The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

working girl, one finds rather the
hardy fresh wild rose Of the fields than
the hot-house variety The family live
in a one-room log-and- mud shack. but
the tale is by no means a sordid one.
IL breathes hope, self-reIiance and
cheer and in the exciting turns Of the
plot holds the readers interest to a
happy end.
Never was a book accorded more
immediate. unanimous and enthusiasts
tic praise than greeted Tarbell's
Teachers Guide to the International
Sunday School Lessons for 1906. 1t
was hailed at once as the most COM
plete, suggestive and useful volume of
commentaries on the International
sunday school Lessons ever written.
The Tarbell Guide is designed for use
by both teachers and pupils. It's first
hundred pages contain scholarly COM
ments on word and phrase; suggestive
quotations from writers on Bible lands
nd people; a sound method Of teach
g the points of the lesson; a valuable
urinary Of the meaning and contents
Of each lesson; iIunainative discussions
Of geOgrap hy-in short. all that the
Bible student and teacher want to
know. The special features for Tar
bell for 1907 are sixteen full page il
lustrations, many of them made from
the famous paintings of J. J. Tissot,
for the use of which exclusive permits
sion has been obtained. There are also
a large number of reproductions of
celebrated pictures of the life of the
people of Bible lands and times. an
cient inscriptions. coins, Egyptian and
Assyrian walI-paintings and other
original sources. 1t is published by
the Bobbs Merrill company Of Indian
apolis.
The first chapters of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett's new novel, THE
Shuttle" viii be the most notable fea-
ture of the November number OF The
Century. The opening instalment will
introduce the Vanderpoel family,
Americans whose fortunes were
a portion of the history Of their
country" The daughters of the
family, Rosalie and Bettina are
the chief characters of the story
which begins with the marriage
Of Resale to Sir Nigel An
English home. An episode which
promises to be widely quoted is the
racy account by an American man of
business of the way he dealt with
fortune-hunung son-in-law from Ger
many. The noted English artist
Maurice Greifenhagen, is illustrating
this international romance; and some
Of the pictures will be reproduced in
tint.
Moffat, Yard & CO. announce for
early publication a valuable book by
Elisabeth Luther Cary, entitled THE
Works of James Mcneil Whistler
This volume. the text of which has
been pronounced by an expert critic
far the ab1est yet written about Whis-
tiers art, considers his etchings, lithO-
graphs, pastels, water colors, paintings
and landscapes, concluding with
chapter on his theory of art. 1t Will
be charmingly presented, and will con-
tain, among its illustrations, reprodUc-
tons of many celebrated works not
heretofore reproduced.
Just before going to press Mohat,
Yard & Co. were obliged to double the
size of the first edition of Howard
Chandler Christy's THE American
sale unapproached by any former
Christy book.
A new single volume edition Of that
very entertaining work, Mrs. Brook
field and Her Circle" at a considerably
reduced price is just published by the
Scribners. These recOllections OF the
greatest of Victorian men and women,
authors, artists, diplomats, etc, were
welcomed upon their appearance last
year as THE best of recent books of
"Reminiscences an opinion which their
continued popularity proves to have
been weH deserved.
Miss Florence Wilkinson's recent
volume of poems 1.-THE Far Country
mas LOu6Hu again LLOLl DOClS anu
critics a chorus of approval which has
been growing with each book she has
published Mr.. John Burroughs is
prompted to write: 81 have a genuine
admiration for Miss WiIkinson's
poems. I think they show real ina
ginative power. Her poetic talent IS
far above the average of our younger
poets" And Richard Burton feels
that there is an intensity in all of
her work. an implication of reserve
force which gives it go and fire And
her art is certainly adequate to ex-
press her personality-a personality
worth while. Her work seems to me
to have real distinction"
An important feature of Camp
Fires in the Canadian Rockies" by
William II Hornaday which the Serb
ners have Just published, is the series
camera of Mr.. Phillips, a famous
mountain climber and camera expert.
who accompanied Mr.. Hornaday into
the weII-nigh Inaccessible mountains
of British Columbia, in search of the
elusive mountain goats and mountain
sheep. Mr.. Phillips pictures match in
freshness and daring those that made
Mr. WaEihan's Camera Shots at Big
Game" unique among the illustrated
books of last season and Mr.. Hornaday
says: "His series Of photographs of
the mountain goat represent what
believe to be the most daring, and also
the most successful, feat in big game
photography ever accomplished No
where else can one find such a collec-
ton of photographs of American big
game in their native haunts.
Probably more widely commented
,7,,or than any other utterance of Mr..