THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 7, 1D1. The Woman Thou 80 The Business of Life By ROBERT W. Gave&t Me Br lIAIilj DAJNB fl.tS -esse 1 Th- The author nays of this book: "I . - have done my best to deal with the Inside four great and o1emn phases of woman's .life In the cumulative order nf f-hf of their Importance The "Woman and V "' Her Father, The Woman and Her f Husband. The Woman and Hr Child, VUJJ The Woman and Her God." This story deals with the great everlasting hu man problems, the place of woman In the scheme of the world, the story of a woman's life In the most human, most Intimate, most poignant phases. THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SUITABLE for CHRISTMAS and YOUR OWN READING This page is virtually a guide ot the best fiction and juvonilo books of the year, having been selected from the lists of the various publishers of the country big and little and contains those -books -that will be most widely read, talked about, and given for ChristmaB. . You can safely make your selections from it, either forChristmas Gifts or for your own reading. It also contains a list of the great books of former years that still retain their popularity and which wo -offer at the reduced price of 50c, such as: "Ben Hur," "The Winning of Barbara Worth," "The Mistress of Shenstone," Van Dyke's "Blue Flower," etc. (See list at bottom of page.) Laddie By CXTTBCJUll The Coryston Family By MRS. Humphry: WARD JlluttraUd tl.SS Jllutlrated. $1.60. THE INSIDE OP THE CUP wmrrcM cmmaiiu Mil 11 I v. UnsMsMMHOsaMMn wm Wk Wm Deals with the more delicate phases of social Ufa and with conditions vital to national welfare; a-powerful story of modern tendencies In religion and their new relations to modern life. The chief figure In the book la a minister who Is forced to meet certain Utiles not only Interesting In themselves but which reveal Mr. Churchill's remark able Insight Into life and character. A vital novel, full of originality and significance. Down Among Men By WILL LEVINC TON COMFORT m tut. The House of ' r KATE LANGLEY BOSHER tlM. Tfci, HOU5B ofHAPFtjgS Madcap By GEORGE GIBBS ay fte aviker. $1.10. ATtTOESU eftf A TRUE BLUE STORY By gene: stbatton. PORTER Four iUuttra Uont in tull colors and a very attractive scheme or dec oration. SI. SB. A tale of Indiana a picture straight from life, showing the home circle of the Stantons and telling the love story of Laddie, the big brother of the Stan ton family, and Pamela Pryor, an Eng lish girl. The book Is full of poetry and of that love of nature that goes hand In hand with the author's Ideal ism. Hwre again one has that sense of being very cloae to the heart of na ture. In flower and bird; and very close to the heart of .man. In the purest and best emotions of life. CHAMBERS Picture by CharltM Dana Gibson. $1.40. The story Is of fashionable life, ol club men and society women of New Tork's multl-mllllonalre circle, James Desboro, "all-around good sport," find. Ing himself in financial difficulties, de cides to dispose of a valuable collection or armor through Nevers & Com pany. To his amazement he finds that golden-haired Jacqueline Neyers, since her father's deaUi. Is head of the house. He engages her to catalogue the armor, and the romance begins In the magnificent armory at his country home. The In this novel the author has written Making a love story pure and simple whose heroine will rank as her moil charm- fJVftl jng portrayal of young womsnhool to- w day. Here Is the keen grasp of the big Marfhia questions at stake In modern Bngllafi . allot lire that we "have learned to expect of her. and a dramatic presentation of the struggle Between me aristocraua and radical elements. We experience the feeling that we are allowed to, share In the Innermost discussion of statesmen and to enjoy the conversa tion of the fine flower of British aristocracy. MAKING OVER MARTHA A Sequel to WarthJUbjr. UarDay'' The Call of the Cumberland CHABLKS XKVILIiE BUCK $1.15 JUUEKLVmUM By JULTK M. LII'PMANN tuo. Martha and her family o to the country, where her neighbor and friends take a band at "Making Over Martha," with, results that surprise and delight them. Thta la the book of John Morning the story of a man who wm forced body, brain and eotil Into the fighting down among men. This la nae book of Betty Berry the first of the women of tomorrow to be pictured by a novel let the story of her gift of herself for the reborning of a man to a great destiny down amen men. A story of fighting and fortitude, of ooEnpasaion and comeanieas down among man. Tba hereto, Taaka Balrd, Is, according- to Crloket's opinion, the "kind ot woman you lust want to have around I" And Cricket himself, a country orphan, alias Josephus Knmtnftl, la as cheerful as his nickname ImpUea. The third of the trio of friends Is Bivee Colbura, a successful banker, a Virginian like Tasks. He had overtaxed his health In the city, and In conseciuenoe has to consent to a protracted rest In a net-she m sanitarium where Taska was staying for the same reason. Madcap, a bandeome. healthy, extremely StOFy of ii t i i .... tir - I HTQI BUVJC SKI. It w AV illW. VV JB. 1 One day her firing machine misses . fire and she lands on an Island gtlll where- she runs across a hermit artist n The contempt of the man for the things jOS-XtST the girl typifies; her. Interest In hlmt a vagabond pilgrimage In France whloh' they By take together under extraordinarily peculiar KATB conditions; the discovery ef their Innocent DOUGLAS but compromising relation by a rival WIGGIN" woman and subsequent dramatlo events, are all a part of this exoellent story. The Broken Halo The Maid of the Forett Bays tTsit Kansas Mason of the City War: "It Is a great story . . . ver published. ... A Mr, streng. RANDALL dignified work mat win aung te tae n.mnra fnr VMf. I csrdtallv raeeWk- mend it aa one ot the truly aetewortHy aobievemeata In reoeat MtevattM-e." "The Call of the CunMrMnu" M .a long story. Hett fully Ilhtatrated add hound, aad la that rare eemMMUeB) a gift keek m a sevei all in oe. PARRISH llhutratti. $1.34. oIoIBb I alololoHrifwVaB .ORENCE L. BARCLAY W(A eo 5er rewHeyleee. tl.H. Vb ker la an ; mbItJous young deetor determined to reaoh the top of the tree. He win the highest luocess In hla pro- featon. bvt still greater happiness comes to him tlireut a sweet and strong Influence whloh teaohea Mm that there Is a better ideal Smm money or fame, Polly anna r ELEANOR , II. PORTER tt.M. THE CLAD BOOK I m JEUUKOR XL PORTER. Palferarum ia tne daintiest, dearest, most IrreelstttU aaM yeu hare net a brave, winsome, nedern American girl who will walk rlgbt Into yemr heart I THE CUSTOM OF H THEOownor The Custom of the Country EDITH WHARTON ti.u. Its people are mainly those who, by wealth or do iltlon, are a part ot what la called "society," the en tire fabrlo of Which, now so curiously confused In qual ities and tone eo richly yet garishly colored Is unrolled and spread out for view. Illustrated. $1,30. still Baxter- fiDlffl MUsT lVM The setting Is the familiar Maine vil lage so dear to the hearts of the read ers of Rebecca. The plot deals en tirely with the experiences of the two heroines as young women, and not as children. Goes deep Into humanities and pulls hard at the heartstrings. The Coming or Cassidy The White Linen Nurse The Passion ate Friends jr X. G. WJtLLS $1.35 Mm The sm ot'the ntery la the western frontier, during the revolt among the Indiana after peasa bad been nominally coneluded with- Oreat Br ttala. A story of I the turfculent Uvea ef,ee man and one woman seBsa'ated hv the barrier ot the law, yet attracts by "kometlilng stroaffer than any law stronger than themselves - A love story with a backar&wnd. of Mh Ideal ism and prepfoecy at tke .future, full of Interest and pattvoa. Be wis Mpat eall this the story ef a wsmaa's great nua take, but It tae wewiaii kevd always done lust what was exfotd ot her aha would not have been tke radiant creature that ah was. Ska lost her gams because ah believed she could cat her cake Ml km it Mr MARVIK DAJTA IAJ mnI ssUiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam The Lady and the Pirate r KMBUflON HOUOH t IlhutroUd. $hiS. In tt tfcta famoua author has given free rete to his humor, and It prove refroehlng, wholesome, delightful. The kotlon takea ylaoe In a baat taken by a pirate crew (tiro lavable boys and a retired man) down the XlsatsalpB-l to the Gulf, and a fair captive whom the bum levaa asd who Is not wholly averse te her aapttvlty. The atary Is unlqve. The Lady aad the Pirate breathe of youth asd boyhood oa the warpath ot fun. NtM eaa read It without In fectteot ef mirth aad rebirth of spirits. ' I THE WHITE UNENWJKSE By ELEANOR HALLO WELL ABBOTT IUH. Tea. are hereby tsvHed te take a leek throws the rainbow and see what hap pened to th WWte UMnKnn, who udr teek General Xeartwerk fer the eraser Se nior Burgeon and the naughty Little OtrL The Way of Ambition By ROBERT HlCHENS of WfJertlswiojda, tlM. Its Netttaf Is ttve aeetal Kfe of Leaden and New "York, of Morocoo and "The Garden ot Allah" cesatry; a happy ending, and a keenly tartswsUng1. draaaatlo eery without a teuek ef the morbid. TKeDouMeOfoof Mr.AlfredBuiton E. PlalU? OppeiJveim The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM mvtrattd. ti.U. Alfred Burtor eats of the brown beans of a plant which makes him see the things of Lite and Death as they are. The strangest happenings then occur. ag.acinORss IllMttrated. $1.35. whlohjf own howv e TheCbcHBSg-C8dy end The 0eri Clarence CMVilford In Is shown how Hop-Along got his hop. Episodes of Bar-20 Ranch ore told; tales of the men who came there and were not ad mitted to the brotherhood until they had proven their mettle. Other Idinor Novels Some Published Early in the Year 5tiU te Ba R naked Aramg the Beat and Moet Popular T. TatnVaren M-H By France Hodgson Bnrnet Wjm. GlneTere'aaTer 1H By Elinor Ulya. Illustrated. Van Clave tl.H By Mary 8. Watts. HI Great Adventure By Robert Ilmick. ti.u IlliwtrfcUd. tt.tt Hue Heart ef ike H11U By Jehn Tor Jr. IUutra(d. The GeMen ReaU uy u M. Montgonaery. tin HM Peg e My Heart Oy J. Ha lartley MaaMrs. The Valley ef the Meea By Jack London. V. V.'s Eyee Dy Henry Sydnor Rarrtoen. The Tinder Bex By Maria Themfwea Davteoo. Bhts. Har By Mary Jotosoa. Tlureade ef Orey aae! GeM v tt.tt By Myztla Reed. Otherwise, PkyWs . ,' UM By Meredith NlcbLaea. Tke Judgment Hence tl.tl By Sir Gilbert Parker, nisetratod. Parrot 4b Co. tl.H By Harold MeGrrotn. TlhMtrated. Gele! tl.H By Steward Edward Watte. Hiss. Thj Amateur Gentleman ttt By Jnffery FarnoL Ilkutrnted. Jekn Barleycorn HJ9 By Jack London. lUoBtratndVer Daan. Tke Seuek.emr , U.U By Thomas Dixon. irkietrnlsA. Tke HeaenraUe Mr. TawnUbl tt.CO By Jeffery Farnol. Illustrated. Marr Dawae ttAI By rrank n. Spearman. Ilhwtrated. Stella Marts tt.tt By William J. Locke. lUaatrated. Jean Thursday tl.it By Louis Joseph Vaaoe. Bleserated. Weet-ways tl4 By Dr. S. WelrMltefaell. A Fool and His Money By GEORGE BAKR Mc OUTOHEON Uluttratiom in color by A. J. Keller. $1.30. 5 3 AND '& OSORCBSAKX frCUTOHsCH J j of the true McCutcheon BATARD VKILLER Jllustra liont in color bit WiO. Cook $1.S5. Brod- way Jone By XDWARD MAR6BALL Illuttrakd from dens in the play. $1.18, Some of the Leading New Children's Books of the Year onosF aPaasaaaaaaJJL.3jaaaaaaaaaaaa est BbbbbbbbbbW bobbbbbbbbbboT An Innocent shopajtrl in eoarHcted. ot ste&liag and Is 'Vent away" fer three example io ine owera. -reara on an The law can be molded to suit the rich and once out of jail she lays her plana accordingly. Surrounded by a land of clever crooks she soon be comes very rich because she la acting within the law. In a spirit of revenge ahe marries the son of the man who wrecked her life. Young Glider Is madly In love with her, and she with htm. The police and the boy's father use every means to disillusion the young man. and in the end only ''Joe's" confession saves her. The story tells ot a young man tired ot the small city. A relative dies leav Ing him a fortune, and he loses no time In re&ohtng Broadway the wonderful, glittering street of his dreams, There hla money goes. He goes "broke," and being deeply enmeshed In debt, he falls an easy prey to an ancient lady, the past heroine of many matrimonial ad ventures, who offers her money In ex change for his' youth, wit and lvop ularity. How he Is extricated from this amusing but very real dilemma and finally wins the girl of his. heart makes an amusing and absorbing etory. The Girl of Oz By L. PRANK BAUM Wenderwl ftofNree in gay setoff and Me ok on tsAlet ty John X. Neiil tie. Carries with It all the Interest ef the other Ox stories, moot ot the eld characters children Insist on meeting again, all the mystery and charm ot the Fairyland ot Os and a new character new tn every sense the lively, fasolnatlng, gay-colored Patch work Qlrl. There is ojo, too, and his Uno Nunkte, to be hailed with delight by the children. A strong plot and many new and surprising situations and people and ooun tries; much laughter and many rhymee and be youngsters wtlt not be disappointed. The CM Urea's Bfae Bird -W rpi Br Madame Maurice Maeterlinck. The Topay-Tnrvy Fairy By Ahaa Alice Cbapln. The Mary Frnnees Sewing By JaM B. Fryer. Illustrated. Goody- Ho Bilty WMeker U Tewn By Frances Tretc Montgomery. Dorothy Dalnty'a Vnaatien By Amy Brooks. Illustrated. The Caaap Okie at Hillside By Margaret Lovo BaBeanae. The AlrsWp Bya an Deteaalrec BT B. L, Sdytor. Mnatrated. The Antnwl RoLsjr tW Serap Beek By Bdwln and wmmi Behuavan. The Peek a Bene Anas the Bum HM Beek tlM NeVUgft ty Book 7o Wo 7(a IMtistrated In eaten. tee 70 .a THE 1E1 Areeend the End By Ralph Henry Barbour. The Tom Book By A. Z. Baker, Pictures In cetera. Mlea Santa Clans ef the Pullman tVt By Annie Fellows Johnson. Partners Three Tie By Ralrih Henry Barbour. Illustrated. Freehoan Friaods TH By Lean W. Quirk. Illuatrnted. By SARAH CORY RIPPKY nttMtrajted otft It fuih pmg oeletwd late and i raiHn ey SUmeS Ho. The OoeeWfMurnty Beek la as ajtarkltng a novelty aa has ajeared tn n long time. In one halt ot the book are eight stories about good keys and girls. On turning the book upside down the other lutif presents an eo.ua! number eC atoriea about children who misbehave. Ttoa author. Sarah Cory Rlspey, knows children and the things all whole some, everyday children like and dlallke. Each ot the sixteen, etorlea teaohes a, homely moral without betnr In aay oense eeaehy. Annie Laurie and Azalea By sins. ELIA W. PEATTIE Four half tone pic tures. Cover and jacket detign in color. 7Sc. ..lPMamilliepi The Iron Trail By REX BEACH Illustrated $1.35 Alaska aerolnl the scene of Itez Beach's great successes in n. story more crowded with action and sentiment than anything ho has ever done be fore. Struggles of rival railroad builders, fights against the glaciers, and the love of an unusual heroine make a powerful novel, quickening the blood like a breath of glacial air. As for humor there is a new vein of It in 'The Iron Trail" as rich as the gold through Klondike's best ore The Poison Belt By A. COX AN DOYLE 7lustrafecL $l.t0. IK - -I IT POISON BELT AtCONAW DOYXX A mystery story being an account ot an amazing and mysterious adven ture. The keynote Is the possible end of the world In the sense of the' ces sation of all animal life, caused' by the earth passing through a belt of poisonous ether. Prof. Challenger is the one man who sees ahead of his generation and knows tho meaning ot the poison belt. It starts with a sen sation, goes on with a shock, and keeps the reader greedily eager throughout It describes something which might happen any day, but which nover has happened. The Way Home By BASEL KINO Illustrated. $1.35. . A muscular young .American buys a castlo on the Danube gray and an cient and full of mystery. And lot among his crumbling, buildings with vaulted lonely rooms and secret pas sages he discovers an Isolated tower wherein Is securely locked and hidden away a charming young countess with her beautiful little girl, whom she Is trying to hide from the count, a dis reputable, money-seeking Austrian, who has obtained the custody of' their child and will-not give her up until the payment or a million dollars rrora tne bride a American rather. mar. i A love story type follows. It deals with the most Important things of life single lite, married life and church life and portrays the inner motives of a Belt-centered man. It la the story of the struggle between the spiritual and the material In the average man a series of tense, emo tional situations In which a strong man who was far from being a hero found himself. He found, too, a tower of strength In the love of the woman be had misunderstood. Through the trata of love, misunderstanding, sin, sacrifice end the essence of the Chris tian faith, wells up the clear, beautiful narrative. This new story, the neoond In the Blue Ridge Series, Is complete and In dividual, but It has the same scene and many ot the same characters as "Azalea." Mrs. Peattle's success of last year. It has, as well, all the charm and Interest that made the first book so popular. Azalea's many friends will be glad to continue her acquaint ance In this story, as well as to mret a new and Interesting one In Annie Laurie. A story ot the Blue Ridge Mountains, with homely, everyday characters. Stop Thief! GEORGE a JENKS nnd CABLYLE MOORE Illustrated in color. $1.15 To tell the story would be well-nigh Impossible, there are so many compli cations developing after the entrance of two thieves Into a house on the day on which the eldest daughter is to be married. Her father, a trifle absent minded and predisposed to forgetting where he places things, nnd the bride groom, who Is convinced that he Is a kleptomaniac by inheritance.' are made the unconscious assistants of the thieves. 50c Here is a List of Some of the Greatest Literary Successes of Recent Years SACK A Modern tSarenleJe Winston Churchill, of which hundreds of thousands have been sold at prices from $1.00 to $1.50 Now 50c Lew Wallace. ateU In tke "Woods. Ernest Thompson Seton WlnntaoT of Barbara Wevttu Harold BU Wright. The Ve'ecwSe.WeU. Rex Beacn. Tke Money Moon, . Jeffery Varnot A Spinner In tke Son. Myrtle Reed. ataxy IBdthorns. Geo, Barr McCutcheon. SHory of Clementina, William J, Locke. Bobert Xtabexly. Frana it, tspearman. of est Xan. Robert W at n Tagging, ef Third Tloe wiMtoy" MNUMwOCM Jerome IC Jerome. A Wesaan Ventures. David iQraham Phil tins, Soasky Ton Bet en Frances H. Burnett. Br. David. Marjorle B. Cook, xlamsted Quarries. Mary E. WAller. Aaaslng Adventures Zistltla Garberry. Mary R. Illnehart Ckrlstmas Bve on lone some. John ft. Jr. The Bead Coach. Ralph D. Paine. The Country Bay, Kdgar 8 elm an. lyrics of the rralrla. iiarrt H, MacC&rter. Xdttle Xnlgfct of X Bar B. Mary Iv. Maule. Ad?enturea of a Kod- Chambers. BUuy Gary. Kate Langley Bosher The mute of the Gods. ilaran Kills Ryan, Frederic 8. Isnna. laii 1-te.e Baaa" Plnero ana Tracy. Tke X.eet Iwesssilor. K. PhlUlpn OppenheUn. trw W ry A sees. race B. Richmond,. Oat of tke rrtmtUve I Robert A. JfenaeU H n. tne Jester William J. Locke. Tke XHux trio uj Prlnoe. E. Phillips Oppenhetm. Tke TtaloBtag. Susan aiaspelL. Tke Xannted Pajamas. a P, Elliott. The Secretary of Tzir- oiona Axraizs. Max IMUeUe. iBrW MbbBbBFE The WUd OUve. Basil King. Tke Sreat Sod Baeoeas. David Graham Phillips. BUggle Vesper. . Charles Klein. , Bis Blse to Tower. H. R. Miller. The Saint. Fogazz&ro. What's-Xls-Vant. Geo, B. McCutcheon. Bought and Vail Tor. Broadh'et ft Hornblow. Torokr. Swell Ford. Butterfly on tke Wheel. V Ranger Gull. Ky X.edy Caprice. i Jeffery Farnol. 3Cls Sombre Btvals. li l Ro The Grain of Dust. David Graham Phillips, Sawn O'Kara. tUna Ferber. BebeUlon, loeplilo M. Patterson. Carpet 2rom Bagdad. Harold MacGrath. Adventures of Bobby Orde. Stewart Edw. White. Xappy Island. Jeanette Lee, Tke Mlssloner. E. P Uppenhelm. I? aUBBBBBnBHH i ii The Torbidden Way. qoorge Glbbn. A Prairie Oonrtshly, Harold Blndlbss. Tke Prodigal Judge. Vauahan Keeter. Abe and Kawruss. Montague Glass. Pandora's Box. Randall Parrlth icy lady of Doubt. John A. Mitchell. Bar-So Days. C. E. MUKord. Tke land of long Ago, Kiixa uaivert iiaiL Bontledge Bides Alone, v womion. roily ot the Circus. Mircoret Mayo. Aa the Sparks my 9p wara, "yrus T Brady Jeanne of tke Karshsa. K. P Oppenhelm. The Golden Web. Anthony Partrtrtjre Boss of eld Btepetk, Maria T. 'Davie is. Wsls- Joyce of Woods. Corns tock. Trail of tke Pins. John Fox, Jr. The IZaid of the penng Bills. Ylncle i: Hoe. Bouse on Cherry St. Amelia K Barr. Susan Olegg and Xer Prlend Mrs. lathrop. Anne Warner. Calling ef Dan Kat- tttWft Harold BeU Wrtgrt XnlUals Only. Anna K, lire en. Qaeen ttieba'a Blng. H Kiaer itaxgaru. .The Trail of tke Axe. Rldgwell Cullum. XU ttlllj SOX. c N. Williamson. Poor little Blob Girl. Eleanor Gates. BUI of tke Umberlost. Gene Stratum Porter. Preokles. Gene Htratton Porter. Boss of wind Blver. A. M. Chlsholm. lavender and Old laoe. Myrtle Reed. The Iron Woman, . Margaret Deland. Bbepherd of Harold Bell tke Worth lonesome the Bills. Wright. Matter's Violin. Myrtle Reed. Xerltage of the Desert. Zone Grey. White Pang. Jack Lonuon. L2-1 1 r- 1 41 II T.TI - WM Iw II XT iiw "II II IOB II IAJ T-. ft I II s. M"aaJTS,sii " 111! Il , J nor 1 1 r e-m. rv tr-n 1 1 alTUGaU SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB.n.BBBBBBBBBBBBBlA Bed Pepper Burns. Grace ii. Richmond. The Prultfnl Vine. nown rticnens. Tarry Thou Till X come. George Croly. The Conflict. uavid Graham Phillips. The Common law. turner i w i namters. Tho Sky Pilot. tuiipn vonnor. Oapt. Warren's Wards. Joseph C. Lincoln. Tke Bine mower. Henry Van Dyck. SACK. Offioer OSS. Currle and McHugh. Me-Smith. . Carolyn Lockhart. Secret Service. William Gillette. Tbe Tennessee Shad. Owen Johnson. The Olrl of tke Golden West, David Belasco.