The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27

August 80. 1911. and occupying two and
a half page 4to. is of more than usua
interest The letter is addressed to Mr.
Cawthorne, who, it will be remembered
| published his English BardS anC
Scotch Reviewers" We give the letter
| in full:
81 don't see why you should suppose
me dissatisfied with you because the
other thing is published by Mr.. Muir
ray; the subject: being descriptive
would have interfered too much with
my friend Capt. HIS work, had they
both been published by the same pub
Usher. The Hints are merely delayed
/ by the difficulty of finding a friend to
correct the press. because he must I'M
derstand the original perfectly, and
have no one capable OF doing it for me
but Mr.. Hodgson, who could adapt the
later to the imitation fully as we'll or
better than myself. for in this Instance
the corrector has two functions to per-
form: he must understand the original
and make the copy understood. AS TO
my name. / wished to be anonymous,
but Mr.. d. leased me out of it. You
must not conceive me to be angry,
neither is 1t of any consequence to you
If were so.'
Laird & Lee, of Chicago, have just
published "Glimpses of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition and City of St.
Louis"
full thought and judgment in the selec-
ton and arrangement of 200 superb
views of the gorgeous Ivory city. The
more important scenes, including all
the beautiful palaces, enchanted gardens,
placid lageons and sparkling cascades,
have been reproduced in delicate shades
and natural tints by the new color
graph process, from oil paintings exc
cuted especially for this work by artists
of national reputation.
The Uen-cOlor frontiSpiece. represent
ing the signing of the Louisiana Pur-
chase treaty, showing Livingston, Mon
roe and Marbois. in the quaint costume
of the period. affixing their signatures
to one of the most important docu-
ments in Americas history, is certainly
an excellent piece of work. In addition
to these 80 pictures in color, there are
16S half-tones from engravings on cop
per, printed in delicate tints, including
all the state foreign and special build
1ngs, outdoor displays, statuary and
scenes on the Pike. Under each picture
Will be found a concise but complete
description of the subject. The size and
lions made by states and foreign coun-
tries are also given. No fact of i'm
portance has been omitted.
The following is from the Commercial
A little book of verses from the pen of
Mrs. Jeffie Forbush Hanaford has been
issued with the imprint of the Cast Pub
fishing company SBTookiyD. with the
are of uneven quality. love is the theme
OF nearly ali of them. though it is alb
sent Il on The ais T r1sS BE WEED WEED.
lis found in the west, and strange tn
deed,
A peculiar growth called the tumble
weed.
Shaped like a. cabbage, three times it's
size,
close to the ground it lies.
TIL there comes day, when the wind is
strong,
Then it breaks from the stalk ana rolls
along
Over the prairie and across the green,
Rolling and tumbling it may be seen.
Horses break in a wild stampede,
If they catch glimpse of the tumble |
weed;
Onward 1t comes in a terrible rush,
Till caught perchance in the underbrush /