The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-13

CLARA LOUISE BCRNHAM.
Author OF The Right Princess
hands for q year. and since the name
seemed TO At the story so well he decided
10 adhere 10 the title.
The four most popular novels. according
to reports gathered from all large cities. b.
the BookIovers' Bulletin for September. are.
Dorothy Vernon" by Charles Major: The
Mississippi Bubble" by Emerson Hough:
-The Virginian." by owen wistsr, and IN
the Country God Forgot" by Frances
Charles.
In making the effort TO present a fairly
complete series Of studies OF the leaders
In our American business world. the editors
OF The Cosmopolitan believed that they
would be rendering a distinct service TO the
general public Every effort has been made
not only TO secure DISTINGUISHED writers. hut
at the same time TO have the work done by
men of large experience. who would be
capable OF understanding difficulties sur
mounted and approaching results accom-
plished- Certainly no serial ever presented
in The Cosmopolitan has been so widely
read by the general public. Before the
conclusion it Is interded to cover the in
dustrial w~orld-those who direct in manu-
facturers. banking. insurance.
publishing. trarsportation-au the pursuits
in which organizing talent has been re-
quired TO achieve present development. In
the September issue an insight into the
! careers of John W. Gates. Charles r. Flint.
Sir Hiram Maxim. II H Rogers. John Ar
buckle and others is presented.
The Consolidated Cook Book. consisting Of
several hundred recipes and helps for
A~ousekeepers compiled from the works on
domestic economy of Mrs. Mary J. Lin
ccln. Fannie Merritt Farmer, Janet Nc
Kenzie Hill, Adelaide Keen and Helen
Campbell. will be sent free to any address
by the publishers. Little. Brown & Co, Bos-
ton.
The Lothrop Publishing Company OF
Boston have just brought out MIR. Julian
Ralph's brilliant novel OF fashionable New
| York life. entitled THE Millionairess." Mr..
Ralph's wild experience with mea and
things. Joined with his picturesque style
and skin in narrative. has gone TO make
this one OF the notable novels OF the early
fall.
Little. Brown & Co will publish on Sep
TENDER y: 1.-The Pharaoh and the Priest"
an historical novel CT ancient Egypt. from
the Polish OF Alexander Glovatski. trans
lated by Jeremiah Curtin; also The Queen
OF Quelparte." n romance OF the Far East.
by Archer Butler Hubert
September, the month when schools and
: colleges reopen. and educational discussion
comes prominently 10 the fore. is observed
IA Lie N4<liA ANllAAS " NAN
OF three important articles The leader Is
an eloquent defense Of the training OF black
men, by one Of them. ". E Burghardt
Du Bots. Then follows a cogent plea By
Herbert W. HorwiIl for "A National Stand
ard in Higher Education, TO ~equaltze the
requirements OF bachelors of arts. Final
~, Hitler c. Wellman. q recognized author
fly on the subject. tells i~uformingly What
the Public Libraries Are Doing for Chii-
dren-"
In the Century's Year OF American
Humor" the September number Will con-
tain several interesting contributions. '"The
Boyhood Home Of Mark Twain" Is the sub
ject of an article with photographs. TO
which the editor has annexed Mark Twain's
dry mnent The three pictures which
won the prizes IN the Century's competition
for humorous drawings will be published.
and there VIII be four stories OF distinc-
lively humorous character-'Old Jabe's
Marital Experiment" by Thomas Nelson
Page. with q picture by A. B. Frost: 'Ths
Proving Of LannIgan." by Chester Bailey
Fenald. author OF The Cat and the
Cherub." a story with an unusual situation:
Illustrators at the Cove" by George S.
WATSON and an extravaganza OF pure
fooling." by Governor Morris. author OF
Tom Beauiing." entitled The King Of Bad
Bad for which ar. Frederic Dorr Steele
has drawn q series OF amusing sketches.
In addition there viii be the usual mlscel-
lany in the department In Lighter Vein.'