The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06

The &c ltury company mas SCI - :
20 as the date of issue of Anne Dous
las Sedgwick's new novel, Ialtt-
..-Tante'' has already been issued IA
England. where it is being enthusleds
tically praised. 1t is the sloIy y -
woman of extraordlnary pe;.et' ,f the
Fascination. the greatest pianist o. t ti,e
day. and of the part she plaSs - bav
lives of the men and women -
cosmopolitan world.
Algernon Blackwood's latest ~ ~, III
.rrbe CantalIr.'' which was brought oue
In this country the latter part oA 10
month. is a marVelously e&ecu t'.S,I ii
test against the unrest ana huSAli~O -,
of modern life today, anu al . ~ ~,
zinc a passionate plea for slihplSI - -
t+ence. lived close to Nature, WlllCii
shall lessen the Importance ~ -
external possessions whlle eihpls' 49,
the value of interior deVeloptleA't- -
,,ain adventure takes pace IA ~
r--raers and we have exquisite pas
sss-es descriptive OF the lovellness siI an,
snblinitv of that region II u d -
+bo+ leaves 2 deep impression on ~
aind and should add considerably ~
- -s9,,ta lion OF the author 1t las
-, described by THE London Ilmes
- - beautiful dream into the heaIt
IF which the reader is carried, as II
- ON the crest of a succession ol
lhiro,oerine waves of language, extra
or5inarilv intense and sincere
Poultney Bigelow has found that It
Is not ONLY to naturalized Americans %
any particular creed that Kussla : ~
hospitable. He is the author OF the
book. THE Borderland of car anu
Kaiser" and relates a most annoying
experience which he and the late
Frederic Remington had in that couh-
try Mr.. BigelOw had been comnls-
stoned bv our government to note what
had been done on the shores OF the
Baltic. where conditions strongly re
eernbIe those of Long Island and New /
Jersey. to protect the seacOast against /
fhe ravages of wind and waves. Mr. |
Pennington was to make the sketches /
Although they bore special passports 4
they were hindered by methods that
were effective, but so intangible that
they we're not able to cOunteract them |
and were finally forced to leave Rus
STA with their purpose unaccomplished-
Mexico naturally is much pleased
with the new book OF travel me man
Who Likes Mexico" written out OF
several years enjoyable experiences
the length and breadth of Mexico, by
Wallace Fitzpatrick, q New Englander
by birth, a Californian by adoption
and A New Yorker by virtue of resi-
dence in later years. The feeling has
been expressed in the Mexican papers
that Mr.. Gillpatrick's work Will do
much to form new ties OF friendship
between Americans and Mexieans of
culture.
DR.. Arthur c. McGinert author of
Martin Luther: the Man and His
Work" is of Scotch-Irish ancestry,
and has been wide student and
traveller DIR. McGihert has been pro-
lessor of church history in Union
Theological seminary. New York. since
1898, and holds degrees from Western
Reserve college, the University of Mar
burg. and Harvard. To Dr. McGiffert
who has long been a close and enthusi-
astic student of Luther's personality
and times, the man Luther was of
titantic stature. and our common
standards fail adequately to measure
him. But his life lies open to all the
world, as do few other lives in his
tory. To know it as we may" he saws.
els we'll worth the effort"
The first chapters of a new novel !
by William J. Locke. Stella Maris," {
appear in the January Century Drorn ,
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