The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-21

The new volume OF MI STEPHEN 9HllupS
is now definitely promised Tor the au-
tumn- At present the work is called The
Sin of David The author has been stead
lily at work on it during the last three
years of silence.
Sir Gilbert Parker's The Right of Way
is being again reprinted by Harper and
Brothers. While the publishers give out
no figures, il IS known that the vogue of
this book has been phenomenal. It has
been continuously reprinted since Its pub
LEGATION on September -, 1911
The Harpers are issuing another impress
sion of a very interesting work, the cele-
brated History Of the Expedition under
the Command of Captains Lewis and
Clarke The expedition, begun in 1873,
led to the sources of the Missouri thence
across the Rocky Mountains and down
the Columbia river to the Pacific ocean,
and was undertaken at the lnstlgatlon Oh
President Jefferson
The reappearanee of Clara Morris on the
stage in the revival of The Two Or
phans." has brought that talented actress
lie, but from her fellow Thespians. Dur
ing her years of retirement and illness
ris by her remarkable series Of articles,
Life on the Stage" which have appeared
that, in the July McClure,s, Miss Morris
will describe another absorbing chapter IN
her interesting life
One of the hardest things to correct is
an erroneous statement about a forth
coming book or new edition of an old
one, once it finds it way into print. Two
new editions of Mr.. Wister's novel, The
spring one in cloth, with Illustrations
from stage pictures, the other in paper.
without illustrations The latter Will be
the first issue in the Macmillan series Of
25 cent paper novels But somebody con-
fused the two editions, in a literary note,
and the Macmillan company are besieged
with requests for the paper covered edi-
ton of THE Virginian' with the stage
pictures.
The Macmillan company will hereafter
/ hi0era
Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen, The
New American Nayy by n Hen; John p p
ward White; studies of modern composers
From Greig to Brahms by Daniel
traits by Justin Mccarthy; books by
| Mr. Hamilton ". Mabie and Dr. Lyman
Abbott and the other volumes heretofore
published by the Outlook company. Ma
1 ture books religious books, biographies.
| in the volumes transferred to the Macmil-
/ Ian company, as well as one novel Mr.
| Warwick Deepening's romance of chiv-
| airy, "Uther and Igraine."
Hamlin Garland, whose story of the
stage. The Light Of the Star, is just pub
1 lished by the Farpers, once appeared him
| Usage, Iowa, and Mr. Garland was then
/ eighteen years old. The play was one
I titled My Brothers Keeper, and the
/ embryo author was cast for the leading
4 juvenile, his village friends, whom ne Or
4 gained and carefully rehearsed. taking
/ the other parts. The play from the stand
/ point of the Usage. public, was an unqual-
flied success, and the ambitious stage
I manager moved upon the nefghboring
town of St Augar for short, a very
short, tour. Mr. Garland rode to his one
| night stand in a lumber wagon, on the
/ scenery.
Five pages of war pictures showing
scenes OF action in the Far East are
timely feature Of the May 21st issue of
/ Harper's Weekly. Of equally timely inter
/ est is an authoritative and informing char
acter study of William Randolph Hearst
4 written by Charles E Russell of the Chi
/ cago American Other subjects treated
in text and Illustration are the recent
/ steeplechase meet at Cedarhurst, Long
/ Island: women as educators-a suggestive
! article by Florence Jackson: London from
/ a comparative point of view. Marriage
/ in Russia the st. Louis worlds fair. and
( '-Machine-guns, by Sir Hiram Maxim, c.
/ E. ME- The number contains also the
usual fiction, political. literary and news
Z features. A F. ". Mason's new serial
/ 1.-THE Truants.'' reaches its fourteenth in
! stallment in this issue.
What may be ranked as the UNIQUE
| magazine serial Of the year. DR. s Weir
MftchelIs The Youth of Washington. .
is now. for many readers. easily first in
interest in each number of The Century