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THE SUNDAY CALL - B T is love after all that makes the world go round. It is the divine reath of heaven-sent devotion to an some kindred : develops the « or woman. What would s portrayer of hu- ad it not been 1 lasting took absolute d him with s be worthy of worship- shrine of so high an ideal. ska was Balzac's inspiration. fled and wrote and, late for him to realize gnized rue light of at least had some temporal D ce was kind to him 1 as well whom he had years. Mme t fortu- ere is the selfish fate that Balzac s of the heart herwise there might the Balzac, the writer maine, as we knew him. Balzac came to quench in hard work at the another in suffered jeal he had placed al of devotion. This e second of the “great h his ideal to enty years that as eath, over none of the wrl is there any refer- 7, iaid the eame da r ch of the Cordeliers, Her d to its home in heaven. I have with mingled pleasure and pain, n before my here is nothing my strongest and may easlly y world and y bonds, that it Babylon. gh, being an ecclesiastic, he was dden matrimony accompanied with benediction of the church, it t Petrarch did form a perma- ction with another woman. He and & daughter whom he pub- nized and treated with great But Laura was his ideal of been broken, the first day that he met her to v of his life all of his writings t she was his inspiration. It was passion that he siduously to seri- absolutely con- ng his feelings he gave vent to them ng sonnets for which the charm th of his heart's love furnished If most is three hundred sonnets, can- dancing songs and pastorals, or Laura is brought in either as aain theme or by way of ornament. ht imagine that from such a s of motif his verses would prove nous reading; but that is where his us shows, for the contrary is the case. On this point the poet Campbell writes: notony impresses the reader exactly B " lerness of his acquaint- h the poet. Approaching the sonnets the first time they may probably appear m as like to each other as the sheep of a when he has become familiar with will_perses s interesting individu- every sonnet, discriminate ndividual character as precisely as the distinguish every eingle sheep_of k by its volce and its face. trarch writes so melodlously, with ielicacy of expression and thought, t the sweetness of his lines loses much when brought from the soft tongue of his mother country to the harsher language our northern zone. No English hps given us a complete translation etrarch’s poetry. We have merely ientary efforts by different writers, ng whom thight be mentioned Lady Lord Woodhouselee, Lord Charle- Major Macgregor, Anne Banner- Dr. Morehead, Mrs. Wrottesley, etc. n seems that the writings of au- thors must need go unheralded from their own Lomes, It is to be hoped that this mont, ma It oft 2SN will not be the e of the admirable, work that has been done by Miss Agnes Tobin in a volume recently published by Willlam Heinemann, London, wherein are translations of nine sonnets and a e from Petrarch Miss Tobin has nce of the 1 it into as it is pos- by Alice Mrs. Me most fore 1 her visit to n Francisco some time-ago will be re- bered by many with pleasure. She with her family in Italy for many b prior to her marriage. The difficulties in the path of a transla- tor who undertakes to catch the.true sen- timent 1. delicacy of Petrarch's son- nets may better be understood after read- ing a portion ot what Mrs. Meynell has written: . translate into equivalent verse Tuscan; not only for the thing said tersely in ten ablc language must needs gth, and therefore gener- in ten syllables of & mono- language such as the English. The fficulty 1s ratl in the slender and weak graces of antithesis in the the language justifies these, affords them room, gives them opportunity and atti- tude. Turned into Englich, they take a slight rigidity and no longer seem so well worth while.” Nevertheless it is possible to translate Petrarch, and the translator's chief quality ha: to be guod faith. Petrarch is full of good faith; because of this he does not deserve the name of sentimentalist which James Russell Lowell gives him. The good faith of a_ vulgar man may be sentimental, not that of so distin- gulshed and so simple and 5o entire a nature Petrarch's integrity 1s somewhat like : in nelther case is ys its (not inaccessible) powers. This is it, it is all, we are convinced as we read; and it is & beautiful all, and not oniy fond but tender. it is only necessary to read Miss To- bin's translafions to realize that she has been in every way sincere in her work— that with her it has been a labor of love accompiished through natural aptitude and a trained mind, two qualities quite as es sential as the “‘good faith” mentioned by Mrs. Meynell. 2 The nine sonnets are “Love’s Crucifix,” “Dawn,” “Recognition,” *The Dream, “The Garden of Paradise,” “The Watch- er,”” “Love and Pity,” “The Waters of Borga” and “The Laurel Throne.” Th canzone is called “The Passing of Sleep. The book is most superbly illustrated with etchings done by Graham Robert- son. Some of them are shown on this page and may serve to give the reader an idea of their character. Here is one of the sonnets, full of that indefinable charm so characteristic of the verses of the great master. It is also an example of how well Miss Tobin has caught in our harsher tongue the melody of the Italian: 1f T could tell how tender are the sighs Of that most lovely lady who was mine And now is set in heaven for a And yet seems here, lives, feels, walks, loves - “and cries. A glant in your breast desire would rise! She comes, by some swift sympathy divine, Whenever on my lonely road I pine, Faint or turn back, pause where the wrong roa es “Stralght up, toward heaven, is the way to [ Her soft phrase, low and wistful, ends in prayer, In thoughts celestial that are all And then I vow the mighty things T dare, Strong_in the sweetness which doth plerce me own. Yea, would have power to draw tears from a stone. The volume is exquisitely bound in ‘im- perial Japan vellum. mounted on board. Price . ~It is to be had in San Fran- the bookstore of Elder & Shep- clgco at ard. B. G. LATHROP. Memoirs of Paul Kruger. he Century Company, New York, has Paul ger himself they possess nore than passing interest. He dictated them in Dutch to his private secretary, H. C. Vredell, and Piet Grobler, former Under Secretary of State of the Republic. The present edition is a very excellent English translation. The style is Krug- er's own, as we have come to know him as a figure In the world's history, and the book is one that cannot: fail to appeal to the American reading public. The earlier chapters deal with his boy- hoed and wputh, especially with his ex- periences as a hunter and soldier. They furnish also an admirable narrative of the great trek, the foundation of the Transvaal State, apd the difficulties, domestic and foreign, through which it paseed. The reader who is not familiar with the details of South African history will find in them an excellent summary of the information he requires in order to understand the origin of the late war. This is particularly true of the events which led up to.the so-called War of In- depencence which ended with the British disaster of Majuba Hill. Into the mili- tary events themselves Mr. Kruger does not enter. When he comes to the last great and fateful struggle with England he sets forth the case of the South African re- public with great clearmess, brevity-and apparent justice, relying throughout upon documents and events about which there can be no question. There are also bits of inside history which are of exception- 41 interest; on the whole, however, he prefers to base his defense upon facts which have been published to the world. This defense fs most characteristic in its simplicity and forcefulness and most ef- fective. Wards are not minced—a spade is called a spade, a lle a lie—but the pror prieties are never violated, the volce never raised, even in his flercest assaults upon his arch-enemies, Rhodes, Chamber- lain and Milner. * It is & volume which will bé read throughout with profound interest. Here are a .few extracts from the book itself: PAUL KRUGER ON CECIL RHODES. In spite of the high eulogiums passed upon Lim by bis friends he was one of the most un- scrupulous characters that h The Jesuitical maxim that “the end justifies the means”’ formed his only political creed. This man was the curse of South Africa. He even tried to win over the Irish faction in Par- liament, which was not at all in harmony with his plans, by a present of £10,000. Who knows how many ‘more large sums he spent with the same object! This will never be revealed. Rhodes was capital Incarnate. No matter how base, no matter how contemptible, be it lying, bribery or treachery, all and cvery means were welcome to him if they led to the attainment of his objects. THE EDUCATION OF A BOER CHILD. Thé Boer fathers and mothers looked after the education of their chiliren to the very best of their ablility. They knew that they lived in a country where anything that was once neglected was difficult®to recover, and that to neglect the fising generation meant the ruin of their nationality. Therefore every Boer taught his children to read and write, and, above all, instructed them in God's word. At dinner and supper, a8 the children eat around the table, they had to read part of the sacred Scriptures, and to repeat from memory or write down now this and now that text: and this was done day by day uniess unusual circumstances made it fmpossible. That is how my father taught me the Bible and instructed me in its teaching during the evenings. My other course of In- struction was covered altogether by a period of sion. Whenever the trek came to‘a place and we outspanned, a small hut was built of grass Kd reeds, and this became the achool- room for #he trekKers' children. KRUGER'S IDEA OF BRITISH SELF-GOV- ERNMENT. “Burghers,” 1 asked, “do you understand what the British Government offers you? I will try to explain fo you what this seif-gov ernment, in my opiffion, mea you, ‘First put your head quietly in th %0 that I can hang you up; then you may kick vour legs about as much as you plea: is what they call self-government.” Three Years’ War. General Christian Rudolf de Wet's book on the Boer war has just been pubfished by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. It bears the title “Threa Years' War, ' and appears in one substantial volume. It is illustrated with a photogravure frontisplece by John 8. Sargent, R. A. together with plans drawn by the author, a map, etc. It is the plain, bluff, unvarnished story of General de Wet's experiences and do- ings in the great struggle which took place between the Bper and the Briton. The simplicity of thé narrative, its sin- cerity, its soldierly fairness and its un- conscious eloguence will make the book appeal to all men who enjoy a story of action; while the light it throws unon military operations and Lattles hitherto known only from the English viewpoint gives it a genuine historical value. The chapter headings are as follows: “I go on commando as a private burgh- er. Nicholson's Nek. Ladysmith be- sleged. I am appointed vecht géneral, The overwhelming forces of Lord Rob- erts. Paardeberg. The wild flight from Poplar Grove. The burghers recelve per- mission to return to their homes. Sanna's “to write a story of this kind The f{llustrations on this page were drawn by Graham Rob; m to illustrate Migs Agn 'obin’s translations of nine sonnets and a canzone from Petrarch published un- der the title of “Love’s Cru- cifix.” +* -4 post. Four hundred and seventy English taken prisoners at Red- dersburg. An unsuccessful s'ege. The English swarm over our country. Our position at the end of May, 180). Roode- wal. I make Lord ance. Bethlehem is Kitchener's acquaint- iptured by the Eng- lish. The surrender of Prinsico. 1 am driven into the Transvaal. I return to the Free State. The oath of neutrality. Frederikstad and Bothaville. My march to the south. I fail to enter Cape Colony. Darkness proves my salvation. Was ours a guerrilla war? Negotlations with the enemy. President Steyn's narrow escape. The last proclamation. Blockhouses and night attacks. My commando of 700 men. A success at Tweefontein. I cut my way through 60,000 trocps. 1 go to the Trans- vaal with President Steyn. Peace negoti- ations—the end of the war. -~ The Philippine Islands—1493-1908. The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleve- land, O., announce in a limitsd edition, &n extensive and important literary un- dertaking—a historical series entitled, “The Philippine Islands, 1493-1903: Explor- ations by early navigators, descriptiofis of the islands and their peoples, their his- tory, and records of the Catholic Mis- slons, as related in contemporaneous books and-manuscripts, showing the po- litical, economic, commercial and religi- ous conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European natio to the beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury,” in fifty-five volumes, the first of which will appear about Jafuary 15. 1903. This work will present (mainly in English translation), the most important printed works, to the year 1903, including a great number of heretofore unpubiished MSS., which have been gathered from various foreign archives and Iibraries, principally from Spain, Portugal, France gland, ITtaly, Mexico, Japan, the Philippines, ete. The manuseripts, which have been known to a very few scholars only, been very difficult heretofore to study, are of great importance at the prefent time. The serics will be edited and annotated by Miss Emma Helen Blair, A. M., of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, as- sistant editor of The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, and James Alexander Roberteon, Ph. B., also formerly engaged upon that work. A historical introduc- tion and notes are furnished by Edward Gaylord Bourne, professor of history in Yale University, well known as an au- thority on early Spanisn discoveries and colonizations in the New World, The series will include a very careful and ex- tensive bibliography of Philippina—the most valuable that has yet appeared. There will also be an extensive analytical index to the compléte series. For Prey and Spoils. A book that will appeal to the imag- ination of the growing youth is one just issued from the press of the Henry Al- themus Company, _Philadelphia—For FPrey and Spoils, or the Boy Buccaneer,” by Fred A. Ober. Mr. Ober through his own adventurous travels Is well qualified Here is the plot of the story in brief: A sturdy boy is captured, with all on board his uncle's suip, by Mansveldt, one of the most noto- rious of the pirates that once Infested the blue Caribbean. Compelled against his will to join the band of freebooters, adventures come thick and fast to the lad; and enough hair-breadth escapes are woven into the story to satisfy the most exacting of boy readers. Cltles are sacked and convents burned; and then it is “Away again, wolves of the sea,” and tall galleons deep-laden with preclous ingots, and frails of pearls fall to them: and all these activities move on in the most approved buceaneer- ing ' fashion, which is one of delight to all—young or old, “gentle or simple,’ who come under the spell of “For Prey and Spolls.” The price of the book is $1. Barnaby Lee. ve ever existed.™ In “Barnaby Lee,” by John Bennett, the scene and time of the story are New Amsterdam, during the sway of Peter Stuyvesant. The hero—a runaway from the tyranny of a scoundrelly ship captain lifttle better than a pirate—is rescued from his many troubles by the timely capture of the Dutch city when the Eng- lish fleet arrives. Many colonial notables, drawn with the truth and force the au- thor exhibited in his previous book, “Mas- ter Skylark,” play their stirring drama on this little stage. While “Barnaby Lee” was first pub- lished as a serial story in St. Nicholas, yet there is so much in it that appeals to older people as well as to boys and girls that the publishers are offering it not simply as a “juvenile”” but as & story worth the reading of people of any age. Mr. de Land's illustrations are not only very numerous, but they are extremely good and heip to give.the reader a vivid plcture of New Amsterdam in the days when its doughty, one-legged Governor stumped through the town. It is pub- lished by the Century Company, New York. Price $1 50. Napoleon .Tncklon—i-‘h_e Gentleman of ’ the Piush Rocker. #*Napoleon Jackson: The Gentleman of the Plush Rocker” Is a new book by the popular Southern writer, Ruth McEnery Stuart, author of “Sonny,” “A Golden Wedding and Other Tales,” “Cariotta’s Intended,” “Holly and Pizen,” etc. There is a study of negro life in an ex- ceedingly humorous vein. The hero, “Mr. Napolecn Jackson, Esquire,” is unable to work because he has been ‘“‘marked for rest,” so his good- natured wife assumes the role of provider. The descriptions are clever, the idioms of specch accurate, the situations ludicrous, and the humor subtle. It is simple in plot, but its development shows a deep understanding of life, and it is evident that the story was not written merely to amuse. It is published by The Century Company, New York. Price $1, The flgm Insect, From the publishing house of R. H. Russell, New York, comes a new book by the famous author of “Helen's Ba- Lies,” one of ghe most popular novels of the present generation. “The Tiger and Insect,” as M.r. Habberton has faneifully entitled hir. zew story, bids fair to be as great a favorite as his earlier novel. It is a charmfg domestic story, full of sweetness and kindly humor, and the inei- dents it sets forth are those of a happy home. Indeed, the story is all about hap- py_people and’ two le children (the *“Iiger” and the “Insect”), and the read- ing of it will increase the happiness of thousands. The author retains the light- mess of hand and the skill in depicting the variant moods of childhood which and pave B2 N i established his reputation. Walter Russell, famous for his artistic studies of childre has illustrated the book with ten beautiful drawings. The Alaskan Boundary Question. Thomas Willing Balch, the author of a very able monograph on the Alaska- Canadlan boundary question, will bring out during the course of the winter a more complete work on the subject. Parts of his articie in La Revue de Droit Inter- national of Brussels and part of his paper in the Journal of tha Franklin In- stitute will be used and much material added, inclyding 2 number of maps. The facts and évidence for this monograph were collected from points as far west &s Alaska and as far east as St. Petersburg, where Mr. Balch's two sons spent the summer gathering material from the ar- chives of the Russian capital. Mr. Balch himself was likewise engaged in London 4na other parts of Europe. The question on wisich Mr. Balch's work bears is likely to become a lively and interesting one in the very near future. Shorthand Thstructor. Those who wish to learn shorthand will be interested in/“‘Platt’'s Pitmanic Short- hand Instructor,” by Charles T. Platt. An abundarce of practice matter on the Pitman system is here presented in sys- tematic form. Each lesson contains suf- ficient keyed matter to thoroughly illus- trate the subject and enough unkeyed exercises to test the student’s knowledge. Sentences and letters are introduced at an early stage, thus imparting a practical flavor, calculated to arouse and mgintain the interest of the learner. At the end of the book is presented a review which serves as a comprehensive test of h's knowledge of the principies studied. The book is so prepared that any violation of principle may be referred to an explana- tory paragraph. It is published by the American Book Company, New York. Price §1 20 Le Tour de la France. “Bruno's le Tour de la France,” edited by L. C. 8yms of De Witt Clinton High School, New York, appears on the winter list of the American Book Company, New York. In France this book has enjoyed the rare distinction of 300 editions and sti® re- tains its popularity. It combines an in- teresting story with a brief account of the country and its resources. The style, casy and unpretentious, makes it admir- ably adapted to baginners, while its nar- rative, largely in dialogue form, affords many subjects for conversational exer- cises. The notes are numerous, explaining difficult constructions and idiomatic phrases. The vocabulary s complete and indicates the pronuneclation of all proper names. A map of the country is ins.rted for ready reference. Price 6) cents. The Little White Bird. In Mr. Barrie's new novel, “The Little White Bird,” just brought out in book form by Charles Seribner's Sons, New York, the story is tender, fanciful and po- ctie, with a_novelty of conception and a range also of humor and pathos for which even Mr. Barrie has not prepared his readers. It is all laid in London, and has a whimsical Charles-Lamb-like elder- ly narrator, who looks on at the strug- gles of a newly married couple, helps them, tells stories to their child, and peo- vles Kensington Gardens for his benefit with fincies of fairies and birds after his awn whimsical fashion. The book s a completeiy or.ginal plece of literature. REVIEWED BY THE REV. WILLIAM RADER. THE NEEDLE'S EYE: Bv Florence Morse Kingsley. Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York and London. This is the story of a foundling who be- ccmes an altruigt. hay mow and closes in the metropolis. There is not a dull page in the volume, which is beautifully illustrated by M. L. Mears. . The authoress has succeeded in biending a study in altruistic principles with a delightful bit of fiction. The story is well, told. The writing is graphic and the situations tragical, and sometimes hu- morous. The first part is made up of an atsorbing description of the foundling, in which bits of rural life are delightfully pictured. The scene shifts to the city, where the greatér problems in the eco- nomic and social world are met and dis- cissed. “The Needle's Eye” must be placed in the list of really strong novels, HELP AND GOOD CHEER: By Dr. Cuyler. The Baker & Taylor Comp: New York. The litile book, “Help and Good Cheer, by Dr. Cuyler, has been well named, for it certeinly brings help and good cheer to the reader. Out of the experience of a long life the author speaks, and in a number of short chapters he gives com- fort for the various troubles of life. It is a good book to take up in spare moments, for, like most books of its kind, it should not be read through in a sitting. It would be profitable for, any one to read the chapter on “Gm*lng 0Old and Keeping Young.” To give a few quotations: “That old age is an incurable malady is only partially true, for some vigorous persons pass fourscore years without ever having caught it.” ““How to keep young—that is the prob- lem; and it is a vitally important prob- lem, for it really means how to n}:h the The story begins in a ® most of life and bring the largest revenue of service for the Master. “To Keep young every man or woman should endeavor to graduate their labors according to their age.” THE ART OF STUDY By Frank Cramer. The Hoftman-Edwards Company All students would do well to read Frank Cramer’s _litt volume, “The Art of Study Filled as it is with good sugges- tions as to habits of study, concentration of mind, observation and reasoning, a careful perusal cannot fail to be of great benefit to the reader. The chapters on “Attention” and “Memory” are especially valuable. The author holds all systems of memory training to be more or less un- successful in accomplishing the desired result. He regards strict concentration and good thinking as the surest means of acquiring a good memory. The beok is written in a clear, interesting style that will appeal to all. The following are a few extracts: Failure may as well be branded at the outset on the forehead of him who will do only the work that is pleasant to him at the moment he decides to do it.” “Our education is too wordy. We know too many things and do not know them well enough.” “The nctorious ineffectiveness of cram- ming so far as real Intellectual training is concerned is due to the ract that there is a large amount of absorption without 4teady afterthought.” “I belleve that every student in whom the leaven of Inteliéctual life is really worth working is, sooner or later in his developments seized with a great truth." “Nothing that passes into the human mind is exempt from the fading process.” RELIGIOUS LIFE IN AMERICA: A record of personal observations—By Ernest Hamlin Ab- bott. The Outloock Company, New York. Price $1 net. In style and carefulness of treatment this book reminds one of Lyman Abbott, *whose son is the author. It has the Ab- bott clearness of expression and this is the first commendable thing about it The book consists of a' series of articles published in the “Outlook” from time to time, descriptive of the religious life of our country, particularly the South and Middle West. It would be more com- plete If the Pacific States were represent- ed. The studies were made with evident care and Insight. The treatment of the subject is conversational and approaches the religious life from a point of view dif- ferent from what we might expect in such a work. There is a chapter on “The Workingman and the Church” and the “Church and the Workingman,” and ®uch subjects as “The Southwest,” “The Eastern. West,” the “Leaven and the Lump,” ete. Under the title “Satis Su- perque” the conclusions are given andd this is perhaps the most interesting chap- ter In the book, though the chapter en- titled “The Virginia Country Rector™ gives a delighttul account of religious life in that part of the South. The book is exceedingly well bound and printed. It is the result of fair-minded observation. Literary Notes. Francis Lynde in his new novel, “The Master of Appleby,” has done for the Carolinas what Maurice Thompson in “Alice of Old Vincennes” did for Indiana. And it is interesting to know that it was through the encouragement and kindly » advice of the great Indiana author that Mr. Lynde forsook a business career and made the writing of books his life’s work. “Sixty Jane” is the title of a new stevy by John Luther Long, author of “Madame Butterfly.” It will appear in the January Century, with {llustrations by Albert It is said that the story has the tenderness and pathos of Mr. Long's work. Harper & Brothers have sold over §5,000 coples of that manual of physical train ing, “How to Get Strong.” The book was written in the early '70's by a Harvard graduate, Willlam Blalk who in 1563 walked from Boston to New York, a dir tance of 225 miles, in four days and a kalf. For ten years this remained the amateur walking record for a long d.5~ tance out-of-dcor tour. Mr. Blalkie wrote his book from the results of his Harvard training, backed up by own observa tion and experlence, and for s it has been revised to date and kept in the fore- most rank as an authority o residin New President Roosevelt “I owe a great -deal ve been ealize develop- Mr. Blaikie is a lawyer York City. In 1809 wrote Mr. Blaikle to your writings, for among the cau th the importance of proper ment.” boc SUNSET—A Magasine of the Border— Contains a particularly (nleresuni series of articles, well {llustrated, in its Decem- ber issue. The following is its table of contents: “Leland Stanford Jr. Univers sity, Palo Alto, California, from the Hills (frontispiece); “Stanford Real and the Ideal.” Cecil ) rack (illustrated from _photographs by Donaggho, W. 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