The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-18

One OF the new Bobbs- Merrill books is
The Prize to the Hardy" by Alice
Winter
Some months ago there arrived in
q perfectly harmless looking manuscript
purporting to be by one A. a Winter -
1t was at once taken for granted that
"a A. Winter was a man. Then hap
pened an extraordinary thing in the his
tory Of the office: every one of the edi-
torial readers Waxed enthusiastic over
the story. Also, every one of them de-
Rected in II strong masculine traits and
quite as matter of course referred to
the author as he" Not till the time
came to sign a contract did the pub
fishers discover that A. A. stood for
Alice Anes Mrs. Winter is very
much a woman She is daughter of
the Rev. Charles G.. Ames. the distin-
guished Boston divine After taking
two degrees at Wellesley college, she
began to study art in Philadelphia, but
III health sent her out to British Column
bia, where she met her husband. She
is now prominent in the social and phil
anthropic circles Of Minneapolis, being
president of the Free kindergarten as
ISOLATION The Prize to the Hardy is
illustrated by Mrs Winters brOther-in-
law R. NJ Crosby, of the editorial STAFF
Of Life.
In the year 1896 Giovanni Rosadi,
Florentine lawyer, reputed to be one
Of the most famous criminal lawyers
and parliamentary leaders of Italy,
delivered a lecture upon the legal
aspects of the trial of Jesus Christ.
1t was instantly assailed both on the
ground that his idea was irreverent
and that he had attempted to present
Jesus simply as social reformer, and
thus give expression to his own So
cialistic views. Feeling that his reply
should be adequate to the Importance
of his subject, Rosadi has spent seven
years In preparing a book which con-
tains the complete development of
l0Vv u IN
the preparation he has given unstint-
ed enthusiasm, the fruit Of a wide
legal training, and a very thorough
knowledge of Roman law. The work
will be published this spring by
DOdd. Mead & Co.
Rosadi condemns the trial OF Jesus
as miscarriage Of justice, judged
merely by the standard OF Roman
law He also sees in it the most
notable example of the typical injus-
tee of society, which is always striv-
ing to protect its selfish interests He
IS filled with burning Indignation. and
writes with a fiery enthusiasm which
renders his book religiously stimulat-
ing to a remarkable degree
American Thumb-prints," which is
announced for immediate publication
by J. r.. Lippincott company, is a col
lection of the choicest Of essays contri-
buted by Miss Kate Stephens to the
various periodicals in the past few
years They relate to phases of Aneri-
can life and institutions and have the
qualities of vigOr and raciness which
viii set them apart among the some
what scanty number of volumes and
essays Miss Stephens IS a woman of
independence Of thought and wide ex-
perience, and her book is immensely
stimulative It's contents range from
entertaining Investigations into Ben
Franklin's levities to a sober study of
a Kansas university. Miss Stephens is a
Kansas woman and was formerly a
teacher in the state university. She
has also done some literary work for
the State Journal.
Eli G. Foster Of Topeka is the au-
thor of a little book or more properly
a series of maps which ought to reNo-
lutionize the study of history.
Mr.. Foster has done much for the
student. He believes in illustration.
Accordingly instead of serving q. lot
of dry facts about explorations and
battles, he shows by maps the routes
taken by naVigators. the lands they
discovered or explored; he shows by
his vivid interesting maps the land
ceded, granted or purchased, the
disputes; the progress of the armies
IS shown in the same way and the
scholar who masters the Foster maps
knows He has seen as we'll as read. |
The book is published by the His |
torical Publishing company of To- |
peka and is designed for use in /
schools Price ST.
william Cowper Prime, who died at I
nm advanced age a week or so ago, /
was at one time a well known figure /