The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19

A new Buffalo Jones book but not by
the old plainsman himself has just
been published by the Outing company.
The author is DR.. Zane Gray who was
in Topeka with Mr.. Jones a year ago
on his way to the mountains. The
book is called THE Last of the Plains
men" and is largely devoted to Mr..
Jones' success in capturing cougars by
the means of the lassO. In his intro
duction. the author says:
In the spring of 1907, l was the
fortunate companion of the old plains
man on a trip across the desert, and a
hunt in that wonderful country of yell
low crags, deep canons and giant pines.
I want to tell about it. I want to
show the color and beauty of those
painted cliffs and the long, brown mat
ted, bluebell dotted asles in the grand
forests 1 want to give a suggestion of
the tank of the dry cool air, and par
ticularly 1 want to throw a little light
upon the life and nature of that
strange character and remarkable man,
Buffalo Jones.
Happily in experience q writer can
live over his experiences, and see once
more the moon-blanched silver noun
tain peaks against the dark blue sky;
hear the lonely sough of the night
wind through the pines feel the dance
OF wild expectation in the quivering
pulse: the stir. the thrill. the joy of
hard action in perilous moments; the
mystery of mans yearning for the I'M
attainable
LAS a boy l read of Boone With
throbbing heart, and the silent moe
casined. vengeful Wetzel I loved
pored over the deeds of later men
Custer and Carson those heroes of the
plains. And as a man l came to see
the wonder, the tragedy of their lives
and to write about them. 1t has been
my destiny-what a happy fulfillment
of my d-Sams of border spirit Ito live
for a while in the fast fading wild en-
vironment which produced these great
men with the last of the great plains
men"
The book has a particular interest to
Kansas people as Mr.. Jones spent the
greater portion of his life in Kansas
and he still claims Garden City as his
home.
the Rev. Jay T. Stocking. minister of
the Central Congregational church.
Newtonville. Mass. calls The Dearest
Spot on Earth Under this title he
has published through H NJ. Caldwell
company. New York and Boston three
essays: The Making of a Home. The
Nursery of Men, and The Religion of
the Preside. Believing that the home
Is the foundation of our national and
social life, his aim is to inspire all to
OH pBACOAeLAOil VI IT'S D6duLg ana sane
tity and to make all more responsive
to it's sublime ideals. The book is full
of wise words for parents and for chill
dren. It Is sweetly reasonable, whole
some. helpful and uplifting. The law
lessness. the lack of submission to
authority, the social and political evils
which We are all deploring today would
speedily disappear if the teachings OF
this little book were more closely fol-
lowed. The publishers have produced
it in sober and dignified style, as BELTS
the subject. 1t is printed on hand
made, deckle- edged paper and is bound
in holden gray cartridge paper with
cloth back.
Little Brown g. Co have now COM
pleted their list of fall books. and it
will be found to embrace all divisions of
literature, from special editions of the
favorite classics to the latest work of
the modern novelist.
Their illustrated travel books cover five
countries, Sun and Shadow in SPAIN"
by Msud Howe, author of Roma
8eata" and Two in Italy" describes