###################################################################### Transcriber’s Notes This e-text is based on ‘The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,’ from September, 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. Footnotes have 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: © H. H. Half-tone plate, engraved for ~The Century~ by H. Davidson BRONZE GROUP OF THE UNDEFEATED AMERICAN POLO TEAM HERBERT HAZELTINE’S SCULPTURE OF THE AMERICAN TEAM WHICH WON THE WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP IN ENGLAND, IN 1909, AND DEFENDED IT SUCCESSFULLY AGAINST ALL ENGLAND IN 1911 AND 1913 (The leading figure: Mr. Milburn. Second figure: Mr. Whitney, captain. Figure in background: Mr. Lawrence Waterbury. Figure on the right: Mr. J. M. Waterbury.)] ~The Century Magazine~ ~Vol. LXXXVI~ SEPTEMBER, 1913 ~No. 5~ Copyright, 1913, by ~The Century Co.~ All rights reserved. CONTENTS PAGE ~Avocats, Les deux.~ From the painting by _Honoré Daumier_ Facing page 654 ~Book of his Heart, The~ _Allan Updegraff_ 701 Picture by Herman Pfeifer. ~Cartoons.~ The “Elite” Bathing-Dress. _Reginald Birch_ 797 From Grave to Gay. _C. F. Peters_ 798 ~Century, the, The Spirit of~ _Editorial_ 789 ~Choate, Joseph H.~ From a charcoal portrait by _John S. Sargent_ Facing page 711 ~Clown’s Rue.~ _Hugh Johnson_ 730 Picture, printed in tint, by H. C. Dunn. ~Country Roads of New England.~ Drawings by _Walter King Stone_ 668 ~Dormer-Window, the, The Country of~ _Henry Dwight Sedgwick_ 720 Pictures by W. T. Benda. ~Down-town in New York.~ Drawings by _Herman Webster_ 697 ~Juryman, the, The Mind of~ _Hugo Münsterberg_ 711 ~Life After Death.~ _Maurice Maeterlinck_ 655