Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-11
Current Literature

OF recent ycars-out OF sphe $500 solution,
received there were only t06 correct OF. an.
proNimately correct The plot Is CONCERNED
with a murder which dcfies solution. The
false scents are numerous and, one b
led hither and thither in the mad race "a
place the responsibility Of the crime Tn
usual attention Is eiveu to character draw
ing. and the strained situation between the
husband, who is suspected OF the murder,
and the wife, who believes him guilty from
the first. is splendidly done. II Is a clean.
well written bit OF fiction. The scenes are
laid on an English estate near London.
Published by the J. b Lippincott Com
pany.
THE People at Play BY Rorin Lynds
Harte. il a little book which pictures US
as others see us" at-times. The apthor
is well known as an essayist and brilliant
journalist and has been for many years
a curious student OF the life OF the people.
He has spent many days and nights, in, the
close and genial study OF their amusements
the melodrama. the sknuRg rink, The
amusement park, the base ban game the
ball. the moving picture show. etc. He
writes Of the results of his observation
with a wit and humor and a human I'M
Outstanding OF the minds and heaEts' OF
the people AnhA hlh kN NN hhNN - NAE
full as Il is instructive. II Ia Illustrated
by the author in a very attractive manner.
Published by Houghton, Mifflin 81 Com
pany.
Fraternity" by John G~alesworthy,
author Of "The Country House is a.tale
Of London life. A set OF well-bred. weil-to-
DO. cultivated people on the sunny side OF
middle age-people Of social, artistic and
literary tastes, leading a tranquil and
rather conventional life. form the back
ground Of the story. An artists model
with wistful face like a flower, and FUN.
supple, rounded beauty Of form, Is by. force
OF circumstances brought into this web
regulated world which her TRANCE mag
netism throws into disharmOny. Through
this model, respectable, pleasantly etrcum-
stanced and segment of the London world
is brought into touch with the London
under world Of poverty and struggle, Pub
lished by G. p. Putnam's Sons.
"Lanier Of the Cavalry by General
Charles King author Of Tbs Colanel's
Daughter" is another story OF the army,
General King stands sponsor for many
fine army stories, but IL is doubtful IL he
has ever penned a more stirring one than
this, his latest romance. The plot Is laid
at a frontier fort where witty women and
brave men are showed In for months, Lieu
tenant Robert Lanier incurs the enmity Of
the post commander. and is by him accused
Of dire misdeeds-though II is only fair
to the aforesaid commanding officer to
say that circumstances do point to, the
young officers guilt. There are many en-
tanglements to be stralghtenea. ont before
Lanier is FUZZY exonerated and wins the
prize which is to HIM the greatest in the
world-said prize heing; a girl Published
by the ]. b, Lippineett company.
The Illustrations IN Fremont Riders
Are the Dead AliveT.' just published by
, B. w. Dodge & Co.. are so complete and
unusual as TO be in themselves worthy OF
special note, Besides photographs of all
the more Important Investigators OF psych-
ical phenomena and the most noted medi-
ums, Mr.. Rider haS Secured a picture
OF the deviation OF the human body and
several of table levitation. severed photo
graphs OF alleged rnatettalixati ~ and
a number OF interesting examples, OF
spirit writing; a series illustrating the
famous Bourne case OF dual PERSONALITY,
pictures of the "Watseka Wonder case of
alleged angelic possession and the noted
Bertha Huse. case of clairvoyance.
I've ...H H - ID . h
Love Letters of Famous Poets and Nov
%elists," edited by Lionel Strachey and
Walter Littlefield, contains some 10 let
ters selected from the authentic corrs-
spondence Of seventeen literary celebrities
with their spouses, sweethearts, or para
mours.
In order to enhance the readers interest.
the editors have ~prefaced each set of let
tiers with a page or two OF explanatory
information concerning the circumstance
Of the correspondence and the participants.
Another distinctive feature is the ,consid-
cradle amount OF special translation en-
bodied, including that of some of. Gosthe's
dainty. daily little billets doux TO Frau Won
Stein, wife to the Duke o. WeihssT's Mas
ter Of the Horse. 'Hs.~s
This volume is TO be succeeded, at in
tervals, by three more NOW In. prspaFa-
tom, viz: Love Letters Of Famous Roy
f%alties and Commanders Love Letters.o OF
Famous Statesmen daFashionablss@ and
Love Letters of Various Celebrities," the
whole series forming the first. genuinely
comprehensive cOlleotion of authentic love
letters ever issued. Published by the John
Mcbride Co,
Daughters of the Rich,' by Edgar Sal
Jus, 10 d pageant OF desire ana desunf.s In
this strange novel Mr.. saltus has given a
revelation of the possibilities OF modern
life and the completely OF modern char
acter. The story deale, essentially. with a
man and two women, One of the women
he loved; both loved him. The deception
which separated him from the woman he
worshiped. paganly, and bound him 10 the
one whom he merely. tolerated. was
avenged with appalling ruthlessness. From
New York TO Paris. Deauville and Chan
tilly; from Chanrilly to Santa Barbara in
southern California;; from Santa Barbara
to New York a~gain-such is the circle OF
life and death, OF passion and It's ~fruition.
Aristoorats jostle one another. and the OBJ
scure and foftuneless. In this world pano-
|. rama, this revel OF princesses and pluto
crats. dukes and daughters OF the rich,
men Of the world and women of the dsmi-
monde. Published by Mitchell Kennerley.