The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
AMONG THE BOOKS
A Glimpse at the Crane & Co.
Catalogue.
What One Firm Is Doing for
Kansas Literature.
MANY BOOKS LISTED.
Something About the Names
That Are There.
Gossip Of Interest to Lovers of
Books.
MANY BOOKS LISTED.

Few people appreciate the fact that
there is a firm in the west that is do
ing much for the literature of the great
middle section of the country. A
glimpse therefore at the catalogue
which has recently been published
by Crane & Co. Of Topeka. viii
prove a pleasant surprise. 1T ranks
well up with similar publications Of
eastern houses. and proves that west
ern enterprise has d field of its own at
home 1t contains a brief description OF
about seventy-hve of the miscellaneous
publications Of Crane & Co., besides
twenty-five law books
The book given the place of honor IN
the catalogue is Frank A. Rool
Overland Trail. Following is the coHl~
ment of the uublisher-
"The work contains authentic history
wathered at great expense of time ana
money. and is the personal narrative or
g competent and eonsclentlous eye
witness. The value of this book lies IN
Ats hdelity-in its strict adherence TO
truth and rs faitnfulness to fact. 1t -,
FIRST of all. "a historical work the story
OF men who saw for themselves. But
in the relation Of historic annals II
often touches the story of the romance
OF the plains Its principal mission III
all time viii be to preserve the reat
spirit of the first gigantic enterprises OF
t.
OF much moment in their day. but were
foreruuners only of greater things. The
vastness of the expense and the condl>
ti0ns existing upon 1T made it necessary
TO do things on a greater scale than ~
the settlement and development Of any
other portion of the continent. The
conquest of the great western wIder>
ness many of the events of which are
portrayed i'm this volume. is the most
fascinating romance in all history No
ornament of flowing sentences is neces-
sary- the simple recital of vital facts
reveals adventures and herOism far be-
yond the imagination of fiction.
Following closely is the set of books
hv the late Col. Henry Inman. which
form such "A valuable addition to the
literature of the frontier. First OF
course is The Santa Fe Trail" and
this is followed with the next preten-
Ilaus work of the veteran %0ntiersman,
"The Great salt Lake Tran In this
connection are notices of his stories.
1.-THE Delahoydes Tales of the
Trail" and "A Pioneer from Ken
The following notice of Colonel In
man and his books appears in the cata'
loEue.
Colonel Inman absorbed the spirit OF
the plains. Through him their beauty.
their fascination. their romance, their
history. and their utility found express
sion as through no other man who ever
wrote of them. All the incidents of ad-
venture, romance and history that oc-
CURED along this great way are gath
cred and set down in order in COlOne'
Inmans most charming style in this
wonderfully Interesting and valuable
book. Its presence in every well or.
dered library is indispensable. Nc
American can claim to be well informed
Of the literature Of his country unit
he has read it. Colonel Inman was pre-
eminently the historian of the Grea'
Plains In The Great Salt Lake Trail
he tells the story of the advance oil
civilization from the Missouri river tC
the blue shores of the Pacific ocean
The material for another such boob
does not exist i'm America"
W. c. Campbell formerly of Topeka
but now Of Los Angeles, receives mer