The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
BOOK NOTES.

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Later Love Letters of Musician by
Myrtle Reed Published by g P Put
fThrolg4gh Keiiam BOOK & Stationery COS
sequel of Love Letters of Musician
there Is all of the charm of the earlier
musical quotations Mt so perfectly with
the sentiment of the letters that nothing
does not for a moment 1iu Become senti
mental These. letters are letters from
musician to his wife and contain hope,
also despair, but without one line of cyni-
ciS r 70 mar nal tne beauty OF their erect
first OF these two volumes, were the let
tiers between the musician and his wife
before they were married and are written
these last
The letters in both are enchanting and
one can not help reading them and not
being the better for SO doing.
Der Assistant" by A. Beivehorn. Price
S2c. P9blished by The American Book Co.,
Teachers of German will be much pleas
ed with the appearance of these delightful
stories Ihey are notable for their pur-
easy and entertaining reading exercises.
They Will also aid pupils in acquiring
90 Mcclure. Phillips & Co. publish on the
An Eagle Flight by DR.. Jose Rial, a
Filipino novel of great strength.
r,rd G Slrc1 945 Study" by Anna katha-
story of New York City.
The Fugitives,' by Morley Roberts, a
novel of love and adventure in South AZ
.'Arnerican Fights and Fighters by
Rev Cyrus T. Brady. a series of stories
based on the early land and sea fights of
our country.
Almost as Good as Boy" by AL
naahua M douglas, author of the "kathie
stories etc Cloth. Illustrated by Ber-
This new juvenile by Miss Douglas will
prove one of the most attractive and
charming books of the season, especially
SO as 1t fills a place where it is hardest
to get good books. namely, for girls fif-
las tells the responsibility falling upon a
young girl, in whose case it might at first
been a boy in order to give the necessary
assistance to her family; how the girl
leaves home to go to distant city and
work fer an uncle-hoW she overcomes his
antipathy to girls, sInoothes down his
and nurses him in his sickness is most
charmlngly told and the effect of the
opJect IN most successful way and
proves that her success is at least equal
Doy under similar circumstances
It is a delightful and helpful story and
viii be a general favorite. Price $125.
(IhrOugh kellam Book & Stationery Col
Edwin Markham IS still under fifty years
of age and possesses much of the energy
and happiness of youth, despite his gray
almost white hair Most people will be
surprised TO learn that he has been writ
ing poetry for thirty years. Retention
came only after much labor, but his fame
is now secure. The first collection of his
verses since the publication of 1.-The Man
With the Hoe" Will be brought out this
month by Mcclure, Phillips & Co. under
the title Of The Sewer and Other
Poems The new poems are hopeful in
their view of labor: quite in contrast TO
The Man With the Hoe 1t is Mr.
Markham's plan to write q series of
ia Tcrr7fr Of 10 I.av an
the hopefulness of the worker and his
work. The present volume is the first pro-
duct of that idea
'.The Art of Breathing as the Basis of
Tone-Production, by Leo Kofler, Edgar
s, Werner Publishing & Supply Co., New
When a method of singing published
man and published in Germany. the book
must be of exceptional merit. Mr.. Kof1er's
book has achieved this distinction and has
also reached its fifth American edition. 1t
is a. book pre-eminently for singers; thor
ough. yet concise. It abounds in exercises
given in detail with explicit directions.
telling what to do and what not to do;
positions illustrated by cuts: numerous
music Illustrations and complete vowel
and cOnsOnatal tables arranged for prac-
tee with minute and clear explanations
of the right formation of every letter in
the alphabet The author has studied all
the methods of voice culture. has sifted
scholarly effort, and presents to his read
ers a practical vocal method that he has
shows unusual pedagogical and artistic
talents A singer or a teacher Of singing
unacquainted with this book is just that
much lacking in personal or professional
equipment.
Flashes of Wit and Humor," by Rob
ert Waters. author of intellectual Pur-
& Supply Co. New York. Price, 100.
This book is a brief study of the best
good as comedy Of the best sort; for it
contains the best repartees, the most
amusing and humorous utterances of the
ial and chatty way, without single in
stance of an indicate or Questionable ma
ture- TO the man or woman VINO IS wear
led with business cares or hard work, this
book must prove benefaction; for. like
friend 1t is just the thing to afford relic
and refreshment to mind and to body. 1t
may be taken up at any chapter, almost
at any page; for, wherever you zip into 1t,
you are sure to be interested and amused
nay, you are sure to be instructed as
we'll; for all genuine wit and humor car
bright utterances of Americans and Eng
of Irishmen and Scotchmen; of
Frenchmen and Germans; of kings,
queens ambassadors diplomatists: of pol
itieians, lawyers, orators and authors; Of
women and children. of physicians and
their patients: together with a bright,
breezy chapter on after-dinner speaking
and speakers
Speech Hesitation by z. J. E1,erv
Thorpe. Edgar S. Werner Publishing &
supply Co. New York Price $l.O0
Dr- IL Stanley Hail. PRESIDENT OF ozark
says that Mrs. Thorpe'S /
method is laid on a definite and correct /
of the most common causes of /
the difficulty and seeks by a rational and !
systematic method to remove them" DR.. /
Han has made special study of child |
life and is well qualified to pass Judg- |
Tnent on a book that treats of suffering,
stammering and other vocal defects The !
authors conclusions have come from long |
experience with many cases The book |
fallacious theories in regard to |
the nature and cause and cure of speech |
hesitation There is a cearth of good books |