The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

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Pilgrim in the Wilderness" 1t is a
story about a. Kansas politician and is
written in Mr.. Whites usual vein and
is an excellent picture of the frontier
political adventurer.
Country Life in America for June
is one of the largest and most beauti-
full numbers of this superbly illustrated
magazine. Country Life" has about
doubled both in size and circulation, we
understand, during the last year; which
shows the wisdom of a magazine for
those who really love the country.
Among the leading features for June
is an article on Indian woodcraft and
making fire by rubbing sticks, by Ern-
est Thompson Seton; also How to
Sail a Small Yacht" by c. g. Davis;
1.-The Transformation Sof the Bulldog
with remarkable illustrations. by James
Watson; How to Make a Living from
the Land, q fifth installment by Pro-
fessor l. H Bailey, dealing in defin-
ite way with pure milk dairy; Doors
and DOorwayS." artistically and archi-
tectural1y considered by E. G. Holtzop
er, and How to Make Fruit Trees
Bear" by S. w. Fletcher Many other
articles, all superbly illustrated, deal
with widely varied practical subjects
such as orchid raising in the domestic
greenhouse, by Wilhelm Miller; Golf
ing by Walter J. Travis; home build
ing, flower, fruit and vegetable grow
ing, and useful hints for the vacation
months; altogether, it stands for all
that is pure and best in American
country life, and, unlike most maya
zines, it grows even larger and more
beautiful in the summer months.
The June number of the Booklovers'
Magazine might aptly be called an in
ternational number. OF the dozen ar
ticles to be found within its covers,
five deal with men and events in for
eign lands-Japan, Russia, Korea, Mex
leo, and the Island of St. Pierre.
Important political articles, intimate
personal sketches and an explanat ton
of a charming village life form part of
the suggestive contents of the June
Worlds Work. Judge Alton B. Par
ker's life as political manager, jurist,
and Democrat is admirably presented
by M. @. Cunniff in a first hand study.
Henry Norman, NJ. p, the well known
traveller describes a remarkable visit to
the Russian Imperial treasure house in
The Gold Reserve of Russia" Anoth-
er timely article is Industrial Life in
Russia" by John Callan O'Laughlin, an
investigation made especially for THE
Worlds Work." which reveals Surpris-
ing conditions. In 1.-The Ideal Village"
Joy Wheeler Dow with the aid of many
pictures shows how a village may be
made a delight to the eye. William
Allen White tells in Fifty Years in
Kansas of an achievement in state
building. The Mormon Church Infiu-
ence in Politics. is interpreted by One
Who Knows. 1.-The Modern Lawyer -
his new work, and his place in our in
dustrial development is described by
Ivy Lee, with portraits of leaders of
the American bar.
A new device in chapter nornencla-
ture has been hit upon by Mr.. Francis
Lynde, the author of that vigorous
novel, THE Grafters." He christens
his chapters-or, at least, many of
them-after the titles of well known
stories, such as Ashes of Empire by
Robert w. Chambers; The Wreckers,
by Stevenson; Journeys End" by
Justus Miles Forman; "A Woman In
tervenes," by Grant Allen THE Bos-
tonians' by Henry James, and with
out Benefit of Clergy by Kipling- One
curious thing about it is that the titles
fit Another curious thing is that, in
spite of it's chapter headings, The
Grafters'' is not at all a tboOkiSh"
book The only lamp of which itsmells
is the locomotive headlight
The episodes of California life which
Gelett Burgess and viii Irwin have
chronicled in The Picaroons" and
The Reign of Queen Isyl,' have been
accepted by most readers as simply
characteristic of the authors wninsi-
cal ina ginatiOns. The fact is. however,
that a great many of the incidents are
taken bodily from real life or were, at
least, suggested by actual events. One
story in THE Reign of Queen Isyl,' for
example, narrates the experience of
an American who was married by
proxy to a Chinese wife; the bride, his