The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1896, Page 21

Vv THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1896. and ooRmakRers FRANK L. STANTON, MOXNG the foremost of those Southern contributors to current boetry and fiction who are per- petuating in literature both the color and spirit of the life of to-day and the romance and legend of the oiden time in the South is Frank L. Stanton, £till voung and full of the higher promise, He stards conspicuous in the galaxy of Bouthern writers who image the thought and reflect the aspirations of the genera- tion now to the fore. He is a proiific writer, and his newspaper verse (most of it written in haste, no doubt) has charms that appeal to North, East, South and West alike. latest effusions from Mr. Stanton’s versa- tile pen: - THE LOYAL SOUTH. I've long since knowed the war is over _AD’ that the worid is rollin’ right; No red dews fall upon the clover An’every lily’s spotless white. “An’ come!" say An’ “Here's “Now, march away ther We're goin’ to beat the Brit “Oh, wait!” savs little bime-eved Sally, An’ handed them a flutterin’ rag; epin’ makes the solc How kin you fight without a fia An' then I got 10 ruminatin’, A day in reyes, my biossom! m de chimbly-top: 5—y0u-00?" 4 Lawd, hit’s des po' me, ready fer de Jasper Sea; n “lowed i'd be; *twell ter-morrer " wait, good Lawd, sing fum de cypress trea: 0—lis—you-00?" “Good ‘Lawd, ef yon look you'll see body but de. po’ me, *twell my time is free: “twell ter-morrer!” PARSON’S PROXY. THE be Parson’s Prox is a tale of life in backwoodssettlement of the South, re a gang of counterfeiters take mur- derous means to drive from the locality certain people of character and influence whose endeavor to improve the regionisa warning to the lawless element of their ap- proaching rout. A new and zealous preacher arrives in the neighborhood, and finds many an obstaciein'the path of his T labors. The. -leadér of the TS engineers a quarrel, in whick incites a drunken blacksmith to strik son down. :The parson ‘is nearly the resuit of the dastard plot. The k in his-sober senses, appreci- the gravityof hisdeed,learns that het been used for a tool, then vis an and offers whatever ser amends. As the parson cannot meeting’’ the blacksmith declares will act as the parson’s_proxy and becomes a new man entirely, and sincerity is unquestionéd. The leader of the counterfeiters, it is learned, has de- signs on several lives, that of the parson among the rest. The “‘proxy” induces the pastor to visit in-the -North. for awhile in order to recuperate. returns, hires a saddle-horse at the station and starts homeward. He is met by his sroxy,” who walks, although in a thought- | way, at the pastor’s side. Finally he the privilege of riding.for a little dis 1ce, while the pastor enjoys a healthful spell afoot. They change places; the horse d the ‘“proxy’’ pastor ride on ahead. Passing a clump of bushes:a bullet that was intended for the pastor reached the proxy’s heart. The blacksmith had sacri- ticed his life for the man he had once, in Appended are a few of the | At length the pastor | mental blindness, injured. Suspicion resz upon the counterfeiters, and their rendaez- vous in a cave is about to be attacked, | when an explosion takes place. The vil- lains’ store of powder blows up and whirls th4 leaders of the gangz into eternity. The | settlement is redeemed from its hard name. The dialogue is mostly in dialect. Kate | W. Hamilton is the author. [Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. For sale at the | bookstores; price $1 25.] IPORTRAIT OF A N EW WOMAN., “A Clever Wife” is the title of a novel fresh from the pen of W. Pett Ridge. It is entertainingly written and hasa pecu- liar interest at this period when the “emancipation of woman’’ is one of the | common topics of general society. The author takes for his hero a young artist who is desirous of making a name for him- | self. Before acquiring fame or fortune, | however, he meets and falls in love with a | woman who longs to be known in the lit- | erary world. Sheis a strong advocate of woman’s rights and has become convinced | that nineteen married women out of twenty are no better than slaves. The | artist marries the literary woman and | | atter a honeymoon of two weeks the wife informs her husband that she is eager to resume her life work in London, and de- | | clares her intention of going back to her “*bachelor” quarters, the husband return- | {ing to his old lodgings as well, in order | | that neither might be hampered in any | | T separate against the hus- | | band’s w! | The wife writes a book and makes a hit. She has attained the success e sought and still she feels a void in her Tne husband has some objection to | introduced about as *Miss Cice! ‘esterbam’s Lusband” and he quits Lon- | for Paris, where he becomes noted in | | the realm of art and where his pictures | come into demand. The wife writes an- | other book and the artist reads in_the re- views that it has fallen flat. He knew ho e proud woman's natute would suf- | fer from such a blew and longed to be near | to comfort the disappointed. About the | | same time his eyes light upon a blue-pen- | ciled paragraph that gives intimations of | | a scandal in which the name of his wife is | associated with that of a man about town. | The artist starts for London without de- | v, to discover that the dreadful rumor | was started by a eful enemy whom his ung wife had refused to admit into her ety. Like the majority of stories, “A ever Wi Bappily. The new nan adm in seeking fame of the happiness | e and the love of a husband, into rms she retreats at last to remain ke from the flattery and scorn of a critical public. &Pu!»l:\hed by Har- pers. For sale by A. M. Robertson; price $1 50. CIVILIZATIO AND DECAY. Brooks Adams has challenged the | opinion of the world in his new and strik- | ingly original volume, entitled, “The Law | of Civilization and Decay.” The Critic terms Mr. Adams’ originality not that of | genius but of baneful idiosyncrasy, and | declares that “‘he looks through spectacles | | whose lenses convey a strongly distorted | picture to his brain.” According to the | | sume authority the book has a dangerous | fascination for the untaught mind, which mignt cast aside the writings of scholors, who have developed their theories from actual facts, and whose work is conse- quently not so symmetrically clear-cut, but more in conformity with the com- plexity of social evolution. Follo g is a condensation of the theory which Mr. Adams elaborates: “Animal life is one of the outlets which solar energy is dissipated. Tho s one of the manitestations of human | energy, and among the earlier and simpler | phases’ of thought, two stand conspic fear and greed” 'In the earl society fear is the prevailing n primitive and scattered comr | agination is vivid and the m | duced are the religious, milita; | this stage man expresses himself architecture. But, “as _consolid vances, tear ylelds to greed, organism tends to superse and martial” The presses itself in coinage, not-in architecture. “Whenever a race is sorichly endowed with the energetic material that it does not expend all its energy in the daily struggle for | |life the surplus may be stored in the | | shape of wealth. * "% & "When surplus | energy has accumulated in such bulk as | to preponderate over productive energy, it be- | comes tbe controlling social force. * * * | Thenceforward capital is antocratic, » * -* | In this last stage of consolidation the eco- nomic snd perhaps tre scientific intellect is | propagated while the imagination tades and | the emotional, the martial and the artistic | types of manhood decay. * * * Asthe social | movement of a race is accelerated more of its energetic material is consumed, and ultimately soclelies appear to attain a velocity at which | they are unable to make good the waste. |* ¥ * Wnen a highly ceutralized society dis- | integrates under theé pressure of economic | competition it is because the energy of the | race has been exhausted. Consequently the | survivors of such & race lack the power neces- | sary for renewed concentration and must prob- | ably remain inert until supplied with fresh en- +ergetic material by tae infusion of barbarian blood.” | MR, through ‘In the he P through i ale TYRAWLEY'S APOTHEOSIS. | “The Apotheosis of Mr. Tyrawley” isa novel by E. Livingstone Prescott, which | shows how a little of love's sunshine | thrown upon a -career that has grown ac- | customed to shadow alone. sometimes | works a mnoble redemption. Tyrawley’s | young association was with a rapid set. He eschewed honest toil or endeavor, and threw gcod years away solely on “‘cards, | billiards and their concomitants.” Like T M ek y "‘M“"“"“‘; o [t it | past. 1.day of the rescue. | to London and starts out as keeperof a | fruitstand. | possessor of many another hero of fiction 1t was his luck just about the time he had discovered the uselessness of his existence to_become the rescuer of a maiden from death in the waves. This bringson a fit of sickness. and the attendant physician_takes a warm interest in the patient, and maps out a way for him to make amends for a wasted It is uphill work, for Tyrawley is | })ursued by enemies in the shape of al- | eged good people who make it a constant task to warn the world against reposing | contidence in the strugeling man, and in continually blighting nis prospects. The doctor comes in as a spur to renewed et- forts, ana the doctor also keeps fanning the flame of love that was kindled on the Finally Tyrawley goes He is found by his landlord to be a long-lost relative. and is made the estate. This trust in him lisborn of the reason that, having a bad past, Tyrawley had shaken himself free of t and gotdown to redeem himself like anran. A marriage with the girl of the rescue is brought about by the doctor’s ef- forts; the “‘enemies’” are discomfited and downed; and, it follows, of course, that the first step in the apotheosis of Mr. Tyrawley was the heroic adventure in sdving this girl, for his genuine virtues were ali discovered to be admired there- after, [New York: Harper & Bros. For | sale by A. M. Robertson. Price $1 25.] PRINCE BONAPARTE’'S LIBRARY. The late Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte | was a genuine bibliophile and a book col- | lector of a rare type. His library, it is thought, wili be purchased by the Guild- hall - Library Association of TLondon. ¥ | Prince Lucien Bonaparte’s hobby was ex- | America,” clusively languages and dialects, and hi; library is entirely formed upon a philo- logical basis Books of this description do not appeal to the multitude; they do not possess much attraction even for the or- dinary book collector; vpartly, perhaps, be- cause a smattering of all the ancient and modern languages is not generally found even among bibliophiles, Prince and vigor of narrative. Toward the close, however, the story weakens, and finally comes to an abrupt and forced conclusion. The romance is not worked out and the mystery not explained. The unsatisfac- tory ending mars the effect of the work as a whole, and what might have been a good romance is reduced pretty nearly to the level of a second-rate mystery story, being redeemed, however, by several well worked-up situations and spirited inci- dents. [New York: Harper & Bros. For sale by A. M. Robertson, 126 Post street: price in cloth covers, $125.] AUTHENTICITY OF THE NEW TES- TAMEN A volume of especial importance to the religious world is *‘The Critical Handbook of the Greek New Testament,” by Edward C. Mitchell, D.D., president of Leland University, New Orleans. A new and en- larged edition, illustrated by diagrams, tables and a map, has_been published by Harper & Brothers. The first edition was printed some fifteen years ago. The plan of the book embraces a view of the pres- ent field of controversy on the subject of the authenticity of the New Testament Scriptures as regarded from a geographical and historical standpoint, in the presenta- tion of which a leading object has been to familiarize the mina with the periods and the persons most frequently referred to in the after-work of textual criticism. In the resume of textual criticism the author says he has taken care to combine brevity with the greatest possible accuracy of statement. In the new edition the only change in the general plan has deen the addition of a table of American manu- scripts und a glossary of abbreviations and unfamiliar words, “Thediscoveriesof the last fifteen years,” says Dr. Mitchell, “have more than doubled the known man- uscripts, and much clearer light has been thrown upon the history and contents of many of them.” The work is dedicated to | those ministers who have been the au- | thor's pupils and to all others who like- | wise desire to know ‘‘the certainty con- cerning the words wherein they have been instructed.” [New York: Harper & Brothers. For sale by A. M. Robertson; price §2 50.] THREE GRING( AME Richard Harding Davis has been go favorably introduced to the reading public | by his previous works, that his latest book, | “Three Gringoesin Venezuela and Central just issued by Harpers, will | doubtless be greedily absorbed. In this 1 work he has given the results of a study (on horseback most of the time) of the | peoples and customs of the American tropics. His descriptions of the indolent life ot the Honduranians shows that life to be as near an approach to the condition | of primitive men as one can find in this IN CENTRAL CA. i g SHE TURNED INTO THE OLD GARDEN. [Reproduced from *Doctor Warrick’s Daughters,” by Rebecca Harding Davis.] Bonaparte may be said to have known something of all languages and dialects; of very many his knowledge was truly profound. The more difficult the language the more eager he was to master it—an almost always successfully. He possessed books in the monosyllabic languages of China and Thibet; the - agglutinative languages in his library, divided into twelve sections, range from Finno-Tataric to Basque and the various groups of aboriginal America; while of the inflec- tional, primarily divided into three sec- tions—Semitic, Hamitic and Aryan—his selection is, for all practical purposes, complete. The library is rich in books of the greatest rarity; many, indeed, are entirely unknown even to recent biog- raphers. THE X JEWEL. Romances of love and adventure, inter- mixed with historic incidents and written in a style sufficiently quaint to suggest bvgone centuries without interfering with easy reading, have become common, and yet so great seems to be the popular de- mand for them that the supply is continu- ally increasing. Under these circum- stances it is pleasant fo be able to add that among the contributors to the suyply are a_number of new writers who show considerable talent and manifesta genuine ambition to do something of more note than to make a novel for a season only. If among these new aspirants for fame there aro none who come near enough to the work of Stevenson to be counted as rivalg, or even as successors to that great master of English romance in our own day, there are neverthelessquite a number wkhose stories have “thrills” in them and are well worth the reading. Among these may now be included the Hon. Frederick Moncrieff, whose romance, *“The X Jewel,” in spite of a few grave defects and some weaknesses of invention and narrative, has no inconsiderable strength and interest. There are passages in it, moreover, of such “WILL IT DO?” SHE ENTREATED WITH A SMILE. [Feproduced frcm ** The Day of Their Wedding,” ty W. D. Howells.) excellence as to give promise of much g;enter things to come from the same aun- thor. ‘The story narrates the adventures of a young soldier of fortune in Scotland dur- ing the troubled times of the youth of James VI. The plot invoives the loss of an extraordinary jewel éaresenud to the young King by Philip of Spain, Although the existence of the jewel had been kept carefully concealed by James, a report of it circulates through the kingdom, and it is bLelieved the jewel was given to the King to bind him to the church of Rome and to Spain. When the jewel is missed, therefore, the King is in great distress lest it should fall into the hands of an enemy who would use it to raise the fanatical Protestant spirit of the time against him. The quest of such a jewel in those stormy days affords a good theme on which to string a multitnde of aaventures, and in hemisphere. One of the conclusions that he reaches is that ‘“‘the Central American citizen is no more fit for a republican form ofé:avernmcnt than he is for an Arctic ex- pedition, and what he needs isto havea Erotectn;uge established over him either y the United States or another power, it does not matter which so long as it leaves the Nicaragua canal in our hands.” “Away from the coasts, where there is fever,” = Mr. Harding says, “Central America is a wonderful country, rich and beautiful, and burdened with plenty, but its people make it a nuisance and an affront to other nations, and its parcel of independent little States with the pomp of power and none of its dignity are and will continue to be a constant danger to the peace which should exist between two great powers."” The illustrations are a veritable pano- rama of views of Central America from Belize ‘in_British Honduras to Panama, through Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and of La Guayra and Caracas, in the much-discussed republic of Venezuela. Few of the new books are better or more profusely illustrated. g}larper & Bros. For sale by A. M. Robertson, 126 Post street; price $150.] A SINGULAR LIFE. " This story, by Elizaveth Stuart Phelps, deals with the experience of.a young clergyman who, regarded as unsound by the ecclsiastical council called to instal! him in a church, takes up with a humble life of service in the seaport town to which he had been called, but in the abandoned quarter of the town. Here he sets up the Church of the Love of Christ, for his own life is an attempt at actually realizing the spirit of Christ, and struggles single- nanded with the vice, especially the in- temperance, in the midst of which he lives. There is no repulsive scene-paint- ing, but the characters of liquor-dealers, fishermen and plain people are sharply drawn, The golden thread of romance which runs through the story is the love which springs up between the hero and the daughter of the old professor of divin- ity, a picturesque and brilliant girl. The her struggles of this single-hearted man in the spirit of absolute devotion and seli-forgeuulness, the stormy experiences through which he passed and the crown- ing success which tbhe heavens granted —all this, told as only Miss Phelps could tell it, makes. ‘A Singular Life" a story of thrilling interest and of profound sug- pestion. FBouton: Houghton, Mifflin & Clo.25 l]"or sale at the bookstores, Price, THE DAY OF THEIR ‘WEDDING. The pleasing story of Shaker simplicity, by William D. Howells, has been briefly alluded to in THE CALL already. Lorenzo Weaver and Sister Althea, two young ad- the early part of the story the author man- ages these with nolittle skill of construction herents of the religion of Ann Lee, resolve to abandon the family of Friends and wed and live in the “outside world,” the pleas- ures of which they are eager to taste. They flee from their settlement and jour- ney to that gay watering place, Saratoga. With eyes of wonderment they view the races and the gambling, and they are shocked to learn that “garato a isn’t any worse than many another place in the world outside.”” They are victimized here and there on account’ of their innocence, and after being duly married they con- clude that the Shaker society, from which they had torn themselves as silly lovers, was after all quite a paradise when com- pared with the greedy, reckless, unfriendly “outside world.” [New York: Harper Bros. For sale by A. M. Robertson; price $125.] ““DR. WARRICK’S DAUGHTERS.” “Dr. Warrick’'s Daughters,” by Re- becca Davis, is a well-written novel con- taining some heaithful moral lessons. One of the doctor’s daughters—Mildred— carried away with the vanity of riches, marries a man whose poverty of mind she had often scorned. But he has become one of the money kings and she sells her- self for his gold. In this choice she casts aside a young man of talent and high am- bitions, who had sought her hand. After- ward the latter dwarfs the money-bag of a husband in the field of politics and be- comes famous; and Mildred’s lord is stung with regret that he had neglected schools and books in his youth and made his life a mere race after riches. The other daughter, Anne, strives to improve her mind and is sought after for her intel- lectual attainments. She chooses a hus- band of honest worth, after proving his character, and they live humbly and hap- pily. The millionaire’s wife brings her husband close to the brink of ruin by stock gambling. She dies in Paris, leaving a son, who is made to profit through the father’s consciousness of his own life's mistake. [New York: Harper & Broth- ers. For sale by A.M. Robertson, Post street; price §150.] “IN SEARCH OF QUIET.” ‘Walter Frith has written a book for the summer months that so soon will be here, and has calied it “In Search of Quiet.” The scenes described are bucolic and most of the incidents are pastoral. For the title- page motto the author takes that odd sen- tence from Coleridge: *“The resuit of my system will be to show that, so far from the world being a goddess 1 petticoats, it israther the devil in a strait waistcoat.” The book is well written and will admira- bly serve the purpose of entertainment for whichitis intended. [Punlished by Harper & Brothers, New York, 296 pages. For sale by A. M. Robertson, 126 Post street.] A NEW EDITION. The Harpers have issued a new edition of Thomas Hardy’s novel, “The Wood- landers,” which was first published in 1886, It is for sale by A. M. Robertson. JAMES INWICK, PLOUGHMAN. “James Inwick, Ploughman and Elder,” is a Scotch tale told in the dialect of the Highlands. Those who love a genuine Caledonian story with its pictures of rural life in the land of the Bruce, and with its frequent tastes of honest philosophy, will find pleasure in this work by P. Hay Hunter. A copious glossary = accom- panies the book. [New York: Harper & Bros, Forsale by A. M. Robertson, Post street; price §L.] MAGAZINES FOR MARCH. The Century opens with a timely article of a light character by F. Hopkinscen Smith, entitled “A Personally Conducted Arrest in Constantinople,” with dainty illustrations by the author from his recent water-color paintings of scenes in Constap- tinople. This note of lightness and read- | apleness is repeated throughout this num- ber, notably in three stories by Vibert, the French artist, accompanying his famous pictures; also in an article by Professor H. C. Mercer of the University of Pennsyl- vania, giving his researches while on the track of “The Arkansas Traveler,” to- getber with the music of that tune and pictures from old-time lithographs; also inan article on Jobn Randolph of Roa- noke hy Powhatan Bouldin, consiiting of new recollections together with unpub- lished letters of Randolph’s which present this strange and interesting character in a graphic light. Anotner article of popular character is a sketch of the elder Dumas by Mrs. Emily Crawford, the Paris corre- spondent, in which a vivid picture isdrawn of that robust novelist. Entertaining also is the fiction of the numbver, includ- ing the fifth part of Mrs. Humphry Ward’s new novel, “Sir George Tressaday”; the fourth and concluding part of Hopkinson Smith's “Tom Grogan,” and short stories by Chester Bailey Fernald and Mrs. Bur- ton Harrison. On the more serious and important side comes, first of all, “The Life of Napoleon,” by Professor Sloane, in which Napoleon is shown as the ‘‘Foun- dation of Honor and Power,’’ establishing a new feudalism and having visions of worid empire, Another article of a sort which one is accustomed to look for in the Century is an account of *‘Stamping Out the London Slums,” written by Edward Marshall, secretary of the New York Tene- ment-house Commission, which will be in the nature of a revelation to Americans, besides giving suggestions as to the treat- ment of similar problems in our cities. Another article of importance is William E. Smythe’s “Ways and Means in Arid America,” in which the accomplishments of irrigation are set forth, with illustra- tions by Mrs. Foote, Harry Fenn and Orson Lowell. A piece of high-class litera- ture by Professor Woodrcw Wilson of Princefon is “On an Author’s Choice of Company,” while a short essay by Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton has the novel title, “The Perils of Small Talk.” In Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly the “Lee of Virginia’' series is continued, with a picturesque and superbly illustrated paper devoted t» Major-General Henry Lee of Revolutionary fame, the ‘‘Light Horse Harry” of his soldier contempora- ries, and the father of General Robert E. Lee. Other illustrated articles in the March Frank Leslie’s are: ‘“The New South,” by the Hon. John Y. Foster; “In 0ld Virginia,” by Kate Mason Rowland; ‘A Winter in Lombardy,” by Lena L. Pep- er; *“Woman's Work and Ministrations,”” Ey Alvan 8. Southworth; *“The Memory of Robert Burns,” by Margaret E. Leicester Addis; ‘‘Society Plays Golf,” by Diana Crossways, and “A_ Winter Vagary,” by William Potts of ‘“‘Underledge.” Among the contributors of fiction and poetry are Anna Katharine Green, Cleveland Moffett, Frances Swann Williams, Charles Ed- wardes, Henry Tyrrell and Georgia Roberts. In Harper's Magazine the special fea- tures for the current month are: “On Snowshoes to the Barren Ground,” by Caspar W. Whitney; “Arcadian Bee Ranching,” by Ninetta Eames; “Colonel Washington,’’ by Woodrow Wilson; “The German Struggle for Liberty,” by Poult- ney Bigelow; *‘The Nerves of a Warship,” by Park Benjamin. The fiction of the number includes installments of William Black’s “Briseis” and the ““Personal Recol- lections of Joan of Arc”; Owen Wister contributes a_humorous tale of Wyoming life, ealled ‘*Where Fancy Was Bred”; Julian Ralph is the author of a story of Chinese life, “The ‘Boss’ of Ling-Foo,” and Helen Huntington, a new name to Harper’s, appears as the author ofa Salva- tion Army story, *Jane Hubbs' Salva- tion”; Junius Henri Browne contributes a study of ‘Money-borrowers’”; Charles Dudfey ‘Warner, in the “Editor’'s Study,” pictures “A Dream Republic,” and_dis- cusses *‘The Strong Story,” and the “‘Edit- or’s Drawer” contains a yariety of humor- ous anecdotes, verses and pictures, The leading article in this month’s Fo- rum is contributed by the eminent French novelist and critic, Th. Bentzon (Mme. Blanc). Mme. Blanc contrasts ‘‘Family Life in America” with family life in ' features are: 21 FRANK L. STANTON, GEORGIA’S POET LAUREATE. [From a recent photograph.] 7 France, frankly criticizing certain phases of American home life. Mme. Blanc de- clares, however, that with certain reserva- tions which she mentions in her article she shall be delighted to ‘see French so- | ciety become more and more American- ized, and that in her opinion the type of the American family is very likely the one that will at last prevail—a profoundly in- teresting article. The Forum also con- tains a striking paper by Joseph -Nimmo Jr. entitled “The Nicaragua Canal an Im- practicable Scheme.” Mr. Nimmo con- tends in his article that from a commercial point of view the Nicaragua canal isim- racticable, and he declares the scheme to e one of the flimsiest chimeras that has ever gained human credence. In McClure’s Magazine is brought to light a speech of 1837 by Abraham Lin- coln, which the biographers until now, seemingly, have known nothing of, though it contains passages still of the highest in- terest. For example, of politicians Lin- coln says: “A set of men who have inter- ests aside from the interest of the people, and who, to say the mostof them, are taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men. [ say this with the greater freedom because, beingla politician myself, none can regard it as | personal.” There are also an amusingly | judicious love proposal of Lincoln’s and | some lively reminiscences of him as the leader in a successful maneuver to estab- lish the State capital at Springfield and as a young lawyer in that smart new town. The pictures are numerous and include four portraits of Lincoln. Among the contributors to McClure’s this month_are | Colonel John Hay, Rudyard Kipling, Rob- | ert Barr, Cleveland hioffett, Will H. Law and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. There are oems by the late Eugene Field and the ate Robert Louis Stevenson. Californians will be pleased to read the verses concerning this State by Garrett Newkirk in the March number of St. Nicholas. In making an imaginary tour of all tne States of the Union the poetcries: Hurrah! We've reached the “Golden Gate,” California’s joy and pride: Where all the ships of all the world At once may sately ride. Here San Francisco on her hills Sits ; roudly by the sea. While ships from China and Japan Cast anchor at her quay. This is a land of fruits and flowers, A land of golden grain; Where winters oiien are as kind As summers are in Malne. The warm Pacific waters lave A thousand miles of And California e v Still prospers more and more. Yosemite, the valley grand, Is found within this State; Those who may see itstand in awe To view the wonder great. The illustrations for these lines, as well as_throughout the magazine, are first class. Charles F. Lummis of Los Angeles has a charming ry, entitied “The Little Hero of Peru,” with illustrations by F. Lungrew and T. Moran. St. Nicholas is conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge. [Pub- lished by the Century Company, Union square, New York: $3 a year; single num- ber, 25 cents.] Scribner’s Magazine is of .more than usual excellence this month. The leading “President Andrew’s His- tory of the Last Quarter of a Century in the United States”; an installment of J. M. Baines’ story, “Sentimental Tommy'’; “Florentine Villas,” by Lee Baron, illus- trated by F..8, Coburn from photograp s, and “French Binders,” by 8. T. Priaeaux, illustrated with reproductions of some of their best work. Then there is a readable article, “Carnations,” by J. H. Connelly, which is illustrated from nature by Harry Fenn, while William Walton contributes an appreciative sketch of Miss Mary Cas- satt, illustrated by reproductions of some of her paintings and_pastels. The regular departments, “The Point of View,” ‘The Field of Art” and **About the World,” are as interesting as ever. LITERARY NOTES. Professor Saintsbury’s “History of Nine- teenth Century Literature’ is about to be issued in London. R. H. Woodward Company, Baltimore, Md., announce a new book, ‘‘Story of Turkey and Armenia.” The United States Book Company has been reorganized and the new firm will be known as the American Publishers’ Cor- poration. A new work of a theological character, “The Mind of the Master,” by the Rev. John Watson, best known as ‘‘Ian Mac- laren,” is announced. “From Fag to Monitor’’ is the titleofa new story for bt:’ys of public school life in England by Andrew Home, the author of ““Phrough Thick and Thin” and other well-known boys’ classics. Macmillan & Co. have in press a volume of “‘Studies in Judaism,” by 8. Scl.echter, reader in rabbinic in the University of Cambridge, which deals in a scholarly manner with many somewhat obscure topics in connection with the Jewish faith. It is understood that a_bill wiil soon be introduced in the New York Legislatura providing for the purchase of the Poe cottage at Fordham and an acre of ground around it, the property to belong to the New York Park Department and to be under its care. Superintendent Thomas Byrnes, the re- cently retired Chief of Police of New York, has just completed a remarkable work— “Professional Criminals of America’— which will be issued at once by G. W. Dillingham, New York, and will be sold by subscription. An important work, “The Coming In- dividualism,” by A. Egmont Hake, is an- nounced by Macmillan & Co. In it an at- tempt is made to comibat the theories of collectivism, which, in even their most advanced form of socialism, are finding gradually a wider practical application the world over. M. Ferdinand Loise of the Belgian Academy has long been engaged on an exhaustive study of the relations between poetry and civilization. He has already published two volumes on the subject and now has a third ready dealing with Italian poetry, The greater part of the fourth volume, treating of Spanish poetry, is slso written. A volume of - charming personal recol- lections of Sumner, Wilson, Clarke, Beecher and others associated in the anti- slavery movement has. been prepared by Mary B. Claflin, called “Under the Old Elms,” which is a description of Governor Claflin’s estate at Newtonville, combined with recollections of those who have visited it. F. Tennyson Neely, the publisher, an- nounces that he will immediuteqisme the following works: *‘Bugler Fred,” Captain Charles King; “How Women Love,”” Max Nordau; ‘“The Disciple,”” Paul Bourget; “In the Day of Battle,” J. A. Steuart; “The Captain’s Romance,” Ovie Read; ““The Spider of Truxillo,” Richard Hen Savage, and “The Adopted Daughter,” Edgar Fawcett. One of the industries of California which has attracted least attention, but which has grown. to important’ proportions, is bee culture. ‘An article by Ninetta Eames in. the March number of Harper’s Maga- zine describes entertainingly ‘‘Arcadian Bee-Ranching,” with its accessories of noble landscape and perfect climate. ‘The Eober is attractively 1llustrated by Guy ose. ‘“The Wood of the Brambles’ is the title of a new Irish novel by Frank Mathew, grand-nephew of Father Mathew, ‘‘The Apostle of Temperance,” announced for ublication by Way & Williams, Chicago, Marenl. *‘The Wood of the Brambles’” is a story of 1798, that most tragic period of Irish history, with all its lurid incidents of rapine and outrage, -and deeds of daring and seli-sacrifice. Mr. Austin, an assistant librarian in the Cornell library, while cataloguing the fine Dante collection presented to the univer- sity by Professor Willard Fiske, has found some live bookworms in an edition of the ‘‘Divine Comedy,” bearing the date MDXXXVT This isthe third time only that these rare insects have been found in an American library. Professor Comstock of the entomological department of Cor- nell has succeeded in raising from' the insects a number of eggs, worms and beetles for the university museum. Several years ago William Sharp pre- pared, at the instance of the late Philip Gilbert . Hamerton, an illustrated mono- graph entitled *‘Fair Women,’’ which ap- peared in the Portfolio series. Such por- tion of this monograph as the author cares to preserve has been reworked and wi shortly appear in book form; with theim- grint of Way -& Williams, together with is “‘Fragments irom " the lost Journals of Piero di Cosimo,” recaptured from The Scottish Review, under the title of ‘‘Ecce Puella.”” The Messrs, Scribner will publish this month a volume of “Vailima Table Talk,” by Mrs. Strong and Lloyd Osborne. Mrs. Strong was Mr. Stevenson’s amanuensis, and Mr. Osborne, as is well known, collab- orated with him in several of his stories. This “Table Talk” was taken down while it was iresh in the memory of both and with the consent of Mr. Stevenson, who submitted to being Boswellized, though he rather made a joke of it. The book issaid to be most interesting. Readers of the Cosmopolitan may: re- member a story entitled “Jim Lancy’s ‘Waterloo,” by rEylla ‘W. Peattie, which ap- gesred several years ago. It isa powerful it of realism founded in fact, "and at- tracted much attention to the magazine, and to the State of Nebraska, in which the scene is laid. The author, who is an_ edi- torial writer on the Omaha World-Herald, is widely known in the middle West as a writer of & number of tales of Western life, full of local color and characterizea by much finish and charm. A collection of these tales, with the title “A Mountain Woman,” is announced by Way & Wil- liams (Chicago) for publication in April. - NEW TO-DAY. A TRUE STORY. THE MADDEST WONAN You ever heard of was one who- got hurt on 2-raflroad. She lived on Hyde street. There was a certainty for her of pain, a good rest and BIG DAMAGES. A friend gave her something for 1t, which he assured her was good 50 she used it, and then commenced making a list of all the things she ‘would buy with the damages. That ‘was some com{ort. Next day .railroad people catled and found her svo' nearly -well they could not give her a cent. 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