The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-06
BOOK NOTES.

Lie Oh AQInlra1 Dewey ny W III IL
Clemens. Price S1.00. Published by
Street and Smith, New York This work
is particularly timely addition to the
literature of the day for Admiral George
Dewey is undoubtedly one of the most
interesting characters in American MS
tory, and this work supplies to the
reading public the much needed IN
formation concerning Dewey as boy;
Dewey as a cadet; Dewey as supor-
dinate and Dewey as great COM
mander- When one has read this WORK
he knows why Dewey won the BattIe
of Manila; why he stands today the
greatest living naval commander
Mr.. Clemens has handled his supJect
admirably, and the book possesses hlgn
literary merit in addition to its great
value as a work of information
Janice Meredith" by Paul Leicester
Ford, author of Hon. Peter Stirling
Price $1.50 Published by Dodd Mead
& Co., New York. It has been SAID
more than once that if any man were
qualified to write the great American
historical novel, it is Mr. Ford, Tor ne
combines with an intimate knowledge
of the subject, the power TO write a
strong, absorbing and SucceSSIul mover.
Mr.. Ford opens his story with a series
of chapters which show US the way IN
which people thought and acted in 1tl6
in the state of New Jersey. we are IN
troduced to squires and their wives ana
daughters. But gradually we hear the
hum of the OncOming strife, and by ana
by the story gathers force as General
Geo. Washington comes on the field,
and we are introduced to the struggles
on Manhattan Island crossing the Del
aware camping out at Morristown and
following on through the war. Ihe
author has purposely kept the opening
chapters in quieter mood, so as to pave
the way for the rush Of the scenes that
are to follow. 1t is a beautiful love
story containing some mystery and just
enough history that every student of
the revolution and every lover of ro-
mantle literature will enjoy it.
"select Notes. by F. N and NJ. A.
Peloubet. Illustrated Cloth. Price
$125. Published by w. A Wilde Co..
Boston and Chicago.
A commentary on the Sunday school
lessons Off 1900. Many men make many
books. but once in a while man makes
book which makes him. Such is the
case with Select Notes which is
known to nearly every Sunday school
teacher and scholar It contains sew
eral new features this year and is much
improved over its twenty-five prede-
cessOrs.
''The Boys Book of Inventions" By
Ray Stannard Baker. Price $50. Pub
lished by Doubleday & Mcclure COM
pany, New York. This book will be
sent postpaid by the publishers for in
spectiOn to any address. The author
tells for the younger as well as the old
generation, stories of marvellous mod
ern science, giving the different inven-
lions of different ages; such as: The
Sea Motorcycle, Liquid Air, Telegraph
ing Without Wires, Automobiles, Fly
ing Machines, Great Kites, The Build
ing of Sky Scrapers, the Talking Ma
chine, etc All of the subjects being
fully illustrated, the book containing
some 200 illustrations. The fascination
of such a book is only equalled by its
instructiveness and value.
"A LOCKER On in London" By Mary
II. Krout, author of Hawaii in Time
of Revolution" Price $3.50. Published
by Dodd, Mead & Co, New York city.
Miss KrOut as "A LOCKER on in Lon
dom has had most unusual OppOrtuni-
ties to witness much and get at the
heart of many things of interest and
Importance to the world at large. Eng
lish politics receive special attention,
the Venezuela boundary question, and
the Jameson Raid" and the trial of the
raiders and leaders of that expedition
receive special consideration. The dates
of these writings are chiefly between
the years 1895 and 1897, while Miss
Krout was a journalist, with very IN
usual opportunities, she gives her i'm
pressiOns of certain representative
English institutions and of personal
interviews with many distinguished
people.
'sstories of the Railroad" By John
Alexander Hill. Price. $3.50. Every
reader of AIcClure's Magazine will re-
member the exceptional verVe and real
ity of these tales by former locOmo-
tive engineer on the Rio Grande rail-
road. The romance in an occupation
ordinarily thought of as the most be-
grimed and prosaic possible, has rarely
been presented in such telling fashion.
Mr.. Hill not only knows the life from
many years of personal experience, but
he knows also how to write q story that
will appeal alike to the initiated and to
those ignorant of the inside facts. Dou-
bleday & Mcclure Co, publishers, New
York, or sent postpaid by the publish
ers for inspection.
Charles scribner's Sons publish this
week "Fisherman's Luck and Other
Uncertain Things" by Henry van
| w. Gable; THE Ship of Stars" by A
T. Quiller-Couch, 90. , 1.-THE Land of the
| Long Night" by Paul B. Du Chaillu;
/ 1.-THE Augustan Ages by Oliver Elton,
and Sermons and Addresses by Rob-
| ert Flint, D. D., Ii. D.
G.P. Putnam's Sons present this week
| Liberty in the Nineteenth Century. by
| Frederic May Holland; Songs from the
| Psalter," by Richard Arnold Greene;
| ''MOnopolies and the People," by Chas.
! w. Baker, in a new edition with added
material, and a new edition of 'Tales of
! King Arthur and His Knights of the
Round Table," by Margaret We're Far
| ringtOn.
The Doubleday & Mcclure company
are publishing this week THE Court of
| Boyville,' by William Allen White; I'm
| Chimney Corners by Seumas Mac
| Manus; Sons of Strength by William
| r. Lghton; 1.-THE Kipling Birthday
| coins mother, entitled Nancy Hanks
/ bv Caroline Hanks Hitchcock.