The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07

| by members of the large cosmo politan
| population of San Francisco, who Of |
| fer. in a form that has come to each |
| through generations of inheritance, a |
| representative dish of his or her par |
| ticular nationality, including the Span |
fsh, Mexican, italian, French, Ha-
| waiian, East Indian, and other schools |
of cookery. The selection is so admir- |
| able that 1t leaves little or nothing to |
be desired. The formulas are given |
| in terms so clear that even the novice |
| ton to the intention of their contribu- |
| tors, while the finished cook will see
| in them opportunities rarely presented
| to add piquant connections to the rou-
! tine of conventional feeding.
The Century Co. has obtained from
an Italian noblewoman, Lisi Cipriana,
an unsual manuscript which will be
published this fall under title of "a
| Tuscan Childhood" 1t is the record
| of her own childhood; and is said to
present an authentic and charming
| picture of domestic life in an Italian
patrician family.
The Macmillan company, one of the
| largest publishing houses in America,
| is occupying temporary quarters this
| summer while extensive additions are
/ being made to their building at $3.50
| Fifth Avenue. New York. When the
present building was erected in 1893
| it was thought to provide ample space
| for the prospective growth of the busi-
ness. But years ago the old building
| was entirely outgrown, and the addi-
| ton now in process of erection will
| more than double it's capacity. The
| company expects to take up its occu-
| pancy of the new building before the
end of the year.
Elinor Glyn has cabled to Duff1eld
| & Company that she will provide a
| Preface to the American edition of
80 rec Weeks which they are pub
fishing. The storm of discussion which
| the book has reused in England has
provoked the author to deny some of
the unconventional views imputed to
her by her critics. Mrs. Glyn, who
| will shortly visit America. is a sister
of Lady Duff-Gordon, whose daugh-
ter's engagement to Viscount Tiverton
has just been announced.
Among the autumn publications of
F. A. Stokes company there will be
novels by Francis Hodgson Burnett,
| Harold Bindloss. Elizabeth Robins,
| Weymer Jay Mills and Duffield Os-
| borne. There will also be special
gift edition of 1.-THE Garden of AL
1ah." by Robert Kitchens. This edition
| will contain thirty-two full-page IL
| Illustrations Of unusual beauty from
photographs of the scenes of the novel
printed on special paper with wide
| margins and has a handsomely de-
signed binding.
Owen Wister's interest in American
history has been so repeatedly shown
that the announcement of a book by
him on George Washington is not alto
gether a surprise. Each of his novels
has been a genuine contribution to
American history. THE Virginian' u.s.
and is likely to remain, our classic ac-
count of the frontier civilization in
which the cowboy was the dominant
figure. Lady Baltimore" represent
ing another phase of American life,
has been commended by no less a his
torian than James Ford Rhodes, as al
most indispensable to the understand
ing of conditions in the South since the
War. It will be recalled also that Mr..
Wister's little biography of General
Grant, published some years ago, was
one Of the most successful examples OF
miniature biography ever produced. 1t
is understood that the forthcoming
book, the title of which is The Seven
| Ages of Washington" is not to be
bulky and detailed account OF WASH
ington's life, but rather a comprehen-
| sive summing up of his character and
| influence. Strangely enough, this seems
to be the one thing that Washington's
innumerable biographers have not yet
done. and Mr.. Wister may, therefore,
himself, in spite of the familiar ap-
| pearance of his subject.
1t is the intention of F. A. Stokes
Company to make 1.-THE Story of
American Painting" by Charles H.
i Cafin. which they will publish in Oc-