The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1896, Page 19

1 _ What : the Magazines Contain 'Someth.ing About Poor Richard—Irving M. Scott on Hard Times T GODEY's. Godey’s Magazine for October contains the first chapter of & short life of Benjamin Frank- lin, written by George C. Lay. “Poor Rich- : ard” had, perhaps, the most engaging person- &lity among the founders of the Republic, and - his 1abors were of the highestimportance. Mr. Lay, in his first chapter, treats of “Frank- lin, the Apprentice, the Printer and the Phi- Josopher,” in a very readable manner, and in the other chapters will take up his achieve- . ments as politician and diplomat. Lida Rose “McCabe's account of ““The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue; an Anti-Slavery Crisis Which Almost Precipitated the Civil War in 1859 Through .. theSecession of the North,” makes interesting political reading. Another election-time arti- cle 18 called “The Present Campaign in Car- 100D, reflecting in newspaper pictures the po- - litical sentiment throughout the country. LIPPINCOTT'S. Thecomplete novel in the October issue of - "Lippincot’s is “The Crown Prince of Rex- “ the heading “‘Shakespeare’s Old . month by an article " per. . her husband in the writing of novels. All of - these pavers are fully illustrated. The fiction of the number i5 up to the Mc- | ‘Clure standard; which means it is of fresh " and unfailing interest. 1i8,” by Edward §. Van Zile. The prince ts America, falls in love with a New York irl, is rescued and goes home to fight for his throne on newsof his father’s death. “Bull- winkle, the History of a Poor Student,” by Eliza Gold, is & character sketch with a good deal of humor and observation in it. Under s,” Wil liam Cecil Elam shows how and why -the popular speech of Virgima is that of the ‘great dramatist. Ellen Olney Kirk deals with The Last Resortin Art,” copying in the gal- ries of Europe. “Humanity’s Missing Link,” supposed to have been found lately in Java by Dr. Dubols of the Dutch army, is explained by Dr. Harvey B. Bashore. “The Need of Local - Patriotism” is pointed out by Professor Wil- liam Cra on Lawton. George H. Westley writes of me Odd Clubs,” aud William Ward Crane of ‘‘Fashions in Names.” The poetry of the number is by Celia A. Hayward, John Leighton Best and Clarence Urmy. : THE ARENA. The October number of the Arena coniains discussions of the money question by leading free-silverites, and its various departments are well filled. The literature of the issue isofa high -order. Among the contributors are: United States Sennator J. T. Morgan on “Silver— & Money Metal” ; Rev. G. D. Coleman on “The Religion of Jesus Christ in Its Relation to Christianity and Reforms™; William Howe Tolman, Ph.D. 'n “Municipal Reform,” and United States Senktor J. P. Jones on **What the Remonetization «f Silver Would Do for the Re- » astam writes about “How land Settled Its Lend Ques- tion”” and Ernest 'W. Clement about *“Japanese Flements in ‘The Last Days of Pompeil.’” Pro- 1s also has an article on Prince Edward Overland Mor ‘hiy for October opens as usual with Edito:. Rounsevelle Wildman’s “‘As Talked in the fanctum.” This particular sanctum chat turhs out to be a warm discus- sion of the silver question. Irving M. Scott furnishes another. of his “Hard Times” arti- cles. He defends the attitude of tne Republi- can party on the money question and replies | in good terse English to J. J. Valentine. The latter, by the way, contributes a forcible arti- cle on the “Progress of Mankind.” An article that will sttract notice from Catholics isa “History of the Young Men’s Institute,” by Frank Murasky. Senator George C. Perkins hes an article in answer to W. H. Mills on | “Japanese Competition,” and Hon. Tirey L. | "Ford writes on the Republican party. The | stories and poems are better than usual and | refiect Pacific Cost life. FRANK LESLIE'S POPULAR MONTHLY. In Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly for Oc- tober the principal features, all splendidl: illustiated, are: “The Road to the Stage,” in | which Arthur Hornblow tells how actors and actresses are made and something about the dramatic schools; “General Lee’s Last Cam- paign,” by Genersl Horatio C. King, the ninth peper in the great Lee series; the opening | chapters of & new serial story, “Father John,” by Edith Sessions Tupper; ““The United States Revenne-cutter Service,” giving the history | and duties of an important branch of our navy, by Joanna R. Nicholls; “The Free Silver | Issue,” by Senator William M. Stewart, being the first of two papers on the “Leading Issues of the Two Great Parties,” to be tollowed next om the gold standpolnt; | “The ArtStudent in Munich,” by George Willis | Bardwell. Then there are four shor: stories | and some illustrated poems, M'CLURE'S MAGAZINE. | ° No reader of the ““Bonnie Briar Bush’" stories | cen fail to be interested 1n the opening article | . In the October McClure’s. It isan accountof | Jan Maclaren, the author of those most genial | en most intimate personal friend, | : D. M. Ross, describing him &s a min- | r and a pulpit orator, in which characters | . he had become eminent long before he took to | suthorship, as well as in his literary methods | and career. A series of portraits, pictures of | 1an Maclaren’s several residences, and some | original Drumtochty views illustrate the pa- | To the same number Rudyard Kipling | contributes one of his strongest ballads—Chol- | era-Camp.” Other contributionsare a remark- | ably vivid and real account of the Lincoln and Douglas debates of 1858; a paper of personal observations and recollections of LI Hung Chang and his labors for the advancement of China, by the Hon. Chester Holcombe, who for many years livea in close personal and official relations with the Viceroy; & paper by Eliza- betn Stuart Phelps, giving her recollections of the poet Edward Rowland Sill, and telling a very interesting story of collaboration with i e DEFERRED. *Love came knocking at m y heart One summer day, Came knocking softly at my heart, I said him #Oh, May is merry, and Juge is long. And gay with blossom and wild-bird's song. The golden bours are free, are free; ‘What sweeter can you bring to me? 4 pray you wait Without the gate.” ‘Was that a knocking at my heart One winter day? The faintest echo in my heart! The worid was gray, And drear the winter; my garden close Lay chill and silent with drifting snows. 1 swung the portals open wide: «Ob, enter, strangez. and abide!"— Love’s ghos: did walt Without the gate. CEuia A. HAYWARD, in October Lippincotd's. ———— AND THEN. Silence, and then the dark; sweet sleep, and then the dawn, And one star there 10 mark Where thou hast gone. So, sweetheart, from my sight A little hast thou flown: Why for the absence of & night Should I make moan? much of | Gold.” Mary S. Lockwood | ivine Afilatus of the Etruscan | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1896. OUR MAGNIFICEN SPECIAL SALE! SOME STRONG LINES IN SEA- SONABLE GOODS. 100dozenWell-made BLEACHED PILLOWCASES, 45x36 inches ready for uss, 15¢ value. On special sale at. 45 dozen FINE GRADE HEM- STITCHED PILLOWCASES, 45x36 inches, ready for use, value 25¢. On special sale at. 2cases DOUBLE-BED WIDTH SHEETING, 82inch, un- bleached, fine thread, heavy make, 20c fabric. On special sale at......... 10¢ 45 pieces HEAVY CREAM TA- BLE DAMASK, this is a pure linen, Irish-made fabric, value 50c. On special sale at. 5 20 pieces EXTRA GRADE BLEACHED DAMASK, a splendid crade, value 75¢c. 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He gives a picture of Stratford-on-Avon as it must have been then, and incidentally calls attention to the influences which affected the character of the great dramatist while growing up. To those who are unaware how little s known of the life of Shakespeare the title of the book may prove deceptive, inasmuch as it may lead them toexpect to find in it some account of Shakespeare or at lesst some anec- dotes of his eariy days. The book, of course, contains nothing of the sort, for of Shake- speare’s boyhood mnothing is known except that he grew up at Stratford during the reign of Henry VIIL. A more accurate title would have been ‘“English manners and customs dur- ing the boyhood of Suakespeare.” The value of the book for lovers of the great dramatist liesin the fact that & proper understanding of many passages in his plays depends upon & knowledge of the customs and games to which the passages refer. These are quoted in the work, and the significance of the metaphors, similes and references to events of that time fully explained. THE CITY IN THE SEA. LITERARY LANDMARKS OF VENICE. By Laurence Hutton. New York: Harper & Bros., publishers. For sale by A. M. Robertaon; prics The author has enlarged, elaboratad and re- vised the article entitled “Literary Land- marks of Venice,” which appeared in Harper’s Magazine for July, 1896, and upon which this volume is based. Mr. Hutton describes at length the houses and places 1n the “Queen of the Adristic,” which have been identified with men and women famous in literature, and adds many & pleasant anecdote and story. The effect on the reader is to give him the feeling of knowing the city better than before. Many of the persons spoken of were Ameri- cans. To quote the author: When the English-speaking and the English- reading visitors in Venice—for whom this volume was written—overcome the feeling that they are predestined to fall into one of the canals before they leave the city, where they become accus- tomed to being driven about in a hearse-shaped, one-manned rowboat, when they have been shown all the traditional sights, have bought the regu- lation old brass and old glass, have learned 1o draw smoke out of the long, thin, black, rat-tailed, straw-covering things the Venetlans call cigars— when they have seen and done all these, they will find themselves much more interested In the house in which Byron lived, and in the perfeetly restored palace in which Browning died, than in the half ruined, wholly decayed mansions of all the Doges who were ever Lord Mayors of Venice. The guidebooks tell us where Faliero plotted and where Fascarl fell, where Desdemona suffered and where Shylock traded, but they give us no hint as to where Sir Walter Scott lodged or where Rogers breakfasted, or wha was done Liere by the many English-speaking Men of Letters who have made Venice known to us und propery under- stood. To dwell upon these has been the chief pur- pose of the book. Among the most interesting descriptions are those relating to Robertand Elizabeth Barrett Browning, to James Feni- Parted, but not with tears. Earth's dream, and then the sky, And then through all the years Together, you and L Jomx Lm1cETON BEST, in October Lippincotd's. more Cooper, to Disraeli, Dickens, Howells, Lowell, Petrarch, Eugene Schuyler, Charles Dudley Warner and Constance Fenimore ‘Woolson. The creator of “Leather-Stocking,” desr to juvenile America, did what everybody When Shakespeare Was a Boy Literary Landmarks of the City in the Sea, and a Old Infant, and Some Other Stories | does on his first visit to Venice; but his con- | clusions were so unltke most of the others that | Mr. Hutton records them: Although Venice was attractive at first, in the absence of acquaintances it became monotonous and wearying. A town in which the soundof wheels aud hoofs is never known, in which the ! stiliness of the narrow, ravine-like canals 1s sei- dom broken unless by the fall of an oar or the cry of a gondolier, fatigues one by its unceasing calm I do not remember to have been so much struck with any place upon entering it. I do not recollect ever to have been 30 tired of a residence in acapital. In regard to these words of Fenimore Cooper the author remarks: “The very ab- sence of the noise of hoof and wheel, the very | silence of which he complains, are to most | tired-minded travelers the greatest of the charms of the capital city of Venice. But The volume is nestly printed and appropri- ately illustrated. | BY THE AUTHOR OF FARM BALLADS THE OLD INFANT, AND SIMILAR STORIES. By Will Carleton. New York: Harper & Bros., poblishers. For sale by A. M. Robertson; price Here isa volume of seven stories and 220 | pages, and it serves to show, for one thing, that the suthor of ‘‘Betsy and I Are Out” is more of & success in the composition of dialect verse about farm and city life than in the writing of prose stories. Will Carleton is quite familiarly known throughout the country on account of his ballads, the homely humor and pathos of which appeal to popular favor. Still, as we have observed in times previous, itis far easier to attain distinction in the realm of poetry than in that of prose. His stories may get somewhat of a reading on the strength of his reputation as & rhymester. Had the pres- ent yolume appeared as Mr. Carleton’s initial work, however, it would hardly, after a perusal, have aroused in the reader a very eager desire for more literature from the me source. In “The Old Infant” an old man goes to school, and becoming very fond of the teacher leaves her his money. “The Vestal Virgin” is & coliege story,in which the typical “home boy,” Chessie Wylkynse, is hazed unmercitully and rescued by Barnes Dillingworth, an ath- letic admirer of Miss Wylkynse. The scene of “Lost—Two Young Ladies” is laid in Sicily. Italian brigands and peasants meet American girls and their chaperon, & New England woman. The missing girls are rescned by an American detective, whose methods are unique, “A Christmas Car” is a children’s Christmas story. In “A Business Flirtation” s young college student learns not to make rash vows to charming girls. “The One-ring Circus” and “Oldbottle’s Burglars” complete the vol- ume. A STORY OF THE OLD NAVY, THE WHITE JACKET; OR, THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR. By Herman Melville. Pub- lished by the American Publishers’ Corporatiou, New York; price 50 cents. This is another of Herman Melville’s ad- mirable sea stories, which have recently been republished in popular form. In “White Jacket” Melville relates his experiences as a man-of-war's man on an American frigate, and it is sate to say that no better description of the life of a sailor in an old-time naval ves- sel has ever been written. It was in 1843, after Melville, having escaped from Typee and reaching Honolulu, where he remained for a short time, shipoed on board the frigate United States, flying the broad pennant of Commodore Ap Catesby Jones. The United States had recently arrived from Monterey, where Commodore Jones had, in an excess of zenl, raised the American flag, which he hauled down the next day, spologized to the Mexican Government and retired. The title of the book is derived from agarment manufactured by the young sailor himself from a piece of white duck to serve as an outer gar- ment, to protect his person from the rigors of Cape Horn weather, as no peajacket could be had from the purser’s steward. The white jacket would have changed its color If the maker could have had his way, as he applied to the first lieutenant for a few brushes full of black paint, to give it a waterproof coating, but that official refused his permission. “The ship has no paint to spare,” said he. “You must get along without it.”” “1 fear it will not be well for me in the end,” adds the suthor, “for if my own sins are to | be forgiven only as I forgive that hard-hearted and unimpressible first lieutenant, then pardon there is none for me.” A short stay was made at Callao, and the old irigate, which her commander at the end of this cruise speaks of in his official report as | “one of the most weatherly ships and the best sea boat he ever sailed in,” arrived at Boston in October, 1844. ST T A L L L L L L Lo St. Paul’'s New Triplet Window. The gift of a wealthy parishioner to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, California street, near Steiner. ' of the California Art Glass Works. It Represents the Designed by Harry R. Hopps Apostle, life size, at the time of his conversion, The coloring is exceedingly rich and beautiful. MARCH HARES. By Harold Frederic. New York: D. Appleton & Co. For sale by Willlam Doxey. Palace Hotel: price, $1 25. Brilliant and sparkling, full of vim and snap, “March Hares,” the latest of Harold Frederic's novels, fully sustains his reputation as a writer of standard fiction, and certainly enti- tles him to be classed as one of the foremost novelists of the day. There is a something that is delightfully re- freshing in Mr. Frederic’s work. The story runs on, unburdened with conventionality, brightened by some really clever bits of char- acter sketching. The author is particularly happy in his description of one Laban Skinner, who, to use his ewn language, is a ‘Jefferson- ian Democrat.” To this advantage is added a Standard Oil megnate’s purse, & pompous manner of speech (possibly derived from the first-named attribute) and a pretty daughter. The principal character of ‘“‘March Hares” is David Mosscrop, who imagines his life wasted because, at the mature age of 30, he finds him- self the life occupant of an academic chair with a comfortable income, and a leaning toward indulgence in spirituous liquors. It is this latter tendency which leads him to characterize himself as ‘‘a waste product, a drunkard, a sterile fool, a loafer, a veritable human swine.” Neediess to say, Mosscrop, as far as can be gathered from the story, has little grounds upon which to base his self-condem- natory remarks, Heis just an ordinary good Briton, but notwithstanding this latter fact,we hear him using phrases that are distinctly American, if not “Jeffersonian-Democratic.” Thus, “‘raised such a racket” is hardly British; nor are “lie low,” ‘‘do things off your own bat,” “You're just fooling,” “Afraid nothing!” But, apart from these small discrepancies, ‘we have really no fault to find with Mr. Har- old Frederic’s latest book. It isan animated, cleverly written, heslthy piece of fiction, that might well serve as a model to some writers we could mention. To disclose its plot would be somewhat of an injustice to the author. We therefore simply conclude, as we began, with the remark that in ‘“March Hares” Mr. Frederic has produced & novel that will add to his reputation as & master in the art of writing choice, vigorous fiction. LITERARY NOTES. “Primitive Buddhism—Its Origin and Teach- ings,” is the title of & new book by Mrs. Eliza- beth A. Reed. The recently awakened interest in the philosophies of the East, and especially inthe subject of Budihism, will fird a fresh impetus in the announcement of this work. Itclaims to present, in as brief a manner as is consistent with accuracy, the authoritative teachings of primitive Buddhism as found in the sacred books of the East, the official docu- ments of the early Buddhists and elsewhere. The book is to be published by Scott, Foresman & Co. of Chicago. Mr. du Maurier has done a daring thing in his new novel, “The Martia: He has made his heroine an unseen person. In fact, she is “The Martian,” and while she does not appear in the story she plays the most important part init. There are a number of women who do appear, however. The hero is introduced to the reader as & boy whose story is told by a friend and edited by Mr. du Maurier. Tolstol recently told a French interviewer that “Alphonse Daudet has & certain talent; Paul Bourget is a brilliant essayist, but a poor novelist, bis head being too crammed with facts; Marcel Prevostis worth more than his books, which are ‘inqualifiables.’ Guy de Maupassant knew how to see and tell what he had seen. His style was as pure as a precious metal. He was miles ahead of Flaubert, Zola “Mareh Hares” and Some Notes What Literary Men and Women Are Saying and Doing—Gossip From the Publishers—A Book ' on Primitive Buddhism ding writer. T iiked his ‘Germinal,’ and ‘La Terre’ is a novel of peasant humanity. - As for “Lourdes,’ I stopped at the hundredth page, and ‘Rome’ I never opened.” Anthony Hope has refused to change the name of hiis forthcoming book to “The Princess of Zenda” His American publishers—the F. A, Stokes Company—suggested & com- promise in “The Princess Osra of Zenda,” but Mr. Hope remained firm, and the book is to appear on September 15 under the titla chosen by him, “The Heart of Princess Osra.” The sale of 500,000 copies of the Temple edis tion of Shakespeare has encouraged the pube lishers (the Messrs. Dent in London and the Macmillan Company in this country) to plan a series of old English dramatists, 0 be pub- lished in the same style, unexpurgated. Mar- lowe, Webster, Fletcher and Jonson will begin the new ufdertaking. A series of Temple Classics will be started shortly with *Faust,” Bacon’s “Essays,” More’s “Utopis” and De Quincey’s ““Opium Eater.” Messrs. Lea Bros. & Co. have just issued the third and concluding volume of Henry Charles Lea’s “‘History of Confession and In. dulgences in the Latin Church,” dealing with the history of indulgences. Bjornstjerne Bjornson is about to leave Nor- way to take up his permanent residence in Germany. In a recent issue of the Verdens Gang he states that the continued attacks upon him at home are the csuse of this decision, and that he believes he will find & more congenial fleld for his literary labors in Ger- many, where he will have fewer temptations to take part in politics. Believing that much of the increasing neg lect of family worship s due to the difficulty encountered in hastily selecting passages of Scripture of a suitable devotional character, Sylvanus Stall, D.D., a careful Bible student and the author of several valuable books, has prepared a volume of 365 selections from the Bible for daily devotions, and. the Funk & Wagnalls Company of New York will publish thesame in & few days in & neat dollar vol- ume. The selections are also for use in the chapel services of colleges, the opening devo- tions in_the public schools, and for the daily use of Christian Endeavorers and members of other societies of young people. In the September Review of Reviews the edi- tor discusses different phases of the Presiden- tial campaign—especially the revolt of the gold standard Democrats and the aititude of Easte ern wage-earners toward Mr. Bryan. Another important topic of discussion in the departe ment of “The Progress of the World” is Lord Balisbury’s Venezuelan proposition, in con- nection with the general scheme for a perma- nent tribunal of arbitration. The editor also covers most of the striking developments of the month in British and European politics. Who are the most popular novelists, not of the day, but of the moment? asks the West- minster Gazette. Some one has been endeav- oring to get at the fact by an analysis of the first hundred books issued aiter the annual stock-taking at the Nottingham Central Lend- ing Library. Marie Corelli heads the score with eleven; Crockett follows with six, Edna Lyall with five, Hall Caine with four, and the next six writers of fiction with three each— Conan Doyle, Du Maurier, Rider Haggard, A, C. Gunter, Mrs. Burnett and G. A. Henty. In the next group of 2 per centsare: Dick Don- ovan, Annie S. Swan, John Strange Winter, R. N. Carey, G. Griffiths, H. G. Hutchinson, R, Loujs Stevenson, J. K. Spender and Mrs. H, ‘Wood. The two most popular novels wera Hall Caine’s “Manxman” and Du Maurier'’s and everybody. Zola is a diligent and plod- | “Trilby.”