The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-28

dren, Fanny Y Cory. on the cover
we have enc of the inimitable baby fig
ures for which Miss Cory has become
famous through numberless books,
mag>Sines and calendars, while within,
the illustrations also are rich in the
peculiar childlike quality which has
appealed so strongly to her ever-wid-
ening circle of admirers. The pictures
q whole show the more mature
phase of Miss Cory's art, in which
variety of types and a wealth of i'm
aginatiOn justify her high place among
the younger American illustrators.
Parents will recognize in the book the
modern trend in -training-th
of ignoring hobgoblins and ogres and
all inspiring beliefs and OF putting
in their places wholesome ideas that
are equally appealing to the magma
ton. No child who has read this story
need fear the shadow on the wall, nor
the weird creatures that fly at night,
for has the witch not proved herself
the boon companion of a little boy
who Went to bed early, and, who
knows, may she not be ready almost
any evening to take another trip to
Rainbowland
Little. Brown & Co, the Boston
publishers of George F'itch's volume of
humorous college stories AT Good
Old Siwash," are offering $50 in prizes
for the best brief opinions of the book.
Undergraduates and graduates of all
colleges are invited to participate. The
prizes are, first $25. second SIS, third
$40. Contestants are only asked to
read the book, write criticism on
postal or post card=one sentence or a
paragraph is sufficient-sign their
name. college, class and address. and
send to Little, Brown & CO., "a Beacon
Street, Boston, before Jan. 1, 1912.
The return Of Mary Anderson to her
native country is sure to awaken a
host of theatrical recOllections among
older playgOers. In ner own book. "A
Few Memories" she relates an anus
ing incident. My last appearance on
the Old World side of the ocean was
in Dublin, where we were Joined by
Mr.. and Mrs. William Black, and
where for a frolic we inVeigled the
author of The Strange Adventures of
Phaeton' upon the mimic scene once
before, on his native heath Scotland,
We had induced him to appear as a
mute-masked guest in the ballroom
scene of Romeo and Juliet On that
occasion, I remember. he went to the
theater as soon as any of the actors,
to dress for his part though his cos
tune consisted only of q domino and
mask. When the scene opened, and
he was discovered among a throng of
guests. he was struck by d violent at
tack of stage fright that nailed him to
the stage, and kept him there after the
oLhSI ldo uepaI leu--ah unwilling VII
ness of the tender chances of the Yer
onese lovers Finally, .Tybalt, with
out Shakespeare permission, returned
to the scene and led him off In Dub
lin he was disguised as an ancient
peasant in The Winters Tale and the
the manner in which he strolled about
conversing in his oWn=not Shakes
peare's language and ferocfously wav-
ing a long staff. was more alarming
even than his petrification in Romeo
and Juliet. .
Houghton Mifflin Co publish next
week the following books: THE
Diary of Gideon Welles," in three vol
umes. with an Introduction by John r.
Morse; a new holiday edition of 1.-TWO
Years before the Mast by Richard H.
Dana, jr-, fully illustrated by T. Boyd