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THE SUNDAY CALL some st and his ¥ mind ving in Defense of the Flag € f the Fla »y o they must P € Ameri € part in the ble compan- i Lawton E tock. and very omise a light love pretty. The end falls An uninteresting ving fallen in love pro- w jealous, and not jealous in e and blazing way at toat, A hat causes him to wobble ; between the questions whether he ssed or abusing. Re-enter the Old he Black Stock, who, be- fore . tells the story of how he loved ond lost her mother, whereupon 2 gush of t brings together the timid ! his beloved. There are little gems of thought and phrasing scattered through this very life- less story. The suggested pictures of the “Ancient Town through which the Old leman of the Black Stock movell ely in the years whes the lover- ecarred beech shaded his tangled yard” wre inspirations for Christy’s pastels. » study of the Old Gen- his books which makes as no other character in We recognize him when me does. W re told that: He d that delightful art of endowing ks of which he talked w certa personzlf which made them seem 11} beings. He did not quote books s ch as he made them speak for them ve 1 his mouth they were not books, k the men who wrote them. He had evider lived with them much. He broug cir authors in and made the (Published by Charl New York. Price §130.) you.” Heaven's Distant Lamps. Mack has already herself a most discriminating lite well as a profound acquaint- shown wi masterpieces of the po ge by her remarkably popu- lar the wide! cnow ' She ha ore fiob a wel are 3 in prefaced by a short quotat ment of which gives the poems of that ment, prayer, g more granc the ¢ g d that Iway abov egided who gx- adm ings views on eve s of one wh persons who not even to make ore annt- s_that in wait xperiment be worse tk Elements of l‘ctlr) There just been published “Ele- ' by Willlam R. I Ph. D, LL. D., presid University of Chicago, and Isaac E of the University of the Boston Latin AM., Acaden Chicago, formerly « 1 A text book b rably knowr fail to be appreci ent, gradin raphy of the cellent. In are and resent vol introduc all lessons selected when up or The nnected ry n carefully 81v rules, xt of Caesar is taken ge number of new forms sctical rules will meet the pupil pupll is early introduced to the that text of Caesar, which accords, with the practice of the best Latin Instructors of sent day. The text covers the In the vasions of Britain and other historical parts of Caesar and has been selected es- pecially for its simplicity and interest. ial attention is gived to the vocabu- nd new words are compared with reviously learned. Frequent re- are made by means of abundant exercises. A brief summary of ine important forms is given after the (Published by the American ok Company, New York. Price, §1) oAt ag Readings From Califorpia Pcets. The Whitaker & Ray Company has pub- lished i paper form a collection of read- ings from California poets. The selec- were made by Edmund Russell, and ollection grew -out of a studio evening ed to California verse writers. The k is one that should be a great help in 1 school English classes, for the selec- are carefully chosen and will not fali to awaken interest In our own poets, who have written so artistically of the beau- ties of Californie. The book would be more complete if It contained more of Ed- ward Rowland SUlI's poems, for his verses, aside from responding to an appreclation of our Western surroundings, are English sy most tions There is a short quotation from Alice Edward Pratt’s “Sleeping Princess,” a poem which ghould be familiar to every Californian. . Joaquin Miller is well represented with nhis pictures of ploneer life and golden nsets. 2 Jand so far that you wonder whether E’en God would know it should you fall down dead; land £0 far through the wilds and weather, That the sun falls weery and flushed and red, That the sea and the sky seem coming together, Seem closing together as a book that is read. Oh! the land of the wonderful sun and weather, With green under footand with gold overhead, Where the sun takes flame and you wonder whether ’Tis an isle of fire in his foamy bed: Where the ends of the earth they are welding together In rough-hewn fashion, in & forge-flame red. There are several of Bret Harte's poems, two of Markham's, a few of John Vance Cheney's and selections from all of our minor poets. This book will have fulfilled its mission when it creates a desire for a 'Tis & more our State. Ray Company, cents.) extended knowledge of the poets of (Published by the Whitaker & n Francisco. Price 25 Helps for Ambitious Girls “Helps for Ambitious Girls,” by William le, aims to fill the same high place giris to select calling as was taken s st immediately by the ‘“Helps for Amt s Boys” last year, in giving like information to boys. After treating health, education, dress and i the all-important knowl- re of a household, the work takes up successively the training and prospects of the teacher,’ the trained nurse, the woman lawyer, physiclan and preacher, the musician, the artist, the ter, the newspaper woman. the den- tist, the politician, the stenographer and typewriter, the farmer and flower grower, the dressmaker, the milliner, the domestic worker, the photographer, the business woman and the telegraph operator. In h of ts the drawbacks potr well as the induce- ments An important part of the work is the practical in most every sub- je t turn. The require- N to leading colieges are shown at length; t for expectant teache full public schools larges for becomin study necessar woman lawye the whole list. Alternate chapters throughout the book give valuable advice on the subjects con- sidered by successful workers in their own flelds and by the be classical and mod- ern writers, (Published by Th X. Crowell & Co., New York. Price $1 50.) Dames and Daughters of Co’'onial ~ Days. “Dames and Daughters of Colsnial Day: Geraldine Preoks, is a valuable coniribution to the historlcal literature of America The selection of characiers, the method in which they are intro- ducen, the vivacity of treatment and the naturalness of presentation combine to make a book of substantial merit, un- questionable interest and charming indi- viduality. From ‘Anne Hutchinson, first of Anterican club women, to Mistress Sally Wister, most charming of colonial diarists, the ten women selected as typical dames and daughters, admirably por- tray the phases of life whigh marked the progress of our colonial era, from the sternness of the earliest days to the more cultured _strenuousness of revolutionary times. This advince is well shown in Miss Brooks' excellent collection of nar- rative sketches, and, apart from the life and sparkie of her style, the book fitself has an educative as well as a personal value. The dames and daughters who are given place are: Anne Hutchinson of the Bay Colony; Madame La Tour of Acadia, Margaret Brent of Maryland, Madam Sarah Knight of Massachusetts and Con- necticut, Eliza Lucas of the Carolinas, Mart} 4 Washington of Virginia, Abigail Adar. 4 of Massachusetts, Betsey Schuy- ler of New York and Deborah Norris ana Sally Wister of Pennsylvania. All sec- tions of the colonies and all phases of colonial life are thus represented. The author is a daughter of Elbridge S Brooks, the well-known writer of his. torical books for young Americans. (Pub- lished by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. Price, $1 - e The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ‘““The Wonderful Wizard of 0z,” by I. Frank Baum, with pictures by W. W. Denslow (the creatoers of “Father Goose: His Book'), was published September 1 by the George M. Hill Company of Chi- cago and New York. The book is In every way novel and unique. In size it is about 9x7 inches, with 27 pages. The binding 's of cloth of a peculiar light green stamped with a grotesque design in dark green and red. There are twenty-four full-page il- lustrations, Inserts on enamel paper, in many colors, and 150 text illustrations printed in six different colors, in accord- ance with a color plan set forth in the story. Some of the effects are decldedly original and the color scheme adds greatly to the book. The principal character in “The Won- derful Wizard” is a little girl named Dor- othy, who with her dog Toto Is carrled by a cyclone from Kansas to the strange and beautiful land of Oz. Here she de- cldes to visit the Emerald City to ask its, ruler, the wonderful wizard Oz, to send her back home again. {On the way she meets a scarecrow, who is In search of brains, a tin woodman, who wishes a heart, and a cowardly lion, whose one de- sire is to possess courage. The little party encounfer many dan- gers and marvelous adventures on the way, but reach the Emerald City in safe- ty, thelir success being due to the thought- fulness of the scarecrow, the tender care of the tin woodman and the fearlessness of the eSwardly lion. (Price $1 50.) gkt o 3ok Flmost as Good as a Roy. ““Almost as Good as a Boy,” the new juvenile by Miss Douglass, will prove one of the most attractive books of the sea- son, especially so as it fills a place where it is hardest to get good books, namely, for girls 15 vears ‘old and upward. Miss Douglass tells the responsibility falling upon a young girl, in whose case it might at first have secemed that she would bet- ter have been a boy in order to give the necessary assistance to her family; how the girl leaves home to go to a distant city and work for an uncle—how she overcomes his antipathy to girls. smooths down his crabbed nature, attends to his business and nurses him in his sickness, is most charmingly told and the effect of the whole Is that she finally accomplishes her object in a most successful way and proves that her success Is at least equal to what might be reasonablv expected of a boy under simflar circumstances. (Pub- lished by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Price $126.) - i The Progress of Pauline Kesslzr. ‘In “The Progress of Pauline Kessler" Mr. Carrel has endeavored to create a Becky Sharpe herofne in Pauline. Al- though he has succeeded in drawing a shrewd, unprincipled young woman, she falls w of the mark of brilliancy. auline, an obscure orphan, is filled an overruling passion to be some- in the world, and begins to see her when she goes as companion to Lady ‘Wynston, a weak little woman, whose life is made miserable by a brute of a hus- band. The Wynstons are very wealthy and have a beautiful home in London. Sir George Wynston is a low character, with not even wit to make him bearable, and his wife {s wholly uninteresting and drowns her sorrows in drink. They enter- tain the best people and the commonest gamblers. Pauline has obscure friends in Germany and Russia, who keep her in- formed of the most important political news, known only to the highest in authority. She gets the news for the pur- pose of attracting Stuart Grant, the for- eign secretary, who has earned many laurels. Altogether the situations are most improbable. The book will probably be popular with a certain class of readers, but those who are looking for the best in plot, character and good English will not turn further than the first page. (Published by L. C. Page & Co., Boston. Price $1 50.) e Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail Nothing fs better for a boy than the reading of a book of good, wholesome ad- venture; a book that will hold his atten- tion by its interesting plot or thrilling events and ‘at the same time instruct him along some particular line of history or exploration. Witness the great number of works for boys on the war in South Africa, the trouble in the Philippines, the days of the Revolution, etc.; all of them with enough story to hold the attention and with a certain historical accuracy sufficlent’ to be of educational value, One of the best works of this class for the year is ““Gold Seeking on the Dalton Trail” by Arthur R. Thompson. The Klondike and the far north have been rather neglected for juvenile readers, but the present work mére than mhkes up for the discrepancies of the past. It tells of the adventures of two boys, accom- panied by thelr father and uncle, who made a trip along the Dalton’ trail toward the Klondike. A splendid feature of the book is the numerous fllustrations repro- duced from excellent photographs of ac- tual scenes on the trail. Mr. Thompson guarantees the authen- ticity of his writings as followss The Dalton trall. last vear but little known, may soon become a much traveled highway With a United States garrison at Pyramid and the village of Klukwan & bone of contention belween the governments of this country and Canada, the reglon which it traverses is com- tng more and more Into notice. 1 would only add that natural features, scenery and people have been desdribed faithfully, however in- adequately, and the story throughout Is based vpon real happenings. Should any of my youws readers yass over the trali to-day in the foot- #teps of David and Roly, they would find, sav for posstble vandalism of Indians or whites the cablns on the North Aleek and in the Kah Sha gorge just as they are pictured, and they would be sure of a welcome from Lucky, Long Peter and Coffee Jack. Filled as it is with personal reminis- ences and experiences, with the fresh, vigorous spirit of out-of-door life no bet- ter book can be found to place in the hands of half-grown boys. The work con- tains much useful information about the gold region, the flora and the fauna. (Published by Little, Brown & Co., Bos- ton. Price, §1 50.) i e Tchaikovsky. Rosa Newmarch’'s book on the great composer Tchaikovsky, while it does not pretend to be a biography in the generally accepted sense of the word, nevertheless is probably the best work on the musiclan vet published. The book will be wel- comed by literary . people, but more especially by those who have a yearning toward music and appreciate the work of the masters. It seems strange that in the case of a man so great as Tchal- kovsky, six years should have elapsed since his death and still no adequate blography of his life has been printed. ‘This reason probably lles in the fact of the immense corfespondegce of the com- poser, whose letters are said to be num- bered by thousands. The author of the present work gives a concise and sympathetic account of the lite and works of Tchaikovsky. She then considers him in the light of a musical critic, although In this capacity he 1s hardly so interesting, for as he himsel? said, great composers are rarely sifted with an infallible critical jnstint. The book closes with Tchaikovsky's diary of his tour in 1588; in addition is given a list of his works and a facsimile of the ope! ing bars from the overture, 1512, from MS. in the possession of P. Turgenson. Moscow. (Published by John Lane, New York. Price $150.) 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In referring to the Boer army as consisting at no time of more than 30,000 armed men. I epeak with the assurance of being right. Mr. Douglas Story of the London Dally Mail, Mr. Thomas F. Millard of the New York Herald, Mr. John O. Knight of the San Francisco Call. and I visited all the principal laagers and commandos on the various frontlers, and made earnest efforts to secure an accurate account of the number of men engaged. We had the as- sistance of the War Department and all the generals, but even with their help the results never exceeded 30,000 burghers In the fleld. The composition of the Boer army, their military system, army organization and the Boer w been so weli c "The _author especially interesty The w = lent hal by D. A $1 50.) nen in the war have never 1 Scientific be ' beginner a i " thinker cannot fact that a st is never fo valuable Informatiod r % the average then slowly 1 other ear, leaving the r k free as if the men taxed. 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