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An authors literary personality is
quite frequently a mask which hides
his real life. Lewis Carroll, whom
the world knows as the author of
So Alice in Wonderland, was really q
mathematician. And Edward w.
the author Of the novels of
New York life, which Mcclure,
Philips & Co. are to bring out this
month"; is an expert in constitutional
history. It is true that he wrote
"Chimmie Fadden,' and the world
was delighted with the characters,
opening its eyes as well as the picture
of New York presented. Lees and
Leaven,' the new book, is a st1eng
one, and will make most people who
think they know their New York,
stare. But, whatever praise his new
novel receives. Mr.. Townsend Will go
peacefully along his way delving at
the roots of Constitutional history.
There lie his real Joy. The success
of his book would be as nothing to
the success Of his efforts at ferreting
out the origin of some recondite para
graph in a musty constitutional docu-
ment' The real Mr.. Townsend is the
expert in constitutional history, who
writes more for pleasure than profit,
AMI occasionally takes a fall out of the
Bogey at golf, by way of relaxation
and exercise.
The March McClures' will not only
be read: it will be talked about for
many days to come. Lincoln Steff-
ems 1.-THE Shamelessness of st. Louis
is an article that can't be lodged: it
is, indeed, as Mr.. Steffens says, "some-
thing new in the history of American
municipal democracy" The terrible
story.of the despoilment of a great city
by professional boodlers has never been
so powerfully told. Of distinct i'm
portance, also, is Samuel Moffett's ar
ticle "The War on the Locomotive,
which is a surprising revelation OF
what the trolley people are up to, in
the new inter-urban development OF
electric travel. Miss Tarbel's fifth
chapter of Standard Oil History treats
of ''The Price Of Trusts Building,
and must certainly not be missed
Frank H. Spearman has a splendid
character sketch Of a remarkable man,
John L. Whitman, jailor of the Cool
county Jail, Chicago. whitman
Tanner of Men, is the name of it.
Fiction Is plentiful and first class
Captain A. T. Mahna opens thu
March Atlantic with his recent ad
dress on The Writing of History:
remarkably sound and stimulating
paper which will be eagerly welcomed.
John Burroughs follows with a pa
per on Real and Sham Natural His
tory, in which he characterizes will
outspoken and delightful pungency thu
utterances of certain writers whom
he considers sham naturalists. H.
does not hesitate to name names and
call "a spade a spade, 'and introduces
new elements into certain tendencies
in current natural history writing.
Another striking and important ar
ticle is the second of President Arthur
T. Hadley's Notable papers on AGA
demie Freedom in Theory ant
Practice.
William C. Dreher's annual letter
from Germany is especially .notewor
thy and interesting, as it treats
among many other topics, Of certain
recent important international matter
such as the Venezuelan embroglic
and the new German Tariff, aimed a
American productions.
| George c. Skies discusses Tn,
. Question of Franchises, involving tn
| rights of the community as to grant
ing, regulating, or terminating tn
+. franchises of corporations who de
pend for their support upon the gen
eral public.
}. T.Trowbridge's My Own Story il
especially entertaining in this issue
), covering his youthful removal from
e e Gotham to the Club" and his des
cription of his experiences in Bosto1
i the men and women that he me
and the literary atmosphere that h
found there.
In fiction, Arthur Sherburne Har
: dy's serial grows more exciting
t striking and interesting stories ant
Q sketches are The Witch Bride b,
2 George WATSON, The Countess a
: Pondsville Center, by Esther Titan.
The Trappers' Daughter of st. Iren'
by Florence Wilkinson, Annie Fields
st. Teresa, and c. s. Baldwins' Fale
I Gypsie.
Josephine Preston Peabody con
: tributes a notable poem, The Feaster
and Frederick L. Knowles, Tn