The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-10

House Divided" was published in Lippin-
other, The Turn Of the Tide will short
~ appear In the same periodical She
ssaa heTs T Bua so dv a1d
lively recently that she has taken up lit
erary work with view Of submitting it
As no copy of the first edition of Ba-
try try. those who are interested in first edi-
tons will be glad to know that a fac
sirnile reprint Of this rare edition. publish
cd in 1887 will be made from the copy IN
Mead & Co. and published 81 a limited
the original work as is possible. The plain
copies are bound in sheep, and the Japan
paper copies in calf.
Mrs. Katherine Cecil Thurston's father,
Mr. Paul Madden of Cork, was an earnest
the days Of the Land league he not only
gave freely of his time and money to the
erty." His religion was Roman Catholic,
and he was noted for his charities. 1t is
with British national affairs counts for
the ability with which she handles certain
Andre Castaigne, illustrator of note and
author of 'Fata Morgana," was brought
e 36e City Of ana the
home was fortunate in having private
the best Greek. Latin. English, Ger man
and French literature. There the young
CastaaiIg s7 bFowsed reading yoraciouslyy;
he read The elder Castaigne was an am
ateur artist of considerable talent. but did
pretty much to his own devices. until he
was sent to the Academic Suisse and later
to the Beaux Arts: Castaigne's debut in
the Salon was made in 1884.
A certain king of a far of land has a
curiosity to know what the American pa
pers publish as news or comment concern
ing himself his country and people, so
Ding fame to gather ali such M materiai For
the month of November Mr.. Burrelle
gathered IA items. These are all mount
paper clipped from, being typewritten
above each item. The leaves are hand
be sent to His Royal Highness in the near
future. As the contract with Mr.. Burrelle
be assumed that every paper published in
the United States will be represented in
this unique library.
Among the additions the H NJ Caldwell
Co. Boston. have added to their we'll
Wings by william Morris. This prose
romance and poem, written while Morris
some of the authors best, although less
known. work Selected Poems of John
tanning an interesting personal sketch by
Mr.. William A. Hovey. The Discusses
Of Epictetus," the work which Sir John
One Hundred Best Books. .'Fvangeline.''
the most popular work of Henry Wads-
Lord Alfred Tennyson. a work that must
rank one of the authors greatest po-
etical achievements.
Rider Haggard, the author of 1.-The
Brethren" is much more than a writer
OF stories, though the world has known
him for the last dozen years only as
such Back in the 70s he was a big man
in South Africa-master of the high
court of the Transvaal, and the man who,
with Col. Brooke, hoisted the British flag
over the South African republic He was
a mighty hunter in his South African days
and many of the shooting adventures SO
exeitingly set out in his novels are writ,
was in the Sos and sos that he began to
produce his famous novels, In 1901 he took
agriculture in England, and is now noted
for his tireless work in the best interests
of the British farmer.
That the athletic author has come to
stay is shown by three stories in the De
ties. by Jane James Hopper: .sFhe Test BY
Rex E. Beach: and The Rawhide'' part
story exhibits the feeling for form, the
absorption of literary purpose, and the
almost feminine perception that have been
REGARDED as the exclusive property of the
long-haired, short-winded type Of man. /
Yet Mr.. Hopper is former captain of the
University of California football team, and
one of the best Quarterbacks that ever
played on the Pacific coast; Mr.. Beach
St Louis this summer, and captured two
other prizes; and Mr.. White has the Oft
proved endurance of an Indian, developed
by his long journeys in the northern for
ests and the western wastes. As types OF
literature these stories are en- |
coura ging.
No literary career in the United States |
has been more striking than that of the |
late Thomas Dunn English. when it is re- /
membered that the grandchildren /
of those who sang his ballad of Ben Bolt /
more than half a century ago are going |
to welcome his posthumous book of fairy {
stories, The Little Giant" just publish |
ed by A. c. McClurg & Co. DR.. English |
was a writer in many fields, sentimental /
songs, battle ballads and novels standing /
to his credit during his So years of life !
and this is his second book of fairy sto- /
ries. 1t contains four several tales and, /
though written when he was a very old I
man, it shows no abatement of inventive |
power or hunlor. The first two stories are
The Little Giant and THE Big Dwarf |
among their several peo-
Pies were not far from being of a size |
not unusual among ordinary human folk /
as well as being a pretty well matched /
pair. THE Four Rescues'' and THE Ad- |
ventures of Wydawayk'' round out the |
which is illustrated by Lucy |
Fitch Perkins, to be remembered as hav- /
ing drawn the pictures for Mrs. Carter
Harrison's two volumes of fairy tales.
THE MAGAZINES.