The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-31

| cause OF the CsGlraTSLlNe SldGhLt+.S5 bL SH4i
of q muchSoomed current novel Whether
the bad enrairg is artistic" or otherwise,
the public as a rule does not AEe 1t, and IS
prone to steer clear OF the author VINO Gull
tivates the habit. When William Black was
writing "Mstcap Violet" he Was beset with
letters, says Sir Wsuyss Reid in his bioS-
raphy Of the. novelist Garpe-'sk urging and
begging him to end the novel happily. One
letter read: "Oh, surely, the last number
of Macmillan was a mistske! l do
wish you woUld write another eUdins-or let
me read the one you hao originally written
SO that l mRy be quite sure that my per-
sisterN conviction IS a true one tnIt James
prunlmond and Violet are still alive and
are LIVING happily ever after. OF all char
acters in fctien none have eyer seemed 50
real to me as yours" Then Black went TO
the pains Of publishing a lengthy defense OF
occasional bad endings.
The telephone has q new terror for au-
thors. Mr.. Henry Edward Rood, author OF
.HarSvsck." which the Harpers have just
published, was called up the other Gay
by an unknown feminine reader OF his book,
'Hardvacke," to which Mr.. Rood plead
guilty. well. when did you live in -"
said the voice over the wire. Never re-
piled MI. Rood, promptly. What Never
lived in -?' came the skspttcal answer.
That's very strange, as you've. described
our church row to a T, and even our min
lister. Why, everybody has recognized himl
And YOU say you never lived IN -?
Humph! Very strange! l don't believe
you. Goodbye"
Mis-, Mary Johnston, Who Audrey" has
captivated a critical portion OF the pub
lie unconouered by ITO Have and To Hold"
has the shyness fostsrcd by years of !ava-
lidism and seclusicn at the formative period
Of her life. She eludes all efforts 10 draw
her personally before the puoaic- Beieged
by Inquiries from periodicals. her publishers
asked Miss Johnston to give them some
| facts concerning her Hfe. Her responses
were naive and intimate. but accompanied
by the del,ciou.ly feminine injunction: But
please don't let the papers get hold Of any
Of these thingsT"
A new edition has just been called for OF
Mr.. Philander Dering's Adirondack sto-
RES" to which the author has contributed
q characteristic preface. 1t Is nearly thirty
years since the Atlantic began to publish
these sketches of the Adirondack wilder
ness. Discerning readers instantly recoS-
nized the individuality and suggestlveness
Of Mr.. Denlng's work. and though his au-
diencs has never been a notably large one.
there are many critics who believe that his
short stories are cot only among the best
that this country has produced. but that
they have had a marked influence upon the
development OF American short-story writ
Ing. Mr.. Deming Is still living in Albany,
at the age of IS
Louis Pasteur is the subject of a fine
| biographical sketch by Ida NJ. Tarbell IN
the June McClure's. The work of this great
man can be understood only in relation 20
! his life; and no better brief account than
this has been given to English readers OF
the great scientist who counted his work
good only as 1t might aid IN the alienation
re human cIffTe-tng and rebound TO tla
glory Of France.
The mystery surrounding John Graham"
the author of The Great God Success"
| has been solved, and It Is now known that
| he Is David Graham Philips, a well-kRowa
New York newspaper man. who recently
gave I'D active journalistic work for ltera-
ture. After he was graduated from Prince
ton he went on the Sun as a. reporter, and
rose rapidly through the various stages OF
general writer and London correspondent
until he became the second leader-writer
on the World and practically the assistant
editor. He Is an interchangeable worker, and
his methods are peculiar. He usually starts
in at half-past 10 at night and keeps 1t up
until 5 or 6 in the morning.
, When he was in London he was instru-
mental in securing the famous beat on
the sinking of the Victoria by the Camper
down. Although there had been many ru-
mors of the disaster, no one had any real
knowledge. Mr.. Phillips went to the tele-
| graph office and sent a message TO the OPP
erator In the nearest Algerian port, asking
him to send on an account of the catastrO-
phe. He had no expectation that he would
be successful In getting a reply; but q New
England missionary happened to be in the
Algerian telegraph Office when the mes
sage came. With characteristic energy this
missionary borrowed money enough 10 send
an account of the disaster himself, and so
Phillips got the exclusive news of the
calamity. The story was cabled back from
New York TO London. and was hardly
credited for several days.
Mr.. Phillips has just published Her Sc
rene Eighness," and has a third novel al
ready completed. which is promised for the
autumn.
The mississippi Bubble" Is to-day the
best selling book in New York and Chicago.
Children Of the Nations CMcClure, Phil
lips & Coz has been promptly translated
into German by the eminent historian, Pro-
fessor Woker of the Bern University. It is
published by the Berlin house OF Reimer. It
is worth netting as a mark Of the keen in
terest taken now by Germans in matters
beyond the seas, that this work OF PouIt-
nay Bigelow. which deals mainly with the
authors personal experience In different COL
onies, should have been received as author
ftative by Germans, in spite of the fact
that the author finds little to praise In the
system which he saw in vogue at Kiao-
Chow, G~ermany's latest acquisition in the
far East
Mr.. Bigelow Is now a permanent resident |
Of New York. and proposes to devote a
small section Of each year in giving leo
lures on themes OF national interest.
.'The Late Returning is the title NJ , !
novel by a new English writer, Marserv
Williams. The vividness of the story IA
unusual. 1t gives as it were a series OF
sharp and intense pictures of a revolution IN
a South American State. The reader is
thrown into the middle Of things and made
to see for himself without any INTRODUCTION