The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-18
BOOK NOTES.

'.TheLane that Has No Turning" is the
title of a new book by Mr.. Gilbert Par
ker, which will be published by DouDle-
| day Page & Co, in the autumn II IS a
dramatic story of Quebec, Mr.. Parker 5
| favorira literary hunting-ground, ana
will be the first book published by Mr..
| Parker since 1898.
1.-The Hearts Highway" BY Mary E.
| Wilkins, New York: Doubleday, Page x
| Co, $1.50.
| This is a romance of Virginia In the
seventeenth century, and the name OF
! the author is sufficient to assure the
| reader that substantial entertainment IS
before him. Mistress Mary CaVendlsh,
! who had "a tabby petticOat of GRIM
son color, and crimson bodice SHINING
| over her arms and shoulders like the
| plumage of a Bird was a fascinating
| young woman, and it was we'll worth
While to write the story OF ner fortunes tunes.
| Mistress Cavendlish moves in the midst
| of a historical romance, of which
the action is laid just after the rebellion
of Boston. One of the dramatic incl
dents of the story is the burning OF the
young tobacco crop TO elude the Naviga-
ton act. Historical tales are reigning
favorites of the time, and this, the first
of the kind written by Miss Wilkins, will
assuredly attract wide attention
1.-THE Bath Comedy" By Agnes and
Fgerton Castle, New York: The Freder-
lex A. Stokes company.
of Jennico,' based on a novel by these
authors, ought to beSpeak a ready audi
ence for this their latest work. The pres
ent story is founded on a motive by no
means new, but every novel reader
knows that this should make no differ
ence in the excellence of book If the
treatment of the incidents and the char
aSterS is ingenious The action OF this
tale is laid in the fashionable resort of
Bath, and the period is the end of the
eighteenth century. Mrs. Kitty Bellairs,
the belle of the place. is annoyed by the
seeming Indifference of her husband, and
she takes the advice of friend to en-
deayor to arouse his interest by making
him jealous. The results are altogether
unexpected and are decidedly exciting.
These incidents are related IN an enter
tanning style and the book will have
many readers The volume is beautifully
made and has unique binding.
1.-The Girl at the Halfway House, BY
E. Hough, 12mo. New York: D. Appleton
& Co $3.50.
Mr.. Hough, who wrote 1.-The Story of
the Cowboy" which showed that the
author understood the great western
country as we'll as it's much malgned
inhabitants, has just finished a novel OF
western life and character which might
be called an epic of the west. The story
opens with a dramatic description of the
battle of Fredericksburg; then the scene
moves further west as the reader follows
the perigrination of the hero and his
u,
to the frontier then found on the western
plains While the thread of this story,
which is tale full of romance and pic
turesqueness and love is being unwound
the author manages to give graphic
picture of the principal periods through
which the west has passed in the last
forty years. We have the period OF war,
of the buffalo, of the cattle, and OF the
pillow. The motif fully illustrates the
great movement from the east westward
and the free play of primitive forces in
the opening of a vast and almost IN
known wilderness.
Concerning Cats" By Helen NJ.
Winslow. Boston: The Lothrop Pub
fishing company.
1t is true that there are some persons
with prejudices against cats, yet the cat
should not be judged by the unfortunate
specimens of the type which are COM
PEELED to sing in the streets at night for
a living. Helen NJ. Winslow, who is well
known the editor OF Clubwoman,
chances, also, to be an authority on the
nature, purpose, and treatment of the
cat, and in the present book she has
managed to bring together for the in
formation of her fellow-men and her
siSter-women a vast amount of instruc-
ton, most of which, it may frankly be
said, was badly needed How many per-
sons know what to do for poor puSS
when she is sick? For the matter of that,
how many know what ought to be done
for her when she is well? Miss Winslow's
book contains full directions for either
case, and also gives all kinds of infor-
nation about pet cats, fancy cats. prize
cats, and any other cats. 1t is really
valuable book, and literally fills long
felt want 1t is readable and pleasant
for the summer days.
The Home Study Circle series, Oou-
bleday, Page & Coz originated by the
mour Eaton of Drexel Institute, has just