The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01

! was on the press Willis Us ulSl4liS uicil-
| ed author was breathing his last at
''Westland." Mr.. Cleveland was
neither a rapid nor a prolific writer.
His shortest magazine article repre-
scented a solid month of labor in the
quiet library of his Princeton man
sion; but his every utterance was
characterized by elaboration. dignity
and sanity. sailed by a deep and
shrewd knowledge of the temper and
tendencies of his countrymen.
The contents of the first chapter of
John d. Rockefeller's Random Remi-
niscences which will begin in the Oc-
tober number of the Worlds Work
are:
The Reason for Preparing the
"reminiscences.
The Story of the Standard Oil Com
pany.
The Facts about the Oppression"
Stories.
How the Business Has Been and Is
Conducted.
The Modern Corporations: Its Regu-
lation and Future.
The Opportunities of Today as
Compared with Those of Generation
Ago.
The American Business Man.
The Story of Neighbor Foley.
duct
Knowing the Facts of a Business.
The Trite and the Obvious-and
How often Overlooked.
The Responsibilities of the Bush
ness Man.
Justin Huntly Mccarthy, in whose
new Harper novel Seraphica the
painter Vatican is a character, has
found clever space there for a charac-
terization of Watteau's women and
men. The dainty Seraphica never
s1f ID ,fr-
ing those exquisite women, whose
delicate voluptuousness was rendered
more alluring and more mysterious by
their faint yet almost menacing sug-
gestion of a supernatural chastity. She
delighted in the men, too, SO gallant,
so foppish, roguish; so spiritual in
their effrontery, so whimsical in their
desires, so living, so loving, so dream
like. so altogether tragic"
1t is a number of years since Rich
ard Harding Davis has written a novel
of New York life, but in his new book
Vera, the Medium" just published
by Charles Scribner's Sons, he is back
again in the hometown of Van Bib
Der, Travis, and other favorites of his
early stories. The characters of this
new book are unique. The hero is a
district attorney, with many of the
qualities of Mr.. Jerome and also very
like Van Bibber. Mamie Day, whose
greatest ambition in life was to be
known as "Broadwayward" is very
likeable, and Vera bids fair to be one
of the most popular heroines Mr..
Davis has ever written Of
Now that Joel Chandler Harris is
dead. practically the only novelist to-
day who halls from the state of
Georgia is Mr.. VIII N. Harden. The
late beloved Southerner was in fact
the patron of young Harden when the
| latter began to write many years ago.
and in recent years the Uncle Remus
Magazine has contained generous
share of Harden sketches. Mr.. Harden
dedicated one of his early books of
sketches of northern Georgia to Mr..
Harris. This scarcity of novelists in
Georgia is very singular in COMPARE
son with such prolific states as In
diana, or even Tennessee and Ken
lucky. Mr.. Harden makes up for it.
as well as one man may. by giving all
his novels Georgian settings. Perhaps
the best known of his books are Mann
Linda, a Harper success of last au-
tumn, Abner Daniel, and Ann Boyd.
''The Art of Singing and Vocal De-
clamation," by Sir Charles Santley,
the English baritone, has been issued
by the Macmillan company of New
York and London. Than Sir Charles
Santley there Is no living MUSICIAN
more competent to speak on the SUBJ
5ects covered, if successful achieve
ment may be accepted as the evidence
of artistic abilities. For fifty years he
| has stood in the forefront of musical
endeavor, and as a keen observer he
has been in position to gather much
| that was of interest in the careers of
others, in addition to his own large
personal experience in England and
| abroad. His writing is neither verbose
nor ultra technical-every word he
has to say is to the point. Among the
chapters covered in the $50 pages of
| letter press are: advice to Young
| People DESTROYS of Learning the Vocal
Profession" Qualifications Necessary
| to Form a Singer" 1.-The Choice of a
Master" Study of Vocal Works, 4"
About Rehearsal and Performance.