The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1897, Page 23

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1897 23 NOTES AND NEWS OF THE LITERARY WORLD. HALL CAINE’S LATEST. I THE CHRISTTAN—RBy Hall Cafne. New York: | D. Appleton & Co. Forsale In this City by Wil- | Doxey, Palace Hotel i 1 is as worthy & work | as the author’s achievements in his previous | great novels, “The Manxman'” and “The | Deemster,” would naturaily lead the public to | expect. It is written with elaborate pains aiter a comvlete study of his subject. Itis | fervent in the appeal the story makes for a | bLigher standard of morals; it deals in & mas- terly way with those clemental passions which are of perennial interest; and it comes up to that theory of fiction which Hall Caine | defines as presenting “a thought in the form | of a story with a b realism as the réquire- ments of idealism will permit.” | The title of the novel is not a happy selec- | tion. The name would imply that the hero, John Storm, & typical Christian, bat surely he is very far from being that, and | Hall Caine’s new the name uristian will suffer a diminu- | tion of dignity if the great works oi fiction are to ch characteristies s repre- sentative of the followers of the John Storm is an admirable man in Wways, and his ardent love for humani honesiy of purpose, his heroic self-deniuls for | what he considered righteousness’ sake him in moral merit far beyonda anav rage Christiant but he is a fanatic end far from being a well-balanced maxn. 1t would be o to say that he is not a Christian in & gense of that term, but a man so fer from ing thoroughly sane should not have bee: used in fiotion undera title that wou that he wasso distinctively of agreat creed a8 to be calle tian"—a perversion of C. trayed by a widely read au throw away the popular effect of the creed on its The story tells of a c igion—of &n ascetic’s devotion to & woma ho loved the world; and the natu rese different motives is a strong & ate one. The long struggle and the al umphs of one passion over th ly deseribed. John Storm is a man the in- ity of whose virtues leaas him into ab- | surdity. If Hall Caine had meant to depict in | him an ideal hero one might wel t conception, but the evident conception of the een love & y othe ts &s wel tne idea that 1d through this fanatic’s im as & mouthpiece to exp ow f the two chief charactersin the book the Glory Quayle, or Gloria, as xcites by far the most interest, tis her woridliness hich e ascetic so much & bably in practical Father clergym and ca she and a La were, several atures | 1 within her boso: conflict spotls fe's happine: is 8o tull of | canno! nd ambition that she e of her island ho on to iy her fo ter many humiliating failures she be- s 2 great actress, and her lover, F nsgines that she is rapidly go She 10 him very much tto give up her actress life for the ous one which would be the re- of her marriage with him. One of | dramatic scenes is where, crazed a combination of religious fanatici pangs of jealousy, be goes to 1 with the intention of her bod 10 save her from death. The gl avely foils his purpose by making love to John Storm is the son of s lord, who elab- ely trains him for a politicai career and | heartupon the boy's success in The young becomes so deeply smpressed with the suffe of the world { thst he resolves to give his iife to God's sery- | ice and exter the ¢ h. s gives offense Lord Storm &nd the son finds himself re- | duced from wealth to pov He goes to| London to begin his wor 1'beholds it as a Babylon. He takes himself very seri- and because he sees ths hopelesaness of ks into de- | loister. one of ils strong am stand | aud she goes | ne. g her in that way. na pisoae of the stor. trates what auties of life in the outer world w { t themselves to such a one assomething d in cowardice. Father Storm’s love enxiety for Gloria overcame him and he | e bratherhood. The picture given of London and its wicked- pessts very vivid and the temptations that h of young girls who try to make ng there are pointed out ine ¥ that only an eloquen: story like this | could do towsrd awakening sympathy. Three | bali-pence an hour is the average wage ofa working woman in London and the door is al- ways ailuringiy open to pess from honest pov- [S to vicious luxury. London is represented as being Christian 1n nsme, but really a modern Babylon. The novel isa protest against the existing order of things, | the industrial system that mekes woman such an easy prey and the double standard of morality which makes the man immune from the terrible penalties the female partner of hissin must pay for fraiity. An aptil.ustra- tion of the workings of the double standaru is | given in the scepe in which the young hospi- | tal nurse is dismissed in disgrace by the board | and Father Storm arises in the meeting and says: Now you have finished with the woman, may I ssk what you intend to do with the | an?” | “What man?” asks the chairman. I find the name here, sit—here in your list | 1bscribers and governors.” | “Gentlemen,” said the chairman, arising, he business of the board is at «n end.’ In one of Gloria’s long and rollicky letters to her lover she pointsout what to her mind | secret of the sure reformation of the “1f men want women to be good they be good, for women dance to the tune of will that men like best, and always have done so | since the days of Adam.” | There is a singular dearth of humor in the gtory. It is & looking at life through stern, ead eyes. Perhaps to take it 0o seriously would be to fall into something of the error of Father Storm’s fanaticism. Society is not so | Totten and Christian civilization not such | a mere veneer, even in big cilies like London, that workers for humanily need throw up their hands in dramatic despair, re- tire to cloisters in disgust with the world, or | £o mad because they cannot puta compl stop 1o evil. Father Storm is sadly lacking in the sweet reasonableness which would have qualified & | calmer Christian with the same opportunities | to have accomplished much good instead of | going frantic about theills of life. The story is & sermon delivered cleverly through medium of fiction of a high class, but preaching will lose some of its force from hav ing been putinto the mouth of a fanatic. The 1mind can be allowed to dweil upon any of the evils of the world until to the man who makes | it a special study it grows to such immense | proporiion: 10 shadow all the brightness of life. Aftersll the gloomy talk the tale snows ihat ‘the strongly good woman Gloria goes through all the trials and temptations of Lon- don unscathed, and the woman Polly Love, who fell, reveals herself to usas one who wus scarcely worthy of a beiter fate. Father Storm | anight have savea his life and lived happily | married to Glory had he not been so fanat scally stubborn. 1f he bad made her the gen- erous and reasonable offer that Drake did—two be his wife and contipue in her chosen profes- eion if she wished—ail would have gone mer- rily as a marriage bell. Aside from its seeming purpose of rousing a crusade against the evils of London the novel was well worth the writing. The Manx gir/, Glory Quayle, is a fine creation, and the worid will be happier to have become acquaintcd with such a being, even in fiction; Father Elorm is an interesting study, calling for a sirange mixture of admiration and condemna- tion; Drake makes a fine example of the good- | ness of a man of the world, as contrasted with that of & priest; the minor characters that fill | such threads were few. | ™H | on spelling, but aims to select what seems to | Twain, Ben, | toy in the Eugiish-speaking world who wouid ot have bartered bLis soul for Mark Twain's corncob pive us a relic. He did | and he esteemed lanzhter shove all the gifts | of Gnd. Thus it was from tweniy-five to a dozen yesrs sgo. But them, in the early cighiies, Mark Twain’s old mamner became out the story are well done; and life in Lon- donisrevealed with the of a true novelist. - THE CHAP BOOK ON THE LARK. The passing of the Lark and the coincident hegira of Gelett Burgess have enapped one of the threads which bound San Francisco, in & literary way, to the rest of the world, And The work of Califor- | nian writers has often been important, but, | before the Lark was haiched, there was no lit- erary co-operation there, no union of pur- | e, no group. San Francisco’s position in letters isolated—unique. West of the | \West, the work of {15 writers could riot fitly be | included under that classifying brand of the | critic—Western literatur, Neighborless, as | far as seats of learning were concerned, 1t ®e- | pended upon the fraternal, publishing East to | purchase and dispense the wares 0f1ts authors. It is true, Californians might have reco nized in this & verificaton of the biblical “As far as the east is from the west, so far | hath he removed our transgressions from us’ butit was, nevertheless, rather pride. For tofame was, happily, as precarious as the passage of the Mohammedan’s bridge to the | aven, 1o which fect is due, no e very respectabie average, in point of California literature. It would be superogatory to catalogue the | achievements of the authors of the Paclific Coast. This has been done ad nauseum by the Califo ress 1 an abortive spirit of literary ji nor is their geographical tion a matter of special interest to but that family of fauna itself. San Francisco has always been the radiant whence ars of literature tske their casional explosion, smid the | that are heard eveu as fur | | | hard local apprentice, however, the wey 1ia was from such a condition that the Lark d, somethiug over two years ago, proceeded to be ‘“discovered” in all the coun Les Jeunes, or, in | , Gelett Burgess, Ernest Peix- ice Porter, Porter Garnett, Florence Lundborg, and the rest, pooled their facul- ties, as it were, and immediately engaged the | interest of the discriminating. They consti. | tuted a group, the first in the history of Cali- | nia letters, and by virtue of a certain | sand naivete, made for their fancies frienas that they knew mnot of. But tne Lark was like a prophet and it had tolook toward the rising sun for appreciation aud port. And now it is dead. Les Jeunes, en doubiless with an affection similar to the gold fever of the Klondike, are striking out for the East, where the nuggets of recognition and encouragement are to be picked up in the fertile fields of literature and art. Gelett Burgess and Ernest Peixotto are in New York, Bruce Porter and Florence Lund- borg are headed towacd Eyrope, and “the Homeless Snail” Yone Noguchi, alone re- m Standing like a ghost in the smiling mysteries of the moon garden. A PLEA FOR PURITY. | i | THEN — By Clara York: Robert Lewis | , AND NoT Nevida Mcleod Weed Comps A simple story whose purport is explained by ine following extraci, which is used as a | motto for “When the husbands and the fathers ure as they wish their wives and daughters to be; then, and not ti will the foundations of pure soclety be sofaman wholet his affections wife to a former sweethea cking of the bappiness of two equence. It is crudely written, y an honest effort to inculcate icturing a case where its non- observance brought much misery, IN THE LAND OF PLOTS. IFE—By Richard Henry Savage, ew York: Rand, McNally & Co. | ¢ 1 The type of novel with scenes 1aid in Russia, | > plots are rife and Government espion- | TIL; New stray from h | age almost unbearable, where punishment for political offense is swift and where even to be ed Is to be In extreme danger, is well nown to fiction readers, and this story is a Iy good one of thatspecies. The heroisa | reek soldier in the Russian service who gets elf into the toils on account of his chi alric befriending of a beautiful woman and of having roused the enmity of the com- mander of the military police. ABOUT SWITZERLA! ALS OF New Yor! A WIZERLAND—By Julia M. Col- ton. A. S Barnes & Co. The reason given for the putting forth of this work is that there are few records in the English langusg: of the inspiripgeventsin the long history of this little nation. The fact that the picturesque land issuch & mecca tor lovers of nature’s grandeur wonld alone make its annals of much interest, and when we add to that its being the scene where a brave race wrought out its freedom and aeveloped a suc- cessful democracy 1n an age of almost univer- sal despotic power, they become a most worthy subject of study. THE LAWS OF PLAY. COMPLETE HOYLE—By R. F. Foster. New | York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. For saie 1o tlns City by the Dodge Bouk anu Stationery Company, Post sireet. Price $2. This is an encyclopedia of all the indoor games played at the present day, with sugges- tions for good play, a full code of laws, illus- ve hands and a brief statement of the ine of changes ss applied to games. The or does not believe it possivle to compile which wou!d be so universally recog- 8 we rized as an authority on gamesas a dictionary be the most common usage, or the best rule, to state it accurately and bring it up to date. MARK TWAIN, BENEFACTOR. A late number of the London Academy con- tains a very genarous and enthusiastic eulogy of Samuel L. Clemens, under the title Mark actor. Asa new departure from | the kind of criticism so generally bestowed | upon American writers, it is noteworthy. The comperison of Mr. Clemens with Mr. Kipling is of perticular interest. We print the con- cluding pert of the article: Before Mr. Kipling rose glowing t Mark Twain held the field. He was the ides of masculine writers. There were no hali-ways with his readers—either they swore by him through thick and tnin, or uncon- ditionely they cast him aside. Probably no author hiss been so litlle read by women, al- though, on the otber hand, there was hardly a in the just what boys and elemental men like; came straight to the point; he he feared no one, changed. He sbandoned his zest in lawless life and the records of his per-onal Impre sions 1n the serious places of the earih, and he turned to satire and romance. His sorrowing readers had only just perceived the melan- choly truth when “Soldiers Three” appeared, in its quiet, blue-gray covers, to mark the be- ginnings of ‘a new dgehammer pen and divert their grief. British India and to- dey Mr. Rudyard Kipling is the ideal mascu- line writer, and his is the pipe that is coveted by boys and elemental men. He 1sa finer art- ist than Mark Twain; his sympathies are wider, his genius is more comprehensive, and yet, when all be said, the fact remains that Mark Twain is his literary progenitor. On his own ground, despite a huge and gen- erally tiresome band of imitators, American and English, Mark Twain has never been equaled, haraly approached. Mr, Kipling is his son only in manner; in matter tue iwo are wide asunder. Mark Twain is the most ob- jective of writers; Mr. Kipling would pene- trate to the innermost man. Mark Twain stands by with alert eye and twitching mouth, setting down in nervous, sinewy sentences whatever strikes him as picturesque, interest- ing or humorous. He is catholic; for a good swearer, for a good grotesque borse, or for the | cately just because he had exchanged his own | gacious criticisms of life, be passed on to | West and studying its civilization and re- HALL GAINE. Thomas Henry Hall Caine, whose new novel, ““The Christian,” is reviewed in these columns, is a native of the Isle of Man, which he has long since endearéd to his readers. at Manx schools and stbsequently at L Among his works may be mentioned “‘A Son of Hagar,” ‘“‘The Dzemster,” ‘““The Bondman,” “The S Mr. Caine has traveled in Russia and Poland as the representative of the mittee on behalf of the persecuted Jews, and has visited Canada for the arrangement of the He has of late years made his home at Greeba Castle ““The Manxman.” question with the Dominion Government. iverpool. Born forty-four years ago, he was educated first He becams a journalist, writing editorials for the Liverpool Mercury. pegoat” and Russo-Jewish Com- Canadian copyright in the Isle of Man. sphinx itsell, he has the ssme apprehensive | glance, the glance of the reporter of genius. | Itis there that he and Mr. Kipling teke hands | ¢ are both superb journalists at bottom, } but whereasone adds to his journalistic equip- | ment an extrayagant sense of fu, the other is enriched by dramatic powerand knowledge ot hearts. Mark Twain at his best is the most bracing | companion in the worid—he is so amusing and amused, and withal so sune. He is so unbar- | dened by sentiment or reverence—and most of us have 100 much of both. It was the absence of these qualities which made “The Innocents Avroad” the refreshing pook it was. A gener- ation bred up on Mr. Ruskin was left gaspinyg by the impudence of this American, who de- clined to put on fine phrases and tread de.i- country for an older. It was the first trans- | Atlantic democratic utterance which found its way into the hearing.of the mass of English people, Bret Harte’s idyls of the Californian mines had paved the way; but he only daescribed the rough western diamond—this was the diamond itself, articulate. People who were tired of formal and machine-made periods turned to Mark Twain as thirsty travelers turn to a spring. He gave them a new language, a freer air. e brought the Far West vociferous to our doors. | He acquainted us with America’s National | humor—its extravagance, its carelessness, iis unserupulousness, its daring. He was the first man wno had ever laughed in catacombs, the | first to connect Michael Angelo with fun. | But Mark Twain did more than this, Not| only did he offer broad, comic effects and sa- | add notable contributions’ to that mass of | data concerning human nature which novel- | ists and dramatis's have been accumulating | these many centuries. Tom Sawyer has been | called the completest boy in fiction, and it would be hard to prove this praise at fault; and Huck Finn is surely immortal. It was said tha: in some of his poems nature took the pen from Wordsworth and wrote for him. In Huckleberry Finn it may be said that natural man took the men from Mark Twain and wrote for him. That great book, which is likely to remain the standard picturesque novel of America, is the least trammeled piece of literature in the language. Itis worthy to rank with “*Gil Blas. TO YOUNG NOVELISTS, The New York Commercial Advertiser in a recent editorial, noting the large sales tnat .such wholesome stories as ‘“‘Sentimental Tommy,” “King Noanett,” “The Country of the Pointed Firs” and “Kate Carnegie” have | had this year, makes this very pertinent side remark to young authors: Young writers—and there are & legion of them—would do well to remember that if they wish 1o make their stories and novels immor- tal they must first of all make them healthy. The popularity of disease is uever lasiing. The literary crazes of the last five years show, indeed, that disease somelimes exer- cises an unholy fascination, but sooner or later tne spetl will be broken, and readers | will scent the corruption and turn from it in | disgust. The reason for this is not far to seek. The majority of msn and women wish to take as | noveful a view of life as possible. They like to think well of their kind, to b:lieve thatmen are brave and tha: women are pure. They want to feel (hatsomebow good will be the final goal of ili, that the wicked will not tri- umph nor the righteous be overthrown. They 2o to fiction to have these belicis confirmed, 10 huve these hoves fuifilled. This does not imply that fiction should be melodraumatic, that itshould not be true tolife. It can be true to the facts of life and yet be instinct with the spirit of hopefulnessand With the spirit of sweet reasonablenest BY A HINDU SAGE. FROM COLOMBO TO ALMORA—By Gwaml Vivekananda. Madras; The Vyjayaoti Press. | These seventeen lectures by a Hindu teacher | were delivered upon his return to his native 1and aiter four years spent in traveling in the ligion. He is regarded py his people with all the reverence due to a divine messenger. In the enthusiastic addresses to him upon his arrival in his old home in Calcutta he was told that he had a world to conquer, that it was for him to interpret and vindicate the re- ligion of the Hindus 1o the ignorant, the skepticel and the wilifully blind. It wes this Gwami who presented the principles of the Aryan religion to the Worla’s Parliament of Religions. He expisins his religion in these leetures and says that the source of all truth is in the Vedauti scriptures. | miles from & railway station. THE MAGAZINES. North American Review. The September number of the North Ameri- can Review contains & paper that will be of especial interest to the peopie of this coaston “Chinese Siavery in America,” by Charles Frederick Holder. An examination of the records of the Chinese American missions shows that slavery of the most horrible and debased nature is being carried on wherever the Chinese have found a foothold. The Rev. Josiah Strong, in “The Problem of the Twen- tieth Century,” shows that by 1920 the popu- Intion of the cities will be able to control the Nation. Frederick W. Taslor, secrctary of the | American Association of Farmers Institute Managers, writes about farmers' insti- tutes. and their work. Unuder the title of “The United States and the Western Hemi- sphere,” there are two articles—one on the liberation of the Spanish-American colonies, by H. D. Money, Senator-elect irom Mississippi in reply to the paper by the Mexican Minister, which appeared in the July Review,and the other concerning our diplomacy in regard to Central American canals, by James Gustayus Whit The leading article is, “Are Qur Schooi Histories Anglophobe?” by Professor Golawin Smith. The woman question is in- telligent'y discussed by Mrs. G. G. Buckler under the modest title, “The Lesser Man.” | The final paper of the series on *“The Progress of the United States,” by Professor W. Garden Blaikle, deals with the Pacific States, and there is an article on “The Administration and Hawaii,” by Longfleld Gorman. The number will be of particular interest to Cali- fornia and the Pacific Coast. The Atlantic Monthly. The Atlantic Monthiy for September con- tains an encouraging article on the subject of the condition of the people as to wealth distri- bution s compared with former times. The title asks the question, ‘““Are the Rich Growing Richer and the Poor Poorer?” and the writer, Colonel Carroll D. Wright, chief of the Bureau o1 Labor Statistics, furnishes proof that while the number of rich men Is increasing the rela- tive number of poot men is decreasing, and that the tendency of our population is toward an increase in well-being along the whole line. “Oun Being Humsn,” by Woodrow Wil- son of Princeton University, is an essay on the human quality in books. The pro- fessor points out how this charm in literature distinguishes it from mere learning. In “The American Notion of Equality” Henry Childs Merwin discusses how far that notion has beeu realized, Theodore Roos>velt writes an arti- cle on ““Municipal Administration; the New York Police Force,” wnich shows the vast £00d that was effected 1n the metropolis by re- form in that branch of administration. A Southerner in the Peloponnesian War,” by Professor B. L. Gilaersleeve of Johns Hop- Kins University, gives the reminiscencesof a soldier 1n the Confederate Army, and es a student of the Peloponnesian War draws some interesting parallels between the two conflicts, “A New Organization for the Navy,” by Ira N, Holis, professor of Harvard and formerly of the United States navy, states the necessity of the readjustment of the personnel io steam warships, There is a description of the expe- rience of the American astronomical expedi- tion to Japan last year to witness the total eclipse of the sun; asecond instaliment of the letters of Swift; the conclusion of the story, “Sutterfield and Company,’’ which shows the contrast of life in Virginia before the war and since; an account of a naturalist's rambles in North Carolina, and two short stories. Scribner’s Magazine. The September Scribner has an article on ©gan Sebastian, the Spanish Newport’’ by William Henry Bishop, with iliustraticns Ly L. Marchetti, which gives a glimpse of the Queen Regent and the littie King. Walter A. Wyckoff contributes the second number of “The Workers,”” and teils of an experiment in toil es a day laborer at West Point. “The Way of an E.ection,”’ by Octave Thanet, is the second of a series of five papers, stories of labor and capital. “Some Noles on Ten- nessee’s Centennial,” by F. Hopkinson Smiih, is very interesting, and pays an enthusiastic tribute to Tennesseeans for geiting up such a successful show at a time of so mteh financial depression. “To the Shores of the Mingan Seignory,” by Frederick Irland, with iilustrations from photographs by the author, will prove interesiing to lovers of scenery. *Lord Byron in the Greek Revolu- tion,” by F. B. Sanborn, shows the poet in one of the noblest features of his life. “At the Foot of the Rockies,” by Abbe Certer Goodloe, tells of how young Englishmen make ranch andmilitary post life agreeable though seventy “A Misunder- stooa Dog” is an account of how an amiable animal got the name of Satan. The first part of a novelette, ‘“The Durkett Sperett,”” is con- | tributed by Miss Sarah Barnwell Elliott, who | | & few years 850 wrote the successful novel “Jerry.” The Century. In the September number of the Century there are some interesting notes of a Parisian, Pierre de Coubertin, callel “Royalisis and Re- publicaus.” “An Adventure With a Dog and a Glacier,” by Joha Muir, is timely, as it teils of perilsin Alaska. Adventure is the chief feature of ihe num ““What Stopped the Ship,” by H. Phelps Whitmarsh, is a story of & mid-ocenn mystery. “Up the Matterhorn in a Boat,"” by Mrs. Marion Manville Pope, is 8D extraveganza suggesting the daring ad- ventures of aeronauts. The experiences of two ladies in an out-of-the-way region in Java isgiven by Miss E. R. Scidmore, who wrote “Down to Java” in the August number. Deal- ing with adventure also is Dr. Weir Mitchell’s American story, “Hugh Wynne.” The study by Mrs. Catherwood of the “Days of Jeanne d’'Arc” conies under the head ot adventure too. “The Cruelties of the Congo Free State,” by E. J. Glave, is an astonishing expose of the barbarities practiced by so-callea civilized people on the blacks. “Browning’s Summers in Brittany” is a study of the poet’s Breton work and aiso an illustrated paper of travel. Harry Furniss, one of Punch’s car- toonists, writes “Glimpses of Gladstone,” with characteristic drawings of the English states- man not before printed. Harper’s Magazine. Harper's Magazine for september has for its leading article “Around London by Bicsele,” | in which Elizebeth Robins Pennell describes a number of rides radiazing from the great city which introduces the traveler to a greater variety of places oi interest from a literary point of view than can be found anywhere else in anequalarea. The article is splen- didly illustrated. There is an Indian myth told by Frederic Remington as he heard the legend from a half-breed interpreter. “A Twentieth Century Prospect,” by our leading naval authority, Captain A. T. Mahan, U. 8. N, gives &n estimate of the part the United States must stand ready to take in future con flicts. Henry James gives & view of George du Maurier from the standpoint of an intimate friend and fellow-craftsman. James Barnes tells of the beginnings of the Ameri- can navy. Frank Stockton continues his ex- travagant flights of imagination in “The Great Stoue of Sardis,” and the ‘Lotos Land of the Pacific,” by John Harrison Wagner, gives a view of native life in Samoa, the iliustrations to which, by J. Macfarlane, are very well done. There are quite a number of short stories and poems. The Review of Reviews. The most interesting subject treated in the Review of Reviews for this month is the affair of Professor Andrews of Brown University, which, it is prophesied, will be historic as a sort of Roger Williams battle secundus. The Klondike situation is discussed and another timely subject is about wheat, silver and prices. Ex-Minister J. L. M. Currs, in “Cano- vas, Spain’s Foremost Statesman,” talks of Bpain’s suicidal course in regard 10 her colonies. There is & sketch of the three mem- bers of the new Nicaragua Canal Commission, showing the qualifications of these gentle- men for their task. A paper deserving of the most earnest attention is “The Sine Qua Non of Caucus Reiorm,” in which Ralph Euss'ey urges that the baiter c'ass of American citi- zens should go out and take an active share in party primaries. The last chief ot the Pot- tawatomie Indians, Simon Pakagon, joins with Agent Terry and others in condemning the present method of naming the Indians in the West. McClure’s Magazine. McClure’s Magazine for September has a practical articie on “Life in tne Kiondike Gold Fields,” which embodies the personal cbser- vations of a pioneer who has lately come | home with a good sized bag of dustand nug- gets. It tells ail about thelife on the Klondike, how the miners enter and work their claims, what kind of men tkey are, how they govern themselves and how they spena their leisure tme. The article is fully illustrated from re- cent photographs. *The Cleaning of a Great City,” by Colonel George E. Waring, the Com- missioner ot Street-cleaning in New York, shows that it is quite feasible at a slight cost to keep the streets of a big city asclean aud wholesome as & well-kept house. Thereisa series of life poriraits of Henry Clay, most of which were never before published. Robert Barr gives a humorous story of huwy a cowboy got the best of a New York confidence man. Another attraction is a new ballad by Kip- ling, which is a dramatic personification of English rule in Egypt. .Outing Magazine. Outing for September hLas for its opening article “From the Coast to the Golden Klon- dike,”’ with many illustrations taken on the spot. The author is Edward Spurr of the United States Geological Survey, and he gives a careful and reliable account of every stage of the journey from the steamer to the banks where the nuggets lie. This is the main fart- outing articles, among which are: “A Van- couver Salmon,” by Edward W. Sandys, tell- ing of Southern and British Columbie ; “Duck- Shooting on the Hudson River,” by John Day Knapp; “Bluefishing Off Fire Island,” by | Frederick de Garis; “Deer Hunting on San- hedrin,” by Ninetta Eames; “The Larchmont Regatta Week,” by A. J..Kenealy, and “A Woman’s Outing ou the Nepignon,” by Berg- thora. There are the usual editoriels, records and poems. St. Nicholas. The September number of St. Nicholas has a story of Oid England called “*A Girl of Win- | chester,” by Virginia Cabell Gardner, telling | how a little girl was selected (0 recite an epi- | thalamium before Queen Mary on the occasion of the latter's marriage 10 Philip of Spain. “Floating Fire-engines,”” by Charles T. Hill, gives a deseription of the powerigl fireboats of | New York, which can throw twents-five times | as much water as the ordinary land engine. | “A Right Royal Robe” describes one made wholly of rare feathers, the work of scores of | years, belonging 10 the Kings of the Sendwich Isiands. A Soap Bubule and Its Secrews” shows how these can be made beautiful and. more lasting than the ordiuary. “The Street Dogs of Constantinople” and “Stories About Elephants” will be sure to interest the chil- dren. The serials are now nearing their ends. There are many pictures, poems and verses. The Lotus. The Lotus, combined for August and Sep- tember, comes under a cover designed to com- pel attention. It has unique marginal illus- | trations, heed and tail pieces. Among its | prominent features is a folio of verse from a | prison, signed No. 3882. Carmen Harcourt | Austin writes from Mexico a story of Chinese seli-abnegation, “Ah Yeus Penance.” There is & love story in brief by Charles Fletcher Scott, “The Faith of the Faithful” “The Leper,” by Leonard H. Robbins, is a | strong picture of the anguish of thatafliction. | “The Confession of & Dead Man” is a fantasy | of u selemurdered soul. Walter Blackburn gives & bright review of & California book, | ““Tne Itinerant House, and Otner Stories,” by | Miss Dawson. There are a number of short i poems. The Ladies’ Home Journal. The Ladies’ Home Journal for September contains the second part of Hamlin Garland's serial, “The Spirit of Sweetwater,” and the first part of Mrs. Mark Morrison’s series for children, “The Pixies and the Elaines.” | ate” tells of one of | cf Congress. Eiizabeth Bislana in | ference Between Mrs, A. and Mrs. | cusses the exactions that “The Four Hun- | dred, or the Dominating Social Circle ot Our | Communities,” imposes on an aspirant for ad- | mission to its ranks. There is a composition | for the piano, “The Golden Vineyard Waltzes,” | by the famous composer, Edward Jakobowski. “The Dif- | Frank Leslie’'s Monthly. | Frank Leslie’s Monthly for September has Walkill Valley. There is a valuable paper on | “The United States Marine Hospital Service.” | Garrard Harrison describes “Piantation Life | in Dixte.” The old city of Bahia, in Brazil, is | the subject of an articie by Henry Greyson. 1 The American cities series is continued with | an account of Pittsburg, by Charles Thomas | Logan, and there are several short stories. { Godey's Magazine. has an interesting article on “The Women Who Influenced Byron,” by Esther Singleton, who treass the subject from & woman’s point of view. “Women in Religious Ministzy,” as a development of the past half century, is written by 8. T. Willis. Carrie Stowe, in “The Court of Love,” relates how the old “Flitch of Bacon” ceremonies were revived at Dunmow Iast year, after the iapse of many generations. The fiction features are quite varied. Current Literature. The September number of Current Litera- ture has two pages of love songs selected from the poems of the late Jean Ingelow and a portraitof the suthor. Thereisa selection from “In the Tideway,’” the new book of Mrs. Steele, author of “On the Face of the Waters,” and en interesting scene is quoted from Mrs. | Oufphants last noy ] HERE AND THERE. Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, who has been living | in England for some time, is going to Rouen, * where she will complete her new story. There nas been a rumor of late that Dr. Ibsen was getting tired of Christiania, where he has been liviog for the last few years, and that he soon would settle down again abroad. We now hear that Dr. Ibsen has decided to leave Christiania at the end of October, and will take up his abode in Rome for the time being. 1t is somewhat mundane to assort books { with money, but suthors do not write for glory, nor do publishers publish for the same thing. Anyhow, without further comment, the calculation has been made that Hall Cuine’s “The Christian” ought to bring him in some $40,000. This is from the Critic: “Anthony Hope was asked recently, apropos of his coming lecture tour in this country, whetner he intended to write a book of his American impressions. He promptly answered: ‘I shall be there too long to write my impressions. I understand that no traveler writes & book who stays in a country more than a week,and Ishall be in America three months at least." " An inquiry was recently sent to the most eminent literary men and women in America, says the London Christian World, asking what were the ten poems that should be regarded as *“the noblest in English literature.” Sixty- seven replies were received, and the list of the ten selections shows Wordsworth’s ode on “Immortality” in the lead, this having re- ceived fifly votes, Some people will boast about anything. It is said that Dr. Charles E. Mooney of Lexing- ton, Ky., is the “champlon whisky-drinker of the world.” The doctor claims that he has for fifty years averaged over twenty drinks of whisky daily, & grand total of 365,000 drinks. It there was one gill at each drink he has con- sumed 91,250 pints, or 45.625 quarts, or 11,- 406 gallons. This amount of iiquor would fill 181 hogsheads. The doctor, it is said, is now “somewhat wrecked in henlth.” We can quite beliove it. Journalistic ubiquity is commonly supposed to be a recent invention, but the author of “An Englishman in Paris,” writing in a re- cent issue of the Fortnightly Review about Emile de Girardin, whom he cails “The King of Journalists,” shows us that so far back as the thirties and forties Girardin had perfected & system of which the most enterprising of modern editors might be proud. " He kepta voluminous record of cvery contemporary whose name wes atall likely fo recur in the warfare of volities, and in so far as ne could do so he got this record from the revelations made at one time or another by the men themselves. If they hed ever printed a syllabie that they wished to forget, behold! Girardin had iv in his tressury. “Girardin, who could be very amiable at times,” sars Mr. Vandam, “asked me to test his system. I named a political personages, somewhat ‘en evidence’ at the time, and in less ihan a mo- ment I bad not ouly the main lines of his career before me, but particulars which couid not be gathered either from books or news- papers.” Mr. Vandam’s paper makes aiverting reading for any one interested in the history of journalism, ure of the magazine, but it teems with other | “When Henry Clay Sa d Farewellto the Sen- | the great dramatic scenes | The September number of Godey’s Magazine | | | | ! B.” dis- | LITERARY NOTES. Harold Frederic hes written a novel in which he has departed from his tamiliar American scenes. The new book deals with English life. Captain Mahan will write a summary ot *naval history for the use of schools and col- leges’’ and Messrs. Sampson Low & Co. of Lon- don will be the publishers. The reading of Nelson has by ro means abated in England. The demand for Mahan is continuous. Clark Russell’s *Our Great Naval Hero” is the latest edition. Austin Dobson i making a selection of his poems, waich will appear in two volumes Oc- tober 1. Austin Dobson’s first volume of poetry appeared some twenty-three years ago. Another translation of Meurice Jokal's novels is announced. In the Uaited States we know of his “Black Diamonds” and “The Green Book.” The new book has for title “The Lion of Janina.” Mrs. Spurgeon is editing the life of her hus- | band. Mr. Spurgeon left a mass of papers re- lating to his career and work. In her task Mre, Spurgeon will be assisted by Mr. Harrald, who for many years was her husband’s private secretary. We have received from Messrs. Hartwell, Mitchell & Willis, 107 Montgomery street, 8 copy o & handy pocket map of Trinity County. The map is well and clearly printed and shows all wagon roads and trails. The ce is 50 cents. Mrs. Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer is com- pleting dnother volume in her ‘Nineteenth Century Histories,”” This one, which will be called “Spain in the Nineteenth Century, will be published, like jts predecessors, by A. C. McClurg & Co. of Chicago. Another new publisher has begun tofssue books in New York, M. F. Mansfield. He an- nounces a volume of “cycling” stories by Jerome K. Jerome, H. G. Welis, Barry Pain, W. Pett Ridge and others; also “A Batch of Golfing Papers” by Andrew Lang. Coventry Patmore’s will made his widow his lterary executrix. She hes all his manu- scripts and correspondence. She is using them in the preparation of a memoir, and is being assisted by Professor Basil Champneys and Frederick Greenwood. The book will possibly appear next winter. Itis not quite certain whether the life of Frofessor Huxley, which is being prepared by his son, will appear before Christmas of not. Leonard Huxley says that the task has been #n arduous one, and has been rendered very difficult owing to the large range of subjocts deat with by his father. Colonel John P. Thomas of Columbia, 8. C.. is preparing a life of John C. Calhoun, having for the last forty years made & close and criti- calstudy of the subject. There is a mass of original correspondence relating to Calhoun which Colonel Thomas is possessed of, and which will throw & new light on the recent history of South Carolina. Edward 8. Holden, director of the Lick Ob- servatory, has edited the “Memorials of Wil- lam Cranch Bond, director of the Harvard College Observatory, 1840-1859, and His Som, George Phiifips Bond, director of the Harvard College Observatury, 1859-1865.” There will be tome fine steel engravings of astronomic scenes. A small edition only will be issued. A neat, compact and handy volume has just been issued from the Scientific Publishing Company, 253 Broadway, New York. Thisis The Columbian Parliamentary Compend, | for lenaing articie an account of tlie historic | arranged by Harry W. Hoot, and the work may be regarded as stondard on all matters and gueries of parlismentary law and usage, It also incorporates the last platforms of the various poiiticel organizations, the constitu- tion of the United Sta:es, the electoral vote and other details, combining in all an admir- able manual for every American citizen and voter. What & wonderful popularity the works of Dickens still bave. The latest edition is in preparation by George Allen, who has ar- ranged for illustrations by C. D.Gibson and Phil May. Messrs. Chapman and Hall, by the way, announce that they do not intend to make any arrangement with any publisher for the right to issue the rémaining copyrights of Dickens, which copyrights do not expire tilt 1912. The works still copyright include *‘Lit- tle Dorri‘,” which is out in 1899; “‘A Tale of Two Cities,” 1901; “Great Expectations, 1903: “Our Mutual Friend,” 1907, and “£d- win Drooa,” 1912. A circular just fssued by the Kelmscott Press makes it very clear that persons wishing | toobtain the forthcoming volumes must be quick toact. Of “Sire Degravaunt,” indeed, all'copies have been soid in advance, and & large proportion of the editions of “Sire Isum- bras” and “Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs” has alresdy gonme. “The Sundering Flood,” Mr. Morris' last romance, “Two Specimen Pages of Frofssart,” and “Love Is Enough.” printed in three colors, are the other publications to be expected. Finally it is announced that a complete set of Kelm- scott books, numbering 49 volumes, including the Chaucer, is now priced at $3250. Some rare manuscripts have recently been discovered in the so-called Synagogue of Eara the Scribe, at Cuiro, Egypt, by Mr. Solomon Schechter, reader in Rabbinic at Cambridge University, England. These anclent writings have a bearing, directly or indirectly, on the 0:d Testament, and the Sunday-school Times says Mr. Schechter’'s disclosures will shortly be made known to the world. The papers were taken from what is called the Genizah, a re- ceptacle for manuscripts of various character which have for any reason beeu discarded, but yet from the sacred nature of their contents must not be destroyed. Schechier made his journey with the approval of the authorities of the university, and was warmly welcomed by the chief rabbin of Cairo, William Doxey, publisher, of this City, makes the foilowing announcements for the autumn: Tur WiLD FIOWE3S OF CALIFORNIA: Their Haunts and Habits—By Mary Elizabeth Pa sons, Illustrated by Margaret Warriner Buck; 600 specimens described; 154 full-page ilius- trations. A special edition and six plates col- ored by hana is bzing prepared for advance subscribers at the uniform price, $2. An edi- tion de luxe, with all plates hand colored, undar supervision of the artist, $25. Keady October 15. This is the first comvprehensive work on the flora of California. The aunthors have done their work inteiligently and well. Tag VOICE OF THE VALLEY—By Yome No- guchi (the Homeless Snall), author of “Seen and Unseen,” with introduction by Charles Warren Stoddard. Frontispiece by Willlam Keith, beautifully printed on Dickinson’s Gade Valiey laid paper foolscap, 8vo., 50 75 cents. In his preface Mr. Stodderd “Noguchi is a world-builder of startling originality and power. There are passages in his poem as lofty and abrupt as the precipi= tous wauls of the valiey he adores” (the Yose- mite). IpLe HOURS IN A LIBRARY—By William Henry Hudson, professor of English literature in Stanford University, author of introduc- jon to Spenser’s “worl “Interpretations, ete. “Idle Hours” consists of essays; “Samuel Pepys and His Diary,” “S8hakespeare’s Lon- dom,” “Iwo Novelists of the Restoration,” “The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter.” Printed on Dickinson’s choice grade paper, ioolscap, 8vo., 250 pages, cloth; $1 25. In his preface Professor Hudson asks that the essays be taken as the title indicates—the result of browsings among the books of fuvorite euthors, with no seholastic intent. SONNETS FROM THE TROPHIES OF MARIA JOSE DE HEREDIA: Translated from the French by Edward Robeson Taylor. Edition limitea to 500 copies. Beautiiully printed on D ckin- son’s Bstchworth laid paper, foo'scap, quarto, bound in hslf-vellum; $2. M. de Heredia is easily the foremost poet of France to-day, a member of the Academy, one of whom Edmnnd Gosse says: ‘‘He would rather be banished from his country than allow a loose rhyme to ¢scape him or commit a solecism in prosody.” So far asis known Dr, Taylor is his first translator into English,