The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

Little DOOR, llgHt as d DuDDiI
~ and easily read at a sitting,
comes from Miss Alice Brown
@e which will inveigle the reader
by its title, and capture hlm
by its interest and attractive
appearance. s4The Court of Love
CFFous1tou. .AIih1fn & co., is irresistible
I'm its comedy. laughable in its absurd
situations. and kindly in its attitude to-
ward modern life. There is, OF course
a lovely girl, and it IS her peculiar
whims and fancies that lead to the
curious entanglements which concern
all the characters. to say nothing OF
the reader. This bit Of fun and humor
is distinct departure from Miss
and partakes more Of the character Of
a H0welis farce.
"Restdale' by Julia Eliza shetland.
IS an exquisitely tender and beautiful
novel Of New England Entirely
unique and unconventional, It is still
one to enchain the attention and leave
the reader as satisfied as he would be
with a sojOurn in the delightful place
It describes. The scenes of farm life
are true and realistic and the love
story. like golden threads running
through" is sweet and dainty. The
book ends in an entirely novel manner
for a romance. but it leaves the reader
with a lowering sense of q. benedtcuon-
Crown u mo. ESQ pages. illustrated
including photograph of the author.
Burre Publishing Company, 275 Fifth
avenue New York.
It is reported that Myra Kelly is pre-
pairing a book of short stories of de
VOtfonal character, tales of the little
mothers and Of the black-robed women
Of many sisterhOOds. who carry on
their good work in the slums. The ru-
NOR has even gone so far as to cite tn
dedication ITO Sister of Charity
he q nnf5Talv~ TnfTFn
Miss Kelly is still devoting her atten-
ton to tales of the Little Citizens" she
has made famous in the book by that
name One of the best vet called "a
pear in the August McClure's. will
mark her progress about half way
through the number of stories needed
for the second volume.
In Interesting contrast with the Rev.
Thomas Dixon's assertion that fifty
years from now the negroes viii num-
Der $4,000 600 and force social equality
for themselves. are Prof. Walter F.
WlIcox's statistics showing a steady
decrease from So per cent Of the south
ern population in 1910 to 80 4-10 per
cent i'm 1900 and probably to II $40
per cent in 1000. These statistics are
in line with the figures and emphatic
conclusions of Prof. w. B. Smith of
Tulane university. who moreover indi-
Gates in his book. THE Color Line,
the complete extinction OF the negro
race.
A Liverpool bookseller has at hand
a fine set. extra illustrated. of Forster's
life" of the novelist and the Letters
Of Dickens" edited by his daughter
and sister-in-law. The six volumes are
extended to twelve and contain two
autograph letters.
Denis DuvaI.H the novel upon
which Thackerav was at work when
death came to him, has Just gone out
Of coDyrigh ght-"thauks says an
English commentator, "to our copy
right law which gives an author no
power to assign beyond forty-two-
wear lease the property which is more
thoroughly his than any freehold
This is the book of which Charles
Dikens said: 'In respect to earnest
feelings. far-seeing purpose. character,
incident and a certain living pictur-