The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-25
BOOK NOTES.

/ Rangers, a body of troops who were in
many ways the prototypes Of the
Rough Riders.
4 Besides supplying a hitherto unwrit-
4 ten record Of the Texas Rangers. the
. book is as thrilling as a border ro-
nance, not a page being without incl
dent, either amusing, pathetic, dramat-
ic or tragic.
1.-THE Ladder of Fortune" by Frances
T Coui tenay Baylor, published by Hough-
ton Miftiin & Co.. New York city. Price
$3.50.
The son Of a California miner climbs
the ladder of fortune and marries a
woman who has the skill to spend a
sufficient part of what he wins. She
is ambitious to gain a footing in snowy
society, which she esteems as good So
( ciety. Her husband is Indifferent to
social position, but performs what
many regard as the first duty Of man
/ by being "a good provider'' of money
for his family The scene of the story
is partly in America, partly in Paris.
Those who have read Claude Hyde, "
Zone of Baylors previous books), Will
not need to be told that this new story
has abundant incident and is told with
vivacity and skill.
Children of the Mist" by Eden
Phillpotts. Cloth. Price $3.50. Publish
ed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
city Through Kellam Book and Sta
tionery Coz
a realistic novel dealing with condi-
tions in a Devonshire village. The
author carries several families through
ten years of life. showing how remark
ably their destinies are interviewer
The main character is a Quixotic
young fellow, whose heady disposition
constantly brings trouble upon him and
his devoted wife. but who frees him.
self at last from his difficulties by force
of honesty and bravery.
OF this book Mr.. R. D. Blacl1mOre,
the author of Lorna DOone,' writes:
Il was simply astonished at the
I rE kaf Il A
pleasure is in store for many, and
literature is enriched with a wholesome
and genial and noble taIe.'
1.-The Fowler" by Beatrice Harraden.
Price $3.50. Published by Dodd Mead
& Co, New York.
The title is taken from the passage.
Our soul is escaped even as a bird
cut of the snare of the fowler" Nora
Penhurst,a charming young girl. healthy
in body and mind. and in love, al
though still uncOnsciOusly, with man
every way worthy of her, comes under
the influence of Theodore Bevan, an in
tellectual dwarf with a strange mes
meric power, which he delights = Re
for the mental ruin of the woman Se
fancies-
Nora becomes his slave. is separated
from her father and her friends, and
is made to harbOr the worst and mean
est thoughts against all she had form
erly loved
The scene is in quaint English vii
lage- The book has become very pop
ular and has already run into many
editions Through Kellam Book and
Stationery Coz
Across the Campus" by Caroline NJ
Fuller. Published by Chas. Scribner
Sons, New York Price $3.50.
This is a story of the college life of a
group of girls that reflects the atmos-
phere of their almo mater with extra
ordinary fidelity, and with a delightful
; n11mOT Ral6tV
its.
The story carries the girls through
the four years course, and deals with
the gradual development OF their char
acters in that period as affected by the
social life of college and as revealed by
their relations with each other. Aside
from its great interest as picture of
Smith college life (for Harland college,
as spoken of in the story is intended
for Smith from which Miss Fuller grad
uated in '95) it is one of the next en-
Through Kellam Book and Stationery
company.
Longmans, Green & Co., 90 Fifth
avenue, New York. announce for publ
cation September p, "ParsOn Kelly"
by A. E. w. Mason, author of The
Courtship of Morrice Buckler-" This
is new historical novel, and is said by
those who have read the manuscript to
be a very strong novel.
The story deals with the fortunes of
a secret agent of the pretender, in the
early days of George I.
The scenes are laid largely in Eng
land. and the authors pictures of Lon
don society and of the varied intrigues
of that stirring time are graphic and
striking.
Much is added to please the reader
by a very pretty love story interviewer
through the whole story. The price will
be one dollar and fifty cents.
The ROmancers" ("Les Roman
esQues') by Edmond ROstand brought
out by Doubleday and Mcclure Co..
New York This is perhaps the best
of the earlier plays by the author of
"Cyrano de Bergerac." 1t is an artis-
tic little comedy. the keynote of which
may be found in the stage direction
that the scene may be laid anywhere,
provided the curtains are pretty"
The translation is by Miss Mary
Hendee and is issued with NJ. ROstand's
permission. 1t is uniform with
"Cyrano' and is the same priced book,
SOC.
Nothing to Wearand Other Poems"
with a photogravure portrait. Pub sh-
ed by Harper and Bros. New York
Price SITS.
It is safe to say that one of the most
popular poems ever written was the
satire, Nothing to Wear" that ap-
peared in Harper's Weekly in 1857 and
in short time became famous through
out the world. The new edition of
Nothing to Wear comprises also
many new poems and the famous
"Oberammergau." Tt is an entirely new
publication from new plates and has
been re-edited by the author.
"A Tent of Grace" by Adelina c.
Lust. Price $3.50. Published by
Houghton Miff1in & Co, New York
This is a story quite out of the COM
mon course, and distinctly above the
ordinary novel in power and interest.
The scene is laid in Germany, and the
time is about the middle of this CEN
tury. The motive of the story is the
deep gulf of racial distinctions The