The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
BOOK NEWS.

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Ed Howes new book is out lit
tie late for the holiday shopper but
the West Indies just published by
Crane & Co. of Topeka, is a thing of
beauty and let US hope that it will be
joy forever. 1t is bound in blue silk
cloth with a three color halftone draw
ing on the front. The paper is heavy
white deck1e edged and the print is
bold and plain-a delight to the eye
So far as the contents of the book is
; concerned readers of the State Journal
are already familiar with that for the
! delightful letters comprised between
, its covers were printed in the State
Journal at the time they were written
!, I-early in the year. Mr.. Howe, who is
editor of the Atchison Globe. is won
derful man. He can write about COM
monplace things in manner which
will delight and interest every one.
! Now trip to the West Indies might
be considered a very ordinary thing
| and not one to rhapsodiZe over but
. when elaborated by Mr.. Howes magic
pencil it becomes an instructive lesson
| with all the imagery Of Bulwer
, thrown in. He tells little things about
. his experiences in New Y ork, describes
the people he met and you at once de-
eide to go with him on his tour and
, there is never a dull moment. The
simplicity of his narrative will appeal
, to any one and the reader Will put
down the book when he has finished it
with the feeling that he really knows
something about the countries visited
, The book sells for $1.35 net, which
means that is the rock bottom price.
: While Robert Kitchens 1.-THE Holy
Land with its eighteen pages in col
or from paintings by Jules Guer1n, is
distinctly an art book, its subject mat
: ter gives it appeal to that wide cir
e Gle of readers to whom Palestine is
$ indeed the Holy Land. The volume
E has, in addition to its eighteen pages
| in color, forty halftone reproductions
s of carefully chosen photographs
; Aside from the literary charm of
t Elihu Vedder's ''The Digressions of w
1 the book is a masterpiece of the print
e er's art 1t is lavishly illustrated from
e hundreds of reproductions OF Mr. we'd
s der's paintings, sketches, ETC., used
e both as full page illustrations and as
i text cuts in such a way as not only to
: embellish but actually to illustrate the
text. There are four full page cuts
f in color; but the majority are careful
,ly reproduced and printed with the
|, way as to blend with remarkable
e harmony with the text itself. Another
/. interesting feature of the book is the
: poetic half titles, written and embel-
O iished by the author himself, which
e precede the chapters. In addition to
n this, Mr.. Vedder has made for this
:, book as for his very successful illus
It trated edition of the "Rubaiyat' of
d Omar Khayyam, designs for the cover,
for the end papers, head pieces tail
e pieces, etc, etc, so as it is. in short
is the complete expression of one OF the
: most interesting personalities of the
: time.
p Mr. Frederick Seymour is the au-
e thor of book on up Hill and Down
/ Dale in Ancient Etruria,' which is
being published in this country by
7, Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. In the first
II part the author discusses the origin
, of the Etruscans, their history, reli-
= gion, arts and language The larger
exploration in Volterra, Vetulonia
!, Vulci, Chiusi and other of the more
= remote and sequestered portions OF
E Etruria, emitting those which have Of
" ten been visited and described The
&c book contains a map and twelve IL
| Illustrations.
1t Harrison Fisher. who is possibly bes
. known as the illustrator of Jerome K
Jerome's "Three Men on Wheels hai
a fine specimen af color work which j:
being issued by Charles Scribner's Sons
It includes five female heads backed
by heavy brown bristol board. The
first shows brown lady, whimsical!
looking over the head of white An
CORA cat held in her arms; the SECOND
represents girl in evening dress sing
in red sweater; the fourth reveals the
graceful neck and Grecian tied hair OF
q lady looking over a fashion journal
and the fifth shows the fiancee in pinl
evening dress contemplating a jewel
evidently an engagement ring. Mr.
Fisher excels in line and color con
trasts and his figures are always very
human and suggestive of restrained
emotion
The present year of The Century i:
it's forty-first; and its program, al
though necessarily incomplete at thii
time, promises a rich and full year
Among other interesting features ar
Robert Kitchens new serial story, ''Tht
Dweller on the Threshold" DR.. Nc
Giffert's Life of Martin Luther
Ferrero's 1.-THE Wives of the Caesars,
William Winters papers on .'Shake
speare on the Stage Timothy Cole
Masterpieces of American Galleries
and a notable series of papers on 1.-THE
Trade of the World
The first edition of Jesse Lynch vii
liams moved, 1.-THE Married Life of tn