The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-12

form in all respects with the familiar
edition of his works Their titles are:
with the Allies to Pekin: A Tale Of
the Relief of the legations" and
Through Three Campaigns; A Story
Of ChitraI, Tirah and Ashanti" They
will be published by the Scribners.
It is announced that Professor W. G.
Burghardt Du Bots Ii at work on a
novel which A c. McClurg & Co., the
publishers of his successful book The
Souls of Black Folk viii bring out IN
the fall Of 1904 Needless to say, Pro
fessor Du Bots story will deal with the
subject that lies nearest his heart. the
negro problem, and those OF US VINO
have read his burning words and impas-
stoned pleas for his people in The Souls
of Black Folk will not be surprised II
the story prove one Of the literary SEN
sations Of the coming year MI Du
Bots, with his rich Imagination ana
marvellous command OF language, mas
an earnestness Of purpose that ought TO
carry his book straight to the hearts OF
the American people
Mr.. Alfred Holders book. "a Fight
for the City" published by Macmillan,
has reused a good deal of interest in
England, partly, OF course, as an inside
view of American politics and city life.
The writer of a long article on the book
conclusion which has a curious interest
for US: IF the great American specu-
lators continue to embark in English
enterprises, traffic exploitation and the
like. it will behoove this community to
watch very carefully lest they import
not only their capital and their energy,
but also their familiar methods. Not
even for the joys of an overhead rail-
way down Piccadilly or the Strand,
would we welcome the presence in Lon
don of such a power as appears to be
welded by the directors Of these con-
Germs in New York
What especially delights the readers
Of Mr.. Jack London's new novel, The
Call of the Wild.p Is that Buck, the
splendid st. Bernard, round whom this
novel OF adventure and action and
primeval life Is written. Is a. dog, in
stead Of being a four-footed creature
with human attributes. As one critic
puts ii. To me it is better art than
Seaton's or Ollivant's or Roberts. OlIi-
wants Bob always seemed to me to be
just an extraordinarily canny Scotsman
walking on four legs instead OF two and
wearing fur instead of frteze. London's
Buck is a Dog. Always a dog London
doesn't let you forget 1t for a moment
You are ever conscious OF this. Buck Is
dog, not four-footed. fur-clad human
with oftentimes almost superhuman
characteristics. In this does your Cali
fornian differ from Ollivant. Seton.
ct all
A friend of old Dr. James. OF Harvard,
recalls conversation in which the vet
eran teacher spoke thoughtfully of the
entrance of his son Henry into ntera-
ture. He has gone just so far in his art
work, was the thought of DR.. James,
and the result Of this change has not
yeti justified its wisdom. Today Henry
James stands in the front rank of
writers-many speak of him as the fore
most living English novelist-and few
know that he began as a painter, and
altered his course with hesitation Some
critics of an analytical turn of mind,
however, may find in this latest novel
of his, THE Ambassadors" appearing in
the North American Review, evidences
of that early training with the brush.
There is a power in his pen Of present
ing perfect pictures-his mind holds so
clearly their essential details. Further
more Henry James is almost as great
psychologist as his brother. So many
separate elements, any one OF which, oy
itself might mean success IN another
line of work. combine to make UP one
successful novelistI
Little. Brown & Co, of Boston, an
nounce for early publication new han
dy volume sets of the standard novel
lists" which will include the romance
Of Alexandra Dumas in 4S vols; the
novels of Jane Austen in vols; TO-
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and romances of Edward Bulwer-Lyt-
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the romances of Alexander Dumas. for
example. has hitherto comprised so
volumes. BY a partial rearrangemnet
Of the volumes. without emitting any
of the stories or condensing them in
any way, the publishers are able to an
nOunce a new edition in 4S volumes. at
a cost OF only a little more than one
half OF the former published price.
affording two distinct advantages over
the former edition, viz, economy in
price and less room on the library
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