The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1900, Page 11

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THE SUNDAY CALL. 11 2 Bl Critical MReview of the JBooks of the Tlleek .2 — ended, when 1 - story about a girl of unusually * be s arned under the ) ey By Professor M. B. Lathrop oF Stanmford University. oim'iily e e, ncner M -t 4x yoks on natural traced by the auf 1 x A > sical science ha €N a novel the of which is lald like lican tribunal, is all but stoned by Young's matter is individual enough to toTia comes . g - s g b > 3 o earlier works, “The low priconers val to the mor deserve - beautiful (aton & Well bre he Wors! nd - “The Terror,’t but finds satisfaction in the thougnt New York author's T — know ch revolution. It he has saved the life of his enemies by B ez e acter of - t ook orrors perpetrated the reverence paid him for an instant by & Lee have published a “Pocket Weaknes v f The general {s in the south those who in an instant repudiated him. Map of Paris,” wWith an index of trz : ris, who b w ole strength of the (D. Appleton & Co., New York.) ways, an of places, and " s fixed to every ¢ ed to the protection of L a simple t ice for finding ES - The general pr from inva M. Gras The boy whom W. S. Phillips' *Jus¢ Points n in the index with speed and & \ nonsense and ¢ > i of incident is so About a Boy" is about poken of by Mr, accuracy The map is intended specially Felker < reader aga as to make applicable the old pro- Phillips as a simple Western boy, who ' fOT Visitors to the F 1. and . % 5 o S g troduce «rb which Dryden quotes about Chaucer, grew up along the shores of a little West. S€ems to be unusually convenient. It ook Seam ro- t is a ma “Here is God's plenty.” His unfailing ex- ern river. Really he was a very 1 Would be better still if mo d on cloth, O¥E B 4 : e t the right k v es the impression that he boy, indeed, who knew all the lore of that fOF the wear will soon separate a paper 1ODS are ma ur 2 1 . living teache 1e feels like it, and thinks river and of the Woods along ft, with per. 3P Into sectlons. (Laird & Lee, Chicago, §nCS- (1 & an U . ae those of Ht that he could go on fo = and almost preternatural ° Cents:) & i ADAHEE ot Dt diille Lt eve dail, Huxle tive is written with a ins He knew the stones in the bot- «Little Doctor Victorfa,” by Miss Loulse If not. Miss Felker's se s \ done more to f artlessness, moving tom, for he had swum down and crawled Carnahan, s a not unpleasant child's wisely chosen, and in z ® better on the § sound educ Quick pPictures of &ashington [Yotables. Jnapshots by Clinedinst. s A : ‘ Washing :: ‘—"‘. panl ;T,“"\"w':'j’.:“ L FSAT RS AT DR E T A Dk S ATA AT AT AT AT AT ATAT AT AR A TR TR A R e s A Gentleman Who Wolld a=Weooing GO, R 2 s L S P about his little ward and forws ance of syste p x cters back the sem- ' But ag He Cannmct Leave the Farallomes He Semss Out first, but Frans o bias i ekl St et S At S Tnstead a Qirgular Letter for 2 Bride. 1 se Chandler formed by t competent to judge COnve fe from Calist rated mlong the bottom all the way to the falls, : : n At the are creditable A A e of the undertow, which had FARALLON ISLAND. This situation is something of a times, as I cannot keep my house i ss course Ca m ¢ rying drowned mw-r.l.l m;‘l-k I{-- knnv«l l:vmcn ot Dear Madame: It is through in- resting place for me. The hours are the condition I would like ta e last minute two minnows that looked just alike 4 cat- 3 . 8 3 e - pan e Shiftless soon enough fish would choose. He could follow the formation given me by Mr. Walter Yery lrregulnr‘_ but the work is n(?t I’do despise a ca_reles;. »,nm,es y tsness charac- thoughts of a rabblt about snow-laden McDonnell of Chicago that I am per- hard—that is, it is not as hard as it s!menly person, and it takes no more ghou Whenever bushes go closely that he knew better than mitted to addrn : and how to do would be were I working for a pri- time to sew on a button than it does ready to selze Adellne we the rabbit ftsslf which bush it woulg Mitted to address you; and how to vate individual. In times past I have to hunt up a pin. whether she will crouch under. There was no beust on the 8o is something of a problem. felt as though I would like to take a I have not as yet learned to darn time, but settling that ore of the 't that he could not tiay; " i i 4 3 = ; iy W are i i {Iiil'm,:’“:,L,‘lrhh,m: ho had mo fover However, I think the best way is rest, so, out here, inhaling the warm, my socks, but have several s laid over the next move. The until after he had mortally wounded a to tell you something about myself, invigorating breezes of the glorious away with holes in them that I will t glves to the tale some- buck; then he shot every one of five rifle for this will give you an idea what 1 Paciflc, is where I will remain unless practice on this coming summer—un- b ‘the hither acit hi Juliets o flecing quar : - ¢ & hetter ol i # it £ re r : anlighorraeie- '"\l::\‘_-‘ lr::‘lf:‘:‘“h .:hxt.l\n:r ortumanitke 1n. @m like, and will enable you to decide Somebody or a better situation takes less I have some one to do it for me ke ’“‘“ i ' fashior ¥ ious book. Many. however, will | Iam 5 feet 8 inches tall and weigh . o R ; A 2 g dout t - w lie broad The m ory has a annoyed by the elaborate dialect of the 142 Hair w Tiiaal 2 time for me to go into all the little there cannot be love, and it is th s Sapeie Sy b go dolil et Whitmaingq boy's speeches. The value of dialect is pounds. Hair was coal black, but 444,515 ot my daily life, so I have confidence in each other that helps ‘ e e A Al g not in itself. but In its suggestion of char- now, at the age of 45, it is turning given you a mere outline of my work, to make our lives the happier and the = e atisfactory, for which wit acter and of circumstances created by lo ki » . g 4 of the intro- s to the reader no for ex- @ little gray. Very expressive and in- and I can cnlarge on it at some futura burdens of each other easier to bear » far telligent dark brown eyes, black time if you so desire. I do not chew tobacco, but am what 1 conditi It has no excu Tyranny, cruelty, istence in a literary sense except in i D Lae B ) Iacty - Hekiary i x Dt e P Over an- s It accomplishes theso ends. A tou'h heard trimmed to a point, also black I will under all circumstances be you would call a moderate smoker, D%, ‘1D APAW- They 45 30 i S ”‘wf]‘r;”{ji fl:""’:"‘];Lfly";‘I‘j“"‘l"_‘lzl[:;;“:f"l_“w:' woull mustache. Health good. Sound in truthful to you, and hope you will be and I drink less than I smoke. T "he little ot Ao wike Of PGBl O6 as well ae the aStsmpe at phomog body and limb. At the present time the same, and any question you may think ttis will do for an introductior . o """"’3‘,"-"‘“" scruple keeps the curé, Randoulet, from accuracy which he makes. Besides, it I am employed by the United States ask will be cheerfully answered. and I said before, I will enlarge st o nelng cked judge; another would be clearer, 'V pronunciation of Government as a lighthouse keeper I have always earned my living by on it from time to time if you cars “knowlédge of en- refusal to obey the tne indefinite article does "ah” repre- a¢ g galary of $600 a year and ra- hard mechanical labor, and have al- to more fully acquaint yourself with ’ . knowledge of en ATT inds of her mother. gent? How do well-bred people who us y< 3 % N e ; Bomipy ¥ s s & ch orld are made wiser {he English language pronounce “a man”? tions, which is fair wages, as with ways led an active life. I never would my daily doings. = Ecric a whole is not speeially han the children of How much difference there between my rations I have but little food to be satisfied unless I was employed at I regret very much that I am un- > s p ” i gl Ahe «rekd- little movement of ‘st to” and “used to”? These little re- buy. I have no house rent, coal, light something congenial to my trade. able at present to ssnd you . photo, of S By Dr, & B "”’”"" ‘f‘"fl o ane 1 :( thoas séasdns br. Tudtidnts C u]\-lmw to perplex. (IL 8. op \water to pay for. I am very particular and neat about but shall have some taken at the ear with technlcal (he present « he. sCBOOL" A DoOKS * madness, tarrors, great weh Tk oA e R My trade is that of a stationary or the three rooms I occupy. You will liest opportunity and will gladly fo " Tign taken down a real in white and re ch took hold of France A boys'book with the same Intercst that locomotive engineer, but times were never see any dirty clothes thrown in ward you one. Should you have in most ”~']'"‘) ot with which they during tic s wonderfully well comes from skillful woodcraft which is go dull and situations so scarce I con- a corner or dirt swept under the stove to spare, I can assure you it will ba e, e "1" h ; library. T : ‘y”' “ur:mv"rriilh'"\.rnr‘\“14;.- i ":’1‘ ':'Ht‘“lly;:l(')ll ‘flrlmudl- g b g B "r‘x !:I-t If,;";",‘ ’”‘"’ cluded to try a civil servic: examina- or bed, out of sight. I expect I am a very thankfully recsived. n the book, the price, but none of them costs much more g it iImpos Xnow friends rf.:m' n"l,:h ined _ m;;gfl-m. R. \'”“:; s tion for a position in the Lighthouse little cranky on the subject of clean- Hoping to hear from you at an W ?,'y;:,:rllpr»'i:v or less than & enemies, finds a wonderfully touching ex- *Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Department, and secured a percentage liness. early date, and that we will be sui Beown & D DI - s 9 PR pression in the scene where the good Great Lone Land.” The “Great Lone of 89 5-10, and was temporarily ap- I do all my own ooking and house- to each other, I remain most respect- wn » Bos The White Terror,” by Felix Gras, is priest, condemned to death by a repub- TLand" is the wild reglon of C anada, pointed at this station. work and find it very disagreeable at fully, BENJ. 0. CAMERON F DA RS k<S4 Where Mr. Young was a missionary. The W S FOATETED kT AT R R Ak book has the mark of close fidelity to na- ———— s~~~ Buckley's “Extempora- B " = ture in all its incidents, which are ver: R. CAMERON of the Farallon of them should think herself she? Of kind of man is b P i s B fllfle ) QEPFUY women g?an s? {ikhy 35 i BF Ui ivented They (N Talkndusis Jondly, He AR ECORRd: Gauere, cvoeonols BAGVE At there can g of an e - e St if e Eite are, indeed, not seldom extraordinary, but theosophically " for his affinity be but one affinity; but suppose the ques- in a corn he should be violentl what If every one 1ld be bas o Olive 7 e ’ s ohee ° vil ) o ’ enough extraordinary things could hap- these forty-five years, and now tion of v B - N ‘r,,\:::fj e ].]_)]mr, DS B Rt Lo W o e oy A LIl i B iy HaRSHE de TH A Tew. VERTY 'stlys). s hek de-10eH TEAR tIeoaPRIna sasttode” Tiisa? OF s sober there o ot anRrRaRIEE | al " Tais irinita ry makes his Where to fill a good-sized book. The book won't work. S0 he is golng about the of the several hundred oy submission a sure thing gives a very pleasant picture of the sim- matter in a hew way. about rezponding and There is no remedy for it. Man might Pple and kindly nature of the Christianized He has composed a letter of more than ters and fe lay mer when they a¢ well yield grac Iy first as last, The s, as keen hunters and expert trap- gy pleading, pathetic. quivering words ana Of Mr. Cameron’s hea ¥'s book ter when they deflant weakness which a woman shows and as Indian as ever, but no longer he has sent a copy of this letter to every :"‘""‘"" fare: whers tha while &l the nte than cry. Tears are a confession of wea . by crying is irreslstible, and she knows it. feroclous or controlled by cruel superstl- charmer whose name and nddress he INE Out there whero the gulls and g vt ,"m‘, all and yet women are never as It is the water power that grinds a man tion. The book has literary merit of a could obtain. “Among them all she must Waves do all the talking and where porc his wide expe- physical and social viser far bet- gng water power. M limited tr be sald to use the —— swear, and women the wind power [ suppose, may in when they use them. A w down to her conception of what a good certain kind. It is sincere and unaffecte surely exist,” he confided to the seagull, r‘rw-ks grow to a hty heap as the year Apable of misinterpreth’ 7 ' iy an evidence that she has the husband ought to be. exhibits closencss of observation and a his only friend. The gull immediately roll by ¢ that most fatal kind STUCIE C "0/ (he argument, and yet they Now crying is the prerogative of a wo- skillful dramatic power of sclection, and flew off ‘with the confidence and squawked Poor Mr. Cameron! Think of expr which Joscs the spisit 0 variably the sign of ber triumph. = man, and she will never relinquish it, She is free from diffuseness, The diction is it all out to the gang just around the rock. and intelligént dark-brown eyes goi to the lewer. The SELC L, t resort when everything is a born strategist, and knows how to commonplace, and grace or distinction of It's a way that gull friends sometimes do. waste! When there are no end of girl s Oratory” 38V egils, Hike a c y reserve in time gain her ends. Napoleon said that he style, or even cultivated neatness of ex- The appealing lines are now in the pos- here on dry land who would give th New York $180) Ol athie’ A man t as much as ruled France, his wife ruled him, and pression seem not to be within Mr. session of several hundred ladies, and the own eyves any day in retur b aE ning a se- he pleases about his that the baby ruled his wife, Young's reach. This Is a pity, for Mr. question arises, What If more than one Another of his charms is neatness. That |

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