THE PORTRAIT OF A BANKERAnna Robeson BurrDuffield ($5).
COMMODORE VANDERBILTArthur D. Howden SmithMcBride ($5).
CERTAIN RICH MENMeade Min-nigerodePutnam ($3.50).
¶James Stillman, silent president of the National City Bank of New York, tranquil friend of a few intimates speaks: "[During the Gold Panic of 1894 the U. S. Treasury begged [J. P.] Morgan for 50 millions, which he refused, thundering 'Impossible!' Then they came to me and I went 'round to see what I could do: He was greatly upset and overcharged, nearly wept, put his head in his hands and cried: 'They expect the...