The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
BOOK NOTES.

big People and Little People Of
Other Lands" by Edward r. Shaw.
Published by American Book Co, New
York and Chicago. This little book is
designed to meet the child's natural de-
sire to learn or hear Of other people
tnan those living in the part of the
world about him. His interest in diff
rerent peoples at this time is in their
ways of living. their customs, and their
manners. This little book in this way
gives wider range of information and
ideas to the child.
"a Woman's Part in a. Revolution
Dy Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Price,
81 Published by Longmans, Green &
Co, New York It will be recalled that
IN the troubles at Johannesburg ODE
cember, 1885, an American citizen.
prominent at home and abroad, john
hays Hammond, was implicated and
imprisoned. It is q concise. clear re-
view OF the situation, sharp and pointed
1.-THE Puritan as a Colonist and Re
former" by Ezra Hoyt Byington. is a
collection of five studies: THE Pilgrim
as a Colonist,'' THE Puritan as a Col
onist," John Eliot. the Apostle to the
Indians" Jonathan. Edwards and the
Great Awakening" and Shakespeare
and the Puritans.' In this volume the
form is that Of historical essay rather
imam VI ulSlDIJr ana Oh ILlS
account has some special charms. Lit
tie, Brown & Co. Boston, 81.
Child Verse: Poems Grave and
Gay" by John B. Tabb, may please
some of the children that see it, but is
more apt to appeal to older readers, be-
ing composed largely of puns and other
verbal conceits. Small. Maynard &
Co., 81.
1.-THE Land of the Long Night" by
Paul Du Chaillu. This veteran trav-
eler's joy in adventure is contagious.
When he talks to boys, as he does in
this book, even his hardships afford him
and his readers keen delight Hunting
and fishing constitute, of course. the
backbone Of the book. Scribner Qllus-
trated), 81
It is announced that Messrs. Herbert
c. Stone & Co., Chicago, are about to
bring out new editions of the earlier
works of Mr.. G. Bernard Shaw, which
were not copyrighted in this country.
This firm is the authorized representa-
tive of Mr.. Shaw in the United States,
and alone has the permission OF the
author to issue his books. The first
novel will be Love Among the Artists -
which though one of Mr.. Shaw's earliest
books is also one Of his cleverest.
Echoes of Greek Idyls'' reveals anew
Mr.. Lloyd Miff1in's mastery Of the SON
net form. His renderings Of selections
from Rion, Moschus and Bacchylides
are scholarly and graceful Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., $1.25.
One of the penalties which an author
must pay for his popularity IS that in
his daily mail there are at the least
some ten or a dozen requests for his
autograph. In the case OF Mr.. Winston
Churchill. whose novel Richard Car
vel'' is now toward its four hundredth
thousand, and Mr.. F. Marion Craw-
ford, whose Via Crucis' bids fair to
reach its hundredth thousand within
three months of its issue. these requests
have become particularly burdensome.
The publishers, The Macmillan Com
pany, have hit on the happy expedient
of issuing a special edition of one thou
sand copies of each of these novels,
each one of which will contain the au-
thor's autograph. It is hoped that this
innovation in ordinary publishing meth
DDS will result in the satisfaction Of the
autograph collector, and the relief OF
the author.