The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-16

valuable of the holiday books. The
book includes Sunrise" "Individuali-
ty,' Marsh Song" AT Sunset and
1.-THE Marshes of Glynn." The illustra
tons of which there are thirty, are from
photographs of the Marshes of Glynn
taken especially for this book and re-
produced in a novel and very attractive
way. The book is printed on fine and
rough surfaced paper and the illustra-
tions instead of being printed separate
ly on smooth surfaced paper and insert
ed in the text are on the same paper as
the rest of the book. In order to pre-
pare the paper to print half-tone illus
trations 1t was necessary to
stamp the pages with hot
brass stamp the size of the
illustration and that produced the sur
face necessary for this kind of repro
duction. This elaborate process has
been used very successfully and the re-
suit is that the book Is much more at
tractive in appearance than II the illus
trations had been inserted.
1.-THE Jeweled Toad" Is a most fasci-
mating book for children, Just publish
ed by the Bobbs-M Merrill Co. It is that
perfect combination of nirth and won
der, fun and fairy-tale adventure. nur-
sery rhymes and hilarious pictures
which make the ideal juvenile. In his
innumerable pictures in color, w. w.
Denslow proves again that he is king
of comic art.
To have seen him. to have heard
him, one might have judged him some
successful selfmade business man
SO big and blond to look at, SO bluff of
utterance, SO naive to the verge OF
boyishness. He was leaning back
easily in big chair in the lobby of a
hotel, being interviewed, and he was
saying, mo, I'm not educated; never
went to school, but my wifes gradu
ate OF a university" smiling mean
while, as If he himself had accomplish
ed the feat Of his wffe's education.
'I, myself, found out early that 1t was
the university and denial, or work and
happiness and get there, and I
worked But Herbert Quick, for 1t is
he, has been a close student in that
most efficient university of all-the |
university of the world, and has learn |
ed his lessons well. He is close rea- |
soner, a keen obs erver, and an alto |
gether tolerant man. Much of his own |
books, which, while they de1ve into the |
heart of things, have always about |
them a sense of wide stretches we'll |
summed and filled with the ozone of his |
own prairies.
"Christmasse Tyde" is the title of
book compiled by Jennie Day Haines.
The frontfspiece is in color by Gordon
Ross. What holiday volume could be
more suitable as a souvenir of the sea-
son than this charming and altogether
delightful outpouring OF the Christmas
spirit! Here are presented all the
joys, traditions and customs of the
holidays from Christmas eve, through
the various observances of the day, on
ward to Twelfth Night. The holly
branch and mistletoe bough; the yute
log; the Christmas feast; the wassaile
bowl, Christmas carols and lullabies;
the Christmas tree and Christmas CIV
ing are but a few of the subjects into
which the selections have been
grouped. Jennie Day Haines has sew
eral volumes of unusual compilations
already to her credit-but none more
happy in conception and more pleas
antly developed. l.
Christmas tide, we are told, "the
twelve days of Christmas" embraces
the period between Christmas eve, De-
cember "a, and Epiphany, or Twelfth
Night, January 6. Great as the feast
nitely traced as TO it's origin; nobody
knows who first celebrated it, or when,
Or where, or how. Yet of all red let
.er days of the calendar none is so
generally observed, none brings with IL
such universal joy and good will ana
none has been SO generously memoir
allied in verse and song as this holy
lay;
example of harmonious combinations
If printing, paper and binding is note
worthy. The topographic scheme en- ,
braces an elaborate design of hand
Nash in old missal style. printed in ,
unique red, the text In rich black.
rhe paper is a mellow cream antique
rom France; the frontispiece, printed
n many exquisite tints, is on hand
made tissue from Japan: and the bind
ng Is of handmade Ancona boards i,
rom Italy, with back of golden :
,ugiyama fibre. Such, in part, is the q
making of a Christmas book Paul '
Elder Il Co. are the publishers. n
The following is from a Lawrence !
aper: Mrs. Louisa Cook Don Carlos .
a Lawrence woman who has been =
ttraoting considerable attention in the
n arar xr world MIRA Don Ca Rios has a 1 !