The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12
BOOK NOTES.

BOOk NOIES.
Laird & Lee. Chicago. are ont early
with this years summer novel THE
Sabertooth,s a romance of Plt-In-I Bay
BY Stephen Kinder The story starts out
in the dusty. sultry freight Offices Of
railroad. making the reader long for
breezy outing on the cool waters OF
Lake Erie. which boon is granted him to
his hearts content. Almost every mo-
ment is spent on the Islands or on the
waters surrounding them, the events
leading up to the thrilling climax are
most natural, the characters are all,
save one, such as we meet in daily life
and when we close the volume, we feel
that we have Witnessed in the flesh an
exciting episode in the career OF some
highly interesting people and in sur
roundings that through the book have
become thoroughly familiar to us. OF
course there IS a love story IN 1t--Who
could think of a summer novel WITHOUT
one?-but one is spared the sighings and
longings Of the lovers for which there
scenes. fascinating by their weird con
nection with the remote past-the Ice
Age. All lovers of the Islands viii be
delighted with the story; and all other
readers OF the story viii long to see the
islands.
Leavitt's Outlines of Botany. For the
High school laboratory and classroom
Prepared at the request of the Botanical
department of Harvard university by
| Robert Greenleaf Leavitt, A. NJ. of the
Ames Botanical laboratory, is a recent
/ publication of the American Book COM
pany. This book has been prepared to
meet a specific demand, and combines,
with great simplicity and dehniteness in
presentation, careful selection and a
Jud1ciOus arrangement OF matter 1t OF
fers-1. A series of laboratory exercises
/ in the morphoIogy and physiology Of
phanerogams 2 Directions for a prac-
resenting the chief groups from the low
est to the highest. q A substantial body
of information regarding the forms, ac-
tivities, and relationships of plants. and
supplementing the laboratory studies.
!
Street & Smith of New York. an
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| Things Generally. by Max Adeler.
| The funniest sketches ever penned by
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| Tennis. commonly called Ping Pong.
| by NJ G. Ritehie. of the International
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/ Price 81 Her Wedding Interlude," by
Frederick r. Burton. A fascinating tale
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This firm has also in preparation
new book on bugs and kindred crea-
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/ zine have attracted such widespread
attention. also stirring new novel by
! Herbert f Hamblen; new juvenile of
/ the war of 1872 by Lieutenant Lionel
! Lownsberry; and new tale for girls by
/ Evelyn Raymond.
A new book which is we'll worth read
ing is Flower and Thorn by Beatrice
/ Whitby. The title gives little clue to
| the character OF the story, which is
really very bright and interesting and
! 1t is the story of a beautiful society
! girl. brought up to a life of luxury
i though her family has nothing in the
! way of worldly goods, though a sub
stantial legacy is looked for from an
aged uncle of Valerie Talbot's step
/ father. They lived on the prospects of
/ this legacy for q number of years. and
| when the uncle finally dies they find 10
| their bitter disappointment that there
| is but little of his once large fortune
left, and they arc at last compelled to
/ ings.
Valerie finally marries Captain Guth-
RE. of the army, in whom she has been
| interested for number Of years, and
| though he has nothing but his pay
| they live very happily for a few years
| in a very modest way. Valerie knows
| little of the value of money, and con-
tracts debts which she keeps a secret
| from her husband Jane Mallam
| cousin of the captain, plays a very i'm
pOrtant part in the story. She acct
| dentally finds out about Valerie's debts
| and reveals the fact to Captain Guthrie
/ who is furious. The whole affair might
| have been amicably arranged. but
Valerie conceives an unreasonable jeal-
| ousy for Jane, and the upshot is that
| Captain Guthrie enlistS in the English
Boer war, and 1t is not until he is in
the thick of the dangers of the war
that Valerie realizes how much she
| really loves him.
For two or three years Valerie's life
is very hard, but adversely is good for
her and brings out the best side of her
! character and she develops into very
fine woman She becomes reconciled to
| Jane MallaIn. the captain finally comes
nome from war, and the story ends as
i should The book is published by
D0dd. Mead & Co Through Moore
Book and Stationery company
/ = W fndoWs for Sermons, BY Louis Albert
Banks, D. D.. cloth, 12mo 433 m Price
$50. net: postage. 10 cents. Published BY
side the precinc7s Of the tb 10y r. ~,
naries DR. Banks has been The most help
full as well as the most voIuTninoils
preacher to the preachers now living.
This volume is a timely addition to the
works, more than 20 in number. that he
has ALREADY given to the. public. However
many illustration helps the speaker NAV
happen to possess. this one will be ;sddi-
tionally valuable on account OF the fresh
ness of the illustrations. and also because
it reveals DR.. Banks principles and meth-
DDS IN the use of illustrative material. The
first % pages OF the hook are devoted to an
exposition and advocacy of these methods.
The author writes as a deadly enemy of
dullness. and of all obscure fog of assumed
I Drofundity in preaching He prnctures
this pretense Of profundlty rather happily:
The deep and profound sermons that no
! body can understand are delivered By men
who lack either clearness Of thought on a
wise use Of language. To enforce his
views. DIR. Banks brings to his assistance
the examples of the great preachers ana
: 1 orators. including Lincoln. Lyman Beech
| err, D. l. Moody and many more. rising in
his scale the citafioE-af Tie a1aastIaa \