The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
BOOK NOTES.

BOOK NOTES.
Three Men on -Four Wheels by
Jerome K. jerome. author of idle
Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" etc Pub
lished. by Dodd. Meade & Co. New
York. Illustrated, $3.50 This book is
sequel to the famous Three Men in a
Boat" The three men in this case are
the same, and their experiences upon
this bicycle tour through Germany are
as delightfully."- absurd as they were
upon their former expedition in search
Of rest and recreation 1t is a book
that may be read at random and thor
oughly enjoyed. Three Men on Four
Wheels is in every way up to the
standard of Three Men in a Boat"
1.-THE Love of Parson Lord, and other
Stories" by Mary E. Wilkins 12mo
cloth, illustrated. Price, $1-25- Pub
lished by Harper Bros, New York. A
collection of five of Miss wilkins most
recent stories. The stories cover a wide
range Of subjects. and all represent
Miss Wilkins at her best.
1.-THE Evolution of the English Mover
is the title of a book by Francis Honey
StOddard. professor of English litera-
Macmillan company will publish in a
few weeks. It is a contribution to the
still rather scanty literature of the
novel. It is one of the few serious at
novel, and to work out the philosophy
of it's development. The author pre-
sents a striking theory of literary evo-
luton, and applies it to the English
novel as developed from the middle of
the eighteenth to the middle of the
nineteenth century. The successive
chapters trace the growth of the Novel
of Personality, the Historical Novel, the
Romantic Novel, the Novel of Purpose,
the Novel of Problem, and the whole
work completes a history of the novel
form, as well as an exposition OF the
influences underlying its development.
The last chapter gives a conservative
and yet appreciative view of the mis-
sion Of the modern novel.
Through Fire to Fortune by Mrs.
Alexander. Price. $1-25. Published by
| r. F. Fenno & Co., New York A
young girl employed in clear starch
| ing and cleaning establishment re-
turns from her Sunday outing to find
the place burned down and all the in
| mates dead To get free from
1 drunken step-mother, she does not tell
of her escape, but finds employment as
/ lady's maid with a retired actress
! Through her she becomes an actress
| and the leading lady in a London
\ theater, and discovers her own family
| history, by which she inherits an Eng
/ lish peers estates. The book is well
written and shows life as it really is
| The writing of an historical novel re-
| quires a happy combination Of kEowl-
edge and Notwithstanding of
| the period, the country, and the great
| characters included in the story. and
a strong imagination to realize all
these and reproduce them wildly to the
| reader Much of the success Of Miss
| Johnston's Prisoners of Hope" is due
| to her admirable equipment in both
historical knowledge and imagination;
and the same high qualities are even
more conspicuous in her new story, ITO
| Have and To Hold" which Houghton,
| NifIlin & Co, recently published and
which has reached a tremendous run.
The recent opening of the Paris expo
| sition gives especial interest to two
| books dealing with the two extremes
of Paris life. One of these is ''Bohe-
milan Paris of Today" by w. c. Nor
row and Edouard Cucuel, with 106 Illus
| trations. Owing to the big Lippincott
fire the book was out of print at Christ
mas time, and many of those fortunate
| enough to secure copies of the first edi-
| ton sold them at double price. A new,
large second edition is now ready The
work is a thorough portrayal of this
| phase of Partisan life. The social and
| diplomatic side of Paris is treated in
| one of the most absorbing of new nov
| els, "A New Race Diplomatist," issued
| this week. From the presidents seiec-
ton of a diplomatiSt, by a most novel
method, to the end of the work, its in
terest is intense, and it's contrast Of
| the American spirit with that of the
old world civilizations will be a delight
| to those rejoicing in the patriotic at
mosphere of the present day.
For the lovers of the game and the
| disciples of the American Leads in
Whist, Mr.. n. B. Trist's Introduction
to his handbook on whist" just is
sued by Messrs. Harpers & Brothers,
will be exceedingly interesting reading.
| From playing the t'old-fashioned COM
!
three 'maxins" of American Leads. A
correspondence between "Cavendish,'
who conducted the whist department in
| the London Field, and Mr.. Trist re-
| suited in 1888, in the publication Of a
letter from Mr.. TriSt on the subject in
this paper. This was followed in the
| following year by some articles by Mr..
Trist in the London Field which coca
stoned the publication of an article on
american Leads by "CavendiS!I' in
1884 in which he said: Having salts
fled ourselves that these leads are
sound and in harmony with general
| principles of play, there is evidently
| but one course open to US, viz, to give
| them our unqualified support" This led
| subsequently, in 1886, to the incorpora-
ton of the whole system of American
Leads in the sixteenth edition of Cav
endishs Laws and Principles of Whist"
Living by the Spirit" by Horatio W.
Dresser. author Of The Power of ST.
lence,' Voices of Freedom" Price. rs
cents. Published by C. P. Putnam's
Sons, New York Through Kellam Book
and Stationery Coz The purpose of
this little volume is to throw light on
the problems of daily life. 1t is a con-
else statement of practical philosophy,
based on a study of natural law, writ
ten in a simple style, free from tech
nical and theological discussions and
unhampered by bondage to any partic-
| ular school of thought. Mr.. Dresser
thought unifies the best teachings of all
schools and sects. It appeals to ortho-
doX believers as we'll as to freethinkers,
Quakers and Unitarians, and especially
to those who recognize a truth in the
theory of mental healing, but who are
wholly repealed by Christian Science.
DIR. Dresser is already well known by
his list of very popular books, and
anyone who IS interested in this line