The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1896, Page 23

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1896. 23 A LEAF FROM THE PAST Editor Dana's Gritics His Old-TJime Republish Some of Utterances Jo Prove That the Eminent dournalist Has Undergone a Serious Change in His Views of Late Years PROUDHON AND HIS “BANK OF THE PEOPLE.” Being a reprint of newspaper arti- cles written by Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun. Published by Benjamin R. Tucker, New York (box 1312). One of the most amusing pieces of campaign literature that it has been our privilege to in- spect this year comes from a New York publisher. A casual glance at the title-page on its arrival disclosed the name of Charles A. Dana, the veteran editor of the New York Sun, as its author. A little further search, however, showed that Mr. Dana is not responsible for its publication—at least, not just now. Journalists are subject to the same natural laws asother people. Like the rest of human- kind, Mr. Dana was once a young man. At the early age of 30, this stripling found him- self the occupant of the editorial chair in the New York Tribuune office. This was in 1848, at about the time when Pierre Joseph Proud- hon made considerable stir in Parison account of the ardor with which he threw himself into the socialistic propaganda. The revolution of 1848 was in full swing. z Then up rose Charles A. Dans, and pro- ceeded, with all the might of his editorial pen, to eulogize M. Proudhon. In November, 1849, | we find him expressing sympathy for the | revolutionist in this wise: ‘“Property 1s the | right of possession; at the/same time itis the right of exclusion. . “Property is the reward of labor; and at the same time the negation of labor. “Property is the immediate product of soci- ; and the dissolution of soclety. Property is an institution of justice; and PROPERTY IS ROBBERY.” These were the principles advocated by Proudhon. “Bravo!” quoth Dans. (As we have said, Mr. Dana wes a young man.) And then he continued at & later period: *“Would to God that this hot ana bloody struggle were over and that peace might come at last to the world! And yet I invoke no seeming peace that the weaker may ever anew be plun- dered, but a peace with Liberty, Equality, and honest man’s and not robber’s Qrder for condition. What is the way to such a place? Through war and destruction, through such war as that at Rome and that in Hungary—perhaps, too, through such as that of Jurie, 1848, in Paris.” * * * “Letothers give aid and comfort to despots. Be it ours to stand for liberty and justice, nor fear tolock arms with those who are called hotheads and | demagogues when the good cause requires.” Mr. Dane was at this time still a young man.) | Time passed on. The stigma of youth was | gradually obliterated from the sympathizer | with Proudbon. The New York journalisi got possession of the Sun, a Democratic organ. | Mr. Dana continued, with a few intermissions, | sympathy with the principles of his | ¥ the present year, when he “‘bolted,” giving ss his reason an inability to stomach | latform as formulated at the Chicago con- vention. And now appears on the scene the party of second part—one Benjamin R. Tucker. S icker is & good deal of & wag. In an eccentrically printed little pamphlet he repub- lishes Mr. Dann’s vaperings touching socialism. These he places side by side with some | of Mr. Dana’s recently published utterances. | Herein e find Gtover Cleveland sneeringly zed as “The Proudhon of Buzzards | Bay,” as Mr. Tucker obseryes, “The arti- | cles here eollated prove beyond a doubt that, | in Mr. Dane’s real belief, to liken & man to Proudhon is to bestow on him the highest ker opines that Mr. Dana will not his efforts to permanently preserve his editorisl utterances while in the heyday of youth with any cordiality. We entirely agree with him on this point. We make bold to say | that we should like to witness & meeting be- | tween the two gentlemen named tojhear what | they had to say. It wounid be worth listen- ing to. e HAS DONE NOBLER WORK. EMBARRASSM By Henry James. New | Y Macmillan & Co. For sale by the km- | porium Book Department; price $1 50. Under this general ¢aption Hency James has published his last volume of four short stories. They are entitled respectively: “The Figure in the Carpet,” ‘‘Glasses,” “The Next Time,” “The Way it Came.” It seems strange, viewing Mr. James’ con- ‘ceded ability as a writer, that he prefers to de- vote himself to this class of literature rather than to the production of & good standard novel. He has, indeed, produced works that can be so characterized, but there is some- thing evanescent about these sketches. They are sparkling and forcetul as far as they go, and exhibit to a remarkable degree the author’s command of good English; but their value in supporting Mr. James’ reputation 1is doubtful. We prefer to take “The Boston- ians” as & sample of his work rather thanto accept any of his short-story volumes. It can be said that there is nothing very ex- citing in Henry James’ writings. They follow their course evenly and smoothly &nd appear to do very well without stirring incident. They always seem to present themselves as critical essays, analyzing the passions and emotions of life; but, as we have said, we should like to see the author of “The Boston- ians” in the character of a writer whose works have some stability of purpose. We confess & weakness for the ‘‘novel with an object,” and the latter-day reader of novels is in hearty sympathy with the sentiment. A _NEW HANDBUOK ON CURRENCY AND WEALTH. By George B. Waldron, M.A. ~Pub- lished by the funk & Wagnalls Company New York. For sale by all dealers; price 50 cents. There has been no small quantity of reading matter issued In the past few months dealing with the current financial problems which confront the people of the United States. We have had large books and small books, books of fact and books of fiction, and books that are neither. Amid all these it is somewhat of a relief to come upon & diminutive brochure, bearing the stamp of authenticity, that seems to place these matters in small space and yet to leave nothing unsaid. It is compiled by the statistical editor of “Voice,” and will be found of value, to the exclusion of works of larger | bulk. Among the topics considered are the “Money System of the United States,” including goid, silver and minor coins, notes, etc.; ““Currency and Finances of the World “The Relations of Gold and Silver,” dealing with prodnctive and commercial ratios, relation to prices and wages; “Wealth and Its Ownership,” showing the production, distribution and consumption of wealth, growth and extent of trusts, debts public and private and business failures; a miscellaneous section on railroads, tele- graphsand telephones, strikes and lockouts, land snd population, immigration and foreign born, the liquor traffic, and the Presi- dential vote in 1892. Also a complete index. MORE ABOUT FINANCIERING. THE MONETARY AND BANKING PROB- LEM. By Logan G. McPherson. York D. Appleton & Co. For sale by William Doxey price $1. 3 In a duodecimo of 135 pages Logan G. Me- Pherson has expanded into an admirable treatise three essays which were originally published in the Popular Science Monthly during the months of May, June and July of this year; the treatise and the original articles bearing the title: “The Monetary and Bank- ing Problem.” The author lars down the propositions that the meintenance of civilization depends upon the exchange of the product of human effort and that money is the means whereby this exchange is effected. Drawing from these propositions the conclusion that an ample supply of money 1s essential to the welfare of civilized men, he maintains there should be sufticient coin for small retail transactions and a sufficient paper currency for trans- actions of greater value. The issuing of coin, he argues, should be left in the hands of the Government, since that tends to preserve uniformity in the qual- ity and cognizability of coins, but as the de- mund for larger currency varies with the con- N AN EASTERN HOT WAVE. ——==a | d ition of trade, the issuing of paper money should be intrusted toa well-adjusted banking system. He finds an excellent model of a | banking system in that of Canada and sug- | gests the adoption of & similar one in this | country. \ | Neither gold nor silver forms an absolutely just standard of value, and as there is reason | to believe that in future these metals will be | even less fitted for the pnrpose than at pres- ent, it has become of great importance that a more comprehensive study should be given to | | the problems involved in money and banking | than has been yet accorded them by the American people, ana for that reason this little volume may be accounted timely. RESTRICTIVE MEASURES URGED. IMMIGRATION FALLACIES. By John Chet- wood Jr. Boston: rena Publishing Company: price, paper covers, 25 cents. This excellent little work meakes a strong presentation of the evils of the present system | of indiscriminate and unrestricted 1mmigra- | tion to this country and the suthor urges | that effective means should at once be taken to | | put a stop, at once and forever, to the admis- | | sion of ignorant, poverty-stricken, imbecile and criminal foreigners. He also advocates | the passage of a law preventing foreigners from being naturalized or allowed to vote ' until they have resided in the country for ten years, thereby putting a stop to the manipule- tion of the “machine vote” of aliens, and the | running of so-called alien “voting mills” by | professional politicians and ward bosses for | party purposes. The author deals with the whole question | in a very thorough manner, taking into ac-' | count not only its political aspect, but also its | economic and social aspects; and he justly | contends that, though the economic value of | immigration is very great, yet the true wealth | of & nation is measured not by the acreage or money, but by the character of its people. He also deals with the history of the question | and shows that the views expressed by Wash- | ington. Jefferson and other Revolutionary fathers were utterly opposed to unrestricted immigration, such as has now been going on | for years past. { T E MISSPENT ENERGY. | THE NEW GOVERNMENT. By Francis King. Published by the Author; price 50 cents. This little book is not remarkable for many | reasons. It puts forth a scheme for a new | government, in which there is absolutely nothing new. The author in a short preface acknowlefiges this fact, at the same time mak- ing the peculiar statement: ‘‘Questions per- taining to commerce, law, money, etc., are not dealt with, as these matiers will be adjusted at the proper time and in the proper manner, ‘when the ‘government’ is once in operation.” Seeing that these little matters which Mr. King | skips so lightly over are usually considered of | vital importance in any scheme or politics, one can at once perceive the value of his work. “The system is not visionary,” urges the writer. Herein we respectfully differ from him. It is simply and absolutely Utopian. ‘We use this in default of a qualifying adjective vigorous enough to characterize the absurdity of Mr. King’s claims. The book under review was setup, printed and published at the New Government Office, & printing establishment founded by the author for the purpose. This being the case, itstends as & monument of his energy, and it seems to us that Mr. King, by devoting the same amount of labor and thoughtin other directions, at the same time reconciling himself to existing con- ditions, might have produced something far more useful, not to say more remunerative. BEAUTY IN BOOK-MAKING THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES, with essay by Elbert Hubbard. For sale by tie croft Printing Shop, East Aurora, N. Y. 2. an Roy- Price It has rarely been our fortune to see any of the Scriptural “Writings” issued in so handsome & style as is this one, and &t 50 modest & price. The pook under review is valuable, if only to show that England and the Continent have not a monopoly of all that is beautiful in the bookmaker’s art. It is printed in the early Venetian style, with special designs for the initials, colophon and rubricated borders. In preparation of the text Mr. Hubbard has had the scholarly assistance of his friend, Dr. Frederic W. Sanders of Columbia University. The worthy pressman has also been helpfully counseled by several eminent bibliophiles. It is a pity that only 700 copies have been printed on Holland hand-made paper, and but twelve on Japanese vellum. These latter, by the way, have all been disposed of. We ven- ture to say that the former edition will not re- main long unsold. The Roycroft Printing Shop is to be congratnlated on its excellent taste in the matter of typography, and Mr. Hubbard shouid also be accorded a word of praise for his able introductory essay. OUR NATIONAL PARK.. YOSEMITE AND THE BIG TREES. ByJ. M. Hautchings; price 50 cents. This is quite a valuable little publication, serving as a guide to tourists who desire to visit the Yosemite Valley. It is lavishly illustrated and the letter-press is clear and readable. The book contains much historical and other data, useful both to the native and the stranger with- inthegates. Choice isgiven the touristof three or four different routes, the distance of each is carefully enumerated and the cost accurately stated. Altogether Mr. Hutehings has done his work well and the attractiveness of the guide will also make it of value as a neat sou- venir of one of California’s most picturesque valleys. A CAMP/IGN BOOK. WON ON A SILVER BASIS. By T. Carl Spelling. Published by Hartwell, Mitchell & Willls, 107 Montgomery street, <an Francisco. For sale at all bookstores; price 25 cents. This is an interesting little work on the cur- rent financial question, written by a local at- torney and issued by a local firm of publish- ers, Mr. Spelling has chosen to direct the at- tention of his readers to politico-economie problems by putting them in the form of a story; this, to use his own words: ‘‘Not be- cause of any aspirations on the part of the writer to acquire fame as a story-writer, but in order to secure protracted aitention on a “SCIENCE AND ART.” [From the Metropolitan Magazine.] T DD subject which, as ordinarily presented, be- comes tiresome before it is understood in all its details and ramifications.” The idea appears to us to be & good one, and ‘while Mr. Spelling makes no extravagant pre- tensions for his work, the little book can be welcomed as an acceptable addition to eam- paign literature, the more so that 1t bears the prestige of being entirely a local publication, It has, furthermore, the advantage of being thoroughly up to date. LITERARY NOTES. Andre Castaigne, the artist, was recently given the unusual opportunity of sketch in Pope Leo from life. One of the plctures that he secured represents the Pope in his private garden at the Vatican. Mr. Castaigne’s draw- ings accompany the concluding paper of the group which Marion Crawford hes been writ- ing on Rome. It appears in the Century for August. A letter of Southey’s just unearthed has this reference to “The Lay of the Last Minstrel”: “My vrofits upon this poem (‘Madoc’) in the course of twelve months amount to precisely £3 17s 1d. In the same time Walter Scott has sold 4500 copies of his ‘Lay,’ and netted over £1000. But my acorn will continue to grow when his turkey bean shall have with- ered.” “Conjueal Amenities” is thestory of a luxuri- ous and high-spirited young woman, who, mar- ried to an English nobleman, gives the worthy man serious cause for anxiety. Her luxurious tastes, her greedy desire to make the most of life, and the colloguial animation of her nar- rative give raciness to the book. A.E. Chiett & Co., 70 Fiith avenue, New York, are the pub- lishers. Messrs, Macmillan have Sir Frederick Pol- lock’s *“First Book of Jurisprudence” almost ready. Though primarily addressed to stu- dents of 1aw, it will appeal in some measure to the general student and reader. Rudyard Kipling has lately written two new berrack-room ballads, which will be published in McClure's Magazine—the first in the Sep- tember number. FROM GREAJER NEW YORK Bob Davis Runs Across a Number of Promi- nent Westerners in the Gorridors of the Metropolis NEW YORK, Ava. 18.—The only ex- cuse I have for not writing a letter last week can be traced to the fact that there were no Californians in sight. The terrible death-dealing humidity that has swept over the East has paralyzed society, stopped tourists and visitors and plugged up the channels that are ordinarily news producing. At the present writing over 700 people have vither dropped dead in the streets or died in their beds. Children have gasped out their young lives in a struggle for fresh air and animals of all kind have dropped dead in their tracks or gone mad. The hotels are deserted and the registers show no new names. The movements of those Californians who are already here have simply been confined to trips to the seashore and back to their hot rooms and hotels about midnight. Whenever I do run across a Western native, he simply mops his brow, says unkind things to me for speaking to him and reels off down the street denouncing the town and the cli- mate. A breeze such as comes off San Fran- cisco Bay every afternoon would be worth all the money in Wall .street this day. Linen suits, light coats and neglhgee shirts have been found to be simply worthless as a form of comfortable clothing. Grad- ually people are beginning to appear on the streets with less and less each day. If the heat keeps up much longer there will be a few thousand arrests for indecent ex- posure. 0ld residents say, ‘‘This is the first time we have ever had snch weather,” but the visitors don’t regard such an explanation as a sufficient balm for their feelings of disgust. Perhaps, though, you have had enough of this. - - * Another Californian, by the way, has taken anto himself a wife. This time it is Holbrook Blinn, leading man with Effie Ellsler last season, and soon to join Roland Reed’s new company. He has, it is. perbaps well to state, married Miss Ruth Benson, formerly of San Jose. She, too, is of the Thesvian order and was lead- ing lady for Mrs. Auzerais when that lady took a tour from San Francisco to Alaska. Mr. Blinn was along as leading man. That’s how it all came about. The whole affair was a clever little incident, and Mr. Blinn, who was rehearsing with Mr. Roland Reed’s company at the time, found that he had a great many more friends at the wedding than were origi- nally arranged for. It seems that he told his superior that he had a iittle business around the corner that required his im- mediate attention. Mr. Reed at first ob- jegted to the young man leaving the re- hearsal, but when Blinin let the cat out of the bag all hands took an hour off and the knot was tied at what is known as “The Little Church Around the Corner” in the presence of the company. * % x I have very frequenty had occasion to call attention to the strength of the word California when used at the right time and in the right place. An incident oc- curred not long ago in one of New York’s leading restaurants where the Bohemians and actors gather with the newspaper men which illustrates the point toa nicety. Mr. Charles Michelson, formerly of San Francisco, and myself, had (aken a seat in the aforesaid restaurant and after eating a course or two our friend Michelson in- sisted that the best thing to do was to order some California wine and have the best there happened to be in stock. The order was given and the wine duly tested. “This beastly stuff didn’t come from California,”” exclaimed Michelson, who is more of an authority on such mat- ters than myself. He promptly set the bottle down and announced that hq wanted the real thing. The waiter glared at him and started an argument as to the relative merits of California wines as compared with other not-so-well-known sections of the United States. “Itis not necessary to prolong the con- versation with your personal opinions on wines and their different qualities, so we will dismiss the subject and you will be kind enough to bring me a quart of Cali- fornia wine,”” answered Charles, with that detestable calm stare of his. | The flunkey looked dazed a minute, and muttered something to which the Cuban correspoundent very promptly took excep- tion. It looked as though a row was to occur. The waiter took hold of a water bottle and stood off threateningly. With a bound Michelson grabbed a chair, jumped out in the open and, swinging it over his head, yelled lustily: **Vive California.” In an instant twenty men left their seuts and closed in a circle around him. ““We are with you and California,” they cried as if one man, and it woulda have been a very ‘unhealthy exercise for any- body to come up against that circle. It was a great sight, and in another moment a wild yell of approval went up from the onlookers, and the waiter took himself off. When order was restored congratulations were passed around, and Charlie got his wine just the way he wanted it. * » = Orrin Black, the well-known newspaper man of San Francisco, arrived in New York Thursday morning and went to the Holland House, where Mrs. Black joined him, the lady having just returned from a tour with the wife of the Democratic Presidential nominee. . The theatrical season is picking up here a littie and one meets a good many of the California school along the Rialto. Miss Virginia Jackson, a niece of Sub-Treasurer Jackson, is in the city at present, prepar- ing to go out this season with some trans- continental company. She has had two or three offers, but has accepted none of them as yet. The young lady is one of the most talented women who ever went out of San Francisco and her ability is ap- preciated by managers here. Albert Lando, formerly of the old Al- cazar Company and one of the members of the “Evans and Sontag” Company, has engaged for the season with *‘The Cotton- Spinner” Company and will move out in a few days. George Hernandez, Horace Thrum and Stanley Ross, all California boys, are making their pre parations for the coming season, and there is no doubt about their catching on, as they have already passed one winter in New York and done well. Mrs. Beaumont Packard, at 47 Twenty- eighth street, at one time a resident of San Francisco, has established a theatrical burean here, and is well in touch with all the California talent. L. BE. Stagge, who started a finan- cial paper in San Francisco last year and sold the same out to George Heazle- ton for $2500, is now in New York. He tried a season in Cripple Creek, but failed to become very mmuch attached to the lace. Mr. Stagge goes to work on the ew York Tribune Monday next. g Bos Davis. IN THE LITERARY FIELD A San Francisco Liady Has a New Novel on “The doys of Life" Proof That a Woman Caused One of the Most Brilliant Mi Movements of the Late Givil War . The Overland Monthly for September is a special number, devoted to good roads. It will contain an interesting article on ‘‘Munici- pal Pavements and How They Are Laid” by George W. Elder, ‘official expert of the City Street Department, followed by & compre- hensive article on “Good Roads,” by Charles Freeman Johnson, a well-known contribu- tor to the cycling papers, and one by Judge F. H. Kerrigan, chief consul ot the North California Division, on the ‘‘League of Ameri- can Wheelmen in Politics.”” These articles will be of interest to the general public as well as to the wheelmen of the City and State. Papers on “The Water Supply of San Fran- cisco,” by Rounsevelle Wildman, on ‘‘Hum- boldt County and Its Resources,” and on the “Mining Interests of California” by Senator Tirey L. Ford, together with the usual number of stories, poems, etc., make it a notable issue. The Macmillan Company announces “The Life of Richard Cobden,” written by John Morley, to be published in the autumn. After & brief narrative of Cobden's early life, of his commercial and mental progress, and ot his early travels, special attention is given to his life in Manchester, and the long fignt against the corn laws, which first gave him fame. His life in Parliament, his correspondence with Sir Robert Peel, and later with Mr. Bright and other public men, together with his own intimate knowledge of all that was of most importance in English history auring a half century which saw the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny and the American Civil War, furnish rich material fora biography. In Mr. Morley’s hands the book will be of unusual im- portance as well as of supreme interest. What is meant to be the standard Life of Napoleon Bonavarte is to be published by Messrs. Macmillen, in arrangement with the Century Company of New York. The writer is & well-known American man of letters, Professor W. M. Sloame, of whom Taine once said that he knew France better than any other foreigner he had met. The Life was underteken because there has hitherto been no complete and impartial Life of the great Emperor. There was thought to be more than a call for a work which should present Napoleon thoroughly—his character- istics, his early environment, the influences ‘which bore on the tormation of his character, his faults, and his virtues. Parts of the Life have been appearing in the Century, and have been widely read. A finely illustrated edition of the book on Constantinople, by Edmondo de Amicis, the Italian writer, is being prepared by Messrs. Putnam. They have already issued this work in English, but the present form is meant to be harmonious with the same author’s “‘Spain” and his “Holland.” The pictures include such subjects as the interior of the Mosque of Santa Sofia, the Tower ot Galata and Seraglio Point. Amicis is keenly interested in his English- speaking readers, and he appeals to our race a3 one of the most indefatigable wanaerers of the time. It has been said of him that he is at home anywhere and ready to start on any journey st an hour’s notice. Of his friend H. C. Bunner, Brander Mat- thews says in the September Scribner’s: “To say that Bunner was wholly free from any taint of Anglomania is to state the case mildl; his Americanism was as sturdy as Lowell He was firmly rooted in the soil cf his natiy- ity. He was glad that he was an American and proud of being a New Yorker. He saw that creatures of the type that Lowell scorned still lingered on, and if he were intolerant toward any one it waz toward the renegade American, the man without a country.” George W. Smalley has gone abroad on a spe. cial mission for the Ladies’ Home Journal. He has engaged to prepare a short series of arti- cles for that magazine, and is gathering the material for them in Europe. In October a remarkable collection of giant fossil remains of prehistoric animals, found in the Rockies during the past few years, will be American Museum of Natural History in New York. Professor Henry Fairfleld Osborn, curae tor of the museum, has written & popular ace count of these strange beasts, and the articla will appear in the September Century. The illustrations accompanying the article ara striking reproductions of the animals as they probably appeared in life. Anew series devoted to the great figures ot the Reformation will be begun in the au- tumn by Messrs. Putnam. It will be ed- ited by Dr. Macauley Jackson, and the tone will be fairly critical, not merely eulogy. Dr. Emerton of Harvard will write on Erasmus; Dr. Jacobs of Philadelphia on Lu« ther, and Professor Griswold Allen, on Crans mer. The monogsaph on Calvin will be by Professor Williston Walker of Hartiord, and that on Beza, the French reformer, by Profes« sor Martyn Baird of New York. It is uncers tain as yet who will write on Knox. Woman in war no longer refers, it would seem, merely to nursesor to Amazons in dis- guise. The sex is hereafter to be credited with great strategic abilities, according to Godey’s Magazine, which presents in its Sepe tember number an amazing mass of evidence to prove that it was a woman—Anna Ella Car« roll—that caused the military movement up the Tennessee River, and instituted what was in some respects the most brilliant and most important campaign of the Civil War. McClure's Magazine for September will cona tain & paper on Dr. W.T.G. Morton, the dise coverer of amesthesia, by his wife. Dr Morton’s discovery established painless sur- gery, and Mrs. Morton’s paper is the intimate personal history of a heroic battle for a new idea. It has special interest st this time, bes cause in October there is to be & public jubileg in honor of Dr. Morton’s priceless service ta humanity. The paper will be fully illustrateds Mr. Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor'a series on Spain, which he is printing in the Cosmopolitan, is to be issued in book form this coming autumn, together with several ad. tional articles which have not beer: published. There will be some changes in the book, which willbe called *The Land of the Castanet.” Messrs. Herbert S. Stone & Co. of Chicago arg to be the publishers. Justin McCarthy has arranged to write ame other volume, bringing his “*History of Oue Own Times” down todate. The hope is that it will be ready next autumn, when the Queen: will have completed a sixty years’ reign. At present the history stops at the general elece tion of 1880, so that Mr. McCarthy has a period of singular 1terest to cover. Bret Harte is prevaring a new volume of poems. He also promises, under the title of “Barker’s Luck, and Other Stories,” a group of tales which have appeared serially in different quarters, Further, several of his complete tales in paper-covered form are being gathered into a single volume, which will have the title “Devil’s Ford.” Ian Maclaren’s new short story, the last he will write until after his American visit, hag been secured by the Ladies’ Home Journal, for publication in the October and November issues. It is called “The Minister of St, Bebe'’s,” and is said to be in his brightest and cleverest vein. Mi:s Emma Wolf of San Franeisco, who will be remembered as the author of ““Other Things Being Equal” snd “A Prodigal in Love,” has written a third novel entitled “The Joy of Life,” which is now in the press of A. C. Mc» Clurg & Co. of Chicago, the publishers of Misg Wolf’s first work. Early 1n October the Century Company will issue Chester Baily Fernald's first book, ‘‘The Cat and the Cherub and other Stories,” and forthcoming numbers of the Century Magazine are to contain short stories from his pen. A new novel by Harold Frederic is to be published immediately by D. Appleton & Co, The title is “March Hares,” and the story i exhibited for the first time to the public at the I said to be one of much originality and interest, A GOLDEN GATE BREEZE.