The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-10
BOOK NOTES.

Miss Molly Elliott SeaWelPs new novel
1.-The Loves of the Lady Arabella' ran
through a large first edition on the DAY
the Macmillan company sent II OUT
The Doubleday & Mcclure company
has just ready Hamlin GarlandS Lire
and Character of General Grant" which
is really the first personal life or the
great commander and which has occu-
pied the authors time for the last three
wears 1t is said that Mr.. Garland S
611est for his material has carried him
over some So, 900 miles, he having VISITED
every place where Grant ever hVeu,
made trips to all the battefelds and
talked personally with all the general
intimate friends still living In view
of these extraordinary laborS and OF the
fact that the author has had access TO
many unpublished letters it is no Won
der that the volume, with its wealth OF
pictorial matter, throws many tresh
lights upon the soldier president who
was for so long the chief figure In the
United States.
The wonderful progress which the
south has been making in all lines OF
industrial commercial and 1nteIlectual
DEVELOPMENT has been fittingly set forth
in the magnificent volume, which, after
months of careful preparation, has Just
been issued by the Southern railway.
This book, the title of which, THE En-
pire of the South conveys an idea OF
its character, is one of the most COM
prehenSiVe and at the same time ar
tistic publications. 1t contains nearly
zoe octave pages, over 400 expuisitely
printed illustrations, and makes a pre-
sentatiOn of southern interests in all
lines of human activity, which for thor
oughness of treatment has never been
The author of the work, Mr. Frank
Presbrey, is we'll known by many To-
pekans.
For the first year, the Doubleday &
Mcclure company may fairly be said to
list of books. Their catalogue includes,
besides the Kipling volume, Henry
Georges complete works, Jokafs The
Nameless Castle NeltJe Blanchan's
very successful Bird NeighbOrs'' {nOW
in / s TWEEN tieth thOusand) DR.. w. J. HOl-
lands 1.-The Butterfly Book" Stephen
''Flashlights on Nature" a translation
of Edmond ROstand's famous "Cyrano
de Bergarac. Miss wilkins 'The Peo-
pie of our NeighbOrhOOd,' DR.. George
Adams Smiths Life of Henry Drum
mOnd," the dainty Temple Dickens
as we'll as volumes by Mrs. Burton Har-
risOn, Joseph Hooking, Samuel J. Par
sons, General Miles, Colonel Waring and
so on.
The article in the October Scribner's
on the Battle of San Juan" by Rich
ard Harding Davis, is not only a vivid
description of that famous victory but
a complete and careful analysis of the
conduct of the whole Santiago cam
paign. He points out with clearnesS
the problems involved, shows the lack
of adequate preparation, and says that
the final success obtained was due to
the splendid and persistent va1Or of the
troops who fought under the most try
ing and dangerous conditions, COM
bined with the destruction of Cervera's
fleet by the navy. Mr.. Davis places
the blame where he believes it is due.
and at the same time gives all credit
to the men who did the real work. 1t
is a deliberate and conscientious history
of the campaign.
A monthly cook book with the newest
as well as most reliab BILE recipes, menus,
decorations, entertainments and so
forth is to be had in Table Talks" A
sample copy may be secured free by ad-
dressing Table Talk Publishing Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa
The Macmillan company will publish
at an early date, for the Columbia Uni
versity Press, a concise outline of the
life work of Bismarck, by Prof. Nun
roe Smith.
Next to the work of Nansen, that of
DR.. Sven Hedin is the most picturesque
and important that has ben accomp-
lished of late years. DR.. Hedin is
Swede, a native of Stockholm, and still
in the prime of early manhood. As a
preparative for scientific research he
made three preliminary journeys into
Asia, and in 1898 started on his trip
through Asia, an account of which ap-
pears in the October number of Har-