The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-27
BOOK NOTES.


Dodd. Mead & Co.'S encouragement list
of forthcoming autumn publications y
out and it gives promise Of many good
things Heading the list of novels Is q
fish novelist. who died two months ago
It IS called lay OF Fyl, lI lf b =
ssrhe lions xvl1eln # is a romance Of
the eighteenth century and Oliver Crorn-
well is the central character. A new book
by S. R. Crockett, called ..CindereIla,'' is
also announced A new edition of Hamil-
ton Wright MabiesS books viii be pub
lished with a, new book BY this autho =;
poems by the well known negro poet,
ont # is entitled s.fyandle Tsighfirr
Time Paul Leicester Ford is to have
graphical sketch with a journal of Hugh
Game: Printer The subject was one OF
Andrew Lang's history Of Scotland viii
soon Pc ef soree Eliot n anno1nced Il
is in the miniature form which has be-
umes in limp cloth and limp leather. There
are many other good things promised ano
Nv this firm is sl1fficienf guarantees Of ex-
cellent Workmanship
Tn Deep Abyss a novel by Georges
Fred Rothwell, B. a, 12mo-, cloth. Al
net. New York-FIink & WagnalIs CO,
This is new novel by the author o.
of a welcome. This latest product Of the
/ celebrated French novelist is an absorb
| ing story. of love and intrigue. The scenes
are laid in Paris, San Francisco, London
and elsewhere. Most Of the characters
/ A principle is enunciated at the beginning
of the book: the fallibility of human judg-
/ is to pass sentence and who are conse-
quentiy in a position to boast Of special
| error. The plot of the story reveals a sem
! the reader is taken through many stirring
] events and made to share in many stronS
| emotions. The story of the unhappy vic
| tim suggests by the force of circqmstans
/ tial evidence the interruptions villainy OF
| ton of his friends, the famous Dreyfus
| case which aroused the interest of the
| whole world
Funk & WagnaII's Co. New York. have
| arranged an exhibit of the an-American
/ tention. The space occupied by Funk 6
Wagnalls Co is IS BY 70 feet in d the center
| Arts building was especially put up BY
the exposition. authorlfles Ior the cones
! craving and bookbinding and for the fin
with this idea, Afessrs. Funk & Wagnalls
/ Co. have on exhibition q number of Spe-
ely Po9no oo0s as wgi on o3o5s r x
| ings, photographic plates, etc.
I'm the Palace Of the King" published
| by the Macmillan Co., has Just gone into
| its one hundredth thousand. Mr.. r. Mar
| ion Crawford's popularity seems to grow
| with the increase of his books, and he il
! an author with some thirty-six works to
ais name. The decentralization Of the story
| by Loriner Stoddard has been running
| a very successful career and was put on
the boards in New York on New Years
| eve. The play is written in six scenes
in which Viola Allen is the leading
actress.
| William Allen White, after. attaining q
| high degree of success through his stories
/ short and long-for boys of lesser and OF
| larger growth has now embarked on the
| more difficult sea Of essay writing ane
nj
| tain a paper from his pen which is more
! particularly addressed to women. Nothing
| to command respectful attention, and this
new departure VIII maintain and increase
| public interest in his Work--l1earsts Chi
cago American.
The Bowen-NTerrill Co. has been ex-
tremely lucky, or has exercised remark
ably good judgment. in selecting novels
| ocrat-Cbronicle. It's record of successful
ventures in this line has. been quite phe-
| nomenal and its latest enterprise bids fair
| to surpass most of the previous ones The
title Of the story is Like Another Helen =
| and its author is George Horton, consul
| general at Athens under President Cleve-
| land. Mr.. Horton accumulated material
passing interest and his book has taken
| a strong hold on the reading public. The
plot is original and consistent. the pic
| lures of Greek and Cretan life are vivid,
| the incidents are stirring and ~ the ne. love
| other Helen has already taken its place
among the best sellers Of the year
One of Houghton. Mifflin & Co.'S new
books is 1.-The May. Flower and Her Log
| large 8vo, with maps. charts and pic
| ture of Gov. WinsloW. $500 net), by AnZeI
| Ames NJ. D.. member of Pilgrim society.
| This painstaking and accurate piece of
| work really amounts to q new history of
the Pilgrim migration to Plymouth The
| author has carefully studied all obtain
| able documents and narratives relating
| thereto and has constructed history Or
| the May Flower, giving her model and
rig. her chart, officers. crew. passenger
| list. provisioning, landing, etc From lit
| tie known data he has made a log of the
| voyage. which, being composed of entries
supposed to be made up every day givea
| to the sailing narrative q most lfelike
color. The book viii be printed in sev~
| enteenth century style on antique paper,
| with ornamental chapter headings anc
| ~ u S,-t5-4;, be11iss ~ ivi,,sr ~ ~