The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-09
SUNDAY

Every one IN Kansas KNOWS Billy
Morgan, the Hutchinson editor, states
man and wit and therefore his new
book just issued from the press OF
Crane & Co. in Topeka, will be popu-
lar It is called a Jayhawker in Eur
ope" and to say that his letters are de-
1ightful and refreshing is not putting
it too strong. Mr.. Morgan is good
newspaper man and he knows that when
he has anything to say that the pest
way to say it is in plain Old-fashloned
Z. English without frills or high sounding
& detectives
@NIr. Morgan doesn't try to teach a
lesson and he doesn't make display
of erudition- He writes simply OF the
things that he sees and then stops
You can gain knowledge about Holland
from Mr.. Morgan. You can get an in
innate knowledge of the people and
their customs but YOU are never
wearied by digressions and compari-
sons and guide book philosophy 1t IS
like going out yourself and making the
tourney Mr.. Morgan is brave by ma
ture or he might not have gone to the
Moulin Rouge in Paris and like 10y
ally Kansan he was properly shocked
but he doesn't say he was shocked He
tells YOU what he saw and does 1t IN
such way that you can almost see
him blushing
about Mr.. MOrgan's book but it may
all be summed UP in one sentence and
that ought to be enough for the read
ing public to know beforehand There
isn't a dull line in it. Albert T. Reid
is the illustrator.
There is a personal flavor in the
Joseph H. Choate's new book, "Ameri-
can Addresses which adds to Its
value and interest since the addresses
now gathered into book form-there
are twenty-tw events and as
sociations with which the author was
closely connected. and men whom he
honored and loved. These addresses
range through a period of nearly fifty
years, and in them the first place is
given to my kinsman, Rufus Choate,
because of my personal relations to
him and my great obligations to him,
and because now, after the lapse of
more than fifty years since his death,
ne still stands as the most famous and
fascinating of American advocates"
In a recent sermon DR.. van Dyke. in
speaking of the complex demands
upon us of modern democracy, said
that the only refuge from this age of
bewildering legislation was in the re-
Iigion of Christ. In his new book,
The Mansion, just published, DR..
van Dyke gives again in a modern YER
sion the Scriptural story of the man
who has kept all the commandments
from his youth upward but who has
vet to learn the lesson of Christian
charity. It is an allegory of the letter
which killeth" and the spirit which
giveth life
Professor s. E. Forman's ''Stories of
Useful Inventions may be considered
as really chapters in the history of civ
ilization, since in this connected record
of the invention of the match, the
stove, the lamp, the forge, the steam
engine, etc, may be traced the growth |
of human progress Professor For
man is the first to bring together in |
one book the evolution of these mile |
stones in human history.
Is the commission form of govern /
ment a fad in municipal politics which /
will gradually disappear, or is it based
on sound principles which insure its
success and a permanent hold on the
governmental good sense of our peO-
pie? Are the cities which have tried
it typical American municipalities
What effect has it upon the personnel
of officials? Does the plan lessen or
stimulate that active public interest so
essential under a democratic form of
government IS IL hkely 10 succeed
i'm the larger centres2 These and other
questions are being asked by many
today and the answers depend
upOn a careful study of many related
facts. A book which makes possible
such a study is Ernest s. Bradford 81
Commission Government in American
Cities. Just published by the Macmil-
Ians To inquire as to the rise of COM
mission government, the reasons for
Its adoption, the degrees of success at
tanned where it has been tried, and
finally to analyze the idea into its ele-
ments and to account for certain of
he results which have followed its in
is the purpose of DR.. Brad
lprd's volume
Nargret Hill McCarter is delighted
with the sale of her new Christmas
book 1.-THE Peace of the solomon Val
ley" It is now running in the sixth
edition.
Sir Gilbert Parker, whose latest pub
isheI book is "Cumner's Son." arrives
his week on the "Campania-" Sir