The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-12
BOOK NOTES.

What Is Good English and Other
Essays" by Harry Thurston Peck,
author of THE Personal Equation.
Price $3.50. Dodd, Mead & Co.. New
York city, Through Kellam Book and
Stationery company Mr.. Peck, edi-
tor of the Bookman, is always interest
ing and whether one may or may not
agree with him, eompels attention. He
has won a distinct success with his vol
ume of essays entitled The Personal
Equation" which appeared in the ser
les OF American essay1sts recently is
sued by Harper Bros. The present vol
ume, What Is good English and Other
Essays is of similar quality and con-
tains some of the important papers
which have appeared in the Bookman
and other literary journals and this APP
pearance in book form collects some of
the best essays Of the day and Will be
OF interest to large number or DIS
corning readers.
Bible Questions" by James M.
Campbell. Price $1.O0. Published by
Funk and Wagnalls Co., New York city.
Bible Questions is a series of studies
arranged for every week in the year
a sort of year book "They have" SAID
the author, stood the test of practical
experiment. Apart from their value to
the general reader as opening up
lieved that they will prove of special
| value to the busy pastor. 1t is hoped
that these old time questions will be-
come living voices and find a swift and
hearty response in many heart.
1.-THE Scarlet Stigma" by James
Edgar Smith. Published by James T.
Chapman, Washington, D. C. This is a
drama in four acts founded upon Haw-
thorne'S THE Scarlet Letter. The
tragic story is told even more Impress
lively than in the great classic romance,
and deserves the best words of praise
for it's literary elegance. It unearths
hypocracy and the shallOwneSs of man
applause and reveals even the sinful
and repentant as CARRIED in angelic at
| tire.
'FrithjoF and Roland" by Nine.
Rayoyne. Published by G.. P Putnams
Sons, New York city. Price $1.50. These
stories are tales of the heroic ages. In
presents first the saga of FrithJof
adapted from the epic poem OF Esaias
Teyner, the national poet of Sweden,
who lived in the first part of this CEN
tury. The second division of the vol
ume is devoted to the French national
epic of the eleventh century describing
| the retreat of Charlemagne and the
| heroic struggle of the rear guard of
| Roland and his friend Oliver. who were
trapped in the narrow gorgeS of the
| Pyrenees. The book is most interest
| ing history and is told with such good
| style that it almost reads like fiction.
Natures Miracles" Familiar Talks
on Science" by Elisha Gray, Vol. 1,
Published by Fords. Howard and HUI
bert New York. Handy volume size,
price go cents. This is a most interest
ing and instructive little book The
Natures Miracles" being based upon
the subjects of earth, air and water
written as the author says. for those
who have not, and who can not have,
| the advantages of scientific education"
In these chapters Professor Gray ex-
plains the formation of the under
ground foundations of the earth. OF
the air he gives explanations OF the
atmosphere, temperatures, clouds,
| winds, weather predictions. dew, snow.
| ice, etc, and under the subject of water
| he treats of rivers, and floods, tides.
water and ice, and the energy stored
! therein, and many things most interest
| ing to know. Mr.. Gray has many inven-
/ tions, especially in those IN connection
with electricity. The book is quite
readable. and has the charm Of person
al experiences.
Growth of Nationality in the United
States" by John Bascom, author of
| Sociology" Social Theory" etc. Price
| SIPS. Published by G. P. Putnams
Sons Co, New York city.
4 This, Professor Bascom's new volume,
is the fruit of lectures which have fol-
! lowed for a series of years, in the class
rooms. study of the constitution of
| the United States.
These lectures break away somewhat
from the technical and formal charac-
ter of that chart of liberties, and dis
cuss its connection, in development,
with the national life it has so ma
ternally aided in calling forth. and
with the social life which has sprung
up with it.
It is thus a vital, quite as much as a
legal growth that is considered; and
the two together constitute a social
study. This book is probably one of
the most timely boks upon this subject,
| and can be taken also as authority for
Professor Bascom is one of the few
noted writers upon the subject of
psychology and social study. Through
Kellam Book and Stationery Coz