The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1901, Page 4

THE SUNDAY CALL. the Pri ce of Wa.es b a Prince and his with stmost detall o r f entertaining and of { America the Prince of Wales . e which is given as 3 : e the acumen of Engla r t y from the ’ point might be cor dy T 7 ia and the ridi means mart lodies and well-knowa - ney from thet trons . heck from the Pri . fon was kind enough i patronace to a great faney Hall. In the couree Ted the refres: sked for a cup of t a figure sufficlently f charity, but tb» i you a clean cup? all from the view point ation particuiarly devoted we must feel sorry for all his cares and all the i all the homage and all the ch are certainly enough of any man. Apparently sen turned, and for this ire embe: e royal household™ wiites in a ulal veln, frequently t wing in a mild dash of slang to carry bis Geserty In speaking of Princess Maud he sa As an all-around sports- fow sex can touch of most -interesting chapters sse wherein he tells of the home the Prince at Sandringham, his country seat, which was purchased in of the Prince 2t Marlborough ndon. Sandringham Hall all ostentation is ide, which must be a great relief nan whose whole life from day to is necessarily one round of formality. Here his guard is limited to one police- . and the red tape of princely duties cut as short as possible. Here is an excerpt from the description ;\1 the cutward appearance of this country The carriages dash up the avenue, which is erranged In (he same manner as that at Os- ®, with & sharp turn In it that succese- hides all view of the house from “the The only bit of buflding that is seen nd of the wing that was added to the fter the great fire some years back nounted by a tall tower contalning clock th was erected by the Prince's tradespeople in the neighborhood &s a special memorial to the late Duke of Clarence, A few minutes brings the visitor to the east front of the house itself, when it is seen that the hall ie bu handsome red brick with stone dress- ings. Everywhers are large windows, met in well designed stone mullions and siving a great Sense of lig and atr. The house is certalnly. Set wvery pretty, for the KElizabethan style iu r crndely nsely comfortable which contains the s above, r's wing."” itselt but it is int dded wink, 1 sowne of the *‘bache ¢ angles to the hous v effect at Sandringbam the of his estate a es the most active fairs of his tenants, his Every morning he a small business room h every de- that the care interest farm spend off the draw of the man-gement of the estate is sefore him. e writer evidently possesses a very knowledge of the affairs of his for even the smallest detalls of F the position at table of memb of the family, the = little hobby of playing bowls, are h. It is this knowledge which book its peculiar value. for it s ruler as the man and Knowing him as an 1 breathing mortal like will give a better fdea of narch any amount ppearance at true man is crow nteresting bit from the au- n of the life of the town house, where more his alntained: Prinee is admitted farit wear imme is alw nted an ducts him the Prince's who usually blue coats of the exchanze The pages. € dur f many maide, al his leisure, fch is part a ed. A bread-shouidered enter of fthe roc ves a large cig 1 a genisl voice, with just " it, gives ard parcel of uth, a gxestic Prince’s orivate sanctum After this portrayal of life at Sandring- ham and Marlborough the author devotes himself entirely to chapters of a per- songl nature, such as domestic life, ‘the Prince as a student, the Prince in socl- ety. the Prince’s set, the Prince as a churchman, the Prince at play, the Prince patron, the Prince the course, ove of his life, the Prince and his clothes, what the Prince eats and drink the Jrince as a Freems n, the Prince as od fellow and the Prince as a son. Here is an account of the antic in- t which led up to his marriage: young Cerman officer who was a friend of informed lix Roya! Hizhness one he was encaged to be marrled and like to show him the portrait of the Prince a phot ¢ zirl wearing the with her hafr nd a & w throat. The of the covered that he portrait officer 4 e Prince by mistake he had giv King of Denmg second daughter. ke was € ed the Prince re- turn the ph and a few days later, on secing a lady ature of the' same mbridge’s drawing- lared there and then that he would the original of these two pictures. in the Duchess he dec The ‘foillowing is given as the etiquette of personal cails by or on the Prince: When the Prince desires to call on a personal ? a message to this effect is sent earller In the day, and !t is etiguette that the person called on should receive the visitor, and that no other member of the family be present dur- ing the visit unless ipquired for by the Princ Informal vitations to luncheon st Marlbo; ough House sre sent out In the same simple way I, during the morning, the Prince or Princess would like to see certain people quietly end without ceremony, littie notes are written and dispatched. 'ormal and sudden as the invitaticns may be, they are regarded jn sodi- ety in the light of & “command” that must not be disregarded except in illness. The extracts given are a falr sample of the whole book, and it will be seen that the werk is of a breezy, chatty pature, such as could be wricten only by one who bad an intimate knowledge of the social and domestic life of Aibert Edward. It wiil appeal to all readers, coming, as it does, from an authority, and also because it is rather a serles of ven sketches with plenty of color than a hard mass of bi- ographical facts. (Published by D. Ap- pleton & Co., New York. Price $1 50.) B. G. LATHROP. A radsal 4 The Truth About the Philippines. There has just been published a refer- ence review of our island possessions en- titled, “The Truth About the Philip- plnes,” by H. H. Van Meter. Mr. Yag OSBORNE HOUSE, Meter makes some rather startling state- with remard to the struggle for liherty carried on by the Filipino Catholics under the direction ind Freemasons, and also traffic, opium dens and es his statements on of- of their friar the present liquc brothels, He b ficlal records and ther sourc His book: includes a discus: of TFilipino his- tory, religion, politics, soclety and re- forms. It was sent to press early in Sep- tember of last r, but was withheld from publication until after the Presiden- © 2O j ties that have ruled tine Celestial empire are f value in showinz an opinicn from the Chin riewnoint. He divides his histor ght books, which cover period of about 2400 years, from G0 B. C. down to the present time and which deal with the different dyna in the interim—*Book the Second, the Han Dynasty (B. C.-200-A. D. 200): Book the Third, Minor Dynasties (a. D. 200-600)" and so on, and divides these books into short chapters, in which the chief liter- ary topics follow each' other in the same succession, or nearly so, as poetry, hi tory, lexicography, Buddhism, miscellane- ous literature, classicai scholarships, poet ry, classical and general iiterature, pce figuring more often in the subjects of these chapters than any other literary tople, a circumstance which seems to in- dicate that Professor Giles has devoted more attention to it than to any oth topic with which his history is concerned —certainly more attention than to the so- called ethics—Taoism, Confucius, Mencius and to the drama, the novel and other Jighter forms of its lettered entertainment and amusement. (Published by D. Ap- pletur & Co., New York. Price $150). Moral Culture as a Science. “Morgl Culture as a Sclence.”” by The- oda Wilkins, M. D., end Bertha S. Wil- kins, is a work that should appeal L0 teachers, educators, parents or settlement workers. Moral cuiturs is_certainly as important as mental and physical train- 0 tal election lest it might be mistaken for a campaign document. The author an- nounces that his work was not intended for partis or political purposes but merely to show the conditions existing in the Philippines and the causes which have brought them about. (Published by the Liberty League, Chicago. Price, in paper, 2% cents. A History of Chiness Literature. D. Appleton & Co. are publishing a very admirable series of short histories of the literatures of the world under the super- visorial editorship of Edmund Gosse. Tha latest volume to appear in this series is a unique one on “Chinese Literature,” by Herbert A. Giles, M.A., LL.D. (Aberd.), professor of Chinese m the University of Cambridge, and late H. B. M. Consul at Ningpo. This work 's unique, inasmuci as it is the first attempt made In any lan- guage, including Chinese, to produce a history of Chinese literature. In a preface the author writes: “Native scholars, with their endless eritics and appreciation of individual work, do not seem even to have contem- plated anything of the kind, realizing, no doubt, the utter hopelessness, from a Chi- nese point of view, of achieving even a comparative success 1 a general histor- Jcal survey of the subject. The volumin- ous character of a literature which was already in existence six centuries before the Christlan era, and has run on unin- terruptedly until the present date, may well have given pause to writers aiming at completeness.” Professor Giles does not claim in this book of some 500 pages to cover the his- tory of literature which had its begin- ning six hundred vears before the birth of Christ, but his book gives sufficient in- sight into the writings of this oldest of civilized nations to. satisfy the curiosity. It will open a new fleld to students of lan- guage. The author has devoted a largs part of the volume to direct translations: from the Chinese authors, which will give the reader an opportunity to judge for himself the merits or demerits. Ho also inserts remarks from native critics, which » ing, although not given the minence by the educators M‘t‘ha 4ny S0 which It I entitled. The authors of this book handle their subject in a systematic and clear. manner and a reading of it should be provocative of much thought and benefit to the adult who would interest himself in the education of youth. The book is divided Into three parts. Part I has chap- ters on “What Is Mora!ity”? “The Appe- tites of the Body,” “The Desires of the Mind,” “Attributes and Emotions,” ‘Mental and Moral Training, in School,” “Love and Fear,” Moralizing.” Part II discusses “The Per- sonal Virtues,” “How to Teach the Per- sonad Virtues,” “The Idea: Virtues,” “The Soclal Virtues,” Part III takes up “‘Methods of Reaching the Child,” “School Government fn Jts Relation to Moral Training,” “The Ethical in Our Common 1n an ories to impre mple various points on the mind of hild. The direct purpose of the work is to show the imporiance of early im- pressing upon the minds of children etni- cal truths and also of no ‘ng cut to th adult the best methods by which these impressions can be brought about. The authors have been carefully analytical ia their presentation of the subject and the book should awaken interest especially among educators and those who look upon children seriously with the realization that the welfare of a nation depends largely upon the early educalion and training of its youth. (Published by the Whitaker & Ray Company, San Francisco. Price $1.) Short Story Writing. In these days of many writers a littla book which has been recently published should recefve quite generai attention. It 15 a treatise on the art of short storv writing by Charles Raymond Rarrett, Ph. B., a gentleman who has had considerable experience in reading both published and unpublished short storles and has also been the writer of successful ones him- self. He does not pretend to give rules and directions which will Insure suceces - but he points out that good hard work on carefcl thoughtful lines will accomplish wonders, where genius and lack of appl'- cation wil! fail. Ho makes a close study of the work done by the best writers an- as he states in a preface: *“The rules and \lustrations /trom Private OF FRam A pa principles here presented embody mot ‘what I conceive to be right, but what the great masters of the short story have thought to be right, and what they have proved to be at least successful. I speak only as a delver into the secrets of other men. * * * My deductions are made not only from the artifices and triumphs of the successful, but from the struggles and failures of the unfortunate as well; and I have endeavored to make clear both the philosophy and the application of all the principles so deduced.” Mr. Barrett gives many examples to make the meaning of the varlous points of his study plain, and altogether the book should prove a help to a thoughtful per- son who will accept the hints offered and has the natural talent and originality nee- essary to evolve his own plot. Mr. Bar- rett has done all he can to make the me- AT SEVEN YEarS chanical proposition of writing clear to his readers and of course all else must rest with the writers themselves. (Pub- ished by the Baker & Taylor Companv, New York. Price $1.) Derelicts of Destiny. Batterman Lindsay Is the author of a modest little volume of six short stories. From its cover and its title, “Derelicts of Destiny,” Mr. Lindsay's work at first glance might be taken for anything rath- er than what it is. Its appearance would “lead one to surmise that he was about 3 open some new textbook on modern edu- cation. Even the usual page of “c nts" is missing, so the reader is entirely in the dark until he actually begins a perusal of the body of the volume. It is unfortunate that these stories ap- pear in such a nondescript garb, for with a few Remington pictures to the text and a decorative cover for the book itself, they would receive much more courteous treatment from the casual buy- er, whose liking for bookish wares is in- fluenced by “first impression: Nevertheless the tales reprefent some very clever work and deserve a creditable place among Indian short stories. They are all strong and partake of the pathetic. There is no marked effort at plet, but each one is a pastel in prose. With the exception of the “Vanishing City of Tam- alpais” they deal with Indian subjects and present excellent pictures of their peculiar superstitions, apparently stoical indifference and rigid adherence to tribal Jaws. “The Vanishing City of Tamalpais" is @ pretty legend concerning Mount Tamalpais, which, while of merit. is hard- 1y up to the standard of others in the book. The story of “Kwelth-Elite—The Proud Slave,” is probably the most virile, but is rather weakened by a prosaic ending. It is a story of witchcraft and Indian re- venge, with a final climax of an attempt on the part of the tribe to bury alive the dusky heroine. (Published by The Neely Company, New York.) Moody’s Manual. “Moody's Manual of Industrial and Mis- cellaneous Securities for 1%00” contains 1108 pages of boiled down information con- cerning all iron and steel companies and allied industries; automoblle, electric pow- er, pneumatic and compressed air compa- nies; textile manufacturing and kindred industries, mining companies of every de- scription and telephone, telegraph and ca- ble companies, not to mention hundreds of other lines. Practically everything in the nature of an Industrial property is in- cluded. In addition the book has other valuable features, such as a carefully compiled list of absorbed corporations, showing the many remarkable consolida- tlons which have taken place within the past few years. It also contains articles by able lawyers on the corporation laws of New Jersey, Delaware and West Vir- ginia, the three States from which the great majority of industrial corporations secure their charters. This work should appeal especially to bankers, hrokers, financial Institutions, financlers, managers of corporations, lawyers, auditors and ac- countants. All those who seek informa- tion in the expanding industrial fleld will find it of value. (Published by the O. C. Lewis Company, 6 Wall street, New York. Price $%.) A Hero in Homespun. There is only one thing to which a cap- tious reader could possibly take exception in Wiillam E. Burton's “A Hero in Home- spun,” and that is dialect. Not that the dialect is at all overdrawn, but many peo- ple look askance at the page which sug- gests the use of a local dictionary. Thess are the novel readers who, characteristical- 1y American, take thcir pleasures sorrow- fully and in a hurry. They do not feel that they have apare time .0 guess the mean- AGE . Tad fng of 044 expressions, Putting thesa grumblers to one side there is nothing else except of praise to be said. The hero in Homepsun is an East Ten- nessee boy, who takes the Unlon side in the Civil War. Mr. Barton's work is an excellent one from the khistorical novel standpoint, for he sustains the Interest by & love story and well-drawn characters, at the same time giving to his readers an immense amount of facts. His descriptiens of battles are worked out with just the right touch of local color to give depth and intensity, The pages are replste with adventure, for Mr. Barton puts his hero through all the hairbreadth escapes warranted by the active times of those days, His here is one of the class of hard-bitten farmers of the mountain district whe were virtually forced Into the war for self-protectionm, This man Is filled with the flag, but it not prevent his desertion mother In need of & jolns the army a however, but ne pays for his temporary absence | swing on the gallows. He has a taste of capture and imprisonment by the erners, then makes lus escape given a detail on secret service. H 2 works his way to the well-deserved rank of captain, but not until he has ru full gamut of experiences in the lif " soldier in the fleld. The book shows Mr. Barton fu ble of handling the dramatic scenes go to make a war novel a success anl he gives us a phase of the Civil well worth reading. (Published by D. A pleton & Co., New York. Price $1.) patriot strong enou when he f rsonal atd love of Sweetbrier. In his book entitied “Sw Elsherfus tells in an entert a vacation and summer’s flirt trict of Pennsylvania. T of the tale is of the poe sufficiently dazziing t tained kissing favors country Jass, who su few when the diversion ends with the seas The fllustrations, which are t thor, should better have been ir 1 to more skilled hands. (Publish he Abbey Press, New York Price $L Ht:x{ry Notes. E. S. Chamberlayne has a striking st in the February Atlaatic des meeting of a man with the man he have been. It is called “Mr. Si Guest.” The trans-Rocky reviewers, who real know a coyote from a cowboy Mrs. Kell “With Hoops of is a ripping good story. And spea t “ripping,” Conan Doyle once aver: at “the best critic is the boy who reads a book and pronounces it either ripping or no good.” G. W. Dillingham Compan “The Toltec Savior,” mance of ancient Me Ellsworth aham. native of Wyoming Val relative of the late slice a rey, and sojourned in Mex years codlecting trad events relative to tb announces The Century Company recen a letter from a gentleman in ordering a copy of Ern t N son’'s ‘‘Blography of a Grizz o sent to Colonel D. D. Pickett, F\ P. 0., Wyoming. “Celonel writer added, “is the ma bears. It is a true stor he bas ever seen it in prt thor's comment on the above is, story is true.” Six novels by well-known authors announced by J. B. Lippincott Comp for publication early in February Townsend Brady's new novel Blades Are Out and Love's Afleld Cabinet Secret,” by Guy Boothby primarily with conditions bre in connection with tine South Afr aght an wa, and is designed to show what certain, doubtless improbable ht very well have ha, the pen Thompson, whose “Al t old V cennes” has recently brought his name so prominently again before the blie. Mrs Hugh Fraser (a sister of Marion Craw ford), whose “Splendid Porsenna important work last winter, ¢ “A Little Gray Sheep,” and Charles King's “In Spite of Foes” and John Strange Winter's “The Career of a Beauty” compl The sub-title of Mrs. Dora Harvey Mun- yon's (Mrs. J. M. Munyon) latest book. “Dolinda and the Twins" (The Abbey Press, 114 Fifth avenue, New York) is best descriptive of its contents. It is the “Memolir of a Naughty Girl As the literary critic of the New York Press has sald, the book is a feminine companion of T. B. Aldrich’s juvenile classic, “The Story of a Bad Boy Like Tom Bailey (the Bad Boy), Dolinda delights the reader by her thorough naturalness. She is painted with her freckles, and in her stained and tattered frocks. Yet there is a girlish attractiveness about her. She s like Tennyson's heroine, “Maud, with her venturesome climbings and tumbles and childish escapes. But she is also like “Maud, the delight of the village, the ringing joy of she hall.” We can see why Dolinda’s Quaker father promised her more ‘“trouncings” than he gave her. A subordinate but moving charm of the book 1s its background of an old-fashioned American country family, in an old-fash- foned American community, the oldest and richest and most tranquil of the set- tlements of William Penn. From the countless books upon nnnv) flowers that have been issued during the past half dozen years it would seem that they had been viewed from every possible side, yet Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright in her forthcoming book—“The Flowers and Ferns in Thelir Haunts™ (Macmillan)—treats them from a wholly new standpoint. The flower is not con- sidered merely as an aggregation of calyx, corolla, stamens and pistil that leads to its correct naming, or from the complex mechanism that calls for the ald of insects to insure its fertilization, but for its value as a part of the landscape. The author holds that if one wishes know the wild flowers really they must visit them in their haunts, for the more exquisite the flower the more completeiy does it lose its charucteristics when arated from its natural surround The fifty full-page illustrations are also made from this poirt of view, being ex tremely beautiful photographs of flowers, ferns, vines, etc., taken as they grew, by the author and by J. Horace McFar- land, the numerous marginal engravings being also from direct photography, the work of securing the subjects in the right condition having taken over two years, There are also many drawings in the text. As a whole the book considers the we ers from the human, not the technical side, and for the pleasure thay give us, a special chapter being devoted to the romance of the walfs and strays that have escaped from forgotten gardens to the, highways and flelds to be the only ev dence of old homes. 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