The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-30
BOOK MEN QUITE BUSY
RETURN TO THEIR OFFICES AND
BEGIN SOUNDING CYMBALSs
More Writers This Fall Than Ever
Contributions in Neutrality-suspicious.
of These BY Citizen Train-Light On
Christopher Observation-Disclosures
Works.
BY HERBERT BREWSTER.

r1EnbEnI Brew - = As
Special To The Globe.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-Most of the
publishers have returned from their
summer vacations, put on the garb of
their offices and made their annual fall
bows to the public. From now on until
the end of December, their advertising
representatives will sound the cymbals
and pound the drums in the hope of at
tracing public attention. At any rate,
some OF the stories told by these
makers Of fame for authors will be
equal to those contained in the books
When some one remarked that the best
fiction writer any publisher had was
his advertising man, he came very near
the truth.
the new volume of the Trade List
Annual, which is supposed to contain
the book lists Of all of the publishers
Is about two inches thicker than was
the same work last year, a fact which
indicates that the publishers are In
creasing their output or are devoting
more advertising to the books to be is
sued this year 1t is probable that the
| increased thickness of the Trade List
indicates more books for this year, ant
the hope of the critics and the reading
public that fewer books might be is
sued VIII have to be given up.
There Is always safety in the tried
authors, however, and an examination
| or the fall announcements reveals many
favorites. James NJ. Barrie, Henry
James, Frank T. Bullen, H @. Wells
| e. W. Hornung, Booth Harrington, Gil
bert Parker, Frankfort More. John
| Oliver Hebbes, Ralph Connor, and
many other well known writer's are
down for novels, and the labor of sup
| plying these novels to the dealers is
| already well under way
One of the noteworthy fall books will
be Citizen Trains autobiography, en-
| titled, My Life in Many States and in
Foreign Countries" His entire career is
covered from his earliest recollections
when he went to New Orleans with his
father and was the only one of his fam
| lily to escape death from yellow fever,
up TO the present time. The book was
written at Mills hotel No. 1, in the
seyenty-fourth year of my life" saws
the author in the preface.
Pair of Strange Books.
The Story Of a Strange Career: Be
Ing the Autobiography or Convict"
edited by Stanley Waterloo, and The
Autobiography of Thief recorded by
Hutchens Hapgood, are two books of
similar character to be issued soon The
story Of the convict is said to have
been secured by Mr.. Waterloo in manu-
script OF the convict, but it is quite
possible that the author has taken this
work, by which we do not mean that
MI. Waterloo Is writing his own expe-
rience. The many literary piracies and
supposed confessions make one suspi-
clous. In the case of Mr. Hutchens
Hapgood's book, the explanation of
It's existence Is very credible. Mr.. Hap
good mas been, for some years, a New
York reporter. He spent great deal of
Tune IN the East side districts, study
ing life in the Ghetto. He wrote a num-
Der or papers on the Hebrew theaters
as well as sketches of life in the portion
OF New York which James L. Ford once
said was beyond the dead line. No alI-i
thor, according to Mr. Ford. could 60
below Fourteenth street. Mr.. Hapgood.
however, did not fall under the inf1I1-
ence OF the higher literary training.
HIS experiences on the East side gave
MIN material for a volume which is to
be issued this fall in addition to the
Autobiography of a Thief" The latter
book came about by accident. Mr..
Hapgood happened to become aequain-
TED With an ex-thief who had Just been
released from prison and who was
quite willing TO tell what he knew
about his picturesque life Mr.. Hapgood
cultivated his convict friend and during
afternoons and evenings in an East
side cafe, the reporter secured the
story. 1t is said to be a straight
forward account of a most devious ca
reer in crime, a genuine contribution to
practical criminoIegy
Augustus Evans Wilson has waited
sixteen years, since the novels which
made her popular, before bringing out
A Speckled Bird" a STRANGELY titled
| novel Just issued. Almost a new gener-
auon has come since this author. as
Augusta Evans, held leading place in
our list of authors. In the days of her
literary activity, she wrote several nov
n Ezys 60 Z tt r
meIodramatlc, were at least good read
ing Of the kind. Her new book is also
z. southern story and melodramatic.
with the same flowing narrative as Isl
characteristic of the earlier works. Her
admirers Will probably remember her.
however, as the author OF st Elmo
rather than as the author of "a
Speckled Bird"
Postponement by Frank Norris.
Frank Norris has arranged to post
pone MS second novel in the Wheat
trielogy, The Pit in order that it NAV
appear serially before its issue in hook
FORM. The story was announced for this
fan, but has now been put over till next
spring. Another book which was tn
nave appeared this fall, The Trans
gressor, BY Theodore DRESSER, has
aiso peen postponed until spring. Mr..
DRESSER has not been able to complete
the story to his satisfaction in time
Tor the fall trade and his publishers
have been forced to wait until the an
thor is ready to turn over the com
plete manuscript
According to MIR. Henry Vignaud.
HrSf secretary Ofsthe United States am
bassy at Paris, it is about time for rs
20 revise our histories of the discovery
or America and apply the blue mcneil
10 certain Iaudatory phrases concern
ing Christopher Columbus and his
Ideas as to the probability of land w.
ing TO the west of Spain Mr.. yignaud
VIII shortly publish his work on ssTos-
canelH and Columbus: the Letter and
Chart OF ToscanelH on the Route to the
Indies by Way Of the West, sent in 1874
10 the Portuguese Furnham Martins
ana later on to Christopher Columbus
Ioscanelh was a learned FIorentine
and Columbus, SO far as can be learned
at this late day, was a man of little
scientific learning and scarcely likely
70 nave conceived Of the ideas which
led TO the discovery. of America.
Before going to Martinique after tba
eruption, George KEENAN, completed the
maj revision of his translation of the
FOLK tales or Napoleon which have lust
been published The .Napoleonder" is
russian peasant folk lore, and. as such,
Mr.. KEENAN, regards 1t Of much value
As history or biography of the great
untrue, but Mr. Kennan regards these /
1oIk tales as important revelations of
national character They have some
interest, he writes, as evidence of tha
profoundly deep impression made Inv
Napoleons personality upon two great
peoples
Wanted, a chaperon.
Wanted, a Chaperon.' the last piece
OF Notion written by Paul Leicester