The St. Louis Republic., 1901-03-30
THE MONTHS POPULAR
BOOKS IN ST. LOUIS.

| THE MONTHS POPULAR
BOOKS IN ST. LOUIS
ST. Louis has expressed its literary taste
IN decided fashion. A canvass Of the IL
| braries and book stores reveals an inter
esting story in this month of March Ihe
most popular book of the month Is Maurice
! Thcmpson's story, "Alice of Old VIM
cennes." Next in point of eager readers Is
"L'Aislon," which has been played twice
in the month by Bernhardt and Maude
| Adams. "Iben Holden" that homely story
! of country life with its humor and patnos'
| by Irving Bacheller, comes next on the iist'
| That fine story of Richard the LION.
| Hearted: the Richard of the Crusades. ov
| Maurice Hewlett, is much favored. hicn-
ard Yea and Nay" strikes new noIe III
! fiction. and strikes 1t with nrm hai'u.
! Following Richard. another Engmsn VII VIZ,
, has contributed a popular book. Mrs. HUH
nhrv Wards Eleanor finds many ot'
| T on;s readers. "In the Name of a Wom-
an" that realistic story CT adventure py
| A. w. Marchmont, is popular pooh' |,'N
! so is 1.-The Redemption of David Corsoh'
The Duke of Argyll. Victoria's son-in
law. has prepared the first part OF the Oh.
Gci,, life of the late Queen. This nrst
| volume has already been published. me
| Duke who is remembered by many as the
| MARQUIS of Lorne. begins MS "oIh w
| ekotching rapidly the national cofoi.iohs On
prevailing at the time of the plr1n oi .ne
princess Victoria of Kent. ana tneh passs
IN tho story of her early days. Doupties'
tho complete work will pe volumlnous.
pr y strange twist Of fate Max OXEN
,nd Mark Twain, wfo once met WIN q
crash in the columns of the North aiiieil
of
can Review on the question ol rie"1n -,
s~s American parentage, seem now 10 oe
sus ,,,;ors In misfortune They wish to be
.oi,nn seriously in their separate spneies
- o,Rell wants to be recognized as
.o,;st hut his most innocent phraSiiis
:. nv .,,nnosed to contain the sting OF IRONY
- ;rt.rest in the story is suspended WINS
,he reader looks In vain. ana ms ~,
HARMLESS characters are thougnt " =.
rohates in disguise. AS to Miaih %.,' III.
there are signs that he mas retti.e' 80, w. Ut
,ronor junction and will not again depart
frope :. Tn tho April Harper he has made
iroi' -. .r,rs1otion of Adams Diary From
the Original MS
rr,a Anri, number of the Lippincott has
for its compete novel char1nins st,s.
i've story. called the "Mysterio,s ,.,a,d
Docres" by Mrs. Schuyler Cro~ni,isi.
,rtaro &c much of entertainment IN TINS
ctr
makes the Lippincott an attractive "As
zine.
Mr. Rndvard Kiplnq's Enr'ish-lndia,n,
story now running in Mcclure Nh. -;,
becones of absorbing interest IN me ~
number The Anglo-SaNon poS' WIZ ,,,,,
wore about India than he does OF ms Wv"
to-,rue 5nd race is in fair wav TO pe an
;,,,nort.nt nerson in this latest lnstaiiu!eh.
~ HE story. Josiah Flint has contributes
a study of the criminal to the Apln n AZ
cures that Is worth while. In announcer VI
rection this number and OF vainabe ,he i' walks
ond Talks With Tolstoi.' an iIiustra,eu
a,tio,e by Andrew D. White, Ampassaaor
to Germany. affords vivid picture Oh On. ..,e
Russian genius's character ana persoiiai''
eu,,nor,s for April is unusually hand
sop,o in n new colored cover. John foN'
Ir heyins n group of papers on the south
o r,ountaineer illustrated from actuhi
photographs. Mrs. Gilberts stage re"
iniscsnces' are concluded In this hu''ioei'
and. bv the way, the Scribners are prli,s-
ing them out in book form .a,,s .,oty Ford u IN
hlIe-ribbon horse is told by SeWeii fora III
..skinner." Robert Aston Stevenson te.is
= 1,bor-union story in 1.-The Union ana
Billy Bell
Boswell Fields story, "The Passing o.
Mothers Portrait" appears IN the Aprii
number of the Atlantic Monthly. IL Is pa
thetic and satirical. too. and Illustrates .he
M ssion for style and appearances una.
crowds out the home-lovinS virtues III many
coses Mrs. Kate Douglass Wigginss story
of "Penelope's Irish Experiences is Drotsnt
to conclusion in this number. Daniel
n Chamberlain is the author OF an article
on reconstruction In South Carolina in
which he blames the Republican leaders
for a deplorable condition OF affairs.
Rishop Potter and the Reverend Walter
Iaidlaw have written an article for the
April number of Everrbody's Magazine on
.Why New York Needs Purifying. owen
Wister is the author of story "Concern-
ing Bad Men, and Charles Major, author
of .When Knighthood Was in Flower" has .
contributed the story of 1.-The Wolf Hunt
Published by John Wanamaker. New York. !
Burton Egbert Stevenson. who wrote that
clever story, "At Odds With the Regent"
has just published. through Hougnton. Mil
fin and Company. novel which has the
significant title of "a Soldier of Virsinia.'
IT is a story of Colonel Washington's and
defeat. The soldier tells his own
romance and the story Of Braddock's dis
astrous campaign. He was friend Of
then Coionei OF mlhtla' as
all school children know. There is pretty
love story incased in the rough setting OF
war and Indian fighting.
Harrison Robertson, Kentuckian and !
newspaper man, who has written two good
novels, .'If 1 Were Man." and "Red Blood
and Blue" has just brought out another .
called .sThe Inlander." (Scribners) This Is
the longest of Mr. Robertsons stories. and
Il is about Kentuckians who have love af-
fairs and rivalries. There is good old
negro aunty in the story, and she knows
how to make good biscuits.
Guy Boothby. whose story Of adventure.
.Dr. Nikola." attracted favorable COM
ment two or three years ago, is the author
of "a Cabinet Secret" novel whose sub
iect Is an intrigue for power amid present.