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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1896. LI‘.TLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOUSES OF GOOD MEN AND GREAT. Under this somewhat ponderous title Elbert Hubbard has given us & more than usually readable series of sketches of various nota- | bles. “Little Journeys,” he tells us in his preface, does not purport to be a guide to the | places described, nor & biography of the char- acters sketched. They are something greatly better than either ot these, however, albeit Mr. Hubbard does not tell us so. With a rare, happy appre- ciation both of what to say and whau to leave -unesid, he has given us in each ‘Journey” the record of a beautiful day spentin haunts made sacred or historic by the residence among them of me good man and great.” George Eliot, Carlyle, Ruskin, Gladstone, Turner, Goldsmith, Shakespeare, are among the dozen great ones whose homes and haunts he visited, aad he has done that difficult thing, given usa fresh, pleasing, spontaneous impression of each of these. Itis largely this 1wearied, simple seeing of things and think- ing about them that constitutes the charm of _-Mr. Hubbard’s book. It is really remarkably free from pose or affectation, and his essays, | despite an occasional regretable let down in style, are characterized by good taste and the aiscernment of a genuine lover of books, Mr. Hubbard is an enthusiast, but is withal a philosopher as well, and sll that he has to say “*4s femipered with & certain fine good humor that mekes him the pleasantest of guides on ‘fnese little journeys. The volume is a very beautiful piece of book- meking, despite a rather unnecessarily eccle- * siastical appearance given it by the style and lettering of the front cover. There are twelve | etchings on vellum of the celebrities with ¥hom the book dea ew York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Price | $1 50.] LOYAL LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP | TRUE TAQUISARA—By F. Marlon Crawford, The Mac- an Company, New York. Price Eor sale wiliiam Doxey, Palace Hotel, & master-hand, even the minor this book sre better worth attention than the heroes and heroines of x average novel. The- reader, after being well entertained all through, can lay the book down in the plessurable contemplation of the ehdracters who, in the climax of their lives, b Diswn by characters of have shown a rare nobility of nature which | kes it sweet to beileve that fiction s often truer to life than history. In the minor character of Bosio we have & vivid picture of how little avail 18 a strong sense of honor and wish to do right when not | accompanied with the moral courage to resolutely go ahead and do the| ight in spite of seemingly overwhelm- ng reasons for & temporizing polic; Hé is only saved from the reader’s utter co demnation by the admirable. friendship and commendations of Taquisara, whom oue &p- proves from the first introduction. These two nad been soldfer comrades and Taquisara had doubtless formed a friendship for the love-sick youth on the battle-fields where _he showed to better sdvantage. ‘end he proves himself & hero worthy of the friendship of Taquisara, and the chief charm consists in the exquisite way in he self-sacrificing frlendship of these | jor each other, even when the passion of ¢ makes them rivals, 18 described. MINGLED MIRTH AND SADNESS. CHAP- BOOK STORIF By many ocelebrated writers. Herbert & Co, Chicavo. Price $1 25, For sale by Willlam Dozey, Palace ‘Hotel, City. . The title page of the “Chap-Book” tells the | h whien it claims to be a miscellany of ious and interesting tales, newly com- ed and very delightful to read. There i & Paker's dozen of these pleasin stories, and it is to be sirfeerely hoved that the unlucky num- | “ber will bring no evil fortune to the little | valume. One of the bestof the choice collec- | tion fs “In & Garden,’” by Neith Boyce. This ts g0 amusing story tolé in beautiful language a fair young girl, who, while stealing it, falls from a fig tree into a walled sacred to the exclusive use of She is badly frightened, but, ‘on by curiosity, lingers exploring the uties of the garden till dusk, when she is covered by one of the holy frequenters of ne garden.The recluse is worse frightened than “girl. He imagines he is witnessing some nhallowed vision sent to tempt or reprove fitin, He turns his eyes away from the danger- contemplation of woman’s charms to listen he strains of sacred music from his brother oiks, hoping the evil thoughts might be ex- sed from his soul and the tempting spirit o the garden. The girl se'zes the oppor- y to fly. The monk turns to wnere he lipd seen the vision and believes that the d ' music has dnue II! work, RELIGION AND LOVE. | THAT ROMANIST—By Adella R. MacArthur. ua Publishing Company, Boston. Romanist in this story is a beautiful , who has been carefully reared in a con- Her father 18 a Protestant, but had married a Catholie. The girl loves her father, & Protestant young man, Paul Trevalian, e hero of the story, becomes her admired iriend. The father of the Romanist, Captein fon, wishes her to marry Paul, butshe “Mr. Trevalian is & born and bred rotestant, I unaiterably a Romanist. There’s ttomless gulf between us. Is he going to a the bridge across or 17’ The reply she gets is a pretty one: *‘The way your mother s#nd 1 did was each to build the bridge halt way.across from his own side and then clamp the center arch with the keystone of love.” The story ends bappily, with the marriage of the Romanist to the l‘mle JEALOUSY AND V. OMAN’S RIGHTS, CLARISSA FURIOSA—EBy W. E. Norrls, Har- per & Brothers. New York: Price $1 50. For sale by A. M. Kobertson, Post street, City. This is & book which shows how & woman tan, meke a man’s life, as well asher own, wety miserable by electing to quarrel with a ‘fellow with fine possibilities of good in him | previded she would put herself to the trouble | “to domesticate him. Instead of this she takes of garden, pious monks. In the | a great deal of trouble with her lectures and writings in the most advanced fashion. This comes to & climax when, their child becomes seriously ill. The husband thinks she 1s let= ting the child die of unloving absence while she writes essays for magazines on “The Polit- ical Disabilities of Women.” At last the wife lowers her colors and fakes the father to the sick child, who in gladness cries: “Oh, father, | 1did want you so. Why didn’t you come be- fore?” After this there is a reconciliation and | ail ends happily. The tale is well told and | teaches the good there is in conservatism,and that so-called reform may be thoughtless and too hasty. A SOUTHERN S10RY BY A SOUTH. ERN AUTHOR. SONS AND FATH £R€—By Harry Stillwell Ed- wards. Rand, McNally & Co., New York. The fact that this story won a $10,000 prize, for which there were 816 competitors, is a | strong recommendation. Many people wiil be curious to read it just to see what manner of story was decided by literary experts to be the best out of so many hundreds. An- other matter of speclal interest about the book is that the writer is a Bouth- ern man, and tne competition was- open to the world, this because the South isconsidered tardy in literary development.. Such a story, however, would have been sure to attracta wide attention without the fame of its prize winning. Itis a tale of absorbing interest and in many parts the style of composition is of surpassing grace. It is a story which may Lave a lasting place in literature because of its value to future historians. It is & vivid description, by a talented man, of a re- markable transition period in this country's evolu'tion—the passage of the old South into tion to this pastime which would be novel, amusing, and certain to show up peculiari- ties of character which would never be dis- played in old-fashioned ways of locomotion. IRISH EBROGUE. RING O’ RUSHES- By shan F. Bullock. Stone & Kimball, New York. Price $125. For sale by Doxey, Palace Ho.el, City. The Ring o' Rushes refers to a circuit of Irish country which is graphicaliy described in the prologue of the book, This ecircuit is the scene of & series of tales told largely in Irish brogue, which gives us an insightinto the old country life of the Hibernians, One of these tales, called “His Magnificence,” de- scribes the return to his mother country of a prosperous Chicagoan, whose magnificent vex- terior failed to hide from the shrewd Irish woman he had once loved his insignificant soul. He thought to overawe her with & show and brag of his newly acquired wealth, but the girl, who has married a plain Irish farmer, does not regret her fate in the least, and with her quick Irish wit, while affecting to be very glaad to see her visitor, makes sport of his “magnificence.”. Her untrained chil- dren come home from school and make un- consciously sarcastic remarks, which put the Chicagoan very much out of conceit with him- self. Another good one, but a sad story, is that of the “‘Splendid 8hilling.” The shitling is miscalled splenaid, for it spoils three lives FOR MINERS. THE CYANIDE PROCESS OF GOLD EXTRAC- TION—By James Park. Chamtaloup & Cooper, Avckland, N.Z. Price, $2 50, ¥For sale by A. M. Robertson, Post streat, Clty. The rapid advance made by the eyanide pro- cess in the last few years, especially in the AB% R CHRISTAS . b Uig A HOLIDAY SUGGESTION, the new. It will be interesting in the future for the thoughts it suggests about the race problem. Its delineations of Southern paculi- arities of thought and feeling will interest fu- ture generations. WESTERN BOOK. “THE FLOWER THAT GREW IN THE SAND”—By Elia Higginson. The Calvert Com- ny, Seattle, Washington, Price $120. For This is a collection of good short stories, some of which have been prize winners, The one called “The Takin’ In of Old Miss Lane,” | won the §500 prize from McClure’s Magazine, and the “Mother of Pills” was awarded the prize for the best original story in *Short Stories’ ” contest, *‘The Takin’ In of Old Miss | Lane” is a fine sketch of hbuman nature, told with great brevity. It shows how kindness can be mixed with carelessness or thoughtless- ness about the good we can do that lies right around us. In thislittle tale, Mrs. Bridges 1s talking about how the law ought fo take hold of some people who are not acting kindly to a poor old woman in- their neighborhood, but it takes a aeal of suggestion from her daughter and & whole day and night of think- ing before it comes home to her that sne ‘can help the ola lady herself. The book is quite a credit to the coast, hoth in authorship and binding. EPISODES OF BICYCLING. THE WHEELS OF CHANCE—By H.G. Wells. The Macmillan Company, New York. Price :‘}zy"m‘ For sale by A. M. Robertson, Post street, The author gives us a series of incidents of wheeling life, and he is ably assisted in mak- ing them vivid by the sketches of thé artist, F. Ayton Symington. The taleis not exclusively of interest to those who have the bicycling fad, for the many adventures of this style of out- ing, and the opportunities it gives for charac- ter study, make the subject a good ground- work on which to construct a story of genmeral popularity. It is easy to imagine complica- | tions and predicaments resulting from devo- economy of its practical application, makes this book, which is thoroughly.up to date on the subject, of great value to miners, The sec- ond edition is justout, rewritten, enlarged and illustrated. It contains a number of large plates illustrating the methods of applying the process in the most thorough way. This is the authorized textbook for the New Zealand Gov- ernment Schools of Mines, and 1s written by a mining engineer who has held important po- sitions in the mining world and is now director of the Thames Schoo! ot Mines. A ROMANCE. THE PUPPET—By Clinton Ross. Stone & Kim- ball, New York. Price $125. For sale by Wil- liam Doxey, Palace Hotel, City. In his prefatory note to this little book the suthor quotes & Venetian, who says that “hu- manity hasalways quested after the marvelous like a hound.” Mr. Ross must have beiieved this, for he does not hesitate to tell a tale so extraordinary that it puts his book distinctly on the list of romances. A plain New York citizen befriends a foreign lady who is visit- ing there, but is hounded by enemies. She turns out to be a princess of the housc of Ro- magnsa, with a claim on fhe throne of Dal- matia. The New York man is suspected of knowing too fmuch about the Princess, and s heis Kidnaped and placed on board a Russian yachtand carried across the ocean. After a most extraordinary series of intrigues and ad- ventures the plain democratic eltizen, who has become the “puppet” of destiny, marries the Princess. THE SOUL’S INERTIA. THE MYSTERY OF SLEEP—By jJohn Blg- elow, New York: Harper & Bros. For sale by A. M. Robertson, Post street, Cily. In a bandsomely printed work, John Bigelow has made an attempt to *‘unsettle it not dispel the popular delusion that sleep is merely & state of rest; of practical inertia,of soul and body, or, at Tnost, a periodical provision for the separatiofi of physical waste, in the sense that a well, exhausted during the day, fills up The First Frost. n the level meadow’s fernclad fioor, *“Beneath the morning’s canopy of mist, Whjch sunrise turned to tones of amethyst, iylie frost’s firm hand has left its snowy score, :Althousand flowers that bowed ai Vespers low, Tn'reverence to the keeper of the night, Lie" mute and prostrate from the first frost’s biight, s on grim battlefields deep life wounds flow. ot only in the somber grays and browns Of withered verdure, doth the frost delight, 7 - 'Hut towerlng trees and vines of airy flight " With gold and crimson garlands fair he crowns. . While like a plague the frost lays waste the lea, Man’s blood with vigor the renewed air stirs, As unseen fingers open chestnut burrs, 4Amd set the thistle’s p.nmy arrows free. Tt*bids the squirrel hide his store with zea!, And sends the swallow on his exiled filght; *Already on the mouutain’s towering helght, "Silent and chill lies winter's finger secl. * Welcome, thou spirit keen, with vivid gifts, ul of the glowing cheek and kindiing eye, rk ‘melancholy’s gaze we'll e'er defy, While love iranstendent all the h-ar uplifts! : ArTHUR HOWARD HALL, In Boston Journal Home-Made Sunshine. t care T—ad the days go by— W héther gioomy or bright the sky ? W hat what the weather may be? cold or warm-—'1is the same to me. ior my dear home skies—they are always blue; Abd.ihy dear home weather (the glaa days through) T “beantiful summer” from morp till night, Smiling on me through his soft biue eyes, And gladdening and brightening my jndoor skies. And baby’s father, with fond, true heart (To baby and me home's beiter part)— His face is sunshine, and we rejoice 1n the masic heard in bis loving voice, 80 why should we heed—as the days g0 by— The gloom or the light of the weather and sky, 0f the outsige world, when we're busy sll day M anufacturing sunshir.e which fades not away? With smiles, with kisses, with peace and with joy— Father and mother aud baby boy— We are living each day iu the sunshine we make— And God keep us and guide us forlove’s dear sake ! MARY D. BRINE in Syracuse Standard, The Sundown Sea. Have you heard of the Sundown Sea, love, With its blue and golden skies: Where the ripples play the livelong day And the summer never dies? There is health and wealth for you, love, ‘There is heaith and wealth for me; There is ail that is best in the golden west On the shores of the Sundown Sea. It will give back the rose to your cheek, love, For there like a river it flows On the sunny breeze through the orange trees, The breath of the blood-red rose. Go get the old light in your eye, love, *Neath the shade 0f the pepper tree— You know where: tHere’s enough and 10 spare On the shores of the Sindown Sea, There’s a tear on every thorn, love, Of the storm-gcarred locust. There Are dripping leaves and icy eaves. There’s s wail on the weeping air, There’s & song in the frozen rill, love, PLEASANT MOMENTS WITH GURRENT VERSIFIERS. Your cheeks are thin and pale; Your dark eye turns and your spirit yearns For a glimpse of the sunset trail. I will sing & new song toyou, love, And you'll m‘v&; new song to me, And we'll giow young as we journey along ©On the way to the Sundown Sea. CY WARMAN in New York Sun, Lost Light. I cannot make her smi e again, ‘That sunshine on h-r face That used to make this worn earth seem At times 50 gay a place, The same dear eyes look out at me; » The features are the same; But, oh, the smile Is out of them, And I must be to blame, Sometimes I gee it still. With her the other day To meet & jong-mtssed friend, and 'lh". ‘We still were on the wayy Her confideace in waiting love Brough t back to me to see The old-time love light to her eyes That will not shine for me. They tell me money waits for me, They say I might have fame. 1like these gewgaws quite as well . Asolhers like the same. But I care n ot for what I have Nor lust for what 1 lack; tithe as much as my heart longs ‘To call ghat los: light back. Come back, dear banishedfsmile, come back, And into exile drive All thoughts and aims and jealous hopes That in thy stead would thrive. ‘Who wants the earth without its sun 1went But it's 1ost to you and me; *And my feel walk ever in love’s true light. And why? Well, here is my baby sweet, -¥ollowiug me round on his restless feet, There's a smothered cry i the rain-swept sky, Then away~o the Sundown Sea. {The linter 18 gone from your haiF, love; And what has life for me, That's worth athought. if as its price It leaves me robbed of thee ? EDWARD S. MARTIN, in Soribner's Magazine. 23 in the hoursswof the night” ; and, secondly, to set forth some reasons for an assumption that no part of life is “consecrated to mnobler or more important uses than that usually spent in sleep.” Mr. Bigelow advances the theory™that men- tal, physical and intellectual development goes on dnring sleepin the same way as it does during our waking hours. “The night-time of the body is the day-time of the soul,” said Tamblichus, and this sentiment is evhoed by the author of “The Mystery of Sleep,” who further puts forward the opinion that were the matter of sleep properly investigated it would be founa to be as full of surprises as is electrie- ity or any one of the natural sciences. GEOGRAP HICAL. ISLANDS — By A lishing Company, Philadelphia. Those who are fond of seographical studies and those who are fona of travel and wish to learn of interesting lands out of the beaten tracks, and where novel sights are 0 be seen, will be pleased with this book. The author has made considerable historicai research and writes it up in a most at- trective way. The little book contains several maps and 1s very prettily illustrated. The author is a grandson of the millionaire, A. J. Drexel. His various literary work has been highly praised by the press of the big cities. GIBBON'S “DECLINE AND FALL.” We have received the second volume of the new edition which the Macmillan Company are publfshing of Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’”” The first volume was published several months ago, and we took occasion at ihat time to comment upon the many excellent features which characterize this edition. The volume under review brings the reader to the death of Julian,ana contains in addition to vast number of able totes, plans of Constantinople and Mesopotamia, with maps of the Roman Empire under Dio- cletian, New York: The Macmillan Company. For sale by William Doxey, Palace Hotel. Price, $2. BROKE THE LETTER BUT NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. THE MEMOIRS OF MARIA CORRADI—By Ernest Kecantl. J. F. McElheney, Los Angeies. Price 25 cents. For sale by A. M. Robertson, Pos. street, City. The author of this little story claims that it 1s an absolutely true one, the names only be- 1ng fictitious, in order not to wound the feel- ings of friends and relatives. The tale is told evidently with a high moral aim, particularly to urge upon men the same purity of life which we expect from women. The tale is short and not at all tedious. A NOVEL OF SAN FRANCISCO THE FLIRT TO DEATH—By Luke Leary. J. S Ogilvie Publishing (ompany, New York. For sale by A. M. Robertson. The scene of this flirt’s career is San Fran- cisco and the seashore and mountains near by. 1t 18 the fate of the flirt to wreck & man’s hap- piness and to die by poison, which Was pre- pared by her lover for her husband. The book contains aescriptions of scenery around San Francisco. FOR CHRISIMAS. THE FROGGY FAIRY-BOOK—By Anthony J Drexel B ddle, Drexel Biddle & Bradiey Pub-, lish.ng Company, Pniladelphia. Price 81 25. Thigis b preitily got up little book, which would be sure to amuse the children at Chri as-time. It is cleverly illustrated and .the paper is of fine quality. The fairy froggy is very gallant and throws flowers at the little girl, Elsie, uniil they hang ail over herand becosse a veritable dress of flowers. JUVENILE BOOKS. A MEDAL OF HONOR MAN—Ry Clarles Led- yard Norton. ~W. A. Wilde & Co., Boston. Price $125. For saleby A. M. kwbenson, Post street, City. This is the !econd volume 0( the "Flghfing for the Flag” series. Itisanavalstoryof the time of the Civil War in America, and tells more of Jack Benson, whom sowe of the boys may have become acquainted with in “Jack Benson’s Log.” It containssome good pictures of ships and the sea. THREE YOUNG CONTINENTALS—By Everett T. Tomlinson, Wi A. Wilde & Co., Boston. Price §1 50, For sale by A. M. Roberson, Post sireet, City. This is a historical story for boys which will not only entertain them in the holidays but teach them history. The exciting inci- dents related in the tale are true. By the use of books like these boys can learn es a pastime that which is not only good “in itself but is very likely to set their minds to eager inquiry for further information on the subjects and so develop in them a taste for history. MALVERN—By Ellen Douglas Deland. W. A, Wilde & Co., Basion. Price 81 50. for sale by A. M. Robertson, Post street, City. The author of this story made her reputa- tion by writing “Oakleigh,” which appeared in Harper's Round Table. The critics praised her very highly, and some of them ranked her with Louisa M. Alcott in the power of con- structing good books for girls. Malvern is a small suburban town in New Jersey, and quite a variety of the boys and giris there are skill- fully described. ABOVE_THE_RANGE—By Theodora R. Jen- ness. W. A, Wilde & Co., Boston. Price 31 25. For sale by A. M. Robertson, Post street, City. The writer of this book is well known to the readers of tne Youth’s Compenion, and they will be delighted to hear of this new story from her pen, Itis & book for girls,but as the scene is laid in the far West among the Indians no doubt the boys would like it, too, and the fortunate girls who get the story at Christmas ‘will have a pleasure they can zenerously di- vide up with their brothers. SERAPH, THE LITTLE VIOLINISTE—By Mrs. C. V. Jamison. W. A. Wilde & Co.,, Bos- ton. Price $1 50. For sale by A. M. Robertson, Post screet, City. |\ It is & strong recommendation of this book merely to state the fact that the previous works of the author have bad a large sale both in this country and in Englapd, and have been translatec into German. One of her stories, “*Lady Jane,” is about to be published ih raised letters for the blind. Seraph is a child with a wonderful talent for music and such a charming "disposition that she makes friends of all who know her. { THE ORIEL WINDOW~—By Mrs. Molesworth. iian Company, New York. Pri P oute by Wiliiam Doxey, Palace Hotel, City, This story of bright and happy children is told by & writer who enjoys the reputation of having & special charm in describing youth ful characters. She makes them natural and so cheerful that they should exert an influence onall her young readers in the forming of aerry dispositions. The affection of the young brother and sister is very attractively de- scribed. NGAROU- Tt . o We A, Wilde & Tos Sevepn, Price $1, For sale by A. M, .nobmnn os street, City. The adventures of two boys in the great island continent of Australia are here related by a traveler who seems to find an especial in- terest in that continent. He has visited the country and made quite & studj'of it. Itisa land full of what seems to us contradictions in many weys besides its converse seagons, It will be entertaining and instructive\to the boys to read what Colonel Knox has to say of this far-off country. DECEMBER MAGAZINES. Following are some of the good things prce vided by McClure’s Magazine for Christmas. consumption: “Grantat 1wenty-one,” the earliest known portrait, now first published. ““The Farthest North,” an account of Dr. Nausen's adventures and achievements, with portraits and other pictures, Cyrus C. Adama. “* A Carol,” william Canton. “Madonna and Child,” reproduced from the painting by Josephine Wood Colby. “An Unpublished Portrait of Washington,” reproduction of & portrait painted from life by Charles Willson Peale, with introduction by Charles Henry Hart. “How Dr. Davidson Kept His Last Christmas at story, Ian Maclaren. *“In the First Christmas- tide,” a poern, Harrfet PrescottSpofford, “The Early Life of Ulysses Grant,” Hamlin Garland, “Bread Upon the Waters,” a story, Rudyard Kipling. “An Unwilling Neighbor,” a story, Frank K. Stockton. = “Captains Courageous,” a story of the Grand Banks, chapter III, Rud- yard Kipling. “Of This Generation,” a story, Henry Seton Merrimhn. “The Inquisition,” & poem, William Canton. ‘-Bethlehem,” with pictures, most of them from photographs taken expressly for McClure’s Magazine, 8. S. McClure. The near approach of Christmastide is sig- nalized by the appearance of the December St. Nicholas, for this issue of the magaziue is full of Christmas stories, poems and pictures. Of particular interest to boys and girls is Edwin 8. Wallace’s description of “Christmas in Bethlehem.” Mr. Wallace tells of the famous old Church of the Nativity, built above the grotto where the Christ child lay in the rude manger. Frances Cole Burr tells of “A Snow-bound Christmas” that was duly celebrated in & stalled train on a Western rail- road. Eila F. Mosby makes a tradition of Belgium the basis for a little &tory, “Santa Claus’ Pony.” In the wsy of Christmas poetry the contributions are varied. The other features of the number will also please boys and girls. Laurence Hutton, in “A Boy L Knew,”” begins a series of recollections of his own boyhood days in New York about the middle of the cemtury. J. T. Trowbridge writes a sea story, which is out of his usual line. Itiscalled “The Voyage of the North- ern Light.” Isabella Graham Murdock has a sketeh of school life in which she introduces an interesting unpublished letter by Oliver Wendell Holmes. The three new serials, “Master Skylark,” by John Bennett; The,, Last Three Soldiers,” by Wiiliam H. Shelton, ana “June’s Garden,” by Marion Hill, g in interest as the plots develop. The December Century continues to empha- cize the Christmas traditions of this magazine. The frontispiece of the number is a ‘‘Study for the Head of Christ,” from the painting of “The Last Supper” by Dagnan-Bouveret, exhibited at the Salon of the Champ de Mars last spring. “The Christmas Kalends of Provence,” by T. A. Janvier, with illustrations by Louis Loeb, is the product of intimate acquaintance with the charming life of the South of France. There are poems in the Christmas spirit by James Whitcomb Riley, R. W. Gilder, Eaith M. Thomas and others. ‘A Painter oi Mother- hood” is the title given to a paper on Virginie Demont-Breton, & daughter of Jules Bretqn. This paper is by Mrs. Henry Bacon, and pre- sents a view of the homelife of the painter, together with three examples of her attractive pictures of children. “Light in Dark Places,” by Jacob A. Riis, is a study of the better New York, presenting hopeful aspects of tenement- house work 1n the metropolis. A unique arti- cle by William A. Coffin, the artist and art critic, presents ““Souvenirs of a Veteran Col- lector,” Samuel P. Avery of New York, accom- panied by hitherto unpublished drawings made for Mr. Avery by famous French artists. Besides the serials by Dr. Mitchell and Marion | Crawford, there are short stories by Mrs. M. G. Van Rensselaer, Elizabeth Eggleston Scelye and Margaret Collier Graham. The Christmas Seribner contains among | other good things: “Autumn Leaves,”’ painted by Sir John Millais, frontispiece; “Sir John Millais, Bart.,, ¥. R. A.,” Cosmo Monkhouse; “The Phantom Governess,” T. R. Sullivan; | he Magic Ring,” Kenneth Grahame; “The Last Ride Together,” a sketch containing three points of view, Richard Harding Davis; “A Practical Reformation,” James Barnes; “Little Pharisees in Fiction,” Agnes Rapplie “There Is Such Love,” Martha Gilbert Dicki son; ‘A Law-Latin Love Story,” F.J. Stimson; “Stevenson’s Birthday,” Katherine Miller; “A Magic Glit,” H. C. Bunner; ‘“Flower o’ the World,” Nathanfel Stephenson; “Sleep® Ar- thur Willis Colton; “The Lonely Man,” J. West Roosevelt, M.D.; “The Sanctuary Lamp,” Julia C. R. Dorr; “The Square Diamond,” Clin- ton Ross; “Songs for Two,” Arthur Sherburne Hardy; “The Drought at San Anton,” William Henry Shelto: ‘Mont Saint Michel,” Julia Larned; “Mary,” Mrs. Scouyler Van Rensse- laer; The Field of Art. ‘The December Arena is a good number, It opens with & well-written article on “The Re- lation of Art to Religion,” by the widely known seéulptor, Willlam Ordway Pariridge, and closes with another of Will Allen Drom- goole’s inimitable short stories entitled “Sweet "Laases,’” in which, as usual, the humor and pathos are deliciously biended. Within these limits are to be found valuable. papers on a great variety of subjects, in proof of which it is sufficient to cite merely the names ol some of their wrters: Professor Frank Parsons of Boston University School of Law; Edward Everett Hale, D.D.; Mary A. Liver- more; Lillian Whiting; Camille Flammarion, the great French astronomer; Eltweed Pome- roy, B. O. Flower, Ellen M. Hecrotin, ete. Camille Flammarion contributes a psychiecal romance of great interest entitled *‘A Celestial Love.” There are two fine portraits of William Morris and Rev. E. A. Horton. The ma1n feature of the bound volume of the Century Magazine, justissued, is, of course, the conclusion of Professor Sloane’s “Life of Napoleon.” In addition to this there are in- cluded two serial novels, one by Mre. Hum- phry Ward and the other by W. D. Howells, and a number of first-class short stories and il- lustrated articles on various subjects. The bound Century makes a splendid Christmas gift tor an adult, whether in cloth (price $2 75 and $3) or in half Russia ($4). [New York: Tne Century Company.] LITERARY NOTES. The editors of the Ladies’ Home Journal an- nounce the first of a series of pictures illus- trative of Dickens’ characters, to appear in the Christn. s edition. We note that the Macmillan Company is publishing in this country Sir James D. Mac- kenzie’s notable work on *‘The Castles of Eng- land, Their Story and Their Structure.” “New Jersey,” by Frank R. Stockton, and “Georgia,” by Joel Chandler Harris, are the titles of two delightful illustrated books to be pliblished immediately by D: Appleton & Co. ‘An-ageries callea “Stories From Amerlmn His- “Jérome K. Jerome's latest gtory, previous to his engagement to write two plays, has been secured by the Ladies’ Home Journal and is to be printed In its January issue. It is cajled “An_ Ifem of Fashionable Inteiligence,” ana deals with life in the higher soclal circles of London. The interesting announcement is made by the Critic Company of New York that it is about to begin the publication of a literary magazive, to be called ““The Month, in Litera- ture, Art and Life.”” The new monthly will be {‘édited by Joseph B. Gilder and Jeannette L. Gilder, editors of the Critic. Francis P. lepdh 17 East Sixteenth street, N. Y., announces the publication of #Walt Whitman, the Man,” by Thomas Donald- son; “Rainy Days in a Library,,’ by Sir Thomas Maxwell; ‘‘General George H. Thomasat Nash- wville,” by Henry V. Boynton; “The Story of Nell Gwyn,”’ by Peter Cunningham; “History of the American Theater,” by George C. Seil- hamer. Miss Helen Evertson Smith has written a paper on ‘A Group of American Girls Early in the Century” for the Christmas number of the Ceuntury. It is based mainly upon the letters and personal recollections of the writer's grandmother, who was a cousin of Chancellor Livingston. The paper gives a picture of social life in the manor houses along the Hudson River at the beginning of this century. The same house has just issued new editions of Macaulay’s History of England in five volumes, illustrated with twenty full-page portraits of, leading figures; bound in rcd maroon, corded silk cloth, with leather labels and gilt tops. The price is $375. Bound in same style and illustrated with full-page portraits of Gladstone, Milton and William IIT is their new edit.on of Macaulay’s Essays, three volumes; price $2 25. { The American Publishers’ Corporation has nearly ready a fine, new edition of the works of Marie Corelli, the popular writer of oceult | novels and author of “The Soul of Lilith.” There will be six volumes, illustrated, printed on fine laid paper, with ample margins, hand- somely bound in a new and ornate stylein elegant buckram cloth, green and gold, with full gilt sides, also gilt tops and backs. The price is set at $7 50, or £1 25 each book. The Macmillan Company . announces & work which is the result of _statistical in- vestigation based on a beliet, that, although much had been written #bout servants, little serious study nas been made of domestic service. After obtaining as many facts as possible by a distribution of schedules Miss Luey M. Salmon, professor of history in Vassar College, has made them the basis of a discussion, in a book entitled “Do- mestic Service,” 6f some economic questions involved in the éccupation. This firm will also issue new editions of { Green’s History of the English People, with thirty-two ‘photogravure illusirations, four volumes; Guizot's History ot France, eight volumes: Scott's Waverley Novels, twelve volumes, profusely illustrated; McCarthy’s History of Our Own Times, and “The Library Series” of twenty-four of the World’s Best | Books. All these new editions will be bound in the publishers’ new and elegant style of buckram eloth, and polished ana finished equal in appearance to fine half-Russia. The prices are to be remarkably low, much lower than for anything of similar value and equal effect as yet put on the market. Av American book called “Naval Actions of the War of 1812 will shortly be published here by Messrs, Osgood, says the London Chronicle. The writer Is James Barnes, who 1s already known for & novel of the American Revolution. The ocean fights which he now describes were, of course, waged between the English and the Americans. This leads him in his preface to tackle the guestion, “Does it @o harm to resurrect these old strifes?” He points to the English veneration of Nelson, and asks whether it implies ill will toward the modern French nation. The historic fight between the Chesapeake and the Shannon makes one of the'most attractive chapters in Mr. Barnes’ book, which is illustrated. The Macmillan Company of New York have issued an abridged edition of “The American Commonwealth,” by James Bryce, tor the use of colleges and high schools. It is intended as an introduction to the study of the govern- ment and the institutions of the United States, and has been prepared to meet the wishes of annmberof teachers who rightly think that “parts of the complete work are either t0o difficult for their pupils, or atany rate beyond the range of their requirements.” Written as it was originally for the use of European rather than of American readers, its reception in this country has been little short of mar- velous, and the fact that it has been necessary to publish this new and separate edition containing nearly all :he data that will be required by the average American reader may ‘e taken as no small compliment to Mr. Bryce’s work. The constitution of the United States is | added to the present work as an appendix, and there is, in addition, an excellent index. The work under review is well printed and bound. New York: Macmillan Company. For sale in this City by William Doxey, Palace Hotel; price §1 75. Harper & Brothers will publish the follow- ipg books early in December: “George Washington,” by Professor Wood- row Wiison jwith illustrations by Howard Pyle and others; “The Relation of Literature to Life,” five papers by Charles Dudley Warner; «The Mystery of Sleep,” by Jphn Bigelow; «“The Ship’s Company and Other Sea People,” by J. D. Jerrold Kelley, lfeutenant-commander United States navy, with maay illustrations; “Naval Actions of the War of 1812,” by James Barnes, with twenty-one full-page illustrations by Carlton T. Chapman, printed in color, and twelve reproductions of medals; «Frances Waldsaux,” a novel by Rebecca Harding Davis, illustrated by T. de Thulstrup; “Bound in Shadows,” & novel by, Eva Wilder Brodhead, illustrated by W. A. Roger: “Tomalyn's Quest,” a novel by G. B. Burgin; A Virginia Cavalier,” by Molly Elliott Sea- well; “An Elephant’s Track, and Otlier Stories,” by M. E. M. Davis; “The Square of Sevens, an Authoritative System of Carto- maney,” with a prefactory notice by E. Irenweus Stevenson; “Solomon ~Crow’s ~Christmas Pockets, and Other Tales,” by Ruth McEnery Stuart; “In the 01d Herrick House, and Other Stories,” by Eilen Douglas Deland, and the bound volume of “Harper’s Rouad Table for 1896.” containing 1276 pages and about 1200 illustrations. Four massive volumes. Bocyclopmudio Toples. 6 250,000 words our recentintrod ‘yolut mnflhdofi.wmbl Whe firat payment for eicher binding is only ny e n.mm‘ you aedn. -ty {ndicate how you ‘Weight about 40 ounds. WHAT THE ENCYCLOP/EDIC DICTIONARY 15. profusely mmu e e e SRR Sl e llow to Secure This Great Bargain & mxm, San Francisco, lnfl set of four superb ‘The balance is to be paid at rate of $1 monflfl! for one year. *1. xnnndl:f your flnl uymsut designate the lumes rent, for fldlvl!! half-Russia binding: n B dscias. durasie, ou ot last long. To protect (mndvu Aagainst NEW °“TO-DAY. cannot well do tion. Its price, AT ONCE A DICTIONARY AND AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA. taing ovor £50,000 defined worde—nearly twico aa “The Encyolopedio mn e “unal fl"—fl"fll o "Og d?flnflnn, spel vohuul a Wll fl( pro; on, and mlnfi%t each imate English WO‘H’ 1t i3 —Rev. Dr. Bow loclp‘t‘nd o DN GUESTIONED AUTHCALTY whetbrer tho Eaglsh S ,M“ e e AG ot ‘the best of all CTI- OALL" v“i UL. II:E.“ m. ‘most scholarly. 50,000 encyelo- a predic subjects; tannica has about £7,000, JUST THINK OF ITI The “For general use it ias no Fhole range of human o condensed for your INSTAXT USE by Ll fam ) a nuflh Yors of | aly renown! Itis a TIME SAVER for men; & “The work is ung COLLEGE" EDUOLTION Tor Studenta: & BRAIN DEVELOVER e e ar ambitious ; Tmath ber of every family. It easily takes the place of half- “It has all the utility of & S‘.‘...m"‘“‘ o once bouks that could e aamed. It is truly & FAMILY e ity rnament to any lbrary; boan ted and el e e e T stant " ity four GOSTING «The siill and Judgment with ey of flom.e' TeSfi]I]Olly ination of the Encyclo- comparison with the Century and other Dictionaries, our book committee is convinced tHat the library itatingly testify to its comprehensieness, its defini- tions, its EPITOMIZED ARTICLES, and in short, its general utility for ALL CLASSES OF READERS, the profound scholar as well as the man of average educa- tion ought to be accepted by the father of every family in our State.’"— Library, San Francisco. WHAT THE ABLEST CRITICS SAY. busy man of affairs, the mechanie ambitious to advance himselt {n his line, or the student or apprentice ust. Dbeginning.”—Hclentific gmerican, August 3, 1895 superior. tessional value to and h'y'l”—lldndl‘!u{?:vh, March 12, :fl. nrdu al ‘practical usefulness of 'a 25-vol mchflh 'Il.hm its diffusive ‘which the dictionary and IWM e L S S WHILE + THEY LAS ¢ YOU CAN STILL SECURE ONE OF THESE SPECIAL SETS AT LESS THAN ONE-THIRD THE REOULAR PRICE. * After a careful exam- padic Dictionary, and a without the ‘Encyclopedic.’ |unhes- too, is phenomenal, and your proposi- . R. COLETAN, Librarian Iercantile March 30, 1896. In making an inventoryatthe closeof our, recent Tntroguctory Distrivtion, afewsetsof The lopwdic Dictionary (n cloth, halt Russia, and full sheep only) of which the bin re slightly rubl enonzh o {mpair theiy Teal vaiue, bit suflicient to prevent their shipment as perfect stock at our: ngnhrgrlceao( $i2 T5'8i0a sot.. There betn onry a limited muber of these sets, we shall not go to the trouble of rebinding them, but S8 down and 81 per month Antl pasd o lown and per month until for~a littie more than half our ve low introductory price. - BY PROM ACTION erefore, a number of Ao and & deserving’ readers, who desire an up-to-date reference library, may secure these special sets at about cost of making. WHILE THEY LAST They are yours for a lifetime this casy way: $1 Downt and $1 a Month. WE GUARANTEE same yetw-unnotoneruacmu atock and our loss our gain. Thisis Fonl ly the Grulell Bargain ever In a strictly high-class stand- ublication. ~ It can never be un«r n) r:ummncn whatsoever. r t persons who are tryinf to “m along” 'Ilh older and inferior reference works, this is a really wonderful opportunity. oondmnd into four w a library 2ot o3 mua"w forty pounds of REMEMBER ‘poses Mf m'.ll" e Ficos. We guaranteo that the interiors