The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-18

ics, is announced by L. C. Page & co. Charles Livingston Bull, as usual, is supplying the illustrations for MT. Roberts new book of animal stories, "Haunters of the Silences,' Four of them will be reproduced ir full color.
 Messrs. Dana, Estes & Go. are to pub fish three books for boys in the year Minute Boys of South Carolina" by James Otis; "The Lost Dragon" by MT. Edward s. Ellis, and "On Tower Island, by Mr. Earl c. McAllister. The first two are by favorites so well known that prediction of tleir success is un- necessary, and the last is expected to be liked by boys with turn for semi nautical adventure.
 The unique success 6f the juvenile author, c. F. King, jr. with his book, A Boys Vacation Abroad" has brought him what is probably the rec ord, for one of his age, of literary wage. When ile went to Boston for his Easter vacation from school his pulp fishers presented him with a check for $750 as his first royalty The look was published at Christmas time, and since then 5000 copies of it have been sold.
 A noteworthy series of articles by Ray Stannard Baker on the negro sit uation in the south will run in the American Magazine, commencing with it's April issue. MT. Baker will not at tempt to treat or interpret his subject in any way. He has observed things well, and he will give a simple, old fashioned bit of reporting about it, telling accurately of facts as they are. The chief point that can be deduced from his report is that the great ne- gro question to the negroes is the same as it Is to the unprotected white wom- an in the south. That is what he heard talked of everywhere by the colored people with fear and perplexity and he will not mince matters in writing about it.
 The department Here and There, which opens the April Bohemian, shows the portraits of several well known ac- tors and actresses The reading mat ter which accompanies the portraits IS of an entertaining character, The list of fiction is headed by Edwin L. sabin.
 The complete novelette, contributed to the April number of Transatlantic Tales is entitled "The Triumpa of Sci cnce' from the Italian of Adolfo Rossi. ! There are tWenty-one short stories, in- cludng nina from the French five from from the German, four from the Span ish and one each from the Russian and Norwegian.
 James Cree!man is the chief contrib utor to Pearaon's Magazine for the month of April. The Mastery of a Billion Dollars is the title of his arti- cle, whicl is Illustrated with portraits of well known men. Other features are by Day Allen Wiley, Alfred Henry Lewis. William J. Hampton and Melville Davidson Post.
 The Technical World Magazine for April, 1907, is full of able articles and has l3O illustrations The list shows how up to date this magazine is and how it keeps abreast of tie times in every respect. The number is a valua- ble one and full of interest and enter tainment Chicago Technical World Magazine Publishing company; $15O DOT year; 15 cents per copy
 Tho Red Book Magazine for April abounds in good stories. As herato- fore, the magazine is opened with twenty eight charming portrait studies of as many American actresses. Chi cago; Red Book Publishing company,