The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

"A new DOCK OF Kansas poems has APP
Threshman Of Madison wis The author
linn col ise OF S4qIau; t5ttie town N
! nave appeared in the current publications
never before been collected. Mr. Blair has
written some good verse and some that is
- - soSu, Dut n TINS respect ne mas q
! great zeal OF good company II IS verses
] are pleasing and it is like a breath of
The first poem in the book and one of
1 the best is Bound Fer kansas One
4 stanza viii give the reader idea of the
I rest, and Il you care to read the rest buy
Mr.. Blair's book:
Glang there, Jerry,
Whoa haW. Buck;
Bound fer Kansas,
He'd three fortunes
But / he'd ter
Take a trip
G lang there. Jerry,
Whoa haw, Buck;
Bound fer Kansas.
Dern my luck
Mr.. Blair excels in dialect verse. but he
book to give the reader variety. His little
book is worth 2 careful perusal and is
welcome to a place IN the literature OF
Kansas"
Doubleday, Page & Co Of New York
have launched Il new and attractive mag
azine- 1t is called Country Life in Amer
lea, and is similar to the English "Coun-
try Life" The first number is in reality
a pref urinary prospectus. The actual first
Country Life in America viii deal with
country estates. small country homes and
gardening and flower growing. with ma
ture study in all sorts of popular forms
cafed nv tte e7Ssef4illrl5- besfItif ,ll nl1ofo
graphs in the advance issue. will transfer
the charms of the country to its pages
with as little loss as possible. and the
thousands of amateur photographers who
are making delightful outdoor pictures
will he called into cooperation to keep its
4ffar II 1tt f4ff
to pc edited by Liberty H. Bailey of Cor
nell, well known as an expert in horti-
general and the EDITORS announcement
expresses the hope that the smell of the
soil will be on its pages.
Caps and Capers" is a genuinely
wholesome and modern story of board
ing school life, and quite unlike the gen
eral run of this sort of literature 1t is a
than once. It is published by Henry Al
temus & Co. philadelphia
We meet very delightful people in Gaps
and Capers THE girls are happy. healthy,
Jolly creatures, ready for any fun that Of
teachers, who treat the girls as though
they We're rational. reasoning beings and
must be watched from morning till night
lest they disgrace themselves and those
this charming book there is the result of
happy, healthy girlhood. There is a com
cret meetings and midnight spreads: jolly
sleigh rides in their season, a sleep walk
teacher; spelling matches, and the most
delightful wedding that ever was, and
a vein of happy thought that young peo-
pie the world over viii read them with
charming books for the young. leading
them through most delightful fields of
terest is never wanting in her work; her
powers Of observation are keen: she draws
tells story we'll
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4Bobs and kruger soon to be issued by !
Henry T. Coates. Philadelphia, tells how
made one of the richest men in England |
move out of his way He SAYS: Soon |
gentlemen were talking I attempted to /
photograph them. Finding some difficulty. |
derby to get out of the way. A peculiar !
smile passed over his face as. in reply, |
one of the wealthiest men in England and |
the winner of the first Victoria Cross |
nized the Introduction very coldly. and |
there was general grin on the faces Of /
richest men in England did move out Of /
my way and / secured a picture Of the |
fighting in the war
One of the newest books from the press
of the Henry Altemus Co. of Philadelphia I
is "Galopoff, the Talking Pony" by Tudor
child life and in telling it the author has
done his work not only well. but delight
duces are lovabIee and, hkable-all, but
Gudgins and his brief hour" is 50 brief
that we do not mind him in the least
He simply has to be in the book. for the
authors quick sense of humOr must
present foil 70 the agreeable
people, young and old. that his
vigorous imagination has conjqred
uD. So we are glad to- have Gud-
gins; and Galopon enjoyed him, too. II
would be very hard to find two more
charming Snttle girls. than Lola and Pau
line. They deserve the pleasant surround
ings Mr.. jerks has given them and they
deserve Galopoff-was there ever such
and so talented. with a
philosophy and descrip-
tive powers equal to any de-
mands upon them2 And Patrick. how he
did enjoy catching that fsh-.The fish
that laughed in me facet The book IS 4
series of delightful incidents and viva
cious converse lions between the little
girls and the talking pony; and in the
telling of each the well known artistic
touch of the author is easily discerned.
II is a book for young people 50 read and
love. fresh real and amusing from frst
to last. and it is beautifully illustrated,
for the artist accepted the commission
with IN enthusiasm and perfect apprecia-
ton that have produced the happiest re-
suits.