The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27

Francis Perry Elliott is the author
of a new book with an unique tltie
Just published by the Bobbs MerFli !.
company. "The Haunted Pa1aHias.
1t is an absorbing tale, rapid, fattilh il
clean and clean-cut fafce' II "iIiO ~
incidents tumble upon each other III as
quick succession as the authol SaI "a.
evolve the situations from when they
spring, and can bring upon the stase
the people necessary to act theNi ~
Told in the first person by GEM l II
fully vapid young club man, by
love >, "fact is. !" ''dash it, sort of chap
it has the infectious ring or Jolly
confidence This maxwell haheu
Lightnut-who tells the story Is ia
himself amusing, and Would auu nv
NOR to any page on Wh!cn ne Moulu
appear His humOr is Of the OBVIOUS
yard-wide kind. and is especially active
and diverting in the many passages pe-
tween him and his much wiser ana
very discreet man jenkins. wren
Lightnut one day receives from INC
Orient an unexpected package ne Teai
" does not know what to do WITH IT,
Tho more clever Jenkins suggests,
however. that it is possible to ma OUT
what is in the box "by Just opening TN e
dashed thing" And this course Is eVl-
IDENTIFY followed. With the discovery
that the box contains a renarKaDly
red silken and embroidered pair OF
patamas, the plot jumps into "hlri
of farcical happenings for various per
sons successfully put on the paJa1nas'
and each in turn becomes quite unlike
himself A romance is ODDLY pesCh'
rubies of enormous value are olscoHel-
ed inside the buttons of the paJamas'
and finally the problem, getting be-
yond anv mundane explanation, is put
to a professor of psychology to solve
The authors idea is certainly new or
iginal and highly humorous.
can Ardent American" is the title of
a new book by Mrs. Russell Goldman,
her first effort, just published by the
Outing company. 1t is the diary OF q
young American girl visiting America
for the first time. Her parents are
Americans; but she was born and edu-
Gated abroad. Her widowed mother
has married a German baron, and has
planned a foreign marriage for hef
daughter, who at eighteen comes 10
America to visit her rich old grand
mother at Lenox. Never was there a
more patriotically American girl than
this charming young woman, who pro-
claims her patriotism in foreign accent
and phrasing. Her love affairs at
West Point, Lenox, and Newport, her
growing distaste for the noble lover
who has followed her from Germany,
her discovery of the right man, her re-
turn to Germany, finally her revolt and
her return a poor, declaSSe pilgrim, to
her beloved America, the happy end
ing, are the big movements in this
fascinating record of young girls
heart and mind.
Harper & Brothers announce the
publication this week of three new
books: Mrs. Maxon Protests a novel
by Anthony Hope; "Harper's Camping
and Scouting" edited by George Bird
Grinnell and DIR. Eugene L. Swan;
Jack and the Check Book" by John
Kendrick Bangs. The same firm is
bringing out this week in a new form
NAVAL Actions of the War of 1872"
by James Barnes.
The Century Co. will publish this
month principles of Physics" a text
book for elementary college classes by
william Francis Magic, Phi D., Henry
professor of physics in Princeton uni
versity. 1t has been the authors en-
deavor to present the subject in such
a way as to direct attention particu-
larly to the development of it's various
branches, and to eXemplify the pro-
cesses OF thought which are employed
in the examination of a group of ply
steal phenomena and the establishment
Of a physical law or theory.
Stewart Edward White, who is at
present making an expedition through
Africa for hunting, adventure, and fun,
airy material, writes his publishers,
Doubleday, Page & Company. that he
is having the time of his lif'. Already
he has shot thirty-nine different
species of big game, including seven
specimens of the king OF beasts; he has
been in a number of really tight
squeaks, has been around Kenia, has
devoted some time to a study of the
natives. and rejoices to learn that 1.-THE
Rules of the Game" is among the best
sellers.
Mark Lee Luther's new novel The
Sovereign Power published this week,
comes at a propitious time. 1t is an
aeroplane story and already the press
is filled with accounts of the achieve
ments of bird men. The sovereign
power referred to in the title, however.
is not the power to overcome the laws
of gravitation, but an even more
mighty force-the universal and ever
active power of love. How this in
1uenoes and directs the course of the
story, and the splendid climax which II
brings about, has been told bv Mr.
Luther in thrilling style. The story is
twentieth century in every particular
in setting, in character portrayal. and
in the rapid and exciting run of Incl
dents.
E. Philips Oppenheim. the British
author of mystery stories. is in Ameri-
ca He talks interestingly.
"a mans life-his thoughts, actions
and feelings. are governed by a few
well known laws" said he. "a man is
much more mechanical less subtle
than a woman. Another man can a.
ways understand him. can divine what
under given circumstances he is going
to do. In writing a story now 1 get to
have friendly feeling for my men
characterization it is finished. want
to shake hands and say, 'Good-by. old
chap Won't you have n cocktail or
something before you go?' But women
are my great difficulty. I don't under