The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-10
FALL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.
AUTUMN ANTICIPATIONs.


nouncements tell Us what is to come.
Gossip has kept Us Informed from time
TO time 81 tn. .iDings of the literary
craftsnen-thst such and such Il one has
been summering al such and such a place
incidentally u hss been noticed that most
OF the sc.ib~s have been guests Of some
body or other: f.w 81 them possess
such luSurl-s as summer homes them
selves, and curiosity has atteuda.! theiF
efforts. The ann"gucem. now show
us just what they have been doing There
IL touch az sadness in the reflection
that the author people must labor all
during vacation for our pleasure and In
stfuci!on. hut there is satisfaction in con-
t'mrla'inE the catalogue Of their works
the menu Of the autumn offering OF ;ic-
ton there i an abundant promise.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has iayished her
wealth % Imagination and sympathy on
IN unusual love story. To which. Il IS
declared. she has given hor most finished
literary execution. Tn. It'll. Of the book
''Trixy.' Is the name 81 "a clever. capti-
waiting little dog. around who's. appealing
personality AMI dramatic experience the
action OF the heroine and her lover r.
wolves II Is announced by Houchton.
Miff.n e. 20.
Mrs. a l.. r. Whitney has written Il
new story. 'Biddy's Episodes portray
ing type 81 rirlhoof essentially Arneri-
can-and one who continually ov.rfurus
conventions and zoe her ovr aveet way
Before r"cvrnms =dinS il without q,iaIiirs-
iion. scrupie. or reserve {" the young Miss
who should have essentially - profound
and undisturbef respect for the sonven-
lions. we should feel Ike awaiting a
glimpse % its pages. but for the fact that
Mr.. Whitney is quite incapable Of s.rious--
ly shattering the proprteiies. even through
one OF her pen creations. ''Biddy's Epi-
sodes' is announced by Houghton, Miffin
& Co.
Miss Gweniolen OveTton's Captains Of
the World" will be one Of the first novels
which the Macmillan Company will pub
fish In the autumn. The heroine OF this
story OF labor and capital Is the daughter
Of a capitalist who Is forced by her father
into an engagement with n degenerate for
eign Prince The hero Is an honest. hard
working labor leader.
The title OF Mr. Lafcadio Hearn's new
book. which the Macmillan Company an
nounces Tor issue IN September. IS Japan:
An Attempt at Interpretation" This VOL
urne OF 535 pages Is described a. a more
elaborate and thoroughEoins attempt at
an explanation Of the Japan OF to-day than
Mr.. Hearn's pre- ious works: the gathering
Together of all the results OF his ten years
among the japanese.
Mr.. Stephen Gwynn. the author OF John
Maxwelrs Marriage" has written. n book
called The Masters OF English IItera-
ture.' which the Macmillan Company are
about TO publish. This Is described as BE-
Ing rather the most handy and useful OF
all the manuals OF English literature from
Chaucer TO Tennyson. which are at once
biographical. critical. and full OF quota
tons. Mr. Gwynn has packed into hi. en-
gazing little book practically all that an
educated man needs 20 know about Eng
llsh writers ana their works
Among the books on Doubleday. Page 4
Co.'S list for late summer and early fall
are Confessions Of a Club Woman BY
Agnes Surbridge. an autobiography that
is arousins keen interest: The INTERIOR
err by Mrs. Violet Jacob. announced by
foremost British reviewers az a remark
able novel: The Seeker" by the author OF
The Spenders." Harry Leon Wilson; "A
Belle OF the Fifties.'' being the memoirs
u
ert Z. Lee" edited by hi. son: and. nota-
bly,. Rudyard K:pling's new volume O.
stories. 'Traffcs and Discoveries and
George H. Lorimers odd Gorgon Ora
ham. which. az serial. Is now even more
popular than the very successful Letters
Of a Self-Made Merchant 10 His SON.
Some time during the autumn The Mac
milan Company Will publish NJ Clifton
Johnston's new book in which he will
narrate his adventures and observations
among the Highways and Byways OF the
South" The opening chapter bears the
alluring title. Spring on the Florida
Coast"
little book for young or old IL to be
issued early this fall under the name Of
''Th. Touch OF Mature" of which the
subtitle f. Little Tales Of Great Peo-
pies" This contains a dozen or fifteen
folk-stories OF different nations. one story
for each great nation. told in his own
language hy the author. Augustus VI.
Lord. announced by the American Uni
tartan Association
An interesting announcement is made By
Messrs- Herbert Il. Turner & Co. of the
early publication Of Professor LovdahI."
n novel Translated from the Norwegian o.
Alexander Kieiland by Rebecca Blair
Flandrau. Kie.land. who is no, so well
known In this country and in Great Brit
ain as he should be. Is 50 years of age. He
VAS educated for law. engaged A.. in the
brickmaking business for awhile. and in
1879 appeared for the first time before the
pubic as = writer OF short stories. His
published works now number twenty or
more volumes. and IN all OF them he
shows the radical spirit revealed the most
strongly through his own countryman.
Ibsen. and a wide knowledge OF foreign
iIteratures. especially of the French In
Professor Lovdahr' he handles withou;
gloves a man OF social and political power
who has made his way to success through
hypocrisy. love Of money and influence.
Mcciure-Phillips announce. among their
publications for the fall season. the fol-
lowing books: The History OF the Stand
ard OIL Company" by Ida VI. TarbeIl:
Double Harness. by Anthony Hope: In
the Closed Room by Frances Hodgson
Burnett: The Brethren" by H Rider
Haggard: THE Mountains" by Stewart
Edward White. "Blazed Trail Stories" by
Stewart Edward White: THE House of
Fulfllment." by George Madden Martin.
Far From the Maddening Girls by Guy
wetmore csrryi: Little Citizens by
Myra Kelly. "Debonnaire.'' by ". F. Pay
son. "Cabbages and Kings" by o. Henry:
Indian Fights and Fighters" by Cyrus
Townsend Brady: Andrea: The Tribula-
tons OF a Child" from the Danish OF
Karin Michaelis. translated by J. y. Laur-
vik: War and Peace" by Tolstoy. trans
lated by Mrs. Garnett; The Little Grey
House." by Marion Ames TagGart: Gran
ny's Wonderful Chair by Frances
Browne, with an Introduction by Frances