The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-18

in all cases to reply that the interpre-
tatiOn of the characters and incidents
in my book must be the Office of the
reader. In real life we do not always
know the whole truth, and I do not
think that a book should be any truer
than life itself"
A new book by Margaret Sangster
recently published by Mofat, Yard &
Co. of New York treats subject as
old as religion. It is 1.-THE Story of the
Bible" in which the incidents are re-
told in Miss Sangster's most delightful
style for the children Of America. The
book is beautifully illustrated in cOlors
and is made to sell for 81.
Harper's Bazar says: "The woman
who goes into a matrimonial partner
ship without knowing thoroughly the
trade of housekeeping is q fraud and
false pretender, just as her husband
would be if he did not know his trade
or business or profession well enough
to finance the new household
An excellent set of books for stud
ents of history has just been published
by the American Book company. They
are Essentials in English History, by
Albert Perry, Essentials in American
History by Albert Bushnell Hart, Es-
sentials in Medieval and Modern His
tory by Samuel Bannister Harding
and Essentials in Ancient History by
Arthur Mayer WOlfsOn.
Thompson & Thomas of Chicago are
the publishers Of new novel by
FlinOr Dawson, "MercifuI Unto Me a
Sinner" 1t is a Christian Science
story in which the heroine is saved
through this cult
one of the most interesting of the
new juveniles is a new book by Bar
bara YechtOn, published under the
title ''Some Adventures by Jack and
JILL by DOdd, Meade & Co. 1t IS a
plain story of boy and a girl in which
the up and downs in the lives of the
two children are told in lucid. simple
and delightful style.
The author of "The Long Day. has
just received a brief and character
istfc letter from Jack London, reading:
'',To the Author of The Long Day
IT liked your book. May 1 ask you
a question? Are you SOCIALISM And
if not, why not? Yours for the ReVo-
luton, JACK LONDON"
Miss Marie Van Worst, well known as
/ the author of clever short stories and
/ novels, has returned to France after
/ five months visit to this country. Miss
van Worst, though a native New 2 York-
/ er, has spent much time IN Paris, with
/ her sister and cO-wOrker. Mrs. John
Van Worst, a prominent figure in Paris
! ian society of the Faubourg Steer
main Notable articles from Miss Van
! Vorst's pen have lately appeared in
Harper's Magazine.
A novel view of the tipping system is
taken by Mr.. HoweIls in his recently
/ published volume, London Films (Har-
/ pers). Only once during his stay in
/ London, he says, did he hold out
/ against an extortionate demand, and he
was sorry for it afterward. I'll have
/ to get another sixpence for this, sir
the cabby had said. To which Mr..
Howells retorted with a hardihood
which surprised himself, well, you
won't get it out of me-" But this, he
! goes on to explain, was when he was
] leaving London, and was no longer
! afraid. "Now such is the perversity of
the human spirit I am sorry he did not
get the other sixpence Of me-" contin-
ues Mr.. Howells. zone always regrets
those acts of justice, especially toward
any class of fellow beings whose hab-
/ its of prey are a sort of vested rights.
It is even in your own interest to suf-
! fer yourself to be plundered a little; it
] stimulates the Imagination Of the plum
derer to high conceptions Of equity, of
/ generosity, which eventuate in deeds of
exemplary honesty" And in support of
this contention, Mr.. Howells claims
once to have had an article he had left
in a cab returned to him, which he
thinks might hardly have been the case
if he had not meekly submitted to an
eXtortiOnate charge.