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

author of considerable note and for a
long time one Of the proprietors and
Commerce, paper which had then
not only business influence, but also
! literary standing A man of quick
perception and decided views, his
sense OF fairness and his literary abil-
! ity made his advice looked up to, and
in many instances he served as arbiter
between authors and publishers He
had many friends in the publishing
house of Harper & Bros. New York
city, who recall how he used to saun-
ter in, the butt of a cigar always in
his mouth, put his feet up on the
desk. and talk most interestingly, but
in a very loud voice. Many of his con-
tributions to the New York Journal
of Commerce were afterwards pub
England Roads Among the North
ern Hills and others, all of which
contain quaint sketches of life and
character in the country Mr. Prime
is perhaps best known as the author
of a charming little volume of out
door life, entitled IT go a-fishing."
which has since become a classic. He
also published BOAT Life in Egypt"
and Tent Life in the Holy Land
the result of a journey he made with
his wife and a few friends in the days
when travelling in the east was far
different from now. He was a coli
his New York house was a. veritable
museum of fine pottery The first
authoritative books on these subjects
were written by him. An amusing
story is told of one Of his experiences
as collector. At one time, while rrav-
cling IN the east, he had accumulated
a fine assortment of Oriental porce-
lain and pottery, including a great
many bowls of wond erful workman
ship These. packed in straw, jour
neyed perilously on the back of cam
els from Damascus to Beirut, where
they were taken on a sailing vessel to
Marseilles, thence to Havre by wagon,
and finally over the sea to the United
States Arriving at the custom house,
Mr.. Prime was summoned to pay the
duty The collection was unpacked
and found to be in perfect condition
Mr. Prime himself superintende their
repacking and had them sent to his
house An hour after delivery he I'M
packed his treasures to find nothing
but mass of broken pieces. The
pottery had made the perilous jour
ney from Damascus to New York
only to be broken in getting from the
custom house to his home in Twenty
third street
DR.. Henry W. Roby. of this city is
one of the associate editors of the
The Doctors Recreation Series,'' a
new publication in u volumes just off
Of the press Of the Saalfield Publishing
company of New York and Chicago.
The u volumes cover everything of
interest in the way of literature in
which the medical profession are liable
subjects run the ganut of prose and
poetry, each volume is complete in it.
self and in the particular field it es-
pouses; there is even a cyclopedia of
medical history included. Each of the
eleven collaborators in the work spec
ialized on a certain volume though con-
tributing in a general way to the re-
naming portions Of the work. The es-
peciaI work of DIR. Roby was upon a
volume of poems entitled the, 'The Doc
tors Window containing poems by the
doctor, for the doctor and about the
doctor.
The editors in charge Of the work are
as follows
Charles Wells NIoulton. editor-in-chief.
Buffalo, n. Y.
Nicholas Sem. NJ. D., Phi. D, Ii. D.,
c. NJ. associate editor, Chicago.
William Henry Drummonc, M. D.,
John c. Hemmeter. M D., Phi. D.
Baltimore
William Warren Potter, NJ. D, New
York
Titus Munson Coan. NJ. D. New
York.
Emory Lanphear. NJ. D.
Albert Van Der Veer, M. D., Phi. D.,
Albany N. Y.
Winsiow Anderson, NJ. D.. San Fran
cisco.
Henry w. Roby, M. D., Topeka.