The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-30
BOOK REVIEW.

AAeAs' "i...Su LUZ the June century tHC
story OF Llncoln's vote for vice presi-
dent IN the Philadelphia convention of
1896, quoting hitherto unpublished
letter OF w B. Archer the man who, 1t
appears, is entitled to the credit OF
first suggesting Mr.. Lincoln for the Of
flee. Mr.. Lincoln was not in Philadel-
phla at the time but was in Illinois
following Judge Davis around the cir
cult, and Mr.. Weik quotes him as say
ing, when told that he had received
amt me; there's another great man
named Lincoln down in Massachus-
etts. L reckon it s him."
w. E. Connelley is the only Kansas
author who enjoys the distinction OF
having a de luxe limited edition of one
of his books published. His Hucke-
welder Narrative just published by the
Burrow Brothers company of Cleve-
land is limited to 167 copies and they
cost $40 apiece.
Harper's Magazine appears this
month in old -fashioned dress. The
outside looks like it did 25 years
ago but that is all. This is the s8th
anniversary number.
1t is an agreeable thing to note the
increasing demand for books not-fic-
ton by the readers of this country.
This information comes not only from
from publishers. Messrs. Dodd, Mead
& Co. state that there has been a most
satisfactory sale of the works Of Pro-
fessor James Schouler, which include
his History of the United States, from
the Adoption of the Constitution to the
Close of the Civil War; Constitution
al Studies" Eighty Years of Union"
and Americans of 1875" Professor
Schouler is not only well known an
author of historical works. but also as
in Johns Hopkins university.
Low Twelve" is the suggestive
title given to a series of striking and
truthful incidents illustrative of the
fidelity of Free Masons to one an
other in times of danger and distress,
compiled by Edward S. Ellis, A. M.
a past master of Trenton, N j., lodge
No. 5, and published by F. r.
Niglutsch, New York. The incidents
illuminate the true nature of
speculative Masonry and will be
found interesting and instructive by
non Masons as we'll as by members
of the ancient craft.
Among the works of fiction an
nounced for spring issue by Cassell
& Company are to be found "By Their
Fruits" by Mrs. Campbell Praed;
The. -, Heiress Of Den isle, void" by
lionaire," by Lillias Campbell David
son: Dragons Silk" by Paul Her.
ring; "The Enchanted Ship" by r.
Audom; Her Faithful Knight" by
w. Bourne Cooke; and "a Hole in the
Coat" by Charles Eddy.
A new book on American literature
has Just been brought out by The
Neale Publishing Co., of Washington
and it is by no less an authority than
DR.. Edwin w. Bowen. In every way.
by aptitude, education, taste and ex-
perience, DR.. Bowen is fitted to write
a practical text book on American
literature. Some years ago he was
assistant professor of English in the
University of Missouri and he is now
professor of Latin in the Randolph
Macon college: AS teacher he
the school room. He is q critic, and
his papers on literary themes have
been published in the Popular Science
Monthly. The Forum. The North
Anne rican, The Atlantic. The Arena,
The Englishche Sudden. He is
thorough student, having taken his
PHI D. from Johns Hopkins in 1892,
and having spent a year in the Uni
versity of Leipzig. A teacher of
literature, a critic, a student. he is.
as we said. we'll fitted to write text
book on literature. In ''The Makers
OF American LlIeIdluIS LII. boWCh
has selected only the greatest writer's
in American letters, for only the
greatest are, in the real sense.
makers" original forces in a national
literature. And that no comparison
as to values may be inferred from the
order in which the writers are taken
up, DIR. Bowen has arranged them in
chronological order. After review
of colonial literature, he takes up.
in order of their birth, Franklin,
Irving, Cooper, Poe, Prescott, Haw-
thorne, Emerson, Bryant, Long
fellow, Holmes, Whittier, Lowell
Lanier, and Whitman.
Duffield & Co. publish E1inor Glyn's
1.-THE Sayings of Grandmamma'' on
May 20. The sixteenth printing of Mrs.
GYMS Three Weeks carrying the
sales we'll beyond 100000 is also an
nounced.
Doubleday, Page & Co. have publish
ed Herbert n. Casson's book THE Ro-
nance of the Reaper" Mr.. Casson' S
book might e.aconsidered defense OF
the Harvester trust but it is neverthe-
less interesting.
That there is vast difference be-
tween 1.-THE Regeneration of Aunt
Mary as played by May Robson and
the authors first version OF the story
is evident from the fact that Anne
Warner rewrote the original five times
before if appeared in book form, and
then wrote the play twice before it was
satisfactory But Anne Warner is an
INTERCHANGEABLE worker with her pen-she
never uses a typewriter-for during the
year 1907, in addition to dramatlzing
aunt Mary" she had 58 short stories
nrinted in America. and three of her
books brought out in England. and one
s.Susan Clegg and a Man in the house