The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Edfucular interest attaches TO the
publication of "Joggin' Erlong," the
new book of dialect poems BY Paul
Laurence Dunbar as It IS the first
book issued since the death of that
gifted negro writer Dodd, Mead &
20 are issuing the volume In style
similar to Poems OF Cabin and Field"
py the Same author
One OF the important books recently
published by The Grafton Press Is The
Hills Family in America, n handsome
octave volume OF some $50 pages. The
material for this book has been in
course Of preparation for the last fif-
teen years. 1t fas commenced by
William S. Ellis, a prominent resident
OF Boston. and later completed under
the edttorshiD of Thomas HIS also
well-known Bostonian- The work
traces all of the descen dants of Will
lam Hills OF Roxbury, lass, who came
to America in 1892. Joseph Hills of
Maiden and Newbury. Mass, who ar
rived here in 1885, and the sons OF
John Hills of Ashford. county of Kent,
the hrst of whom came to New Eng
land in 1894.
In their various series H NJ. Cald-
well company of Boston, have added
many new titles for the coming sea-
SON. To the Red Letter Library have
been added six volumes, namely;
Verses" by c. S. Calverly. with an
Introduction BY Owen Seaman; Last
Essays OF Ella by Charles Lamb, with
an Introduction by Augustine Birrell;
Essays by William Hazlitt, with an
Introduction by Charles whitley;
Spectator. Selected. by Joseph Ad-
olson, with an introduction by Lewis
Bethany; "Psalter in English Verse,
by John Keble, with an introduction
by Archbishop of Armaugh; Religlo
Med1ci'' by Sir Thomas Browne, with
an Introduction by Charles whitley
The volumes are bound in two styles:
red limp leather, and the Bibelot Edt-
ton, full embossed leather with full
gilt edges The Remarque Edition |
has four new titles: Tales of a Way |
side Inn" by Henry w. Longfellow; |
''TSing OF the Golden River" by John /
Ruskin; Love Letters Of a Violfnist," I
by Eric Mackav; and Sketches OF |
Young Couples" by Charles Dickens
When Jack London began to write |
he was looked on as man with a /
speciality. but he has already proved /
his versatility in a rather surprising /
way. While he has stuck closely to |
the kind of life that he knows best. he /
has written of it in many different |
forms, producing works on political |
novels and short stories. Now, follow
ing his white Fang" recently pub
lished by the Macmillan company, |
which is his biggest and promises to /
sayed a new literary form In ''Scorn /
Of Woman a play in three acts, with
Its scene laid in the KIondike-
For cleverness, variety, and quantity
Of Interesting material. the Bohemian
for December is a remarkable maya
zine. Among its short stories the more
notably clever and amusing are, Ro-
land Ashford Phillips THE Man and
the Master Love- - Herbert HaWtrey,''
by Edward Marshall. and Fancy Ele-
plant" by Elliott Walker. Every one
of the seven or eight short stories is
a, q nj zine fiction
and the first part of THE Magnet" by
Adele Marie Shaw. grips the reader
with strongly sustained mystery.
The December Garden Magazine
contains a unique feature in the Rec
ord breaking Experiences in Garden
ing" which is a collection of the ac-
tual achievements under unusual con-
ditions OF its friends and readers in
different parts OF the country. This
annual feature which IS peculiar to this
magazine makes It quite different from
all other of the holiday numbers. The
conditions are simple. as explained at
the head of the combination article
Here are some Of the titles, Healthy
Clematis at Last" celery on a City
'.Sweet Peas on May 17th.'' ssEp-
som Salts for Azaleas." "A 6xS Gar
den." Potatoes in Seven Weeks" "a
Really Attractive Christmas Window
Garden" Bean Poles Where There
Are No Bean Poles "a Garden for
practical little articles, in most cases
we'll illustrated.
The Outing Magazine for December
Is magazine de luxe. the most beau
tiful magazine the Outing company has
ever put forth Take the paintings re-
produced in color, for example. such
a series as Mr.. J. NJ. Gleason has done
for Kiping's jungle Tales" is
unique contribution to magazine art
and there are many other paintings in
color by such artists as n. c. Wyeth
F. c. Stokes. J. G.. Sommer, and Allen
True. Other striking illustrations in
the number are by Alice Barber, Hy. S
Watson. Maynard Dixon, and Thomas
B. Mari, the last named contributing
many handsome photographs of the
sand dunes of Cape Cod. There are
four unusually strong papers. three of
which are fully illustrated. Emerson
1ough's story, when the June Rise
Is On Is the first contribution com
ing as q result Of Mr.. Hough's journey II
the northwest for The Outing
The Christmas McClure's contains
w6me of the most varied, picturesque
and striking material which the mag
azine has ever gathered together in a
eingIe number. Perhaps the most in
terestfng single feature is an editorial