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< FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1895. 23 Books in verse and prose, books for chil- dren and grown people, books with broad margins and rivulets of beautiful type, all inclosed in superb binding, will comprise some of the holiday attractions of the ap- proaching season. Emile E of the San Francisco News Company notes orders and letters coming from coast correspondents and forms the idea that the holiday trade will be good. Doxe; observations lead to the same conclusion. Other booksellers hope that these views are correct. D ng the holiday season dealers ex- pect to sell books of poetry. Somehow this perverse generation prefers rather read about poets than read their Stiil if verses are cleverly illus- printed in the handsomest style of paper of the highest quality, and d in material delightful to the touch d agreeable to the sight, they will sell r Christmas gifts. The popular authors of the present day in this City are the writers of novels. Several booksellers agree in placing first demand lan Maclaren’s book, *‘Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush.” As a good sec- ond “The Manxman,” by Hall Caine, is on the Then comes “The Minister of France,” by Stanley Weyman, and the books of Conan Doyle. There is quite a 1 for Richard Henry Savage’s book, anza days in Nevada. E.W. Townsend’s last book, the ‘‘Daugh- he Tenements,” is often called for. d Townsend lived in San Fran- cisco for many years, and each should have readers in this City, by reasons of personal acquaintance. book will have many readers, as the story deals mainly with individuals and events familiar to old-timers on the Comstock. Doxey would like to publish Richard Realf’s poems in a volume of the forth- coming California Authors’ series, but Richard J. Hinton of New York is sup- | posed to have possession of Realf's unpub- lished manuscripts and the verses that have been published from time to time in he daily press. For some cause, wholly explained or ascertained, Colonel Hinton neglects to publish the book in the The sum of $50 was advanced from Realf monument fund about three .rs ago to hasten the publication, yet tie expected volume does not appear. In a reckoning of California writers Richard Rea!f could hardly be included. tle lived here but a short time, made but few scquaintances and did but little liter- ary work in this State. Annie Laurie’s book for boys and girls will be out next week, but will not be placed on sale for three weeks, as copy- righting in London cannot be effected be- re November 21. . M. Barrie’s mother and sister, who the prototypesof Jess and Leeby in A ndow in Thrums,” died within a few hours of each other, and not long after the death of the man to whom Miss Barrie aged. The novelist has laid his r and sister in one grave in the metery on the hill overiooking Kirrie- r, the original of Thrums. It was in ine very house where his mother and his ister or ied that Mr, Barrie was married v a year ago to Miss Mary Ansell. Not long before his death the poet Long- ow told Hezekiah Butterworth one evening in his library how he came to ite “The Psalm of Life,” *‘The Bridge,"” “Excelsior,” *‘Hiawatha,” “The Old Ciock | on the Stairs” and some of his other poems. Mr. Butterworth has embodied the evening’s talk in an article on “How Longiellow Wrote His Best - known Poems,” which the Ladies’ Home Jour- nal will publish in its next number. The opening chapter of Mrs. Humphry ‘Ward’s new novel, *'Sir George Tressady,” which begins in the November Century, describes an eiection in England. Mrs, Ward’s well - remembered heroine, Mar- cella, reappears early in this story. FIRST AMERICA ENVOY IV JAPAN, E: isting conditions in the Far East lend an ditional interest to this volume, which is, in itself, a valuable contribution to the literature of this country’s diplo- matic relations with Japan. 1t will do much to fill the gap which English his- torians have left between the records of the work of Commodore Perry and that of Lord Elgin. Townsend Harris, whose journal is re- produced in the book, was the first Ameri- can envoy to Japan. In fact, he was the first recognized agent from a civilized country to reside in Japan. He went to that country at a time when the ideaof a representative of a foreign power was all but intolerable to the sensitive Japanese, and played an important part in the evolution of that extraordinary product of modern civilization—the new Japan. The volume under consideration is a record of tentative attemptsat nego- tiation with an unknown power rather than of actual diplomatic relations be- tween two countries. The Government of Japan at that time was supposed to be vested in the Tycoon, the political head of the Empire, with his court at Yeddo. The Mikado, the real although spiritual head at Kioto, was an unknown and, by ‘Westerners. unrecognizea factor in di- plomacy. In Mr. Harris’ credentials the Tycoon was referred to as “‘His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.” The tongue of Holland—the only Euro- pean power with which Japan had had any extensive dealings—was the only Eu- ropean language of which the Japanese knew anything. It was the basisof their extra-Asiatic culture. Moreover, the kind- ly offices and recommendations of the Dutch Government had been pawerful fac- tors in aiding Perry to accomplish the treaty under which Mr. Harris was sent to Japan as Consul-General, being appointed by President Pierce August 4, 1855. This appointment was in itsell a curious one. To intrust two such difficult tasks a3 the making of treaties with Siam and Japan to an untried envoy who held ,rn_nk below Devereux of the Marquita,” a story | In Nevada Mr. Savage's | not | | justly remarks, ‘‘a noteworthy proceed- | Ing.” However, Commodore Perry and | Mr. William H. Seward were, o to | speak, Mr. Harris' political spon- sors, and his subsequent performances in Japan vindicated his fitness for the del cate tasks assigned him. The Consul-Gen- eral, with his secretary, a voung Holland- ish gentleman named Heusken, were taken to Japan on the United States frigate San Jacinto. The consular residence wasto be at Shimoda-- a pretty place, but for com- mercial development a cheat and a sham. From the beginning his reception by the Japanese was fraught with embarrassment | and difficulty. The Governor at Shimoda endeavored at first even to evade receiving the new envoy. Commodore Armstrong cf the San Jacinto being ill and unable to pay the customary visit of respect to the Governor, the latter, from day today, post- poned his reception of Mr. Harris until such time as the commodore _could also be present. This Mr. Harris bore until he found that the plan was to delay his visit until the commo- dore was well enough, so tnat the | Japanese officers might afterward deny having received him on his individual ac- count or in any other capacity than as one of the commodore’s suite. When the | Consul, therefore, insisted upon being re- | ceived with the respect due the represen- | tative of so important a Government as | the United States of America, the Gover- nor became very ill, and an awkward e change of ceremonies, occupying some insistence, Mr. Harrls was at length re- ceived by the Governor and Vice-Gover- After that there were long and re- | peated unsatisfactory interviews before {any sort of understanding could be ar- | nor. rived at. The Japanese protested that | they did not expect the arrival of a Con- | sul. (Thisin the faceof the treaty con- |cinded by Perry.) A Consul was only to be sent when some difficulty |arose, and this had not taken place. Shimoda was a poor place and had | been recently desolated by an earthquake. They had no residence prepared for him. | He haa better go away and return in | about a year, when they would have a | house ready. 'Thoy even besought him to | go aw: or merely to land at Kakizaki | and live in the temple there, Jeaving his | official residence to be settled by future | negotiations. They protested vigorously | against the idea that they refused to r ceive him, although their subsequent acts | amounted to very nearly this. It was only after repeated threats, backed up by inti- mations of American vengeance, that he | would proceed at_once to Yeddo, if not re- | ceived at Shimoda, that at last brought | the authorities to time. He wasallowed | toland at last and assigned a residence, but every concession he gained was the | result of wearisome, reiterated, humiliating insistence upon treaty righ He was under constant police espionage. | It was months before he could even pro- cure servants, and then only by threaten- | ing that his Government wouid call the | Japanese to accounting was he able to | secure the privilege of hiring two native boys. Local marketmen refused to sell food to him or his servants, and he was subject to a thousand little annoyances and personal dangers, of which, upon every occasion of complaint, the authori- ties protested their entire innocence. He had a communication from the President to the Tycoon, which, when he saw the de- termination of the Japanese to prevent any real intercourse or exchange of civil termined to deliver in person. In his ofl cial capacity he addressed a communic: tion to the Tycoon at Yedo, to which a mere verbal reply was returned, and he was instructed to deal with minor officials. This in matters relating to a treaty be- tween the two Governments. In Mr. Harris’ journal he frequently characterizes the Japanese officials as “‘the | greatest liars on earth,” and he certainly | gives extraordinary instances of their men- dacity. One of his greatest battles was over the currency question. American coin was only received by the Japanese at about | one-fourth its value by weight, and this with an air of immense conc For months Mr. Harris was i vexations innumerable ere be succeeded in gaining a concession by which our cur- | rency passed at 6 per cent discount, only. The question of his being permitted to go to Yeddoand deliver the President’s let- | ter to the Tycoon was still ander uneasy | and evasive debate when the first year of his official residence had elapsed. At that time, however, he received an answer to his two letters, written as a representative of this Government, to Yedde. This answer was conveyed to him with elaborate gifts and ceremonials, and proved, uvon traus- lation, to be the simple announcement that all business was to be transacted with the Governors of Shimoda or Hakodate, and contained not one word in reference to tbe President’s letter to the Em peror of Japan, of which Mr. Harris had told them | he was the bearer. The record of his resi- dence at Shimoda, as told by the journals, is a story of lonely exile among a pecple who persistently refused to.comprehend, or, if they comprenended, to recognize his position. He early learned that the Gov- ernors, to whom he was referred. had no real power to transact business with him. Everything had to be referred to Yeddo, and once referred there was allowed to slumber until the American’s persistence aroused it again. Not unmtil September, 1857, two years aiter his aj a few days after the arrival in harbor for a few hours of the American frigate Ports- mouth, was he informed that he was al- lowed to go to Yeddo; to have an audience with the Shogun (Tycoon) and to present the President’s letter. Preparations were at once in order, for he was to make the journey “in the most honorable manner,” and the time of his departure was fixed for November 23 of that year. - The inter- vening weeks were spent in getting to- gether a great retinue. About thistime occurs the following sigfifficant passage in Mr. Harris’ journal: To-day I am told that Shogun is not the roper appellation of their ruler, but that it is Rai’Kun' (Tykoon, now obsoletd). Shogun 1s literally “‘generalissimo,” while T: “great ruler.”” The genius of this people shines out in this. For more than & year I have spoken aud written Shogun when referring to their ruler, and they never gave me any ex: planation; but now, when I am on the eve of starting for Yeddo they give me the real word. The journey to Yeddo was a triumphal procession, and the account of the recep- tion and audience before the Tai-Kun reads like the account of an Arabian Night's entertainment. Mr. Harris sturd- ily resisted’ all hints on the part of the Japanese that he would do well to prostrate .himself in the presence and went through with the elaborate ceremonies of the occasion standing as did also the ruler of Japan. There were exchanges of compliments and lengthy remarks on both sides, and aiter the audience the representative of un means , was had before, upon his strenuous | ties between the two countries, he wasde- | with the powers over this, and endurea | Fpmmment and | 1 ' the United States was permitted to retire and, also, be it said, to wait for thirty-five | days before official notice was taken of the | occasion for his visit. He was then waited | upon by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, | through whom the Tai-Kun expressed his { desire first to_thank the President for his very kind advice and for the friendship he i thus shown Japan, and then to give swer to certain suggestions on treaty The demand for the residence of { a Minister at Yeddo was admitted; the right of free trade was granted, but Japan | declined to open more than the three har- ‘ bors already open for trade. | The narrative, up to this point, occupies fully two-thirds of the volume. The | remainder of the book deals with the | arrangements for the famous treaty which | has since become matter for political history familiar to many. Mr. Harris de- voted himself to instructing the hermit kingdom in the ways of modern civiliza- tion, and gradnally gained, point by point, of tne treaty under which the ports of Japan were thrown open for American commerce. That treaty has been the basis of all subsequent ones between Japan and various nations, but the old Japan, [ with whieh it was made, is a thing of the | past. The hermit kingdom is, to-day, es- | sentially modern, fast becoming cosmo- volitan. Tt does not, however, forget its indebtedness to Townsend Harris, who, during his subsequent years of residence in the country, earned from its people the ‘name of “the friend of Japan.” His faith- ful secretary, Henry Heusken, was assas- sinated in~ Yeddo January 14, 1861, by | enemies of the new civilization, and his tomb in a Buddhist cemetery is one mournful reminder of those dark days. For this act the Japanese Government vaid $10,000 indemnity to the young man's widowed mother in Amsterdam. This account of Mr. Harris’ labors in Japan is necessarily personal and some- what desultory. It consists almost entirely of the text of his own journals, and deals rather with his experiences and impres- sions ina land whose people tried him sorely, than with any analysis of political conditions. He wasaman of deeds, rather | than of letters, but he is throughout re- | vealed as an_ honest patriot, anxious to | maintain the honor as well as the profit of | his own country, and to do_wrong to no | man or land. His editor, William Eliiot | Griflis, has given us a readable and inter- | | esting volume which adds materially to { our collected know!ledge of Japan’s prog- ress toward civilization. [Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. For sale by Doxey, San Francisco. Price §2.] WILLIAM WETMORE STORY. One of the most versatile men of his | time was William Wetmore Story, who died in Italy last wee | Though the worl | safe from oblivion had he chosen either of the other three professions which he fol- | lowed from time to time—law, literature and music. He was born in Salem, Mass. in 1819. Justice Story, the eminent law- ver and jurist, was his father. Before turning his back on the legal prof | W. W on, 7. Story had published several works, | some of which are still in use. Mr., Story was his class poet when he graduated irom Harvard in 1838, In 1847 William Wetmore Story. [ Reproduced from Harper's Weekly. | he published his first volume of poems, | and & year later he went to ltaly, whero | he made his home up to the time of his { death. He was a fine musician, possessing | “the true sonl of barmony,” and his friends always felt that he might have | | expressed himself therein with greater | | power and felicity than in his chosen pro-|* | fession, sculpture Among his contriby | tions to the lite ture of hisage are his | poems, one 9t which, “Cleopatra,” ‘‘wa | not born to die,” the arama, ‘“Ner: | “Raba di Roma” and ‘‘Life and Letters of i { Joseph Story.” His portrait busts ard | | statues are “works of art. Among the| | principal ones are the statues of his father, | | Chief Justice Marshall, Edward Everett, | George Peabody, Willlam Callen Bryant. Among bis ideal statues best known are Cleovatra, Helen of Troy, Alcestis, Sap- pho, Electra and Medea. DARWIN AXD AFTER DARWIN. This is the second volume of the papers | { which, previous to his untimeiy death, | | were projected by that eminent scientist, Professor John George Romanes, on ques- tions raised along the line of Darwin’s theories. Most of the matter constituting the present section was already in type at | Professor Romanes’ death, and the editor, | Professor C. Lloyd Morgan, of University College, Bristol, has completed the work | from notes and isolated paragraphs not then fully arranged. The volume in ques- tion is devoted, as its sub-title indicates, to a consideration of sundry post-Dar- winian questions that have of late years arisen. The author, as is well known to scientific readers, takes issue with Pro- fessor Weismann in now famous theory of the mnon-transmissibility of inherited traits, and with Mr. Wallace in his recog- nition of natural selection as the single factor in organic evolution. Just what the laity is likely to gather | from all this controversy it would be difficult to determine. Heredity and utility, pre-natal influence and selection— natural, sexual and artificial—are terms which are only familiar to most by their sound, and their indiscriminate use of late years by pseudo-scientists and writers of fin de siecle fiction and eriticism has pro- duced some rather funny results. Professor Romanes’ work 1s always of value, because it appeals more readily than most purely scientific writing to the pop- ular inteliigence, while at the same time he has given us clear and Jucid interpreta- tions of many of the theories now engag- ing scientific controversy. The present volume, as the preface explains, is devoted to an inquiry into those post-Darwinian knew him best as | [ a sculptor, his memory would have been | N | apF | And another went ds tions of heredity and utility. As regards I of attainments, one a graduate of Yale and neredity, he restricts the discussion almost exclusively to Professor Weismann’s views, while in his rather elaborate review of the utility guestion he_goes at length into the teachings of Mr. Wallace and the large school of scientists who have of late vears gathered to the acceptance of his theor: This must necessarily be in the discussion of questions that must still be regarded as entirely debatable; but Pro- fessor Romanes was ever 4 liberal and fair- minded debater, and fortunately his eaitor has conducted his somewhat delicate task in the same spirit of appreciation for the services of fellow-scientists as character- ized the author himseli. The announce- ment is made that the discussion, of which the present volume is but a single section, will be completed in a third volume, relat- ing to questions of isclation and physio- logical selection. [Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Compeny. Price $1 50.] - THE CHARLETAN, This story, by Robert Buchanan and Henry Murray, isfounded on the drama of the same name. It is a tale that dips deeply into the mysteries of theosophy, hypnotism and occultism, but without pro- ducing the impression that either of the authorsis particularly familiar with any one of these subjects. Philip Woodford, the heavy villain of Illuminated Cover of the Charlatan. the narrative, by the exercise of hypnot- ism, obtains a dominating influence over a voung girl, and thereby brings disaster and evilupon her. There is a great deal of high-wrought and absurd mystery in the unfolding of this idea, and the book abounds in the jargon of occultism. Wood- ford becomes a reformed character, and, knowing that the & over Isi n only end with his death, he nously resolves to die, and down with a sinking shipin ery and a perfectly delight- f-sacrifice. " The book s no_special literary value, and as a of psychic forces it is so purely su- ul as to be almost wholly negative. 0 and New York: F." Tennyson A TOET RECOGNIZED, Lucius Harwood Foote of San Franciseo Is Mecting With Appre- ciation. General L. H. Foote has been cherished as a poet by his California friends for a long time. His worth is now receiving tion abroad. IHe hasrecently con- tributed to the New York Sun, Boston Transcript and Pall Mail Magazine. He is ecretary of the California Academy ‘cience. General Foote is an old Cali- fornian. Twenty-five years ago he was a prominent in a Sacramento literary guild wherein Governor Booth, Atbert Hart and quite a number of ladies and gen- tlemen were conspicuous. He was adju- tant-general of California under Governor Booth and was subsequently United States Consul at Santiago, ile, and during his service there acted as United States Min- ister. He was first United States Minister to Korea and resided four years at Seoul when Korea was known as the Hermit Kingdom. He passed through exciting scenes in Korea and was in the palace when murder was committed in the room where he sat conversing with royal attend- ants. Here are the two latest poems by Gen- eral Foote: HAR-MA-KHU. The Sphinz. il o'er the place, tomb it couchant lies Beneath the solemn arcn of Egypt's skies— A'nameless type of terror and of grace. To hold eternal vigi By Ghiza' The tofl and torment of a patient race, Thou must have seen with fixed and stony eyes— Have heard their hapless monns, their helpless cries, 4 ‘With that same tranquil and impassive face. The seal of silence on thy lips is laid, The myths are dumb, tradition gropes in valn 3 ve the voiceless records of the dead; the broken tablets fall and fade, by thee, the ages wax and wane, And baflled Time goes by with noiseless tread. TYPES. he old v and t Commingle and meez, Here, where the banners of sunset are furled On the rim of the world. New forms and new faces Condront the old races, And challenge ihe scions of Saxon descent. Such a wonder to-day On the crowded highway, hed on my sizht for 4 moment, and went. e U ddess of Dawn, With the step of a fawn, And lithe as & leopard, she passed, and was gone. Her sire is a Celt, and her mother was born Where the bountiful light of the Tuscan morn Falls on the billows of tipened corn. Escutcheons are nothing to her, althongh One ancestor fought under Ceesar in Gaul, vn by the bastion wall, When Sidney, at Zutphen, beieaguered the foe, Though her marvelous face, With its halo of hair, 15 s0 hauntingly fair, Thete's ' smoldering fire Which fiickers and flashes Beneath her lashes, ‘And the ghost of an 0ld patrician-disdain, e the phantom of pain, Is lurking now in l‘he swell of her nostril, and shade of her brow. In fine, There is pride and passion in every line, From her finger tips To the arch of her foot and the curve of her lips. Men have gone to their death for women like this, ‘And counted iz bliss. In (he hush of her chamber this very night She will tell her beads in the chastened light, And pray to the Mother of God to keep Her soul in sleep. Ah me, Both saint and sinner is she— But who can tell what the end will he ? ooy REFLECTIVE _PH[LOS()I’I]Y. The Philosophical Union of the Univer- sity of California has issued a volume of eighty-four pages. The scope of the dis- cussion is indicated thus by the title page: “The Conception of God: An Address Before the Union by Josiah Royce, Ph.D., Professor of the History of Philosophy in Harvard University, together with com- ments thereon bg Sidney Edward Mezes, Ph.D., Head of the School of Philosophy in the University of Texas; Joseph Le Conte, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Geology and Natural History in the University of California, and .- H. Howison, )}V.A. LL.D., Mills Professor of Philosophy in the same.” In a sphere of inteliectual activity much higher than the average mortal—even the college mortal—can hope to ascend, Pro- | are exceptionally interesting. Among the theories that involve fundamenial Ques- ) fessor Royce is a master. Twocollege men | short articles of note are: *‘Men, Women power he has obtained 4 { the other of Harvard, expressed the fore- going view of Professor Royce’s range of Ehilosophy the evening after he delivered | is lecture at Berkeley. A careful reading of the lecture close to the finish leaves one in doubt as to the conclusion to be formed from Professor Rovce’s philosophy; but, happily, the proiessor himself dispels the uncertainty in the ultimate sentences, in which he say: “In brief, then, the foregoing con- ception of God undertakes to be distinctly theistic, and not pantheistic. It is not the conception of an Unconscious Reality, into which finite beings are absorbed; nor of an Unviewed Substance, in whose law our ethical independence is lost; mnor of an Ineffable Mystery, which we can only silently adore. On_the contrary, every ethical predicate which the highest religious faith of the past has attributed to God is capable of exact interpretation in termns of our present view. For my own part, then, while I wish to be no_siave of any tradition, I am cer- tainly disposed to insist that what the faith of our fathers has genuinely meant by God is, despite all the Blindness and all the unessential accidents of religious tradition, identical with the inevitable out- come of a reflective philosophy.” Professor Mezes' remarks in criticism of the lecture contains this significant sen- tence: *I cannot agree with the professor that the being whose existence, as I freely admit, he has fully established, has been proved by him to be a being possessing worth and dignity. * * * "But what [ miss is the promised proof that there is a reaé being worthy of the exalted name of God.” Professor Joseph Le Conte said in his re- marks: *I can only admire, not criticize, the subtle method of Professor Royce in reaching the conclusion of the personal ex- istence of God. I have my own way of reaching the same conclusion, but in com- arison it is a rough and ready way. His 1s from the point of view of the philoso- | pher; mine from that of the scientist.” | Perhaps of this subject the unlettered | Indian, who worships the Great Spirit and | whose dream of immortality is a happy hunting-ground, knows as much as the | modern college professor. For one in doubt the surest way is to fall back on simple faith. KINDERGARTEN PHILOSOPHY. “The Mother Play of Froebel’s Philoso- vhy” (D..Appleton & Co.) is the latest volume of the International Education series. In the translation Miss Susan E. Blow has drawn upon all the resources of her experience and study to make this edition a perfect handbook for English- | speaking mothers and teachers. She has enlisted the talent of the poets for children to translate with taste and discrimination Kroebel's rhymes. New music has been prepared by composers of music for chil- dren’s songs. SCYLLA Ok CHARYBDIS. A charming volume from D. Appleton & Co. of New York is **Scylla or Charybdis?"? | It is a novel by Rhoda Broughton, and is an original, interesting story, containing some surprises and showing all the phases of true mother love. [For sale at Doxey’s. Price in paper 50 cents.] o o THE MAGAZINES. American Law Review. This sterling legal authority is edited by Seymour D. Thompson and Leonard A. Jones. The most interesting feature of | the current issue is Judge Taft’s address | before the American Bar Association on “Criticisms of the Federal Judiciary.” Walter Clark declares the telegraph and telephone service to be essential parts of an efficient postal service. [Review Pub- l‘ixshing Company, 215 Pine street, St. Louis, Mo. The November Overiand. 1 To the November number of the Over- land Monthly S8enator William M. Stewart contributes an article entitled, ““Gold Not Necessary for Foreign Trade.” The editor | of the magazine assures his readers that | the silver question will not remain such | an awful mystery after the reading of the Senator’s vaper. For the enlightenment of the agricultural classes on the money question, the Senator presents hig argu- ment in this fashion: It is easily understood why Mr. Cleve- | land regards the gold standard as sound It took on an average 33,333 | s of wheat per annum to pay Pre: dent Grant’s salary. It now takes 83,533 | bushels of wheat to pay President | Cleveland’s salary for one year. 1In| other words, if the salary of President Cleveland were paid in wheat he would | receive 50,000 bushels a year more than | President Grant would have received.” | The frontispiece of the numberisa su- | perb view of El Capitan. Rounsevelle Wildman, the editor, contributes chapter V' of “Well Worn Trails.” The path leads to the Redwoods, and therein the artist finds play for effective illustration, David Starr Jordan is a contributor of verses on Mazatlan, and touches the dan- ger line of poetry in his aliusion to the “warm, slow pulse of the great summer sea.” Arthur Inkersly writes of “The Greek Church of the Pagific.”” The article is in- troduced by a picture of the interior of the | Church of St. Basil, San Francisco. The Russian church of Sitka and 1sland churches are also represented. The Arena. The frontispiece of the November Arena is a good picture of United States Senator John T. Morgan, who contribates to this number a paper entitled ““Why Does the South Want Free Silver?” The reasoning is clever and logical. The South is very much in need of silver money to re- establish the financial power and influence that for many decades were felt in all the marts of commerce. when almost every | man of wealth inthe South was his own | banker. Silver is said by Senator Morgan to be the only money that is used by nearly two-thirds of the toilers through- out the world, and it has never worke ‘hardship or disappointment to any labor- ing-man. “The danger of an inflation of silver from overproduction is a chimera, and is proved to be such by the fact that 1n all ages it has never occurred.”” Alfreg Milnes, M.A., presents a con- cluding article on the subject, *‘Vaccina- tion an Error.” The writer holds that the compulsion of vaccination is a wrong, and that the law demanding it is a curse of civilization. Other contributions to the No- yember number are by ex-Governor James M. Ashley, on “The Impending Political Advance”; Helen H. Gardener, on “‘A Battle for Sound Morality’’; Professor Frank Parsons, on “The People’s Lamps,” and Rev. W. E. Manley, D.D., on ‘“‘Hell No Part of Divine Revelation.” The Century—Twenty-Fifth Anniver- sary. The quarter-century number of the Century Magazine is a magnificent book of more than 150 pazes. The Napoleonic his- tory leads in interest and is elaborately illustrated. Bret Harte has an exaquisite story entitled ‘‘The Devotion of Enriquez,” and “Mural Decorations in America” is ably treated by Royal Cortissoz. There is a symposium on the issues of 1896 that all citizens, whether politicians or not, will be glad to read. Published by the Century Company, Union square, New York. Harper’s for November. The November Harper's maintains the high standard of that excellent and popu- lar monthly. The frontispiece is a copy of the St. Cecilia designed by F. S.Church for the St. Cecilia Society of Grand Rapids, engraved by Trank nch. Hardy’s strong story, “Hearts Insurgent,” which has been a marked feature of the maga- zine for months past, is concluded in this number. The installments of +‘Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc” and “The German Struggle for Liberty’’ | slashed by G. Bernard Shaw. | excellent hints for boys on buying and | Northfield, Minn. | tion of H. G. Wells, already known for his | | a volume of James L. Ford’s short sketches ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, MODELED IN BAS-BELIEF BY AUGUSTUS ST. GAUDENS IN 1887 DURING STEVENSON'S ILLNESS IN NEW YOREK. [ Reproduced from an engraving in the Century Magazine.] and Horses,” a story by Brander Mat- thews; A Pilgrim on the Gila,” a story by Owen Wister; “Recent Impressions of Anglo Indian Life,” by Edwin lovel Weeks; ““A Thanksgiving Breakfast,” by | Harriet Prescott Spoffnrfi “‘Literary Bos- ton Thirty Years Ago,” by W.D. Howells; | “Out of the World at Corinto, a sketch of | travel, by Richard Harding Davis; “Plum- | blossom Beehe's Adventures,’ a Chinese character sketch, by Julian Ralph. The illustrations are by C. D. Welden, E. L. | Weeks, G. W. Peters, T.de Thulstrup, W. Hatherill, F. V. Du Mond, N.T. Smedley, Frederic Remington, Harry Frenn and others. Modern Art. | Emma K. 8. Sawyer says some wise | words about ““Frencn Symbolism in Poetry | and Painting” in the current issue of | Modern Art. Then there is a translation | of a part of Puvis de Chavannes’ views on the conflict between the schools of art, old | and new. Nordau's ‘‘Degeneration’ is | Puklished by Prang & Co., 28 Roxbury street, Bos- | ton, Mass, The Cosmopolitan. | I. Zangwill has a stirring story of the | Jews in Rome, entitled ‘“Joseph the | Dreamer,” in the Cosmopolitan magazine for November. Theodore Roosevelt of New ¥ gives his opmion in regard to | “Taking the Police Out of Politics.” Herbert B. Tuttle puts salt on an equality | with coffee, tea, to&‘mcco and whisky, and argues that too much salt is used. Pleasant Hours, Young people will find much to interest and please them in the November number | of Frank Leslie’s Pleasant Hours for Boys | and Girls. There is a capital short story by Oliver Optic; an article giving some using a gun, by Wilf P. Pond, and many other features for the young people of the country. Popular Astronomy. The leading article in the November number of this magazine deals with “Vari- ation of Latitudes,” illustrated. Professor 3. E. Barnard’s “Four Little Sky Trayel- is republished from the San Francisco | Examiner. Edited by William W. Payne nd Charlotte R. Willard. Published by Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, The Literary Digest. | This weekly compendium of the con- | temporaneous thought of the world edited by Edward J. Wheeler. It deals with the most important subjects of the day by presenting extracts from the writ- ings of the leading thinkers of the world. [Published by Funk & Wagnalls Com- pany, 30 Lafayette place, New York.] pthy i LIVE LITERARY NOTES. FICTION. A descriptive and reminiscent series of charming pen sketches of a year’s stay at a great country house has come Irom the pen of Mrs. J. 8. Hallock in a volume en- i titled ‘‘Notes From a Grey Nunnery.”” “The Wonderful Visit,”’ a daring concep- | humor and satire in his “Time Machine,” | is the title of a new story soon to be pub- | lished in book form. | “Bohemia Invaded’ is the title story of | of all sorts of New York life and character, from Coney Island and the ‘“‘tenderloin district” to the families of the nouveau riche. | “Zoraida,” a story of the Great Sahara | and the Harem, by William le Queux, has recently come from the publishers. The | author is that i'oung London journalist whose story of the “Guilty Bonds” was of- ficially prohibited circulation in the Rus- gsian Empire and whose romance of “The Great War of 1897” has attracted favorable comment from several of the crowned | heads of Europe and from Gladstone, Salis- | bury, Wolseley and others of England's foremost men. “Aunt Billy,” by Alyn Yates Keith, author of “A" Hilltop Summer” and “A | Spinster’s Leaflets,” 1s the title of a book of interesting sketches of New England village life that is given a picturesqueness and humorous charm that many of us| might not recognize in the reality. | liver Optic, Whose writings have long been such a delight to youth, has in his | recently published “Half Round the| ‘World” furnished a story of exciting ad- venture and not a little useful informa- tion. Louis Belgrave, a young million- aire, is the hero, and, accompanied by sev- eral of his young friends, he is making a voyage around the world in his steam yacht. This volume deals with adventures | along the coast of India and among the East Indies. Rudyard Kipling’s new “‘Jungle Book,” to be published by The Century Company November 10, will contain a great number | of ornamental cuts—initials, emblematic headbands, etc., made by Mr. Kipling’s father. | A new Lincoln book has been issued by | Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. It is a com- pilation by L. E. Chittenden of the public speeches and writings of Abraham Lin- coln. The same publishers announce the second volume of the ‘‘Secret of an Em- pire Series,” which deals with the person- ality of Napoleon III. “The Mabattaners,” a book by Edward 8. Van Zill, is a romance of New York so- ciety and journalistic circles. The book is praised as clever and clean. Lovell, Cory- ell & Co. publishers. MISCELLANEOUS. A beautiful “Book About Fans” has just appeared. Mary Cadwallader Jones has a chapter on fan-collecting and the history of fansand fan painting is treated at great length by M. A. Flory. 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