Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-09

new and modern town. There is
rare treat for the lover of the beauti-
Jul in style and matter, as we'll as the
swift movement OF vivid drama. in
this mastery weaving of a heart
gripping story of love and jealousy,
hate and exquisite romance.
THE PRIVATE WIRE TO WASHINGTON.
By Harold MacGrath. Harper & Broth
ers. s1.35.
The inside story of great Long
Island spy mystery that -baff1ed the
secret service. In the luxurious
home of loyal American strange
occurrences took place Innocent
people were suspected of disloyalty
while the guilty went free; but JUS
tice claimed her own in the end.
Through it all runs delightful love
story.
ACCORDING TO ORDERS. By F. Britten
Austin. George Fl. Doran Co. $3.50.
Sharp in outline, dramatic, tense
with suspense, these tales of the
German mind under the stress of
war will stand as true records of
hateful and foredoomed national
psychology, able to see so much and
still miss the essential. Mach Yer
dun" tale Of Frances greatest
moment, will. we think, take rank
as a classic of this great struggle.
No one can read through these re-
markedly effective stories without
sense of living through some of the
greatest moments of the war. The
authors point of view is unique and
his pages are the kind that will live
wildly in the memory.
Miscellaneous.
CE-LoRRAINE SINCE 1870 BY
Barry Cert. Macmillan Co. $3.50.
This book, avoiding vague general
discussion, presents an energetic,
compact, thoroughly documented
study of the rela tons of Germany
to Alsace and Lorraine. The album
dant evidence it collects, drawn
largely from the Germans them
selves, illustrates wildly the almost
intolerable wrongs which the prov
inces have suffered.
THE NEXT WAR. wisconsin and Anti
wisconsin. with an open letter to Col
onel Roosevelt. BY Sir Charles Waston.
The University Press. 35 cents.
THE ENGLISH VILLAGE. BY Julia
Patton. The Macmillan Co $3.50
A study of the village in English
literature during the 100 years from
1850 to 1850. With careful scholar
ship, the author discusses the treat
nent of the village in imaginative
literature, paying particular regard
to its significance in the social and
economic history of the time. Writ
ten by one with keen literary
sense, the volume has charm quite
distinct from the valuable informa-
ton which it conveys.
THE BOOK OF PHILADELPHIA. BY
Robert shackleton. The Penn Publish
ing Co. So.
This beautiful and sympathetic
story of all the most interesting and
historical things in the City of
Brotherly Love is one that Should
charm all readers. 1t is not the
stereotyped description of places
more or less familiar to all; it has
freshness. a delightful newness of
treatment that is as novel as it is
refreshing. The publishers are to
be congratulated on the handsome
appearance of the volume.
THE AMERICAN WAR CONGRESS AND
Z1ON1SM. The Zionist Organizatio Of
America.
Statements by members of the
american War Congress on the Jew
lsh national movement.
TEN YEARS NEAR THE GERMAN
FRONTIER. BY Maurice Francis Egan.
George H. Doran Co. 49,
MIR. Egan, for 10 years our minis
ter plenipotentiary to Denmark, ex-
perienced decade of the most I'M
usual and arresting happenings, in
the listening gallery of Europe"
the Copenhagen court, which is
nearer~to Potsdam than New York
is to Boston. He watched the
growth of Prussian insolence, the
movements of Berlin in a world
wide web Of propaganda, ard he wac
behind the scenes of a drama which
cannot be matched in the worlds
history. Mr. Egan tells here for
the first time the story of our pur-
chase of the Virgin islands, for
which he was mainly responsible,
and of Germany's efforts to block
the plan. He gives us a vivid pic
ture of the liberty-loving Danes,
which must be of deep interest, now
that the peace conference is to deal
with this people who have lived
for years under the threat of Ger
man oppression, Mr.. Egan's COS
mopolitdn experience and his init
mate acquaintance with diplomats
and rulers make his pages record
of extraordinary interest and value.
This book will at once take rank as
one of the notable contributions to
the history of international rela-
tons.
EXPLAINING THE BRITIsHERs. BY
Frederick William Vile. George H.
Doran Co. 81.
The intimate, close-range expert
ences of a live-wire correspondent
for leading dailles in America and
England give special significance
and value to Mr.. Wile's very keen
and readable book. The book is
timely and welcome Interpretation
of the British character for the en-
lightenment of the American public.
1t will help to- dispel misunderstand-
ings, refute the thousand and one
lies about England circulated in
America by Germany and will tend