The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-04
BITS OF HOOK GOSSIP.

England to-day, says Mr.. Sydney Brooks
in the current Harper's Weekly, is being
rapidly Americanized. London, and especial
~ the Provinces, are swarmng with rep
resentatives from every State in the Union
In stratford-on-Avon and Warwick Amer
lcaEs really rule the roost That district
may without any exaggeration be called
American England On the streets, at the
hotels. and more particularly at the show
places. says Mr. Brooks, so per cent of the
visitors are Americans. II have lust re-
turned from few days trip In that neigh
borhood. and can testify to the correctness
OF the estimate. If anything. IT IL under
the mark. l looked at the register of the
HE'D Horse Hotel at Stratford-on- Avon
and turned over twenty pages with
out finding a single English name and adj
dress.
The theme which Jack London has takon
for his latest book is THE Call of the
Wild" and how 1t came to a ST. Bernard
dog on the klondike trail. Buck Is abd,,ct-
ed from his home In Southern California.
taken to Alaska. and put to work dra wing
siedges Tor travellers and mail carriers dur
Ing the recent gold fever His good blood
his muscle. his spirit. and his breeding rise
above brutal hardship and semlstarva ton.
ne conquers his wolfsh mates. and becomes
the best sledge dog In Alaska But when
Thornton. the owner whom he loves de-
the primordial beast. which has boon revi,,'
ing for year In Buck. comes ont and
BUCK hears and heeds 1.-The call nf the
wild" IT is thrilling story. full Of won.
derful descriptions of the toll of trace an,
trati.' and Of the whole vivid. daring. mic.
turesque, primeval life of Alaska dur,ng
the last six years. The Macmillan comn,ne,
announce the book for issue july Il
Richard Harding Davis has ,.,,,
brother, Charles Belmont Davis nv na,nn
whose writings show distinct prom,sa n,'.;
are watched FOR with anticipation by those
VINO have observed his work. The Ju,v Rad
Book contains story by Mr.. Davis an
titled On the Bay Road" It is a dainty
bit of fiction with a touch of the mvster;,
Gus. not too obvious in quality, and genuine
ly poeticai In its thought and treatmnnt
Charles Belmont Davis Is the fourth ~
the family to achieve literary renutat,on
hts father being /. Clarke Davis, the phil,
adelphia editor and fisherman friend or
Grover Cleveland, and his mother tho
novelist. Rebecca Harding Davis ION the
Bay Road" is very beautifully illustrated
in colors by Victor Lambdn. whose nencii
interprets skillfully the scenes described by
the author.
Jacob A. Ris. who has been called hy
President Roosevelt New York's most use
full Citizen" is very busy just now In get
ting together material for his book, "Theo-
dore Roosevelt the Citizen" which is IN he
brought out by The Outlook Company. To
friend who recently asked for informa-
ton concerning the work. Mr.. Riis wrote:
What can l say about the Roosevelt ma
terial, except that it will deal with Mr..
Roosevelt as a citizen. and as a friend
from the standpoint Of friend? am busy
gathering the material now, but It is not
easy, because of the people l want to reach
being scattered here and there. However,
1 shall get what l want. 1t will be my
summer work, 1 shall do nothing else ex-
eept keep up the war to reform the House of
Refuge"
Lillian Bell, whose latest book. THE
Dowager Countess and the American Girl,
has Just been brought out by Harper &
Brothers, gives as the only reason for her
having deserted the joys Of single blessed
nets which she so VIGOROUSLY upheld, that
in Ter husband, Mr.. Arthur Hoyt Boeue.