The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-15
BOOK NOTES.

Charles Scribners Sons and ready June 5,
1901. are. China and the Allies, = by A.
Forbidden Land This work is pub
lished in two volumes S76 pages, with 26s
colors-- Another is The Abandoned
book of genuine humor. in the field Mr..
Stockton explored in s-Rudder Grange"
since 1t describes the experiences Of a
young newspaper man and family on a
leased
FRANCIS and Dominic by John Herk-
less D. p, is the sixth volume published
in the Worlds Epoch Maker series and
narrative of the founders OF the mendf-
leans.
1.-The Mediterranean Race" by Y. Sergi,
reaches conclusions tending to overthrow
certain conceptions OF Aryan civilization.
The Successors OF. Mary the First by
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, may be regarded
as Miss Phelps contribution to the ser
Eant girl problem. 1t purports to give
the experiences with servants of a family
IN a New England suburban town. There
We're several servants and among them
they presented most of the serious diff
culties which servants offer to employers.
grees Of ignorance and shades of incom-
petence- William Keller's splendid illus
tratiOns add greatly to the attractions of
the book. The characters of the servants,
from Mary the First down to the last
one mentioned are drawn in picturesque
lines and vivid coIors, while those Of the
viii have the charm of a flavor of famil
iarity to Miss Phelps readers. Published
Book and Stationery Go:
Another addition to the list of popular
books published this season is Penelope
Irish Experiences" by Kate Douglas
companions do ireland in the same ir-
resistible fashion in which they did Eng
charm of spontaneous fun which might be
expected from these bright American wo-
surroundings in the native isle of humor-
These young women found occasion for
gress while not wholly free from fiction,
was very picturesque and joyous. Where
scenery, hospitable people and humor ga
lore slightly yelled romance which
this story of travel. sight seeing and
scenes of Irish history that strongly stir
Miss Wiggin delightfully."- pervades the
whole Houghton Minlin Co Kellam
Book and Stationery Co.
''Under the Redwoods.' by Bret Harte.is
a collection of nine breezy. genial strong
west. The heroes are of the world wan
dering, daredevil sort, hiding under rough
exteriors very tender hearts and ready on
occasion to turn instantly from gambling
and awling to some helpful deed. Mr.
Harte adds to the nine stories a chapter
of genuine and picturesque aUtobiOgrap ply,
entitled Bohemian Days in San Francis
co" which lends a peculiar personal in
ton Mifflin Co, through kellam Book and
Stationery Co.
Clara Louise Burnham's book lately
published by Houghton Mifflin Co. en-
titled Miss Pritchard's wedding Trip,
but entirely different from her previous
ones and greatly enriched by Mrs Burn
ham months Of rest and observation in
Europe Miss Prltchard IS a New Eng
land woman, disappointed in an early
love and recuitted in an uncommon way.
The man she loved dies, has entrusted to
her his daughter. who resembles her
father SO strilzingly that the European
trip on which Miss Pritchard accompanies
the girl, takes on for her the guise of the
wedding journey she had long before
dreamed of taking with the girls father
The story is a pleasing fancy happily car
ried out. Through Kellam Book and Sta
tionery Co.
There have been several TRANSACTIONS OF
Up From Slavery Word comes now
that it is going to. appear as. a book in
eral chapters have appeared in the Kan
l1ale-i-Hind tthe Star of India). a week
~ paper widely read by Indian Christians.
Mcclure. Phillips & Co. will publish in
June a valuable work entitled '.Mosqui-
mologist of the department of agriculture.
1t is a timely book and tells how mos
how they may be destroyed. It is fully
illustrated and is popular as well as sci
entific-
The Rev. Cyrus T. Brady has re-
signed his .rectorship at Overbrook, near
probably to devote himself
entirely to literary work. His writing
Press that his income from his pen is
at $4,000 year. Mr.. Brady is
a formerly of Kansas man.
Drevfus' autobiography. Five Years of
My Life published by Harper & Bros,
is now in the second edition. The extend
ed and sympathetic favorable notices the
book has received by the American press
must be gratifying. not only to the pub
fishers but to every sympathizer of that
prosecuted but brave and loyal soldier.