The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books That Are
Attracting Attention.

six beSt-selling books on the July
Bookman's official list, just half were
They are "Sir Mortimer" by Mary
Johnston: Rulers of Kings" by Ger
trude Anterior; and Memoirs of a
Baby" by Josephine Daskam. The
Phillips 1.-The Cost" (Bobbs-M errilD 4,
Whites THE Silent Places (McClure
& Philips), and Parrish's when Will
derness was King (McClurg), of
Mcclure Phillips will hereafter pub
Iish Stewart Edward Whites book,
brought out by the Outlook company,
1.-The Forest" They have in prepa-
ration also for the autumn a COM
panion volume called 1.-The Noun
tains." McClure-Phillips publish also
by Mr.. White, 1.-The Westerners,"
THE Blazed Trail" ..Conjuror's
The battle-pictures in 1.-THE Is
sue by George Morgan, are said to
be equal to stephen Cranes. The late
Mr.. Crane had the faculty of putting
himself inside the skin of some sol
der and of writing subjectively. Mr..
Morgan, it seems, does this also; but
at the same time writes effectively,
SO that the reader not only enters into
the feelings of the individual soldier,
but gains a clear idea of all the cam
paigns touched upon and all the bat
ties described.
The hero of 1.-THE Rose of Old ST.
Louis is represented as telling the
story, from start to finish, with youth
full enthusiasm and manly modesty.
The lady of his heart, almost from
the start, is the bewitching Pelagie,
"the rose of old ST. Louis" All the
American notables of the time, with
Napoleon, Talleyrand, Marbois, and
their associates, help to make the
= n
of Old st. Louis" to be published
early in July by The Century Co., will
combine thrill of plot and faithfulness
to historical detail in unusual degree.
A new book by Mrs. Roger A. Pryor,
the author of 1.-THE Mother of Wash
ington and Her Times is announced
by The Macmillan company for issue
the, brilliant social life of Washington
during the sos, of which she was
part, and her remarkable experiences
in Petersburg and other parts of Vir-
ginia during the civil war.
George Barton contributes to the
current Harper's Weekly some enter
tanning "reminiscences of the humor
of past political campaigns. One of
his best anecdotes relates to a pas
sage at arms between Elizabeth Cady
the eminent woman suffrag-
list, and Horace Greeley, on the oc-
on the right of women to the ballot.
In the midst of her talk, Greeley in
in his high-pitched faIsetto
voice:
What would you do in time of war
if you had the suffrage?"
This seemed like a poser; but the
lady had been before the public too
long to be disconnected by an unex-
pected question, and she promptly re-
piled:
Just what you have done, Mr.. |
Gree1ey-stay at home and urge 9TH |
ers to go and fight
The mysterious question of the
authorship of 1.-The Bread-Winners' |
has been revived, and various papers !
are printing columns of surmises at |
ia ching the authorship to Charles |
Frederick Adams, of New York, and |
to various other persons, including |
John Hay. Denials from |
the accused make apparently no i'm |
preston. and the mystery remains as
inscrutable as ever. Harper & Broth |
ars published this novel anonymously |
in 1884. 1t aroused keen interest i'm |
edition after edition was |
published, and questions rained upon |
the publishers concerning the authors |
identity. But the ethics of the pub |
fishing business has sealed their lips |