The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-31
Automobile by Charles Batten Loomis

The Housekeeper for September be-
gins new serial story by Mary Heaton
Worse, entitled THE Outsider" In the
list of fiction there are two short stories
| of exceptional merit by Adele Ferguson
Knight and John Kendrick Bangs. THE
Shops of Hull House, by Julia Darrow
Cowles, is a personal study of the work
| of Miss Jane Adams of Hull House
who. by interesting the emigrants in tho
handicraft of their native countries, has
taught them not only to be self-sup-
| porting but very useful citizens.
Amongst the practical departments one
sees a new feature in the fashion pages,
which are printed in colors. The illus
| trated cookery features, and the depart
ments devoted to the, home are particu-
| larly interesting. The Housekeeper Cor
/ poration, Minneapolis, MINI. Sixty
cents a year.
The list of new books announced by
| A. c. McClurg & Co. for publication in
| September comprises quite a range of
subjects. In fiction, Randall Parrish
has a stirring new story entitled Beth
Norvell," brisk Rocky mountain ro-
nance, with a talented and clever
actress for the heroine, and a stalwart
young mining engineer for the hero.
N. c. Wyeth will contribute a striking
frontispiece. There will be another of
those charming stories by Mrs: Hink-
son, whose work is always so delight
fully sincere. In the realm of gift
books, Mrs. Frances Kinsley Hutchin-
son has provided a charming chron-
icle of the planning. the building, and
the arrangement of an attractive
country place, the title of which is
"Our Country Home" which will be
profusely illustrated from the authors
photographs; while Mrs. MacMahan,
SO we'll known as the compiler of
those distinctive works, FLORENCE In
the Poetry of the Brownings," with
Shelley in Italy," etc. has a new book
constructed on similar lines entitled
with Wordsworth in England" in
which she presents an unusually init
mate picture of the England of
Wordsworths time, as reflected in his
poetry. There are three quite prac-
teal works, of a descriptive and his
torical nature, "A Handbook OF the
Philippines" by Hamilton M. Wright,
constituting most important manual
of the productions, resources, and
commercial aspect of the islands;
1.-THE Great Plains. 1527-1S70," by
Randall Parrish, which may be called
a topical history of the great move
ments that opened and settled the
vast area between the Missouri and
the Rockies; and THE Campaign of
Santiago de Cuba" strategic history
of one of the most interesting lessons |
in modern warfare, by Col. H. H. Sar-
gent. U. s. A. who is a recognized au-
thority on the conduct of military |
operations.
Miss Caroline Fuller. author of
"Brunhilde's Paying Guest" which |
the Century company will publish |
September 5th. is a composer as we'll |
as writer. She herself says that the |
two help each other, especially in the /
case of poetic drama.
But the publishers told me-" she /
says There is no demand in Amer |
lea for poetic drama. You may just /
write a novel,.
$50 7 wrote 'Rrunhilde' -
Novels published by Little, Brown |
& Co. that are popular for summer |
reading include Aunt Jane of Ken
lucky" by Eliza Calvert Hail. now in |
its fifth edition; 1.-The Castle of |
Do,,h t hv Inlar, H Nhitsnn third |