The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02
THE LITERARY OUTLOOK.
t'The Unspeakable Scot" Book to
Anger q Nation.

Lillian Bell (now Mrs. Arthur H.
Bogue) is a writer whose thrift is to
be admired. Her Abroad With the
Jimmies' is made up largely of series
of articles which she wrote several
months ago primarily for newspaper
publication. She had visited Tolstoi,
Nordau, Ibsen and other literary lights
in Europe, and she gave her impress
sions of these various people in the
newspaper articles. 1t did not require
a great deal of additional writing, how
ever, to complete very interesting
book of travel. Some of her personal
ions were thrown in, and she took oc-
casion to tell what she thought of Eng
lish manners and customs, with the
pleasing result Of having made book
will enjoy, but the stay -at-home as
well. Mrs. Bogue is now at her sum-
mer home up the Hudson, where she
is at work on an account of married
life, in which her own husband figures
largely. Mrs. Bogue evidently believes
in taking advantage of every expert
ence in life for use as material in her
writing.
Two new novels by we'll known Eng
fish writer's are starting in serial pub
locations here this summer. Anthony
Hope has written a story of London
chief figure. called THE Intrusions of
Peggy" and James M. Barrie's last
story, 1.-The Little White Bird" tells
about the experiences of an old club
a little child. The stories will be pub
lished in book form this coming fall.
Harry De Windt, who was recently
rescued by a whaler up in the neighbor-
hood of the strait between Siberia and
Alaska, will doubtless have an interest
ing story to tell about his experiences
in making the overland trip from Paris
to New York. Mr.. De Windt has al
ready shown himself to be an intertain-
ing writer, his last book, Finland AS 1t
Is" having just been published in this
country So little is known of Finland
here that the name suggests little more
to the average reader than pine forests.
wild. barren country, with occasional
fishing villages, and an uninteresting
people some decades behind the times.
but one does not have to read far into
Mr.. De Windt's book before the coun-
try has fascinating interest. The need
of such a book, however, is not so ap-
parent We probably care less for that
particular bit of the earth's surface
than any other Just at this time The
subject, doubtless, has more interest
for Europeans. Indeed, the present book
came out of suggestion made to the
author by ST. Petersburg bookseller.
who said he had many inquiries every
summer for a volume on Finland. Act
ing on the advice of this same booksen-
err, Mr.. De Windt made his book story
of trip through the country, as well
as a guide, telling Englishmen and
Americans how to get there, what to do
and how to do 1t. Before taking the
would-be traveller into Finland, Mr.. De
Windt has given some experiences of
his own in various European capitals
He says that the gaiety and beauty of
ST. Petersburg exist only in the mag
nations of English writer's, and calls
this city the "dullest in Europe"
For some reason or- other there seems,
to be a revival of interest in Daniel
Webster. Only few days ago a short
life of Webster was published by Bos-
ton firm, and there is now announced a
biography of Webster from the pen OF
Professor John Bach McMaster, the
well known historian In September
there will appear also a large volume
of Letters of Daniel Webster" COM
piled by DIR. c. H. Van Hyne. who, by
the way, is associated with Professor
McMaster in the department of history
in the University of Pennsylvania 1t
only remains now for the historical
nOveiiStS to take their cue and proceed