The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-31
BOOK NOTES.


'TTristram Of Bient,' is a new novel by
Cures IN sepfsra ~ De 4lj7s risfrar1 HOOD
ana the Iristram ways are in themselves
novel sTristrasa1 of Bent orfei1tl ns
Interesting Harry Tristrarn is a peculiar
character who is the victim of circum-
ss4e,s Mil1ch are even more peculiar
Inc trouble all begins with an out-of-date
ana peculiar Russian custom. Russia YOU
hhYw, sun ciings to the Old Julian cal
enddr. and is already y days behind the
rest 81 the civilized world And what a
Y t4 SIles Snese IL Gays lnSehe u the ne
Cl Harry IrIstraml A marriage becomes
law and Tristram of BIent proud with
the pride of centuries. is in danger of los
blood that makes the right and not the
law says this Tristram and forthwith
pe9lns q cool and cunning fight for what
9 Woman's unconscious way produces new
anu 1of the creation OF ooq situations a
par Of Irlstrams would be hard TO equal.
man, and just as we are about to ex-
claim si a. A. the people in the story do, rOh,
IN the most sa tisfactory manner ina gina
Mr.. Vaughan Hester, the author of 1.-THE
Manager of the b. & A." published by
l4arpers, was born in New Jersey not
Mr.. kester saws. while I was still too
GoIlparatlyely blameless life there until
l was Is Then / went west to be a cow
5 boy 'P b5 l didn't get along at all vel
AGAINST me for some reason The same
was true Of the horses. 1t was after this
4Ia5uTe tnat 1 decided to try writing. and
l ulu a little newspaper work in Clevr
lahu - Then went to Florida and Nlr-
SAha where 4 lived for five years. Next
4 came to New York wrote some short
stories and managed to sell them-any
1ool can write short stories. but only a
man of real talent can dispose of them.
after That Joined the STAFF Of the Cos
mopolitan Magazine, and served year
under the urbane MIR. Walker. Inciden-
per ana syndicate Work during these
years, put my most renarka BILE achieve
1IIotl5E p DIother. me reference is to
MT Paul kester. in collaboration with
whom Mr.. Vaughan Kester once wrote a
Mr.. kester, the playwright, although the
Il psst SHOWN today through his drama
Tlzatio NOT w hen knighthood Was in
sweet Nell no of f 9ld 9"f , 9TlsnaI ff9bmedy
pIaNe4 successfully last season by Miss
being played at the Globe theater in Lon
don by Miss Julia Nelson.
Henry Woods, new book THE sympho-
ny q Life, published by Lee & Shepard,
Boston is receiving favorable attention
MT Mood already has a wide circle of
readers, his former books six in number,
having passed through from three to thtr-
seeh ecltons eacn- he stands at the fore
front among writer's upon the new phil
osophy of life spiritual evolution, sociolo-
Ey anq other advanced thought. In THE
symphony of Life he presents in con
elss form the results Of his riDest study
poetic beauty and practical successive
ness Mr. Woods works rank high. The
ueW, phllosopnN Of health receives thor
ough and scientific though conservative
eqnIsiqeration- The higher evolution IS
devoted to Biblical symbolism. It is IDEAL
lStlc, but its idealism is practical rather
than speculative
The Potter and the Clay is one of the
recent publications of the Lathrop Pub
a young woman, is Maud Howard Peter
vividly told tale of an American girl loved
by two British soldiers One prizes her
toward her is love with honor 1t is
problem novel; vet novel all action. The
heroine must choose between two heroes
ana the other strong enough to risk his
DUTY for his love. The title of the book
testing Of the interviewer lives of the
work for a strong and beautiful story.
The scenes of the story are laid in an
land. in an English port in India and a
stricken cholera camp among the hills
Romance and description vie with master
" aeter-sketching to make the story
absorbing.
The following. i from rugs Oriental
ana Qceidental,. by Rosa Belle Holt, pub
hunting rugs of Persia are the most RE ne
markable and interesting rugs in exist |
ence They had. their origin In the Chi |
which they were copied They were un- |
doubtedly made as early as the sixteenth /
century for the Shah. Exquisite in their
weaving marvellous in coloring and Of
rare sheen, they are worthy of the closest |
attention. Nor is this their only merit; !
they serve as records Of ancient customs
depicting the method of the chase and |
portraying the mounted hunters in pur- |
suit Of the elephant, lion, phoenix deer |
and other creatures fabulous and real. |
There are perhaps twelve of these prec-
ious rugs in existence. One belongs to |
the imperial house Of Austria, another TO |
Baron Adolphe Rothschild. third is in |
the Berlin museum, and fourth may be |
seen at the Boston museum
How good a ground the southern states |
are for literary cleaning, the lists of pub |
LEGATIONS for the last ten years bear album /
dant proof Win I'll. Harbens Northern /
Georgia Sketches and Miss Mary Nelson |
Carriers North Carolina Sketches" bear |
this out. and now Mrs Louise Preston |
Looney's Tennessee Sketches in the /
same series, are a new evidence of the |
same thing The volume will be published /
in the autumn by "A. c. McC1urg e Co.
Mrs Looney is a resident of Memphis and |
her stories grave and gay. are the result /
pf q inf "a he Ia