The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-28
BUNKER HILL
NEWS AND GOSSIP
FROM ROOKLAND.

Few recent novels have been receive !
with such unanimous praise as has he-a
giv.u to MT James Aliens Increasing
Puru0se" ~ the book known IN America
"a The Eeign of Law" il called here
writes Nh. ". l.. Alden from London tn IN"
New York Times. JHSt after " had hr'n
finally settled hy all whose opinion in 'he
matter IS e any CONSEQUENCE that a novel
without incident can have n" chance of
success Nj. Allen gives US novel which
i purely study ~ character. There L.
nothing sIITjiiHSly new III The conc p'ioh
az q Young man who loses his faith in 't'
religion iu which he has been reared. and
there i nothing ir the adventures OF MI
Allou's hero which rises above TIL COM
;nouulac, Nevertheless. Mr.. Allen has
drawn With such wonderful skill III" .i'v
aCjcr= OF his hero aud heroine thar his
hook cannot fail to interest even the most
hardened lover Of Iuc.i'at. who has also
the capacity To- appreciate work shat :
really artistic.
Pertains rhs. mere fat that the In
r.caSiuE PuruoS-'' deals with theology his
some share ~ making 1t popular. Ther"
are thousands Of people Who like 20 read
OF religious problems when presented IN
the form of romance. Robert E!Smerc
owed its -OcgcSS chiefly to the fact that Il
discus -"i such prohlelns-al! or which. Is
tia. way w,r. ~ old a. christianity itself
However. the author If Tho Increasing
Purpose" T. an artist We'll ~ writer
o. theological stories. and his success has
been fairly won.
once more wish 70 record by protest
against thr practice of publishing novels
with English names differing from th''i-
American names. | am quite aware that u
is no, of the slightest consequence to any
one. whether | Ike the practice or dislike
fl. hU; II eases my mind In ma iauli WIN
j. whenever opportunity offers. Why should
the British public. which reads ami likes
Mr.. Aliens Increasing Purpose. b" ms
led into sending to America for his Reign
Of Law uu.i'r the impression that 1t is an
other book? OF course il may sometimes he
necessary To change the title of book
when il is r.publiShed either In America "r
England. for tn. reason that In on" of TN"
Countries the original nam" Of the book
has been previously used That. perhaps. is
the reason why Mr. Aliens Reign of Law
changed its nam. when il cam" 10 England.
but why did he in the first instancs use
,Itic which Inevitably recalled a famous
scientific work Can IL b" that h" imac-
inrd that the Reign Of Law WAS a title
which lee himself had invented?
Doctor Weir Mitchell is a remarkable in
stance Of the hvgieniC value of mental AMI
physical activity. He had entered his
scventy-second year when he brought out,
last spring. his novelette,. The Autnhius-
n.
If verse THE Wager. and cther Poems.
anC he read the proof Of his forthcoming
novel. Doctor North and His Friends.
carly iu THE summer. while fishing for
salmon IN Canadian waters. II Is not every
busy rr,is Sional man who can bring out
three locks iIs 4 single year. and that ear
his s.Venty-sCCoHdt
Doctor William Barry, author Of ''fEH
New Antignne" published by the C"n'iry
Company. IS engaged upon a historical
work describing the riS" and fall 81 the
papacr as a world power in the period
from the reign OF Gregory the Great 20
Roniface VIII. Doctor Barry will deal criv
with facts and not with sDecuiations. He
will endeavor to leave conclusions To
philosophers The book viii no; be IN tha
nature of Il mere Textbook, hut rather a
readable volume relating the 100 years his
Tory Of the most important period IN the
development OF civilization ny means >; the
church