The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-08
BOOK NOTICES.

The most interesting book to Kan
sans that has been published 1or
long time has recently been puDllsned
by Crane & Co. of Topeka. 1t is The
indian war of 1854 by Eugene F.
Ware, whose untimely death Week
ago is mOurned wherever there Is q
Kansan. Mr.. Ware was captain IN
the frontier and what he tells are MS
personal "reminiscences on the Kansas
Colorado and Nebraska frontier. The
recital is a narrative that will not rnll
to interest. 1t demonstrates oonclus-
lively the dominion of the Indians IN
Kansas at this period when the United
States troops we're busy IN the south
Mr. Ware tells of the hardshlps en-
dured by the soldiers in the campaign
and gives a modest account of his own
part in the struggle to protect the
frontier from the savages.
James Barnes, the author of Naval
Actions of the War of 1872, has III MS
possession an autograph letter Wrlt-
ten by Captain Lawrence OF the "Ches-
apeake" just before the disastrous
fight with the shannon" Part OF the
letter, addressed to James Cox, ESQ
Merchant of New York" reads as fol-
lows: should I be so unfortunate
as to be taken off, I leave my wife and
children to your care, and feel conf
dent that you viii behave to them the
same as if they were your own the
letter is of historic interest as SHOW
ing that Lawrence. whose Don't give
up the shiD!" Will always be remem-
bered as proof of his high spirit, went
into the battle contrary TO ms pest
Judgment. II also shows that he had
a serious difference with cambridge
which was, however, partly done away
on the evening before the combat
When the New York Globe declares
that I'm The Legacy Mrs. Watts has 7
reached a high water mark in Ameri- !
can fiction and has told a story of gen.
uine Americanism of more than pass
ing interest" when the Boston Globe
says that " The Legacy is a fiction
wonder. an illustration of life as real
as the actual, a premier, UP to the
moment narrative of love. family en-
tanglements and mystery, in which the
author again demonstrates her aoliitS
to write best seller stories; when the
Columbus State Journal predicts that
" The Legacy will be even more popu-
lar than Nathan Burke, and that
''It shows in development of plot and
artistic treatment Of theme Mrs. Watts
has improved" and when the New
York Nation says that this story OF
woman Knight be regarded as femi-
nine complement of Thackeray's Pen
dennis " II would seem that no one
who is Interested in the best in mod
ern fiction could afford to miss the
book.
In Links in My Life on Land and
ner's Sons, its author, J. w. Gambler,
commander of the Royal Navy, gives
three interesting pictures of Napoleon
III. He first saw him at Boulogne,
where as a little boy he spent a season
with his parents. Says he: ''The
revolution over, and things quieting
down. Louis Napoleon visited the place
as president of the new republic. We
saw him frequently in the street pro-
cessions, his flabby, pasty face, large,
thick nose, and mean, 'squinney' eyes
impressing themselves distinctly on
my memory. Then we saw him again
(1S53) when once more he visited
Boulogne this time with his new wife,
Eugene. I presented her with a bou-
quet Of flowers, and wondered how he
had married an Englishwoman. It is
curious I thought this; for there is lit
tie doubt there is not drop of any
other than Scotch and English blood IN
her veins. However that history has
vet to be written. Again, third time
saw the emperor at Chislehurst-in
1872, I think broken-down old man
STOPPING terribly. his complexion a