The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

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! all save her little finger. when she was
| murdered. after the Japan-China War. He
ashes and little finger were buried IN No
vernber. 1897. as the writer describes. There
is q charming love story running through
| this striking novel. the hero being Robert
Martyr. an American in the employ Of a
Russian diplomat. and the heroine is the
latteE's daughter G. p PutnlU's Sons
Literary Notes.
TIE Lothrop Publishing Company of Bos-
ton have Just bought out Claru MorTis's
rev volume. Stage Condolences" The book
s III the vein in which Miss Morris Is most
happy. namely. In that of personal y M
| nisctnee. running OF into imaginative
| treatment Of dramatic scenes which have
| come wi.i:in her experience during her long
and honorable stage career. The volume
I aims TO sive wholesome advice to stage as
| pirants OF both sexes. especially girls. and
| is Illuminated by humorous and pathetic in
stances and striking occurrences of theater
| life.
J. B. Lppincott Company have Just issued
volume which should prove Of lively inter
est to a grea; many OF the most enthusi-
astic of our sport-lovtng Americans. This
is Two Thousand Niles on an Automo-
| bile" The author conceals his identity
under the name of "Cha but the au-
| thority of his writings Is undoubted. He
gives an extremely interesting account of a
/ Journey on American roads, OF its delights.
! adventures and mishaps- The book tells
all about running and caring for an auto
mobile and makes plain and unprejudiced
comparison OF the advantages and disad-
vantages of different models and makes.
verBeck's Illustrations. eighteen in number,
are fully in the spirit OF the narrative
The papers for September in the Atlantic
Monthly's series of outdoor articles are
Going Into the Woods" by E5en Gree
nough Scott. and Autumn Thoughts" by
| Edward Thomas Mr.. Scott is past mas
| ter in woodcrsft. His essay Is full OF the
atmosphere of the upland forest SIr. Thorn
as. who was the first poet Of his day at
Oxford. is now one Of the most distin-
guished of the younger writer's of good Eng
lish prose- HIS recent volume OF essays
! .'Horae Solitariae.'' has been received with
! exceptional favor by the best English re-
viewers. who have not hesitsted to COM
pare his handling OF imaginative prose-not
ashamed to be rhythmical-with that OF tho
classic writers from Sir Thomas Browne to
Lamb and De Quincy. In Autumn
Thoughts he is seen at his best.
Walter A. wyckoff the author Of The
Workers" continues his series on labor con-
ditions In England in the October Scr1hner's
with an account of the very successful ex-
per1rnents made in model cheap lodging
houses and tenements in London The Row.
ton Houses there are similar to the Mills
Hotels in New York
The so-called trusts are to be the sub
iect of a series Of articles In The Century
during the coming year. the group to in
clude papers on the Meat Trust" the
United States Steel Corporation. the Stand
ard OIL Company and the American Sugar
Refining Company. The articles will be en-
tirely unbiased and will show what is
claimed for trusts as economical organiza-
tons. setting forth che part they bear in
American trade and the extent of their ac-
tiyities in foreign countries.
The Scribners announce under the title of
Criticism CT the New Testament" vol
ume OF an Importance that will command
wide -ttention. II consists of SIX lectures
delivered under the auspices of Westminster
Parish. London for the purpose OF dis
seniinating es widely as possible a sound
knowledge OF modern Biblical criticism.
The lecturers. carefully chosen for their
worth and ability. include several famous
English authorities.
Doctor A. Conan Doyle, now Sir Arthur
Conan DOYLE. whose Sherlock Holmes novel
The Hound of the Baskervilles'' has been
one of the notable successes OF the year.
has written to his publishers. Mcclure.
Phillips & CO.. requesting them not TO use
his title In connection with his book. He
10 DC kIONu literary NCIil.
heretofore, by the name under which he
has won his successes. y. Conan Doyle II
is noticeable. however. that many of the
American newspapers and almost all the
British papers give him his full title In re-
ferrfng TO him.
Anticipafions OF posthumous novel from
the pen OF George Douglas CBrown). whose
novel. The House With the Green Shut
ters." won SO notable a success this year.
will not be realized. so his publishers, Nc
Ciure. Phillips 6 Co.. announce. II is true,
as was widely stated. that up to the time
Of his Death Ar. Brown was at work on
new novel. but the story was so far from
completion that he had expected to spend
another year at it 1t was to have been
Oliver Cromwell. and the central fgure was
one OF Cronveirs fighting men. The young
authors death. which was almost inStan-
taneous. and is supposed TO have been
caused by the rupture CT n blood vessel.
leaves the publishers Ia a Quandary as to
what disposition shall be made Of the pro-
ceeds now on hand, and still TO come OF
THE House With the Green Shutters" Mr.
Brown. 30 far as Il known. had no living
relatives. and II II said that he cied in
testate- The publishers have written to
his nancee. q young British girl. placing
the funds at her disposal.
Mrs wharton.s novel The Valley Of
Decision" has now entered is tverty-.ifth
thousand. A pecukarity OF its sale Is that
It appears 60 gather hezGway with time.
For several days It was feared that Pro-
lessor Angelo Hellprin had been lost IA the
sruptcn of wout Pslse, end the grsfzxy,nS