The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
BOOK NOTES.

A most interesting addition to the Ec-
lectic English Classics. now SO widely used
in secondary and preparatory schools, is
the work Selections From the Idylls of
the King by Alfred Tennyson, edited by
Mary F. Willard of the John Marshall
high school Of Chicago. They should prove
an excellent subject for study and may
class for which they are designed IN adj
dition to the technical perfection OF the
poetry and the charm of the interesting
story, there Is found in them a moral sig
nificauce and insight The book contains,
in addition to the selections and introduce
ton containing the origin and growth Of
the ldyIlss the history of the Arthurian
legends. chronology and photography
The notes seem to be well edited and suf-
.fcfently full for the use of students. Ton
les are also added for written reviews Of
company Through Keliam Book and
Stationery company
1.-THE White Flame" by Mary A. Cor
nelius, published by the Stockham Pub
fishing company, is a volume that should
certainly receive a hearty reception by
that class of readers which demands a
bring higher. thoughts and deeds into the
world. It is an occult story, dramatic
closely from beginning to end. Kellam
Book and Stationery company.
As has been exemplified by many recent
successes, the historical romance is still
the prophecies Of some literary experts.
Messrs- L G Page & Co. have recently
puDnShSd a collection or rOmanceS that
will surely claim immediate attention. @.
Hembert wesley. the author of these
AT the Court of the King should be
congratulated on his success. They are
adventure, love and war. at the courts of
the French kings. kellam Book and Sta
tionery company
Elements of Physics" by Henry A
Rowland, Pr. D.. LID, professor of
physics and director of the physical lab
oratory in Johns Hopkins university, and
Joseph s. AInes, Ph-D., professor of phys
les and sub-director of the physical labor
atory in Johns Hopkins university cloth.
1zmo., XIII 26S pages. price 81 has been
pany. New York. Cincinnati and Chicago.
God the King, My Brother" by Mary
Edward. the Black Prince The scene is
laid for the most part in the sunny land
Of Spain, during the reign of Pedro, the
Gruel-tne ally IN war Of the Black Prince
of two young English knight-errants, twin
brothers. whose family motto gives the
heroine of the romance, is delightful
characterization, and the love story. with
truly enthralling. Published by L. G.
Page & Co. Kellam Book and Stationery
company
''Johnson's Physical Culture is a book
readily to ones hand. Herein is its pc
cul1ar merit; it was made to be used. and
lI-6NGfX
not the work of a theorist- Tt is the work
OF OF man a who has put physical culture
has personally reaped its benefits He
writes out of a rich experience. and he
from perfect familiarity with ones sub
Ject. It is a primary book intended to be
used by teachers and pupils at school and
Dy parents and their children at home.
The directions for exercises are so simple
that a parent can easily take up at home
the work the teacher begins at school
published by B. F. Johnson Publishing
company. Through Kellan Book and
True to Himself. or Roger strong's
meyer, author Of Old Glory IS1gS series
cloth, illustrated by A. B. shute. has been
True to Himself while a complete story
IN itself, forms the third volume of ship
land and sea, written for both boys and
girls In this story we are introduced to
lad, and his sister Kate who, by an un-
happy combination of events are thrown
upon their own resources and compelled
to make their own way in the world
Roger tells his own story in a modest.
manly way that boys and girls both will
be charmed with, and that their parents
VIII admire equally. With his father
thrown into prison on a serious charge,
Roger finds that few people will have any
thing to do with either himself or his sis
times almost more than he can bear
But he is true 10 himself in the best
meaning Of that saying, rising above those
combination of circumstances he is thrown
in contact with those who wronged his
father. and after a perilous task the evi-
derlce against the real forger is complete.
The slillfuIly arranged plot leaves the
outcome uncertain to the very end.
1.-The House-Boat on the St Lawrence:
or Following Frontenac." by Everett T.
Tomlinson. has been published by Lee &
series Of excellence in the -wav Of Standard
on the St. Lawrence last year He has
no nd