Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-09
,New Books
Miscellaneous.

AN WloSClldIiCOuSs }
M Pratt King. New York. Thomas Y
ia 'Crowell Co. 20 cents. .-
# This little booklet is an inquirine
u essay into the status of the moderr
girl and it here offered by a woman
who has evidently devoted no little
thought to this battling subject, ant
is not afraid to speak her mind.
I&esiRING AND wooDcRAFT. By. Horace
-, Kephart. New York City. Outing Pub
fishing Company. $3.50. ...,-,,..
An enlarged new edition of the
standard manual on outdoor life
Tells all a man may want to. know
about the various tents and. condi.
tions under which any special design
{ should. be used. Describes camp out.
\ fits, clothing utensils, personal kits
pests Of the woods, and how to over.
come them, edible wilderness plants
and fruits. 1t also gives tested proyi-
sion lists and describes how to cook
them. An. encyclopedia of infornla.
ton on living in the open by which
anyone thrown on his own resources
in the wilderness can exist in safety
and comfort.
THE BOOK KERITH. By;Georss Moore
New York. The Macmillan Company.
A new life of Christ Written in fic.
ton form is Mr., Moore's contribution
to. literature in the present book
Starting out with the assumption that
Christ did not die on the cross, he
builds, up, "a narrative as fascinating
as It is unusual, the daring originality
Of which will astourd the modern
reader. The book i. based on legends
which had currency in the early CEN
turtles and which are probably as old
as the Christian. gospel itself,
wArcHEul. WAITING. BY James I. Ford
New York Frederick A. Stokes Company.
60 cents l-..a RI.
= "A satire on the great war and
incle Sans part in it--with a moral
driven home as only clever satire can
drive it. "A schoolboy fight is raging
4 in Dame Europas school. Sammy
lives across the big pond and goes to
Madam Columbia's Mercantile acad-
envy with a lot of smaller chaps. Cen
eraly Bigbusiness is his favorite pro-
fessor. Sammy studies so well under
him, that he wins an unabridged die
tionary for prize. Every phase of the
war is touched off ,inimitably. The
points. are clear in spite. OF the fun
and their meaning tremendous.
DANCES DRILLS AND STORY PLAYS.
BY Nina B., Lamkin. Chicago. Il. s.
Denison & Co. IS cents. e, r.- 81. ,,l
The rhythms and story plays which
follow may suggest others to you,
dependent on the season, the history,
the geography, the language lessons
or, the several holidays which follow
throughout the year. The dances will
fit many of the places yor will have
for them. The music is suggested and
lis easily obtained. The drills as we'll
as the dances have the possibilities Of
simple costumes to make them more
attractive. . z
HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN RUSSIA AND
POLAND. By s, NJ, Du5now Philadel-
phis, The Jewish Publication Society Of
America.
The want of a work of this kind
has been keenly felt by those inter-
ested in Jewish life and Jewish let
tiers, never more keenly than today
nnvhen the flare of the world con-
0flagration has thrown into CHASTITY
relief the tragic plight of the largest
Jewry of the Diaspora. As for the
author, his power of grasping and
presenting the broad aspects Of gen
eral Jewish history and his lifelong,
'painstaking labors in the particular
field of Russian Jewish history fit
No, ,,, o,,lar 49, l,
the task to which this work is dedi-
Gated.
GFEhT SPIRITUAL WRITER'S OF AMER
lCA BY George Ham.in Fitch / San
Francisco. Paul Elder & Co. $3.50. 81,
All the authors whose works are
i, discussed in this volume are dis
I tinctly American: All have the spir-
i itual quality. SO developed that even
the careless reader feels its power
full influence behind their words. All
were passionate believers in the liter
ature WHICH they helped to make
famous and not one of them will fail
to give results in culture and enjoy
ment as the consequence of the study
OF his work.
THE Curious CASE OF MARIE DUPONT.
BY Adele Luehrmanu. New YORK. The
Century Company, sl.26
A mystery and love story COM
bined, set in New York with ramif-
, cations running to Russia, Rou-
! mania, England and France. The
central character is a beautiful
tnan shrouded in a complication
- puzzling circumstances connected
with famous murder and the theft
Of a priceless royal necklace. The
narrative carried forward mostly by
Adialogue, rushes onward with allur-