The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

near of the preliminary Morganesque oper-
ations OF a certain. prominent New York
and weekly illustrated newspaper and 9th
er periodicals, who, it is said, contemplates
making combination of all magazines
not already connected with publishing
houses and running them from a single
central management.
Here is q hard luck story from the snub
fishers of The Two VanreveIs which
which throws a little light on the difficul-
Some of the difficulties of book making,
OF which the reading public never hear,
klngtons new novel. 1.-THE Two Vanrev-
els, the advance demand for which has
almost swamped the publishers In the
cream leaf With the making OF the first
quo TIE cream leaf market began to run
short, Agents we're sent out to collect it
there was no high grade cream leaf left
IN America. Germany was appealed to by
leaf there also, and several thousand
copies of the book had &c be sent out
stamped with white leaf. Then there was
ders are becoming rare. High class gilt
IS scarce The publishers put out the
books to one glider after another until
there are now five gliding shops busy
with THE Two Vanrevels,' and two
binderies at work on it, and the supply is
still 10000 behind the orders.
Reused into rivalry by the variorum
now announces a complete edition of the
works of the translator of Calderon ana
Omar Fitzgerald has had a rather one
sided reputation in connection with sin
bic book so it is a matter of ccngratuIa-
ton that through editions like these his
fame viii be now soundly based on other
things as good in their way as his pop
ular master~iece-
While Lady Roses Daughter is run
ming in magazine serial form it's author
Mrs Humphrey Ward is preparing the
stage in London and New York. Here in
America Eleanor Robson viii create the
title role
I have not yet had the opportunity to
read George Horizons last novel, The
thor's friends tell me that it is a story
of his own domestic affairs and life.
Whether the reading public is interested
is something more than raEing over Of
full barker, here is a story which gives the
lights si and shades of life IN a a. great city
gives it the stamp of truth.
Richard Harding Davis has just pur-
chased a 200 acre estate near Mount Kisc0,
about thirty miles north Of New York city
and here he plans a magnificent country
of harmonious proportions. a trout stream
and artificial lake well stocked with
fish a golf course and tennis courts are
ell these expenses are to be covered by
the royalties from Mr.. Davis last book
Captain Macklin.'
Great and small news events have al
ways been fruitful sources of plots for the
novclists and just at present there are sew
eral writers busy on stories which treat
of timely topics. The coal strike has
started several Eovelists the industrial
story: the Humlert swindle in Paris has
revivifed the robbery and detective tales.
the municipal corruption in St Louis has
furnished material and plot to the novel
lists of social and civic reform. We may
look for an increase of highly imaginative
roInances next spring ard the strange
fact about them win be that the incidents
and truths from which the tales were
taken will be more remarkable even than
the -tories-
We used to think. for example. that Du-
mas Count of Monte Christie was tha
most improbable story-we read it because
it like fairy tale. a few million
francs year seemed utterly impossible
as a private fortune. novel written
about the life of a modern Crosus would
make Dumas look like a writer OF primers
for the kindergarten classes
HERBERT BREWSTER.