The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-10

I-lHE latest novel by Rene Ba-
Yin. who is the author of
THE Nun" and 1.-THE Com
ing Harvest" has just been
translated into English and
will be published in Septem-
Der by Charles Scribner's Sons. The
story is called THE Barrier" ola
Barriere"). The scene is laid partly
at a country house in England and
partly in Paris and in Rome. The plot
turns chiefly on the struggles and diff
ficulties of a young Englishman who
wishes to become Roman Catholic
and of a young Frenchman who wishes
to remain one. The love affairs of the
two, the vivid and keenly outlined
sketches of the life and training of the
upper bourgeoisie in Paris, and the de-
scription of an English country house
from an entirely French point of view,
give unusual quality and interest to
the story. Like all M. Bazin's stories,
straightforward and sincere in it's
handling this novel deals altogether
with the life and questions of the mo-
er classes, intellectual and social, yet
the climaxes are as picturesque as
they are dramatic. No other of NJ.
Bazin's heroines is as attractive as
Marie Limerel, whose freshness and
grace give a rare charm to the novel.
1.-THE Barrier" is one of the books of
the moment in France, representing
as it does the feeling toward religion
and life of a part of the French peo-
pie whose influence must be taken into
account in any attempt to understand
conditions in that country today.
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, who has
twice won the Collier thousand dollar
prize, with 1.-THE Sick-a-bed Lady" and
THE Very Tired Girl" has written
South and left him in bed with rheu-
matism and with a circular headed
THE Serial-Letter Co.-real letters
from imaginary persons etc. The
story is to be called Molly Make Be
lieve'' and the Century Company will
issue it in September.
There is to be new Brownie book
from Palmer Cox this fall; and Ralph
Henry Barbour's new foot ball story,
lished September oath. Other juvenile
books on the Century Co.'s fall lists
are a new Betty book by CAROLYN
Wells, new "Lakerim'' book by Ru-
pert Hughes, THE League of the
Signet- Ring by Mary Constance Du-
Bots, 1.-The Young Railroaders'' by F.
Lowell Coombs. and nonsense picture
book with cover in color by De Witt
Clinton Falls.
Hougton Mifhin Co. have just added
three important books to their list of
announcements for the autumn in the
following: THE Spirit of Democracy
by DR.. Lyman Abbott, 1.-The Essence of
Religion" by the late Professor Bor-
den Parker Browne, and 1.-THE Quail
ties of Men" by Professor Joseph Jas
trow.
A recent acquisition to the ranks of
writer's of the New South is Colonel
j. w. Church of Richmond whose ro-
nance called Deep in Piney Woods"
is announced for early publication by
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. 1t
appears that the Diney woods are
tracts of forest land in Southern Geor-
gla, where the sap of the trees is used
Tor making turpentine. The events of
the story occur on a great turpentine
plantation, and are SO spirited that
Things move very rapidly all through
the book. The work is of special value
as faithful reflec ion of the present
day conditions in the Far South and
OF the kindly feeling of the younger
generation of Southerners toward the
North.
The artistic and humorous sides of
2. Boyd Smiths "The Story of Noah,s
Ark" have been widely commended.