The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-18


as kipHng knows India. Although he
is an American, born in Michigan and
educated al the State university. he
stands high in the esteem of the Cana
! dian government. and every year
spends several months in the track
less wastes Of the Hudson Bay coun-
+ try, travelling as far north as the six
iieth degree and entering the Arctic
. circle He Is the only American ever
/ employed by the Canadian goVernmen
as an exploratory and descriptive
writer. His collection of photographs
( of great game in its native habitat
/ Ctaken by himself) is the largest in
America Mr. Curwood began his ca
reer as a newspaper man, being the
editor of the Detroit NewS-Tri bune
( Possessed of a breadth of imagination
he early turned his attention TO fiction,
using Canada for his locale. The re-
suit of his unique acquaintance with
this country is embodied in those stir
ring stories. The Courage of Captain
Plum, The Wolf Hunters The
Gold Hunters" The Danger Trail, ,"
( THE Honor of the Big SHOWS. and
his latest effort, Philip Steele"
1.-THE IRON woman Is soon to make
its appearance in Germany. Margaret
Deland and her publishers, the Har-
pers, have the necessary permission
this week. based largely on the success
of the German translation of .'OId
Chester Tales" which is called HAlt
Chester Geschichten." Application for
the translation of The Iron Woman"
into French and Swedish have also
been received.
There is enough fallibility in human
nature to make the disreputable char
acters in fiction we'll loved in spite of.
and partly for, their faults. Such q
character. man who should be
blamed for deliberately Wrecking his
own and other lives. but whom the
reader will take TO his or her heart in
stead. is Dick Arnold. the tramp who
plays such q prominent part in some
thing Else J. Breckenridge Elliss TO
nance of modern New York which A.
c. McClurg & Co. publish this fall
Arnold, when introduced TO the read
er, has saved out of an abundance of
rich mans endowment. but two
things. his violin and his love for ro-
nance. IF you like a good tale, help
yourself. - says Arnold I have the
entire 291 volumes by Dumas in those
boxes, and I've read only about 200.
Courage, my friend; I've no doubt
they'll hold out as long as l do, and I
ask nothing better. / might find bet
ter books=to remind me Of my faults
But these of good Dumas. Pere-well, I
they make me forget"
The first performance of the dra-
matization of Clara Louise Burn
hams novel. The Right Princess" will
be given at the Ziegfield theater in
Chicago probably on Novem Der p.
The Corsican." diary of Napoleon. |
compiled and translated by Prof. r.
NJ. Johnston. which Houghton Mif1in
Co. recently brought out in this coun-
try. has been published in England by
the Macmillans. and a French edition
viii be issued by Vallette during the
coming winter
1.-The Jaunts of Junior by Arthur
3. Phelan and Lillian b Hunt, a holi- !
day book is announced by the Harpers (
for immediate publication. This book /
is something unique in its interest for f
grOwn-uDs as we'll as children The
pictures. made by working together T
many photographs. represent a genu- |
inc small boy reduced to the size of a |
lead pencil. He is shown fishing in a |
gold fish bowl taller than himself, rae
ing over the piano keys and bathing I
in i canary's bath tub. The verses tell |
the details Of Juniors adventures
Sunnybrook Farm" is being produced |
by two companies this season. One is I
having a successful and extended run !
in Chicago. where it viii remain until
Decent Der ?. and the other is to appear /
during November in the leading cities /
of Virginia. South Carolina, Tennessee, /
Georgia and Florida. Mrs. Wiggin her /
self attended the opening performance :
in Richmond on October so. In this (
company the title role is played by /
Miss Ursula St George. who took the |
part of Blue Child in The Blue Bird. |
In 1898 sixty French-Huguenot fam /
lilies came to Virginia and made their +
mark in the history of the state. /
Among them was a French physician. I
DR.. Louis Comtesse. His daughter. I
Anne COmtesse, was the mother Of t
Governor and Judge John Tyler of |
Virginia, grandmother of President /
John Tyler great grandmother of /
Judge Gardiner Tyler and of DR.. Lyon
Tyler. president of William and Mary +
college. and great great-grandm I
of Molly Elliot SeaWell- To this ances-
try Miss Seawell affirmS that she owes /
her skill in the writing of French /
stories It has often been published I
abroad that Miss SeaweN was educated /
in Paris and spent many years in /
France This is wholly false. She has |