The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-27

university of Minnesota, pronounced "a
mystery novel that few current writ
ers are likely to surpass in the essen
tials of plot, situations and suspensive
interest" 1.-THE IllustriouS Prince is
one of the best selling novels of the
season both in America and in Eng
land.
Marriage with a sordid multimi1-
lionaire manufacturer of corn pIasters
is simply impossible to romantic Lys
d'Angeley, the captivating heroine of
the Williamsons' latest book, 1.-THE
Motor Maid" published August Is by
Doubleday, Page & Company. She,
naturally enough, resorts to heroic
measures to prevent it. Romance she
finds in abundance. when she takes a
position as lady's maid to the embodi-
ment of saturated stupidity and self
ishness who, with her husband, newly
acquired, are about to set out for a
bridal tour en- auto. She soon finds
herself speeding through the sweet
scented gardens of the Rivera, past
the wild grandeur of the Gorge of the
Tarn, and over the snowy heights of
the Roof of France" Cupid is easily
able to keep pace with the flying car,
| for on the seat besides her sits chauf-
feur who, like her, has formerly lived
| In different circumstances, and, like
her, too, is not unappreciative of the
finer things. The wealthy owners of
| the car are as plaster in the hands
OF this chauffeur, whose Machiavelian
tact enables him to give the Motor
Maid a glimpse of the finest bits of
this land where poetry and history
clasp hands.
Besides Randall Parrish. Robert
Ames Bennett, Charles E. walk, and
Kate and Virgil D. Boyles, all well
known for their past successes. there
Will AnD64r ho
A Z. McClurg & Co. some strong
| novels on unusual themes by new
writer's. Robert Fulkerson Hoffman
mas broken new ground in Mark En-
derby: Engineer" a railroad story of
| the southwest frontier; Margaret Hill
McCarter has novel of Kansas
frontier days, 1.-THE Price of the
Prairie; Edith Ogden Harrison has
written romance of the days of Pres
ter John, entitled Princess Sayrene,"
which viii be brought out in sumptuous
form with page decorations as well as
colored Illustrations: and Edgar Beech
! er Bronson contributes book of
stories, THE Red Blooded," which,
though in fiction form, is based on
| fact. Randall Parrish's story is called
| laid in the west just after the civil
war; his characters are southerners
whose code of honor is in marked con-
| trast to the treachery of some of the
| fraternity Of border bad men, RobeI
Ames Bennett has gone to the Japan OF
the time Of Perry's visit for his ro-
nance and he has found 1T in full
! measure. 1.-THE Shogun's Daughter" be-
| ing remarkable picture of the love of
an aristocratic American for a woman
apparently beyond the reach of any
"tojin" however exalted.
There seems to be some possibility
that Maurice Maeterlinck will come TO
America as the guest of the New
theater. Maeterlinck's fame, based on
in the theater, is now firmly fixed in
the library as well-'Monna Wanna as
a book being in far greater demand
than Norma Wanna" as an acting
play.
1t is interesting to learn that the
kidnaping of Gray Stoddard in tine
Power and the Glory" Grace MacGoW-
| an Cookies virile story which Double
day, Page & COMPANY have just pup
| lished, owes its origin to a true oc-
currence. The story parallels the facts
wealthy young fellow whose parents
! had invested in an enterprise that drew
/ it's laboring class from the mountain
region about Bristol, on the state line
between Tennessee and Virginia. These
people built a hospital for the benefit
| of their employees Word went out in
| the mountains among those medieval
minded jewellers, that it was money
making scheme under the guise OF
beneficence, which shipped dead bodies
north for the student doctors to cut
up. The feu6 spirit arose. This young
man, a charming and beloved figure
the only son of great wealth and wide
culture, rode out of the village one
morning-bare-hea in riding dress
land was never seen again. Those
| who followed the agonizing search as
it was reported in the local papers will