The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-11

ing review from his pen Of Lincoln Stef-
the June McClure's. rejects his attitude
towards politics and the public service IN
an interesting manner
Joseph Conrad. the author Romance
bears an almost charmed life. A recital
of the hairbreadth escapes which he has
had on both land and sea would make
quite a thick volume Among other things
three times barely escaping at each ven
ture to tell the tale. Those who have read
cident of the blowing up OF the old bark
"Judea,' which was described directly
from Mr.. Conrad's own experience.
Rupert Hughes. the author of THE
Real New York" describes his forthcom-
ing book, to be published by the Smart
Set Publishing company as something
more. and a great deal less. than a guide
book" There is actually almost nothing
of the usual guide book characteristics in
this lively and Informal description of the
haustfve sight seeing tour Of New York
under the guidance of the author, who.
being western man by birth. knows the
be expected to know It,
After the appearance Of "A Texas
Matchmaker its author, Andy Adams,
was asked why his tirst book. The Log
contain a love thread. Because it would
not fit," replied the oldtime cowboy. The
trail was Eveless Eden. OF course
there We're women to be seen in the COW
towns, but it was best not to mention
of realism has no business with a love
thread in it, unless some such thing was
have woven a love thread in The Log
but my rope was too short"
Kate Masterson is probably the best
known of New York newspaper women Of
men me- and ID things. her brilliant, haifsS-
tirical essays and her very original short
magazines and newspapers, have made
her so popular that the announcement OF
her first novel has a peculiar interest
The Thirteenth Apostle, is, it is said a
remarkably faithful and realistic por-
trayal of certain phases of present day
and unha ckneyed story. 1t appears in the
June number of Tales From Town Topics.
Mr. Frank Spearman. whoe railroad ar
ticles have become well known, especially
to the readers of The Outlook. describes
Outlook what he calls THE Nerves of the
Road His description of the doings
terminals will interest all who travel; His
Town BeaSutifui'' is the general title UNI
der which Mr.. Andrew w. Crawford
Parks in PhiladeIphia Mr.. Charles VOL
ltngton Furlong's artistic and picturesque
dra wings lend special attraction to this
suggestive appeal to public spirit.
Better than the books of yester year"
drop to nothing. are the books for which
d.
year-li<e. Kipling's. Jungle Books. for In
stance, of which the first one has been
printed 20 times and the second Jungle
Book Y times. and the demand is con
slant. John Luther Longs Madame But
terfy,' now seven years old, has been re-
is said that Mrs. Ruth McEnery stuarts
sonny issued in 1897. was printed for
the fourteenth time in February, 1904, and
that it has a yearly sale Of at least four
thousand copies
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. the author Of
Human Work" and THE Home" (Mc-
important editorial position on the Wo-
mans Journal. Mrs. Gilman has q tre-
mendous following among people in touch
have aroused animated discussion
throughout the world between the con-
servatives and the radicals. Mrs. Gilman
is a grand daughter OF Lyman Beeeher
and, therefore, comes naturally by her
they ought to hear. Her birthplace was
Hartford, Conn, and her career as a
when her reputation through the transla-
ton of her books into almost every mod
ern language has become international.
Gen. Ben ]. vnjoen, whose novel Of
South African life and adventure during
the Boer war, entitled Under. the Vier-
kleur, has just been published by Messrs.
Small, Maynard & Co., is one of the
today. Although only SO years of age.
his career has been full Of mark and pub
lie purng this Short period he has Wit
messed the opening up of savage country
Of perfected civilization out Of a native
barbarism. Born in South Africa in 1863,
OF French Huguenot descent his boyhood
was adventurous and familiar with hard
ship for his father was one of those bold
Voortreklers who sought freedom in a
wilderness far more savage and perilous
than that which our first settlers subduca.
In such surroundings, together with his
ilized world, he toiled and fought and
built in the rearing of Transvaal state.
title that might very well be applied
to A. S. Barnes & Co. new historical
old-tirne designation. Delights of His
tory" This series will render accessible /
American history, particularly the history
of the west, but unlike many sources they
prove of immediate interest to general
readers. The great interest in western
approach of the Louisiana purchase celc-
bration, and the increased recognition of
announcement that this series will contain
the only complete edition of the Lewis and |
form, and at a very moderate price. A. |
S. Barnes & Co.'S edition., which will be
in three small 12no volumes, viii be |
accompanied by photogravure portraits
ana maps. A little later these publishers |
will present popular edition Of the ..xoy-
zie, who was the first to cross the conti- |
nent in the north
In his biography Of whistler as I
milan company, Mr.. Mortimer Menpes |
tells a curious story of the famous artist |
At the little breakfasts which he used to |
give in Paris and in London he was some |
times forced to be very economical. He
often said to me: Look here, Menpes, /
wish you would go and buy bottle OF !
1s-penny white wine from the Victorian I
Wine company We will decant it care /
fully and. what with my brilliant CONVEX !
sation and the refined atmosphere OF the /
studio, these men will never know wheth- /
er it is good or bad. Somehow men un- !
derstand red wine. If you give them a
cheap vintage. they recognize vinegar but