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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-12
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

Tho following books have been received by
The Republic this week for review:
"Colomba" Par Prosper Merimee. With
introduction. notes and vocabulary by Hiram
Parler Williamson. American Book Company.
New York. Price. 40 cents.
FIFTY Fables by Ia Fontane." With in
PRODUCTION notes and vocabulary by Kenneth
Mckenzie. American Book Company
Builders of the Beautiful" BY H. L. Piner.
Published by Funk & wagnalis Company. New
York. s1.5o.
More About Live Doiis' BY Josephine
Scribner Gates. With illustrations by Virginia
Keep. The Franklin Printing & Engraving
Company. Toledo, o. 81.
1.-THE Doll That Was Lost and Found BY
Josephine scribner Gates. With illustrations
by Helen J. Niles. The Franklin Printing and
Engraving Company. Toledo. o.
Out of a F1eur- della The history. ro-
nance and biography OF the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. BY Claude II. Wetmore. with a
foreword by Honorable d. r. Francis. Illus
trated and containing a map of the Exposition
grounds and buildings. Published by w. A.
Wilde & Co.. Boston.
1.-The Colonels Opera Cloak" By Christine
C. Brush. With illustrations from drawings
by Z w. Kemble and Arthur Il. Becher.
Little, Brown & Co.. Boston.
mississippi Argonauts." A tale OF the South.
By John Kenton Carter. illustrated by l. Der
neker. Published by the Dawn Publishing
Company. st. Louis.
Private Lives OF William II and His Con-
sort" A Secret History Of tho Court OF Berlin.
From the Papers and Diaries Extending over
Period. Beginning June. 1858. to the Spring u
1898, of Ursula. Countess Won Eppinghoven. by
Henry W. Fischer. In two volumes.
Foreign Letters. Inc. Publishers. sahderoh'
building. New York
..Jorrueys to the Planet Mars on Our MIS-
sion to Ento." BY Sara Weiss. The Bradiord
Press. & Broadway, New York.
..rhe Natural History Of seiborne- BY Gil
n.rt white, Edited with notes BY Grant Allen.
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HERoyEN-
Una silberrad,s English romance pet

Una Silberrad's English romance. Pet
ronilla Heroven," has many qualities to
commend 1t; the work indeed bcspeaks a
future for this new author. 1t seems to
have been written with the laboriouS
painstakinS OF first work. and under
The spell of enthu siasm. or impulse. or
''incpira tion''-1call it what you will-of
new authorship. Some crudities or. rather,
some lack of finish it exhibits, but not
;;laringly-its chief fault appears to be n
too great regard for detail at times. and
ut others a lack of straitforwardness in
narrative at vital points; in other words.
emphasis is irnperfectly distributed, too
great care being wasted upon nonessen-
tials. This objection, though, must not
be taken as sweeping; the fault is not
impressive or general. The author ON the
contrary possesses the dramatic sense TO
a degree and many of the situations are
developed with due force and skill. The
story is replete with dramatic incident
and the opportunity for emotional devel-
opment is abundant.
Petronilla, sort of Lady Roses
Daughter in. a lower scale OF society, is
the fruit Of an affaire d'amour. the living
mark OK disgrace. This G-year-o!d girl
is nevertheless possessed of n spirit.
pride, u will and mind of her own. The
development of her character and the UNI
folding of her mind under adverse and
1owly environments are gradually ac-
complished together with the awakening
and growth of her love: and the work
performed with sympathy and skill and
Il certain manner, that cannot be better
described than as magnetic, enlisting the
attention and holding it TO the end. While
one may find fault with the accessories
and effects. some of them rather trite and
worn, employed by the author, there Will
be no objection found in the integrity and
continuity of the portrayal The authors
psychological analysis" as it is some
times a bit heavily put, is true and keen,
and Petronilla's growth in mind and heart
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A WORLDS FAIR hook.

"Out of E1eur-de-Lis'' is q book Of
St. Louis interest. It was written under
unusual conditions. A portion Of the man
uscript was prepared In tho offices Of tho
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
and the remainder on board the United
States monitor Arkansas while that mod
ern fighting craft was voyaging up the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers to participate
in tho ceremonies incident to the dedica-
ton Of the grounds and buildings. The SUBJ
title Of the book is 1.-The History. Ro-
nance and Biography Of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition" and tho author is
Claude H. wetmore. tho well-known st.
Louis writer.
The book is divided into three distinct
parts and shows what has issued from the
leur-de-LiA floral symbol Of France-the
Kingdom and Empire.
Part I Is q clear and concise history
Of tho Louisiana Territory from the time
Of its discovery down to the date Of its
purchase, the centennial Of which is the
cause of the great new Exposition.
In part II tho reader learns the meth
DDS Of construction In creating a worlds
fair city by means Of following the ad-
ventures Of four young people. who be-
come connected with the enterprise. and
part II closes with IN elaborate de-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-12
MISCELLANY.

"After-Dinner storics," by John Harrl-
son, published by the Penn Publishing
Company, is collection of stories of all
sorts designed fol-. the unfortunate gen.
tleman compelled to talk who has no
particular wit OF his own. With his head
crammed full of these stories he might
deliver tolerably amusing st-prandial
discourse. Many Of them are new. or at
least seem SO.
First Aid to the Injured" by F. J.
Warwick. N. D., Is compendium of use
full surgical information. containing many
plain and simple rules to be followed in
cases Of accident or emergency as well as
in the first stages of illness. Published by
the Penn Publishing Company.
0 "Imper.inent Poems" by Edmund
Vance Cook, are pertinent as well. Says
he: tsil
can write poetry-my friend-sood enough
SO you wouldn't look at the worthy stuff.
But knowing what you prefer to read
I'm setting the race at about your speed,
Being rather convinced these truths will hold
you
A little bit better than II I'd told you
A genuine poem and forgotten to scold you.
And he proceeds to scoid and tell some
interesting truths in loose, slangy, but
telling verse. Many OF the alleged
poems first found the light in Ainslee's
and The Saturday Evening Post. Pub
lished by Forbes & Co.
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IN SERIOUS VEIN.

The profound theme of mans relation to
the universe is tho subject Of Horace
Dresser's Man and the Divine Order"
In this the author aims to meet various
practical and philosophical demands with
out insisting upon any one method except
the spontaneous development of thought.
His essays have not been reduced to a
consecutively developed whole. having
been written at different times and with
cut reference to definite order. The funda-
upon the empirical value of each chapter;
empirical from first to last. the book will
benefit the reader in so far as the leading
ideas are tested not only by reference to
accepted religious and philosophical stand
ards. but in relation to the ideas and reali-
ties of individual experience. Published
by Putnams Sons.
From the standpoint of people interested
in spiritualism perhaps no more interest
ing book could be Forthcoming than Sara
weiss's Journeys to the Planet Mars"
Mrs. Weiss Is a st. Louis writer. and the
origin of her work Is well-known to many
local persons, the work having been begun
under peculiarly suspicious circumstances.
it is said. 1t is a strangely attractive
narrative. from the spiritalistic point Of
view. Quite apart from what it may be
considered as a literary production. 1t con-
tains quantity of unusual philosophy
and many passages of ethical value. Also
1t contains some '1ove episodes" of an
ideal and sentimental character. There
are several personalities in the narrative,
Of considerable interest. Published by the
author. No. 4S26 Cook avenue, St Louis
H. L. Piner, in ''The Builders Of the
Beautiful" published by Funk & wag-
nails. has written work OF earnest re-
Election and uplifting suggestion upon the
theme Of tho correspondence Of physical
form and spiritual nature. The book is in
a clear style. by one who has delved much
in the lore Of master minds and who is at
the same time an original, practical stu
dent Of physiognomy and other kindred
sciences and arts Of expression. As Super
intendent Of the State Institution for the
Blind at Austin. Tex. Mr.. Piner devoted
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Illustrated by Edmund II. New. John Lana :

illustrated by Edmund Il. New. John Lana Ths
Bodley Head. New York.
''Father Jacks Annual Stories and Poems
by Nora C!.esson. Fl. NJ. Burnside. n. A. Hoysr
and Grace T.. Floyd. illustrated By r. BYun-
daye HilGa Cowhan. Louis Vain. NJ Bowler,
d. i. MACPHERSON. a. L. Joseph. eto. Raphael
Tuck & Sons. New York.
''Pe.ronilla Hcroven." By U. L aIbesfad.
Published by Doubleday. Page & Co. New
York. Price, so. For sale by 3. T. Jctt Book
and News Company.
Tho True History Of the Civil War; BY
Guy Carleton Leo. Pm. d. With Twenty-Five
ILLUSTRATIONS and MAPS. J. P. Hppincoft Cum
pany Philadelphia Price. SEQ.
'Dona Perfecta." Por B. Perez qaldoA VIM
introduction. notes and vocabulary By Edwin
Scelyo Lewis, PHI d. American Book Com
pany. 81.
Les Adventures du Dcrnier AbeneeT1ss"
Par Chateaubriand Edited with notes and vo-
cabulary. BY James D. Bruner. PHI D. AMER
lean Book Company. 20 cents.
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REVIEW OF THE WEEKS B00KS---MANY INTERESTING H0L-
DAY PUBL CATIONS--F|NE COLOR ILLUS --N0TES
AND GOSSIP OF BOOKS AND WRITER'S

| his work to the physically blind in order
to help open the eyes Of the mind and soul
to the truths fundamental to all higher
culture. These truths are not presented
by him as strlkingly novel or original. On
I the contrary, he has printed in red on the
margin of his pages quotations from noted
writer's. ancient and modern, that suggest
and enforce these truths In telling phrases.
Their purport is summed up in the au-
thor's preface: Visible appearance is but
outward actualization Of inner life"
A simple and condensed history Of the
days of 81 by Doctor Guy Carleton Lee Of
form the press Of the J. b. IIpplncott Com
pany. and is entitled 1.-The True History Of
the Civil War" Doctor Carleton expressly
disafirms any arrogant assumption that
his is the only true history Of the conflict
and pleads guilty to the mere arrogance of
attempting 10 crowd into such small space
such Il momentous narrative. The work is
especially readable because Of several
qualities-a lucidity of presentation and
style possessing animation: exceptionally
good print and numerous excellent Illus
trations. aside from the suhjcct-matter,
which bears the stamp of a scholar.
Helen Kc1lar's real entrance into the
literary world is marked by her essay
Optimism" published in book form by
the Thomas Y. Crowcll Company. being
her first venture In original and indie
pendent authorship, and is in many re-
spects even more remarkable than her
life story. 1t is an exposition of her creed
of cheeTfuiEe.s; and Il protest against pes
sinism. especially tho pessimism OF Scho
pcnhauer. Miss Kellar exhibits depth
of reading. a considerable breadth of view
pressive.
1.-THE Natural History OF Selborne by
Gilbert White.' edited with notes by
Grant Allen and coplcusly illustrated by
Edmund How, comes anew to the literary
and scientific world. Perhaps the interest
of these natural, personal and delightful
letters is now largely literary. science
having grown beyond them. People who
seriously seek knowledge of beasts and
birds. plants, flowers, rocks and fossils
would not so back to the authors of the
Eighteenth Century. Whites letters are
read partly for this purpose-they consti-
tute a stepping stone in the development
Of biological thought; but are valued more
as presenting graphic pictures OF an in
teresting phase of existence, in a quaint
and charming scene. and a mind-and-
heart portrait Of rarely agreeable old
Eighteenth Century gentleman. Published
by John Lane.
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scdptfon Of what Will be seen within the
gates upon the Fairs completion.
Part III is devoted to short bio
graphical sketches Of the most important
men and women connected with the Ex-
position. and the makers thereof. Hand
some illustrations illumine the work.
On account Of its reliability, wealth Of
historic information and its graphic de-
scription Of the methods employed in the
making of the Worlds Fair City. the vol
ume is of peculiar interest. 1t has the Of
fetal Endorsement Of the Exposition au-
thorities, having been edited by the Sec
rotary Of the Exposition Company. 1t IS
published by the W. A. Wilde Company,
Chicago and Boston.
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ruE srRucruRr nEAur1ru1.

The soul of man is the master builder.
The problem in anatomical geometry IS
this: Given certain bones, muscles, nerves,
fibers and tissues. all moved upon by spir-
it.: To construct the grandest and noblest
symbols of the inner life.
What are the methods Of accomplishing
this? They are as deep as the mysteries
of God. and yet all we need to know is SO
simple that child may understand how
to fashion his countenance into the divine
likeness.
There are twelve pairs Of nerves running
thirty-one pairs from the spinal cord into
the body. These nerves with all their
countless qualifications are acted upon by
human intelligence, either directly or by
some mysterious process more remote, and
as public carriers of the mind, like so
many conscious electric currents with
their Geographic orders. they bear the
messages out over the notory circuit into
muscles and back over the sensory lines to
the brain, reporting that the orders have
been executed ard obeyed.
Muscular activity eXcites the circulation,
creates heat, suffers waste, demands food.
In the economy Of nature the muscle most
UseQ - HlOSI IeO 0flu nOuTlSueu, hAu SIoWS
accordingly. Whenever the muscle be-
comes larger and firmcr than its contigu-
Gus muscles. it betrays the moods that
have developed it. II. for example. the
muscles of scorn arc employed constantly
under their corresponding temper. they
will DO fed and nourished for repair and
growth. snd. thus enlarged and hardened,
the look Of scorn will become tho most
prominent. permanent bearing Of the fea-
lures.
The expression once there, the question
urges itself: How can 1t be removed? The
answer is not far to seek. Get the scorn
out Of the life. and the scornful presence
will vanish from the countenance. Sub
due tho sneers Of the soul. and their phys
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-12

A. B. C. BOHEMIAN tpalel: brewed
from the finest selections Of Bohsmaan
hops and Canadian barley. on drausnL ~
Hugh r. Pattison's Bar, northeast co1nex
Ninth and Locust.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-12
CALENDARS AND CHRISTMAS CARDS.

With the return of the holiday season
comes a wealth Of color and design from
the publishers, in the form OF gift juve-
nile and toy books. calendars. booklets
and Christmas cards. Raphael Tuck &
Sons issue a great variety OF distinctly
attractive calendars OF which the lith-
ography is high class, tho illustrations
and designs apt. and the text of appro-
pirate and sprightly character. Several
of the calendars have ingenious mechan-
ical devices to enhance their effects. The
ARTISTIC Calendars are specially COM
mendable examples OF drawing and color
schemes.
Tho Calendar Of tho Girl and the Cat"
with six pictures by Clarence D. Under
wood. = IN interesting product Of the ,.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-12

I would recommend this menu to be ad-
hered to as closely as possible three times
u day, with light lunch Of the same before
retiring IT, in the course of an ordinary
treatment the patient did not show
marked signs Of improvement. or, indeed.
complete recovery. would get Chauncey
Depcw TO walt on the table for him. That
falling. I would close up the job as poor
contract, and send for the untiertaker.-
From "Humor at the Table as Prevent
I've of Dyspepsia" by Henry Edward
Warner in December What to Eat.
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FOR THE VERY YOUNG.


Father Tuck's Annual is in verse and
colors. with ravishins cover picture of
two rosy-cheeked and sunny-haired little
girls. 1t is one of the many interesting
holiday publications of Raphael Tuck &
Sons.
More About Live Dolls Is by Josephine
Scribncr Gates, author of 1.-The Story of
Live Dolls" and 1.-THE Doll That Was Lost
and Found" and is illustrated by Virginia
Keep. 1t Is dedicated to ''all the Wee
madonnas" that love their dolls like little
mothers Published by Franklin Printing
and Engraving Company. Toledo. o.
"Dcarie. Dot and the Dog by Julie NJ.
Lipman, is not for the tiny tots. but for
girls who are able to read their own
books, having travelled as far as, say, the
fourth reader class. being able to take an
interest in the fact that their older sisters
have beaux. Published by the Penn Com
pany.
"A Quaker Maiden" IS for still older
girls. It has to do somewhat with the
truly marvellous things that happen at
school. and there are bachelor girls in
it with caps and gowns, grave seniors.
From it to the historical romances which
graduates may read is not very long
step, but still step. Published by the
Penn Publishing Company.
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heart. and, while the muscles of scorn
atrophy from neglect, and the loneliness
OF love possesses all your being, the facial
embodiment will be like the OncominS
dawn when the night is passing.-Extrac
from Builders of the Beautiful by II.
L. Piner. Published by Funk & Wagnalls.
Leonidus Hubbard. Jr.. the assistant edi-
tor Of Outing, whom dispatches report lost
in Labrador. is one of the most popular
magazine men in New York. He Is well
known as the author Of number of strik-
ing outdoor articles. ION the Angling
Ships "OR Days on superior's North
shore" and Going to the Woods" all OF
which have appeared in recent numbers Of
outing. He is or his present perilous
journey 200 miles into the Labrador VIII
dernesses at tho head of an Outing ex-
ploring party. II he comes out alive he
will have an interesting story to tell Out
ing readers during the coming year about
his adventures among the primitive In
dams on unmapped rivers and in frozen
forests.
book. Tho Way to the West? II not.
you should. 1t Will show you why all
Jokes born west Of the Mississippi River
are labeled either as being from Texas or
from Missouri: why all Southern Jokes are
from Tennessee: and why all Yankee hui
NOR is branded as coming from Maine. 1t
will tell you also that Massachusetts,
threatened to secede from the Union long
before the slave question came up and for
fear that tho West. when admitted to the
Union. would trade with the South that
had settled 1t. In a word-the book will
tell you a lot about your own "Out West"
that you 90 not know. and will codify for
you lot OF scattering facts that you al
ready know but fail to appreciate.
A curious order came to Harper & Bros
publishing-house the other day. A man
wrote for a copy Of Will n. Harben's
novel. Tho Substitute" please send a
special copy" his letter ran. las 1t is for
my son. and his eyesight is defective"
The incident reminded one of the Harper
employees Of similar one that occurred
some years ago in Cincinnati. An old
woman brought a WORKOUT Bible to a
publishing house. explaining that It had
been in her family go years. She asked
the puDlISlieT u uldhc HeE a ucW OuS Juoe
like 1t. adding that she was then going
to market. and would stop for the new
Bible on her way home. winding UP with
4 query as to how much 1t would be.
Appreciation of humor at tho table IS
largely matter Of development and ac-
quirement But once acquired. 1t Is hard
to shake off: which is good for the liver.
A laugh between courses Is better than
the best digestive agents bottled in
Christendom. II were asked to prescribe
a diet for a chronic dyspeptic I think I
would fix UP a menu like this:
Oyster On ELL Nye talf-shell
scalloped Mark Twain.
Ccrvantes Dressing,
Arterus Ward Sandwiches.
Roast OF Bob Burdettc.
Potatoes a Ia Dean Swift,
Salad OF Juyenal.
Dickens trout.
Munchausen Sauce.
Bret Harte Cigars
Alecis Sweet Cheese,
Wine OF Wit.
would recommend this menu to be adj |
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BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

EN- Alaskan Waters" by W. Bert Eos
ter. is youths story OF how integrity and
bravery triumphed and how sneaks and
conspirators Jared badly in Alaskan wa
ters. 1t is brimful Of plot and adventure.
all of the inspiring order. Penn Pub
fishing Company.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-12

Daddy Joe's Fiddle BY Faith B!ckford,
is the story of little Indian girls devo-
tion to her dead fltter's fiddle. upon which
she practiced secretly in the seciusion OF
an old hay-Ioft After awhile she learned
to play. and she played in 4 concert where
she achieved Il triumph in her little way
and. of course. her brilliant future was
assured. 1t is u sympathetic story of
childhood. well told, and rather out OF the
ordinary. Dana Estes g. Co.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-12

Forging Ahead" by Horatio Alser. Jr..
is another story calculated to inspire
youths with respect for the manly virtues.
The author has had a wcli-deserved Sue
cess with his boy-bo0ks. which rank high
with their kind. Penn Publishing Com
MANY
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-28
BISHOP wHITNEY'S POEM.
Author Will Read His Epic in Brigham
Young University.

BY invitation under the auspices Of
the Philosophical Society of the Brig
ham Young university, Bishop o. F.
Whitney viii read his epic poem
elias before the teachers and stu
dents Of that institution next week.
The first reading will be on Monday eve
ming; the second on Wednesday eve
ming, and the third on Friday evening;
1t requiring three sessions to present
the entire work. Appropriate music
will he rendered as preludes and inter-
ludes and the general public VIII have
an opportunity to attend.
After this event the author, having
read his poem In Salt Lake City, Logan
and Provo, will take early steps for its
publication, either in the east or in
Utah as shall hereafter be determined.
The good people of the Garden city are
TO be congratulated at the prospect of
public reading by Bishop Whitney OF
his poetic masterwork while yet in
manuscript.