Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-20
Library Notes

The following volumes have been
added to the thousands already avail
able on the library shelves:
Sawyer-Primrose Ring. A grown
up fairly tale of today, made up of love
and humor, always amusing, some
times pathetic, and infinitely heart
reaching.
stanley-Dr. Lewellyn and his
friends.
Ford-Shorty McCabe on the Job.
Reprinted from Sunday supplements.
Each story is complete enough to be
read by itself and entertaining enough
to be read aloud.
Erskine.-A Girl of the Blue Ridge.
The love of romance of a beautiful
unframed girl Of the North Carolina
mountains.
Cooke.-Bambi in bubble over
'Bambi' that Is where the most sati-
ated reader will quickly be- 'Bambr
Is an American 'bunty,' and the way
she pulls the strings that manage
everything is delicious"
Willsie.-Heart of the Desert.
Willsie. jim. His father had
died in the belief that the old New
England stock was doomed, that 1t
could never compete with the horde Of
foreigners with their large families
and low standard of living. But when
Jim Manning goes out to New Mexico
as a member of the reclamation serv-
ice he thinks he sees way to retrieve
his family name and do something as
big in it's way as anything accomplish
ed by his New England ancestors. The
story follows the building of big dam
that is to mean the reclamation of part
of the desert.
Barcynska.-The little mother who
sits at home. Very seldom has the
mother spirit had such adequate in
depreciation as in this simple, unaf-
fected narrative.
Service. Spell of the Yukon.
His verses have atmosphere and local
ity in addition to tho virile, manly,
poetic style that fairly breathes the
spirit of the hardy north.
Lutz.-Miranda.
Hunt.-Una Mary. The inner life Of
child.
Hill.-American cook book.
Wescott-Hepsey Burke. This new
David Harum' written by the brother
of the man who created the original,
J. is novel woven around the same rural
parish folks you laughed at and loved
| in the other book It Is laid In the
! same small New York state town with
the same, old fashioned, God fearing
people. "Hepsey Burke" with her
home-spun philosophers, her kindly
digs at folks and things and her un-
failing good humor Ia as practical as
an old bingham apron. II you liked
David Harum" you will love "Hepsey
Burke"
Garfield. Hillsboro People. A col.
Lection of stories about Vermont vii
lage.
title is taken from the biblical quota
ton concerning the prodigal son-"and
took his journey into far country and
there wasted his substance In 'rtotous
living" Mr. Churchill has spread q
btp canvass and on it he has drawn a
+! true picture of contemporary American
manhood and womanhood
Wells. -Bealby. The author has TAX
en- a holiday from the serious discus
sion Of modern society and It's. perplex
ing problems which have given weight
to his previous books, and has sough,
to amuse his readers with the tale Of
one Bealby, an appealing little young
ster. -,
Porter.-Pollyanna Grows Up. The
second Glad book.
McCarter.-Winnin the Wilderness
This is a tale OF the soil, of the wind
swept plains, the hardships Of pioneer
life love, sacrifice and triumph.
+yKephart.- Our Southern Highland
lers. The author has campedJ and hunt