The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-21

Ralph D. Paine, whose college story
The Stroke Oar is to be issued today
by The Outing Publishing company
has, for some years, been prominent
as a writer on athletic topics. His SER
les of articles in The Century Magazine
and American and English college sport
was complete and authoritative. he
conducted the department, school and
College World in The outing Maya
zine for long period, and has been
sent to England several times by maya
zines and newspapers to report the de-
tails of athletic events.
James Whitcomb Riley tells of an in
Quisitive lady who once heard him say
something on how poorly. paid was the
profession of literature. But, Mr.. RI
ley" said she, surely you have no
cause for complaining. You must be
very rich man. I understand you get
''Ye-e-es, Madam said Riley, with
his slow drawl. ''but sometimes sit
all day and can't think of a word-not
even a dialect word.
The latest publications of Harper &
Brothers as announced November are
The Story of a Street, a narrative his
tory of Wall street, by Frederick IRE
people, In the Open. by William o.
Stoddard, and Adventures at Sea, COM
piled by Rear Admiral Stevens, F. H..
Converse, John r. Coryell, and others:
Both the latter are IN the series Oh
Harper's Young People.
The Christy Book for 1905 now ready,
harks back to the model of three years
ago and carries the title 4S The Chris
ty Book of Drawings in Black and
White and Colors." It reproduces most
of Mr.. Christy's most popular cartoons
and other drawings of recent years
which have not appeared elsewhere in
book form, presenting them in larger
size and exquisite printing The pub
fishers expect a very handsome Christ
mas sale of this exceptionally fine book.
Miss Rosa N. Carey's new novel,
''The Sunny Side of the HILL was re-
Gently issued by the Lippincotts. 1t is a
wholesome and refreshing story for
young people, with an English setting
of blue skies and village life, and with
automobile rides, picnics, and garden
parties sufficient to satisfy the most
exacting appetite. Miss Carey has now
written about forty books since 1865
when her first story, >''Nelie's Memo
ries," made her name widely known on
both sides of the Atlantic.
A second English edition of Walter
Dill SCOTS 1.-The Theory of Advertis-
ing" has just been ordered by its Lon
don publisher, Isaac Pftman's Sons. |
The book, it will be remembered. is |
one which preceded 1.-THE Psychology |
of Advertising by the same author, |
one OF TINS IalIS bOlA
works are published by Small, Maynard /
& Company.
An important new contribution to the
literature of psychical research is an
nounced by Small, Maynard & Com
pany,-a discussion of 1.-THE Coming
Science" by Hereward Darlington, au-
thor of 1.-THE Physical Phenomena of
Spiritualism." A distinguished men,
Der of the American Society for
Psychical Research who read the book
in the manuscript pronounced 1t 'the
best finest, sanest, and most telling
book in defense Of the subject yet
penned."
If Augustus Thomas, who wrote The
Witching Hour, published now by the
Harpers in the form of a novel, does
not come into an authors fame as soon
as another man might, he will have his
distinction as a dramatist to blame for
1t. Mr.. Thomas has written half a
dozen OF the most delightful plays of
contemporary life. His views on the
drama are eagerly quoted by aspiring
young playwrights, and it is note
worthy that in spite Of the light, often
gay tone of Mr.. Thomas's work the
theater to him is a place Of ideals. "An
IDEAL" says Mr.. Thomas, '1s a mental
picture which more or less governs our
conduct. We ourselves outgrow our
ideals, and never, of course, live up to
them-we should be bankrupt If we did
But ideal conduct which is impossible
in life, is possible Of presentation in the
present ideal heroism,
ideal sacrifice, ideal mercy, ideal jus
tice."