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Notable Book of Travels by a Qalifornian. gheesh—A We book published, *Back- anderings,” Mrs, truck the key- You feel 1 nt conve d far but, has profited by her traveling item of in- es the rare charm speaks—fluently, bril- To all lovers nt book will = ts 1 a r cannot help feeling t ges what she sees by the rea lenee not generally acter. reading books of travel by #annot help at times a feeling ef for the realization is ever pres- ever might have impressed certain way might have been ed by us in a diametrically oppo- ight had we been there to see for s f Mre. Beckman's book mhy seem written—in fact, the author telis many of her ideas and descrip- ns were recorded while traveling from ace his is rather a merit t work of this characier; 4 s not literary effort that the reader t th impressions while the mind of the author. 3 2 Mrs. Beckman has & tact, not fiction and yet hér style . re is not a dry page in ries w Sweden, Fin- < Switzer- yria. Tur- N France wed lit- r Iy frank m3 arison z es of the two nations: 12 us many quaint stories while r £ the historical and local points of untaine. One, ] remember, - ady who lived in the vicinit ter, who, at the age of 1 ¥ tree in search of her favorite ? tree =0 cut short a life a t. I find they have their es lmwe alap:, this: Stning Wik n > nding a tree, for I have er in all of Ireland. I ! me apple trees near Cappoquin, and ¥ but had only the ke some cider, n of the Lakes of Killar- interesting, for it is a ¥ e eyes of a has seen and ers of her mative irs. Beckman, t t is also posi- criticism—probably Mogre t the same ¥ the opportunity mpre erec liowing the storm’ was pleasant 4 the lakes greatly. They are . the trouble experienced in getting to them, but I could in all conscience, rage that Jift to clouds their * all of ch reads well, but much if Moore had traveled ex- he was given a bit ka and our own mountain scenery scem tame enough, though there is no e clouds wreathing their scraggy heads: the . low the trees are high purpose. It is not the height, zives beauty; they are not grand but there is & loveliness hard the higher peaks to the lower levels - w » and pure, the sun sparkled the gleaming waters, dotted with such dear little nés, clothed in trees and verdure to n the weaith and beauty age and undergrowth we know.noth- home. The larches and beech trees lovely and the music of the birds, ever us, clear and sweet; the thrushes sang b waving boughs, the saucy robins chir- the blackbirds’ fute-like hiands, tiny warblers lly trees, making the melody, song gnd rural as jo fund of humor is Inex- incidents of travel are introduced to liven up es serving the double pur- outline bits of char- r peculiar to place. Here is a jot from the drive while visiting »s of Scotlang: # the latter part of the Arive we were * the lttle square blocks of thin © telegraph wi The ariver protect the grouse, as they few by the wires, unless thg, littie cre there to show them they were %0 be avoided. I felt inclined to say something, “They are very humane people protect the birds from the wires, oy have the pleasure of shooting AReS, A men in front turned and the look +d waos calculsted to reduce my avoir- mds per second. I caught my 4: 1 never heard, though, otchman could hit anything unless it ry."" Of course I di4 not know he ter of birds when I spoke, but away in a minute, so had to r of cheerfulvess. I for the mo- 1 forgotten I was in a country where o were not appreciated, but one must have someth, besid-s scene: T stmply had to be entertained in some Way. paent b Mrs. Beckman writes with a forceful descriptions of the sublime and nificent show the deepest feeling, and find expression in language simple but most powerful. Here is an impression of the Swiss Alps: T think mo one could ever gescribe the sensa- tions, the emotions, produced by the first clear, ful! view of Chamounix and Mont Blanc. This 1s the Joftiest mountain in Europe; the vale written of in song and story. Yet how Jittle one knows of it Who has not seen it. One is 1ed up to it from ope place to another, enjoy- ing all, way, but this is the culmination of all; hope's white, worn, tired 0id world we had come from, pure end fresh, &s if Just crested—it was as Tolt had been shot back, and through of the heart came sights that ecribed. There was that same silent force, if the . &truck me dumb. lets, over 6000 feet up the slope, gleamed like Mars in the heavens;in the dusk of the even- ing, and seemingly a¢ unattainable. Everything was quiet, calm and peaceful. so sicep was very sweet that nizht. The following pleture in Egypt is but one¢ of the many evidences of the’ vivid by ¥ to ker reader's eye scenes npressiveness. She paints with onfident stroke, as charming as it is virfle I made but oume excursion outside the city be- fore going up the Nile, and this was to the Pyramids of Gized. . Out of the town and a iver. whose waters rocked Cieo- 1\ ! rippled ng the rusnes where Moses lay in his eradle, 1 see the broad stretch of water where fi; e ever-graceful boats with winz-like saile. ' The river's brink presents a t ppearance. Throngs of peo- ple are 1t hing and bathing. men and boys are 1 huge pigskins for use among the poor. .women and mere slips of girls carry immense jars of water on their heads. A tiny girl wiil ¥ & load that 1 could searce- Iy life . I saw men go down in the water, divest themselves of their ane robe, wash it and then bathe themselves. It takes but a few minutes for the drying in the bot sun. They do.mnot mind being wet, for the garments never seem dry. That pertains, of course, to those who carry the water and do their laundry work In the river. The magic Nile waters of which we have read #0 often seem ‘anything but fanci’ul or poetic here, as the water is yellow and muddr. Put people and azimals drink. bathe and love it as if it were the clearest and purest. It is all and all to them! Why not? We drive on over that bsautiful rozd tow amids. that for reven milns trees, arched and meet- ed avenme—a birest scarcel” knows rotn ad ends;.2~d we drive »p the leng The desort and rocky platfirins and wl are undsr the shadow ef rd i 1ined ow that this is Cher ted bulk and majesty my head. 1 think. er yreconcelved cn~'s ideas may be. is different from all imagination. T had not that sense of delight often experi- enced in gazing st some gorgeous landscaps or towering meuntain. Here the senses seem ered. One Is emptled. so to speak. of tdeas. It i the mystery of I am awed by the silent. end where no thing of life is seen to the horders of the mver. And s, bullt of huge blocks of lime- ward kv, stending are the color o gold against the bl tewering in un- lesert impression of that visit, as I stood the those massive blocks that hmve stood place over six thousand years, can never o my mind. Its immensity, and the vast. rugged wall that is rooted fn the and reaches so far above me, is strangely cverpowering. My mind seems fighting the powerful phalanx of years that have gone by eince these pyramids were created. It is 3 place that, whatever it may mean to others, 1t was as well to rest ‘in silence, for all needed for the sscent. Al* we were told it would be too hard mb that steep slope to the top. which four hundred and eighty feet from the base —and though each block measures almost thre= feet In helght—we would not listen. 1 had three Arabs to assist me, and" theugh much has been sald about their dishonesty and tertion, we found them kind and encouragh Block by block up ibat mighty wall, wh many men falter and only few try, I went. although It wes fearful, worse even than ascent of Vesuvius, I finally reached the 1 kpow nothing about “the feelings or mensations of othera who tolled up that weary way, but I fel uch as 1 4id once when up in 2 oon. 'Thers was the same sensation—as though one was suspended in air. The broad, stretching. undulating desert; heaps of broken masonry: YAwning pits; rifts showing here and there; and the number of smeller pyramids can only be thoroughly ap- preciated from the top. The Slerra-like ridges of distant hills, Cairo, Mokattafn hills, the Citadel, and glittertag domes.and arets show clearly, as if at our feet. There were the gray-green palm groves and the emerald, fertile Nile Valley, which I saw and appre- clated for the first time. in all its blossoming beauty beating up against the sands, the liv- ing, joyous stretch of river keeping back the drifting sands that seem the very embodiment of death and desolation. Other pPyramids ap- peared in the distance. There were Memphis and Hellopolls. Mystery broods over that coun- try—the mystery of death. The sun {llumines dry sands and the territory of the The shadow of the pyramids teils us So we go down that slope ker than we went up. the base we found my dragoman had procured camels, and we rode those beasts— so ess>ntial here—silent, soft-footed and sure— until we paused before that strange monu- t of bygone ages, the Sphinx. In the half-° light of the afternoon’s glow 1 saw that m: tery, part couchant and partly buried in the shifting sands facing east. What strange dawns and stranger nights have brightened and shadowed that placid face, that seems waiting in stlence, mysterious and sublim 1 forgot Time as 1 stood before that mighty face, oldsr than the pyramids, resting on that lonely desert, where no single blade of grass or thing of life is ever known: gazing ever eastward where the sun breaks the gray mists that hover over the silvery wind- ing Nile and the moving, animated life. The breath from the fragrant fields s wafted up here to this helpless form, through balmy evenings and moontraced nights. A “touch starties me, and 1 am led to the kneeling came!, a great white beast—Rameses IT they call him—and we go back to the carriage and return to the city from that desolate ghostly region. We pass through the fieids, green and blos- fomjng with flowers, where the camels go with such heavy burdens, and the long-necked black buffaloes work In the fields or stand +4n the water ©f the canals. Men and women, In Jong, ioose rebes, velled and turbaned, add to the strange pictyre. And then the day is done. Mre. Beckman not only has the pen to gope with the grandest of themes, but even the smallest points of interest or arnoyance to a traveler receive their due share of notice. Her book is not only of literary worth for its descriptions, but it s of real value tp the practical travel- er. The author notes every little variance of custom and usage, and gives her hints in an epigrammatic way that fixes them upon the mind. Here are a couple of points on shopping in Paris. After an article is purchased one cannot wait in placid content for the change. No cletk is 50 trusted here. Fe takes you and your pur- chase to the cashier: everything is copled: your eddress, name and age Is required; then you may receive the change, it there is any, and it you are shrewd you may find out much is coun- terfelt tefore leaving the store. In Italy they were casy to distinguish, All the short-necked t sum; the hot, dead. the wary need not be decelved very often. ~The book is coplously illustrated with excellent half-tone pictures of photo- graphs taken In the various countries, and altogether can justly be considered one of the best works of travel for the year. It is published by the Whitaker & Ray Company, S8an Francisco. The Sequel to a Tragedy. Henry C. Dibble has long been ‘world inent figure in the political fornia and is well known as & attorney at law. chet Reviews and Literary Chat. found time to devote to affairs literary. §till, with the example before us of Dr. Weir Mitchell, who acquired a reputation on two continents as a specialist in his profession and then took a first place in the field of letters, we riust not be aston- ished at others who follow his exampie. A busy man can always find time for more work. It is understood that Mr. Dibblé will ot rest.on his laurels with this first effort, but already has other ma- terial in preparation for his publishers. ‘““The Sequel 1o a Tragedy” is a story within a story. The event which furnishes its motif happens some six years before the opening of the tale. and it is the working out of the mental complications which follow this tragedy trat gives the titie, “The Sequel.” In the novel the story is told by Mark Grafton, at that time United States Attorney for the District of California. The time occupled is mere- Iy the Tew days necessary for a new trial of Luke Wardleigh, who has just been convieted of rifling the United States mails. All the othier events related are supposed to be nast history, although. of vital interest to the proper understanding of the present :tate of affaira. This trial is but the means for a cer- tain end, and nct the end itself. It gives a_pretty opportunity for. dramatic effects and Intcresting detective work, but it is only the stepping stone in the develop- ment of the sequel. It scems that some siX years prior to this trial Luke Ward- leigh's sister Ruth was out sail'ng on San Francisco Lioyd Warrt her afSanced mother and brot e MRS WILLIA A 5@ i A RS. il o e S e e e e o ifornia. woman of great culture. ‘jecting her astral A BECKMAN. WILLIAM BECKMAN, “Backsheesh: A Woman's Wanderings,” is reviewed at length on another part of this page, is a woman of most charming personality as well as great literary attainments. She was born in Illinots and educated in onc of the best colleges of that State, but has lived the greater portion of her life in Cal- Mrs. Beckman's present home is Sacramento, where she is a prominent figure in sacial, political and literary life. She has trazveled the wide wworld over, is a deep thinker and o In the State capital she is not only the president of the leading literary clib of the city, but is a recog- nized leader in the social set, having ably assisted the wives of passel. Grafton is wandering around the cor- ridors of the Palace, listening to the Ha- wallan Band, when his attention is at- tracted to a mgn whom he recognizes as Clanton, the zona renegade, but he thinks {hat he has probably served his sentence and has been set free. A few moments later Lloyd Farrington comes in and explaining that he was looking for Grafton himself, tells him about the pris- oner being none other than Luke Ward- leigh and also of his conviction that the man is innocent. Grafton becomes interested at once and that interest is heightened when he finds that his friend and connection by mar- riage, Dr. Guthrle, is the physician of Ruth Wardleigh. Guthrie has been in tLe East, but returns just at this period of the story to take part with.Farring- ton In enlisting the sympathy of Graf- ton. Through facts presented by: them, Grafton moves for a new trial for fol- lowing” week, ' « To g more into the detafls of the plot would not be fafr to the readers of Mr. Dibble's - book. . The detective work in the story while interesting in itself is not given the most prominence. In the dramatic experiment decided on by Dr. Guthrie as a last means to cure the monc- mania’ of Ruth Wardleigh. Mr. Dibble makes his master stroke. The weird afl- ment of Ruth, her peculiar faculty of pro- body to warn her lover of impending denger from Clanton, the hypnotic experiments of Dr. Guthrie and the odd impression of forgetfulness which he is thus enabled to create in the mind of his patient: and then the author's skillful weaving of his plot o that the trial is made to form the dramatic climax in the lives of these two lovers—all these points are so well worked out and the threads so carefully woven that ghe greatest credit is due Mr. Dibble. The author is so eful and so closely analytical that at times he possibly loses dramatic effect in his effort to make every detail perfectly clear and the action of the beok consistent As Mark Grafton, the man who is teiling the story, is him- self a lawyer, posatbly we can forgive the technical language of descriptions. The dialogue fs largely between Grafton and Dr. Guthric, and of coursa it is te be Py (Rt h. whose recent work, G 0 ST T e i e at least three of California’s Governors in pleasant duties of en- tertainment. L i e e e e e TR MOR R boat was upset and the father and mother lost their lives. Ruth was saved by Far- rington and the brother also escaped with his life. Upon returning to consclousness Ruth was 80 overcome with the horror of the disaster that she became suddenly af- fiicted with a peculiar form of monoma- nia—she believed that Lloyd Farrington, who really saved her life and was in no way responsible for the accldent, was a monster and responsible for the wholc ca- lamity. She could not bear his presence, but, strange as it may seem, became de- voted to his mother and took up her fu- ture abode with that lovable woman. Of course, all thought of a union be- tween Lloyd snd Ruth was abandoned, and she was put under the care of an ex- perienced specialist, Dr. Guthrie, who is the brother-in-law of Mark Grafton, the teller of this story. Lloyd Farrington went to Arizona, almost in despalr, and became a special agent In the employment of Wellg, Fargo & Co. Luke Wardleigh, the brother of Ruth and devoted to his friend Lloyd, insisted upon accompanying him. Tt was In Arizona that Mark Grafton had first met Farrington, just three years prior to the commencement of the pres- ent story. Farrington was serving a TUnited States Deputy Marshal and saved a stage from robbery by capturing the robbers and wounding their leader, Clan- ton—a noted bandit with a birth-mark ot a red claw on his Clanton made good his escape, however, and later made an attempt at the life of Farrington, but was unsuccessful owing to a lucky shot from the gun of Luke Wardleigh. Grai- ton was present at this time, also, and al- though he did not meet Wardleigh, had his face vaguely impressed upon his memory. The three years passed and then begins tale—this sequel tg the tragedy of Ruth Wardleigh and her strange monomania of hating her lover, Lioyd Farrington. * Ger;mm. not having heard the name of Farrington's friend and preserver, had succeeded in convicting Luke Wardleigh /Braphs explanatory of legal expected that as emment a speclalist as Dr. Guthrie would be apt to orr on the side of exact and puinstaking conversa- tion. Every word in the book seemd -to. have been carefully weighed in the mind of the author and put there for a certain effect, ' While this takes away to a cer- tain extent from the spontancity and life of the style, stfll it gives to the reader every thread of an interesting plot and psychological development without oblig- ing him to read between the lines and Jump at any concluslcns. Even in the eli- matic scene' which marks the conclusion of the book—where Wardleigh is for the second time on trial and Dp. Guthrie is also breathlessly awaiting the result of his psychical experument on the sister of Ruth. who has been brought to the trial for that purpoge—Mr. Dibble takes the greatest care in his descriptions of the court proceedings und even inserts para- ractice to the detriment of the human interest part of his story. In this case the reader's interest is so keyed up that it is madden- ng to have the issues of the plot delayed while certain methods of legal procedure aréexemplified at lengtn. , Taking the story as a whole, however, it s a good onme. The plot i well con- ceived, of strodg Jdramatic interest and original enough in ils creatment of mon- omanfa, hypnotlsm and the projection of astral bodies to please all lovers of the ublished by J. B. Lip- , Philadelphia. Price “Rodart, Soulptor. A Story of Pisa 15 a sketch that deserves more than passe ing mention. We are told that this is the first work of Virginia L. Pennoyer—such being the case, Mrs. Pennoyer is to be doubly congratulated. Praised for hav- ing entered the fleld of letters, for one evidently so gifted should not be pack- ward, and again for the excellence of this first contribution. 'rm it 1s a s gem; bu;‘l:n well cut so brilllant that Mo ey To give an outline of “Rodarl” would mean nothing. It would present merely of b naught in ‘Her dream-eyed sculptor: the dear little child Corrona; the romantic town of Pisa—all this favore, but still it would amount to the hands of one- skiliful. cters are real and mu You feel the sterling worth of the begsar Carlo—but still you would not like to take his hand, he is so dirty and gruff. And you know, moreover, he would not want Your hand, but your money. Still, just the one point of good in the man is trought out strongly and not to the detri- ment of truth. The Golden Lady—well, she is another matter, and if you do not see in your mind's eye the American girl Gibson and Christy have succeeded so well in putting on paper you will not have read Mrs. Pennpyer’'s story very closely. The book is very dalntily bound in flex- ible cover, the color of the working apron of x. It is an excellent idea this of having a short story in a volume by itself, to be picked up and enjoyed in o spare hour. Mrs. Penjoyer's baok de- serves a good Chris sale. It is & sketch that makes good reading for the second gnd third time. (Published by Llder & Shepard, San Francisco. Price, 60 cents.) i ¥ In and Around the Grand Canyon. Just to pick up and glance through George Wharton James' book, “In and Around the Grand Canyon,” one would at once wish to make its further acquaint- arce. In the first place it is so excellently illustrated with such a large number of clear and striking views of.scenes and life in this greatest of all the world’s canyons, and in the next the large type and easy arrangement of subjects makes the mat- ter so readily accessible. Mr. Jameés has not written his book from a trip or two through the caryon, but it is the result of ten years' visits and tireless explorations. Tfi book is not without dramatic interest, fo® the thrillinz adventures of the early explorers are vividly toid, and the author has a few hairbreadth escapes of his own to tell as well. But the main interest of the book lies in the description of the scenery, the Indians and their legends and customs plcturesque. Mr. James' book is Ceserving of cepecial mention in the fact that he did his writing while on the trall and in the heart of the wonders of the canyon. In speaking of where the ‘book was written and compiied, he says: ;In as many and varicd nlaces, almost. as hork was tronscribed on paper. While floprne fof a few momonts' rest In descend- inz trafls: 'n the darkness of the night in the Cerths of the canvon: on tha driver's seat or fneide the jolting stage; streiched on a roll of blankets In a rpringless wazon; in the midst of n fierce storm cn the Painted Desert; shiver- tng. wet throurh, at night in a side garze of the Hright Angel trail: wearicd out. waiting for water ard a horee a‘ter an- exhausting three days in Tra'l Canyon: stret<hed the sand with the fierce roar of ths demons of the Colo- rado River in my ear; under the tree bakine In the sun near Willow Spring n summit of the San Franelseo Mountaine: on Williams Movntain, Sunset Peak, or in the deerest denths of the Colorado waterwa the plateaus above or by the side of Havasu— the blue water—of Cataract Creek; on foof &nd on horseback. In bed Where, overyirhare. whane deceription or a theusht preesion, there a part of And bers whers 1 am and finally arranging it—what book over had such a com- posing room! Under the shelter of an over- hanging rock with pjon boughs piled up and canvas gtretzhed to completely exclude the sun all day: the purest alr of egrth fraeiy crcu- lating around me. and the blucst sky of earth ever before me: below, the brink of the great est gorge known to man, and with its wonders dally and nightiy spreed out before me \ (Published by Little, Brown & Co., Bos- ton. Price/s3) Through the First Antarctic Night. The recent volume of Dr. Frederick A. Coe “Through the First Antarctic ht.” i< pecullarly interesting to stu- dents of historical exploration, inasmuch #8 it gives an account of the first expedi- tion to spend a winter on’ the under sur- face of the glcbe, besides presentinz a vost amourt of data concerning the pesple of that anre country and of the ex- ploration of 00 miles of ccast in a new land of ice and snow, To Adrlen de Ger- lache belorgs the first credit for the car- rving out of the Belgian Antarctic expe- Altton. for it was through his efforts that by private subscriptions and the finpancial aid of the Belglap Government the sum of $60.609 raiséd to further the enter- prise. €ixty thousand dollars proved rather a small amount for such an expe- Cition. but it was made to go as far as possible. A Norwegian sealer. the Patria. was refitted to answer the requirements of a winter in the land of ice, and was re- christened the Belgica. ; De Gerlache was in command of the par- ty—one composed of Russians. Belgians, a Roumanian and Dr. Cook, the only American, who acted as surgeon and an- thropolog'st. Dr. Cook had already had some Arctic experiencé with Peary, Dr. Cook gives his narrative in the form of a diery, just as it was written at the time and while the events were fresh in his mind. He writes in an easy style and cne within the comprehension of the gen- eral reader. His descriptions are clear and vivid and the amount of information presented about the anfmal and plant life of the Antarctic Circle will make his book an authority. His chapters on the race of Fueglan giants, the South Polar night, the .struggles of the Belgica imwthe ice pack and the daily life of the men who risked their lives for the sake of exploration are especially interesting. The book is well and covlously illustrated with photographs taken by Dr. €ook. (Publ'shed by Double- day & McClure Company, New York. Price $.) % A Child of the Sun. A new book forthe vounger generation fs the Indian tale of Charles Bueene Banks. He first tells the tradition of the Arctides nation, its wanderines toward the east and the curse which Citche Ma- nito sets upon it. The curse, which takes the form of a winged monster, can only be removed by a descendant of Hashita, the chief whoge disobedience has caused the punishment, and he must be armed with the miraculous arrow, which must be guarded by the tribe until the appoint- time. ey The chapter wherein Waupello slayvs the Plasau is very dramatic and will fill the young reader with delight. The story Is original and full of charm as well as Instruction, for Mr. Banks de- picts In a most intéresting manner the clistoms of the tribes before the days of civilizatién. The illustrations. which are done in very effective coloring, are by Louis Betts. (Published by Herbert 8. Stone & Co., Chicago. Price $150.) The Strenuous Life. Mr. Roosevelt is the best tilustration of his own ideal of the living of the stren- uous life; a phrase with which his name is inseparably connected. The volume so entitled is the latest of the many on naval, - . political and personal themes w] he has found time to turn out in the past twenty years, while serv- ing the city of New York as Police Com- missloner, the State as legislator and Gov- ernor, and ' the nation as Civil Service ‘Commissioner, Assistant Navy and colonel of a volunteer cavalry mm“a:mm to beh):‘g a soldler, an author, he is also ranchman, a sportsman and a h'ye:_' Few men, therefore, can look at any sub- Ject from so many points of view, and it 18 this personal “‘all-aroundness,” no less than the keenness of his observation, the strength of his feelings and the force of his literary expresston that commands a wide audience for everything he writes. First of the essays and addresses in the present work is the one that gives fts e to the book. It is followed by “Ex. ances on these and other timely topicsare distinctively his own. ,He writes as he £peaks, and he speaks as he acts—prompt- Iy, clearly and emphatically. (Published by The Century Company, New York. Price §150) - 2 A . Sanborn, Vail & Co. published for 1901 a calendar which is ly neat both in conception and execution. It con-* sists of seven leaves seyen by nine inches of good board and is‘printed In delicate colors with Californian scenes from 1407 to 1901. The cover reads, “‘California From 1400 to 1%01—A Cale for 191" and shows a delicatzl¢ tinted view of Mount Shasta, while the decorative scheme around the scene is carrfed out in California’s own flower, the eschscholtzia. The first leaf gives a typical scene if the Yosemite Valley in 1400. . The second shows Monterey Bay and the discovery of California by Cortez in 1500. The thirl glves a zlimpse of the old fort at Mon- terey and a scenc of the plains and Mexi- cans of 1600. For 1700 Is. shown the old Mission Dolores ard the bells of the San Diego Mission, with great clusters of pur- ple grapes around it. The fifth leaf gives a view of the pioneers crossing the plains In '49 and a peep at the old Sutter's mill. On the sixth leaf is shown California in 1%01; the broad and fertile valley of So- noma and a picture of San Francisco Bay with Telegraph Hill for a back- ground. Each sheet has two months of the vear, with proper days of the week and month printed neatly in one corner. and the whole s tied with a graceful bow of orange ribbon. New Edition of David Harum. Although the number of coples of “David Harum'' is but a few short of half a million the interest is still keen. This {llusirated edition, which has just appeared, will add many more to the list, besides inducing those who have already read it to go over again the charming picture of American life. The book Is filled with capital {llustrations by B. West Clinedipst, and a few text drawings by C. D. Farrand. The author, Edward Noyes Westcott, has achieved a great, though unhappily a posthumcus, fame, and the question is often asked, did he leave his work un- finished. This is not so: every line and word are his own, and he left the type- written sheets of the book complete, which bad been done by him nearly a year before his death. Although Mr. Westcott has not lived to enjoy the great trfumph of his work he did not dic before he received word from his publishers that the work had been accepted. and the mental exhilaration aroused by this inteiligence gave him a sweet but very short lease of life. D. Appieton & Co. bring out this new editicn fust in time for a Christmas pub- Veation. and it will doubtless be recetved with keen appreciation. Price $1350. An Alphabet of Indians, ““An Alphabet of Indians.” by Leverett Willlams, combines much is pleasing and instructive. A" which describes the Apache, *h tells of the Zuni, the tribes are given in alphabetical order, and many interesting legends are told. Emeory that This book of Mr, Wililams shows a close study of the aborigine, and he has chosen a v time for his publication. People are consiantly regewing their in- terest in these unfortunate people. and “Mr. Williams' knowiedge will surprise them; for the English alphabet does not seem too lorz to enumeraie the many tribes that have lived In our land. The illustrations add to the charm of the collection, for they are effective and very correct. (Published by R. H. Rus- sell, New York. Price $2.) Tiny Tunes for Tiny People. An interesting, as well as instructive, Haok for children is the collection of songs which Addisorr Fletcher Andrews has composed. The music and words are full of charm and they are all within the lim- itations of the child voice. They are well calculated to develop a taste for the best ‘n_musie, and will .interest the mother while they instruct the child. Mr. Andrews is a college man, and since he left Dartmouth College has been jour- nalist, musielan, humorist, eritic and singer. His songs are widely sung and this collection will bring praise from all musicians. The book is {llustrated by Stephen Van Schaick, who is too well known to need but a word of recognition. His illustra- tions are always good. (Published by Dedge Publishing Company, New Tork. Price $150.) Stellar Dust. A book has just been issued under tha title, “Stellar Dust, or the Life Force, which will be found of interest to stu- dents of the occult and particularly to those studying astrology. It Is the work of Professor P. A. Graves, who Is sald to be particularly successful in selecting the constellations of .ifferent people, and has long Been known as a student of as- trology. He fis also the author of a book on “Evolution and Reproducticn,” which has awakened considerable interest. The present work, ‘‘Steilar Dust.” treats of the origin of man by spontaneous zencra- tion, evolution explained away, the cause of growth, diseaze and decay, zodiacal construetion of the “rain and body ac- cording to the law of twelve. Tt fs pub- lished by the Occult Book Store. Price $L Don Quixote. Many persons will consider it a daring thing that Judge Parry has done—retell- irg the story of Don Quixote. Not en- tirely 2s Cervartes told it, however, but so simply ard condensed that the younger generation can grasp it and enjoy it. The basis of the book Is Thomas Shel- ton's translation, the language of which expresses so well the humor of Cer- vantes. Judge Parry tells admirably a well known story, from the introduction to that famous gentleman, Don Quixote of the Mancha, to the final dispute about Mambrino’s helmet. Walter Crane Is the f{llustrator of this whrk, and his work constitutes an im- portant part of the edition. (Published by John Lane, New York.) A Vagabond Huntsman. Robert Howard Rbsseil has published the amusing verses of “Tipperary Joe,” and those who can remember Charles Lever’s clever novel, “Jack Hinton, the Guardsman.” will at once recail the sub- ject verses of these illustrations. “The Vagabond Huntsman” is the title under which this publication is presented, and it must find a ready sale, for it is clever and well illustrated. William A. Sherwood deserves more than a word for his excellent pictures of English sporting life and barroom scenes. Price $130. Songs of the 01d South. A hollday book which is a little out of the ordinary is Howard Weeden's collec- tion of plantation verses, ——ee S thousand, will bring out her new story, “Audrey,” in the Atlantic Monthly, be- ginning in the summer of 1%L Seventy-five thousand copies of F. Ma=% fon Crawford s new novel, “In the Palacs of the King,” have been sold since its publication four weeks ago. “The History of the United States From the Compromise of 1850, 4 vols.. by James Ford Rhodes (The Macmillan Company), embraces the years 1850 to 1364; not 1550 to 1§62, as has been erroneously stated. It covers both the development of the politi- cal impasse which ended in war and the complete history of the civil war itseif. Raffles, ‘the hero of E. W. Hornunz's stories of the “Amateur Cracksman,” will reappear in the January number of Scrib- ner’s with a most remarkable adventurs i crime. It has been suggested that Sherlock Holmes ix the oniy man Who could catch Raffles. Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, is brother- in-law to Mr. Hornung. The second Installment of Rudvard Kip- ling’s new novel, “Kim,” will be published in the January number of McClure's Mag- azine. In its revelation of varied life in India the writer’'s magnificent insight and hown at his entire mastery of detail tleir best. The charm of t ction 18 cnhanced by the page drawin ontrib- uted by J. Lockwood Kiplinz. the father of the author, and by Edwin Lord Weeks. Coincident with the production of tha Aramatization of “Janice Mecredith” comes the announcement of the publication of a Mary Mannering edition novel. The volume will be very f eented with {llustrations in color ar half- tore reproductions of scenes from the play as produced by Miss nnering. The story in this form shou 1 a wide sale among theater-goers as well as among novel-readers. It will be published by Dodd, Mead & Co. Bira-Lore (the Macmillan C December inaugurates a plan study of birds, designed to tell and students just what to teach a what to study at the proper sea nitholegists throughout the cor contributed articles on the mora tant events in the bird world month In the year, which, accom; detailed lists of the birds to should prove of great assista constantly increasing number of who are interested in the ways of brothers of the air. Early In Januarv R. H. Russell will publish two interesting books. One is en- titled. “Ah, What Riddles These Women Be.” and Is a narrative poem by Willlam Young, dramatist of “Ben Hur" and the auther of “Pendragon” and “Gan oy two dramatic poems which followers of the stage will remember were produced by the tate Lawrence Barrett. Mr. Young is also the author of “Wishmaker's Town.” The other January book will be an exmuisite reproduction of drawings by Albert Durer, with appropriate text by Fitzroy ,Carrington. It is to be called “The Apocaly The holiday volumes of Little, Brown & Co, embrace the new Monterey edition of “Ramona,” with pictures pheto- gravure and chapter Leadings Henry Sandhz ; the Town of the Con- queror. 2 Bowman Dodd. auther of “Three Normandy Inms,” with {lluatra- tions frem photographs Shore.” by Edm trated by the author: Peter and Paul cn Olympu Sienkiewicz, translated by Jeremiah Cur- tin, a beautifully printed little book, with two illustrations b Around the Grand y George Wharton James with 100 1T tions; Grosvenor's “Constantinople,” with 250 fllustrations, a new and kandier edi- tion of this standard work: “The Colom- blan and Venezuelan Republics,” by Wil- Nam L. 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