The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-21

and the journal itself makes good all
that Mr. IOrrey claims for it. 1t Is, IN
deed, full of matter of the very first
interest. Notes on the natural history
of Concord and curious bucOlic stories
are side by side with flights of Trans
c~endental philosophy. and there is an
from the ideality OF Truth strikes us
from behind and in the dark, as well
as from before and in broad daylight"
to the practically of when a dog runs
at you, whistle for him"
There has been some newspaper crid-
cism of Miss Jessie E. Rittenhouse's
volume of appropriations of'The Young
er American Poets" on the ground tina
I certain deserving of recognition
were not treated at length, but merely
mentioned casually IN the preface. Such
criticisms are often unfair. The STUN
bling block of Copyright material
may stand in the way of a compiler.
Miss Rittenhouse was DESTROYS of Civ
ing a chapter to a certain deserving
poet; she wrote asking permission. He
replied very CURLY that he did not care
J for contemporary criticism and object
ed to being included in such a book. He
was accordingly neglected, to the
amazement of the critics and his adj
mirers.
The novelette, in AfnsIee's for Febru-
airy is by Sewen Ford, author of that
very delightful book, Horses Nine"
The title, "Cherub DeVine," is the So
briquet given to the hero, who, in spite
Of his being a Wall street man, has
some very lovable qualities and, upon
some subjects, an Unexpected lack of
sophistication- The almost childltke
with which he acknowledges
his ignorance of these subjects is one OF
his principal charms.
Ainslee's for February has the begin
ming Of a serial story, The Deluge," by
David Graham Phillips. One would
imagine from the opening chapters that
Mr.. Phillips, in writing it, had distinct
" in mind the character and career Of
Thomas W. Lawson, who has produced
such a sensation not only in the maya
zine but in the financial world.
Mr.. owen Johnson's new novel. In
the Name of Liberty" will be issued
today. The title is suggested by Mad
anne Glands words, 20 Liberty! Ldber-
tyi how many crimes are committed in
thy namei" and it is "a story of the
TerrorH-the Revolution forming a set
ting for a tale OF the owe Of two chill
dren of the people
Little, Brown & Co. announce a fifth
printing Of NJ. 10 walters New, England
q second edition of Mary c. Wadsworth's
translation of Fechner's Little Book OF
Life after Death; a sixteenth printing of
Mary Devereux's Colonial story, From
Kingdom to Colony": a fifth printing OF
Sands of GoldH: a second printing of The
Monroe Doctrine" by 7. B. Edgington,
trated edition of Miss Alcott's Little
Women; a third printing of the new
illustrated edition of Miss AlcotTs AN
Old-Fashioned Girl, a fourteenth print
ing of The Hidden Servants" by Fran
cesca Alexander. a second printing of
Harris Burland's romance of the frozen
north, The Princess Thora"; a third
printing of Indians of the Painted Desert
Region" by George Wharton James; a
second printing of Albert L. Lawrences
romance of early Michigan. The Wolver-
ine": twenty-second printing of Truth
Dexter by Sidney Goa third printing
of Mary w. Tileson's Prayers, Ancient
and Modern. third printing of robin
Hood: His Book" by Eva March Tappan;
second printing of "Grandma's Girls by
Helen Morris; a fourth edition OF Boston
Days" by Lillian Whiting. a second print
ing of The Alley Cats Kitten" by Caro-
line NJ. Fuller; and a second printing of
The Child at Play" by Clara Murray.
It has been believed generally that the
complete writings of the poet LOngfellOw
were published years ago Consequently
the appearance in print. for the first time,
Of a literary essay of his VIII be in the
nature Of a surprise to readers Of the
February Harper's. The essay in cues
ton is based on The Youth of Mary
light by a collector of rare manuscripts.
1t was written by LongfellOw in 1879, in
connection with his regular duties as a
professor at BoWdOin college, and in the
course of it Longfellow translates an ap-
pealing poem written by the young queen
mother and her husband. Part Of Long
fellows translation is reproduced in fac
smile.
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.