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Show J CUDWEOT fPWUCATiPWS j I, w-w. THE INSIDE OP POLITICS. I . Slaves of Success. By Elliott Flower. Illustrated Il-lustrated by Jay Hnmbldgo. Published ! by Li. C. Pago Ss Company, Boston. I A view Is given hero of "boss" politics. I as Hint odious thing Ik conceived of by the Illuminated souIb who have had no I practical knowledge of It. But Jmnglna-I Jmnglna-I tlnn 1b a clear field for the. piny of Intellect, Intel-lect, and the field of "boss"- politics 13 as good a one as any for It to play In. I The author of this novel certainly shows nu 'ingenious fertility In imagining polltl-j polltl-j cal wire-pulling and dark-lantern plots and Jobs that would bo the making of tho ' ' practical polltlelnn." but which wo Im-i Im-i aglno few of them would aspire to. And in tho end, every ono of the "bosses" la routed, and made to uult by supernatural, i downright straightforward honesty. Old Asro Craig, at first an unsophisticated unso-phisticated easy member of tho Leg-lalatnro Leg-lalatnro from the country, becomes tho cra'fUc3t, most suspicious, domineering old autocrat of the lot, and doos it by phecr relentless fighting "tho machine," routing, rout-ing, his moEt cherished friend to do it. At tho last, there Is a. great fight in n Congressional Representative district, and an untrained enthusiast, spurred on by n. splendid girl, routs tho trained political politi-cal host and Its well-grcascd machlno In a dramatic eplrode of overwhelming sensationalism. sen-sationalism. Thero Is n forceful woman in iho story, too, who proves too much for the whole gang of political tricksters. The portions of the book whero "tho business man In politics" Is forced to let go by the adroit wire-pullers Is one of singular shrewdness. The work is much abler than the usual political reform jiov-tjl. jiov-tjl. for it Is by a man who evidently , ''knows ll,c opes." and his writing Is good throughout. I' LAST DAYS OF THE EMPIRE. The MIssourlan. By Eugcno P. L.ylc. Jr. Illustrated bv Ernest Haskell. Published Pub-lished by Doublcday. Page & Company. New Tork. A romance of the liveliest sort, dealing with tho failure of Maximilian's emplro In Mexico. There Is a Jovial, fighting, mastering young MIssourlan. who forces his way to Mexico on a Mexican smuggler smug-gler out of MoblVe. The Confederacy was at Its expiring gasp, but there was a brigade of Mlsssomi Confederate cavalry, caval-ry, which, with the Confederate army west of tho Mlsslsslpppl. the Missouri Confederate, Drlscoll, was on his way to Maximilian to offer as fighters In Ills service. ser-vice. Thero Is a young French noblowo-, noblowo-, man who was tho special representative of Napoleon, and she wanted to have Maximilian resign and lanvo the country to becomo a French dependency. Thero arc any number of Mexicans, of high and low degree, who arc first for Mexico, then for Maximilian, and vice versa, and tho deceit, treachery, bloodthlrstlness, and general depravity exhibited by the most of tho characters Is. while reasonably true to life, a scandal to tho human race. The character of Maximilian is given in fucIV analysis and unsparing nakedess that one is left In no doubt of the cause of hlu wretched fulluro. nor In the least uncertainty about that falluro being ab-solutcly ab-solutcly sure from the first. Much 13 made of Drlscoll, tho MIssourlan, tho Storm Center, and his Indomitable dlspo-sltion, dlspo-sltion, his miraculous deeds, and the great things which the thousand MIssou-rlans MIssou-rlans who came to him performed. But they got tired at last, and reconstructed, thinking old Missouri a pretty good country to live in after all, and to die in whan nature made the call. It Is a line Htory of Intense action and vivid Interest. The author Is decidedly to bo congratu-luted congratu-luted upon ANOTHER COLONEL STORY. An American In New York: a Novel of Today. By Opto Read. Illustrated by Emlen McConncll and Howard Heath. Published-by Thompson & Thomas, Chi- Ople Head Is ono of -the most popular authors of the day. His work Is always lively and humorous; and none of his good qualities fall him in this volume; for It is Immensely entertaining. The Amcrl-can Amcrl-can in New York' Is from the brood America that gives expansion to the thought of this land. He is a native of Kentucky, and during thenost of his mature years he has been an Inhabitant of the mountains. lie goes under an as sumed name In New York because lie has a purpose deeper than lies on the surface. lie makes through his own charming personality and intense Americanism friends with all whom he meets; ho tells stories that enchant them, and wins all hearts. Meeting him In New York by nc-cldent, nc-cldent, his adopted son, who had followed a girl all the way from Mexico, comes 11a-lurally 11a-lurally Into the circle, and tho plot thlck-ens. thlck-ens. But all turns out well at the last, even -the hunted enemy of years securing forgiveness. It 1h a dramatic story, of , great interest; and all who read it are sure to like It. OUT OF SOCIAL FETTERS. Hj I-ady Penelope. By Morley Roberts. II- lustraled by Arthur William Brown. Published by I.. C. Page & Company. Boston. I decidedly racy story, with much hu- n-.or thrown In and a lot of racy sltua. lions developed. Lady Penelope was a young woman with fads. rich, handsome, of course, much ran after by "the horde." There was Captain Goby, who loathed Do Vere, but Penelope madu tjiem chums. Goby to read poetry with de Vere. and De Vere to do sport stunts with Goby. Then the Frenchman, Rlvaulx, a bitter anti-Semite, was to cultivate Levi, alias Gordon, and Gordon, a 'timid man, must go, up in a balloon with Rlvaulx. And so It went with her. pairing off opposites, and making them assimllato with and "Improve" each other. They were all crazy to marry her. and her lure which induced these antipathies to pair off thus amicably was her promlso that she would Hj marry one of them. And so the matter stood, till all at onco Penelope found hor-, hor-, self in love with one of them, but she would not say which ono. Her detorml-nation detorml-nation to keep her love affairs secret arose from her disgust at the display and parade of church weddings, and she declared to her people thnt she would have none of It; sho would be married quietly, and wouldn't oven let them know when or whom she married. So, when 6ho fell In love, sho quietly married ono of tho lovers; then guvo a party to announco tho fact of her marriage, but all sho would say was that sho had married on of the lot, without naming him. It mado her Aunt Tltnnln furious, and sho declared de-clared that sho didn't believe Pen was married at all. Then came tho baby, and Tltnnla was properly shocked. All tho lovers protested to her in turn that ho had married Penelope, and was tho father I of the hoy. which made Titanla wild, and complicated things amazingly: and the secret Intelllgencn from Penelope's discharged dis-charged maid that Pen had not married any of thu known suitors, but was wedded wed-ded to her chauffeur, did not help to un-favol un-favol tho .tangle. It Is a well-ooncelvcd, bright story, told with tho. finest skill. The author Is a well-known novelist. Ills "Rachel Marr" and "Tho Promotion of tho Admiral" being well-known and highly high-ly successful novels. This latest ono will enhnnco his already high repute. A STORY OF OLD ITALY. Castel del Monto: a Romance of tho Fall of the llohcnstaufen Dynasty In Italy. By Nathan Gnlllzler. Illustrated by H. C. Edwards. Published by I,. C. Pago & Company, Boston, A stirring romance of old Italy, which lands the reader In a hot-bed of Intrigue, lalflohood. troachcry. and brutal savagery at tho first chapter, and keeps him thero throughout tho volume. It Is a part of the old story of the feuds of the Guelphs and tho Ghlbelllnes, and tho devastation and turmoil which those feuds created. The hero of the story, Ottorlno Vlscontl. Is a Ghibelllno, nnd while attending tho coronation coro-nation of Manfred, Prince of Toronto, as King of Sicily, Capua, and Apulia, at Palermo, Pa-lermo, comes Into contact with the nobles no-bles and great leaders of tho Ghlbelllnc party. Ho also meets his Juliet, In tho person' of Helen, tho Lady of Ml ravel. who1 was a "second Helen of Troy," and whose lovers had been slain as sho disdained dis-dained them. The action of the story is vigorous, and the author la successful In catching the spirit of that ghastly time In full llavor. It was truly a time of horrors; hor-rors; the church wnsri-nt with the same factions as tho civic body, and the Popes wcro as savage" partisans as any of tho fighting men. In the Introduction this Is well Illustrated by the final words quoted from Pope I'rbnn IV.. "To my successor I bequeath tho task which 1 must leavo unfinished. In this, my dying hour, I consecrate to the fiends of doom the Imperial Im-perial house of llohcnstaufen! May their light be extinguished! Mny death and despair de-spair bo their Inheritance!" This denun- I elation was fiercely executed upon Manfred Man-fred and his followers In the bloody battlo I of Benevonto, which Is well described In I the latter portion of the volume. It Is a story well told Indeed, of a fierce and ln-humnn ln-humnn time; and It fitly ends In tragedy. But It Is great as a story, and Is sure of an admiring welcome by an appreciative reading public. BOOKLETS. In Bohemia. Bv James Clnrence Harvey. Illustrations bv A. Mucha. Hy. Myer Outcalt. and Others. Published by II. M. Caldwell Co.. New Yotk. A piquant nrray of stories, skits,- pooms, lively and gay. with a dash of satan In the mess, to llavor It withal, and to cater to the Jaded taste. It Is decidedly attractive, attrac-tive, and a llttly work which certainly Is piquant and fetching. The illustrations go so far that one is surprised that they do not go further. The matter presented dips Into pretty much everything gay, and it Is ull bright and happy. It Is a radio-activity of unusual brilliance. The Log of the Water Wagon: or, The Cruise of the Good Ship Llthla. By I Bert Lesion Taylor and W. C. Gibson. Illustrations by L. M. Gluckcns. Published Pub-lished by H. M. Caldwell Co.. Boston. A burlesque voyage, the log of which Is filled with all kind of Jollity; tho whole Is put forth In a style at once original and captivating. The passengers grow fewer and fewer as tho voynge progresses, and the cause and place of their disappearance are both the subjects of many shafts of humor. Tho voyage ends with six days, nnd it is six days, of hilarity and genuine fun. Letters of a Self-Made President. By James J. Neville. The J. S'. Ogllvle Publishing Company. New Ycrk. A lot of rather clumsily framed and coarse wilted "letters," evidently Intended as "drives" at President Roosevqll. They are rather malignant than humorous, and moro malicious than sharp. The bud taste of bringing in tho personality, .of Senator Hanna is disgusting, and the evident Intent to hold the President up as a vain, self-sufficient egotist will riot' take with the American public. It. is jl dull book withal, and It Is hard to see why any house should print It. ' ' "If;" a Guide to Rad Manners. Text and Illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. Life Publishing Company, .Now j York. - A rhyming, pictorial' set of rules on what not to do. Cleverly got up. and weir presented. The author's preface Is;. , Tim art of Misbehavior 1m a thlni: tlmt'K lielnir loit Thai's why tlila Gultl Is printed " Quite ri-ai Ulcus or thu cut. Ilegunlloa. too, of Other Things All Truth wo try to xmutlnir, Fur whal Is (Juunvl Tiutli to onu In Hot All' to another; TJieifj rLxtt Occnxlons ovory day When It Id up to yon Well, Homewhere In this work you'll Una Juut wli.il you shoul-ln't 1I0! And here, under the 111113 of "Justifiable Homicide," Is a sumple: If'Brown cornea up to you Homo day anj says with foolish Kite While prouiljy his parental chost extcnilR. "My llttlo ton hc'n thrco years old said "I'oppor, who mado God." It's etlquctlo to fell him whero he slnnds. THE MAGAZINES. The Backers' Magazine for August Is a little sarcastic on Secretary Shaw's anxiety anx-iety to regulate the eupply of currency; It dlBcusoca the Chinese boycott of American Ameri-can goods on the theory that Japan will presently bo the tutor of China; It deplores de-plores our Increasing scalo of National expenditures; utters a caution on tho prospective Inflation of thu curroncy by reason of tho probnblo National Bank Issues based on the Panama canal bonds; calls a halt on excessive bank loans to ono person; notes as "a. check to Stnto Socialism" tho Kansas Supreme Court decision thnt it Is unconstitutional for the State to take public money to build an oil refinery; calls on Congreso to make bank examinations moro rffctlvo; opposes Federal Fed-eral regulation of banking; and discusses the prospective, penco loan for Russia, Tho standing of American securities In Europe, Eu-rope, 17S3 to 1845 Is ably dlsus.ed. Patterns Pat-terns for books ajid records of a trust company nro given; also, a practical treatlso on banking nnd commerce. The evolution of tho gold standard Is traced by Mr. Charles A. Conant. Northern capital cap-ital In the South In noted, nnd Its effect. Tho proceedings of the Nw York Stale Hankers' Association are given, nnd a full sfirles of financial and commercial quotations. quota-tions. Jt Is a very great financial oxpo-nont. oxpo-nont. The Bankers Publishing Co., New jYork. Records of the Post for August gives a report of explorations "Among tho Cliff nnd Cavlto Dwellings of New Mexico," by Mrs. Susan Blerbower, Illustrated, a paper of great Interest. It dlscuosc3 "Archaeological Discoveries as Related to the Bible." by Rev. John Easter, Ph. D., a special plea rather out of place, "Tho Semitic Museum of Harvard University," by Rev. D. 13. Bralthwnlte, Ph. D., is a fine description of a great collection. "Bird and Human Designs from tho Solomon Solo-mon Islands," by llenry Balfour, Is a very clear and Ingenious presentation. The Editorial Notes closo a numbor of very grent interest. Records of tho Past Exploration Society, publishers, Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. Tho Smart Set for September opens with a fine, bright novel by Molly Elliot Seawell, "The Chautcau of Montplaslr," which Is a pleasant, well-told story, and Jolly to tho end. Stories nnd pooms alter-nnto alter-nnto In order, with bright, sharp paragraphs para-graphs in between for filler?. There are stories by Stephen French Whitman, Elizabeth Duer. Leila Eurton Wells. James L. Ford, Calallna Paez. James Huneker. Cecil Carlisle Pangman. Henry Sydnor Harrison. Frederick Trevor Hill. Georges Mnurevort (In Frenh). nnd Ruth Kimball Gardiner. There are poems by R. K. Munklttrick, Madison Caweln, Theodosla Garrison, Arthur Stringer, Wallace Irwin, Felix Carmen, nnd Mabel Earle. There nro shorter bits In proso and poetry, all exceedingly good. It Is "a J magazine of cleverness" sure enough. The I Ess Ess Publishing Co.. New York. Everybody's , Magazine for September has for frontlspleco a portrait of Ella Rawls Reader, Financier, and there la an enthusiastic biography of her ns "tho greatest business woman of the world." There Is a sketch of "The Natchez Trace," well Illustrated, ono of the pictures being thnt of the gravo of Merfwother Lewis. Tho "Frenzied Finance" revelations of Thomas W. I-awaon continue, In tho usual vein "The Greatest Trust In the World" Is a postscript by Charles Edward Russell to his exposures of the beef trust. "Tho Traveling PInyers" Is a well Illustrated Illus-trated account of stage folk. There' are many excellent stories, ono by Morgan RobcrlGon. "The Submarine Destroyer," being especially striking. There are many good things In the number; this magazine Is nchlevlng a fame 'and wide circulation which cannot fall to be gratifying to Its publishers, tho Rldgway-Thayer Company, Com-pany, New York City. Cassler's Magazine for August has for frontispiece a portrait of the eminent engineer. en-gineer. George Clbbs, and a biographical sketch of him Is given. "The Nerves of a Railway." by Day Allen Wllley, treats of block signaling on American railways, J with nineteen Illustrations. "Modern ; British High-Speed Steam Engines," by Leo II. Jackson, give llu-lr typical features. fea-tures. "Commercial Motor Vehicles." by J. l- Galrns. gives forms of the petrol, alcohol, and electric varieties, twenty-three twenty-three illustrations being given. "Factory, Fire Drills" (five Illustrations). "The Electric Measurement of High Temperatures." Tempera-tures." "Machine Shop Roofs" (five Illustrations), Illus-trations), "Motor Cars as Trunk Railway Feeders." and "High-Speed Lathers" r (twenty-three .illustrations), with nn expert ex-pert discussion of "CurreHt Topics," conclude con-clude a highly satisfactory number of a periodical Invaluable to tho practical .engineer .en-gineer or machinist. Tho CasslJr Magazine Maga-zine Company, New York. The Populnr Magnzhm for September begins a new series of adventure stories by Cutrlifi'e llync, this first bc-ing "Annexed "An-nexed In Error." ono of "The Trials of Comma"hder McTurk," tho sucpessor of "Captain Keltlo." There Is a two-part story by Morgan Robertson, short stories by Clinton Dangerficld, Rafael Sabatlnl, Charles Fort, Charles S. Pearson. Louis Tovey and Scott Campbell; complete novels nov-els by Capt. Hector O. Blandlng and j George Bronsoii-Howard; besides serials by W. Burt Foster, Charles Carey, Louis Joseph Vance, ami Richard Marsh. A lot i of choice fiction Is hero presented. Street & Smith,- publishers. New York City. The Literary Collector for Juno has for frontispiece a fac simile of a plate from "Tho Fool's Opera," by Anthony Aston, New York's lrst known comedian. Following Fol-lowing this Is a paper by Oncar Wegelin, "The Beginning of tho Dmmu In America Ameri-ca " The paper, "Thomas Jefferson and the Library of Congress," Is a review of the great services he rendered In aid of and In preserving that library. Bool: reviews re-views of ability, and Instructive notes on books and book sales conclude a first-class first-class number. The Literary Collector Preas, Greenwich, Conn. Tho Cosmopolitan for September has a populnr explanation of the laboratory Investigations In-vestigations v of Loeb and Burke, In the artificial creation pt life, and it is distinguished distin-guished by Its usual excellence In stories, and In tho artistic quality of Its Illustrations. Illustra-tions. The specialties arc of high interest inter-est and value, viz.: "Two Russian Hcro- . lnes," one who fought In the war against Japan, and ono who was foremost In relief re-lief corps work; "Highest of 'All Explosives," Explo-sives," the Japanese Shlmose; "Confessions "Confes-sions of a New York Detective." by nn ox-captain of police; "Story of Paul Jones," by Alfred Henry Lewis, the second paper of a very strong biography; "Llttlo "Llt-tlo Stories of European Theater Going," by Alan Dale; "Four-Footed Policemen," the Belgian dogs trained for duty; "Gold of the Burning Desert." Winifred Black's sketch of Nevada's' new mining camps; "Coming Ecllpso of tho Sun," with many illustrations; "Puro Womanhood," by .Cardinal Gibbons. The Cosmopolitan Is always worth while. Published monthly by International Mngazlne Company, New York. Sunset for August has for frontlspleco, a stock-brokers' deal In stocks at Bullfrog; Bull-frog; nnd thero Is a good account of the gold discoveries there, nnd of tholr present pres-ent condition; thero nro many Illustrations Illustra-tions of Bullfrog and Goldfiold scenes. "A Postofflco That's a Palace," handsomely hand-somely nnd profusely Illustrated, gives a flno nccount of San Francisco's now $2,500,000 Federal building. "Oregon's Big Tree Building" at tho Portland fair shows nnd describes tho unique structure. "New York to.Pnrls by Rail." revives tho Alaska Alas-ka and Bering strait roulo. "American Railway Rulldlng In China." tells of tho Canton-Hankow railway. "Up Castlo Crags' Is a good mountain sketch, well presented. The number Is full of good and seasonable things. Published by tho Passenger Department of the Southern Pacific, San Francisco Young's Mngazlne for September has nineteen short, snappy slorIcs by authors au-thors of skill and brains; they mako very good reading. Just tho thing (or pastime on a leisure summer day It Is always a bright, lively story magazine. Court-land Court-land II. Young, publisher, New York. LITERARY NOTES. Sir Gilbert Pnrkor. lhohcmlnent EnBllnh author, au-thor, Is now In Cnimila, nnd expects to visit New York ths Jam week In Aucusl or oarly port of September. He Is now at work on a novel which will Inter bo published by tho JIariKTH, who were alwj the publlshcro of hit Insl two books. ' Tho Rlcht of W'ny," and "A Ladder of Swords." It Is an open quostlon which Is Iho funnier of James Montgomery FlnBK's' two bookB, 'Tomfoolery." of the Just lfnued "'If: A Guldo to Had Manners." In "The Complete Golfer." which McCluro, Phillips will publlnh August lfith. Mr. Var-don Var-don toes Into bin subject with n thoroughness thnt becJn wltn tho very position of thu hand on the club, and overlooks no lino lwlnt In the playor'a proirrese. from tho III t-tlnp t-tlnp of tho bnll to tho mrntosy of the gamo. Tho dlalance for every Rtroko with evory clab Is Indicated nnd Illustrated with, a photcBinph nnd a dlngr.im of foot placements nnd dlH-tunce. dlH-tunce. between iho ball, hend of the club and feet. Tho book contains al.10 nn InterestUnK account of Mr. Vnrdon'a own t'olflns experiences. experi-ences. A now liook by tho author of 'Tho Martyrdom Martyr-dom of an Kmpreim, Impornlor el Uex." and other volumes which havo done much to clvo American rendem a fair knowludgo of' tho Inner vIcIs!UhIh of court circles, will be Issued Is-sued thl.H fall by the Ilarpeis. With tho forthcoming volume, however, tho author enters en-ters a new Held, for this Is a novel, a story' of love :ind paslon. the scones of which aro laid mainly In Brittany and on tho Continent. Conti-nent. Innfcmuch as the main characters aro reul, and th plot is a drajna taken from real life, the novol should be cln?ed with whi inlcht bo called thu "fiction of nctuallty." Kthel Watts Muinford'a new humorous book for 1M5 Ih to be a very novol "Joku nook Note Dook," to ba published by Paul ICIder fc Co., San Fmnolsco. Since the first appearance appear-ance of tho famous Cynic's Calendar of Revised Re-vised Wisdom. Mrs. Mil 111 ford hns prepared un annual volume of hr clever nontiense work .Tlio Limerick L"p-To-Date Book of last year was a distinct huccchs nnd the publishers publish-ers announce that they havo Just filled an "order for on edition of tho book for thu Australian Aus-tralian market. Tho order Includes a well editions of linohelor Jll-otrley and Widow's Gravo and Otherwise. Thu Cynic's Culendar, which apart from Its own merits, has been distinguished by the Hood of Imitations that havo appeared, Ih nun 1 11 en the press for 1!0G under the title of material, text and Illustrations, of both iho llrt and s-cond crle. Tho advance sulo lias added another 20,iV) copies to tho credit of this successful nonsense volume. The questions and problems of modern plutocracy plu-tocracy enter Into tho. now novol which thin autumn will succeed John A. Mitchell's "PInefl of Lory" and 'Villa Claudln." W. Ij. Ulordan's 'Plunkltt of Tammany Hnll." published on AurusI 15 by McCluro. Phillips X- Co., Is a record of one of tho nioct Interesting politicians New York hns uver produced, pro-duced, fie Is Tammany leader of thu fifteenth New York nssembly district, chairman of tho elections committee of Tammany Hall; nnd has held the offices of State Senutor, Assemblyman, Assem-blyman, Police Magistrate, County Majlstrutc. County Supervisor and Alderman, four of them nt one time, drawing salaries for three. Mr. Hlordun has collected In the volume this politician's poli-tician's dlrcourccs as .they havo been famously fa-mously delivered from V l'lunkltt'u chair Iho bootbluck stnnd In NevV York's county couit-hoiiso. couit-hoiiso. "The Homo Kindergarten" Is a new book by ICalheilne Hoc be, author of "KlnderKiirtcn Activities," published lost year. This new book Is one thnt will Uullght all mothers, It helm; a complete Kuldo to those who wish to teach tholr chlhlren at home Instead of cend-Ini; cend-Ini; them to private or public kindergartens. It describes fully the various methods used !n taking up busy work In a systematic manner, man-ner, elves a list of tho materials needed, which, by the way, are very simple nnd within with-in the reach of every mother; mentions songs, games, otc, and. in fact, outlines a wholo year's work. It will answer the oft-repeated question. "What shall I do now?" A larn number of iho s.UKgestlons can bo carried oul by tho chlhlren themselves, thus leaving tin" mother free to lake up other dullest, but with tho restful knowledRo thnt her little ones ure profitably ami happily employed. i$l cm. The Sanltleld rubllsh-ng company ) 1 Messrs. Houghton. Mlfllln C... announce nn Interesting jierles of literary studies rather dlf- ' ferent ff-oni anything nuw aall:ible a serltn ' vhlch ought to be vnluable to tho critical I leader of books' ns well an to atudents and scholars It Is to consist of a number of mono graphs, each volumu dealing w Ih tho origin nnd development of a slnulo I1-"0,,';,!.,: . InMrnd of a. period or nn nuthor. Tjl yi.i lowing volumes havo already been "rrnnBed for: The Unllad." by Prof. F. 13. O inimcro of Ilavorford; -rii Novel." by Dr. Illlss Perry, Per-ry, editor of tho Atlantic Monthly. Tho I'yrle." by Prof. F. K. Schelllne of tho I nl-vorslly nl-vorslly of Pennsylvania; 'Trngefly, 1 "J: A. H. Thorndlko of 'Northwestern unlcrslt. Thf. rnstoral. by lrof. J. a Fletcher of Columbia Co-lumbia university; 'Tho Essay, by Dr. Ferris Grer.nslK of tho Atlantic Monthly; S,1'-ncter S,1'-ncter Wrltlnc." by C N. Gn"onouKh of Harvard. Har-vard. "f?lnto' legend. " br Dr t.. U. per- , ould of Uryn Mawr; ' Literary Crll clnm. by ; Prof. Irving Babbitt of Harvard; Tho Short . Story." by Prof. W. M. Hurt of l"0 J-nl- . verslty of California; "AllcRory. by tho Ken- 1 eral editor, Prof. W. A. Ncllson of Columbia, university. ICnch volumo will contain " "-pleto "-pleto hlbllOBrnphy. Such a ucrles. rlll" with Fplrlt. and literary charm, and aoining tho hnrd style In which works on i-cholnrii siibjecu nro so often preyented, should nnu a plnoo on Hi" shelves of nil who loyo nur own lltcriiluro und the irrcAt ono which wo nuo Inherited. All the volumes here announced aru now In nctlvn preparation. 1 THE PRESIDENT'S CHEAP SUIT j The interviewer found this week's celebrity, Robert J. Wynne, quite at home In the American Consulate-General in the city. Tho "bti3lneH3 mana-ger mana-ger of America In London" had carried the freedom of the great republic into the region of black coatB and silk hats, and on a sweltering summer dny frankly frank-ly wore n light suit of Holland, reminiscent remin-iscent of the Dutch republic that gave the earlier name New Amsterdam to New York. "In America we dress according ac-cording to tho wenthcr," said Mr. Wynne. "I guess you English dress 1 according to the fashion." Mr. Wynne dresses In good company. He lookel down at his cool suit with a j smile of reminiscence. "The Inst time I j saw President Roosevelt I wore these i same clothes. It was at the White House, at Wash- ' ington, and. of course, the suit was a little free and easy for an official visit. ! So I apologized. 'Mr. President.' 1 said, 'I must make my excuses for ap- 1 pearing before such a great person as ( yourself, and on such an Important oc- 1 caslon, In an outfit that cost SC.' The President stared at me and then seized my arm. 'How much did you savV he asked. 'Six dollars, Mr. President.' He burst out laughing. 'Well, I have beaten you." he cried. 'I am nearer to the people than you are. This suit of mine cost me only $4.' "London Chronicle. GOLDEN TREASURE TROVE. While some workmen were demolishing some old houses belonging to Mr. Justlco Phllllmore In High street. Kensington, ono of them discovered an earthenware 1 teapot filled with discs of yellowish mctaL. He put several of them In his I pocket and took them to a Jeweler, who ; declared that they were spade guineas. ! He hurried back for the remalndor. but the teapot had been put In a load of rubbish rub-bish and carted away to a rubbish heap In Bagley's lane. Fulham. Several o'f the guineas, however, had fallen out of the teapot and were lying about on the. ground, and these were engerly seized by the other workmen and sold for their weight In gold to the local Jewelers. Scotland Scot-land Yard has forbidden pawnbrokers and Jewelers to deal in tho coins By an old statute all golden treasure trove Is the property of tho State. London Express. Ex-press. 1 . |