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

gratitude This might seem absurd.
but in the main trend is absolutely
true; having happened to the Mexican
consul in San Francisco. The disap-
pearance of a carnival queen on the
eve Of her coronation, upon which the
main plot of Queen Isyr' depends,
really took place just about the time
the book was written. Eloping couples
are frequently married in tugs on the
high seas, as described in the story of
the Three Mile Limit" as improbable
as such a thing might seem to the
easterner.
The appearance of ex-President
CIeveland's article on the government
in the Chicago strike. announced for
the July McClure'S will exactly mark
the tenth anniversary of that disturb
ing event. It seems rather remarkable
that the inside story of the important
and far-reaching federal policy in this
great crisis should have remained so
long untold.
Onoto Watanna. the author of the
new Japanese novel, Daughters of
Milo" which is being widely read just
now, wrote recently to a friend who
inquired about ner methods of work:
Il have no particular study, or even
desk. When I write I pick up pad
and go into any room where l can be
alone I somtimes think there is
a trail of papers all over the house,
from the parlOr to the baby's nursery
for 1 have even written there when he
was asleep and the nurse had her day
off I am always making up my mind
to fine new rules, whereby 1 will write
only in one place and keep all my pa
pers there. And I start out well, with
the tidiest looking desk. and then in
week or so it gets so piled UP that
move somewhere else. When there are
half a dozen desks or tables covered
with pads, typewriter sheets, letters,
envelopes, papers,, ETC., then resort TO
a chair"
A Memorial Day story that is a gen
uine novelty is hard to find, but The
Red Book prints one in it's June num-
Der, which is refreshing for its orig
inality. Broughton Brandenburg is the
author, and THE Ascendency OF La
fayette Sinks" is the story. 1t relates
an incident in the life of an Indiana
village, in which a Grand Army post
finds itself puzzled as to the standing
of a reputed deserter who has entered
the community. Every old soldier. will
read the story with special interest,and
it is no less interesting for others.
whistler AS Knew Him" the
Compromised biography by Mr.. MOI
timer Menpes, will be published by The
Macmillan Company on June 10 II
contains one hundred plates repro
duced from Whistler's etchings' ana
printed chiefly in colOrs, under the
authors direction at the Menpes Press.
Mr.. Edwin o. Grover. general ed
y
has resigned his position to become
member of the firm of Atkinson,
Mentzer & Grover, which conIillues
the business of Atkinson & Mentzer,
the well known publishers and school
furnisherS. The new firm Will extend
its school supply business and enlarge
as rapidly as possible its list OF com
mon school and high school text
books. Mr.. Grover entered the book
business eight years ago as nigh
school and college representative OF
Messrs. CHM & Co, in the middle
west and northwest. After four years
sistant editor in their Boston Office
He left this position to take charge
of the editorial work for the school
book department of MeSSrS- Rand,
McNally & Co, and a year ago he was
made general editor for the house
In the new firm he viii have super
vision of the editorial and manufac-
turing work Among the first an
nouncem ents of Atkinson, Mentzler &
Grover are the Art Literature Read
ers and the Folklore Readers, both
of which will be illustrated through
out in colors.
It is not often that a publisher is
embarrassed by the wealth of COM
mendations which he receives with
regard to one of his publications. So
many letters, however, We're sent to
1.-THE Merrill company about
THE Yoke" the romance Of old
I
concluded the only proper means of
diSpOsing of them was to put them in
a book. According they have issued
a pamphlet entitled Comments on
The Yoke from Clergymen, College
Presidents and Prominent Men Of
America" 1t contains 531 letters.
Should the readers of a magazine
have the opportunity to dissent from
or comment on the articles the publ
cation presents? Hitherto there has
been no method of replying to edi-
torial opinions set forth in our
monthlies, but Everybody's, with it's
usual originality, proposes that any
one who does not agree with its CON
tribUtors' views shall have the oppor-
tunity to set them right or approve.
as seems proper. In the new de-
partment, Straight Talk" in the
June issue of this magazine, a num-
of this opportunity to criticise Dr.
Hills conception of a consolidated
church; most of the writer's frankly
disagree with his views
"Baldwins Abaham Lincoln" bv
James Baldwin, author of "Baldwins
Readers, has just been published by
the American Book company The life
of the great president is here retold in
a manner both agreeable and compre-
hensible to young readers. Mr.. Bald
win has been particularly successful in
producing a book equally adapted to
school and home reading, and free from
wearisome details and sectional preju-
dice The book is more than an ordi-
nary biography. as it embraces much
of the most important parts of the his
tory of our country from the close OF
the Revolution to the end of the Civil
War. Considerable space is given to
Lincoln's boyhood, in order to bring out
the conditions of pioneer life in the
west. The Illustrations are numerous
and attractive. The volume is dedica-
ted ITO the Schoolboys of America. ;"
and will prove of service in inspiring in
them by the power of such an exam
pie adequately portrayed, and ardent
and unselfish patriotism.
Japan, by the Japanese" is a book