The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
BOOK NOTES.


One of the neatest of the recent publica-
lions is 1.-The Color of His Soul" by Zoe
Anderson Norris, published by the Funk
& WagnallS Co., New York. Mrs. Zoe
Anderson Norris is, perhaps, the most
widely known writer of newspaper
sketches in the country. Her stories of
western farm life, of New York newspaper
experiences and of foreign travel have
been published through the medium of
the American Press association in the
minor press dispatches of the entire coun-
try. and, lately, she has been especially
cultivated by the magazines of clever
ness of which the Smart Set of New
York is the leading exponent; In The The
first book. In it are apparent all the ele-
ments of style which have made her news
paper sketches so popular. The novelette,,
as it is modestly claimed to be-, consists. of
a series of brilliant pictures Of Bohemian
and newspaper life in New York, unified
by the appearance in most of them of
very striking character, Cecil Mellon. the
the disciple of DIR. Heron, the Radical
rimoniaI theories Dolly, Who tells the
resent the author. doubts the condition Of
the ''wage-slaves" as presented by Cecil
terviews all sorts of ''wage-slaves.'' from
the "ice-man" to the ''chorus-girl." Her
stories are brimful of humor and pathos
and sympathetic human interest One
story in particular, that Of the kinderear-
of Josephine Dodge Dasl6am's sketches on
the same subject, together with an APP
Norris own. In her Investigations Dolly
meets young girl, a seamstress, who is
about to become mother. Dolly takes her
to a maternity hospital. where she dies in
preyed upon her small wages, and then
cast her off, appears. and in him Dolly
atheist and egotist. Cecil Mellon. Mrs.
Norris is to be commended by every moral
tation of an evil type of humanity which
has never before been thoroughly studied
on deel1Ie edge paper and bound in white
Japan vellum The price is 81.
"a Nest of Linnets," Mr. F. r Moore's
forthcoming novel, is said to be in the vein
Of his .'Jessamy Bride" and and it is described
don, with Goldsmith. walpole. Selwyn and
R Rest of m 70 be be borA
by D. Appleton & Co.
1.-THE Fireside Sphinx" is the peculiarly
felicitous title for book on cats which
Miss Agnes Repplier has written. Those
butte to 'Agrippina" some years ago will
understand how charming book to lovers
history of Pussy from the ancient Nile to
the present day. The book contains many
illustrations, uncommonly effective, by
Miss E. Bonsall.
Prof. Josiah Royoe's second series of
Clifford lectures will be called The World
and the Northumberland, Man and the
Moral Order" 1t is on the press for i'm
mediate publication by the Macmillan Co
1.-THE Table of Modern History. A. D.
4O0-1S7O,'' compiled and arranged by NJ
Morrison, is issued by The Ma cmillan Co
1t contains parallel dates of events, tables
of enealogies, ruling monarchs and
general parallel dated chart of ancient and
modern history. 1t is work which should
prove Invaluable to school teachers. edit
orS, librarians, and would not be out of
place on the library shelves of any intelli-
gent man or woman.
The third edition of 1.-The Benefactress''
is on the press for publication within a
week of the books first appearance. The
first two editions were taken up on the
day of publication. In this latest book the
author of elizabeth and Her German
Garden gives us a novel in which the he
roine, well equipped, wholesome and in
dependent girl. inherits a German proper
ty. As may be imagined her German cous-
ms lose their bearings, greatly to the hui
NOR of the story f
The plot of Stephen Gwynns novel, 1.-The
Old Knowledge" hinges on the expert
by herself in the cottage of a Donegal
peasant to fish and paint In the process
of catching her first salmon she makes &C
quaintance with a young 1riShman who
comes to her assistance and of his uncle
the local squire, a type of the old fashion,
ed Irish gentry whom she finds sympa-
thetic. Seeing her interested in Irish life
Gated peasant who is a mystic and seer
of visions and moreover paints the visions
that he see. She her part is a reVela-
ton to him, for he has never met an edu-