The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-28

-HE Fleming H ReveH com ON,
Sa a3 $sot z ! story j: R sHasr It tbs IS
title ''Wullie McWattle
- Master 1t is the story OF
Willie NcWattie's Master ana No.
he taught Willie to paint and now
while got into scrapes-and now
,,'itb the help of his employer. ne
cot ont WuIlie will recall the chaT-
ecter of Wee Macgreegor: II IS Ine
nosf amusing of Mr.. Bells dehght-
full offerings
new book by HENRIK Sienkie-
wfrz the Polish author who wrote
"Ouo Vadis.' with Fire and sword,
a+c * ALWAYS an event in the literary
world: and his host or ADMIRERS IL
this country VIII welcome the new VOL
me entitled s'Whirlpools. which his
American publishers, Little. Brown q
Co. Boston, announce for puollcatio ,l
earIv in June. AS in Children OF the
soil, tn great novelist in his new
hook. 'sWhirlpools." deals with the
,~1rdfrfous of modern life. and as IN
without Dogma he has placed the
soul Of his hero under the microscope,
hut unlike that work. be has MADE
him the central figure Of group OF
1ifeIike characters and an unusual love
story. Marynia, the youthful vlolln-
ist is said 10 be one of the author
most beautiful and lOvable girl crea-
tons. "Whirlpools'' has been trans
ists5 from the Polish by Max A Drez-
NAL
Moffat. Yard & Company announce
for speedy publication "Sonnets TOT
Choice" by Margaret Chanler AIdrlc4'
wife Of Richard Aldrich, musical cd
i+or Of the New York Times. These
sonnets. fifty in number. have for
their subjects the varying aspects OF
nature in this latitude, from the snow
covered fields of January to the thun-
der showers of midsummer: the
emotions of human life as brought
out by such characteristics as world
illness or reverence; and there are seE-
ereI which are addressed to lndlVld-
der Agassiz- The little volume Will
probably be received with interest py
the many persons who know Mrs Al
drfch as a philanthrOpist and puollc
sneaker. As Miss Chandler she was
one of the founders and for seven
years president of the Women's Mu-
ricipal Lea que OF New ork CltS-
She oDened Red Cross hospitals IN
Porto Rico during the Spanish-Amerl-
can war. and after the Boxer lnsur-
rection visited Picking and opened
hospital in Nagasaki. More recently
She has been active as one Of the Of
fcers of the Equal Franchise soclely-
This is her first venture into the neId
Of literature Mrs. Aldrich is a Sis
ter of the former Lieutenant-GoVer-
nor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and
zreat-ufece of Mrs Julia Ward Howe,
TO whom the volume is dedicated
The Autobiography Of a Clown"
writes James lane Allen Of Isaac r
Marcossou-s brilliant new book,
should have thousands of readers
Every reader of it will be its friend
The subject is Of universal interest.
and il is handled with great charm OF
incident and much mastery OF style:
Houghton 1Iifiin Co. announce the
rubIication on May 18th of three books
which were received too late to in
cIude in their regular spring an
uouucements. They are: The New
Laokoon." an essay on the confusion
of the arts. by Professor Irving BAD
bftr Of Harvard university; Dead Let
ters.' BY Maurice Barring. a series OF
imaginary letters from famous char
acters which attracted wide attenuoh
during their serial publication IN Lon
don; and a delightful and sympathetic
little essay on Dogs and Men, by
Henry c. Merwin.
Houghton Miff1in Co. report that
Ian Hays novel, The Right Stuff,
has been IN such demand that the first
edition has already been exhausted
haste.
The English book world lives under
the shadow of another general eIec-
ton. and when il occurs several
prominent British authors viii be
found taking an active part In the
county OF Norfolk lives E Phillips
Oppenheim. who has already in his
novels which preceded The Illustrious
Prince" showed his preference for
tariff reform Mr.. Oppenheim natur-
ally championed the Conservative can
didate at the last general election. 1t
will be recalled that in "A Prince OF
sinners" Mr.. Oppenheim really pre-
coded Joseph Chamberlain in arguing
that the protective policy was the only
means Of salvation for the British
workiugman Besides being a success
full author, Mr. Oppenheim had, until
recently extensive manufacturing in
terests which he inherited from his
father. and he has been close stu
dent of English politics. 1t is not at
all surprising to learn that Mr.. OPP
penhefrn is the Conservative candi-
date in his district at the next general
election. a district which is, however,
strongly Liberal.
Probably no one will be much sur
prised TO know that Winston Churchill
has in "A Modern Chronicle" written
an immoral book as was the author
himself. And yet the accusation has
been made-even the word immoral