Show If I I rOC U II B 0 00 O K s II 11 II t i Sidney I I Mary McNeil Little Litle Brown com company pan wilt will wi pub pub- S lish In October a new story love o ot of Japan The Dragon Painter 1 by Mary MaTy Mar McNeil rc cl The he title page pae e announce announces an an- that Mrs Mr Is al aln allf the author of oC the w well 1 known novels novel I S Truth ruth Dexter and antI The Breath o othe of the God God- thus for the Ow first time ideaS idea Iden S Sidney McCall a f which hn has haK caused much conjecture Mr I Is hi a n no native tn of AlaS Ala Alo- S l baina lama atna but has hu pent much of or her hr mature ma ma- turn turc li 1 In I Japan Th Tb Ti u ugh h brim after i 1 i I S II McNeil a. Author The Thc Dragon Painter S the Civil Civi war her d was as passed among painful reminders of oC that tragedy her parents' parents families having ha both seriously suffered In the general loss of or estat estates estate S SS S The fhe scenes scene of Mrs Fonollosa's noIs novels nov nov- els dc Is have heretofore been laid in the theS S two regions she knows know's so s well rell the South Suh and time the far r East alt It I is Interesting interesting Inter inter- esting to note that Truth ruth De Dexter ter the I story stol of a typical Southern girl was wasS wa S written among Ih time the cla classic lc beauties of Japan while The Breath of oC theS the tho S Gods the tragedy of ot an up date up-to-cate up Japanese heroine e. e was wa-s wa composed four tour years after aCel in Alabama Mrs s. Fenollosa Is Js also lh the author of a volume of poems Out of the Nest including S. S man many striking lyrical impressions of the tho Fast Bast Eat which have ha c been bon liberally quoted by hy Mr MI In his American Amer lean ican len Anthology S 4 Sidney McCall though a teller of tales has haM bc been n reckoned by lecturers and und writers essay cs as a. a by Japanese S themselves the truest exponent of Japanese domestic life since the death of the lamented He Hearn rn From Froman an early cary age her hel imagination had been drawn to the l Eat East u t and she had lint ea eagerly eager eager- er- er ly Jy devoured all al available material upon upon up- up on oil Japan In the vague longing that she sho might some sOle day a dwell In those roS 10 10 ro- S mantle mante Islands Indeed one short shortS shor shorI S I visit H resulting in several magazine magazino magIne arS articles ar nr- ar- ar S t lo J had d r be effected before Ju her herS S c. c ton r I F. 1 th arH 10 lV ut f o n it In S y- y McCall It has been since the appearance u of The Breath of or the tw I Gods that Mr lr might be either cither the sole or fr Joint author It I may maybe maybe maybo be bo said Ic here that 1 Mr Fenollosa a has never collaborated In any an of oC his wife's vitos stories though lh she acknowledges her to tn him for encouragement encourage encourage- I meat ment criticism and wide ranges of information In The he Dragon Painter we have undoubtedly Mrs Mr Fenollosa's ripest and most artistic work worl in which she again reveals reves the Inner loner depth of oC Japanese Jap Jap- anese ancee feeling but along alonG quite quie different nt lines It I is no longer the hard hurd problems 1008 lenis lems faced by young Japanese In be- be Ve but carries U us to the 01 very heart of ot Japanese Inspiration in inspiration in- in In the presence of nature among scenes senes and und incidents most Intensely in intensely in- in tensely tensel native o foreigners figure Inthe in inthe inthe I the tale talc Tile The time I in im indeed today and amid there are arc many difficulties in the path of the young artist artst of almost demonic genius who scorns recent in innovations In- In no in Japanese society The Tho portrait of or the time old palmer painter aln I Kane Imo In- In darn dara dar might have been ben drawn n from any of ot the Sho Shoguns Shogun's painting masters mastel during turIng dot dur tur- tur I ing lag the time ag age Artists of ot that famous family faintly name arc are still sti living who remember the tho gre great t era of or mural painting on castles and nd palaces booTe the tho revolution of ot But Dut the deep dee emit eat Interest centers in the sweet and heroic character of the b beautiful daughter of ot Kano whom the young oung idealist halls hals as hi his Dragon Drgon Malden Maiden Such wild wid manifestations of ot th the artistic ar am temperament form for the basis of more than one Chinese Chines and Japanese legend The he illustrations largely from photographs photographs photo photo- gr graphs pbs and ond suggestions by the author Photo Photo-I have havo been drawn by 11 Miss Gertrude Mr- Mr rT- rT Daniel a 0 pupil pupi of ot Proto Prof rot Arthur W. W Do Dow The book f itself l will wJ be handsomely hand hand- bond bond- madeI maderie made I rie lie for fO October There Ther 1 la u an clement of nove novelty 1 often otten amounting to surprise in the contents contents con con- tents tont of time the October Century The Thc article on The Te Human Side Ide of or the te Czar l Is 18 perhaps of most mont general In In- In terest This is hi a 0 personal narrative by Mrs Airs Amalia Amalla Kussner lUner Coudert of or her experiences In Iii the palace palce while painting tho tim portrait of ot the Russian emperor the he po political I Uc I character of the world now most in the public eye CC Reproduction of ot her her miniatures miniature of oC tho the Imperial family amly add to the attractiveness at at- tract of or th the sketch In the light of ot the growing in- in in American art Annie Nathan athan Meyer's Meyers record of ot What American Museums arc Doing for Or Native Art ArtI makes with wide appeal ID Dr Robert nobert nCI Bun I I I nelt net Bran Beau Dlan supplements supplement hl luis pall paper palmer r Inthe in inthe the time September Century on op Birth o of the Negro by another on in In The Tl Training of the Negro which is likely likely like like- ly l to attract attention North and arid South The Dog Police of European CIties Clies is b full rul of or information and interest and there Is b the first account of oL The fhe Japanese Pilgrimage to the Buddhist Holy loly Land the writer Count Count bf being the thc chief of or the Buddhist cult cul In Japan Langdon Warner's Warners personal narrative of or Khiva from the Inside a vivid description of strange adventure is illustrated front from made by Mr 11 Warner War Val the first secured in nCI ner probably eV ever I that way the spot There here is plenty of or fiction in the number too the third instalment of or A. A E. E W. W Masons Mason's strong serial Running Run ning Water the merry conclusion of I Anne Warner's Warners rollicking story of or travel Seeing France with Uncle John which has t proved pro ct reminiscent of or Do Dc Mules Mule's IS I'S Dodge Doll Club CIu of aL tw two I generations alo ago and a number of S S hort stories with wih surprises Ir iq them then 5 Harvey Haney J. J sll Edna Edna I S i L I. I S 0 I. I I 4 and and Grace Grce Ellery Eler being I among Ih the th contributors Demanding special mention menton among the pictorial features of ot th number In color of or are arc reproductions I 01 one I Orlando sympathetic paintings paint paint- ings lags of or Sothern In Shale Shakespearian pearlan Iole roles loles and ane reproductions of or work b bj by living American artists o of note our OUI of or these thel In tint tnt The editorial articles protest protect r against the r res resort h. h rt to violence in labor troubles trouble consider How to Aid American Ameri to protectionists can cn Art aJ to support the tho JC movement ment for free art arl disconnected d with sith the as being c wih general general gen gen- eral oral tariff question and apropos of election da day call wI attention lo to the he fact that and charlatans charlatans charla charla- tans thrive upon the tle toleration of or so- so o- o called caled good gool citizens in iii il McClures McClure's for tOI October Is full Cul of ot keen vIgor u ut articles and del delightful fiction First of or all al comes Lincoln Steffens' Steffens ma masterly study of or time the Juvenile Juvelle Juven lie ile le court of or Denver with wIh its Is plc- plc t tuie 1 ut of or bad had klc kidi and amid Its vivid vl human portraiture of ot Judge Lindsey the man nian who hat haM created a nw method f dealing with wih Juvenile offenders Burton Lurton J continues continues con con- his hh history of or Life Insurance n in inThe inThe The h Raid laId Hall on the Surplus a 0 remarkable remarkable remark remark- able bl story of extra a extravagance waste and I graft George K Turner tells how ho I has cut down her hr city expenditures ex ex- exI I cleaned and ll lighted her hel trec streets and controlled disease and vice Ice under a new form Corm of city government which every cn a a political experiment citizen of ur America ought to study C. C P P. Connol Connolly in the time third chapter of or orTh TIme The Story Stor of or Montana relates the dramatic s tory story o of exposure expos expos- ure o of Clarks Clark's bribery r of the Montana Ic legislature legislature-a a a nai narrative of or exciting movement Incident and splendid mo The in this number covers a wide raffe range of subject and treatment treatment treat treat- meat ment ment Harvey Halve rafe J. J In iii Tam many's Tithes s. s tells a powerful story of ot an essentially Am American tragedy Percival Perchal Gibbon contributes another of oC his strIkIng South African 4 tales ales of adventure anc and amid romance J James Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin in of E Eighty gH Thou Thousand anc writes of th American Ji merl an war var from Spain point of of vew The I b by James is one of McClures McClure's mo most t ul love stories and and gan b by Is a charming comedy fun full of humor and anti Irish magic magIc Kipling completes his erles of I tales with The Treasure nd the tho thoLa Law Lat a story loO of the Ghetto of or the Middle Ages Ages A ARain Rain Halo I Mood by by- r llant Bradley and anil bt byA E. E Housman Hous- Hous nan man are arc two pieces of delicate and singing verse The Illustrations are at air S artistic ac- ac to 10 this striking fall fal number drawings h by Pyle wonderfully In with the the romantic romantic roman roman- In wll of illustrate Gibion's Gib- Gib tic tc spirit t th f stor story i ions ion's The S Class CIs cond Passenger cn r. r J. J Sullivan Sulvan has m made le amU- amU lag Ing ng pictures for Templeton's Templeton's Temple Temple- tons ton's Irish tol tale and ami F. Frederic 1 Dorr Doir Steele puts pus soni some of of- ot tl fue beauty of to vignettes for 01 or One One of the Eighty Eight Thousand Andre Andle W. W and ThomaR Thoma Fog art thim Jot Jot- not not- bi z lo I. I eS A. A S. S tC t S h- h O hl The October t. t Nicholas brings the first of t u l setles Of fairy airy tales b by that mo most t popular of f fo for young youn people peo peo- pie Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett Burnet and amid a 0 charming conceit indeed is th time the tale talc of or The Time Troubles of o Queen Sil SI- SI Sil- Sil ver with a number of or er Bel wih pret pretty 1 Illustrations by Harrison Cad Cady CadI SI SilverBell SlIver Silver Bell Bel Queen of or the Fairies becomes more morp and arid more distressed over the growing lack of oC faith in Iii Cai fairy fail ma mangle magic lc and anc loses her hor dear little temper This ma makes ls very bad Indeed and Queen Bell Deil to the 1 goes Dormouse Dormouse Dor Dom mouse for advice The Th decide advicE They that Queen Siver Bel Silver Bells sis manu shall write a number of bool books s telling about lh the Fairies and their doings anti and how much more sense Bense they thoy have than people who arc are Just people that there may be general Iol belief r in Fairies a again aln And so so o. o Queen Bell Sliver Bel says says- One thing i is 11 certain that though you may have of Fairies you have never nC lr red read cod Aortas written by a real one Andu mh that Js Is s what is going to 10 happen to 0 you ou There ar are J plenty n y of or other good I things In the tho number too the second part of Charles D. D Stewarts Stewart's Time The I Great Y r anti and time the Crockery Crocker 0 O several sev eral short stories new Instalments of oC the serials rapidly drawing h to a close and arid tho the alwa always s 's Interesting departments depart depart- meats ments A pleasant feature of ot the ions tons of the number Is a 0 set ct of or plc- plc tUI Lures tures by Reginald D B. B Birch who on account of oC long absence abroad has ha contributed nothing to St. St Nicholas NIchola for Cor everal years Wildcat Promoters and mil Methods From Flum Fools Fool and amil Jh Their I Money b by Frank Franl In Success Magazine To take the fools fool money and blind them to the tho fact that they have hawe been robbed Is s tu the lie quintessence of the financial parasites parasite Urt art One Omme of the time most successful sue suc tUC- tUC c ful methods t f hf f ac accomplishing this ii is IR a n very recent development lt The I fact that one of th the firms of pseudo pseudo- bankers lower Broadway has h hn i ii tA klC the ole fools fools' to for I live years by 1 toothed is an Indication l e leyers of iu Its It success Now halt half hal a u dozen mushroom mushroom mush mush- room banking houses house with elaborately atel Curll furnished hc quarters In New York and branch in all al the larger larger towns town In tills this country countr nn anti and Canada and even In London Loudon Pat Paris ParLe and and Berlin are lUC using ingenious scheme to sail seJI I Ir r reams ams of ot sp spurious mining mininG oil oi and manufacturing stocks The house most successful at tilL tl bam game has Corl forty branch h here n und abroad besides be be- bl- bl sides agents In many smaller towns This WI wildcat promoting syndicate brings out a new nw company every ery e little Ite while and sells sels the stock lock l usually suny by the mail order and agency system Batom It I has mining and anti oil 01 companies companie now all allover allover ni over the tho Vest West and In Mexico Years Teams of or experience nee in parting money from the fools tools have given those parasite parasite- promoters promoter an invaluable hl sucker list hit little investors all al over the time country whose whoso financial cr credulity has hI not been shaken shalen by repeated duly losses loses These Investors wage investors wage earn ers Cr country merchants ants clergymen teachers and other professional then men arc rc arc reached through circulars and letters The he Or first t stocks stock sold Kold b by this house paid patti cecil cah dividends for awhile and the tile s ru who were doubling arid and and tripling their savings 8 h hank n Incomes in incomes In In- comes spread the glad tidings among their thel friends friend TIme The cash dividends were Wel followed by Ly scrip dividends divIdends In In some cas cases s b by no dividends at all al The Th stockholders who complained too laudI loudly loud laud I ly were offered In la exchange tom for fol their I unsatisfactory stocks s other stocks sto 1 In new companies brought out b by lie tho house house A trust tu fund und established for tor the Lie protection of ot inventors in is made I Up supposedly edl of oC mining stocks and arid when an nn Investor In gets tired tred S S 5 S. S m S' S I t 7 t A of ot ono one spurious stock he can send scud It ItIn itin I I In and exchange it I for tor something else This Tiuis of oC course Is Just as spurious but It I keeps the tho victim quiet for awhile He ne Is advised to hold th the stock until I the time mine strikes the lie tl expected bonanza lort ore when tho tiLe stock will I IIi rapidly In Increase increase in- in crease In value In Tim this manner tho the house manages to keep its Us dupes quiet In-I In for Cor man many months month and to them more stock besides S S Y r |