Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-10
Among the Recent Books


Fiction.
THE TURMOIL. BY Booth Harrington.
da5. Harper a Bros.
Mr.. Tsrxinstons city OF Turmoil IL
typical OF our growing manufacturing
cities noisy. aggressive. a hive OF in
dustry and strife. The hero IA Bibbs
Sheridan. humorous and liksble. the
youngest son Of the man who by his own
efforts has come to be the biggest bust
ness man OF them all: a man utterly OBJ
hvious to aspirations and ideals that do
not run counter TO hts desires. There are
two other sons who follow In his stepe
but the eldest dies and the other becomes
drunkard. so Bibbs Is forced by his
father TO go 20 work IN the factory. All
the din and noise cannot kill his Dreams
then they tell him the girl he Is begin
nina to love thinks only of his money
Bibbs' awakened tenacity OF purpose and
his fathers understanding of his unsat-
isfied longing. bring him into his own
happiness. Mr.. Harrington has not only
written an interesting story. but has
visueliEed the characteristics OF many OF
our fhst-growIng cities. and the reIent-
less ambition that drives men on to pile
up wealth merely for the sake OF seeing
the dollars grow.
THE VALLEY OF FEAR. BY a Conan
Doyle. SIS. George II. Doran company.
It is ten years since we have had a
Sherlock Holmes story. and the hero
seems to have gained in subtlety and fss-
cination. during the time Watson. too. is
better than ever. AS Holmes puts It.
you are developing a certain pawky
humor. Watson. against which ] must
learn to guard myself" But let none fear
that Watson is losing any OF his blessed
Stupidity No. he is as bewildered, as
patient. as full OF honest questions as he
has always been. The story is divided into
two parts, the latter being set In America,
In mining town that lies under the
terror of secret society. There are two
climaxes and they are sufficiently sur
prising. sufficiently grim. 70 fully justify
the breathless suspense maintained
throughout.
THE SIREN OF THE SHOWS. BY
Stanley Shaw. s2s PIP. N.So Little
Brown a Co.
A tale. OF United States secret service
work and international intrigue. At the
bottom OF the plot are sour and dis,
gruntled near-billionaire, who. because
his gold has failed to procure for him q
place in the United States senate, would
like 70 make the whole country smart fol-
it. and an ambitious ana intensely patri.
otto ex-premier of Canada. This mans
dominating desire is 20 see Canada swal.
low the United States whole. and to helI
the process he plans to debase the cur
rency of the United States. flood tn,
country with spurious gold coin. until
with ALI the foundations OF its credit
swept suddenly away. the nation will
have no option but to accept Canada'I
aid and protection and the two viii b,
united as one home-governing colony o.
Great Britain. The secret service younl
man who is the hero of the story, sup.
poses as does also his chief, that they
are engaged merely in the running down
OF an unusually clever band Of counter.
feiters. whose trail has taken him fai
up in-Canada. to the edge of the Ungavs
country. There. in a comfortable cabin
and much mystified. the opening chapter
finds him. and there presently come
Through roaring blizzard. beautiful
young woman, a blind habitant with
Bu1utnB NOn-Colne anu ndee ~NtO'
with carefully guarded tote bag. In
very few minutes things begin TO happen
and they keep on happening until TIN
end of the book.
PATRICIA. BY Edith Henriette Fowler
sSS PIP. $1.1. q. p. Putnam's sons
Partly because she loves success, and
partly because she needs the money. thu
heroine OF this story accepts the tempt
ing offer OF publishing house to incor
porate in a biography the indiscreet~fet
tiers of diplomat and sets forth with
out restraint the full text OF matters tina
should never have been committed to writ
Ing. Only when the manuscript is IRE
vocably in the publishers hands and al
international sensation is threatened b.
its Publication, does she meet the son o
the man whose reputation she has soil
behind his back, and fails In love witt
him at first sight. Then the book come
out. The author keeps her plot in ham
to the end of the story.
BRUNELis TOWER. BY Eden Phil
potts. $50. Ths Macmillan Company
Harvey Porter is II and runaway fror
the reformatory Bruners Tower, I