The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

officials who met at midnight in the
forest in the green car? What was
written on the sheet of paper that had
nuttered into the hands OF Mr.. Guy
Poynton? All matters faded
away before the startling mysteries
involving empires and diplomatic
secrets so surprisingly connected with
social and private life Was ever So
clal Paris-in all it's breadth and IN
cIusiEe Yariety-so brilliantly pic
tured Of all the ingenious plots. and
or all the cOnspiracies between Dub-
llsners and authors that you and Mr.
Oppenneim havetformed to keep hon
est folk awake all night. and hinder
tnelr usual daily industriesl''
one of the early volumes to be brought
~ py NcCIure-PhtlIips this season is
LADY Betty Crosses the Water" an
angie american romance by. c. N and
a M Williamson, authors of NV
s i5..l the Chauffeur and The Light
Us i4s = ollQaclo Lady Betty is a bright
little English girl of noble family. who
comes 10 America under the chaperon-,
age OF leader of the fashionshle set
IN new York and Newport The hook
Is diary OF her impressions of -Aneri-
can people and American customs. The
firm name Of Williamson Is a. guarantees
OF the vivacious and bright quality Of
the tale.
Margaret Potter. one of the most in
dustrious of the young American vvri-
Lers, as Well as one of the most anbf-s
tious and gifted is soon to publish
through the Harpers a novel which Is
SAID 10 be founded upon the life of a
famous composer. Through previous
novels. The House of de NafIly. Istar
of Babylon, and others, have evidenced
an unusual original power and versatile
genius, those who have read the a5-
vance sheets of her Forthcoming hook
declare that its scope and execution VIII
take the reading world by surprise The
novel is fundamentally a study of tenn
permanent. 1t viii be entitled The Cen
ius, and win be issued some time in
March.
It is not often that a great man has
had in his immediate household as many
gifted people as Robert Louis Steven
son had with him in Samoa. LLOYD Os-
bourne, since his conaboratio with his
steptather has, by his short stories,
made distinct name for himself. One
of his best, under the title wild Wa
ters,' appears in the February Nc
Cures. Mrs. Isobel Strong's novel
The Girl From Home" has been gen
orally conceded to be the best piece of
fiction laid in an Hawaiian setting and
according to Miss Mary Moss cit leaves
US with a cheerful sense of having lately
picnicked in some pleasant spot where
a perpetual sun shone with pure benev-
olence-" And now Mrs. Strong's son.
Austin Strong, has successfully broken
into the dramatic field with a one-act
play which Francis Wilson Will later
in the season present in New York, The
Little Father of the Wilderness" The
work OF all three members OF the Stew
-enson "step-family" seems to have for
It's two best qualities sentiment and
gaiety.
Miss Ottilfe A. Liljencrantz. who has
just published through Harpers a new
volume of Morse romance. "Randvar
the Songsmith, " was born in Chicago in
1875, and was educated there at Dear
born seminary, graduating in 1898. At
that time sh 2 desired to enter upon
university course. but finding that her
health was not equal to any continuous
grind, was obliged to content her
self with reading and studying at home
With the exception of comprehensive
courses in French and German, Miss
Liljencrantz's education has been in
English. but she has had the benefit of
her fathers translation in the thor
ough study she has made of Swedish
and Norwegian history. Her attention
was first turned toward the Vikings by