The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 10, 1900, Page 4

THE SU = esting artistic enterprise which promises important ethnological results was un- dertaken two or three years ago by Hu- bert Vos, the Dutch portrait painter, now a naturalized American, namely, to paint series of types of the world’s races. Mr. Vos has already painted twenty or thirty this world. The nobility—of family or of wealth—furnish attractive pictures for him who Iikes to paint flowing draperies and antique carvings and hot-house beau- ty. The slums furnish the most glowing opportunities for melodramic climaxe: climaxes of herofc burglars and disguised o OO ‘dukes. But the commonplace people—the such portraits, and In an article on the o who live out dull lives in dull subject by Charles de Kay in the June e &= honesty; the ones who never open a morn- Century four of them will be shown—Ha- B Throp- iNg paper to recognize their own pictures waiian, Chinese, Japanese and East In- ngth of great crime—ot exploited on the dian. In the difficult approach to G.L» : o e e WL N e i e o great wealth or a » pes Mr. Vos has been as 2 these, the people of neutral e,k by his formerly the Princ 2 . Publish v ch as is required in Eng- ¥ o N merly t e B hat wil } (Published by “_‘;I ”“‘Y wf‘-::n‘rnfl it World's browns and drabs. of these Fran- lani of Hawail. The completed gallery 1s & ( w York. Price The App e ¢ the COIS Coppee is an interpreter. intended for a museum. ) L By O O orts and , Above all, he can take this neutral- ol < 2. e open tc sorts a tinted material and give it positive, vivid e June number of McClure's is par- L .A:‘ms,:m,eld the Dissives, [ and the plan saclds color. In his unostentatious m ticularly strong and varied In its contents, M {r:" e gdov a2t S iheir cqual disteibu. [CUTINE as are the people he d vS. B¢ both as regards fiction and speclal arti- astle ve ly & s the re 1om qua t 1as ma G e 0e o h Gl h “ : i iyt auther T’ o “Colonial CIVIl chags sooe he little stationer and enc cles. President Kruger of the South Afri- P2 Lawrence Lowell. Pub- geajer ;‘cal)gr?dn:*f:r,]“:);-.dH’“ hcantthey can republic Is portrayed in an acute char- . s n Companyi, New ‘who would mast ifkely tell you in all SCter study by F. Bdmund Garrett. who 3 from his s modesty t o Yt insignifi- Das had the advantage of personal cont o b Gl i —— ot x?mnl-hnrmf;\nm (st melEnific with the remarkabie Boer | nd 18 . nd 86N characterizes his “The Jury Trial of 1900. would make not one whit difference. thoroughly familiar with his past career nf e eyes the them so por e are Every Preside election for » tales are of the quiet little hero- ;“’["'__‘“‘l" ”"; ""”"’“:‘r‘ ?‘f‘,"‘ ko Er he view one of them The Death I T been mar y the publication isms that go, for the most part, unsung. ”‘”i‘ ‘,“'j ‘“'"“‘";"1 3 'l- ”“m;-lf] Stet- . i reader, who has Published in 1593 and will r number of books and pamph- They and Coppee are worthy of one an- M8 W€ s Corine Selal Aduis 7 t the issues of the time other ' of the New York Commercial Adver- - s the iters de 1t would not be fair to the author to tiser relates some striking “incidents of x ract reac print blunt outlines of the stories. Given between ( t s o to he to in few words, it sou like cheap senti- he party le Th ation of such works has mentality that a poor young man shou » eady b One of the first s an -take upon himself the care of a feeble old 10 be a succes : D - me gold borate volume of prges entitied woman and a little child who have no Justrated article me & a > he Jury Trial of 1900.”” The author rep- claim upon him. and that he should there- flelds. by William J. describes SRR EN ithe vs. McKinley after be a happier man and a more ef- life in Nome " w as be Court of Public fective writer. It is the author's sincerity of its age in world,” and gives the Opir Levelhead. com- that makes such tales convinelng, and it latest and exactest Ihformation available monly known as Uncle Sam. The action can speak only for Itself concerning the of uns through is brought to oust McKipley from the A pathetic strain of humor r e A WOLL DURING readers who boggle Al con- the hors myster- n the hardly be true y every tate is intere: some Dromio’ 1s mi fratern / THE MooNLIT SuUaD THE LONELY REDWooOC seem quite Jliustraiions From the Latest Book of College Fiction, the final wheré Cameron induc The testimon ued in the June Truth by a finely illus- trated article on John H. Dolph, animal painter. The pictures are reproductions from some of the artist's best work and include two charming color pages. A fu illustrated article on Atlantic appears in this number, accom a full page in color from ti Charles Graham. Among other | ing articl for d Barbizon,” mering Kobbe; Caroli Henry of Poughkeepsie.” is fllustrated an beside the us City also jed by seve Frank June ope raord h an illu d unique ‘s War,” by ist-diplomat President McK heim,” and navy war with of the m White Hou photographs. is the public Glimpses of New Y eporter. *is the se Jtanford Jiories,” by Charles K. Field and &ill }. Irwin. e i Bl Presidency Taum a},;;vhc a rvr(:r‘ ;hp book. In “The Christian Lovers,” for Klendike. “Experiments in Fly- of descriptive writing, accompanied by y e A e ik n {rom speeches or writ- nstance: y Ing. by O. Chanute. is an account of the many beautiful views of Indla. Martha s I's eyes, is absolutely uniqu i ber of leading men, includ- Like many another. Desire, in his gm‘f‘“ own flying machines, one of McCuloch-Willlams contributes a quaint though it leaves one cay Lodge, Jones, Peffer, Till- Young artist life, had « cams of glory. Which was so constructed as {0 maintain and delightful paper, which she calls “A s Smprobability. et s Sl r 3 Pettigrew. Beveridge, But a man has to fight th se dreams when Successfully a speed of seventeen miles Brief for the Defense in the Case-of that ol g g e o o g Tt Thurston and ‘Allison, and’ Havemeyer, he stops to consi rice of butter? 2% hour. The article is illustrated from Crownless and Unchristian Martyr, the 4 % s re 1 one w sympathy for 1Rockefeller, Thurber and other noted I once knew a you 1sed scorn- {,' otographs. One of the most striking Mule.” The story of a woman's lové and A ner, Sois ireh-deacon left ‘mjone to PUSiness men. Occasionally fictitions fully to shrug his at the men- features of the number is a thrilling na- sacrifice s told in “For His Honor's graduate o 1 dishonor, (11, C¢haracters are introduced in order to give tion of Vietor Hugo's name, yet he now YAl story of the Japanese-Chinese war by Sake,” by Martha Henderson ; wor festive g g 1o & ( and New Yo the author an opportunity to advance his has to earn his forty sous a day by com- Adachi Kinnosuke, who is almost the only ‘~Women as Architects” are Interestingly pathetic 1o g0 own fdeas. The discussi s the s- posing each morning at his shaving mir- €XISting Japancse writer whose literary aiscussed by Joseph Danma Miller. Pocine ’ - sues involved in the qu of cur- ror a rhymed couplet extolling the vir- reputation has been established by his and “Marginalia” sketches are from the “Colonial Civil Service." rency, trusts and imperialism. The work tues of a certain kind of soap. And 1 Work in the English language. How the pens of Madison Cawein, Minna Irving, ; The necessity of provicing some form of 15 @ defcnse of the Republican policies, don’t know that he is to be pitied. A franc Hivel tan the gauntiet of the Chinese Jennie Betts Hartswiok Henry Tiirell. of ministrative service f ir possessions and is Aluable addition to the litera- a ltne Is a good price.”” (Published by Lit- 8quadron. how the vallant Yamaji fulfilled Lawrence Porcher Hext and Mary 53,1 t he West Indies and the Philippines ture Of the campaign, as it contains a ile, Brown & Co., Boston. Price $L) his dedication by his dying father to the gent Hopkins ders it worth while making a careful 'ar8e amount of information on the virt- s o gervice of the Emperor of Japan—all this b 34 y of ‘the .colonial gove ;vus subjects and extensive quotations The Magazines. h; zrflnhk‘alhl' xflx"df (hri‘lllnszly told. The ; h:;glnleenng a grebslldfn!;a! Campaign’ One < gives a pen pic- Rt il th el rom prominent ‘men concerning them. s pictures are full of action and unusually 18 a timely and readable leader in Ainslee’s the Shtrg e & i b e “The Jury Trial of 1900~ by Joseph J, _Simultancous with the reannouncement Zy UnCl 7 gl SRR SUC HRLS na‘rz for June. It was written by L. A. Coal- e s enlisted in the First Cali- Serviee” is therefore ore of the McLaughlin. (Published by Laird & Lee, ©f The Century's prizes for college grad- gevera] other good short stories. There {s 1d8e, the well-known Washington corre- p and sailed 1y on timely publications of the year. The work Chicago. Cloth 75 cents, paper 2 cents) uates of the present year appears (In its ajso a true historical story by the Rev. C. Spondent, and treats not of nomination . the 2ith of May, 18%8. gives account of the his . B June number) the successful essay in the T. Brady—the story of the greatest fight Oratory and the fireworks of conventlons, “The Transvaal Trouble.’ John Hays Hammond. whose address on “The Transvaal Trouble” was one of appe wple well to every Cail- n & good ma in the history of American privateers— Reid’s great fight in the General Arm- strong against the British. condition Great Britain, of France a is supplemented by an i competition of last year, the poem and story having already been printed. The topic is “The Poetry of Willlam Blake" the colonial A Holland, teresting cnapter R he characters run through- on “The East Indla College at Hail the most notable contributions to the dis- anad the writer is Henry Justin Smith of The June himber of Vick's Magasine 1 é vhich, while not ot at which institution young mon CUSsion In this country on the war in Chicago University. o aain iterset Ml B v »ry dependent upon any oiher, w. ained for the Fast|Indlan service, SOUth Africa, has had the address pub- It js not general known that attached to gr SPec 10 A SFOwess. . . sing continuity to the whole 5 yas % > lished in pamphlet form and thus enabled vatbly Toitisplecy is & _handsomie colored plate & sing » The chapter was contributéd by H. Morse Ushed in p B the staff of the Paris Observatory fs an o"h "R €y & B REOTROCe SRRTCd piate end ifies the characters more Stephens, and is one of the most interest. 21l Who were lnterested In It by the sum- American astronomier, Miss Dorothea (.. shown at the great rose exhibiti st ing features of the book. mary glven through the newspapers to Kjympke of Californfa. In November iast, on R B £ i s in New York in March last. The plants 2 e s g read the whole. It is about the cleares 4 . F 2 wre b After reviewing the varlous methods Liaiement of the mimers: slde of the ron. D company with a friend and aeronaut, of this variety have been offered to the € reir good work. It is to tried by different countries and at dif- troversy that has yet been made, and Miss Klumpke made an ascension from public this spring for the first time. Other L that some student of Berkeley ferent times for the selection of persons amply demonstrates that the mine own-. the city of Paris with the purpose of ob- pow roses are illustrated and described, wil - us a few glimpses of the other for colonfal governmental service, Mr. €rs had just cause of complaint against serving the expected shower of leonids. go that the reader is Kept abreast of the side of bay. College stories are al- Lawrence favors for this country the e {fvgp o e(xllz!e“e]‘q‘“‘;y‘,;"rhf Her experence of “A Night in a Balloon,” times in relation to the principal new we acceptable, as is evinced by the re- tablishment of a national tralning school Price 25 cents.) » on a trip which extended to the border rose introductions. Much other rose mat- ce accorded the publication of sev- similar to those at West Point and —_— of the sea, will be narrated by her in the ter is distributed through its pages and eral similar books on Eastern college life, olis. An institution of that kind, ar Tales for Christmas. very excellent instructions for the cultur e June Century, with illustrations by Cas- taigne, drawn under her directions, and with a portrait of the writer. An inter- of garden roses. The American Artlsts’ Series is contin- gnd another book giving us pen pictures of the doings at the State University gues, would not confllet with any popular prejudices as would a ‘high competitive So few of the makers of books see any opportunity in the commonplace people of but of the infinitely more fascinating ma- chinery that makes the wheels of conven- tions move and of the men in the various parties who engineer the campaign. The Chinese Minister, Wu Ting Fang, con- tributes an article, in which he states his conviction that there is a vast fleld for American trade fn China. He makes a plea for the study of Chinese in American universities and would like us to help his countrymen to learn English by making our spelling phonetic. “Champ Clark and His District,” by Theodore Dreiser, is an excellent picture of this very individual man and his very individual district. In “Our Foreign Population,” by John Gil- mer Speed, there is a comprehensive study of the many forelgn elements that are being assimilated by the American peo- ple. “Storms of the Rockies,” by Thomas is an inviting topic handled dramatic force. e * by R. Van Berg C. Knowles, with much Quarrel With Russ and “The Grow Ocea by Robert rl. are valuable read sides, there is & humorous story by W. P. Drury, an Indian story by D Campbell Scott, the well-known ( oth writer, and Howa ak hi rece discour; Exec Lit Dodd, Mead 1900, and total d clearly and 1 Loomis Todd's 2 new edition d. 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