The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-22
BOOK NOTES.

BOOK NOTES.
Ernest Crosby has written a book which
h Just Ne ssep 45rh Which ay viii
cause something of sensation. 1t is q
sF eaa the paT in 5hs RhMgPHss R
point of special interest to Kansans is that
Closely Tines the career a Of Gem Fnnston and
1t is not difficult to see in the authors
soef to help eot hts ie
wars in general and the war in the Phil
i brfef synopsis VI sa Of the book: Captain
Jinks, Hero is satirieal novel upon the
the outbreak of the Spanish war. Sam
links. its hero Is no stuffed figure, used
alton, With fls a Personality that is even low
able. He is first shown as an innocent
fairs IS pIanted By Chance christmaz
gift of lead soldiers. 1t is cultivated by his
gade ana fhs y eatassh ed BY S9ys
at East Point. In which :. institution I1,d ne
Point is satirized in most complete and
clever fashion. and it's incidents are fur
In developing the motif Of the entire story
viz: the similarity of militarism and saw
East Point. which gives to the book the
heart interest of a novel; Sam meets Ma,
by her. She foments his ambitions. The
,.CubaPino war breaks out; sam lie leaves IVES
deT ceary
him as a correspondent of the. ,Lyre, the
ranged ranged by the paper TO to make Sam the
hero of the. war, and the Tyres peciai
property. So he secures all the laurels of
war. He becomes, the nero of every battle,
the subjugator of savage tribes, the cap
t turns ef hde ehi is sed bg ali girls from
St. Kisco {san Francisco to St. Lewis st;
him and marries him to. save him from the
osculation Here begins rev9 3is s1,,s Of
IS broken, and his health impaired. in the
Cubapines,, fails. He ends in lunatic
ber is P no ph Mlse Of s tha
is not satirized with the cleverest wit. It
viii become e ain OF its k1nd a me Re
by Dan Beard. the well known cartoon
Adelaide L. Rouse is the author Of new
book which j. pubiIShse &c by Funk & WIZ M
pulse fs and what came Of it; A newspaper
herself in a Jersey, suburb. The story
of it's planning is Delightfully."- told. simply 1pdt
will appeal to lovers of books and Of the
freside- Before the house building details
is begun, apd catches the interest 1t con,
Germs the Home builder. an old flame, and
come next door neighbor.. With, this re-
nance are entwined number Of neart AZ az
style is bright and the humor genial and
pervasive The literary WORKER and the TIE
book. Women of culture everywhere should
appreciate it's delicate style.
II X X
Kinds & Noble of New York have re-
Gently published an interesting volume en-
titled How to Attract and Hold an Au-
dienee BY Berg EssenMein professor f fSs
PENNSYLVANIA military college. The work
is designed for every citizen and every
committee or in public to enlist the inter tid,,
est and to attract and hold the ate attention 1,en
SON Who ever has to or is likely to have
to speak, to one or more listeners will
Complete handbook which win help him to
succeed, 1t is thorough. concise, method
Hardness & Forbes, Caesars Common
taries on the Gallo War" with introduc-
titus in Brown. university. has been pub
is in half leather, 12nno, 593 pages.
X 4 4
Gertrude Atherton is nothing if not bold
has h TT taken ken the career Of Hamilton and
thrown it in the form of novel H. which It,,
and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamil
ton" For the first time in American lit
p pr the whole. asld ef the gre;at
political characters of that day. and the
s womep psrs IN caree
Washington himself moves freely through
the book. a man among men, Inc DOCK
will come out next week, published by the
Macmillan company.
X Il X
The usefulness Of the Chinamag1
throughout all the. far east is referred
to time and again BY Mr., Colquhoun, in
his new book. on The Mastery of the
Pacific" published by the Macmillan COM
pany. In Australia the problem is two
fold. how to keep the Chinaman out and
what to do without him. He is sorely
needed in certain regions where the white
man can not work and hive, but the Au,
Stralian Labor party is very strong and
can not allow of Discrimination of this
kind. 1t is a racial question rather than
Colquhoun. lit must not be supposed that
John, at this stage of his career, will act
as an emergency mamie has realized his
own value too well. It is to the choicest
spots where the precious metal is to be
found and profitable work done, that he
turns his face now. Impoverished Borneo
starves for him, opens her arms to him.
but he will not go to her The situation is
already acute in Australia.