The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-04
BOOK NEWS.

Thonas CToWeu & Co I'VE Fou. >
are a group of lively youngsters Mr 49, -
not believe in letting the grass 49, 49,
under their feet; and the Two Nuote
are a Dafr of cousins who forfS WorlAS
additions to the circle The entire -
spend a happy summer with S'I7
mother and maiden aunt, at q me O-I
country place where there are HOi9eS
and dogs and other interesting tnihss-
To prevent time from hanging too
heavily on their hands, however, tuey
organize the S. P. o. D., winch pens
translated means the Society LOT tn@
prevention Of Dizziness. Its object 10
a nrank day." and its motto.
s.N1un1se the word" After that. things
begin to happen and continue TO nap
pen until the authorities intervene
~ dasnite their love of fun, ii must
he admitted that this is likable groLp
of children. They are Loyal, trutnIul .
COURAGEOUS. and are not afraid OF de-
served punishment. Also, tney IeA 4-i
as they 20 along; and when he merr-
partv breaks up for the Fall I rm OF
Schooling the reader bids them good
bye with regret The author has sue
ceeded not merely in portraylng
sroup Of children-a fairly easy task
but in individualizing each boy ana
girl so tina. we feel that we Know them
personally.
A good deal of fun was made OF
the illustrations which appeared IN
the first issues of the Kansas Mag
azine. There, however, mas oeeh q
decided improvement in this respect
The prize scenery photos are credl-
table and a good means of advertising
the state.
September S is the date announced
for the publication of The New New
York. the book in which Professor
John Van Dyke and Joseph Pennel
have set themselves to describe the
ever-changing city. It will be oy tar
the most elaborate work of the KIND
that has yet appeared Mr.. Pennell 8
pictures of New York have long been
regarded by connOisseurS as among
the best of his works, and in The
New New York there are no less than
one hundred and twenty-four of his
illustrations OF these twenty-Six are
in color. the others full-page drawings
in black and white. The text of the
book is remarkable not only for
keen analysis and vivid description OF
the city as it is today, but for Wis
ion OF a not so remote future when
New York shall have come into Its
own. As Professor Van Dyke sees
IL, New York is destined to be like
no other city on the globe. With
amazing rapidity it is being rebuilt
on scale so colossal that few of US
have grasped any Of its significance.
Fascinating though the vision is. il
has not blinded Professor Van Dyke
to the present He knows the city as
few men do. and in addition he knows
how to tell of his knowledge With
Mr.. Pencils aid he has achieved a
remarkable feat OF description and
analysis. The Macmillans are the
publishers.
The Reid Publishing company an
noUnces that it will soon issue the
fourth edition of Paul Anthony,
Christian" The book was first pub
IN
a new story for children by Eliza
beth ven Zicklen. entitled Little
Prince Charming" has just been
company. II is beautifully illustrated
and the hero is really a Prince
Charming in all that the name
implies.
The Century announces in the
September number the identity Of
the authors who contributed the
three stories published anonymously
in the June. July, and August num-
bers, each having for its theme the
thirteen at table superstition. with
the Coin of Her Life" was written by
Owen Wister; The Waiting Hand"
by Margaret Deland; and THE Four
teenth Guest" by s. Weir witchen.
1t was DR.. Mitchell who suggested
the series.
Thomas A. Janvier of almost equal
reputation as ar historian and a
writer Of humorous stories, has been
engaged upon a serious historical
sketch, said to be of considerable i'm
portance, which the Harpers are
preparing to bring out in August.
While the exact nature of the book
is not yet announced, It will be con-
cerned with the era Of navigation,
and the Dutch and English, especial
" the Dutch. voyages in American
waters Mr. Janvier through pre-
vious volumes has attained genuine
distinction as an historian of old
New York, both as an investigator
and as a stylist-
Florence Morse Kingsley has
dramatized her love story. 1.-The
Princess and the Ploughman," which
the Harpers published not long ago.
It is possible that the play will be
produced under the title The Maid
and the Money though this is not
handling the play are enthusiastic as
to its possibilities Mrs. Kingsley is
at present staying in camp at Lake
Hopatcong, New Jersey.
New editions Of 1.-THE Inner
Shrine" and Peter. Peter are be-
ing prepared in response to a cable
from London that the present supply
of these new American novels had
been exhausted.
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