The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16
BOOK NOTES.

Bishop Pendle." by Fergus Hume,
author of THE Mystery of a Hanson
Cab" etc Price. slips. Published by
Rand. McNally & Co, Chicago.
In this book Bishop Pendle'' there
is a welcome and broadening out as to
the cast of characters, representing an
unusually wide range of typical men
and women. These are not laboriously
described by the author but are made to
reveal themselves in action and speech
in way that has, for the reader all
the charm of personal intercourse with
living people. Some of them seem to
have had no exact prototypes in pre-
ceding fiction. Such are Doctor era
ham, the man with the scar, the Moslz
family" and last but not least a de-
tective, who is very unique in both
character and in methods. The story
IS rich in the essential elements of
worthy fiction-in characterization, ex-
clt1ng adventure, suggestions Of the
marvellous, wit, humor, and pathos,
and contains just enough of the tragedy
to make it good reading.
DISCOVERIES and Explorers by Ed
pedagogy, New York university Price,
IS cents. Published by the American
Book Co, New York and Chicago.
In this book is found one of the most
attractive little books for supplement
ta1y reading which has been recently
published. It should be read by the
young pupil after he has gained by
observation and inference a general
knowledge of the locality in which he
lives, and will prove excellent for col
lateral work in connection with the
more advanced geography. The varf-
Gus discoveries are in turn described,
and he gradually g1asps true concep-
ton of the world as it is. In this way
taught the pupil and he is suddenly
brought to know that there is a larger
world which has hitherto been I'M
known to him. The different adven-
lures are told in a simple and most
interesting way. and cannot fail to in
terest the child.
THE Bible and it's Interpreter by
Rev. P. Fl. Casey. professor OF dog
matte theology in Woodstock college
Price, cloth, SO cents; paper, % cents.
Published by John Jas. McVey Co.
Philadelphia, Pa.
This little book or treatise is in
tended to be popular presentation Of
the question of questions between
Catholics and Protestants The writer
has avoided technicalities and distinc-
tons that would of necessity find place
in work purely theological. His aim
has been to present the matter in a
plain, simple way, but at the same
time to give his readers the substance
of Catholic teaching on this important
question. Professionals who read this
little work are remi2dea that the
phrase Catholic church" is employed
in the same sense in which it was IN
derStOOd in the days of old. and even
Of the reformers, for in the time of
St Augustine the Catholic church was
the one undivided church diffused over
the earth The book is a very valuable
work upon this subject.
The demand in Great Britain and her
colonies for James Lane Aliens new
novel. The Reign of Law, Tale of
the Kentucky Hemp Fields" has been
50 great that the final date for publ
cation by Macmillans has been fixed
for July 5. The book would have been
published two weeks earlier but for
the difficulty in getting the necessarily
large editions ready for simultaneous
publication at such distant points.
The wide popularity of Henry Wal
lace's Letters to the Farm Boy" has
led to its complete revision by the au-
thor and the publication Of a third edi-
ton by the Macmillan company. This
book is by plain common sense
writer expressed in language of which
Defoe or Bunyan would not have been
ashamed. 1t is intended to give a
healthy sound talk to boys who, by the
by, in spite Of the book title are likely
to belong to many other occupations
than that of farming.
Richard Harding Davis will have in
the August number OF Scribner's Mag
azine an important article on the stu
alton il South Africa, entitled Pre-
to1fa in War Time" and containing an
interesting interview which Mr.. Davis
had with Kruger. This will be the
third of the articles that Mr.. Davis
has written for Scribner's Magazine
since he went to the TransVaal in
January The first of his articles ap-
pears in the June Scribner. ard tells
Of the fighting Of Buffers column, while
the second article, which will appear
in the July number will give an ac-
count of the relief Of Ladysmith, and
the scenes and conditions that existed
in the lorg besieged city. These ar
ticles, which are illustrated from pho
tographs. show Mr. Davis at his best.
and as readers have known him in his
correspondence from Cuba during the
Spanish American war.
Current History for June sums up in
admirable form the news Of the past
month The contents Of each number
cover the entire world in their glance,
including, among scores of other topics,
able reviews of the latest developments
in the Beer war and the political issues
arising therefrom; our dispute with
Turkey over the Armenian indemnity
claims; the general political situation
in Europe; the Russian advance IN CEN
trail Asia all the developments in the
extreme East; Cuban and Porto Rlcan
duestions Philippine war; the coming
presidential contest: leading incidents
Of the business and Industrial world;
British imperial and Australasian fed
Grafton movements; isthmian canal
problem: contempOraneous events in
South America, Asia, and Africa; the
total eclipse of May IS; color photog-
raphy; new mechanical inventions: val
liable archaeological finds at Ephesus
and Crete; Ecumenical conference;
Methodist general conference; biog-
raphies of many important personages;
seven maps, So portraits, etc. S1-50 a
year. Single numbers, Is cents. Boston.
Current History Co.
In some Prejudices about Life As
surance." James w. Alexander, presi-
dent of the Equitable Life Assurance
company, will give the readers of the
July Atlantic a candid and authOrita=
ti..s so ternent Of the nrincinles upon