The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1900, Page 9

B THE SUNDAY CALL TR A T [ICA e not even abnormal, & ar ¥ empire s misleading. A com- versions shows that s they stand o Thus e white brows of the malden, orward {p blowing the " hecomes ‘“‘the white fore- rk eyvebrows and the red lips girl who was blowing on the tinder, r. Bini e effect of publishers’ what Jo Appear at the California in Mrs. Quini’'s Juins. il = which began to burn.”” Of the bear's fat, graces Dr. Binlon's work has not the which ‘“‘was fresh, not burned, and had falntest trace. Commonplace modernness, the odor of angelica, which the girl, sometlmes flat prosaic tameness, appear skilled in plants, had added to the pot in in thelr stead. measure,” Dr. Binfon cnly says that it In printing and workmanship as well as was “fresh and smelled good.” and that . in literdry excel “‘Jagienka put the rest in a pot.” lished by Little. lence the translation pub- Brown & Co. is superior These single {llustrations do not prove much in to its rival. (R. F. Fenno & Co., New themselves, but the constant blurring York; $2. Little, Brown & Co., Bos- roduced by this vagieness makes the ton: $2.) fenno translation very lifeless in com- e parison with the other. Even where noth- The Doubleday & McClure Company ing s emitted utright Mr. Curtin's words publish an edition of Mr. Markiam's are far more forcible an T, nion’s. e, A s ne " “A. pack of boars passed with a gresr Do¢m. “The Man With the Hoe' In bustle and snorting’ is certainly a sorry Which the author at some length ex- rendering for “a herd of wild boars passea Pounds his work, The little book contains with great uproar and grunting.” “Dust 2 copy of Millet's picture and fac-similes was rising from the carth toward the and photographs of interest to the ad- gleaming twilight, which began finally to mMirers of the poet. We all rejoice that the Zrow fainter, then gloomy. blacker and World has taken up Mr. Markham and then was quenched.”'is hot only faulty in 7o one grudges him his good luck; but syntax but is feeble in effect as against it is certainly a cause for melancholy “Gloom rose from the earth and lifted it- amusement that this poem with its shal- self toward the bright light of evening, !ow though and faulty meter should have which at last began to fail, to grow som- been the fource of his fame and prosper- ber, to be black. to perish.”” The slight ity. (Doubleday & McClure, New York. touch of archaism and the skiliful sim- 50 cents.) plicity of Mr. Curtin’s stvie make his ver. slon accord very perfectly with the wild but noble rudeness of the action. Of these Under the title “A Modern Reader and Speaker” Mr. George Riddle has edited a L. REVIEW OF THE BOOKS OF THE eollectior s and readings that will be crest to all who “speak pleces hether professors or amateurs of the it of public reading.. No space is giver 10 suggestions or rules, nor is the book made up of wholly new selections. Such work of old-and more recent au- thors is preserited as is best sulted to the demands of the modern natural methods of reading and - speaking. The public reader and the teacher of elocution can do much toward creating a general love for good literature through Interpreting it and Mr. Riddle’s book provides substan- tial Hterary material In convenient, avall- abe form. The book has the dignity and refinement of Mr. Riddle’s own art. (H. B. Stone & Co., Chicago. $150.) “Soldier Life in the Philippines™ by Joseph McManus, late private, Company The Great Match Rage For the Goatville Derby Stakes. I, Fourteenth United ates Infantry, is a collection of brief narratives, giving a view of tl icr events in the struggle with the Filipinos seen by the private soldier in the regular army. The little sketches hay acity and a definite- ness of effect which show the author to be a man of unusual intelligence and powers of observation. Among the most interesting passages are those which de- pict the agreeable nd wholesome rela- tions between the American soldiers and some of the native famili The view of the sunny home-life of Jose Manuel's family. kindly, hospitable, Industrious self-respecfing, 1s charming in itself and gives unconscious and pleasant testi- mony to the attractiveness and dignity of Mr. McManus' own character. The magnanimous admiration shown for the soldierly and gentlemanly qualities of several Filipino leaders and the generous recognition of the better elements in the Filipino character are wortay of a soldier. At the same time sIr. McManus corrobo- rates the charges of treacherous emplo ment of flags of truce made against the Filipinos. He makes a detailed statement of some of the abuses suffered by the regular sol- C HONOR OF that each alike will pass away. Eily mourned with the desperation of one to whom sorrow comes for the first time, and unavoldable calamity and the wish to Shan felt every one of her sobs vibrate soothe-his anguish came uppermost In her through him. He drew his rosary from mind. beneath his pillow and began to repeat Quite forgetful for the moment of her his Hail Marys somewhat in this fashion: father's presence, she moved to her lov- ‘‘Hail Mary full of grace Weary er's side and laid her soft cheek on his on it, but 'tis Herself knew well how it shouider. #The Lord above o'ny knows feels to have the heart broke widin her why this great throuble should ha' been the Lord is with thee Gra- sent us, me darlint,” she whispered, “but clous, goodness, what a wall! sure, 1 can bear it now that I know ’tis Blessed art thou among women . . . none o' your fau't.” Wirras—threw! an' it's the awful thing He strained her to his heart for the last to be a woman anyways and time, and then hurried out of the cabin blessed is the fruit Och! the col- without saying a single word. leen’ll ery her eyes out afore morning 8han and Eily were alone. A thunder- dawns.” Thus with mingled prayers and bolt had fallen on their airy castle and it ejacujations he = accompanied his child, lay in ruins at their feet. step by step, through her Gethsemane. There was nothing to be done, nothing . Larry and his sister were married on the to be said. BEily tidled away the supper same day, and the chapel yard was things; humble herolnes must attend to crowded with nefghbors. such matters, even when their hearts are - Many were the whispered comments ex- breaking. When this was done she kissed changed behind hands as the two couples her father silently and retreated into the ~passed out. “Musha thin! Nancy Suliivan lean-to which was her bedroom. hasn't a bit o' decint pride,” said one girl FOR TH (Continued from Page Eight.) Shan’s couch was close to the partition to another." “Fancy marryin' a bhoy that Through the dreary hours of that has twiste refused to have her, an' was druv to it in the end by his sister’s light wall. sad might he lay listening to the heart- rending sobs and half-strangled cries that conduc'. marked tBe death throes of his daughter's reply. “Mebbe he'll be batin’ her afore happiness. With advancing years the the year's out, an’ small biame to hin heart grows as incapable of intense grief for that same. * * * Begorrah! Lizzie of murremna fov: experience has taught - Sullivan may be thinkin' that Brady 1as “Larry’s a nice fella,” was the made an honest woman o' her,” a matron remarked, with a toss of the head, “but she needn’t be expectin’ to hould her own with thim as niver tripped.” And so the tongues rattled on. Before the honeymoon month was ended Larry Sullivan ran away from his wife, leavin’ a bit of a scrawl to say he was gone to Ameriky an' wud niver come home agin. It was also reported that “‘be- fore makin’ off wid himself he had half kilt Denis Brady, lavin’ him wid a face like a jelly an’ two broken ribs.” The bond of filial duty had been strained beyond endurance, and no word ever reached the sorrowing parents to tell them whether their son was dead or alive. Eily and her father still inhabit the lit- tle thatched cabin looking down on Glen- beg Lake. ' No babe has laid on the bosom to which, in childish anticipation of supreme felicity, the dog was once lovingly held. Eiiy is now a middle- 2ged spinster, entirely absorbed in taking care of Shan, whose rheumatism keeps him a prisoner in the chimney corner. She can provide for his comforts quite easily with the money which reaches her twice a year from abroad. It comes in such a way that she could not return it. even if she wished to do s0: but she does’ not scruple to accept it. What true love offers true love may take. It is a wel- come token that Larry is still alive and thriving. diery—not mere hard corrupt and oppr © mitted, sometimes by persons high in a authority. The injudiciousness of exert- W ri ing compulsion by methods regarded by aire phiianth t the men as unfair is illustrated by Mr. J. W. Hansen, A M., McManus in the statement that many vet- ligions of the Worid, erans preferred re-enlistment in various WIitnesses' and other religious work: himself or h: he art of circus-poster advertising foreign services to rejoining the American been assisted by a m: army. Man for man the American regu- ©°f 3 lar soldler may lay claim to superiority @2pplied to religious subjects. The book Is over the soldiery of any other country. a complete, rational and distinct ac Intelligence, independence and an obe- €OUnt of Mr. Moody's dlence to discipline, groundsd not on ser- aking together of a but on loval devotion, are the se- Comments, scraps from 3 Moody's crets of this superiority. If such oppres ,Il’“;' es and reports of sermons. A goc sive p s those recounted are car- ;&'s(flph) of Mr. Moody would ried or » service will suffer am irrepar- Sfe2t Interest and importance, but tl able damage from the cc us and vulgar work is like in the character of the 1Zors In the well-known verses, or made to sell. (W. B. Conkey & Co., Chi- (Riverside Wis. 25 cents.) cago.) “Our Tslands and Their Pe Charles Keeler's “Bird Notes Afield” Is (= Fhaly. ¥ - a little book intended to spread the love noTk descriptive of the varto - and knowledge of .out-of-door nature Jie=ts Of the United States and of “as- among the unscientific. It abounds in ontains a sketch o history of the various regions tre charming passages of description, espe- account of their climate, prod eclally of the life of songbirds and sea- scenery, prineipal points of intere: birds. Among these appreciatively poetic with many illustratic mainl passages are interspersed bits of Infor- photographs. The text see t mation intended to make the recognmition curate, (N. D. Thompson of California birds easy to the uninitiated. Sold only by Touis The sensibility to outer nuture and the & Co grace of expression which characterize our_par the descriptions make the expository por- tions of the work seem rold. However, they only Interrupt and do not much mar the literary part of the boak. The key to the birds which follows the text exhibits the same combination of purposes, but the popular and the scien- tific _elements are here not mixed, but fused. The key strives to attain a sclen- end avithout - employing scientific ; to enable untrained observers 1o birds without recourse to techni- Th L A ¢ tales ‘are glven necy on the lower le and prose narra classif cal terms or systematic knowledge. result of the attempt is ncy success! few accurately discriminated words and precise marks of di tion would be easily learne easily applied than such tions as “‘partly black” or low.” In spite of these defects the book is a delightful one. (Elder’ & Shepard, 8an Francisco; §1 50.) 2 2 in the dra The character of the Rev. J. W. Han- Pt of Mr. son's “Life and Works of the World's' (A€ (2K 0f A Greatest Evangelist, Dwight L. Moody.” clearly told and the Intre - may be inferred from the adjectives on historfcal matter i» 80 managed the titie-page. The late Mr. Moody is not as n oy the unity of the narra- enly described as the world's greatest tves. 1 of the Agincourt evangelist, but is the most remarkable baiiad ¢ Iopy Shoushe religious general In history. St. Paul, we misprinted fo s may suppose, was left out bec se he Is ribner’'s in tk Bible; and Ignatius and Francis of and Benedict had the misfortune to Dr. 3 tholics. But does Mr. M i Wesley and Whitefield . both T shade? These questions are not such as Couch’s peare's wor s possible discontin noying ould ask without Mr. Hanson's chal- but he makes them in- “‘remarkable one lenge to the ages, evitable. The ¢ e religious general velous,” and the velous” career as “authentic and com- “Stories Fr lected by by Stepaen N Golden Horseshoe,” Company The Macmilla Afternoons Howard as Jirategists. BRI numbered abc their home. and marched mound of tant. The reac & the ed for the rest ¢ the place of o was to be the moun the remainder had T T i that tr x number of ants the main body y the top of the mo began moving so of the mound Very loose earth bearing a crick dead, which h and then return who had re food for the ¢ of Here ned and the country visions known march was made dential divi that none of the victims should esc Jocn ‘0 Be af the Columbia Theater in The Old jfomestead.