The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-23

ern ranches in Texas. Arizona. Wyom-
ing The spirit of the west crept into
his veins. and after he was strong and
well he still went back again and again
to ranch life and to his cowboy friends.
Gradually he began to write stories of
them and the fascination Of the work
made him turn his back upon the legal
profession for which he had ftted him.
self. THE virginian' justifies his choice.
The last completed story from the pen
of the late Paul Leicester Ford is to be
It is a clever story of New York society
life entitled Wanted: A Chaperon.
and is a companion volume to Mr..
Ford's Wanted: A Matchmaker" is
published az a holiday gift book. and
will contain a number OF illustrations
in color by Howard Chandler Christy-
Marie CoreIH has written book
unique and original in idea, containing
everything appropriate to Christmas
time, entitled "A Christmas Greeting"
Its contents are all new. and We're
use. 1t shows in q striking way Miss
Corelli's wonderful facility in mastering
many and widely differing lines of
thought, as did. in another way, tie
Master-Christian,' dealing with relig-
fous subjects, and Boy" a book of a
totally different nature, published the
same season "A Christmas Greeting
is in line of a revival OF the Old-time
annual" SO popular some years ago.
Dodd, Mead & Co will publish the book
The elaborate and costly color-work
in modern magazines has its decided
drawbacks from the standpoint Of the
publisher. To print magazine with
coIor-plates is a matter of far greater
mechanical difficulty than to print
merely in black on white. Consequently
if a magazine edition is exhausted it Is
impracticabie to think of printing more
numbers, even though there are numer-
Gus recorders, which cannot be filled. The
publishers Of Harper's Magazine have
just this experience with the August
number An unusually large edition
was ordered. but it failed to meet the
demand, SO the demand remains unsat-
isfied and August, 1902 numbers of
Harper's are destined to be at q prem
ium-
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. announce the
following fiction for publication during
September "a Sea Turn" new collec-
ton OF short stories by Thomas Bailey
Aldrfch: 1.-The Diary of a Saint" by
Arlo Bates: "a Downrenter's Son." a
story of New York sixty years ago by
Ruth Hall: a new and complete edition
Of Maria s. Cummins' ever popular nov
Ell. '"The Lamplighter:" and the follow
by Charles Egbert Craddock, THE Flag
on the Hilltop" by Mary Tracy Earle.
and Lois MaIIet's Dangerous Gift" by
Mary Catherine Lee In the depart
they will publish next month John
Fishes last work. New France and
New England Lockhart's Life of
Scott" in q fine new edition of five vol
fessor George E Woodbury.; American
Navigation by William w. Bates; and
"Eternalism" by Orlando J. Smith.
The following story about the author
OF "A DoubIe-Barrelled Detective Story
is told by the London Publishers Circu-
lar One day while Mark Twain was
connected with publishing house, he
went into a book store in New York.
and. picking up a volume. asked the
price He then suggested that as a pub
Usher he was entitled to 50 per cent
discount To thia the clerk assented.
"As am an author. proceeded Mark.
1T would appear that am again enti-
tied to so per cent discount" Again the
clerk bowed. .And as a personal friend
of the PROPRIETOR" the humorfst mod
est1y continued, II presume that you
will allow me the usual Is per cent dis
count" Once more the salesman man
aged to produce an impressive bow.
We'll" drawled the unblushing speak
er. under these conditions 1 think
may as well take the book What's the
price," The clerk calmly took up his
pencil and began to figure industriously
Then he announced the result with the
greatest obsequiousness- "As near as
can calculate" said he. I'VE owe you
the book and about Ssh cents. Call
| again"
| The publishers Of Household Words, :
| the magazine founded by Charles Dick.
| ems, have recently issued specH
| Dickens number Of that famous peri
| odical Various popular authors have
contributed their opinions of Dickens
Here are two presenting curious con-
trest- CuteIiffe Hyne. author of Cap.
| tain Kettle" and The Lost Continent.
| expresses his view. says the Critic, a.
| follows. II cannot manage to read an,
| of Dickens novels that have come n
| nv way. and as for their success car
| only regard it with polite wonder OF
the contrary. Anthony Hope says:
| am no critic. and therefore avoid at
tempting criticism What I feel ant
what 1 think many writer's would Zee
about Dickens, is that his greatneB lie'
primarily not in his hunor or ha:
patkos-xreat as both are In their owl
: kind. though neither Is. perhaps impec