The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

well as the author are emitted TO
verdict of commentator.
AS for the text it deserves its place
in such an artistic setting. Capt j.
G. Waters of Topeka, who has read
the work, says that it is the best DOCK
of travel he has ever read and that
he secured better grasp on the nab
its of the people of the foreign coun-
tries and their history than he has
| ever received from any standard his
! tory. He says it should be used as
text book by students.
Mr.. Bigger is a modest man, evil
IDENTIFY. for he says that while his "ob-
servations" are the result of three
years travel they are compiled from
| letters written to friends and that mo
rash attempt is made at eloquence,
wit or literary excellence. 1t is mere
1y a pen picture, drawn as best he
knew how, by a man whose life has
been devoted to business affairs"
Notwithstanding the apparent
length of Mr.. Bigger's travel story, I'M
like most travels he devotes but one
brief chapter of seven pages to leav-
ing home and only another to the
at the Madeari Islands, this is decided
ly refreshing. He begins his observa-
lions in Spain and continues in Italy
and then to Egypt and to Jerusalem
and then he is back in Greece and
Rome. The second volume begins
with Rome and is devoted principally
to cities in Europe, including Mos
COW, st. Petersburg and other Russian
towns.
The third volume opens in Scotland
| and the author after touching at
points of historic interest returns
home and then leaves by the Pacific
route for Japan via Honolulu. The
rest is devoted to the Orient. In the
last volume Mr.. Bigger takes his read
ers around through India and after
| a clinnSa 0f nnrfhorn Tfo1U
over to Norway and then back to Eng
land.
The volumes are profusely illus
| trated with beautiful photographers
of actual scenes on the route. that
would be a credit to any publication.
Nothing is said about the price at
which the books are to be sold in the
announcement and it may be that Mr..
| Bigger has had them printed for pri-
waite distribution. At any rate they
cessfu1 Kansas business man who I'M
derstands English and knows what
to write about to interest the seeker
| after knowledge.
w. E. Connelley's "Ingalls" is a val
| liable addition to the ingalls, literature
of Kansas. It is the first critical
study of the life of the most promin-
ent public man the state has pro-
| duced. The volume includes the IA
| nous Atchison speech which caused
no end of controversy. The book is
published by the Hall Company OF
Topeka.
Among Duffield & Co.'S spring novels
are: 1.-THE Adventures of Mr.. Polly
by H G. Wells. author of ''Tono-
| Bungay;" 1.-The Emigrant Trail" BY
derers,'' a mystery story, by William
Johnston and Paul West; Joe Muller
Detective" by Grace Isabel Colbron
| and THE Crimson Azaleas," by H. d:
We're S-acpoole. author of The Blue
Lagoon
1.-THE expense of maintaining Noun
Vernon is very heavy, even without tn,
purchasing of relics Abby Gum Ba
ker explains in her story of THE Pre-
February Century. 1.-THE buildings ar
old, and the reservations and repair;
must be continuous. Dredging the chan
mel is an item of large expense which
must occasionally be met" lover $40, 90
| being the last outlay. The article goe
into further explanation of just VIII.
the associations present endowment
fund of 100000 is still insufficient with
, out gate fees.
Another addition to the gallery O
great detectives of fiction is promises
by Duh1eld & Co. who announce 40
Muller: Detective adapted and trans
lated from the German of Augusti
Groner, by Grace Isabel Colbron. 10
Muller is a Character and a find
and is said to compare favorably witt
Sherlock Holmes or Arsene Lupir
Among his most exciting cases relates
in the forthcoming volume will be
THE Case of the Pocket Diary Foun'
in the Snow THE Case of the Lam
That Went ONT 'The Case of tn