Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-02
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doctrine of states rights, to the
present day, when an unprecedented
amount of authority has been given
the federal government in the per-
son Of the president, the author pre-
sehts vivid picture of the tendency
which is the most important factor
in our government today. On the
basis of this historical study, he
points out the dangers of the pres
ent situation, with their remedies,
and outlines the means whereby
federal solidarity may be rendered
consistently with direct RESPONSE
bility of the people.
THE BANKER AT THE BOARDING
House by Montgomery Rollins, Lothrop,
Lee & Shepard. $3.50.
After style of the inimitable "Au-
tocrat of the Breakfast Table" the
reader is taken into an aristocratic
boarding house. There, in a strange
ly interesting household, the CEN
trail character is made to tell the ma
ture and use of money, explain clear
ly the mysteries of banking and deal
ing in securities, show the dangers
of the stock market and give whole
some suggestions as to the care and
handling of money, all in such a
way that the teaching unconsciously
strikes home.
THE SILVER CACHE OF THE PAwNEE,
by d. Lange. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Co.. s1.25.
A real adventure story of the old
Santa Fe Trail, which ran to Santa
Fe from Independence, near Kansas
City, across the buffalo country of
the Great Plainss nearly as far as
from New York to Chicago.
DAVE PORTER UNDER FIRE. by Ed
ward Stratemeyer, Lothrop, Lee & Shep-
ard, s1,25.
Dave, a fully qualified civil engi-
neer, is enrolled in the engineering
corps of the U. S. army and wins
distinction by being equal to the oc-
casion in the many exciting exper-
fences which fall to his lot.
AT THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE. by Edna
A. Brown, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co..
s1.35.
A story successfully combining
the interests of public school with
the background of a charming home.
The action covers the everyday
events of a busy winter in little
town; its harvest supper, its first
war wedding, its church doings and
home frolics.
AMERICANS DAUGHTER, by Rena I,
Haisey, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.,
31.35.
This is a rarely good story of
girls in a select school in Brooklyn
who organize a club called "Daugh-
tiers of America" and under the care
of a well-liked teacher. take a trip
to points on the New England coast
made famous in our history.
THE GILDED MAN. by Clifford smyth,
Boni & Liveright. $3.50.
A real summer story Of mystery,
love and adventure, ard the search
for hidden treasure, based on the
famous legend of the Eldorado. A
striking plot of absorbing love in
terest combined with a genial and
soothing humor.
OUR ADMIRABLE BETTY. by Jeffrey
Farnol. Little. Brown & Co.. $3.50.
A romance, pure and simple, bris-
thing with stirring episodes, with
delightful company of characters and
background of English country
life of the early eighteenth century
period.
THE HEART OF NAMI-sAN, by Kenjiro
Tokutomi. the Stanford Co.. $3.50.
A Japanese novel of love and war
by the foremost writer of fiction in
the East, and called by his country
men, the Japanese Tolstoi."
TALES FROM BoccAcc1o, the stratford
Universal Library, Csc.
The most popular of Boccaccio's
Tales are reprinted in this volume.
WAR VERSE. by Frank Foxcroft, Thomas
Y. Crowel Co.
A notable collection of poems in
spired by the great war, and largely
Women