The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-18
BOOK NOTES.


'In Connection With the De VIII
1oughby Claim by Frances Hodgson
Burnett. author of Lady of Quality,
Lord FauntIeroy," etc. Price, $150-
Published by Chas. Scribner's sons,
New York -ity. Through Kellam BOOK
and Stationery company.
In this the longest and most import
ant novel that she has written in many
years, Mrs. Burnett returns to an
American field, and to American types,
drawn with all the charms of Louis
lana" and of some of her earlier Stor-
les, but with the added strength and
maturity of her later work. The book
is remarka BILE for it's original plot. ana
will probably be held to surpass any OF
Mrs. Burnetts novels; the different
scenes of the story being laid in the
south, IN New England, ana IN w ash-
ingtOn. The De Wi1Oughby claim IS a
claim that is fought out in congress,
and Mrs. Burrett's intimate knowledge
of Washington life in it's less familiar
phases is fully drawn upon
Grant Burton. the Runaway" by
w. Gordon Parker. Price, $1.25. Pub
lished by Lee and Shepherd, Boston,
This book is a companion volume to
''Six Young Hunters which attracted
50 much favorable notice last year Mr.
Parker is very enthusiastic sports
man himself, and it well fitted to pre-
pare a book for manly, energetic boys,
and it is no discredit to his Six Young
Hunters" to say that Grant Burton
SurpasseS it both in its handling ana
in the number and excellence of its IL
luStratiOn. The story is a pleasing one
It Will appeal to every boy and viii
have a tendency to cultivate a love for
nature. Through Kellam Book and
Stationery company
1.-The New Pacific by Herbert Howe
Bancroft. Price $3.50. Published by
1.-THE Bancroft Co.. New York
The New Pacific presents the Pa
cific ocean, shores and islands in their
entirety, their resources and climate,
history and romance. with the events
eliminating in the present active de-
velOpment. Important chapters are:
InterOceanic Communication; Re
sources of the Pacific; Mines and Man
ufactureS: Commerce on the Pacific:
Hawaii: Race Problems, etc. Also the
condition of the Chinese in the United
States is fully treated The author be-
lieves that the negro left to himself in
America deteriOrates. The work is en-
cyclOpaedic in its treatment of its var
iOus subjects. It is a valuable library
book upon the subject.
"How England Saved Europe" the
story Of the great wars lly3-lSl5 by
w. H. Fitchett- Published by Chas.
Scribner's Sons, New York. Through
Kellam Book & Stationery company
This is to be in volumes volume now
being ready. containing From the Low
Countries to Egypt" The story of the
twenty years war of Great Britain.
with Revolutionary and NapOleOnic
France. The chief actions by sea and
land are described in detail The plan
has been adopted of grouping the war
into distinct periods, and making each
period a complete story Three periods
are covered in this volume. The first
extends from the declaration of war by
France on Feb 26, 1895. The second.
The Hour of Englands PERIL" extends
from the directory to the Battle OF
CamperdOWn, Oct IL 1897. The third,
rf. in q Fast - iOfrOd1CaS the
dominant figure of the work and ends
with the surrender of the last French
Garrison at Alexandria Mr. Fitchett
tells the story of these mighty contests
with a graphic power and dramatic in
tensity worthy OF his theme.
Tales of the Telegraph by Jasper
Ewing Brady. The authors own
career-from a student in a western
ham factory" to a captain in the L. ,.
signal service-has supplied most of the
material for this picturesque narrative,
which tells of the dramatic adventures
that come into telegrapher's life in
railroad. commercial and military
work. It is full of human interest, and
deals with a great body of workers
whose lives are almost unknown to the
general public that daily commits its
safety to their care. Doubleday & Nc
CIure Co, publishers, New York.
Under Otis in the Philippines; Or a
Young officer in the Tropics" by Ed
lished by Lee & Shepherd.
This book is one of the best boys
books this year, being the fourth volume
of the "Old Glory Series" and is al
ready well introduced, owing to the
great success of the first three vol
umes. In fact the volumes in this ser
les continue to improve, inasmuch as
greater opportunity is given to pick up
former threads and thereby increase
the interest as one proceeds.
Of 7 OvuIy- ifa in
City" by Michael Angelo WOOlf, edited
by Joseph Heniuc, price $500. Published
by G. p. PutnamS Sons. New York
Lovers of Life and Judge" will i'm
mediately recognize some of these
drawings; being Mr.. WOOlf's cOntribu-
tiOns to Life and Judge" and quite
a number of his unpublished drawings,
made especially for this book. His
characteristic being child life amongst
the poor in any large community.
The book contains many laughable
pictures, and also great many quaint
sayings, known to children alone, that
win cause a smile from even the most
sedate.
Bob: the Story of Our Mocking
Bird" by Sidney Lanier price s1.53.
Published by Chas. Scribners Sons, New
York city.
tiOns made from phOtOgrap phic studies
and cOlored by A R. DugmOre. There
is a charming vein of humOr and phil
osOphy running through the affection
ately intimate story of his pet mocking
bird Bob. giving the book a literary
quality of an altogether unusual kind
and setting it in a niche of its own. The
Illustrations which are fine, have been
reproduced in cOlOrs from carefully
made and painted photographs. and are
artistic, as they are in perfect harmony
with the authors delightful narrative,
passag ges of which they illustrate The
book is well bound, having wide gen
erOuS margins