The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01

bondia," has accepted an invitation
from the program committee of the
commission to write the memorial
poem for the public exercises for Bur
lington Day" which will be held at
Burlington on July 8.
Selections from the verses of the late
Arthur Epson. whose death by drown
ing last August removed one of the
most promising of American poets, were
presented in the Bibelot for March.
Mr. Upson's poems, including his "Oc-
taves in an oxford Garden" 1.-THE
City" and the romantic drama in blank
verse. THE Tides of Spring" which
Small, Maynard & Co. brought out
shortly before his death. have gained
among Americans who read poetry. The
Upson memorial committee announces
THE Complete Poems of Arthur Up
SON. in two volumes.
Camille Flammarion, whose study of
Mysterious Psychic Forces" as trans
lated into English and published in this
country, set the Anglo-Saxon world
agog, has just startled Paris by show
ing that the earth has heavings such
as the ocean, eight inches being the
extent of the rise and fall of terra
firma in every "a hours. Critics point
out that physicists and astronomers
have known the fact for a long time,
ana CndI, / There Is any new dOOuI
F'lammarion's discovery, it is the state
ment of the amount of oscillation,
which hitherto has baff1ed experiment.
ers to determine. F'lammarion ascribes
the discovery to Hecker. the German
astronomer.
The Road to OF, by L. Frank Baum.
The only new Baum book for 1909 will
be unique in many ways in point of
manufacture, at the same time coming
fo hi OI CT md rd NV w
and the Wizard of OF, Ozma of OF, etc.
There will be 100 humorous illustrations
by John R. Neill and each chapter has
a special pictorial heading. The Kelley
& Bristton Company of Chicago are the
publishers.
The leading article n the Outing
Magazine for May is entitled The
Sport of Flying" by Macmillan Fos-
ter. The article is a clear explanation
suited in mans practical conquest of
the air DIR. Woods Hutchinson's
article on Malaria will be read with
interest by everybody. Dillon Wal
lace continues his fascinating story OF
travel in Mexico in the feature entitled
THE Peon and The Land" Other ar
ticles are: 1.-THE Battle With the Bugs"
by E. P. Powell, a timely article on
farming; The Men Who Operate the
Railroads." by Edward Hungerford;
Our National Heritage"
The short stories in the magazine are
strong and worth while. and are as fol-
lows: "Shanghaied," by Clarence E.
milford; Constable Smythe, N. W. M.
p" by Ralph D. Keefer, a story Of the
northwest mounted police; and Dad
Govan," by c. L. Edholn, story of the
Arizona desert.
A new and revised edition Of Sidney
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has lust been issued by the Macmillan
Company Since the appearance of the
first edition in 1898, Lees Shakespeare
has been the recognized authority for
the poets career and private history.
The new edition embodies all that has
been added to our knowledge by the
labors of Shakespeare scholars in the
years which have interviewed. To all
students and lovers of the poet and his
works Mr.. Lees work is invaluable.
Presenting as it does all the known
facts of his life within brief compass,
| it is both readable biography and an
| indispensable reference work. The new
| edition merely increases and en-
| phasizes the usefulness of book long
recognized as the standard in its field.
The Henry Altemus Company has
| just published a new book by James H
Collins. 1t is Human Nature in Selling
! Goods and is the Renaissance Of a
| travelling man.
| Doubleday. Page & Company have just
published a book of wide practical
value entitled "F'ireless Cooking" by
| Margaret J. Mitchell. The book con-
tains clear and complete instructions
how to cook food in the inexpensive
fireless cooker, together with a large
number of recipes that have been
tested. The fireless cooker. of course,
saves much in time and labor and
does away with many inconvenience
and discomforts. Miss Mitchell has
aimed to make her book a complete
| and workable guide. The principle of
| fireless cooking is that of the hay-box.
Food brought to the boiling point can
be put in the box and left to cook
itself. When you take it out it's