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

..sehley and Santiago by George. Ed,
ward Graham, has at last been published
by the w. B. Conkey company of Chicago.
THIS BOOK ;. , has been awaited with consid7
of Rear Admiral Schley himself and is
With him during thee Battle rhe folow
ing personal letter to the author shows
thor and the task he undertook when he
wrote the book: The Arlington, Washing
ton, D. c., Nov. IA, 1901.-My Dear Ora
ham: To begin, in replying to your letter,
| have no literary intentions or preten-
coed in getting the work you intended pub
fishing just after the war, before the peo-
or Cook or Clark, or myself who could tell
the story Of Santiago; All Of US saw it
and Oregon were exposed from beginning
to end of the combat and were closer the
enemy at every eSy stage of the fight than
are essential to One Who writes hi5t aasS
emnen egree to fe ae story Of santa
go. and IdF tell it without fear or without
the morning when the fight began and
oshaughnessy of Chicago swears to it.
and it is eertifed to by o ' aus messy
who was on the BEACH that morning and
doubtedly fact. No, | win indorse you, in
the highest way possible, so you may fire
eerely are sdhey 1t is he ela
fore natural that the book should bear the
sehiey MI Graham served 9 with I mel IN IN
the Brooklyn from the beginning to the
feet; He eh was as in position in the open
il and has given them, as he saw them.
The personal views and criticisms of the
author I do not indorse, though the facts
tons tons of the the flying squadron as he tells
ean remembe s poo The BOOK IS we S i printed
by the author during the battle.
Among the new spring books no title
suggests greeater p9ss;lfb 1T Of interest a
is to be a story of Viking days and the
wendsr is t that no 9ne has h qsed this rich
the he ff f E Fri who had
sounds like a strong book, and the pub
Of northern descent. has written a story
that IS going to be read. 1t will be pub
TN the manner of Carlyle at Craigen-
puttock, says William Wallace WhiteIoel1
THE enc author Of Richard carvel has 5's Sc
llected for himself spot in which to write
such it seems to the unfortunate wight
from New York, who, in order to reach
PEELED to subject himself to seven hours
of 'time-table' and eight hours of actual
Of the New York New Haven and Hart
ford railroad. As a matter of fact. how
mont, but in New Hampshire, although
the BOUNDARY, line flows, in til, the form Of
throw of the door. But as this is the back
door. the visitors approach is from the ep-
however. is at the extreme end of the
north wing So entering ing the the n, house we
hall and the other two rooms of the main
building. and turn into the long tapestried
cause the feeling, Of loneliness and insig,,
attached to the enn north side Of this in the
manner adopted by children in their arch.
workshop of the owner of the house, On
the occasion of my visit Mr.. Churchill was
~ iiis' attitude in the pleasant oc-
cupation of warming himself. His riding |
equestrian pleasures yet to come, had the |
effect OF making MIN appear even taller
about him. as is but natural in view of |
rm h Annao fne cade tan Of the
seasoned naval officer whose sharp, ner1 |
of fu sobe TR n goin e large Bit on the M
certain platform of the quarterback. His |
direct fearlessness that characterizes the
glance of those trained to military pur- |
and the consciousness of duty unquestion- |
ingly performed"
From Houghton. Mifflin & Co.'S list of |
new fiction we have space here to mention |
carries all the finesse which characterizes |
her short stories into her new novel of the |
revolution. The Tory Lover Isl. SOD. AS |
the New York Evening Post says: 1T is |
a thoroughly wholesome and charming |
book In THE Marrow of Tradition
(s1.5o), Charles w. Chestnut has, written |
will recall at many points Uncle Toms /
Cabin" great is it dramatic intensity.
and so strong it's appeal to popular sym |
pathies Within the Gates" (sl25), sets |
forth in dramatic form some of the ma
turer views of Miss Elizabeth Stuart |
Phelps upon the mysteries of the unseen
life The political excitement with which |
Russia was seething during the 70s is WV
idly portrayed in Pimenoff-Nobles roman
tic novel Before the Dawn" ($1.5O.