###################################################################### Transcriber’s Notes This e-text is based on ‘The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,’ from October, 1913. The table of contents, based on the index from the May issue, has been added by the transcriber. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation have been retained, but punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected. Passages in English dialect and in languages other than English have not been altered. The footnote has been moved to the end of the corresponding article. _Underscores_ have been used to indicate italic text in the original; ~tilde characters~ have been applied to denote small capitals. ###################################################################### [Illustration: Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith Proverbs XV. 17 From the painting in water color by Edmund Dulac] ~The Century Magazine~ ~Vol. LXXXVI~ OCTOBER, 1913 ~No. 6~ Copyright, 1913, by ~The Century Co.~ All rights reserved. CONTENTS PAGE ~Americans, New-Made.~ Drawings by _W. T. Benda_ Facing page 894 ~Auto-Comrade, The~ _Robert Haven Schauffler_ 850 ~Cartoons.~ Died: Rondeau Rymbel. _Oliver Herford_ 955 A Triumph for the Fresh Air Fund. _F. R. Gruger_ 957 Newport Note. _Reginald Birch_ 960 ~Casus Belli.~ 955 ~Devil, The, his Due~ _Philip Curtiss_ 895 ~Dinner of Herbs,” “Better is a.~ Picture by _Edmund Dulac_ Facing page 801 ~Garage in the Sunshine, A~ _Joseph Ernest_ 921 Picture by Harry Raleigh. ~“Ghosts,” “Dey Ain’t No”~ _Ellis Parker Butler_ 837 Pictures by Charles Sarka. ~Home.~ I. An Anonymous Novel. 801 Illustrations by Reginald Birch. ~Homer and Humbug.~ _Stephen Leacock_ 952 ~Nemours: A Typical French Provincial Town.~ _Roger Boutet de Monvel_ 844 Pictures by Bernard Boutet de Monvel. ~Paderewski at Home.~ _Abbie H. C. Finck_ 900 Picture from a portrait by Emil Fuchs. ~Paris.~ _Theodore Dreiser_ 904 Pictures by W. J. Glackens. ~Progressive Party, The~ _Theodore Roosevelt_ 826 Portrait of the author. ~Sculpture.~ _Charles Keck_ 917