The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-05

Time Of the Stuarts, 3 almost ready
for publication.
Some terrible decree of fate seems
| to rule that the great young writer's of
English fiction in our time should die
| Just as they have given the real evil
| Use. Those who read and enjoyed
| Henry Seton Merriman's "Barlasch of
the Guard will lay 1t down with the
regret that its authors hand had
| last month at his English home. of
appendicitis, disease which, strangely
enough, carried Off also Frank Norris,
whose Octopus and l., Pit showed
| lean school George Douglas Brown,
| whose House With the Green Shut
ters'' stamped him as the rising Scot
fish realist. makes the third of an uTa-
| fortunate trio to die within about
| eighteen months.
1.-THE Love Affairs of Mary Queen of
Scots" by Martin Hume. published in
has quite captured the English woman
readers. The head of Nudes library
says of 1t: ct is distinctly a woman's
book. and has been taken up by the
feminine public with as much avidity
as though it were novel,"
! H. snowden Ward and Catherine
Weed Ward. the Joint authors of
(
trated volume of intimate observation
upon the life and surroundings of the
novelist. will soon be in this country
for a stay of some months. Mr.. and
of Scott's land. as well as the land of
Dickens. They are the joint editors Of
The Photogram. journal dealing with
photography, of which Mrs. Ward Is
an American woman, daughter of
William Barnes. of Albany. N. Y. and
granddaughter of the late Thurlow
| Weed. The new volume, 1.-THE Real
Dickens Land" has a wealth of illus
| trations and is a contribution of more
than casual interest to the great
amount of Dickens literature. It is
published by the ]. B. Lppincott COM
pany.
| A new edition of the House Of Life
including the suppressed sonnet. has
appeared this autumn, published by
H. NJ. Caldwell company, Boston The
reading Of the first edition, 1870, has
been followed to the letter. while the
new sonnets are an exact reprint of the
each page. of a new and original char
acter. and the large initials are both
the work of Marion L. Peabody, sister
of Josephine Preston Peabody. the
poet. The cover design in heavy gold
on white vellum is also hers, while the
Ifrontispiece is an original photogravure
| engraving by Marcel. There is also a
limited edition of twenty-six lettered
copies, nd-illuminated, bound to or
der either in genuine parchment or in
full crushed levant-
Through the Gates of Old Romance"
by W. Jay Mills, which has Just been
published by ]. B. Lippincott company.
covers the early life Of the colonies. It
is by the author of Historic Houses
of New Jersey Mr.. Mills also was
the editor Of "Glimpses of Colonial
/ Snc1efU and life ar Pri0cafny7
1766-177S." There are ghost stories and
love stories. and stories of adventure
in the new volume. all of which are
told with a freshness and vigor which
make them peculiarly readable The
book is illustrated with delicate draw
ings by John Rae. -
'Troubadcur Tales volume of
stories for children by Evaieen Stein.
With illustra lions in color by Virginia
Keep. Maxfield Parrish and others.
One of the recent publications of the
IBobbs-Merrill company. These stories,
three of medieval France and one of
Finland. are of unusual excellence aud
the children themselves will enjoy them
to the utmost. All are about children.
lchildren who are loving. brave and
faithful. The stories are romantic;
they are charmingly told; they are full
of out-of-the-way information, and
they hold up high ideals. The illus
ttrations. which are by the best Amer
land are printed in colors.
Two publications of an artistic nat
ure to be brought out by A. C. Nc
Martyrs Portfolio of Sketches and
Mr.. McCutcheon's boy Calendar -
Both are likely to be much in demand
as the holiday season approaches.
An Englisher publisher a short time
ago bought a small edition of George
Madden Martins story of little girls
school days, Emmy LOU from the
American publishers, Mcclure. Phil
lips & Company. The sample volume
had hardly reached the other side be-
fore the English house sent a cable or
der to double the edition. Since then
Mcclure, Phillips & Company about
once a week have received cables from
the English firm Please increase our
order to-" Emmy Lou has been
out a year and is still selling, in Amer
lea, equally with any of this season S
new books.
The following news item from the
Chicago Tribune of November de-
scribes a unique testimonial to the
practical usefulness of a good book.
1.-The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys" the
story referred to. is q. well known juve-
nile published by A G. McClurg C Co.,
and was the forerunner of books of the
class of Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" It is now in its eighth edition,
and seems to increase in popularity
constantly. Barney Ryan, II years
old and wearing a sweater twice his
size, yesterday was sentenced by Judge
Tuthill to read to his mother each
night from book designated by the
court. The boy had been arrested for
smashing a store window and stealing
merchandise to the value of 5000. TIL
let you go, Barney said Judge Tuthill
'if your mother win buy a copy of Mrs
O'Callaghan's Boys" and agree to make
you read to her each night from it.
Mrs. Ryan, who lives at 139 Gault court
agreed to the stipulation
Houghton, Mif1in & Co. report thai
the Life of w. W. Story" by Henry
James, has been in so great a demand
that three editions have already beer
ordered. They also announce the six