The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17

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/ lar copy was owned by William Barnes,
1 the Dorsetshire poet.
| The coming volume in the fine new edi-
| ton of Ruskin will contain the Elements
ing by the author of THE Stones of Ven
A so-called Travelling Library''-a SER
| les of religious tracts of the time of
Charles I-brought Sl,Ooo at q recent Lon On,
bindings of the period.
London reviewer says that he once
asked a famous editor what writer he
would propose as a model of style for
ton, the great man answered Goblet
All the MSS. in the Vatican library and
| in the Ambrosiana of Milan are to be re-
produced as soon as may be 1t is M.
Usher, who is undertaking this important
work.
Mrs. Julia Frankau, otherwise Frank
Dandy" the author of the novels Pigs
in Glover" and "Baecarat:h has Just be
/ head of a wealthy firm of cigar importers
in England
A collotype facsimile of the autograph
MSS. of Keats Hyperion" (recently pur
from the Oxford University Press. Not
more than two hundred copies will be
| available.
A new edition, in two volumes of Chap
mans Homer is to be brought out by
'.Iiiad," the other the :.Odyssey,'' and
| each will have as frontispiece a portrait
| of Chapman.
In response to an inquiry concerning the
best Christmas book for children, the
writer would recommend Frank l. Baum's
new book, The Pearl and the Pumpkin
1t is quite as interesting as his Wizard
Houghton, Min1in & Co. report the fol-
The Gentle @ Reader s BY S. n e crother 9:
Sd edition of Far az and Near ar, by John I'm
EEabe{h n Phe eG The 01 F1oer ny
ty of Wisdom by James DeNormandie.
The new book on Roman society by Pro-
| fessor Din will cover the period from the
reign of Nero to that of Marcus Aurelius.
| 1t is said that the author draws a sharp
contrast between the condition of terror
and humiliation in which the upper class
the polished case and cultured pleasures
of the circle in which the younger Pliny
moved.
Ainslee,s for January has a story by
Palermo's Jacob" 1t is a story that is
remarkable in these days as one which
interest that IS absorbing 1t is a more
or less uagical theme, through which
the conclusion is usf what G human bei n9e
with healthy sympathy would have it.
1t is stated that the late Oscar Wilde
left a prose composition entitled DE Pro-
funds; that this is a 'singularly beauti-
| fur production, and that it is to be pub
lished shortly by an eminent London firm.
1t was written during the wretched mans
Imprisonment, and it is described as re-
hecting the mental anguish and intro
spective analysis fostered by a long per-
| iod of solitude"
The German law of copyright provides
that copyright is to last for the life of
the author, and for thirty years after.
1t provides, also, for payment to the au-
thor IN not after publication; but on receipt
Of the copy" The author retains the
right OF translation and of publishing a
collective" edition of all his works for
twenty years. These statements are from
the summary. of Mr.. g. H. Thring, the
thors.
| inal character is Sandman Rhymes by
Willard Bonte. Articles familiar to every
| to mention such goodies as Chocolate
Drop, Sponge Cake, Eclair, etc. hold hui
clever verses. Mr.. Bonte has illustrated
| the work in his ininitable humorous man
ner, and the 112 pages. all of which are
features that can not fail to interest the
children; H. M. Caldwell Co., Boston, are
! On December Miss Nance O'NeiI gave
the first New York production of Judith
OF Bethulia, the new play written for her
| by Mr.. Thomas Bailey Aldrich. On the
same day the play was published in book
form by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. with a
ilne photogravure portrait OF Miss o Neil
| in the part of the heroine. In this trag-
/ edy the Hebrew heroine is portrayed as a
woman full of tenderness, mercy and re-
! fnement, who is compelled by religious
/ ferVor and love of country to do a deed
/ of great daring.
McClure-Phillips are publishing a sew
enth edition of the Encyclopedia of Et-
| 1quetts,' by Emily Holt. and a third edi-
/ ton of Kate Douglas Virgins and Nora
Archibald Smiths anthology of poetry for
cnllufen OF the nursery, THE PoSy Ring"
,,; Inc Century Co reports that italian
i Villas and Their Gardens" by Mrs. Whar-
\ ton, with Parrish's pictures, is practically
sold out and new edition is in prepara-
/ ton, which it is hoped to have on the
the first edition is entirely exhausted
| The Rose of Old st. Louis is just go
ing to press for its sixth large printing.
Among the host of good things which
appear in the 1904 pages of the January
| Popular Magazine, the new serial story,
| AyeSha, stands out a little more prom
inently. perhaps, than the rest. This is
\ by H. Rider Haggard and is a companion
story to his most famous novel of adj
venture, She" The publication of this
story denotes great enterprise and liber-
/ ailty on the part of the publishers, and
should go a long way toward putting The
Popular Mag azine among the top-notchers
IN point of circulation. In addition to
four serials and nine exceptionally good
snort stories The cover design is by
/ Hamilton King. (Street & Smith, New
York, 10 centS.)
Mr.. Stewart Edward Whites outdoor
DOCKS, The Mountains" and THE For