Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-15
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and the talented young actress is ordered
to lure him to her apartments. She dis
in him an old acquaintance, and the
dilemma in which she finds herself leads
TO amazing complications, Published By
Little, Brown & Co,
President Roosevelts life and personality
are pretty familiar to magazine and news
paper readers; but a quite new side Of the
man Is given in a book OF "reminiscences,
The Roosevelt that l Know" and "Recol-
]lectlons Of Some American Fighting Men
by Mike" Donovan. published by II. w.
Dodge s Co, this month. Donovan
is the grand old man" OF boxing In this
country, and for many years instructor I'm
boxing and general sporting mentor OF the
New York Athletic club. Both as an old
personal friend and as boxer by appoint
ment" to the president he has collected u
fund Of anecdotes which portray a new and
very human side Of Roosevelt, the Man.
The June number OF the Housekeeper
offers some interesting warm weather
reading. THE Magic Eye by Mary Glib
son, is a delightful fairy tale. "Peggy's
Wedding is a short story done in the
williamson's best style. Jessie Juliet
Knox, an authority on things Chinese, has
an interesting article entitled, Some
Headless Chinese Ladies'" A very ex-
traordlnary article by Rena Caldwell Lewis
telling of her experience In a private en-
ploypent office Is offered and will be read
by all with very great interest. His is a
very unusual piece OF work dealing with
the subject Of the unemployed. The fash
ions for the month are practical and help
full.
"Old Lady Number 81" by Louise Forss-
lund, is the homely. humorous, pathetic,
tender kind OF a tale that touches the
heart, and keeps the readers lips smiling
and his eyes wet. 1t Is the story OF an old
husband and wife who come to face
a divided path, the old folks home for one
which one7-the poorhouse for the other.
But the odd ladies' adopt Abe into their
home; and as the days so by the sltus-
ton develops much Of humor as we'll as
something Of pathos. There Is more than
one faded, fragrant romance caught be-
tween the leaves - In the end the old
couples poverty is changed into modest
wealth, yet the home claims them, and
through all runs a golden thread Of tender
devotion of the aged husband and wife.
Published by The Century company.
Mr.. Lester s. Parker Nancy Mac
Intyre, A Tale Of the Plains" ia a simple
love tale of early days in Kansas when
the horse and the prairie schooner were
still the only means OF conveyance. 1t
gains its first attention from the fact that
II is told In verse-an easy, lowing.
rhymed verse. Published by the Richard
O.. Badger company.
turn UaNI H. HsAN- % = o.
Phillips Verrill Mighels, is an unusual sort
OF story. 1t deals chiefly with New York
life, although some scenes are laid in a
typical mining camp OF the west. An in
teresting love story is int woven. Forbes
& Co, is the publisher.
THE Governors" by e. Phillips Open
helm, Is a narrative of American finance,
It's depths and %intrigues. The methods Of
q group OF millionaires who control the
leading American trusts and influence the
worlds money markets are shown. The
E story opens with the discovery of secret
treachery among the great flnanciers. One
Of them holds an important paper as a
menace over the heads of his associates.
) The paper is stolen and the personal safety
and the financial standing of the entire
d group are jeopardized. The two American
1 girls who play important parts are delightful
I additions TO Mr.. Openheim's charming
h%eroines. Though the Intensity Of the in
terest verges on the tragic at times, the
tale Is kept well within the region Of proba
y bility, and the more sober side is well
e balanced by a piduant love story. Published
$ by Little, Brown & Co.
Three books OF 'The Worlds Story Tell
= ers" series, edited by Arthur Ransome,
c uvhfch ha A. rarapfIy pnaorad ira tsztc-tog
4 by Theophile Gautler." translated by Laf-
cadio Hearn; Stories by Ernst Theodor
!, Wilhelm Hoffman," and Stories by Edgar
Allan Poe" The binding Is of a striking
= yellow color. h. P. Dutton & Co. is the
= publisher.
THE Missioner" by f. Phillips Open
q helm, is one of those English mystery ro-
y mances that keeps the readers interest
on the Qui vive until the finish. With
the characteristic Oppenheim elements Of
d love and adventure we have lively action,
mystery. bright dialogue. clear-cut char
acters and vivid glimpses Of English and
C Partisan life. Published by Little. Brown
& Co.
d II and My True Love-" by II. A, Mitchell
Keays, is the story of a divorced hus-
p"hN "AAS hAaAh NHNS as , w
advice in regard to a marriage which she
wishes to make. sends her to her mother,
q whom she finds to be a woman OF ex-
traordinary fascination and eleverness.
The girl being both simple and headstrong,
|, plunges into a love affair with a mature
man and narrowly escapes marrying mis-.
erably, but the book leaves her and her
n mother also with a true love, Published
by Small, Maynard g. Co.
Holy Orders" by Marie C0rellL hai
d for its principal character an excellen.
clergyman whose wife had been killed BY
a drunken villager and he became an en-,
" thusiastic preacher OF teetotalism, and tn,
story is chiefly occupied with accounts o.
s. his preaching and its effects upon hi
hearers and upon his ecclesiastical equali
is and superiors. Published by the Fredericl
A. Stokes company.
Above books at Iowesv retail price Nat.
thsxs, 1G2 South Fifteenth street
~ AL OF the books reviewed here are On sal,