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Qondugted by B. G. Lathrop. NDER the title, “The Golden Poppy.” Emory E. Smith has writ- ten an ex e work on the flower { California. Mr. the cost of great every available source information upon the history of the it appears in sclence, literature he has said about resting thing which rated by photographs and by the structure of the present different views outlines form a ature of the scene. A colored of a water-color drawing by re forms a very attractive In speaking of the first fication of the poppy, Mr. rom a paper delivered by May 16, 1a61: a Russian fitted out the ship Rurik, » an exploring expedition sand of Captain Otto von was expected to find, if north of America con- and Atlantic oceans. and Chor then 34 ¥ nfhl.’ This s » sold his shadow t he is better known of first to reach heir return zia, which State flower.” have hesitated to use the anical name of the poppy sted in reading what the a f it and of the more popular far as available records show, no in history has been endowed w a_superfiuity of names as Califo Golden ny of them most happily applied. They so varied in language and definition has seemed expedient to classify der the nationalities from which e been derived—German, Latin, Spanésh, English and Italian matter how much we in the past been inclined to rebel against the ed German name Eschscholtzia, it r botanical name of our State is in ordance with ical law of p ty laid down at the of Paris and Rochester. T the word is almost entirely e to a general misconception of unciation, for which the public is responsible as the earlier writers, who ill advisedly used 1, discordant pronunciation es- es-kolehy or eskoltz-e-a. nglish pronunciation— ard dictionaries, enc r tanical works, is esh If spoken thus, sounding the syllables like sh, with the ac- o cond syllable and the long sound of the vowel, the word is not harsh , but soft and euphonious. It i avoid its use, and it is best and correctly speak it upon occasions.. If this is done it take its place among our loved ld words. * * ¢ ‘California Poppy, or Golden Poppy, to & botanist incorrect and a little erating, is the name the people love best and the name which will cling to our State fiower for all time. The pub- lic mind fs not always logical in its.se- lection of names, but when & choice is once made it it can rarely be changed, &nd golden poppy it will remain when the flower’s bright petals form a golden pall upon the forgotten sod under which our disputes have long since been laid.” A large portion of the book is devoted to citation of poems written to extol tha charm of the poppy. Among these one of the finest is by Edwin Markham and js entitled IN POPPY FIELDS. Here the poppy hosts assemble, How they startle, how they tremble; All their royal hoods unpinned, Biow out lightly in the wind. Men that in the cities grind Come, before the heart is blind. Here is goid to labor for; Here is pillage worth a war, An idea of the contents of the remain- ing portion of the book may be gained from the titles of some of the chapters— “Species and Distribution,” “Allied Gen- era” “Cultural,” “Economic Uses,” “Graphic and Decorative Art,” “Indian Lore” and “Historical Incidents.” The following interesting items are taken from different parts of the book: _“When the rush for gold first began in California the Indians are sald to have expressed the belief that the petals of the Great Spirit Flower’ (the golden poppy), ing year after year, sank into the and gradually formed the bright for which the strangers were one of the newest States, ars one of the most un- Ie California was the first in Union to proclaim a State flower.” It is said that one of the old Spani; Impressions ~Quarterly~, Not 2 “popular” magazine, but one that will interest 2li thoughtful readers. . . . The Stevenson-Henley contro. versy, {wo points of view; “The Perils of Prophecy,” “A Great Americzn Potter,” efc. If not a subscriber purchase the current number (15 cents) or subscribe for the year Elder and Shepard 238 POST STREET e S LA EYr | explorers (by some the legend embraces the name of Father Junipero Serra) e claimed as he saw the golden poppy: “ last 1 have found the Holy Graill’ and aising aloft the perfect cup he reverently d his lips to the rim of the ‘calce halice of gold.”” 2. Hale i s of receiving a letter in which he wrote of s the ‘Queen of Cali- fr a_ telescope the color of Mo thirty-eight miles away, change in’ bloo were Underwood McCann of Sa a ' funny little story about some ploneer gold-hunters. It is given in her own language: “Among a lot of early day argonauts who started for California in a sa vessel ‘around the Horn,’ in 1848, w: husband, Judge Ferdinand J. Mc The vessel was nine months on the vi age, stopping only at Valparaiso, wher: they learned for the first time of the di covery of gold in California. After their ancisco a party of the arted out for a walk s that surrounded the village of San Francisco, close to the waters of the ng the top of a hill, which down into the Mission Valley be- it, they saw with amazement a at patch of glittering yellow glisten- ing in the sun below them. "For a moment they stood in azement; then, with a wild shout of ‘Gold! Gold! Gold!' they broke into a mad rush toward the spot, fighting and scrambling for the foremost place as they ran wildly down the hiil, and at last they tumbled heels over head into a great bed of yellow poppies. The resulting amusement in the community when the story became circulated can well be understood.” Mr. Smith quotes some lines written by Charles Keeler, the poet and scientist, which will find an_echo in the heart of all who love our State flower: ““Oh, ye who love gold, go forth to the fields 'and find it. There may ve behold the meadows bossed with the living gold and the hills carpeted therewith. It is gold beyond all price. To look upon it enriches. It cannot corrupt, and he who hoards it 18 no miser with his stores. El Dorado is found, and its treasure is for all. Men of toil and women of care, the hills and fields are thy comforters; go to them and find the golden poppy. The bluz sky is over it; the birds sing around it; cherish it; cherish and love ail the sweet things that nature has provided for ye, and behold, ve shall be eternally blessed.” The volume is attractively printed and bound. It has the distinction of be!ng the first book ever published upon any State or natjonal floral emblem. (Published by the author at Palo Alto, Cal. Price $150.) Corporations in éalifomis. A book that will necessarily find a place on the shelf of every California lawyer is “Corporations in California,” by Charles A. Son, A. M., LL. B. Mr. Son is a prom- inent member of the Ban Francisco Bar. This little volume is a concise treatise, covering all branches of the existing law of California relating to private corpora- tions, including foreign corporations, to- gether with a statement of the conditions under which foreign corporations can do business in Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, Ore- gon and Washington. In a brief preface, Mr. Son sets forth the purpose of ° his work. He says, in part: “Part II of the book contains in full the text of all stat- utes of California, now in force, relating to private corporations. The arrangement of these statutes is one of the features of the book. They are classified under the same classification as is used in the main ortion of the book, so that there is col- ected under each heading all the statute law of the State relating to its subject, whether such Jaw is found in the Bession Laws, the Codes or the Constitution. Thus, by means of the index, the reader can readily turn to all the statute law on the subject he has in mind, while by means of the table of statutes, the judicial construction of such statute law is at his command. “Part 111, containing the statutes of Alaska, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, includes the laws of 1901." The book is bound in the usual legal calf, and is published by Charles W. Paim Company, Los Angeles. El Dorado. “El Dorado” is a record of the personal experiences of the author, D. A. Shaw, during ploneer days in California. Mr. Shaw made the overland journey from Tllinois in 1850. His book contains an in- teresting account of his trip to California, which was fraught with the dangers which beset the travels of the hardy ad- venturer through a bleak country infested with Indians. Mr. Shaw's reminiscences of men whom he knew, who played a prominent part in the early history of California, form one of the most enter- tnlnln%gor(lonl of the narrative. The book contains a condensed history of the leading events which have taken lace in_California from the time Sir rancis Drake entered the Golden Gate. Furthermore, there is given a description of the leading features of social and polit- ical life in ploneer days. These reminis- censes of Mr. Shaw give a vivid picture of those early California days which must always be of great interest to those!who care to study the different stages through which the State has passed in its march of progress. (Pyblished by B. R. Baum- lngsdt) & Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Price Shacklett. “Shacklett,” a novel by Walter Barr, is described in the sub-title as ‘“‘the evo- lution of a statesman.” An exception may well be taken to applying the epithet “statesman” to the hero of the story. Still, as the history of a man who was a very astute politician, even if he did not deserve the more dignified title, the story is entertaining. When Noel Shacklett first appears in this history he is a young farmer, living with his widowed mother in a small town in Illinois. Shacklett's father had in his lifetime held the offico of Sheriff. The elder Shacklett had had a great liking for politics. He was, on the whole, a man in whose nature good rather than evil predominated. Yet there was in him a strong blas toward evil. It was due to the intiuence of his wife, a woman ‘of noble nature, that BSheriff Shacklett was kept in an undeviating path of rectityde. Noel Shacklett, the son, has inherited the nature of both parents. It is the conflict of the warring elements in him that the author makes a promirent feature of the story. Noel Shacklett, from a modest participation in the political life of his native town, be- comes in time a figure of importance in national politics, When Noel is still a very young man a lawyer from the town in which he lives secures for him a clerk- ship in the Legislature. In Springfield Shacklett begins a career as a lobbyist that in the future is to bring to him great but questignable fame. In the early days of his residence in Springfield Shacklett meets Mary Stod- dard, the woman whom he is destined to marry. To the influence of this girl is due in great measure the change for the better which ultimately takes place in the political methods of Shacklett. Dur- ing Shacklett's career as a lobbyist he studies law. After he is admitted to the bar he goes West to live. In the West- ern State in which he settles he is elected United States Senator. At the end of his term of office Shacklett returns to Iili- nois. Shacklett becomes Governor of thac State. During the continuance of a strike there the militia is called out to quell disturbances which have arisen. In a fight between soldiers and strikers Gov- ernor Shacklett meets his death. Noel Shacklett is supposed to be a man with a genlius for carrying to a successful issue political schemes which interested him. He begins his political career as an unscrupulous politician. In the course of time the methods which he uses for gain- ing its ends improve until as Governor he gains not only the admiration but the re- spect of the public. The story as a his- tory of the main events in the life of a clever politician of a type common now- adays is interesting enough. The main defect of 'the book lies in the failure of the author to draw a clear portrait of the main character. To be sure, Shacklett is sald at first to be a man who has in- herited two conflicting natures and to bo an enigma even to his intimate friends. Yet as the story proceeds the reader can- not help feeling that Shacklett is really a man, as well governed throughout his career by a definite purpose as is the average man. The book Is much more interesting as a series of political sketches than as a logically developed character study. (Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Price $150.) Pebbles and Pearls. “Pebbles and Pearls” i3 the title of a volume of verse written by Cleland Kernestaffe. A search through the book failed to discover any of its ‘“pearls” of poetry. The following stanza will serve ;s ?,( commentary upon the merits of the 00k : But as I am a poet, working hard for funds and fame, Don’t let the public know it, for ‘twould surely blast my name; Though were 1 sure hereafter, when my soul slips from its shell, That the gods (who think me dafter) would treat me quite as well As they did that filddler—frankly, I'd take at orice the chance: Let others hold the dollars—it I only hold the ance. Grant me soft suns and showers—the gentler gitts of love; Falrer to me earth’s flowers than the bright- est stars above! (Published by F. Tennyson Neely & Co. New York. Price $150) y 3 Ferns and Flowers. A charmingly written description of wild flowers and ferns as they appear in thelr native places is published under the title, “Flowers and Ferns in Their Haunts.” The 'work is not a text-book on botany. Free from technical ghraseology, it describes in a way to Inake clear even to the untrained loveg of flowers the beauty which may be found in the com- mon flowers of the fleld. A slender thread of narrative runs through the book, and this lends occasion for delightful reflec- tions upon the beauties of woods and fields, and upon the happiness to be de- rived from a close acguaintance with nature. The book is illustrated with many cuts explanatory of full gra 00 by The Price $2 50.) the text, and with gue plates reproduced from photo- s taken by the author, Mabel Os- ‘Wright, and by others. (Published acmillan Company, New York. New Books From the Abbey Press. The Abbey Press of New York is early. in the field of spring literature with books for a1l tastes. tractive binding is “A Dog Day Journal,” by Blossom Drum. love story without any great effort at One little volume with a It is a bright, catchy they see another apartment Which they think would make a still more a!tracti\'eydwelling-place. They have_naz been long in their second & artment when still another strikes their fancy. So they move again. Finally a craze for moviny seizes upon them. No sooner do they hecome comfortabiy settled in one place than they see a new house which appears to offer ihe attractions lacking in the in which they live. The discomforts dured in repeated movings, together w t troubles arising from the delinquencics of servants and janitors. are described in a way to make one feel that after ail the common tragedies of domestic }n.‘fe. annoying as they may be at the time they after movin plot. 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The one conspicuous merit of the book is that the author has been content to write of the simple occurrences of every-day life. The poems are of the class which win for the writer a local reputation when they appear in the col- umng of a provincial newspaper. They are_ scarcely suited to preservation in book form, unless signed by the author as a gift to admiring friends. (Published by Sherman & Co., Philadelphia.) The Van Dwellers. Those whose hard fate it has been to live in rented houses will enjoy “The Van Dwellers,” by Albert Bigelow Paine. Yet even the fortunate few who know nothing of such trials as are recounted in this book must delight in the humor of its pages. The particular van dwellers whose travels form the subject-matter are a man, his wife and two children. They have moved from the West to New York, where they start out to find a house in which to live. They decide upon a small apartment, which becomes the first in a quickly- changing series of homes! Soon ! edition occur, are, nevertheless, very amusing in retrospect—if only one can_ look upon them in the right way. (Published b; J. F. Taylor & Co., New York. Price 7 cents.) Literary Notes. Doubleday, Page & Co. are about to publish Clyde Fitch’s well-known comedy “Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines” in a dainty volume, with photographs of scenes of the play, in which Miss Ethel Barrymore has scored such a popular suc- cess. Daniel C. Gilman, who is at the head of the board in charge of the founding of the new Carnegie Institution in Washington, occupies the unique distinction of having been the chief figure in the founding of three universities—the University of Cali- fornia, Johns Hopkins and the new Carne- gie. In Dr. Gilman's book ‘“University Problems’” will be found the result of many of his experiences with the first two of the above institutions. Harper & Brothers published on Febru- ary 4 a new and revised edition of Colonel McClure’s standard work on “Our Presi- dents, and How We Make Them,” which is fully up to date, including a portrait of President Roosevelt. The same publish- ers simultaneously issued a newly revised of William Blaikie's excellent manual of sensible physical exercise, “How to Get Strong, and How to Stay So,” now issued in more convenient form than heretofore and at a popular price. Little, Brown & Co. will publish the fol lowing books of fiction this spring: “The Heroine of the Strait; or, A mance of Detroit in the Time of Pontiac,” by Mary Catherine Crowley, author, of “A Daugh- ter of New France.” with illustrations by Ch. Grunwald; “The God of Things,” by Florence Brooks Whitehouse, a modern soclety novel, with_ illustrations by the author; ““The Eagle's Talon, a Romancs of the Louisiana Purchase,” by Sheppard Stevens, author of “I am the King" and “The Sword of Justice,” with {llustrations by A. Russell, and “In the Country God Forgot,” a stirring tale of the Southwest, by Frances Charles. “The Fighting Bishop”’—a novel without a hero—by Herbert M. Hopkins, will be publishéd by the Bowen-Merrill Company the last of this month. Mr. Hopkins is an Ohio man. He now occuples the chair of Latin in Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. For a time he resided in Berkeley and assisted in the Latin department of the University of California. His wife is the talented authoress who writes under the pseudonym of Pauline Bradford Mackie. ““The Fighting Bishop” is Mr. Hopkins' first book and is a novel after the man- ner of the old school, a story of family life, of a Bishop and of‘his sons, and their sweethearts and wives. D. Appleton & Co.’s February announce- ments include “Kata Bonnet,” by Frank R. Stockton; “Scarlet and Hyssop,” by E. F. 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A striking portrait of Secretary Hay is the frontis-. piece of this number, to accompany an opening article by Joseph Fitzgerald, en- titled “The New Treaty and Secretary Hay.” The contents in general deal with Cohgress and the President's message, the South African war, the United States et in China's crisis, the Supreme Court Ge fons respecting the Philippines, tha Pan-American Congress, South American matters, Lord Rosebery's Chesterfield speech. Marc: triumph, ete. Béginning with the March number a new depart ment, entitled “Literary Chronicle,” co ducted by Nathan Haskell Dole, will be added to the magazine Baker & Taylor Company an- work of importance for women P: amentary Usage for Wo- men's Clu b Mrs. Emma A. F recording s etary f the General Fed- eration of Women Clubs, and the holder of marny other important office: “"* : e of her The men's organizations. In the cour career as a leader of wome: organiza tions Mrs. Fox has become deeply pressed with the need of a manual es pec adapted for the club woman's use and in response to many urgent ap she undertook the supervision of tha department of pariiamentary law in the Club Woman, which is the official orgar of the general federation. These pape are the basis of the present work. The book will be inted and bound’ in a neat and attractive style. It will be publis earlv in March. “Little Italy,” a one-act tragedy ife in New York’s Italian quarter, which was produced a short time ago b nnfe Maddern Fiske and q received the critic shortly by R. H. is Horace B. Fry, his first play. Of it said at the time of “jt is so rare for a tra, ten in America, and its simplicity, force a feclings depicted bel in-that domain. If have been high and simple, of life seems to have been it is right that life should Lit Norm: Ttaly an Hapgood catisfied, even if the tears stand in eyes; and this is tragedy. “Little Ital was worthy of the brilliant acting it ir spired and had in it such rare worth that it ought often to be revived.” February Outing Is the midwinter travel number. It contaim: y illus. trated articles on travel in Cali- p fornia and the nearer e de scription of a 3000 m a for $l5—a revelation of wonderful experiences for little money in the land of the Czar Henry Webster Palmer tells of “Coast ing Along Labrador,” R. B. Seager c “Tarpon and Sharks on the Florida E: st and er Wells Purington of funting and Fishing in the Altai Moun tains” of Siberia and Mongolia, where big game is plentiful and unprotected. There are two notable pieces of fle “The Alarm Bell,” by . B. Marriof and “The Haunter of the Pine Charles G. D. Roberts. Charles Livingston Buil tinues the “‘Story of the Trapper” series, with the “spinster moose” as the centr figure of the present sketch, and Ly Tew Sprague finds the fox an intere character in fact and fable. There a many other features of equal interest Caspar _Whitney’'s regular_ department, “The Sportsman’'s View Point,” takes care of the current matters in the world of sport. “Jefterson was passionately fond of good horses,” writes Willlam E. Curtis in his new book, “The True Thomas Jefferson. “We generally worked mules on the pl tation, but he would not ride or drive any- thing but a high-bred horse.” His over- seer is quoted as saying of Jefferson: “Bay was his preference for color. He would not have any other. After he came from Washington he had a flne carriage built at Monticello, from a model that he planned himself. The woodworking, black smithing and painting were all done by his own workmen. Ha had the plating done at Richmond. When he traveled in this carriage he always had five horses four in the carriage and the fifth for B: well, who always rode behind him. Those five horses were Diomede, Brimmer, Te- cumseh, Wellington and Eagle. In his new carriage, with fine harness, those four horses made a fine appearance. He never trusted a driver with the lines. Two ser vants rode on horseback and each guided his own pair. About once a year Mr Jefferson used to go to Montpelier and spend several days with Mr. Madison: and everv summer he went to Poplar Forest, his farm in Bedford, and spent two or three ,months.” With the February issue, the Bookman closes the seventh year of its existence. In this number will be found the first of a series of articles dealing with the great newspapers of the United States. This paper tells the story of the evolution of American journalism and the development of the great historic newspapers of New York during the first half of the century and until the outbreak of the War of Se- cession. It treats of a time when the press was essentially personal: when peo- ple asked one another, not ‘“What does the Herald say, or the Tribune say this morning?” but “What does Greeley think of this, or Bennett say of that?” Amer- ican journalism in the '30's was round! scored by Charles Dickens in ‘“Ameriga: Notes” and “Martin Chuzzlewit,” and th story of how newspapers were conducte: in that day, the record of the savage per- sonalities, the abuse and the viclence, glves a curious insight into the conditions which aroused Dickens’ animosity seventy years ago. In connection with the second installment of Vicomte de Louvenjoul's ““History of Balzac and Madame Hanska,” the Bookman reproduces what are prob- ably the most curious and typical Balzac fllustrations that have ever appeared in this country. Among them is a fac- simile of the original scemario of “Le Pere Gorlot,” and from this page people who have read the book may trace the curious development of the story in Balzac’s mind. Another page. presenting the varfous coats-of-arms of different families of the comedie humaine, shows the immense labor with which Balzac builded the background for his imaginary men and women. Among other features of this number are the concluding paper on “Boston in Fiction,” which deals with Cambridge, Roxbury and other literary environs of the Massachusetts capital and the first paper of a new series of articles on “Literary, Artistic and Bo- hemian London in the Seventies.” 5 Books Received. WISTONS—By Miles Amber. 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