Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01


At first s!ght Nathan Burke will not
seem an exceptional man. lie Is introduced
IN Mrs. Watts pages as backwoods boy,
sprung froh the hardy pioneer stock that
settled the great Western Reserve. lie is
not brilliant youth. but he has the
steadiness and tenacity Of purpose the
answering persstency and honest Rmbi-
ton. Growing 60 manhood IN the days
Just preceding the Mexican war. he finds
In those stirring times plenty OF opportun-
ity for the exercise OF his powers. He
comes creditaby through experiences that
test his resources OF character thoroughly
and I'm the end wins success and happiness
RALEIGH; by William Devereux and
colt company.
The story takes up that period in the life
OF the great Raleigh. when by his clever
hess and bravery he discovered and over
threw that plot against the life OF Eliza
BETH which is known in history as Bah
ington's Conspiracy" and which was the
immediate cause Of the execution of Mary
OF Scotland. The course OF sir Walters
life romance is beset with even more than
tho usual distractions which are said 70
bar the pathway OF all true love, But
faith and loyalty conquer all, and at the
end OF the story Raleigh wins the two
great desires Of his heart
IN OLD KENTUCKY; by Edward Mar
shall and Charles T. DazCy. S52 PIP. &l,5O
G. w. Dillingham; company.
This novel Is founded on the play of tm
same name. II Is story of mountain
life among the Cumberlands and is here
rounded out and completed.
A LITTLE KNIGHT OF THE X BAR D.
by Mary X. Maule 46l pp., $780, Lothropi
Lee q Shepard company.
A story OF life on a Wyoming ranch
called the X Bar h from its cattle brand.
The Little Knight is a boy Of mysterious
antecedents, filled with the traditions Of
ohivalry, which he brings to bear upon the
rough, but noble-hearted, cowboys, who
pet him, and with interesting results, II
is only at the close Of the book, when the
hero, now well-grown lad has been
through all the phases OF the picturesque
life, that the mystery is cleared up.
THE ARCH-SATIRIsT BY Frances De
Wolfe Fenwick. 3S PIP. Sl50 Lothrop'
Lee & Shepard company
This novel takes its title from Thomas
Hardy sentence, Justice has been done,
and Time. the Arch-satirist, had had his
and is about a young woman who so COM
promised herself by loving attentions to
her step-brother corrupt young genius
when no one knew he was related TO her.
that she came near to running her life.
THE SOCIETY WOLF. BY Luke Thrice,
3Oi PIP. $3.50 Cupples & Leon company.
This story tells Of a good looking young
Virginian, penniless and friendless' VINO
comes to New York. His manner of en-
tering society and acquiring a fortune
makes interesting reading, and, Of course,
there is a fascinating and clever heroine.
THE CITY OF SIX BY Chauncey L.
This novel deals with the pioneer days
of placer mining in California, particularly
of the experiences ana exploits of six stall
wart men hailtng from widely separated
sections of the country The story OF the
toll diversions strokes OF fortune and ro-
mantle adventures of young Rance Poole.
sturdy Wakefield, the shrewd, good-na-
tured Irishman, Donovan, and the redouot-
able TEX" Potter is feiicitousiy told In
easy narrative style.
THE RED SYMBOL BY John Ironside,
100 pp, pi'Ous lllllltt blO"h ~ ~
This story tells OF the adventures that
befall a young newspaper man. Maurice
Wynn, who is sent TO Russia primarily on
business, but soon finds himself involved
with a secret society Of nihilists, His sd-
ventures are incessant and always tinged
with the element OF danger which keeps
the reader on the qui vive Furthermore
they are usually the outcome OF his en-
deavors to assist fascinating but elusive
heroine.
COUNTRY NEIGHBoRs, by Alice Brown
3G1 pp., $1.20, Houghton-Mifflin company
In this volume Miss Brown enlarges our
circle Of friends by another group OF ths
folk she understands so well and handles &C
deftly. Most, If not all OF these stories,
have appeared in the magazines A few
of the titles are: THE Play House." Sat
urday Night" 1.-THE Auction" "A Grief De-
ferred" Partners" THE Challenge"
Gardener Jim" and 1.-The Masquerade"
THE EDDY, by Clarence L. Cullen; 35.
pp., $3.50. @. w. Dillingham company.
A story of New York hfe, which scores a
triumph in that despite its subject. 1t leaves
clean and wholesome impression.
miscellaneous.
FOUR BOYS AND A FORTUNE, by Ev'
erett T. Tomlinson, 80 pp., $3.50. Lothrop,
Lee & Shepard company
One of the well known -Four Boys" has
received word OF his inheritance Of part
of a coal mine in England. His three friends
accompany him on his voyage to the land
that ever will be OF interest to the people
of the United States. There is an abund.
ance Of action and adventure in the story
1t is not a book OF travel, although In.
formation, as we'll as some descriptions OF
we'll known places naturally enter into the
tale.
THE BOYS OF BROOKFIELD ACAD.
! ENVY, by Warren L. Edred, 3Sl pp., 81. 30.
| Lothrop. Lee g. Shepard company.
This story tells OF boys school. with a
glorious past, but an uncertain future,
largely due to the wrong kind OF secret So
olety The boys, after testing his patience
in every way that youthful Ingenuity can
suggest. come to rally about an athletic
and bralny young graduate In the splendid
/ transformation OF the society. and soon OF
the entire academy.
| JOHN AND BETTY'S HISTORY VISIT.
| by Margaret Williamson; 2s8 pp., H.N. Lo-
throp, Lee g. Shepard company
This American brother and sister are sent
to England to be shown the leading places