The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-05
BOOK NOTES.

''Stories of the Pilgrims by Mar
garet Pumphrey is new Rand-Mc-
Nally publication. 1t is written for
children IL years DID, but the quaint
little tales will delight the grownups
Children famous in Mayflower days
Priscilla Mullen, Mary Chiffon
| Jonathan Brewster-skip through inc
pages in a pleasing way. The 1lrst
! chapter shows how the little BreWs-
| ters prepared to entertain queen
! Anne at Scrooby Inn in England; the
religious persecution is ably painted
| the escape to Holland and the brave
| Journey to the new land over tne
! high seas. All the historical events
are viewed through the eyes of the
| children, but the background, grim
| " drawn, is absolutely true,
/ The description of the voyage OF the
Mayflower shows the courageous De
! termination of the Pilgrim BAND the
| birth of the Atlantic water baples,
| Oceanus and Peregr1ne' Is PAeAie'A
The second half of the book is de-
voted to tales of how colonial young
sters outwitted the red men, Inc
reader is shown how Warmsley, me
drunken Indian, was frightened by
the children's Christmas candle ana
| how Joseph and Isaac, stolen by
wandering tribe, eluded their captors
and returned to the settlement; now
priscilla and Endurance saved their
is excitingly told.
| .sStories of the Pilgrims is an ad-
nirable gift book and should be IN
every school child's library
..,rbe Forest" a playlet in blank
verse nv Edwine Noye, is a pretty
| sylvan idyll, daintily written and PIC
turesquely told. ~
| The characters are forester ms
wife. their child, dryad IN. the g az
and the great god, Pan me oryau
| pursued by the gale, begs protectlon
| of Sylvan, the forester, then learns
that she must die an endless DEAN
unless she wins his love before MID
summers eve; she has broken me
laws of the immortafs by showing me-
self to a man of earth The poor
/ little dryad. slender, elfin, without
soul, does not know what love means
she asks the things of the Iorest 70
tell her about it. learns its meaning,
then, her slim green body sWlhslls
| before him. lures Sylvan into the
wood When he loses his soul she
gains It. sacrifices herself for MS nap
I piness in the end, and becomes colu
white birch tree.
| The characters move so ngntly' the
spirit of the ancient folk is so quaint
/ ly caught, and the tale SO prettlly
| told that the booklet is. We'll worth
| pIeasant half hour. The publishers
are otto Ulbrich company. Buffalo
n. Y.
Harper & Brothers announce .nE ct, the e,
publication this week of Mark Twain
A Biography GO volumes), oy Al.
bert Bigeiow Paine; r 1.-The Faees
an as caesars WIFE, by Mar
garita spalding Gerry; The, The Vo .!91he
! honorable Miss Moonlight, by
onoto Watanna; Paul Rgndei:9 by BY
| Will N Harden; The Pictures OF
PoiIv ;, nv Mary King Courtney, and
new artiztiealy illqstEstea 9 enitloFs
travels aiAesop's Fables, Arabian
Nights and sGrimm's Fairy Tales
The Century company announces
october Is as the date of issue OF
Maurice Hewlett's new novel, MRS
I.ancelot" 1t is a tale of the IcFe
of three men for a beautiful woman
4 and the scenes are set in the Georgian
period The book will have striking
1 Illustrations by r. F. Schabeiitz
Masterpieces of the English drama
edited under the supervision of Felix