The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-14

in ore day this present week. The book
bids fair to be one of the leaders in the
coming fall season.
The Canterbury Pilgrims is the title of
n clever play by Percy MacKaye, which will
| be produced in March by Mr.. Edward H
| Sothern. and which is on the press for
publication in book form by the Macmll-
Ian Company. The play is a comedy in
| verse with Chaucer the central figure.
daring scheme well carried out in an
original way. 1t will interest lovers of
good verse as well as play-goers. Chaucer
appears in the role of a lover of the
Prioress, whose motto, Amor vincit omnia -
! gave the poet an opportunity to throw a
| spice of mischief into the picture ne drew
OF the gentle little lady. 1t is full of
| movement and poetry As to the struc-
ture of the plot, it is light and circumstan-
| tiai. 1t seemed was fitting for a
| comedy. Act IA bet between Chaucer
| and the Wife of Bath. Acts II and III
! The wifes contrivances for winning II, and
! her success. Act IV-Chaucer's contriv-
! ances for escaping the consequences, and
| his success therein.
| sewel Ford whose brilliant stories OF
| horses will be published to-day by the
| Sribners. under the title of Horses Nine"
| has spent sixteen years OF his thirty-ffve
| years in active newspaper work as report
er and editor. in Boston. Baltimore and
New York. For some time he has been
member of the editorial staff of the Amer.-
can Press Association During the past
| four Or five years he has written much short
| fiction for magazines.
| Mr.. Ford was born in South I.evant Me
but he has lived little in the Pine Tree
State His carly school days were spent in
Cheboygan. Mich, an inconspicuous lumber
town on the Straits Of Mackinac They end
ed when he finished a four years Latin
course at the High School in Haverhill,
! Mass.
G. W. Dillin cham Company announces for
publication March II His Friend the Enc
my stirring ta.e of the Northwest by
William Wallace Cook; Because of Pow
err" by Ella Stryker Mapes. to be issued
in May: a third edition of 1.-The Room With
the Little Door by Roland B. Molineux; a
third edition OF "A Coin of Edward VII"
by Fergus Hume; a second edition Of $500
copies of Back to the Woods by the au-
thor of John Henry" etc. and a hand
some series of 5G-cent paper-covered popular
works of fiction. to be issued monthly dur
ing the spring and summer.
Justus Miles Forman. author of Jour
ney's End was an artist and contributor
OF short stories to Harper's and McClure's
before he discovered he could write an I'M
usua, sort Of novel. He graduated from
years with several of the best painters in
Paris. His story OF young English no.
ble:nan and an American actress is written
with eviden. intimacy. The publishers,
Doubleday; Page Il Co. have made BEAU
tifUlly illustrated volume and very large
sale is expected.
The Federal injunction just issued in the
United States Circuit Court at St. Louis
fcrbidding the union employees of the Wa
bash Railroad to strike. brings about q |
state Of affairs which was actually forecast |
several years ago in a novel by Charles X |
Lush. entitled THE Federal Judge" (Hough- |
ton. Miffiin 4. COZ. 1t will he remembered |
as story of distinct originality and power |
A new book by Alfred Henry Lewis. the |
historian of "Wolfvilc is to be published !
this spring by r. II. Russell. 1t is called |
THE Black Lion Inn Besides the mar |
rator. there are five main characters In the |
book. the Jolly Doctor. the Red-Nosed Cen
teman the half-breed Sioux Sam, the Sour
Gentleman, and the Old Cattleman This |
motley crowd are thrown together at the |
sign of the Black Lion. where their check !
cred careers. their picturesque modes of |
speech. their hopes and achievements are
for the entertainment OF the read
or. With this volume Mr.. Lewis again
proves that one has got closer than he
to the drama and romance of the Western
frontier. since the days OF the lamentei
Bret Harte.