The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30

hne. May the book do as well as it did
here where. not only Protestants but
Catholics like Il much
The new volume OF Uncle Remus
stories, Told by Uncle Remus," by Joel
Chandler Harris, is now in its third
edition.
Painters Great Pedagogical essays is
a holiday publication of the American
BOOK company that is Of special inter-
est TO teachers.
Frozen Dog Tales is the title of
book by Col. William c. Hunter of
Chicago. 1t is a collection Of sketches
from an imaginary western community
called Frozen Dog. The stories are Wig
oFous light and refreshing. The Ever
EFT Press Of Boston are the publishers.
McClure-Phnlips are putting to press
third edition Of Eugene Woods Back
Home"
Miss Alice French, whose pen name
is Octave Thanet took certain in
stances in the life of her own brother
- tne raw material for her new novel,
The Man of the Hour" This brother
since dead, was a Harvard graduate
Who after leaving college, put on over
ans ana went from a o'clock break
Tast to learn the machinist's trade in
his fathers iron mills President
Roosevelt, that excellent Judge of
literature, is a great adnirer of Miss
Frenchs fiction. During his trip
through the south he made frequent
reference to 1.-The Man of the Hour
on one occasion, meeting Colonel
Nutting of Davenport. he shook hands
with him heartily in the dee-hghted
fashion. exclaiming: Hello, colonel
friends in Davenport, and how is Miss
French2 Y on tell her I read all she
writes. Do you know. that woman
knows as much about factories and
the machine business as a mani"
The committee on library extension
Of the Ohio Library association re-
ports that notwithstanding the prog
ress OF recent years. there are In that
state only eighty towns in which there
is public library or college library
open for public use. while there are
1S4 towns, varying in size from 1000
to 10000 population, that are entirely
without free library privileges There
are thirteen whole counties in which
not a single public library is to be
found. The committee has now pre-
pared and published a library map of
the state, designed to set forth in a
graphic way its library needs, in the
hope Of exciting q larger interest in
library extension.
The January chapters Of Mrs. Hum
England pronounced t'Fennick'') bring
readers Of the Century a timely de-
scription of the Christmas season in
the WestmoreIand country, where
Fenwick returns for brief season
from London. Then he goes baek-to
the city, to be caught in the stress Of
his work and its new interests, while
Phoebe in the lonely Westmereland
cottage bToods over the separation and
its possible results.
AS Illustrating the dense ignorance
of the Russian of that class which i'm
migrate to the United States. Carl
Joubert, in his Russia as It Really
Is published by the J. B Lippincott
Company, relates this incident OF q
peasant whom he interrogated. The
mans father was a farmer, and lived
near the village of POekr0y. He was
asked in what country is Pockroy?
He replied "POnevigeskaJa- IN what
state is Ponevjes? ''Kovenskaja."
Where. is the nearest railroad to your
home? The man thought for long
time and then answered; Il believe It
is Sahgar." His interrogation said,
But Sahgar has no railroad to this
day" and the man said, On, then It
must be Shawl" Bat Shawl has no
railroad was further stated; surely
your nearest railway was at Radsivil-
ishki; it is only twenty versts from
POckroy. and It is the terminus OF me
Libavski Romainskaja railway me
IT, Then he was told that the
terminus had been established at Rad
siviIishbi with round houses and ma
chine shops for the last thirty years.
Thomas Hardy, though frequent
visitor to London, now makes his home
in Dorchester England. where he lives
quietly. quite Indifferent to the social
fame that successful novel writing
brings. Now more people than ever
before are reading Hardy A new
twenty volume edition of his works, re-
Gently issued by the Harpers. has al
ready. been sold out and a second edi-
ton is being hurried through the
presses.