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| Qonducted by 5 G. Lathrop. NE of the first books of the spring, and one also that promises to be well up near the top in the list of best books of the year, is “Kate Bonnet by Frank R. Stockton. This year it is the same genial, interest- ing Stockton that we have known for the yes past e author of *“The Lady or the Tiger’ that charming story, “Rudder Grange,” that odd concelt, “The ng A“r“ of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine,” an admirable book of short stories last season, “Afield and Afioat,” and & host of other tales and novels. His short stories last year were very enjoy- sble, but “Kate Bonnet” is more of a treat, for you learn to know the charac- ters better—and what Stockton characters are not worth knowing? Even his villains re enjoyable. Stockton posseeses in a marked degree that talent so rare in writers generally He makes the reader himself one of cheracters. This may sound a bit odd, yet it is quite true. In “Kate Bonnet” you feel that you are a part of the story yourself. Your interest in the characters comes about naturally, and through what the characters themselves have to say ‘and not because of anything that the au- thor himself says about them. Stockton catches your interest with a telling inci- dent or description and then, realizing that he hes you fast in the grasp of cu- riosity, he lets you look to the character ftself for the satisfaction of your hopes or fears. He does not say this man is good or this one bad; nor does he in the slight way give a clew to what you may next expect from the people of his mimic life them a start and then to all ances lets them look out for them- feel Wonnet” once bedun, you must finish it just to see wh of everybody. There is 2 ¢ possible e Ty present them book from Stockton’s pen. e there are four possible » herol hand, Mi Ives atest part it is is open to conwict favor of any one of them. Of cours t right in the end, and then t all the time there was who really should have able ung woman, and t the lucky man that Mr Stockton allowed to dr v r sinion ¥ be ne was jus wakened in the ing the hero of Mr. at one time, it Te must be a mistake Mr. Stockton divides r between Kate and id ‘who sticks’ her on a desert isie the hero and the atility in throwing the f his story into a fasci- ty is only sec- ver in giving all his char- ity in making eresting that w the boards for ® he or is equally welcome. ven better than shine”” for orig- e Bonnet—father r army officer, es gar planter of Barbadoes, and pirate of the high seas—is the Btocktonesque being of ers around him a ruffianly or would-be pirates, buys a a en the trouble begins ie tale commences with the ship about | and Bonnet burning to be on the ocean broad and looked up to as the ter- ror of the seas. The cBmplications that arise from the desire of the crew to steal his vessel from him ‘are only but barely forgotten when & real pirate seizes the ship by treachery and makes Bonnet his clerk. Bonnet finally extricates himself from these straits and pursues even a more glorious piratical career in the fu ture despite the efforts of his family and the faithful Bcotch servant who will not leave him. The Beotchman is quite & character in himeelf and strongly reminiscent of the *“Hoot Mon"” in the popular comic opera, “The Idol's Eve.” Like the “Hoot Mon,” Stockton’s Scotchman is always turning up at the wrong time to thwart the weli- laid piratical echemes of the amateur sea robber. “Blackbeard,” a pirate who is a real pi- rate in every sense of the word, is an- other character that more than holds his own in the reader's attention. He it is who steals Bonnet's ship and, further, carries off the hero, dresses him up like a stage admiral and swears that he wili marry him to his buxom daughter in merry old England as soon as he can get home, . It would be a shame to spoll a good story by telling the plot in anything less than Mr. Btockton's own words. The book is delightful from beginning to end and will make many a cheerful hour for many & person in the days to come. The humor is clean, keen and delicious and there in quantity, while the story itself for iatic incidents and love interest will rank with any that has recently come to our notice. “Kate Bonnet” is published ;Jx Appleton & Co., New York. Price, The Story of Books. “The Btory of Books,” by Gertrude B. s Will be repaid for send- ing for our illdtrated catalogvz of original ...... EASTER Cards and books, newl signed and p«blzhld for this season by..... ELDER an¢ SHEPARD 238 Post Street Sen Franclsco THE SUNDAY CALL, Rawlings, reviews the history of the pre- servation in permanent form of the litera- ture of historic times. Beginning with the inscriptions engraved on tablets and mon- uments, it traces the gradual develop- ment of the art of book-making up to the present time. The book is short, but it contains an account of all the important improvements made in the art of writing and printing. It is one of the volumes belonging to the series “The Library of Useful Books.” (Published by D. Apple- ton & Co,, New York. Price 35 cents.) The Creed of the Presbyterians. Under the title “The Creed of the Pres- byterians,” Dr. Egbert W. Smith has written a history of the doctrines of the church which has followed the leadership of Calvin. In respect to his purpose in writing this hook, Dr. Smith says that he offers it as an answer to those who have of recent years sought to criticize the creed of his church. The book contains 2 history of the formulation of the West- minster Confession, with some remarks of the value «f that creed as a system of religion. The contents of the book are ar- ranged under the following heads: *“The Creed Formulated,” “The Creed Tested by Its Fruit “The Creed Tllustrated “The Creed's Catholi (Published the Baker & Taylor Company, New York. Price 60 cents.) Lincoln in Story. A book which is interesting and in many portions amusing is ‘“‘Lincoln in Story,” by Silas G. Pratt. in the main, a compilat of most of which Lincoln is the hero, al- though a few are favorite stories he used to tell. A short s life is given, and the stories which relate to his own career are presented in chrono- seek special information onp different pe- rlods. Price, $1 50. The World and Winstrow. The impossibility of finding true happi- ness In the search for wealth and posi- tion is the subject of “The World and ‘Winstrow,” a novel by Edith Henrietta Fowler. Winstrow is supposed to be a snrall town in a retired part of England. In it there grew up together a boy and a girl. The girl, Ursula Grey, is the daughter of a country gentleman of ancient lineage but reduced fortune. The boy is Merton Wainwright, the son of a tradesman of the place. In spite of their difference In rank, Merton and Ursula grow up the closest of friends. Ursula {s attracted to Merton by the brilliancy of his intellect, while in Ursula Merton sees embodied the graces due to the influence of gentle blood and refined surroundings, advantages which he is without. In the home of Mr. Grey young Wainwright always finds the e R ONMeny FRANK P STOCKTONS ) LATEST BOOK {0 HATE _BO COPYRIGHT 190i-1902° 8Y D.APPLETON 4~ 10 me like that | you siand *+~ 11 guu talk logical order, so that the résult is an in- teresting form of biography. The book will appeal not only to admirers of Lin- coln, but to lovers of good stories as well. (Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Price 75 cents.) California Violets. A small volume of poems by Grace Hib- bard is issued under the title “‘California Violets.” The poems are short, simple. melodlous songs, of which the following are representative: . MARIPOSA LILIES. g She gave me a handful of lilles, Wild flowers from sunny hillside; Beautiful cups of gold they seemed At the hour of eventide. But in the sunshine of mornipg ‘They opened—the beautiful things, The jewel-gemmed butterfly lilfes Had found and fluttered their wings. AFLOAT. On long past midnight skies Of sapphire afloat, ‘Mid myriads of stars, There salls a silver boat. Beneath a star it dips Upon its lonely way, And drifts a hopeléss wreck Into the harbor—day. LEST THE LOVED DEAD COME BACK AGAIN, 't the loved dead come back agaln, Groping their way through the infinite space, Snatching a torch from among the bright stars, To light a pathway unto thy face; Lest they come back with unheard tread— Be faithful ever unto your desd. Lest the loved dead come back again, Wearying for you in the world of bliss, Longing to wreathe you with unseen arms, To seal you their own with the old-time kisi And with white fingers your hair to thread— Be falthful ever unto your dead. Lest your loved dead come back again, Let not your heart to the living stray. torch fall from cold, white hands, turn aws: Lest they come back with unheard tread— Be faithful ever unto your dead. (Published by A. M. Robertson, San Francisco. Price $1.) The French People. The latest addition to the list of “The Great People's Serfes,” published D, Appleton & C New York, is “The French People,” by Arthur Hassall, M. A., student of Christ Church, Oxford, and author of “The Balance of Power,” etc. This excellent series is under the able editorship of Dr, York Powell, regius pro- fessor of modern history in the Univer- sity of Oxford, The present volume is uniform In appearance with those of the series that have preceded it, The book gives as full an account of French history as can be erowded into the wmall #space of four hundred pages, and could not be improved upon a8 a first work for the wtudent, The style Is direct and roads able. At the end of the volume, In addi- tion to u full and alphabetienl ndex, is Elven a list of volumes on und related Lo French history that will prove of valne 1o thote who wish 1o make a more ox- tenslve study of the subject or desire to Al eut you down whero warmest welcome. ‘Merton's cleverness wins for him a scholarship at Oxford, and later an appointment as private sec- retary to one of the Cabinet Ministers, In London Wainwright gains an entrance into fashfonable soclety, and there he learns to become ashamed of his connec- tion with the unfashionable life of Win- stow. Even Ursula Grey, Merton's dear- est friend, comes in for her share of neg- lect when Merton realizes that she Has not the style of the London women of hi# acquaintance. Merton ends by breaking off his intimacy with Ursula in a heart- less manner. He becomes engaged to the daughter of the Minister, but this girl soon jiits him for some one with more brillant prospects. Merton, at last ap- preciating the disinterestedness of Ur- sula’s friendship for him, goes to her to ask her to marry him. But she has al- ready found a happiness he could not give her In the affection of a man who cares for her for herself alone and not for the worldly advantages which first attracted Merton. ‘The story is simple but attrac- tive, (Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. Price $150.) Her Grace’s Secret. The life of lords and ladjes of high de- gree and their opinions upon a great va- rlety cf subjects are chronicled at length by Violet Tweedale in a novel cw# ‘“‘Her Grace's Secret.” Her Grace the Dychess of Glenroy is a beautiful woman with a past, about whose mystery all her friends puzzle thelr noble heads in vain, until the lady sees fit to divulge it In a very dra~ matic scene at the end of the book. The novel is of the semi-sensational kind, in which the tension of a slowly unfoldin plot s relleved by the introduction of moral discoures upon the loveliness of virtue and the hatefulness of vice, (Pub- lished by George W. Jacobs & Co., Phila- delphia.) The Ordeal of Elizabeth. Some of the leading incldents in the novel “The Ordeal of Elizabeth’ evidently found their inspiration in certaln sensa- tional murder cases which have occupled 4 prominent place in the newspapers within the last few years, Ellzabeth Van Vorst, the heroine, Is a beautiful young {rl Who lives 1 a Country town neat New ork, On her father's side sne 15 the de- ccendnm of an old Dutch family. Eliza- Leth's father, Peter Van Vorst, ¥ud mar- ried secrelly the daughter of a barkeeper. \ Peter did not confess his marriage until the death of his widowed mother left him master of his property, Peter and his wife died in the early infancy of their daughter Ellzabeth, leaving her to the gure of two malden aunts of Peter, Eliza- beth grows up under the refining n:enmsdn‘f \’hrne ‘ndle f In her appear~ ance an n her nature she see 0 inherited the char; Fig lt tather's family, Jillzabeth {8 shut o!! from the beat ocoty of her native town because the nelghbors fear that she iy have inherited the tendencles o or mother, who before her ma rtnn wu not :Inlly pu}nry!wl k;m\lh oven rh able, wter o zuboth's mother har daughter Amanda In ne v lv" uy whun )"lhmha(h ll fill lnl l'. C c of 'th t #he meots "u"vn linllnek i l mullul posEessing a boautiful voice he nlly handsome, Halleok |! on his way fram Chioago to New York, lnd hlll t df T»J'rl:l?mll‘:aflll:u (-:na.ifiu"uu: Kfl in lwu ldon ‘In ununn- “Take that with each other. Before Halleck goes away he persuades Elizabeth to marry him clandestinely by agreeing not to ub- lish the marriage until she shall wis] After Halleck goes to New York he wrl!e. less and less frequently to Elizabeth, until his letters cease entirely. Kliza at first is heart-broken at Halleck stancy. At last she realizes that she hus been only a passing fancy of his, and he is unworthy of her regard. A wealthy woman, Mrs. Van Antwerp, who has a country piace near Elizabeth’s home, takes a fancy to Elizabeth and invites her to spend a winter in New York. Blizabeth goes to New York with Mrs. Van Antwerp and becomes one of the belles of the season. She wins the love of a man named Julian Gerard, whom she learns to love. At this time Halleck makes a reappearance in Elizabeth’s life. He has made a great success as a singer and has many opportunities of meetingthe beautiful Miss Van Vorst, as his wife is known. Elizabeth has endured the re- newed attentions of Halleck, although she refuses to publish the news of her mar- riage. She has argued herself into the belief that the formal bond between Hal- no hindrance to leck and herself need NNET # COMPAN * e foebly xabd, { ner perrect freedom of action. Fouowing this belief Elizabeth yields to the persua- slons of Gerrard, who does not know of her marriage, and becomes engaged to him. A short time before the day set for her _second marrifage Elizabeth confesses 10 Gerard that she s the wife of Halleck, Gerard is 20 indignant at the duplicity of Elizabeth that he goes at once to Europe i0 be out of her sight. A week later Halleck 1§ Xilled by drinking & flask. of poisoned wine sent to him through the mail. Suspicion points to Elizabeth as the murderer, for her marriage to Halleck has become known at his death, and her reasons for wishing him out of the way are surmised. Ilizabeth is arrested and tried. Gerard is summoned from Europe by friends of Elizabeth and arrives in time to glve testimony which helps to lead to a verdict in Ilizabeth's faver. Elizabeth s pronounced not guilty and set free. After the trial the real murderer is discovered to have been Elizabeth's cousin Amanda. When Elizabeth gains her free- dom she ‘promises for the second time to become the wife of Gerard. The story, as may be guessed from the P““ is not of a high class of fiction. Yet t is'not unwholesome, in spite of the few theatrical situations which it contains. The name of the author I! not published. &I‘uhliuhed by J. F. Taylor & Co., New ork. Price :51 50 Commentnry of the Gn.mc War. The American Book Company of New York has just published a student's edi- tion of *“Caesar's Commentaries on the Galllc War.” This work is provided with introduction, notes and a vocabulary by Albert Harkness, Ph.D., LL.D. profes- sor emeritus in Brown 'Unlveuuy Pro- fessor Harkness hau been ussisted by Charles ‘H. Forbes, A. B., professor of Latin in Phllllgs Academ Andover, Mass. The book is fyrnished with an in’ troduction containingd an outline’ of .the 1ife of Caesar, a dalcnpllon in brief of the scenes of his military operations in Gaul, Germany and Britain and a short treatise on the military system of the Romans. The notes are well fitled to gulde the student and to interest him In the stir- ring events recorded in the Commentaries, In the notes to the earlier books questions are interspersed at intervals to ald the student in adding to his stock of knowl- edge in a definite and postitive form such @ Brammatical and historical information ll the author places within his re these 'questions theh historical aspect ot the study is especiafly emphasized. In the vorabulary apocr given to etymology, but the treatment is made as simple ag ?oulble with the sole aim of aiding the student in understand- ing and appreciating the significant ele- ments of words. 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Jones. ite House' — ley. “To_Utilize the Earth's Interlor Heat'— Theodore Waters. ¥ *“The !. ing of American Soclety'—Fred- eric_Emon “Ine Frontier In Sculpture”—Arthur Good- rich. “The German Emperor as He Is"—Wolt von Schierbrand. BN Literary Notes. Wallace Irwin, whose “Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum" has already reached the 12,- 000 mark, has another book of verse in the hands of his publishers, Messrs. El- der & Shepard o. San Francisco. This time Mr. Irwin leaves the realms of slang and devotes himseif to an Imitative rubaiyat, which alls “The Rubaiyat Jr.” The book is to lett Burgess. he accomplishe is tme, = whose n publishied in a de I Miss Mary Johnston His daughter ys an important beauty Evel contrast to the part and form woodland _heroi udrey.. it would be hard to find two more charming char- acters in recent fiction. The Seribners published the foliowing books on Feoruary 21: ““Fhe Valley of Der cisi by Edith” Wharton, her novei: . ._ulsen’s “Immanuel Life and_Doctrine,” tr . fessors Creight and Chicago University; ‘“Melomaniacs, by James Huneker, and a new permanent librgry edition of Thec Roosevet's “I'hd Rough Riders,” y illustra- tions ana a portrai Autiior. Little, Brown & Co. will Dvlh!'sh this spring a book by a new and promising Western author which is destined to ai- Frances attenti has tten a st, entitled ~In the Coun The hate of a rich rizona for his only son is_the theme of “the story. Ther clever bits of philosophy, ably deawn character sketches and iramatic scenes, and the whole srimful of human nature. Elder & Shepard of S been changed to a name of 1c number interesting contents in Blog Hawthorne by Dorothea M A Review,’ an Franciseo quart iy under the Quarterly. The ns the followins “On the Principle aphy,” by _Anna nd’ Lavender: A ore; “Wayfar- by Rev. Henry E. O'Keeffe, C. 8. P.; “Culturine,” by Thomas Dykes Beasley; “Notes From a Reading of Edwin Markham’s ‘Lincoln," " by E. C. T.; “Setters of Types,” by Frank B. Rae Jr.; “The Perils of Prophecy,” Lorenzo Sosso; “The A Review,” by E. C. ten Classic: An Appreciation,” by T. C. W.; “A Great American Potter,” by H. ‘W. Rolfe; ‘“The Listening Child: An Ap- preciation,” by Dora_Amsden; “The For- est and the Nights A Poem,” by L. Gerstle Mack; “Supplication,” by Edwin Markham; “A Swarm _of Bees Worth Hiving”; supplements—TImpressions Book- mark No. 2, Baby Roland, by George Hansen. McClure, Phillips & Co. will publish the following books the coming spring: “The Madness of Philip, and Other Stories of by Moriscos of Spain: Moore; “A Forgot- Childhood,” {llustrated by Josephine Dodge Daskam; Trail” (lllustrated), Stewart Edward ‘White; ‘“‘Next to the Ground,” Martha Mecimioch Wiiltams: *Votime of | Shots Storles,” Robert Barr; “Musical Guide,” Hupert Hughes “Forest Neighbors,™ w. D. Hulbert; “The Hound of the Basker- villes” (a. Sherlock Holmes story), A. Conan_ Doyle; “Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs,” George 8. Bout- well; “The Making of a Statesman” (a novelette and 'other stories of Gnorp b Joel Chandler Harris: -Political Por- trajts,” William Allen Whit King and Queen of Hearts” (fac Sirnile of orig- inal, published in 1806), Charles anh Cabin,” Arthur Henr. W Philli H. Irol - Guglielmo reo published Letters or Dantel Webster. Books Received. CASTLES IN SPAIN—By Winifred Sack- ville-Stoner. The Abbey Press, New York. $1 HAR_LAMPKINS—By Abel Patton. The Abbey Press, New York. $1 THE PHANTOM CARAVAN—By Cordelia Powell Odenheimer. The Abbey Press, New York. $1. A GOLDEN WAY—By Albert Leroy Bart- lett. The Abbey Press, New York. $1 w WHERE MAGNOLIAS BLOOM- Cullens. The Abbey Press, New \’nrlL 5 cents. FAIRVIEW'S MYSTERY—By George Marquis. The Abbey Press, New York. “WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING?—By Otto Stechhan. The Abbey Press, New York. $1 UNREQUITED LOVE—By Otto Stechha; The Abbey Press, New York. $1 THE SILVER CORD AND THE GOLDEN BOWL—By Grace Adele Plerce. The Abbey Press, New York. §1 HESTER BLAIR—By Willlam Henry Car- & M. ciark Publishing Company, Bos- $1 50, H. ] PRACTICAL ASTROLOGY—By Comte C. de Laird & Lee, Chicago. Luther $1 30 POLICEMAN FLYNN—By Eiliott The Century Company. New York. $1 $ Long. Saint-Germain. NAUGHTY NAN—By John The Century Company, New York. Flower. 30. NOW ISSUED. Charles Warren Staddard’s “In the Footprints of the Padres.” Mr. Stoddard sets forth in this work his recollections of early days in California. Beautifully llustrated. Book collectors should place orders at once in or- d‘zr to secure coples of first edi~ tion. PRICE $1 50 NET, A. M. ROBERTSON, Publisher, 26 Post Street.