The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-08
BOOK NOTES.

BOOK NOTES.
We have. just received from Laird &
and Your Doctor and prepared with
great practical attention by DR.. w. B.
1t is evident. from the first page that the
author is an unremitting enemy CT all
frauds and humbugs in and out Of the
that lacks neither wit not point, he fear
lessly attacks those systems that nave
which claim to cure every i'll mankind is
nelr TO by means OF some particular Isos-
trum or by some mysterious electric, Isy-
chic, osteologic or magnetic process. Nox,
DR.. Doherty protests with all the energy
sibility of one particular trick or drug e.
Hevtng every ailment, without the nature
consideration. Therefore, in his aduirahle
book, as clear in its advice as 1t is sem
the readers with lot of Commonplace
recipes but counsels wisely and well on
| all matters concerning the hygienic duties
we owe to our own person and to those we
IoVe-children particularly. Food, drink,
cidents, are only. a few of the subjects
exhaustively treated in this excellent
most confidence in the writer, ard is sure
to become within short time an indis-
ee co 1i6Se every Rro1gR Kam
Book and Stationery company
Probably the most-talked-about book in
Continental Europe. just now-one which
pertains to. the Chinese problem.-.is Lee
LAsie." The American rights for an En-
glish translation have been secured by
here about September l. Mr.. Henry Nor
man, who is one of the best experts on
the situation in the Far East, has writ
ten an introduction for the translation.
There are some striking pen-pictures of
by A. B. freeman Witford. Who was al On
time secretary to the British embassy to
sists of series of letters describing TalSu,
Tien Tsin, Tung Chow, Shanghai, Picking.
and Canton, and it is full of shrewd OBJ
servation and study of Chinese manners
and customs. The author had a keen
eye for odd and amusing incidents, many
ing reading. The Macmillan ' Company viii
publish the book early in September.
Exercises in Misunderstanding" by Cath
arine Aiken, author of Methods of Mind
Training" Price $1.OO. American Book
Kellam Book & Stationery Coz
Miss Aiken, whose Methods of Mind
tention, has, given in this. little book a
series of well-graded exercises which are
designed to cultivate the pupils mental
the drills in various branches of study
which have been formulated and used by
the author in her school with such mar
velous success, and which have proved eff
fective in developing those qualities of the
mind most needful in acquiring knowl-
edge-material. For training the student
to concentrate his attention, to take a
quick grasp of facts, to reason promptly
to remember and to economic his time
in preparing his lesson, we know of no
better work
"Arrirs Sowing the title of Miss Ger
trude Halls new novel (McClure, Philips
& Coz, is taken from BroWning's Pippa
PasSeS:''
Your loves protracted growing.
June reared the bunch of flowers you
From seeds of Aprirs sowing
1.-The Kings Deputy by H. A. Hink-
s s3 "a very v SPIRITED ana dashlng story Of
wards the close of the eighteenth century,
viii soon n, be published by A. G. McClurg
Rutland and Mr. Grattan many real per
sonages figure in the tale and the picture
of the times is realistic and truthful. The
dramatis personae are nearly all of them
brave and gallant men, ready to draw
ton. and women more lovely, witty and
beautiful than should be looked for any
usually fun - of incident and adventure ire.
and the readers attention is not allowed
to flag for a moment.
Morley Roberts latest book, 1.-THE Flu
gitives." which is now being serialized in
form by Mcclure, Philips & Co, next
week. 1t is a novel of the South African
ground that have been deemed worthy a
reading on this side of the Atlantic.
''Sweepers of the Sea-" by Claude H
Wetmore. Published by Bowen, MerreIl
Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
Within the last decade there has been a
notable increase in the number of works
of fiction attempting to foreshadow events
of the Twentieth Century, and to picture.
existing, possibilities in the world of
mechanical invention, particularly as APP
piled to munitions of war. Many of the
books are silly; others, while suggestive,
are uninteresting, AND few are very
''Sweepers of the Sea-" and we may as
well acknowledge that nothing Mr.. Wet
more has incorporated in his thrilling
story can possibly be as strange or won
derful to US as would have been the rec
ord of the fight between the Monitor and
the Merrimac to Admiral Nelson. This
author knows the sea and the navy and
has the technical knowledge necessary to
Mr.. Wetmore has a good deal of the
genius of Jules Verne and can make the
improbable seem the actual, while he
never trenches into the country of the i'm
possible-as so many fiction writer's who
are not content to cOnine themselves to
our own planet, are apt to do His char
tiated and many of his dramatis per-
sonae are especially lovab.e. His descrip-
lions of the fight with the British fleet
and of the cyclone off the BraziIs show
powers of description of high order. In
fact, "Sweepers of the Sea" comes into
the class of important fiction, and as such
will be received and read by discrimin-
ating public. The illustrations which de-
pend upon the imaginative appreciation of
artists are so good that they add to the
impression made by the story instead of
detracting therefrom, as is too often the
case.
Edwin Markham's Second Book of
press os'7 Of Mcclure, Philips & Co. early in
October, will contain several poems not