The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1900, Page 12

12 THE SUNDAY CALL 3 vk Classics series. Paper, Readers never tire of reading of evidently been a careful student. To the being printed with the magasine ars very umes in the La English leather, art - 50 cents; Dewey’s splendid victory, and Mr. Hal- average reader who enjoys books of short o. In this September number is 25 cents; cloth, stead has presented it in pecullarly ac. storles written in the English language given one as remarkable for its typo- gilt tops. St With the Hoe by Edwin ceptable form, for he leaves it to be told these will appear upon the first glance graphical excellence as it is for literary ‘The Marllp strated by Porter Garnett entirely by those who won it. impossible of comprehension without a Worth—the words of Edward Howard Markham, UInstratl W 2 eipiing, fiius From all lovers of unvarnished and dictionary of the complicated negro dia- Griggs on & simply good lifa. The con- “Recessional.” by TWINIC g vam. suthentic history told in the words of lect in which they are told. The sketches tents of the magazine itself are excep- trated by Florenc m ling, lllustrated by those who made it Mr. Halstead’s work originally came out in the columns of the tlonally Interesting and include the fol- pire,” by Rudyard Kiphn& T AL 5 0 should recelve a warm welcome. It 18 New York Sun. (Published by Grosset & lowing articles: me Phases of Call- Lander Phelps: all uniferm Wi Co8 0 published by the Colontal Publishing Com- Dunlap, New York. Price $12.) fornian Literature,” by George Hamlin edition serles, 75 cents: 1¥ory pany, Chicago, and is sold only by sub- Fitch; “The Charm of Omar Khayyam's with two water colors, Yo scription. The Optimist. ‘Rubalyat,’ " by Regina “Jacinta, a t'” vl e view of re Verses,” by w 5 Tales of the Telegraph. A new journal has been born In the oards, small foolscap, 8vo. &= PLE story tne Brad- book is exceptionally well lllustrated with water's middle; all the great bosom of g g] month of September—The Optimist, pub. Boards, sm: /" X, “A half o d explanatory that inland sea casting up light to him; A volume of short stories of rather more lished monthly at Boone, Towa, by H. §. s ok, - “'A half-tone reprocuctions and expl Y Ladc ARG ek, cASHRE: UD ing than usual interest has just been written Kneedler, under the modest ikl of “A : c 1 Tizapar invisible; blue mountains ristng [8R ? the Linrten Btates Mr. James Lane Allen, 1s sald to be in tha vin's Nuite aroSotesst i O e y Lieutenant Brady of the Unite Little Journal of Critielsm, Review and’ Baon: “The Complete B o eaid 40 Do & | b - : g ‘ "It was then that his last sorrow fell iDfantry. The book is dedicated to the Inspiration.” A new book or publication Locobi ‘The 5 Ra . o k n with the matter of cost n . ny 7 e gpihp il g oy s Gelett Burgess; “On Re = by T A ns, 1 AyS like a curtain on him. He gazed at the graphers of the country and se o! y kind is to the reader like meeting D. P. Eler: a review of t . X 3 but has not yet ands of the beach and the row of tiny be the outcome of personal experience. the friend of a friend. He is one you hope Lpp: Aot b b S € )sses have been huts along it. He had lived there in his The title, “Tales of the Telegraph,” shows will become a good friend of yours, and on Pauline Bradford Mackiy's I ¥ cost high. During only, happy . Before all this wild the subject, and the scenes, taken from the first thing you instinctively do is to “A Georgian Actr . o the s th i am he had been full of ife there; he the West, picture the life of a lonely op- nol!ca“hls outward appearance. For end two prize stc g Children’s he ", i aiare had had her b0, and the love of her; erator—a life spent in midst of dreary many “first impressions” are everything. Room by Mary Watkins d May Sophy . o and there, where ‘the sun fell yvellowest, deserts or on the tops of distant moun- So It i3 for the reader; he picks up the Ijemiio 7 officers 2111 men 4.4 played with her in the long even. tains, where he must subsist entirely with- pamphlet or book and looks it over care- - R _— 58 offi 613 men S or on m t nights in the sand. It out comfort, yet assume the heaviest re- fully, cover and page by page, and very Literary Notes Sveait et it there was the Eden sponsibllity.” All of the stories are inter- often this first impression formed from .wrme Girl at Halfw from which some stern power had driven esting and one or two are decidedly dra- IS appearance s true of the matter it Hough's successf s s « them out. He passed his nand over his matic. “A Womar Who Saved a Train” contains. From these same first impres- , p o™ 1o "O0S% T vo _ bef: s < and was heard to say is one of the pretticst storfes of the group. Slons of the Optimist it should be a suc- : - s I - turn—that T might re- The edition, though in paper, is not unat- Cess. It Is typographically neat, clear The Macmillan Company has in hand a Acc nd go back God! tractive and the illustrations are goog. And Attractive; in size it is handy for fourth edition of William St shor K v ed 1 find the cherublm (Published by Jamicson-Higgins Company, JQUT Pocket and can be a good traveling “A Friend of Caesar.” It is ve m and the u e b : e sl turned every Chicago. Price cents) friend; and, further, the paper is good and that a book by .an ent ¥ There are some striking pen pictures of 2 5 PR Ruopes R e : i arrangement of matter convenient. Nor writer achieves such a s The Attache at Peking. . : Db e e e does one find his favorable impression & time. It 13 now well on ko i n Mitford, wt r-v:u”:" keg 3 r list, with an ageregate loss of e tand yhere he was ald When “Her Boston Experfences” came Su. S ford's book 1752 men. Spion Kop cost At Cronje's urg the losse v a8 K ot n" B out in the Ladies’ Home Journal it was hehd ome ma st sne Tecelved with great favor, but now that it & A re ¢ has appeared in book form, with Frank Tke che spot whereilin s clever illustrations, it will be Brown & Co., welcome. When it first came out Iy the author was discussed at every bassy to C} d a keen . Sach s afternoon X ity n e . Full ‘Official History of the War tea, and her identity is still and e wa With Spain. . < “A Official History of the War & r With in,” by Murat Halstead, has 4 just been publ and is the best hook “The hat has been presented for Charles F 4 i- The volume is, as the name publication by ‘ 190, “a full ory.” for it Francisco, show that the socia based ur re the that r ed as a- mig v old world regin nd - re merges its structure into an with 1 1 1 States Legation at Pekin, CE = etary and er These peopla - . ts of secret socleties : philanthrople and r v w si 7 mo: hina has = y @ a organiza n gl inks that the Chinese are v rule > s a s of unexplainable excite self it g ey are wild with fre a » know n r reason nor fear. the Nep- can Bos Powe “Oberammergau.” he Prodizal”—a br ‘ “[\ \,\; : ! More's J HES ste M SO \ R . . Hauptma AR U / lllustrations From Murat Halstead s Kins is It I 3 “Full Official History of the = War With Spain.”” Phatographs copyrighted 1899 by W % c Barbar. s ste for e B2 b MuRAT it £ ) VN HALSTEAD! s v e % q \ THE ANUTHOR o and the x 1 s nsfers e reserve Pay of the army ; oer £0,900,00) 4 \ A e v o M t p : J g ST 12°INCH BReecr 1o, wance ’ £0,000 ¢ / EX ; r £39,200 10,60.90 hidden un@ter ner fom de plume. Mar- wrong upon a more intimate acquain its tenth thousand, Is belng drama- v E 8.325.50) garet Allston. with the subject matter. Mr. K tized by a well kx aywright. s 2,240,000 The book should Le read, and will be begun o right lines. He . 1 g cnjoyed by any one who has lived in or *“The Optimist affords a free parliament IY'(\ ki ”,,l,\, .‘;( (l;{‘l“\"l'lrs h" “: Bl > t 1,461,900 visited the Hub, for, although the ch Peeslon:of apinion:. ™ A Sfew < ITIDICMINT OCINA NRNES YEA8I0u Fiay tenance, staff, ecters are introduced by strange na litor reserves for such utter- At Obe . e Re AR I e 258,300 thelr identities are easily discoy sees fit to make without ap- 1Ntk P Chic P ded by orig author knows her Bos' to the humor of his subscribers. If l’l‘“ CHINA'S OPEN DOOR—~By Rounsevelle s € 1 cusses with ¢ T andor the idios he diverts self anc ere and there F¥¥, t s nsul G 1 I s , OF Tug 45T cusses with delightfal candor the id1 18 ahverte BURaele aid hee. a . that “Oberammergau with Its old si Wild Un 5 : Sl . T T SA e mc crasies of the smart set. to find ja reader, well and good. HAG TOberemmergau with ‘s old o Pul ng Com- = 2 = — — - Her picture. of modern society is per- If not, it concerns no one except himself. Pl " b F P e, $1 30 . Airich o e L £43.617,20 fect, and the functions, clubs and con- Forty or fitty pages will be set apart In. ... o0 ouo0 o tne” gertember East and IN CHINA, 19%0-—-By of these figures will prove certs to which sho refers are cusily re- each issue for the expression of others, .- 1% ® s Lion's Bhare” by Virgint ohn Murphy Company, b en k the British soldier has had called by any one who has been there. and the only restriction is that they pass oSt ave O “on € Share.’ by Virginia Price, $i I far-eompd he interests embodies the officlal reports of officers In Frank O. Smail has done the fllustrations, muster on the score of originality of ideas s ar Taing Soarymen of A T ON THE HE axpayer have been case. command to their superiors and to the end so cleverly are they drawn that it I and vigor or fellcity of expression Hihns e A T T 1 g : " Certainly in no war in his. War Department at Washington—state- Gifficult to think that he came well nigh That gives an indorsement that the be7a4E onietnal hew In SALHitLls Love : . mmv)‘,lm‘pl', provisions been Ments written on the spot and without bLeing crippled. It is very gratifying to magazine will be the exponent of strong Song n‘ U.l_fl-a . lower: \»:. 1 S AND A kw % the — i T embellishmen Such matter as this I8 see work again, and r. has evidently and free thouzht, and an ed vho takes ating with its s ““ run ""A‘kh Flattery kot 2 i vopie of the British empire by history and the author deserves the grati- strengthened his abil The book is a but a few pages for himself to “divert Another poem is e N : on will curtall the monopolies of tude of his countrymen, for the labor of great success and in its 1t form 5 himself” and cares not for the number of Clarence Wellford. Mr. Nicholsor M e rates and-afd their admin compiling all this interesting data and most attractive. (Pub by L. C. his readers Is pretty sure to have plenty Hopeful View of Poetry" is the ey surefully foster the colonial these reports must have been tremendous. Page & Co., Boston. Price $12.) of them. ture of the magazine for this mont ot . Prie te S Sscltiae oyt Craat a mind such as Mr. Halstead" S In the opening number are some excel- ever. 2 THE MAID OF MAIDE . . i colonics 1t will be safe ¢ty trained by long and laborious journalism, The Lunatic at Large. lent articles by S. H. M. Byers, Ei It is stated that of a thousand volumes quel to “The Eow of Ora By 3 b csy that the expenditure of blood ©0uld have been capable "f‘\ > task. In “The Lunatic at Large” J. Storer Ingersoll, W. M. Beardshear, Ella Wheel. % @ FIETE0 gk s mr iy : ! . 4 . o money will prove trivial for the good The volume {s excellently bound and (youston draws a curlous character—a er Wilcox and a host of others. b the ot ot e ' - . Publist Little, Brown !VPographically perfect Tt contains T combination of brillfancy and Irresponsi- _Mr. Kneedler intends his e B of Humanity MISSION. . e e Pric y : nd in addition has nineteen maps b i vehicle .~ for th r e g SISEION- y rts of value, together with 164 full- bility. Many of the situations are de- & "Wy \iddie W May his enter- scarcely two hun t at ength AJ — A Dream of a Throne page illustration take n by official photog- Hnlou‘s]} funny, and at all times the Iun't prise prosper! (Published mor thl. by 4(!:% ”Mx S wiviien, S s s, ] wphers. The photographs on this page tic keeps the reader on the alert in follow- Nevernod Pre 3oone, Iowa; 10 cents 3 o P i nce, by M > reproduced from the book, and de- ing his escapades. The way in which he per copy, $1 per year.) thf ? ADVENTURE 'F A BOY RE- uprising spite a necessarily slight loss in the re- treats poor little Lady Alice, a chiid of — The By Harry Steele Morrison. I, - » a very d production will by their clearness indi- gentiment, who befriends him, is inexcus- Dominicana. first serious attem Co. n. $125. . . adventure cate the exceptional merit of those in Mr. aple, even in a lunatic: but she finally dis- The golden jubilee number of the at the distingulshin : WINEFRED ng Gould. L. C. t = ns s work from which they have covers in the Baron a more appreciative Dominicana, published by the Dominican It wiil be iblished by the I ge & tl X . I e % L person, who easily falls a victim to her O™ Rk Briaios s dne - in whigh on Publishing Company PUNCHIN lorence Stuart, w y tkking of the matter of conecungwn,“). Siok. fathers of San 1 is in whick 1 Db & ¢ 1 30 fal for this history, Mr. Hal-T" e Baron is the most admirable char- the fathers may well take pride. It con- GLOF ROW the revolt, is the y d s e e . 2HN quow oW o » . i — acter in the book, and it is he whom the tains not only much of p Fas: . y D a O < s and el i e e ong hos been Junatic meets just after he has escaped to Catholics but articles that will hold (\‘:kA B i Sonnets of Pro- Co., Hoston. $1 0. . s zuma in the Azete capltal. policy of the President and hie Cabine; [TOM the asylim, and together they g0 the general reader's attention as well such well-known literary .masterpieces SAVEN ON THE TABLES By W tr Rodrigo, is opposed 1o nim. 1n ceially tallilin the “people ‘the truth. SiEhtseeing in London, where most of the mrey Years of Catholicity in Californi that it Is unnecessary to have fo recom “oiNsIs o Py ey . ng account of the death of the whole truth and nothing but the J'diculous situations are enacted. illustrated by half-tone portraits, Is es 3 F LON . GOV mend them to, the reading public. We pRNME T ve an idea of the strength truth, the secrets of a war in Its evolu- _V/1en one comes to the end of the ro- pecially appropriate at this time. as is ¢ Horace N. Fisher. L. ¢ ste, however, that both of these books Loy o o irat ' mance he wonders whether he has met a 45 tre poem entitied “The Discovery of Lol HOWever. that hoth of . Page & Ce T cents, . RSt 4e: 55 x the whirlpool in the course of prepara- Mental disorder, but a greater ability for White. Sister Rosalia, O. P., has an in- (06, SIS0 of (BS TATR. Sew ¥orlo. uniform Apk o D, e O, Tl % o te example would be held high, tjons and plans, the conduct of campaigns, WOrking people. teresting paper ou. “A Day on Tamalpals,” 7, o, oqice series, and we ‘can there - CES ‘1 X, 4 R — L'd»':" In sight of all the world, that revolutions the talk over wires from battlefields to The book s clever from beginning to fllustrated by clear and comprehensive fore comseien o " HEROINES OF THE BIBLE IN ART— : ined to o0 more. The climb was ly_bespeak a kindly re- By Clara Ers lifficult yhe White House and the War Depart- ©nd and just the sort of thing to read haif tone reproductions. ception for them. The Lark Classics a g yne Clement. L. C. Page & foreigners controlling But he never halted 6r men this ever ‘URH] how hias nees. SIoud;. (Publishelt by D. Applaton: & Co., e ey JesCe areé Co., Boston. $2 - % handy in s and type ohically perfect r . q wve RS MR It was rather that he sg servedly placed before the world New York. Price $1) Impressions. A0 theg are ost the booktets o ;mn in ,OUR COMMON CHRISTIANITY-By - Sean n that they led him. He Was The author has been very thorough in Elder & Shepard are to be complimented ) Arthur . Stanley. L. C. Page & Ca., Bos- a home library 5 or slip in the pocket when rance of the September o on a tion. Paper, lish leather, ton. 35 ce even the first. He went the treatment of his subject, covering 1he Black Homer of Jimtown. upon the appe g b s oS Jalsed. every possible phase from the orlgin of “The Black Homer of Jimtown, by number of (heir magazine. “Personal Im-" gy conte SOWING AND REAPING—By Baok bowlder andshrub he saw not. the war to the treaty of peace, and with EQ Mott, is a collection of short stories pressions” made many friends and “Tm- T. Washington. L. C. Page & Co., Bostor He seemed to run to meet death that two concluding chapters devoted respec- told by an old darky in the North Caro- pressions” will make still more. The pub- _The following books are announced by 35 cent ‘ the soldiers scarcely could follow. They tively to a “Review of the War and the lina negro dialect. According to the lishers have abbreviated the name of th Doxey’s (Sign of the Lark) New Yc 1HE YOUNG MAN IN BUSI = emerged at last on the summit. He was Commission on the Conduct of the War author, “Jimtown is in the piny woods, periodical to “Impressions,” but the mag- appear among the fall publications Edward Bok. L. C. Page & Co. ¥ begins with lhe“!endfng of aiready th He stood on the highest Department” and “The Occupation of Our where the air is soft and dry and balmy, azine itself* has been enlarged as far as “Laus Veneris” and other poems, by Al- 35 cents. Ay i to England and a rock and swept that incomparable scene New Possessions and people live long.” The book contains - its contents Is concerned; and while be- gernon Swinburne, with introduction by SELF-RELIANCE-By R. ne which led up with his eyes—Chapala under him, its His chapters on the way the war busl- elghteen sketches in all and a correspond- faré it was everything that could be de- Howard V. Sutherland: YShakespeare's Emerson. L. C. Page & Co. Then foliows the story of red-tiled roofs lit by the setting sun; the ness was handled and the object lesson alph Walde -. Boston. 35 > ing varfety of subjects. For those inter- sired by lovers of art and literature it is Sonnets,” with initial letters by Porter “f{"'\mDER\, BN z e o Bains In detel] and those cape and the lake's vast sweep beyond; of the voyage of the Oregon are especially ested in the folklore of the negro the book now still better, for thers are more of the Garnett, and a handsome decorative title By H. G. Buehle G\T‘:x“_" GRAMMAR-. ©s Buller In particular. The the island lying small and black in the interesting and instructive. will prove good reading, as Mr. Mott has good things. The supplements which are page, both uniform with the other vol- York, 6 cents. - NeWwson & Co., New A ‘ \ b 8 A