The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-06
BOOK NOTES.

Haneo p,lls1i1 Price. s1.s5 Published by Lee
& Shepard, Boston, Mass. lThrough KEEL
Mr. Hancock was a war correspondent
in the Spanish-American war, and Is
WsM kno sna az etheT LEADING pubiica tons
He has in this book, Agulnaido' ; HOST
age made use of his experiences in the
Philippine islands to write a most eH lIs1F
tanning story OF the war with the Fan-
P thus differine from any other book that
has been written. The hero of the story,
nv Y' q viiiain as penalty for his upright
ness He is saved from death by Aguin-
MADE la4 io Useful s as an attendant by Eli
Pine surgeon. The fortune of the Fill
# who has not been there and the event
full escape of Dick Carson forms thrill
formation along with the intense interest
it arouses.
The new handsomely illustrated editions
of Elizabeth and her German Garden
and '.The Solitary Summer which me
tain some very Charming portraits of the
now well known April May and June
rom frn1' the e windows Of the castle The Mac
milan Company have recently contra
dicted the statement that has been going
the rounds of the press that the Princess
of Plesse is the author of these books
They say that the author Is quite another
person.
Miss Grace Marguerite, Hurd's novel;
1.-THE Bennett Twins" will, be published
this month by The Macmillan Company
as a lively study of life among some art
students in a famous New York studio
While the characters of the story are not
supposed to be portraits, those who have
known intimately the studio in question
at personal Characterization.
Another record in book selling has now
| to be entered. This time 1t is Marie Cor
| ellis 1.-The Master Christian" of which
10000 copies. were sold in England and
1 A. ,1tr-f lon, foaf IN
precedented in book selling.
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. an
nounce Saturday. September Is, as the be-
ginning of their publishing season for
among American publishers. and this
| house, like many publishing houses, has IN
| prospect this autumn the publication Of
| long list of titles embracing essays, works
! in fiction, science, religion, history, nature
| lore, and ecoaomics- On September IS vas
published IN the Hands Is Of the Red
| story of the Revolution for boys; the
| Aldine Classics. five volumes of the most
popular works Of Longfenow w hitter
/ Hawthorne, LowelI, etc, IN handsome Mt
i tie pickering books; Numbers and
| Losses in the Civil War by Col. Thomas
L. Iivermore, an enumeration Tor perma-
: nent record of the enlistments and losses
| of the war for the union; a Mountain
shire by Edna Dean Proctor. in well
| illustrated edition; THE Life and Letters
| Orr, a reprint in single volume form of
her valuable two volume work; the
edition: and eight volumes in the Notable
| Series" embracing representative work of
| popular authors.
Mr. Henry James, calls his. new volume
| of short stories The Soft Side" It was
| published late in September by The Mac
milan Company The titles Of the stories
Paste .''The Real Right Thing sssThe
| Great Condition.. THE Tree of Knowl-
edge THE Assessment of the North
/ YnOreS-N 1.-The Given Case. John Della
/ voy," THE Third Person" ''Maude-
Evelyn Miss Gunton, of Poughkeepsie-"
/
| This week, Messrs. Laird & Lee, of Chi
| cago, publish in a superb de luxe edi-
| characterization and action, by this tai
| ented writer, Annie G. Brown. Its title,
that could be selected. and IT fits the book
1 admirably. The old-fashioned home left
Death Of the father: the thouehtiessness
| of the graceful worldly mother; the SPLEEN
! Will poverty and encouragement; the va
4 rious incidents that bring out so wildly
member of the family; the final triumph
/ over so many apparently unsurmountable
drama IS told BY Miss Annie G. Brown ,ttVnl
| with a simplicity and a convincing truth
| fitness that delight the reader and keep
the interest alive from kiver to kiver-'
The. Revolutionary stories for boys. by
] Dr. Everett T. Tomlinson. are among the
! most successful of juvenile book publica-
! counted for by his pains in securing ma
terial for them. and his ability to write
stories which interest boys and yet are
| tirely wholesome. Messrs H0ughton.
| A1ifflin & Co. announce for publication his
! latest work. In the Hands of the Red
Coats It is "a story of the Jersey ship
and the Jersey shore during the war OF
|
It is observable that in many cases
| in respect of their design and execution.
| This gratifying tendency of contemporary
| book making will be emphasized in the
| Riverside Aldine Classics" a series of
classic American writings, and embracing
| titles selected from the works of Long
| fellow, Whittier, Lowell, Hawthorne, and
| Holmes. The Pickering books" of fifty
| and sixty years ago still furnish master
| printers with unexcelled examples Of
/ typography and printing, and these have
| been made the models Of the series soon
| to issue from the press of Messrs. HOugh-
| ton, Mifflin & Co The pretty volumes
sell at very low price
1.-THE Little Dreamer's Adventure" by
| Frank Samuel Child Price, s1.25. Pub
/ lished by Lee & Shepard, Boston, Mass.
In THE Little Dreamer's Adventure
| interesting story 1.-The House of Sixty
| Closets, the same children and the same
| closets that figured in that fascinating
Christmas story. The one difference is
Contents We read Order of Fun and
! a most wonderful succession of fun it is.
The children meet and agree to make
calendar. They call meeting of the DAYS
| and Ammo Domini sits in the chair. It is
| a large meeting of peculiar days, taking
| the whole range from New Years to
| Christmas day. But the story contains
| much more than real fun. There runs a