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

per's Magazine. and later. probably in
October, his book, Through ASIA -
will be published. In his trip he trav-
which nearly 1000 miles led through alb
solutely unknown regions.
Mr.. J. Holt Schooling, continuing his
fascinating and instructive series of pa
pers on Crime" in the Pail Mall Ga
zette, tells in the October number of the
magazine how burglars get in He
writes that the window is by far the
most favored way of entry, and that the
proportion of each mode of entry out Of
a hundred burglaries is: by window, p;
by door or fanlight. 10; by false key, z;
by area grating, etc, 2. These records,
which are not without interest to peace
able citizens, show very plainly the ne
cessity of seeing that the windows are
securely fastened before one goes to
bed.
Carpenters Geographical Reader.
North America By Frank G. Carpen-
ter, 352 pages. With cloth maps and
half-tone illustrations. Price so cents
American Book Company, New York
Cincinnati and Chicago. This book is
an object demonstration of a new meth
Cd for making the study of geography
intensely interesting. The illustrations
especially pointed and well selected
Philadelphia, New York. Boston and va
rlOus cities, districts and portions of the
country are treated in a story form the
resources of the different states and
countries are related in an Impressive
and interesting manner.
when the Birds Go North Again" is
the title OF volume of verse by Mrs
Ella HigginsOn, to be published inn7a-
diately by the Macmillan COMPANY. Mrs.
H1gginson has prepared her readers for
these verses by the Imaginative quality
OF her stories. These poems show the
author on another side of her genius
which has already won so favorable a
reception for her Land of the Snow
Pearls and "A Forest Orchid"
For some years there has been a
demand for a manual of etiquette which
should be written by some one of au-
thority and be brought directly up to
date Messrs. Herbert S. Stone &, Co.
of Chicago announce that "Etfouette
for Americans by "A Woman of Fash
ion" fills exactly this want. 1t is a
sensible book and does not try to force
ultra fashionable rules on every one,
but it is still adequate for those who
wish to know fashions last edict The
Identity of the writer is naturally not
disclosed. A woman whose position
made her an absolute authority on the
subject would naturally wish to avoid
the notoriety of her own name on the
title page.
THE Underground Railroad from
Slavery to Freedom" by Wilbur H
Stebert, associate professor of European
ulSlOEy, ONO state university, With an
Introduction by Prof. Albert Bushnell
Hart, Harvard university, is the title
of an interesting work to be brought
out by the Macmillan company at an
early date. This is the first attempt
at a systematic study of the efforts and
results of the efforts put forth by abo-
htionists during a period of more than
Sky years in behalf of hundreds Of
slaves that sought and received free
dom by flight. The volume is illus
trated with portraits of weIl-known
conductors and passengers" repro
auctions of typical stations, etc, besides
facsimiles, maps and the like. Years
have been spent in accommodating ma
terial from the most reliable sources
and the fascinating narrative can be
depended upon for entire accuracy. The
appendix contains a list of notable
fugitive slave cases, a. directory of more
than 5000 names of underground oper-
atOrs arranged alpha beticalIy by states
and counties and photography.
The title of Mr.. Marion Crawford's
new book is cave Roma Immortalis.' -
Studies from the Chronicles of Rome,
in two volumes The author was born
in Italy, where his childhood and youth
were spent in the Eternal city. An inn
mense amount of information has been
brought together in convenient form,
while Mr.. CraWfOrdS enthusiasm for
his subject, together with his skill and
experience as a novelist enable him to
breathe life into the shadOwy figures
of legend and romance. There are
thirty full-page illustrations in photo
gravure of rare and historic scenes, and
one hundred other illustrations which
have been especially drawn for the text.
The Macmillan company will publish it
at an early date.
The Doubleday & Mcclure company
is about to celebrateits first anniversary
by issuing what is unques tionably an
event of the year in the publishing
world, Mr.. Kipling's new book The
volume is called 1.-The Days Work" and
contains a dozen stories which repre-
sent the high-water mark of Mr. Kip
ling's genius thus far, including as they
do examples of his most mature and
most varied work. They range from
the sheer imagination and dream quail
ty that distinguish The Brushwood
Boy to the notable group of tales en-
bodying the authors own contribution
to the "Song of Steam" and dealing as
only a great genius could deal with the
throbbing engines of the ocean steamer
and the railway locomotive that play
such vital part in modern civilization.
Mr.. Kfpling has been working over this
volume for the last three or four years.