The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books Which
Are Attracting Attention.

Four American girls, pupils of the
famous singing teacher Nine. Mathilde |
Paris on June 3, and made a capital /
impression. They were Miss Alice /
Haeseler, Milwaukee,; Miss Therese
Murba, Cincinnati Mrs. Baird, New /
Jersey, and Miss Claudia Hockenhuh, /
Boston. OF these Miss Murba, Miss
HOckenhuu and Mrs. Baird were es-
pecially commended IN the press, the
American pupils receiving the lion = |
share of praise in proportion to their |
number in the opera and concert
classes. Nine. Marchesi once consented
to write about her methods of teaching. /
and produced Ten Singing Lessons" "
which was published by the Harpers a |
few years a go. She also wrote volume
of "reminiscences of her many dis |
tinguished friends and Notwithstanding !
Mendelssohn, Liszt Rossini, Melba--
and published it under the title of /
''Marchesi and Music In private life
she is the Marchese della Rajata III
Castrone. Last year she celebrated her
golden wedding.
Henry Mills Alden's philosophical
work "A Study Of Death is being is
sued in a new edition Of Harper &
Bros Mr. Alden spent five years il4
writing this volume. which has given
him a place among the profound think
ers of our time He is an interesting
example Of an author who did not write
until his experience became fully ripe.
In 1863 Mr.. Alden lectured before tn,
in 1890 he produced his remarkable in
terpretative work, God in His World.
it represented the precipitation of thu
/ thought of nearly thirty years This
book he wrote in one year, amid va
rious distractions: it flowed from his
pen without effort, the work of a seer
and poet "A Study of Death on the
other hand. was written with the pre-
cision and method of the student of
philosophy.
cl0
dered," writes the historian Parton
and when she was about to enter th-
social circle in Washington the ladies
cried, Horrible to contemplated Forbid
It, decency. Forbid it, General jack
son! The general. then president of
the United States. defended Peggy
/ ONeal: and In a letter in Peggy's de-
fense to the Rev. DR.. Ely, of Philadel~
phia, the president wrote as follows.
1T puts me in mind of a tale circu-
lated here the other day-that l was
seized with sDasms in the stomach
which would have occasiOned my death
but for the immediate assistance of Dr. 4
Henderson, who saved me- Now, the
truth is L had no spasms nor had
ever sen or heard of DIR. Henderson
before. But still the tale was told and
oelleved. When a friend of mine con-
Sfadlcted 1t the reply was, have Il
from the mouth of DR.. Henderson him
SELF; 1t must be true Unless I am mis-,
taken, when the facts connected with
TINS attempt to blast the reputation OF
J
will be found to have few parallel
cases. In the novel, Peggy O'Neal =
published by the DrexeI Biddle Co.
Andrew Jackson. the president ana
duelist, defends her.
Among the scribners publications for
June is unique book for sportsmen. bv
Dwight W. Huntingdon entitled sOur
Feathered Game" The authors object
IS to describe all the game birds of the
United States and to tell where and
now they may be shot. With the aid of
the descriptions and of the photoera mis-
an amateur Will be able to identity any
bird. Chapters on Guns and Dogs and
on Game Clubs and Preserves en-
phasizes the thOrOughness with which
the subject is discussed. The author
has shot nearly everyone of the birds
about which he writes and is a recog-
nized authority in field sports. He
draws upon his personal recollectiOns
for many interesting anecdotes and in
structive incidents. His book consists
of forty seven chapters, and treats fully
and entertainingly of every variety of
feathered game. The book is illustrated
with full-page shooting scenes in color
and 135 bird portraits.
The novel in Ainslee's for July is ssThe
Ribbored Way by S. Carleton, author
of The Corduroy Road" other fan1fl-
/ lar names among the contributors are
Justus Miles Forman, author of "A Bit
/ of Grease Paint" and Journeys End"
! Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Charles c. D.
Roberts, Guy WetmOre Carryl, author
of THE Lieutenant Governors" George
Horton. Joseph c. Lincoln and Robert
Loveman.
"The Metem1sychosis of the Ogdens,'
4 by Edward S. Van Zile, the novelette,
with which the July number of The
/ Smart Set opens is as humorous a piece
of fiction as has recently appeared, and
! for summer reading it will be found
delightful to while away pleasant
hour. The father of a beautiful young
society girl. through the instrumentality
4 of an apparently harmless Oriental
curio which he possesses. is forced to
assume for short time. his daughters
/ identity. The adventures which befan
than are ludicrOus in the extreme.
There is a laugh in every line of the
story.
IF. o. Jones and How He Earned His
/ Living" is the title of volume which
\ the Macmillan company has recently
! imported Mr. r. S. Warren Bell avows
that his book is ostensibly for boys. 1t
! records the experiences OF a young Eng
/ Tshnlan whose father somehow failed to
provide for his future, and who made
/ his way by pluck and perseverance and
/ keeping his head to nice position and
{ happiness. 1t is very thoroughly Brit
ish indeed: story of boarding school
! life that fairly runs over with the at
mosphere of the British school and the
/ British school boy ard his doings.
Mr.. Thomas Nelson Pages new novel,
( Gordon Keith" is already the great
success of the season. The first edition
/ Of 50 600 went so quickly that the second
edition was on the press about the time
| the book was published. The way it is
/ selling IS shown by the fact that one big