The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29

is not only present IN the eQuCdIOHdl
process which nature provides for
men; it is also written on her own
organization and movement The
great conception of development has
not only introduced a new idea of or
der, progression and intelligibilfty in
our thought of the world about us; it
has also vitalized that world. spiritual
lied it and discovered the direction of
its movement Ihe concepuon OF the
unity and interdependence of all Gre
ated things, of their gradual advance
from the germ to the perfected or
ganism, of the vast unfolding or all
things through the deepest and most
vital of relationships, of the rise OF
type above type in an ascending
graduation, of the constant reaction OF
the individual upon his surroundings
and of the general conditions upon the
individual, of the dependence or man
upon nature and of the Interpretation
of nature by man; in a word OF the
m easureless and fathomleSs movement
which has clothed the universe Win
beauty as with a garment, made man
master of himself by unfoldlng MS
nature through knowledge, skill, CHAR
acter set him in living relations TO d
living universe-thts concepuon car
ries with it the knowledge that man
and nature are not in antagonist
that matter and spirit are not In OPP
nositicn, that mortal and immortal
are not contrasting words, that tlire
and eternity are not d1nerenI- 1nere
is one alI-inclusive order when IN
cIudes man as completely as It m
cludes his world: there is one supllHie
/ force, of which all forces are MAN. n,
festations. which flows through all
things and by which ali things are
sustained; there is one inclusive move
rnent the record of which lies plainIy
written in the history OF man aH 49, "
haustible life which floods the universe
with vitality and makes 1t hVlns
order and which forever reneWs Iiaii
bv forever unfolding him IN lnSel IA
t,af order and ally himself with IL, TO
racornize that life and hold himselL
open to it-this is the pniloso,pns u
sound deep productive tlS WI lss,a5,ce+ed
The book is very ntChsly
TO John Burroughs N.
Stature and Culture. by Hamilton Wrighrt
| Mabie Published by Dodd, mead q
Co, New York. Price sz-o" HeN'
Frederic S. Isham has delved into the
mast for his novel, BLACK Friday, pus
stopped hundred years TINS S SrG
the time and scene of so many weary
ing tales of adventure OF late ana u ear,
with the New York city OF the Ss"1SS
Following Immediately upon the war o.
tha Rebellion. The financial specnta-
| tions of that fevered period form inc
real basis for the story and sucn PROM,
inent figures in the commerrclal W. ~, -
| Vanderbilt and Uncle sam Bre"
s+er Iningle with the purely fictionaI
DeoDle in the book. OF course tnete -
| a love story-with the always interest,"
| ing theme of the woman VINO 1siis ~,
love with her own husband-ano
enough incident to satisfy the pe3pi e
who insist that story Keep Z, 49,. III
| Black Friday by Frederick 3 1snam.
/ Illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Fup-
lished by the Bobbs Merrill company
/ Indianapolis.
T, Tho naxt new maps of the Sierra
mountains will appear the name OF
! new pass Those who run ther hIse.e
nm the black line called Roaring river,
! through Deadman's canyon, 70 any
] down the canyon of the Rawcah ana
Zach the words Elizabeth Pass,
/ should know that it got it's name from
the plucky little woman VINO S3 nrsr led Ede
/ ward White, the author OF The NOUN
| tains." .fBlazed Trail Stories, etc, mas
spent the summer with his price W W.
was Miss Elizabeth Grant, climbing tns
! sierra Neyadas. There are few men VINO
] can equal Mr.. White for his entnusl-
asn for camping and mounealileeliA =. =.
Mrs White has proven herSeh q ~ ~
Il cornpa MON for him. and thereby nanso
1 the tale of Elizabeth Pass Mr.. Wnlte
account is as follows: the Ilrst oay
of our third attempt we made the Aooe
of the mountain; the next Gay oss s,o1,e
on the other side extended. There tne
. country dropped off in a sheer precl-
nice. We camped on hillside SO steeL
i, that we had to dig out places 10 cooh
, and sIeeD in We found that the only
, way down was a little ledge in the slde
T of the sheer precipice, and abouI nan
; way down this ledge Vanlsneo TOT I
feet We dragged a log about quar-
fer of a mile hitched the rope to eltnei
, end. suspended the log against the siot
= of the cliff and Mrs. White craWlec
!, across. Lost shovel over aI III
! point, and never even heard 1t hit Dot
| tom. Have named the pass ElizaDetr
, Pass 1t is about 1000 feet in attl.
; tude and crosses a spur or the drea
|, Western Divide.
5 I.innie Sarah Harris. the author O
sweet Peggy" published by Little
Brown & Co, one of the hghtest ans
4 brightest example of adult fiction pub
s lished this fall. is a Maine woman Wh'
e has spent her entire life, with the ex
ception of short visits to Boston an; am
I New York in the Pine Tree state. IN
n Harris family is of good New Englant
s stock. and the authors father, JOSIAH
e Harris has been engaged in DuslneS
: in his section Of the state LOT over .
e years Miss Harris contributed snor
s story for a local paper at the age or II
: and she has contributed to the periodl
n cal press frequently since that TINS
f out. she had written but two books
|. ! ssFertha's Summer Barders" and Tn
Il Young Capitalist" both juveniles.
: sweet Peggy" is really summe
n idol. with love. music, and nature 70
8 its themes. The hero of this summe
e idyl, with love, music, and nature TO
a voice. never guessing that it belongs I
s the bright and attractive daughter =
: a neiehboring farmer. The heroine
Il / Peggy, is charming, fresh. and uncon
I. ventional with genuine love for sons
: The country neighbors with their pecu
h liarities give touches of both hume
!, and pathos to this appealing stor,
"a Each chapter of this -amance is heade
~ by a few bars of appropriate music.
u BOOK NOTES.
n Various Items About Books That Ar
r Attracting Attention.