The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-15
KANSAS BOOKS.
No Trouble to Start a Sun
flower Collection.
Great Number of Kansans In
the World of Letters.
NOTABLE LIBRARIES.
That of Rev. j. w. d. Anderson
Was the Largest.
Something About the Distinct
lively Kansas Authors.


collect libraries of Kansas books. Such a
collection is both expensive and hard to
complete as over $50 books come under
the head of Kansas books and many of
them are out of print.
Rev. J. w. D. Anderson Of Elk City,
who died not long ago, was perhaps the
first to make decided effort to assemble
a complete kansas library Working
jointly with the Kansas Academy and the
State Historical society he collected the
most complete Kansas library il eXis-
tence and compiled an accurate ist OF
circular Rev. Mr.. Anderson designated
what were termed Kansas books rs fol-
lows we call any book kans1s pook
if it has been written by a resident of
saS IN It's subject matter, or IL II mas peen
published within the state" Before his
derson library was presented to tie Kan
sas University at Lawrence The library
state-the most valuable on account of
the fact that much OF it was unrecorded
together by one who loved the work
Among the active collectors now are q.
sas book published and who is
the Sunfiower state. George W. Crane, of
having published Kansas books by kan
sas authors and illustrated by Kansas
In connection with his library, one of
iiams OF Topeka has a large nurnber of
Kansas books. Not only story books and
collections of poems come under the list,
but many volumes of law and school
books.
one of the earliest Kansas writer's. who
has since become famous was Edward
Everett Hale. He visited Kansas and
wrote in the interests of emigration. The
book was entitled kansas and Nebras-
ka: the History, Geographical and Ply
ton of those Territories; an Account of
the Emigrant Aid Companies and Direc-
1854. This book was soon followed by the
History of the Shawnee Indians by
Isaac Mccoy and Henry Harvey who.
were missionaries to that tribe. The his
tory is from 1851 to 1854.
During the struggle which gave the
! state the name of bleeding Kansas the
erton as correspondent and his letters
from the scenes of trouble to his paper
were after published in book form VIII
| liam A; Phillips, another correspondent,
wrote The Conquest of Kansas by Mis-
ment in favor of a free state. other
books were written from the same mo-
terror and Exterior Life and Border
Warfare" by Mrs. Sara T. L. Robinson.
: book ran through many editions and was
circulated in England and was largely re
SpOnsible for aid received directly by
Kansas emigrants from people in Eng
land. During the early tifties Thomas II.
Gladstone, was sent to Kansas as a cor
respondent for the London Times. He
wrote a book entitled The Englishman in
Warfare. A Ride Through Kansas was
written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
who wrote from Kansas to the New York
Tribune over the name of s'Worcester'' 4
Richard Realf was the early poet of
Kansas. He took a lively interest in the
struggles around Lawrence and Lecomp-
ton between the free and anti-free state
men. He was free state man and with
one of his poems, he took part in the
struggle He was one of John Browns
He was accused of treason but proved the
charge to be false. He committed suicide
in Oakland, California in 1878, and since
then his admirers in that place formed an
association to build monument in his
newspapers but lately Col. Richard J.
Hinton. who was comrade of Realfs in
they have been published in book form
by a New York publishing house.
Another of the early Kansas poets was
Josie s Hunt who lived in ClaremOnt.
/ concerning the early struggle in Kansas.
Among other publications dealing with
Of the Border civil war on the Bor-
| der by Wiley BrittOu and w. S. BurI1e's
d. w. Wilder's Annals of Kansas" is
out of print and is one Of the most vail
sidered an authority and deals with Kan
sas from the time of Coronado in 1911 to
Herd Book is in demand by all collect
! ors- Nobody KNOWS why or how It was
ever gotten out, but nevertheless it con-
| which are invaluable. Adnire's handbook
! of Kansas is out of print and is eagerly
sought for by collectors.
! Some of the Rhymes of IrOnquill." pub
/ lished by T. J; Kellam in 1885. The edi
] ton was the first of the famous Kansas
poet published. It was long ago out of
print and copies of that edition are worth
many times the original price. Another
book of Kansas poetry. Poems by John
4 Preston Campbell is even harder to OBJ
( tain than the first edition Of "Ironquill-
An edition was printed by Crane & Co.
and before it was distributed the print
ing house burned and with it the entire
edition with the exception of a few cop
les which had been sent out. Other books
and '-i Song. Mere Mere Of MedeVon. Ny
Mate IMMORTAL queen Sylvia and 9th
/ Other Poems
Hattie Horner's Poems and Not at
] Home and Thomas Bower Peacock $
J Vendetta and Other Poems,' Poems
/ Of the Plains" and Rhymes of the Bor-
! len Palmer Allerton's ''Anaben ana other
4 Poems and especially Walls of Corn
/ will never be forgotten.
! A volume which win add beauty to any
J ing in gold and white velum IS The
/ Ojibue CONQUEST an Indian Episode" by
tents are as beautiful as the binding. The
{ book is a souvenir edition published by
/ the author and consequently rare The
poem from which the book takes its name
4 contains some 1900 lines and has been
! and 'sChiIde Harold" In 1915 the author
/ spent some time among the Ojibue tribe
The poem was Written at that time. but.
/ it was years after whenit was put in book
/ form Ihere are other poems IN the book
/ equally as interesting.
| During the days Of the Kansas Maya
| zine .Deane MOnahan,' who in private
4 life was Capt. James w. Steele. was a
regular contributor Among his publish
/ ed books are Beyond the Missouri, Gu
/ ban Sketches Frontier Army Sketches
! ITO Mexico by Palace Car odd Caiifor-
/ MAN Days and Sons of the Border
/ John J. ingalls, was looked upon
/ man destined to make his mark in litera-
| ture until he was elected to the senate
/ A. NJ F. Randolph for many years state
/ supreme court reporter, was known as
/ one of the best Shakes erian scholars IN
| the country. His Trial of Sir John Fal-
! starr is a book Of the keenest Of wit and
shows thorough study of the character.
It was published by one of the largest
Boston publishing houses.