The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-09

Get Rich Quick Wallingford," is
| the title of a book just published by
| the Henry Altemus Co., of Philade1-
phia.
No other example of the famous
school of business fiction" of recent
years has aroused more profound in
terest than this story. The author,
George Randolph Chester. already ia
nous as one of this country's clever
est literary men, has received hun
dreds of letters from all portions Of
the United States-letters of COM
| mendation and inquiry, some of them
from our best known f1nancfers, and
all generally regarded as persons too
But, in the last analysis, the book
stands on its own merits. 1t appeals:
To men-because it is humorous
and wise;
To women-because it is sympa-
thetfc and tender;
To all people-because all people
like an entertaining story, and be-
cause all people will, sooner or later.
have to deal with some sort Of j..
Rufus Wallingford.
The new Randall Parrish novel,
prisoners of Chance" just published
by A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, tells
the story of the adventures of
Godfrey Benteen, and harks back to
when its high spirited aristocracy
chafed at the disgraceful cession of
their province to the Spanish govern
ment. Among those whom Spanish
vengeance had singled out were the
| father and the husband of the
Benteen, her old time admirer. is
called upon to rescue her husband,
a task which, owing to the latter's
gay recklessness. is no easy one. In
tensely exciting is the flight of the two
from the Spanish frigate, and later,
Joined by the Lady E1oise and war
like, Puritan preacher, their all but
fatal capture by Naladi, Queen Of the
Children Of the Sun, a prehistoric
people dwelling in the mountains of
| the Arkansas country. The story
lacks none of the romantic interest of
Mr.. Parrish's previous novels, and.
with it's fine colored illustrations by
the Kinneys, should be not far from
the leading novel of the season.
In his recently published book, Bait
Angling for Common Fishes. pub
| has this to say concerning the worm
as a bait: Immediately on being
dug, they should be we'll washed in
| clear water. and placed in an earthen-
ware jar with plenty of moss. The
moss should be well washed and
|
sticks and straw picked out, as they
are apt to cut the worms. The jar
| should be examined every second OF
| third day, and all the dead or sickly
| worms removed, the moss changed
| and few small pieces of bread and
| a spoonful of milk put on the moss
| for their nourishment. The process
of toughening worms can only be &C.
complished by keeping the moss dry
so that the worms may lose some OF
| the moisture of their bodies, and thus
become tough and more durable
! When impaIing the worm on the
| hook, it is not necessary to pierce the
but it can be and is quite sufficient to
| hook it just through the skin; it will
| hold If the barb is sharp. In that
| way it enables the worm to act much
more lively while In the water; it is
the lively kicking movement thai
most attracts the fish. A dead worm
is of no value to tempt fish to take
| It,"
Yard and Garden, by Harrington Ba-
ker. is a new production of the Bobbs-
] Merrill Co. Yard and Garden differs
materially from other books on. gar
| dening subjects. 1t is for the amateur
first and last. for the expert amateur
as we'll as for the beginner. 1t tells
| what to do and how to do 1t. and tells
| it on the basis of conditions in Amer
| lea. not in England. Three-fourths
| of the best gardening books are thu
| products of the English pens and are
written for the use of English garden
ers. The American amateur who OBJ.
ttains such a book and attempts tt
follow its advice-excellent for Eng
land-will fail miserably in his plans
land planting. Yard and Garden con
tains Information that is based on thu