN MARRIEs, by Mary
Roberts Rinehart. 1854 pp.; SL5O; Bobbs-
Merrill company.
The story involves a dinner party of
young society folks Guaranteed by the
Illness Of a Jap butler, a charming girl
incorporating against her will as hostess,
a fat artist in love with his own wife,
the wife imprisoned in her own furnace
room, a rich aunt with an all too candid
tongue, a policeman acting as chief cook
and bottle washer, the mysterious presence
Of an unknown thief, who takes necklaces,
but prefers bed clothing, and many other
amusing Incidents. The book is illus
trated by Harrison Fisher and Mayo Bun
ker and many of the illustrations are in
color.
SAN CELEsTINO. by John Ayscough.
3f6 -. $50; G. p. Putnam's Sons.
This is a story of a sublime failure. 1t
recounts how Petruccio became a hermit
and how disciples gathered around him,
beginning with two worldly young men
who had known him at Sslermo, The
Order of the Celestines, thus founded, grew
in number and Importance through fifty
quiet years, when the call to papacy
came. From this point the story moves
quickly; the poor, simple old man dragged
weeping from his hermit's cave and borne
to the triumph from which he shrank;
the miserable weeks in Rome, with touch
ing examples OF his simplicity and guile
lessness.
HONK, HONKl Shorty McCabe at the
Wheel, by Sewell Fcrd. SOC; Mitchell Ken
A racy, mirth-compelling story which win
be particularly interesting TO automobiles,
and very little less so for everybody else.
THE AUTOMATIC CAPITALISTS, by VIII
Payne. $50 pp.. tlO0; Richard G. Badger.
This Is a clever and amusing story of
modern finance, telling as it does how two
men with no capital, but a gas bond which
did not belong to them, managed 10 gain
so much credit by II in a very short time
with the aid of three hypothetical Scotch
Investors, that they failed for millions. The
story has been running serially in the
Saturday Evening Post.
APOLOGIES FOR LOVE, by F. A. Myers.
4O1 pp. $50; Richard @. Badger
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plea that those who do not love are VIC.
laters OF Gods law implanted In heir be-
ing. The scene changes from Paris 10
Washington and back to Paris again.
THE COUNTERsIGN, by Claude P. Jones.
sos PIP. $50; Richard q. Badger.
A story OF love and war and eastern ad. I
venture. The publisher announces this Is
the first novel ever published whose scene
is laid in Thibet. The COuntersign' re-
lates the story Of an empires downfall, and
how II Is compassed by the bravery and
charm OF an American girl whom the
Thibetans believe TO be a goddess. The
story Is not lacking in humor, and has a
very attractive cover and frontispiece by
Elliot Keen.
Juvenile.
THE MINUTE BOYS OF NEW YORK. by
James Otis. sH pp.; hS; Dana Estes &
Company.
The story has to do with the time in
New York City from the middle OF May.
1775, until the return Of Governor Tyron in
July Of the same year. being chiefly con
eerned with the encampment Of General
Wooster at Harlem.
MARY's ADVENTURE ON THE MOON.
By A. stowell Worth. lB7 pp. Richard G.
Badger.
4 story OF childish adventure on the
moon that turns out 20 be a dream.
M~isceIIaneOas.
THE POWER OF SPEECH by Edwin
Gordon Lawrence. 22 pp, 1928. Kinds
Noble e. Eldredge.
Designed for the use Of schools and col
leges as a textbook for reading and
speaking. In simple and expressive Ian
guage. the subject Of the voice. its produc-
ton. control ana uresarvatton