The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-09


some of the subjects upon which he
turns his memory and his genial phi
losophy. making a book that is essen
tally and typically American The
volume sta nps ar. Wood as hunof-
list to be classed with the Mark Twain
Of Huckleberry Finn. James Whitcomh
Riley and Gene Field. Mr.. Wood was
country-bred such as those that fig
ure in his book. and lived in Ohio. He
IS now, however, d city dweller, with a
home in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Margaret Hill AIcCarters new
Christmas book is a dainty little PAM
phlet entitled christmas Eve ia the
Day Coach which While not as pre-
tentious as some of her former efforts
freshing
There are several volumes added
this year to the Red Letter Library
published by H. NJ Caldwell Co. of
accorded this series abroad as we'll as
/ IN this country has been most
| tiattering. Tho volumes embrace tina
poetical masterpieces OF the English
language, as we'll as typical and repre-
sentative works of the greatest of our
prose writer's Each volume Is cons
plete in itself. and contains a vignette
introduction. biogra phical and critical,
p& an authority of the highest repute.
The books are neat conpact clearly
Z
the paper is OF the best The text is
printed in two colors, red and black,
giving the page a bright and at the
same time a tasteful appearance.
The author of 1.-THE House of a
Thousand Candles" gave his heroine
| name which was. so far as he knew,
purely imaginary. Marian Devereux
struck MI Nicholson as graceful, un-
I usual and distinguished and he had
never known any one named Devercux
IN his life But only fesg DAYS after
the launching of the novel Mr. Mich
olson received a letter from "a young
woman living not many miles from the
scene of the story, asking by what
! right her proper baptisnal name had
been used in the tale. Mr.. Nicholson
| nov wonders whether his copyright of
/ the good is good as against the claim
| Of a real Marian Devereux. whose his
tory he has written with 50 much par
ucuiarlty. Glenarm. the name of the
/ nero OF the story, is the name of a
prominent street in Denver. where
Meredith Nicholson formerly lived.
''The Pang Yanger," by Elma A.
| travis, is recent publication of Nc
Cure, Phillips & Co. 1t is a strong
story. "Pang- Yanger" is one who
works at Yang Yang. a remote noun
tain settlement in Delaware county, n.
Y, Chiefly devoted to the tanning in
dustry. and in the old days one of the
NlCAeuSSL regions N that part OF the
world. Abijah Bead was Pang-
Hanger for a brief period in his late
I boyhood and young manhood. A hoIo-
caust occurred and he fed to the far
west and there accumulated a fortune
and returned to his native city Of
Huntsville to perplex his neighbors
! by his conduct and his speech and fin
ally to shock them to the point of
/ scandal by bringing to town i've
/ year-old boy whom he introduces as
+ his son. Inasmuch as nobody has ever
heard of his marriage. the community
| is at once agog. A certain strong re-
semblance suggests the maternity of
/ the child and the Wagging tongues are
/ set going afresh. The story Of Abijah
Beads career, the advent of a young
southern girl. who fascinates him. his
/ embarrassment through having already
/ one wife who has ignored her ties and
married again and finally the tragic
climax and solution of the problem is
/ told wildly with humor and drama tic
/ effectiveness. Through Zercher Book
& Stationery company.
1.-THE Mysterious Stranger and
4 Other Cartoons" by John S. NJ. Nc
hCutcheon, is a new Offering OF Mcclure,
Phillips & Co. The book. as may be
guessed. is a collection of the cartoons
! The title is taken from his cartoon rep
/ resenting Missouri entering the Re-
publican column, which created more
/ or less of a sensation just after the re-
! cent presidential election. All of the
McCutcheon cartoons are good and the
+ book will be welcomed by lovers of
caricature.