The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02

my own cooking and housekeeping; or,
as they say, lived de garcon'-and this
involved constant, immediate contact
with all sorts of small tradesmen, and a
consequent familiarity with their ways
Shelley is having his day. Not only
Is he being read more than ever before,
but he is serving to inspire the younger
American singers with ideals of social
freedom and poetic beauty. His COM
plete poetica1 works are now included
in the Cambridge Edition of famous
American. and British poets, continuing
bookmaking for which that series Is
noted.
The cause of progress in religious
ardent champion than DR.. George A.
Gordon, minister of the historic Boston
congregation known as the New Old
South Church" He has been styled by
an eminent authority, "a leader of
thought" and in his latest book. THE
New Epoch for Faith" will be found
the fullest justification for the use OF
the appellation- Dr. Gordon believes re-
and fuller Interpretation Of Christian
doctrine, and this freedom of spirit in
religious matters is the keynote of his
book, which follows logically upon his
Christ of Today" The chapters which
make UP the volume were originally de-
livered as course of lectures in the
Lowell Institute" of Boston, an en-
dowed 1ectureship which has brought
forth some notable utterances in the
cause of religious progress in America
The Riverside Press will issue the work
about the middle of February.
The president of one of the biggest
jobbing houses in the country told the
head of large New York publishing
house who was visiting Chicago last
week, that although the sales of individ-
ual novels had not reached such great
figures as in the past three years. yet
the total sales of fiction are greater this
year than ever before This is interest
ing news in view of some of the rather
loose statements which have been
appearing of late that fiction is losing
its popularity. 1t is borne out, how
ever, by the report from the New York
booksellers which appears in last weeks
New York Tribune, in which we find
that out of the Six Best Selling Books
for the Week, Owen Wister's 1.-THE vir-
ginian" heads the list, and is followed
by Charles Majors Dorothy Vernon"
while another of the Six is Gertrude
Atherton's 1.-The Conqueror.'' Three
preaching the quarter Of million
mark.
Mr. Thomas Bailey Aldrich is SPEND
ants Harbor. Maine. His new collec-
ton of short stories. "A Sea Turn. and
Other Matters is to be published early
in October. These stories are said to
scenes range all the way from Buda-
pest to New Hampshire and Virginia
1t is curious to note that the title of
Maude Egerton Kings last novel, Bread
and Wine" seems to have given some
neople the impression that the book IL
sacrilegious. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. In fact SO good a church
paper as the Interior describes 1t as
IAN idyllic tale of the Swiss mountain
folk, and a charming picture of natural,
wholesome and wholly human life, pos
sessing a simple and pfous charm most
rare in modern fiction of the better
sort"
The English "Bookman" for July re-
ports Miss Johnston's Audrey as the
second best selling book in England dur
ing the month of June. And In Scotland
Trail' and Mrs. Virgins THE Diary OF
a Goose Girl" appear on the list Of best
selling books.
Archer Butler Hubert, author Of 9TH,
Queen of Quelparte,'' which Little
| Brown & Co.. will publish In September
| Is enjoying a bicycle trip abroad, &C
| companied by Mrs. Hubert. The ma
| terfal for this romance Of the far cas-
was obtained by the author when II
Korea in 1897 to 1898, as editor OF thu
| Korean Independent and correspondent
| of several important American news
| papers, and a great deal Of the romance
Is founded upon fact
Little, Brown & Co. will issue AZ on
| of their early autumn books Brenda,
| Cousin at Radclin, by Helen Leah Reed
| Miss Reed, who is herself a Radclin
| graduate, is the first to picture life a
this unique Cambridge college. Al
though this story is intended chiefly TO
| young girls, it is likely to interest tn
/ many older persons who have been curl
Gus about this college under the VIM
| Of Harvard.
A brilliant bit Of writing ID Mr.. Lin
| coin Steffens' brief sketch In the Au
| gust McCIure's of John Mitchell. II
Labor Leader of Today" In the oil
| days" says Mr.. Steffens, labor knew
only its own emotions: felt only tina
something-ft knew not what-wa
| wrong Today John Mitchell know
| that, since labor Is a commodity. tn
| capable leader is he who can contro
| the output of It; that, in short. the bust
| ness OF labor leader is business III
would put himself in q position to sci
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