Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-30
New Books

THE FUN OF COOKING. BY Caroline
French Benton. 25l pp.. $40. The
Century Company
A combined story and child's cook book.
family of two girls and a boy find
how much fun Is to be had in doing all
sorts of cooking. They prepare lunches
for school. make dishes for the sick,
help at an afternoon tea party and
luncheon party ana cook food for camp
ing, and they get genuine fun out of It
all. incidentally there Is an excellent
receipt on almost every page.
FAIR PLAY. BY Hawley williams. eS7
PIP, N.2. ID. Appleton g. Co.
Garry Moore has spent two years at
a fashionable boarding school and Is In
danger OF becoming a prig when his
father ships him to democratic Lansing
academy. Garry's boastfulness and con-
ceit soon put him at outs with the best
boys in the school. and the story shows
how the boy. who is really a good fellow
at heart and a star athlete, is brought
to his senses.
AGAINST ODDS. BY William IIeyiiger.
2lO PIP, N.25. ID. Appleton Co
This story records the experiences of
Arthur Corridor Familiarity known to
the boys at st. Mary's school as Stats"
Stats is the butt of the boys jokes
and lives the life of a mole hntil the
hazing to which he is subjected arouses
the sympathy of the star pitcher OF the
base ball team. When the base ball
season opens Stats" proves himself an
able student of the game and an inval-
liable aid to the team. The story shows
what plucky boy can do In the face of
a humiliatins ordeal.
DoTTA EMBURGS CAREER. Nv Ella
w. Peattie. 214 pp., ST. HouRhton
Mifflin Company.
Lolita Is rosy-cheeked country girl.
with a knack for the violin, who leaves
home to become a great musician. but
at last returns to find her true vocation
in running her fathers store when his
health fails.
Edward Strateneyer. 3OS pp. SIPS. 10th.
rop, Lee d Shepherd company
The eleventh volume OF the David
Porter series"
Just before locating with his chums at
Bear Camp. in the Adrondacks, Dave
Porter saves some moving picture actors
caught on a burning steam yacht. One
Of the actors claims that he was stolen
from home when a child and put into a
poor house, the very thing that had hap
pened to Dave, and that he is the real
Dave Porter. This is but one situation
OF intense interest in a volume replete
with action.
A LITTLE MAID OF NARRAGANSET
BAY. BY Alice Turner Curtis 23l DID, so
cents. The Penn Publishing company.
Penelope Balfour was a brave little girl
of revolutionary days. who through her
fearlessness and obedience was of service
to her country. In her little boat, Free
DOM" she intercepts message to the
British war vessels. and later she is called
upon TO speed to Warwick village through
the dark night, bearing the message that
may lead to a British generals capture.
THE SCISSORS BOOK. BY william
Ludlum. ST. q. p. Putnams Sons.
book OF grotesque and diverting
"cut-outs" and. best Of all, with dia-
grams showing how the "Kiddies" can
make 'cut-outs" OF their own. Each
picture is accompanied by amusing verse.
JEAN CABOT AT THE HOUSE WITH
THE GREEN SHUTTERS. BY Ger
trude Fisher Scott. 1913 PIP. 81. 10th
rop Lee G. Shepard company.
A new Jean Cabotbook" showing Jean
and her most intimate friends under the
chaperonage Of a married older graduate
and member OF the same sorority spend
a most eventful summer I'm an historic
farmhouse in Maine, where good times.
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