Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-22
New Books
Fiction.

Fiction.
THORPTS WAY BY Morley Roberts.
- PR nn The Century company.
Th0rpe's way was hardly the conven-
tionai way Of vooing. He Is a social in
guKent and 80 horrIfies the conventions Of
his nancess family that they forbid the
bana Her mother goes so far as TO lock
the sweet and rather independent Molly
in her room on the top floor. Thorpe. In
. spirit Of medieval romance. rescues her
by means Of the house next door. though
he had ample legal means OF rescuing her
In q more conventional way; how they
eloped. and what comes Of II ali. make up
the story.
PERPETUA BY Dion Clayton Calthrop
SIS Pp. $50. John Lane company.
Perpetua- a little artists model. at the
age Of 7. adopts Brian o'Cree. artist as
her father. and he responds by adopting
her. Her childhood Is a delightful picture
and her travels abroad with Brian are told
with q happy mixture Of seriousness and
irresponsibiiity II is not until Perpetua
Is grown into q young woman that she
meets her real father. who Introduces into
the story q note of tragic element. In the
last chapter the previous idyllic conditions
are restored.
IN HER OWN RIGHT. BY John Reed
Scott SSe Pp. n.% J. b. Lipptncott com
pany.
Dishonest brokers having made him PEN
niiess, Croydon. a society man, retlres to
a family estate in Maryland In a secret
drawer he finds O document which be-
dueaths to him certain jewels. stated to be
worth half a million dollars. This for
tune the document explains, is hidden
near Annapolis. There In a chart on which
are directions for finding the spot. Croy-
den goes there. but finds the place under
water in the bay, which property belongs
70 the government The document Is later
stolen. When II isa recovered the thieves
blackmail Croydon, believing him to have
recovered the jewels. In the meantime
the heroine and her friend, the sweet
heart of his chum, are abducted; so that
there is a double mystery, with more ex-
element
GEORGE THORNE BY Norval Rich
ardson. 1913 Pp. N.6. L. c. Page & Co.
This story is stnkingly modern in
thought and treatment. Taking a man
from the rubbish heap of poverty, the au-
thor places him in surroundings of wealth
and refinement and then traces the effect
Of the new influences upon his character.
THE WOMAN HATERS BY Joseph C.
Lincoln. 3S9 PIP. u.8. ID. Appleton & Co.
The scene of this story is laid on Cape
Cod. Seth Atkins. keeper of the lights,
discovers on the beach a young man who
says he had fallen overheard in the night
from = passing steamer and had had a
hard swim 70 reach land. He remains as
Seth's assistant and presently a mystery
develops as to why both men are con-
firmed woman haters. Two women come
to live in the bungalow across the creek
whereupon the peace Of John and Seth Is
sOrely beset. The ending is quite satisfac-
tory and the book abounds in lively Incl
dents.
JACK AND THE CHECK BOOK. BY
kendrick Bangs 236 PIP. Harper & Bros.
The familiar fairy stories Of other days
are retold in the light of Mr.. Bangs in
genious fancy. Wall street here replaces
the ''Never-Never land" and the result is
twice as funny. Old friends like Puss-in-
Boots and Jack-the- Giant Killer do some
amazing things
MISS BILLY. BY Eleanor II. Porter
56 Pp s125. l.. c. Page & Co.
Billy is a harun- scarum hoyden Of le
when the story opens and unknowingly
upsets the dignity Of the quiet home of
her fathers friends with whom she goes
TO live. But Billy" grows up and before
she realizes It a romance has entered her
nfe--one of those charming romances
which bring back fond memories Of the
glamour and joys of youth"
THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE. BY Al
bert Boissere. $3.50 PIP S1.5 G. w. Dill
bingham company.
The story concerns a French sculptor.
his son. who is a murderer and an Amer
lean millionaire. The tale goes from one
crime to another, though eventually it is
worked out to a happy ending
miscellaneous.
THE TENNESSEE SHAD. BY owen
johnson. SG.Pp $40. The Baker g. Tay-
lor Co