The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
Book Reoieu,s

The Glimpses of the Moon.
Topeka fiction lovers are enthu-
siastic over the outlook for rare speci-
mems of books this fall.
Already the book stores are showing
an assortment of works from the ul-
| tra-modern writers who have kept de-
| butantes and flappers and pappas and
| mammas awake nights-readers who
| want just one more chapter before
retiring.
One of the interesting new books Is
The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith
Wharton, who wrote THE Age of In
nocence."
| AS you might surmise-it is high
society stuff. 1t deals in the married
career of young. couple with lots of
prestige but little money. They
| sponge" their living and their luxury
| from their friends who seem to have
cottages and castles and summer
homes and. yachts that need occupants.
The scenery" is interesting, of
course. 1t is revelation of extrava-
gance to Mr.. Average Man and Mr..
in ideals and citizenship and work and
| families and legitimate love.
But it is pure bupk-absolute trash.
! If there is anything in the book
| that will keep it from becoming dusty
! on temperamenta1. book shelves it is
and chat over the fact that it has been
| read.
There is one thing about 1.-The
| Glimpses of the Noon" that makes
| it worth while-it provides the reader
with more appreciation. of the good
| things that can be bought and read.
Here is a suggestion: Read Edith
| Wharton's The Glimpses of the
Moon" and then in utter relaxation
and pure enjoyment pick up David
| Grayson's Adventures in Content
| ment'' and see life as it is lived.
! On September. 8. Houghton Mifflin
company will publish the following
new books: witch Doctors" an Afri-
| can mystery tale by Charles Beadle.
| on Englishman who has been explorer
| and rubber planter in Africa: The
Last Harvest" under which title John
| Burroughs last unpublished papers
are gathered: Legislative Procedure"
| the first of a four volume treatise on
| parliamentary law. by Robert Luce; 4
new pocket edition of Egerton r. VIII
| liams' Hill Towns of Italy" and four
new Juveniles: Mildred. Tom. and
Old Salt" by Henry o. Osgood; kip
| per-Klopper," and other verses, by
Marjorie Wilson: Journeys in Story
Land" by James H. Van Sickle and
| Wilhelmina Seegmiller: and a new
| story by James Willard Schultz, deal
| ing with the adventures of two of his
favorite characters. Tom Fox and Pit
amakan. called The Trail of the
| Spanish Horse
"Her Unwelcome Husband" a new
| w. L. George novel. will be brought
out by HarperS September Is. Mr..
George says that he has attempted to
show a woman who lives according to
| laws which sic thinks moral and
right even tho they may not conform
l y, 90 -isrl1k Il
| wrong. Altho he did not defend his
| last heroine. Ursula Trent" merely
| Diminishing the discussion of her con-
duct with the statement that Ursula
| is what she is" he does declare in adj
vance that Mrs. Caldecot, heroine of
the new novel exemp1ifies the gospel
of courage, and the steadfast pursuit
of what seems right and decent" Mr..
| George describes the adventures of
! Mrs. Caldecot as 1.-THE noble career of
a woman whom none will surely call
| ignoble."
| The thousands who know Zane
| Grey, the author, will now have the
chance to know how he lives and
| gathers his material Harper &
Brothers will publish in September.
| Mr.. Grey's true account of his own
| tavel and adventures-"Tales of Lone
| ly Trails" This book, takes the reader,
| with Zane Grey's personally conducted
tour, thru the heart of Western Amer
| lea, but more particularly Arizona,
where the scenes of some of his most
| famous novels are laid. 1t is a hui
man account which shows the real
Zane Grey.
The Century Company. published
September 1 the following: Five
Gaul: The Rest Hollow Mystery" by
Rebecca N. Porter; Three Black
Bags by Marion Polk Angellotti;
| "Sidelights on American Literature"
| by Fred Lewis Pattee; THE Social
Trend" by Edward AlIsworth Ross;
Jean-Henri Fabre. THE Turner
Twins by Ralph Henry Barbour;
| ''Whistling jumps" by Edna Turpin.
| THE Fortune of the Indies by Edith
/ Ballinger Price: Phantom Gold" by
Kenneth Payson Kempson.
/ In his new novel. THE Flash OF
| Gold" which Doubleday, Page & Com
! pany will publish on September s.
| Francis r. Bellamy has written a
drama OF brilliant young butter
f1y's conquest of herself. There were
4 innumerable other conquests of all
| the personable young men in Clews-
| bury's fashionable set, for Nancy was
| a luxurious. passionate. lovable, young
! barbarian to whom emotional excite
ment was the breath of life. But
1 David, the serious young physician,
who had abandoned the country club
| and tea dances for the brotherhood
| house on Kerrigan street, she really
| loved and hoped to find in her mar
4 riage with him a refuge from herself.
so, but inevitably another man APP
peaed. Then comes the real story.
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