The Topeka state journal., 1906-03-31

Mr.. Brady has been studying the ca
reer Of our seVnth president for years.
scarcely leaving volume unopened. or
a sketch unread that could throw light
upon his many-sided personality and
the numerous contradictory estimates
Of it. That he has sifted carefully
many human documents his thought
full narrative testifies 1t is a notable
gathering or evidence in the way of
opinions and anecdotes traced back to
authentic sources. Offering conclusive
proof of every point he desires to sus-
tain.
Series. of which this work on Andrew
Jackson is a volume, to present true
and impartial histories of famous
Americans, often the subject of mis-
representation and exaggeratiOn. To-
peka people will be especially interest
ed in Mr.. Brady's book because he
once lived here. His old friends who
know him as a writer Of fiction viii
welcome his flight into other fields.
maid of Athens by Lafayette Nc
Laws. is a romance. founded upon the
legends of ByrOn's love for Thyrza
Riga, the lovely Greek maiden. The
scenes are laid in Ath ems and Con-
stantinOple with a glimpse into the
mysteries of the harem of the grand
Turk, and the narrative is literally
sprinkled with quotations proving the
authors familiarity with her heros s
muse But the atmosphere is neither
Oriental nor Byronic. Miss McLaws
seems to have delved enthusiastically
if hastily into the history Of Greece for
some Of the material which she has
used to moderate advantage The
Byron Of her story is pretty fellow
not at all wicked, and one feels no re-
gret when he loses. through the scheTE-
ing OF a willy Turk, the young Woma
to whom he sang his immortal Maid
of Athens" The book is published by
Little. Brown & Co.
In announcing 'eThe Colonel Of the
Red Huzzars, - the J. 3. Ltppincott
company confidently say that not in
many years has appeared a novel Of
such entertainment as this. john Reed
Scott. the author. IS well known
Pittsburg lawyer, with some eight years
/ newspaper experience. however. This
is his first novel. and 1t is a rafting
good story Of love. adventure, and in
/ trigue. The reader will be captiVated
f by the heroine, Princess Dehra, who.
/ with all her courage, daring, and wit,
/ mingles a tenderness and an air OF
/ feminine mystery.
i Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hail. D. D.,
/ president Of the Union Theological
/ seminary Of New York, is delivering
the William Belden Noble lectures at
+ Harvard university for this year. There
are six lectures under the general sub
+ ject Of THE Attitude OF Christ Toward
4 Foreign Races and Religions. DR..
/ Hall As the sixth lecturer under the
Noble foundation. the last being the
bishop of Rtpon in 1904 The lee
lures are all published in book form by
Houghton, Afif7fn & Co.
DR.. Theodore T. Munger. author OF
1 Essays for the Day" etc. has just
completed a pastorate Of nifty years at
/ the United Church New Haven. New
I England -Congrega has pro-
/ duced IN DR.. Munger a writer whose
I sermons. whose approximations Of mas
+ ter man, like Lincoln, Hawthorne
4 Grant and Horace Bushnell, and whose
/ homilies on the wisdom side Of life
I viewed solely from the standpoint OF
/ style and critical insight, are compare
/ ble with the writings Of men like Dean
+ Church. r. H Hutton, James Mar
+ tineau and Stopford Brooke. In con
! ferring the Harvard degree OF doctor
of divinity upon him in 1904, President
/ Eliot said. Theodore Thornton Nun
ger preacher and author. prophet OF
liberty and unity. who long ago saw
[ what kind Of seed the nineteenth cen
turv was sowing IN literature. Dhiloso-