The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-06

after its publication Your Uncle Lew"
| passed through four impressions. and at the
time of going to press with this number Of
the Pocket Magazine the fifth large i'm
preston Of the book was i'll preparation.
Mr.. Sherlock has already received three Of
fers to dramatize the story.
Zone night I was at the club, which is
known as The Banner in my novel The
Sport of the Gods recently published by the
T. B. Lippincott Company. when, says Paul
Laurence Dunbar, the colored writer, zone
| OF the hangers-On about the place. who was
a reader as well as loafer. came In with
| recent article of mine dealing with the
conditions. of the lower classes of the col
ored people. With u glance of contempt
| he thrust the paper into my hand, saying,
Look at that 1 glanced at the article.
| and shook my head.
Why he said. that fellow puts us
down as low as the dogs. How I should
like to have him here Just for little while
Who do you think did it?' l asked. limo
Gently. oh. nobody else but So and So,' he
said. He gave the name of n man we both
knew. 1t may have been cowardly In me-
but the article had occasioned little too
much talk and there We're men there who
were little too fierce SO without correct
Ing the impression that had gone forth, I
quietly withdrew from the club. 1t Is a
strange fact that SO many OF the people who
are as he was. on the slide in the Tender
loin district OF New York. are people who
read and have a certain amount Of intelli-
gence. On that account I shall never be
able to SO back for material to the places
where was once welcomed.
One Of the last literary undertakings of
the late Sir Walter Besant was the compile
ton Of popular work for which he had
special qualiflcations-'Th Story OF King
Alfred" The American rights have been
secured by d. Appleton & Co., and the book
gust. Its intrinsic interest and value, and
its, timeliness in view Of the approaching
anniversary. should secure for the work an
exceptional popularity.
Dodd, Mead & Co. have arranged to issue
Colonel T. Allston Browns History Of the
New York Theaters." The work will be pub
lished by subscription in a strictly limited
edition. in two volumes. Colonel Brown has
been over forty years compiling this stu
pendous work. 1t commences with the first
dramatic performance ever given In Amer
lea. in 173O, and is brought down to the
close of the present season. After the edi-
ton has been printed. the type will be dis
tributed, and no more copies may be Sc
cured. The price for the plain paper copies
will be SIS. and for those on Japan, $50.
Beautiful editions Of standard authors are
the order Of the day. The Outward Bound"
Kipling, and the Thistle. stevenson, are
about to have two rivals. Messrs. D. APP
pleton & Co. announce rich Subscription
editions Of the works of Doctor A.. Conan
Doyle and Mr.. Anthony Hope Hawkins In
the case of Doctor Doyle the set will num-
Der twelve volumes. and In that of Mr..
Hawkins thirteen: both sets to be increased
as new books are written. Each volume
will be embellished with finely executed
photographers. The sets will be prepared
with every device that will combine sumptu-
BUSINESS and good taste.
nnnncetnents for the fall are Sir walter
Bessnf,s last novel ..The Lady Of Lynn"
! 4 story Of CromwelYs time. by A1ielia q.
EBarr. Is BE- entitled ..The IAon:ss tVheip,s';
:, lalval & NJ, ~ n Sla6-Sa