The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-18
LITERARY NOTES.

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| title Francis Z. Seasons, President of
the Ohio Archaeological and Historical
! Society, has added another delightful
| volume to his books of travel. With Ma
| drid for the initial point, the reader IS con-
! Quoted by an intelligent guide through
| Toledo, Cordoya, Seville, and from Granada
| to the south to Algeria, saving farewell at
| Tunis This book is exeellently composed,
| the Kaleidoscope views OF the country
| passed through being clearly outlined The
writer shows fine discrimination in his
| criticisms of the conditions and character
| lstlcs Of the people. and has compiled
| work which, while it makes no profession
| OF containing an elaborate treatment OF the
subject matter, cannot fail to prove of
| great interest to the general reader to
whom the section visited is unfamiliar, and
| pleasantly reminiscent to the traveller. The
book is profusely illustrated by H. w.
Hall and is published by Weleh, Fracker g.
Co. Of New York.
| publisher, writing in the August Scribner's
| about "H0w Stanley Wrote His Book"
| gives the following particulars OF the ma
| teralS from which it was made: "Mr.
Stanley's memory OF names, persons and
events is quite marvellous, but i'll the com
! pilaton of his book he by means trusted to
| his memory. His constant habit was to
| carry small notebook, 6x3 inches, in his
| side-pocket. In this he penciled notes
| constantly and at every resting place. OF
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about one hundred pages each, closely
| packed with pencil memoranda. These
notes, at times Of longer leisure, were ex-
| banded into six larger volumes of about
two hundred pages each Of very minute and
clear writing in ink. In addition TO these
! field notebooks and diaries, there are two
| large quarto volumes, filed from cover to
cover with calculations of astronomical OBJ
| ServatioD," etc.
| Nellie Bly's book, around the World in
lao lislN.1
the Pictorial Weeklies Company of New
| York. and is to be found at all the book
| stores. 1t is handsomely illustrated vol
| ume, printed on good paper, In clear type,
! and is The first deliberately written ac-
count of Miss Bly's unique trip around
| the world. The story is told in elean-cut
language, without any pretense at elegance
| OF dlcllon, but very much as one friend
! would tell another of similar experiences,
and 1t shows how bright American girl,
| with her eyes open, can, While hurrying
through the world as fast as steam and sail
could carry her, III anage TO see many inter-
| esting things
"The Tale of Wealth." the personal mar
rative of Chambers Rundel, prepared for
the reading public by James Paxton Voor-
hees, has been published by the American
| News Company of New York. This is
| story in which the author seeks to show
| the possible eXaggeration OF the value oil
| money to supply caste to the vast mass of
| Social anu Is Il WON lUdI
| will interest as well as entertain. The
! author does not attempt to detract from the
| merits of the comfortable possessions of
| this world, but seeks to show that the
| oVerestimate which We are liable to place
upon wealth invites adverse criticism on
the part of the intelligent observer.
"a Bank Tragedy" novel, by Mary r.
| P. Hatch, has just been issued from the
| press of Weleh, Fraeker IL Co. of New
York. This book, which is of the sensa-
tional order, is one IF absorbing interest
| and riyetS tile attention Of the reader
from beginning to end. The Flot is good,
| and SHOWS that the writer devoted great
| deal OF care to the matter OF details, aS to
bring out all the points with the strongest
| effects. AS whole the narrative is as in
! teresting as many that have been written
1 by some of the noted French writer's
| Duboisg0bey, BelOt and others. For sale at
| the bookstores.
"The Phantom of Riskshaw" and other
tales, written by Rudyard Kiplins, the
latest furore in the literary world, have
| been issued in book form by the John W.
Lowell Company of New York. The four
! stories within the covers are ghost stories.
| Presenting them to the lovers of racontes
| of the supernatural, the author says: The
| popularity of ghost stories is that they are
| never told frst-hand. l have managed,
| with infinite trouble, to secure one exeep-
| ton to this Iule. 1t is one you can credit
| from beginning TO end. The other three
stories you must take on trust-as did"
The August issue of the New England
Magazine" is Grand Army number. The
| leading article is devoted to the Grand
| Army of the Republic, which is described
| by Major George 5. Merrill This is fol-
lowed by Two Unien Men," by George
| Blanchard, 1.-Two Old Soldiers" by j. c.
| Macy. and 1.-THE Woman's Relief Corps"
! by Sarah E. Fuller. A dozen or more other
articles make this an unusually Interesting
number. The magazine is prUfusely illus
trated with wellexecuted specimens of the
| engraver's art.
On account of the large number Of ad-
vance orders received for Mrs. Clusters new
book, Following the GudOn," the pub
fishers have been compelled 10 postpone its
| publication until August 22d. Theodore
Roosevelt says Of this work: I" 1t is book
which is not only interesting. but which
possesses real and lasting value as faith
full portrayal of a enthusiastically Ameri-
can phase OF lie which has now almost
passed away"
The Struggle Tor Existence" by Albert
| Delplt, has just appeared from the press OF
the Wayerly Company of New York and
| st. Louis. 1t is the story of the hero's
| pangs and trials for maintenance, taking
for its theme Darwin's statement. The
struggle for existence is universal; we live
only by the constant destruction of other
living beings" The publishers bespeak
for this novel widespread circulation.
John B. Alden of New York has just
issued a neatly bound volume entitled
! Lord 1vely," an epic poem in fourteen
books, written by John Heddaeus. Il is a
well-wrtten story in blank verse Of Incl
dents in the life of Sir lively, Lord of lively
Hall, who, with Richard Lionheart. vowed
| from Moslem hands to wrench the Holy
Land, one that pleases the reader.
"Pierre's Soul" by George Ohnet, trans
lation of which has recently been pub
lished by the WavGrly Publishing Com
1 Of Nan NarIy md IL, f.t.
TO rival DIR. Rameau" in popularity. In
| Paris it is running through the eightietn
! edition, while on this side more than one
! half the first edition was taken by the trade
/ before publication.
| The John w. Lowell Company of New
| York has placed before the reading pa5he
an addition TO "Loyell's Series OF Foreign
| Literature" in the shape Of tbs Two
! Brothers pierre ct Jeanf' by that pleasing
French novelist, Guy de ManpassaDt, trans
/ lated by Clara Bell. 1t is beautifully illus
trated with photographers, and is a very in
| teresting book.
"The Gift of the Sea-" by Rudyard Kip
| ling, is the leading sketch in the August
number Of the English Illustrated Maya
| zine" "Heligoand," an illustrated article
| by William Armstrong. Overland From
| China, The Romance of a Grand DAME"
and other sketches make this issue vaiu-
! able addition to the magazine literature of
| the month.
The American Novelist's Series. pub
lshed by +. f. Lowell & Co. of New
| York, has been added to by the publication
| OF "A Brooklyn Bachelor" by Margaret
| Lee, a weil-kRown and wel-liked Ameri-
can writer, whose previous works have
! been very favoTably resolved. The story is
very interesting ana well tBld. ,7
The first Photographic contest ever held
| bya5l newspaper closes in this weeks
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper"
| The work of The contestants is very fine,
| and the successful pictures are printed in a
| double supplement on the, saest enameled
paper. 1t is an artistic number.
Harper & Bros. announce for Immediate
publication ",Toxar,'" a romance of spcient
| Greece, by the author of "Thoth"; a..o
| Giovanni Verga's 1.-The House by The
Medlar-Tree." translated by Mary A. Craig.
| with an introduction by w. ID. Howells.
Everything that is seasonable and inter-
| esting at this time of the year about fiori
culture is dwelt upon in the August number
| Of "Fiek's Illustrated Monthly" published
in Rochester, n. Y.
| "Harnar's Waaklvu for Auoust 18Th nap