The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-26


and paintings, some OF which will be
reproduced in colo.
Among the many nice things which
have ben printed about Margaret Hill
| McCarter's latest story, "In Old Quiv
era" just published by Crane & Co.,
| of Topeka, is the following from the
i KinSley Graphic: Margaret Hill Nc
Carriers new story 'In Old Quivera'
| is out and it is beautiful in word, and
| thought, and deed 1t is a tale of
| the western plains and pure type
| of romance as one can imagine. There
| is not literary flaw in it. The des-
| cription of the prairies-their atmos-
phere, their seasons, their grasses,
their charm-is as delicate and clear
as the mirage that sometimes hangs
| over their borders. To the prairie
lover this is one of the delights of the
book.
1.-THE story concerns an old Span
| ish sword, cavalier, and Father Juan
Padilla, a priest, who accompanied the
Coronado expedition in search of
Quivera; also an enchanting maiden
without these last presences no ro-
nance can be complete. The histor-
| ical part is set in the light of truth,
as all tales Of that kind should be.
"Some day q Book of Golden Tales
| will be made. 1t will be the real lit
erature that has sprung from our
wonderful west. In it will be found
In Old Quivera,' the choicest story
women, Margaret Hill McCarter."
| The new Dooneland Lorna Doone, a
recent Harper import into this country,
| which was edited by H. Snowden Ward
| with a careful discussion of Doone
| legends and many Photographic prints
| of the Exmoor country, has revived an
/ interesting correspondence conducted
in the Athenaeum few years ago as
| to the possible invention by B1ackmore
! of the whole idea of the Doones. In dis
| cussing Mr.. Wards painstaking work,
| the Athenaeum now recapitulates the
documentary evidence in proof that the
Doone legends ran throughout the dis
| trict before Blackmore's name was
heard of. Blackmore himself distinct
| ly said for Lorna" that he neither
dared nor desired ''to claim for it the
| dignity or cumber It with the difficulty
of an historic novel," and, Furthermore.
pleaded guilty to warm color1ng, as
any good romancer must. But when all
is said and done, the historical facts as
the Dooneland volume shows them are
as extraordinary as any used by the
novelist.
! socialism in a novel. Mr.. John A.
Mitchell, whose 1.-The Silent War" was
based somewhat on the unsatisfactory
existing relations between the very
rich and the very poor. has since been
regarded as one of themselves by So
cialists of all degrees, from the ra-
tiOnal ones VINO are seeking TOT some
safe solution of existing conditions
down to the rabid ones who insist that
the only remedy is to wipe out every
thing that is and make a completely
fresh start
Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy Of Good
land has issued through Crane & Co.
her first book. called 1.-THE Miracle on
the Smoky and other stories. There
are three bright, we'll written stories,
which will prove interesting to the
general reader. The work is in
Christmas binding and sells for so
cents.
Another little Christmas souvenir
has Just been issued by Crane & Co.
There are only eight pages Of printing,
the odd pages being blank. All of
the quotations are gems by Kansas
authors. compiled by Miss Jessie Tip |
ton. 1.-The Call of Kansas" by Esther |
NJ Clark "Autumn's Gold" by Mar
garet Hill McCarter. Success and |
Love- by Bessie A. Stanley. THE joys
of Living" by Dodd CASTOR, "A Sym |
phony" by Prof. McKeever, What |
Should Kansas be Thankful For by
r. d. Coburn and "a Word of Cheer"
These beautiful little souvenirs. en-
closed in holiday envelope, sell as low |
az II. cents aud are meeting with /