The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13
BOOK NEWS.

George Meredith's volume of
l. Poems Written in Early Youth" will
De published in November. Among
the other important books of this
month will be Relations of the Unit
ed States with Spain-Diplomacy by
| rear Admiral F. E. Chadwick. and
PEWTER and the Amateur Collector"
| by Edwards J. Gale. Success in Mu-
sic and How 1t Is Won by Henry r
Finck, and 1.-The White Bees" by
Henry van Dyke, which were an
nounced for October, will be pub
llshed early in this month.
Harper & Brothers have just pub
lfshed 'The Image of Eve" novel
| by Margaret Sutton Briscoe: "The
Great English Essayists'' in the
READERS Library edited by Con-
ingsby W. and William J. Dawson, and
Equal Suffrage in Colorado" the re-
port of an investigation made for the
Collegiate Suffrage League of New
York state by Helen H. Sumner, Ph.D.
THE Great Galleries of Europe"
published by H. M. Caldwell company
or Boston, has received an accession,
The Wallace Collection" Each vol
ume contains sixty or more of the
chief works contained in the gallery
with which 1t deals, reproduced by
the very best methods Of half tone
process and printed in Sepia on art
paper. These series of illustrations
form beautiful and comprehensive
souvenirs Of the great picture gal
ler1es The interest Of these little vol
umes is enhanced by the introduction
and short notes on the pictures. in
which are embodied facts connected
with their history, or that of the art
list by whom they were painted.
The methods employed in preparing
the report which comprises DR.. Helen
H. Summers book, Equal Suffrage in
Colorado" which the Harpers are
publishing. were elaborate and thor
ough. occupying two years. Question
blanks were circulated; newspaper
files were studied to determine what
women have done in politics; regis
tration books were examined; state,
county, and city reports were explored
to find out the number of women Of
hceholders their records, salaries, etc.
The result is that there is hardly a
question regarding the working of
women's suffrage to which this book
does not give a reliable answer so far
as Colorado is concerned. Some of
the subjects dealt with are Party
Machinery" Women in Public Of
f1ce." Economic Aspects Of Equal
Suffrage on legislation" and Effect
of Equal Suffrage on the Women of
Colorado" The final conclusion is
tainly indicates that equal suffrage is
a step in the right direction toward
a better citizenship
w H. Wright's book, "The Grizzly
Bear" published by the Scribners, is
not only a book of hunting and adj
venture, but a study of natural history
of the highest Importance. The
Brooklyn Eagle says of it: ut rarely
happens to be the luck of the reader
in the open, where the author has
taken so much pains to present only
the whole truth as he understands it,
wherein he seeks to divest his nara
tive Of all tinges and suggestions of
romance that usually are a component
part Of wild animal stories, eeking
always to present straight scientific
statement backed up by knowledge
gained from actual personal expert
ence and observation-not that of
other people. 1t is this quality of Sc
rious statement based upon long ex-
perience that gives Mr.. Wright,s book
its surprising value as a natural his
tory of the greatest of the American
wild animals"
One of the many attractive features
of the Riverside Press edition of 1.-THE
Compleat Angler is the fidelity with
which the quaint favor of the origi-
nal edition has been preserved Not
only has Walton's original spelling
been followed, but the edition. while
by no means a s1avish facsimile, pre-
serves the distinguished typographical
peculiarities of the original issue even
to the extent of using on page PIP
the square black lead which Walton
used to indicate the size of the piece
of scarlet to be put upon the hook in
fishing for carp. But perhaps the
quaintest of all the quaint features of
the volume is the music for the Ang-
ler's Song, MANS Life Is But Vain"
AS in the original edition, the two
parts of this song are printed upOn
opposite pages, with the bass part up
side down. that it may be sung by
two men facing each other, holding
the book between them.
The great stories of the Aeneid, the
Had and the Qdxssex have alrea DIV