The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
HERBERT BREWSTER.
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About ooks Which
Are Attracting Attention.

Various Items About ooks Which
Are Attracting Attention.
It is reported from London that James
Mcneil Whistler. the American artist.
at the forthcoming Glasgow university
graduation ceremony. The degree will be
conferred IN absentla as owing to The
state Of Mr.. Whsders health he will he
unable TO be present
Hermann Heyer. the Wei known illus
traitor. has moved into q Handsomely ap-
pointed studio at No. 8 East Thrtieth
street Mr.. I4eyerfs work during the pasr
year has attracted much attention. ard he
has enviable position in The fore most
ranks OF the younger American iIlustra
tors
"A Girl Of IDEAS is a recent publication
Of Charles Scribner' s Sons. The author is
Annie Flint who, while there is no long
string Of books she has written, follow
ing her name certainly has future in lit
erature- The story OF girls struggles is
well told and entertaining. The volume is
beautifully printed and handsomely bound.
Light in Dark Places is the sugges-
i've title Of a Devotional booklet to be pub
lished by Mesars- fhes& Y. Crowell & Co
chooses a theme connected with the spir-
itua1 imagination. and the aid to be de-
volume belongs with the attractive What
is Worth While Series" and viii be ready
in time for Easter.
Under the Rose" by Frederic s. Isfa1n
ana ne Eli1gTe6 BALL. DN anna AdtHeF-l
inc Green. two books published in March
by The Bobbs-AIerrill company, are among
the six best selling books in New York
this week Under the Rose" which was
published earlier in the month and imme-
diately took its place in the honor list. has
now risen to the fourth place. while "The
Filigree Ball. which appeared on the.
18th of the month, was included three days
later among the best sellers.
R. H. Russell is publishing a souvenir OF
The Little Princess Mrs Frances Hodg-
that has recently won such a remarkable
success on the stage. The souvenir is full
OF scenes from the play ana excelenC pc
lures of Miss Mile James, who is playing
the title role. and it has besides COM
plete story of the play told in the once
upon-a-ume manner. which makes the
book complete in itself and a welcome gift
for any child.
A new edition of Molly Elliot seaweIl's
novel Children of Destiny, with illus
trations BY A. B. WenzeH is ready today
Her publishers the Bobbs- Merrill COM
pany, have secured all the rights for this
novel, believing that it is the most bril-
Seawell has ever done Besides the
sprightly style and clever dialogue that
Children of Destiny shows its author to
be a deep thinker able to handle the
psychological development of her charac
tiers with precision.
Justus Miles Forman. author CT Jour
published as a beautiful piece Of .bool1mak-
ing by Doubleday Page & Co. is a young
man only five years graduated from Yale
who studied art in Paris only to find sue
cess and financial rewards awaiting him
as a novelist and writer of short stories.
robleman stranded in America. and very
young and successful American actress.
mate way and some people even say that
the story is a fairly accurate picture Of
Miss Ethel barrymore.
Among the important April books are an
nOunced two volumes devoted to the Life
and Letters of Edgar Allan Poe from the
The author is James A. Harrison of the
University of Virginia. whose Virginia
versal and enthusiastic comments last
year The Life and Letters viii prove
Letters are here for the first time collected
from scattered sources, while the Life is
data on Poe's career The set has the fur
Their merit of being extra and handsomely
illustrated and finely bound.
It is common enough for authors Of nov
els to take their exciting scenes from M
enough, they are likely to be praised for
it. But what shall be said when nature
turns around and copies her incidents from
case recorded. In The Chameleon" by
James Weber Linn (McC1ure. Phillips &,
ticn Of a railroad wreck. Mr. Linn hal
never seen railroad wreck when ne pen
from Imagination. The book was written
in California and while travelling back to
Chicago with his aunt. Jane Adams of
Hull House, Mr.. Linn gave it to Ter 10
read. She commented on the wreck scene
and vas surprised when he declared that
it had been written from Imagination. The
next day a real wreck came and was kind
enough 70 duplicate almost exactly the ole
described in the book. It was not auite 20
disastrous. however. in fact the only per
son injured was the authors aunt
Mr.. Stewart Edward White, the author
Of The Blazed Trail. and t.Conjuror's
House." IS writing for The Outlook q de-
hghtful series Of papers about life in The
Forest" Here is his idea of a proper
camp bed Fell q good thrifty young bal
sam and set to work pulling off the fans.
Those YOU can rot strip of easily with
your hands are too tough for your pur-
pose Lay them carefully criss-cross
against the blade of your axe and u9 the
handle They viii rot drop Oft AMI when
you shoulder that axe YOU viii rese InOle
walking haystaclz and viii probably *
perience 4 genuine emotion OF surprise at
The amount of balsam that can be thus
transported. In the tent lay smoothly one
layer Of fans. curve side. up, butts toward
the foot Now FnatcE the rest on top Of
this thrusting the butte ends underneath
the layer already placed IN such msn-