The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1900, Page 8

A Critical Review oOF the Most Interesting Books of the Week. fo [ rd University. Mexicans belonged to e.” Mrs. Sherratt to endure (Rand, Mc- of Stanf moral f pupl lon self-direct- ar mere ac- rger ppreciate and ved in ession of means to n embryonic untt te with types of S it de nd t S minent—the gs in t m of train- :pations Feliz Morrls. valleys of Wales, where Pabo, the priest, loved by all and faithfully ministering to control except so far as the child’'s own reason sa control. Like m, | reformers, Pro- the wants of his people, was suddenly, 8 fessor Dewe ems to feel that wisdom without warning, ejected from his place and experie have no right to command, gs Archpriest and condemned to death but mus eir field to persuasion. by the unscrupulous Bishop appointed by This er 1 be fatal It carried out Henry I, his wife passed over to' the to its conclusions. But as It hands of one of the lawless followers of will not Le 5o carried out, books Iike Pro- the Bishop and his property confiscated o fessor Dewey’'s will do a great deal of By the aid of his friends Pabo escaped good by stimulating thought and liberal- ang took refuge in a cave formerly the izing sym (The University of Chi- gwelling of an aged hermit. Here he dis- cago Press.) covered a chart directing the way to the treasure left In the cave of Ogofau by the . . “Pat by S. Baring Gould, gncient Romans. This was treasure to be . . . is a cal romance dealing with the wused only in defense of Wales, and Pabo E b invasion of Wale: the time of gladly consecrated it to the causs of ex- nd making him King Henry gland. It offers an pelling the English . from Wales. The s ork. The knowledge intere of ihe times and the plot of the book develops in the attempts of primitive con- \tertaining way made by Pabo's friends to conceal from x too; but o ynal pride ex- the Bishop and his satellites thelr priest’s i o stands , as well as their place of hiding, and their efforts to pre- acking, n to resist all enc vent the Bishop from putting into execu- sm for making tacks liberties by the Eng tion his pla »f dissolvng marriages con- part of t world’'s this nasional patric tracted w the seven degrees of the s ¢ essor Dewey seems ill stronger feeling church, reckoning godfathers and god- ere appears to be some induce the humble mothers. The story of Pabo and the re- e wors also, about the extent to 1 the sake of gistance made against English ecclesias x en shall be controlled against Jose to the utmost of supremacy goes side by side with t r hig es. If the book is to be \pt to connect the great struggle for political autonomy and . gs as Professor Dewey seems Wales with that of England the defense of Welsh homes against s¢ © [ s an absolute freedom from is laid one of the small ure by th rs. So the culminati P TS TO T DD DDA DD DO D DA D DT DA T < S Seene at the Bapquet Whieh M # v @3 N HE above picture Is|photograph was taken|around him are the mu-|any other agencies of pub- | from a photograph on the night of January |nicipal officials who broke |lic opinion to influence that represents what | 13 in the banquet hall of |bread with him at dinner, |°F dictate his policy, and is now one of the hlstori-fthe Palace Hotel. In the|On that night the Mayor ;;:ng;: nsc,::li ?;;:E;pi:; cal incidents in the iife of center Is .the oratorical|threw down the gauntlet, |in his keeping: and must new San Francisco. The|and eloquent Mayor, and |defied the newspapers or|trust to his discretion or DD T AT DT D T TS Death Qlaim Years NCE upon a time a runaway yo ster set out for America to T tionize the stage. He was Morris. He did not consider gelf a youngster, for he had a me credit—a diploma diploma to his cred Guy's Hospital in London. M he had salready wonm a great on the stage; had he not taken in the next ne and had by Co fe H {n an amateur pl parlor one Christm efforts not been appl b Mary and Uncle Charles and Sus! well? But the father of Felix M look with favor upon a § was an officer in the B “shall followed that Felix determined upo! stage for his career. «who had a right to expect better thix of me,” he says, “I started for the Unite: \Btates, with v T pocket but fortified with a & termination and am! wi never displayed in any prev ing. “In my optimistic eves my fu assured, for of worldly wisdom I Jolced in the possession allowance. Thus eq the place to mak terview with an Albany m: encouraging. Upon calling ti attention to the fact that a future Ke or Macready might be re answer made was: “A fell mug as yours play trage sir; if you go Into business may In fourteen or fifteen years be celving $15 per week, and you'll be pret doggoned lucky if you do Then followed the y tle. Mo clerk, wher door. He until he fe to a hospi with a Pa e before Once during given a chance Hetherington, 1 at his work He sb gave land was out of reach. the chance. He came upon the stage and was car- rled off again, hav 2 + for sheer terror not put him in th 1s reached when the rignal is given to take b sl sna ihe Silkrve It was up arms, and the follow are .. yrecy filled wi I in al patriotism and strong love for clan so characteristic =—— = of the Welsh of the Scc Hig healed 1s more apt withholds a slight Mr. Purrington re as a dangerous and horrible nts with force and cl st it and makes to the legal peoples. n the men arms ready to march against their foe the strong loc element is brought steadily before us the appearance of the women who join i vid and exhort the men to be determi in defending their homes. thusiasm engendered t singing tHe war songs of Da- ed 8s Readers who are their minc as to th martial odes the men march to the strong- tem of healing, or holds of the enemy, poorly equipped, but Provided with a coll olve that atones for these firm their objec Purrington's work e Naturally they are trlumph- ant, and finally see Pabo return and the needs. (E. B. Treat & ( eignty restored to their rightful 2 prince. The romance is strong, stirring Books Received and wholesome. (F. A. Stokes Company, le Questions,” by James M. Camp. New York. 60 cents.) Funk & Wagnalls Company, New Several recent deaths give point to W Yo ‘_‘M“Smr_v o Weltioia Wy Gecras ¥ A Euntiagton @ 5 e, a Plea cpambers. D. Appleton & Co., New York. for n ess Sick.” “Consumption and Chronic The motto of the work is the following by Emmet Densmore n from Mrs. E he apostle of Publishing Comp: Science: ence “The World's Merc: demonstrates that the t who pays Gray. D. Appleton & Co. whatever he is able pay for being ‘Mythology for Modern eonservative parent. “Felix be a E Taw physician,” he had said. Then his lips came together as if they meant business, and to a medical school Felix went. . But his taste of amateur theatricals was the undoing of paternal - R ol “To the intense disappointment of those zs and was taken ed the Bene- Fits of Ris Fame and of Toil. The Sad Story of the Life of Felix Morris. d all right I ng this asser w m s was at in 1 as wrong. ! . w own t of bs 50 years old him prosparous and Hes was when the ladder was eltmbed— s 13th of ary the burfal servics Life Publishing Company, New Metcalfe. York "d‘E't/:y"Z' - ST OO ayor Phelap[Madg Famous by Appouneing Himself Loeal Digtator 5’03LA§K;% 7’4:} [4 honor for a government hands have been placed that will not be anarchy. > enormous powers for good His Honor, inspired by |or evil, anfioin him %efioh the sparkling visions of |ance must be placed that the wine glass, saw every |the exercise of those pow= reason for congratulation !ers shall be for good and in the fact that in his|not for evil. The address |was aremarkable one and may mean for the people of San Francisco some- th’.pg very much more |serious than the victory > : of the right of local gov- (ernment.