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

There is good evidence of further ex-
cellence in the fact that the leading
Sunday school paper of Philadelphia
has asked permission to reproduce the
picture of Noah assembling the animals
in one of its special publications for
Sunday schools. Mr.. Smith is to bring
out new picture book this autumn
through Houghton Miff1in Co.. entitled
THE Farm Book" showing Bob and
Betty on a visit to Uncle John.
w. w. Gunner's 1.-THE Gun and It's
Development famous book in Eng
land and now in its ninth edition, has
just been brought out in this country
by the Scribners. 1t describes in all
detail, and in manner entertaining, the
earliest forms of firearms, tracing from
very origin to present date. The
book was first published in 1881. The
last edition, aiming like all former
ones to supply all available informa-
ton relative to firearms and their his
tory, has been rewritten. rearranged
and added to largely in the way of IL
gun and treats it from every aspect.
from methods of manufacture and
decoration to the best care and man
ner of use of each particular weapon.
Certainly to sportsmen 1t must prove
not only of great interest, but of great
advantage.
"Jenny's Bird House." by Mrs. Lille
Fuller Merriam, is a bright book for
young readers. 1t happened in the
following way: The real little Jenny
was recovering from an illness and
every day her mother told her pretty
bird story. BY and by Jenny grew
quite we'll and used to repeat to her
child friends the wonderful tales she
had heard. Later on the mothers all
around were asking Mrs. Merriam to
make a book of these stories. that
they might tell them to their little
ones. "Jenny's Bird House" is the
answer to this request, and the moth
ers will not be disappointed when they
see this book. 1t is beautifully illus
trated in color by c. L. Butler. whose
work is we'll known in Paris and Amer
let. The publishers are the G. M.
Clark Co. Boston. Mass.
The American Book company has
brought out Mature Myths of Many
Lands" by Florence V. Farmer. This
book for the third and fourth years
is the latest of the Eclectic Readings
and contains fifty-five interesting stor-
les from American. Asiatic and Euro
pean sources. They deal with such
phenomena as fire, wind, the seasons,
the heavenly bodies. the land and the
sea, animals and plants.
Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke. author of
1.-THE Power and the Glory" which
bears the fresh imprint of Doubleday,
Page & Company. writes that she has
received numerous inquiries concern
ing the pink moccasin flower men
toned in the earlier chapters of her
story. The blossom is an orchid OF
the terrestrial variety. Cypripedium,
and was brought to her notice by a
mountain girl. She wrote her story at
her present home in California, and
wishing to make very certain of the
habitat and appearance of this flower
she applied to one of her mountain
! friends for assurance, receiving in an
swer delicately penciled sketch OF
the flower. and a description of it.
which appears almost word for word
in 1.-The Power and the Glory" 1.-THE
dweIlers in the Cumberlands.' says
Mrs. Cooke, like mountaineers the
world over, cherish the traditions OF
their land and feel deep pride in its
peculiarities and beauty. Rare flowers
! will be carried from one to another
and shown almost reverence. and the
season when the rhododendron blooms
| is spoken of rapturously even by
| grandmothers, while the admiration
| for the noble scenery of their region
! always strikes a visitor with surprise
Shade Buckheath's depreciation OF it