Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-23

has Hldue 10 Drlng togetner the gen.
eral teachings OF the New Thought
movement and estimate them in the
light of accepted standards, at the
same time pointing the way beyond
most of them. 1t includes besides es-
Inmates and definitions, various prac-
tical suggestions for use in daily
life.
THE OFFENDER. BY Burdette G. Lewis.
New York. Harper & Brothers $500.
A book on prison reform for the
general reader as we'll as for the
Judge, the lawyer, the student. and
the prison manager and official, and
the vastly increased number whose
humanitarian and sociological inter-
ests include offenders. Experience,
science, common sense, have gone to
the making of this book. The book
is primarily constructive, destructive
criticism being eschewed. The author
is commissioner of the largest de.
partment OF correction in the world,
Fiction.
THE TRELOARS By Mary Fisher New
York. Thomas Y. Crowell company. s1.3s.
A brilliant satire on American fads,
1t should be read and then re-read,
as there is much that lies below the
surface. Its qualities have a perma-
nent value.
cAPN ABE sroREKEEPER. BY James A.
Cooper. New York. sully & Kleintsich.
s1.25.
In this volume human and pathos
are well mixed Many of the doings
along the Cape shore are taken from
life. Tender love scenes are not lack
ing, and there is high excitement
when a great storm wrecks a vessel
off the coast and it looks as If some
of the loved ones might be drowned.
To meet Cap'n Abe, storekeeper, is
never to forget him.
STRANGE STORIES OF THE GREAT VAL.
LEY. By Johnston Grosvenor New
York Harper e. Bros. sl.00.
The carly life of the prairie and
the river are among the subjects of
a book fresh in theme and of express
slve sentiment
THE DEFINITE OBJECT. BY Jenery Far.
mol. Boston. Little, Brown e Co. $50.
This story of American people and
places, laid chiefly in that part of
lower New York known as Hell's
Kitchen, shows Jeffery Farnol at his
best. The reader will follow with
zest the Quixote career of the young
American millionaire, Godfrey Ra-
venslee, through Hell's Kitchen until
he wins and makes sure OF one of
Mr.. Farnops most appealing heroipes.
THE FAMILY ALBUM BY Frank Wing.
Chicago. The Reilly G Britain company.
Another "Fotygraft Album" shown
to the new preacher by Rebecca
Sparks Peters, aged II. Her descrip-
tion of the different pictures are
extremely interesting and her Turn
Over" is really funny.
Poetry.
BILLY BOY AND /. BY Will r. Snyder.
Boston. Sherman, French company, 81.
Because Mr.. Snyder knows the
value o, children and has such keen
sympathy with them, it naturally fol-
lows that he is not only writer of
poems about children but also for
them. Some OF the verses are just the
thing for bedtime reading.
SONGS FOR COURAGE. BY Beckley Coll
lomh, New York IS West Twenty.third,
Barse & Hopkins sl.O0
For those to whom life has dealt
heavy blows there could be no better
tonic than Songs for Courage" 1t
is just the sort of message for ones
own heart, or to pass along to
friend. Nothing is so contagious as
courage; and here some OF the brav-
est spirits, thc brightest intellects,
unite in this one great adjuration:
Take hope!
Plays.
PoRTMANTEAU PLAYS. BY Stuart Walker.
Cincinnati, Stewart & Kidd company. $3.50
This volume contains four one-act
plays by the inventor and director of
the portmanteau theater. They are all
included in the regular repertory of
the theater and the four contained in
this volume comprise i'll themselves
an evenings bill,
COMEDIES OF WORDS. BY Arthur schnits-
ler, Cincinnati Stewart g. Kidd $3.50.
A book OF plays translated from the
German: namely, THE Hour OF
Recognition" The Festival Of Bac-
chus," His Helpmats," and eireat
Scenes" - ~----~~-rrvS