Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07

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JOAN AND THE BABIES AND J. BY
Cosmo Hamilton. Boston, Little, Brown
G. Co. 800.
Here is a most intimate revelation
of human soul cropping for its mate,
an idyll as we'll as human docu-
ment, and as such this book will
appeal to every man and woman OF
imagination and all those who be-
lieve with Shakespeare that there is
more in heaven and earth than is
dreamt of in our philosophy.
oUTPosTs OF THE FLEET. BY Edward
Noble Boston. Houghton, Mifflin Co. so
cents.
A collection of stories OF the mer-
chant service in war and peace.
CHANGING WINDS. By st. John G, Err
vine. New York. The Macmillan COM
pany. $3.50
This tale begins in Ulster and
changes rapidly from Ulster to De-
vonshre, from Devonshire to Dublin,
from Dublin to London and then back
again to Dublin. 1t includes an &C
count of the Irish rebellion. The
novel is the longest and most ambi-
tious that Mr.. IRVINE has yet written
and would seem destined to rank high
among the best books about the war.
PIPPIN. BY Laura Il. Orchards. New YORK
D. Appleton & Co. $40.
Pippin never had chance to grow
I'D as other boys do. After many
vicissitudes and experiences he makes
the resolution to stay straight and
lend a helping hand to the fellow
that is down. The reward is sure
and Pippin develops decidedly in
teresting philosophy and also becomes
one of the principal characters in a
delightful romance that is in itself
ample compensation for all the trials
OF his earlier years.
BRANDON OF THE ENGINEERS. BY
Harold Blindloss New York. Frederick
A. Stokes company. For sale at william
R. Mathews Book Store, city. H,S6.
A romance of the tropics, with love,
intrigue and hardship strangely
blended. A strong man, an adorable
girl an Englshman secretly employed
by the Germans, Latin spy, a schem-
ing halfbreed, resourceful American
these are some Of the characters
that fill the STORY with thrills of ad-
venture and romance.
TWENTY EIGHT YEARS ON INTEREST
ING EXPERIENCE. By Hans c. She'll
rud. Boston The Gorham Press. Sla6.
The book covers the authors per-
sonal experience with hypocrites in
his struggle for a livelihood. He
shows human nature only as he has
found it and points out pitfalls for
the unwary.
GALUsHA A. GROW. BY James T, Dubois
and Gertrude s, Mathews, Boston. Hough-
ton-Mirlin Company, sl.7b
The story of his life is an important
contribution to American history and
highly readable book as well, as
Grow was a brilliant debater on the
floor of the house and in the thick of
every fight. 1t will be of special in
terest to the millions of homesteaders
WHO owe tnClI nOLlCS " no Shoi To-
STANDARD OF AMERICAN LEGIsLA-
TON. BY Ernst Freund. The University OF
Chicago Press. $3.50.
A contribution to the rapidly grow.
ing movement for the improvement OF
statute law. The book suggests the
possibility OF building ny system OF
principles that should guide and con-
troll legislation.
THE NURSES HANDBOOK OF PRACTI-
CAL NURSING. By Charlotte A. Aikens
Philadelphia. W. B. Saunders Company
$3.50.
A manual for use in home nursing
classes in Young Women's Christian
associations, in schools for girls and
young women, and a working text
book for mothers, practical" nurses
trained attendants, and all who have
the responsibility Of the home care
of the sick.
THE HEALTHFUL HOUSE, BY Lione
| Robertson and T. c. O.Donnell. Battl,
Creek. Mich. Good Health Publishing
| Company.
A very fine and valuable book tc
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