The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
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why the Mind Has Body" by c. A.
Strong, soon to be published by the Mac
milan Company, Is a philosophical essay on
the relation of the mind to the body, The
appearance Of which is most timely. as II
is based on the current controversy between
the common-sense school of theorists, who
maintain that the mind acts on the body.
and the "interactionistst or "paraIleEsts. -
vko declare that the varying conditions of
consciousness are the only natural sequences
to changes in the brain. The writer fur
tier maintains that the only way to letter
mine this question, which has been the SUBJ
ject Of much discussion for Many years. is
by means of metaphysical Investigation of
the nature of matter and mind. To this
method he adheres throughout the entire
course of the book, and succeeds in medi-
ating between the two schools by suggest
ing doctrine which combines interactiol-
ism with recognition of the efficiency OF
consciousness and giving an ineligible ex-
PLANTATION of the fact that every mind We
know is connected with a body. The mind
Is thus shown to be the primary, and the
body the derived thing-hence the title.
Justus Miles Forman, author of Jour
neys End the successful novel recently
published by Doubleday. Page &: Co., is a
young man. only five years graduated from
Yale. who studied art in Paris only to find
success and financial rewards await,n, him
as a novelist and writer of short stories.
journeys End is about young English
Eobleman stranded in America, and a very
young and successful American actress. He
way, and some people even say that the
story is fairly accurate picture of Miss
Ethel Barrymore.
Brentanos announce new edition of
THE Mummers Wife," George Moore's
first masterpiece in fiction. While all his
later novels have attracted, and continue to
attract, more lasting attention than usually
falls to an author these days, 1.-THE Num-
mer's Wife still holds its high place in
literature by reason Of it's style ard be-
cause each page literally pulsates with life.
The tale is intensely human. dealing with
a class of people intensely human, and cast
ing sidelights on a life Of interest to every
one-that OF the stage. All who have read
and enjoyed 1.-THE Confessions of a Young
Man will not fail to be attracted by 1.-THE
Mummer's Wife"
Honorable John W. Griggs has written
an introduction to the Manual of Forensic
Quotations." edited by F.. Newell Gilbert
and Leon Mead, and published by ]. F.
Taylor & Co. This book will be composed
of famous legal quotations and judicial de-
cisions taken from prominent trials. 1t is
book which should be Of interest to 9TH
trated with reproductions of photographs.
of many OF the leading orators and lawyers
OF England and America.
President Roosevelt's books have con-
slant sale. THE Strenuous Life" has re-
Gently been issued in Paris under the name
La Vie Intense" Nothing that Mr.. Roose-
welt has written is better to read than his
Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail" 1t is
full Of out-of-doors and virility. and it is
Illustrated with some Of Mr.. Remington's
most striking pictures, among them the
.'Bucking Bronco"-which, by the way, will
be found in the Century Dictionary as the
Illustration under the word buck
Turning for moment from his successes
as a maker Of fables and q builder OF
comic-opera Ebrettos, George AIDE has en-
tered the crowded short-story field. His
first book of short stories will be published
in April by Mcclure, Phillips & Co. The
title is TN Babel" BY Babel is meant
Chicago, all Of these stories dealing with
some aspect OF life In the city where Mr..
AIDE has won his success. They are said
to show the same keen sense of character
that lies back OF the slang hdmor of the
famous Fables. and an equal briliancy OF
style. on a higher plane.
The editor of Harper's Bazaar has secured
the first serial which Miss Josephine Dodge
Daskam-or Josephine Daskam, as she is
now known-has ever written. 1t was first
destined to be called '"The Autobiography
OF Baby" then 1.-THE Biography of a
Baby" but Miss Dastam finally decided to
alter its construction and cali it The Me-