Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-25
New Books
Fiction.

THE UNKNOWN LADY. by Justus Miles
Forman; s5i PIP; $50. Harper q Brothers.
The searcher after the unknown lady
IL Henry Trent, who even az small boy
had mysterious experiences. and out OF
the vast unknown there comes to him
little girl with gray eyes. with whom he
talks and plays. He becomes an artist I'm
order to paint her portrait. and in a single
winter paints five pictures which he shows
10 his friends. To the establishment Of
everybody concerned Il is then discovered
that the portrait is that OF lovely girl
with whom he is already in love.
THE END OF A SONG. by Jeanette
Marks; $50 PIP; n.i5. Houghton Mifflin
company.
This is a simple tale Of simple folk,
told with humor and pathos Like Miss
Marks other book the scene is laid in
Wales, and the life and customs Of the
little country are charmingly portrayed.
LOVE BEsIEGED, by Charles e. Pearce:
SH PIP; $3.50. A. c. McClurg & Co.
This story is laid in the time Of the
Indian mutiny. and is built around the de-
Tense Of the resldency OF Lucknow Mys-
terry and romance are I'm every chapter, and
among the characters depicted is ma
tive, who Is thought by historians TO have
been the guiding genius Of the mutiny.
THE ROGUES HEIREss. by Tom Cal
lon 3l5 pp.; $50. @. w Dillingham; com
pany.
The characters in this story are we'll
drawn, and the hero, when self-involved in
a mesh of crime, performs an act Of un-
selfish altruism by the rescue of a de-
fenseless girl from a plot to get hold OF
.N..u. IT
drels had devised against her. There are
plots and counterplots, but all ends well
THE TRAIL OF A TENDERFooT. by
stephen Chalmers; 2A pp.; sl25. Outing
Publishing company.
This book abounds in genuine humor, and
the author leads us far, but the pace never
tires us. Now we are after deer In the
Adirondack forests; now we are taking
pot shots at the seal on Campobello island;
now we are after pollock with tin rod
and a wheel las the old fisherman dis
painfully put ~ UP in Passamaduody bay,
and again we are on the palmy beaches
Of the Spanish Main. Mr. Chalmers is an
excellent trail mate. and the yarn never
grows tiresome.
THE GOLD BAG, by Carolyn Wells; Sss
This story deals with a murder mystery
and is told in the first person by young
detective. who, despite his own astuteness,
finds It necessary to call on that past
master of deduction. Fleming Stone a
character which has figured in other de-
tective stories by. Miss Wells. Numerous
clues are in turn run down, but all lead
TO blind alleys until the remarkable Mr..
Stone succeeds in nosing out the true scent.
Bright, snappy dialogue and love affair
add interest to the narrative.
KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE, by Irving
Bachelor; 15S pp.; 81. Harper & Brothers.
This is a jolly little story somewhat diff
ferent in tone from the longer novels Mr..
Bachelor has given us, but nonetheless
acceptable. The trouble" says Hon So
crates Potter who tells the story, began
when Samuel Henshaw. grocer started to
make a queen of his daughter, Lizzie"
The pace set by her corrupted the sim
plicity of the little Connecticut town, and
the new houses. with towers on them"
the automobiles, university tuition and for
eign tours jeopardized the financial sta
/ biity of the community. The story Is a
shrewd commentary on American life. fun
OF humor and humanity.