The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
BOOK NEWS

DUN HVABVO
Gen. Frederick Funston's book has
just been published by the Scribners-
1t is especially interesting to Kansans,
for it relates his thrilling experiences
in the Philippines with the Twentieth
Kansas, as well as the story of his
Cuban campaign as a rebel captain 1 Il
Gomez army.
The book is published under the
title, Memoirs of Two Wars" 1t be-
gins with young Mr.. F'unstons present
alton of himself before the Cuban
Junta, and it ends with the absorbing
story of the capture of Aguinaldo and
General FunSton's promotion to the
rank of brigadier- The spirited graphic
style of the writer would make fas-
cinating a narrative far less alive with
adventure and incident than this His
long active experience has not, as so
frequently happens. dulled his sense
of what is picturesque and interesting
to the laymen, even though to him
1t has become almost commonplace
He does enable you to understand the
actual military significance OF the
army's operations in both wars, but
he has not come to feel that these
things are alone important; his pages
are full of what a soldier would call
detail, and that is largely what makes
them so very real. And the cam
paigns described were of a nature
most suitable to that style of narra-
tive-not large movements of great
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military education to comprehend in
full, but chiefly battles of small num-
berS in close quarters such has an or
binary man can easily follow. So 1t
| is that while the book has consider bic
historical Value-eSpecial the latter
half describing the subsection of the
Philippines in a manner equaled in
clear and graphic simplicity nowhere
e1se-it is as an intensely interesting
narrative of action that it is chiefly
notable
Hubert Footner, the young Cana
dian author who wrote Two on the
TRAIL published this spring by Dou-
bleday, Page & Co., recently returned
to New York after making one of the
/ longest canoe trips on record, and eX-
ploring, with only one companion, the
Hay river of northern Alberta. The
upper Hay river was the UNEMPLOYED
river of the far Northwest and Foot
ner and his companion padded down
it to the noble Alexander falls, which
are about $50 feet high and shaped
much like the Horseshoe falls of Nj
agara- The falls were named by the
late Bishop Bompas, who, while a mis-
sionary. is reported to have come up
the lower reaches Of the river as far
as the falls. F'ootner's exploration
covered about 200 miles of the river
above the falls. After a few days in
New York, Mr.. Footner returned to
his home in Hamilton, Ont.
Houghton Mifiin Co. publish this
week a new book by Enos A Mills,
which he calls The Spell of the
Rockies Mr.. Mills is widely known
as a popular lecturer and as the au
thor of a previous book entitled wild
Life on the Rockies" In his new
book, he tells of racing an avalanche,
a mountain blizzard, being alone with
a landslide, a forest fire. etc It is
book for all who love outdoor life. No
one knows the Rocky mountains bet
ter than Mr.. Mills. and because of his
interest in American scenery he is
firm believer in the protection of our
areas of natural beauty.
Timothy Cole, ranked as the greatest
living wood engraver. who for 2S years
has been engraving the Old Masters
in European galleries. will contribute
to the pages of The Century during
of Masterpieces in American Caller
les" He returned to America for the
purpose of doing just this work, and
his blocks should draw attention to
the great treasures of art in the pri-
vate and public collections of the
United States
]. NJ Barrie's new book. Peter and
Wendy," has just been published by
the Scribners. 1t is the narrative of
the play Peter Pam heightened and
embroidered with many new fantasies,
and containing ever so much that no
and feeling in comment and descrip-
ton The story carries a good deal
farther than did the play. too, and
ends far more satisfactorily for both
Peter and the reader. But the main
thing is that here in permanent form
within the reach of every one, al
ways is the adorable Peter to crow
at his own proves, and the mischiev-
Gus Tinker Bell, and the terrible Cap
tain Hook with his crocodile Nemesis, 4
and the marvellous nurse Mana These. !
and all the other characters of Peter
Pan" are pictured with remarkable
sympathy and spirit by the English
illustrator, F. D. Bedford His u full
page illustrations somewhat recall the
work of Arthur Rackham. though less
fantastic and more delicately fancifuI. /
Harper & Brothers announce the
publication of two new books this
week: 1.-The Lady From Oklahoma
a comedy in four acts, by Eliza beth
Jordan. and 1.-The Boys Life of Edi-
SON. by William H Meadowcroft.
The Harpers are also reprinting this
week: Comrades" the last published
book by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; 1.-The
First Christmas" by Lew Wallace;
1.-The Long Trail" by Hamlin Garland;
Farm Festivals by VIII Carleton
In view of MT. Poultney Bigelow's