The morning call., 1890-11-09
LITERARY NOTES.


type, ON heavy paper, and the book Is one OF
the handsomest ever issued by this firm,
which is noted for the excellence OF the
style of its publications. In this book are
the memoirs of the celebrated actor, which
were published as serial in the Century"
and attracted IL great deal Of attention. In
one volume they make charming collection
of the events in the life oil one WHO has been
so prominently before the public as has been
the writer, who in his preface says: 1t Is
the loose and rugged style in which
Tate Wilkinson's memoirs are writ
ten that renders them so pleasing; fear
lessly ungrammatical, but extremely in
teresting; the man, the Whole man, ana
nothing but the man, from beginning 10
end The cool efTrontery and unrutlled tenn
per, with which he bears the bullets OF for
tune and the abuse of his contemporaries
prove him to have been iuelosed in the hide
of a lhinocer0s, aud the unblushlng vanity
with which he quotes Shakespeare line alter
line. apparently under the impression that
it is entirely his OWN, is delightful, because
it reveals the man. l do not mean to bid
for favor or beg for mercy toward my
own clumsness; L neither ask II nor expect
it. So as | now place my life IN the hands
of the public and the critic, l can eXclalm
with TOuchstone: IAN il-iavored thing,
sir. but mine own No one who reads the
autobiography OF Mr. Jefferson will say:
IAN ill-fayored thing" but VIII declare that
it is extremely interesting.
The Penn Publishing Company of Phila-
deluhia has issued Harry AmOler," writ
ten by Sidney NARROW. This is bound
volume OF over 360 pages, IN which the
writer in a very interesting manner tells the
miSfortuneS Of family named Amber, liv-
ing in the South alter the war, aud now
they We're annoyed 10y q landlord, who by
accident came into the possession of a deed
which he had given to the head of the y M
bier family, who, before 1t was recorded,
fell into stream and was drowned. line
t,,rNr hDsa M Il f1lD ls wall nd has
moral the fact that punishment sooner
or later overtakeS the wrOngdoer, and that
those who are wronsed may for time have
t. suffer, but they will have melted out to
them justice and will be rewarded for all
that they have suffered Offered by the
Bancroft Company.
The sensational novel. sensational in the
sense of being exciting but not injurious 10
the reader, is as popular as ever. and the
u tied States Book Company OF New \ ork
is publishing number Of stories OF this
character stories OF the most intense ma
ture written by ME of the most powerful
writers of this class of fiction. These now
els form part Of the ''lnterna ional Series"
and ano9g the latest issued are Dramas
of Life by George Sims; Ruffino' and
other stories by Ouida; Between Life and
Deatr." by Frank Barrett; Tine House
Of Haliwell," by Mrs. Henry Wood, author
If . East Lynne" and The Sloane Square
Scandal and other stories by Anuie
1UUIlaS. 1Hc GACSlltUL IcDHNdllOu VI TIE
authors named establishes the frst-clasS
character of the books Issued IN this series.
series of papers that are of special H.
tere,t to the people of the Pacific Coast are
those which are begun in the current issue
OF The Century, They are entitled The
Gold Hunters Of California" and are the
recollections Of General John Bdwell, John
s. Hittell, E g. Waite and other pioneers.
These Will be descriptive of the various
routes by which the people, before the days
of luxurious railway coaches. reached the
Golden State. This SERIES which will be IL
Illustrated with many sketches drawn by tie
late Charles NAH, and never before pub
ished, and sketches from contemporary
drawings loaned By pioneers, will present
much that has neyec before appeared in
priat.
In the "North American Review" for No
vember is resume OF the work OF the first
session Of the Fifty-fiTst Congress, tie Re-
publican side being presented by Mckinley
Of ONO, author of the Tariff Bill, Mr..
Lodge, author of the Election Bill, and MI
Dalze.l of Pennsylvania, while tho Demo
cratic side is presented by DIR. Fitch OF New
York, Mr. McAdoo of New jersey and Mr..
Clements OF Georgia. Ex-United States
Senator Warner Miller presents forclble
argument in favor of business men in poll
ties and OF the permanent retirement OF the
professional politician \ number OF other
Interesting articles, ably written, make this
issue all interesting ohe.
The United States Book Company of New
York will this week publish an authorized
translation by Dr. Dillon of Count Lyof
TolStol's latest novel, Work While Ye
Have the Light" This story. which is laid
in the early years of tie Christian era, is
mainly occupied IN drawing detailed con-
trast between Pagan and Christian life and
thought, deye 'oped through dialogue filled
with Tolstoiis extraordinary power. 1t is
claimed that this book derives increased
value from certain reflection OF those per-
sonal views stated by the author in " My
Religion" which viii Teappear to some eX-
tent in this book in the form OF fiction.
The leading article in the November issue
CT 1.-THE New England Magazine" is one on
the works of Charles Bulfnch, who, in the
early part Of the century was the supervls-
ing architect Of the Capitol at Washington,
and under whose supervision almost every
good building in BuSton was constructed.
Edwin A. Start contributes paper, Illus
trated by many picturesque and curious
cuts, on old Newgate prison in Connecticut
and the horrors OF It's history III the days OF
the revolution.
The Forum " for November is as full of
interesting matter as any of the previous
issues. One of the valuable features OF this
number is tile reply Of G. Wood Davis, the
Kansas student OF agricultural evelopment,
to an article on 1.-The Possibilities of Agri-
culture" written by Prince KropOtkin.
Another is by Daniel L. GOOdloe of Washing
ton on farm mortgages, and still another on
the organizations Of farmers, written by
Rev. DR.. Washington.
Funk s. Wagnalls, New York publishers,
announce the early publication of In d ark
est Eng and and the Way Out" by Gen
eral Boo h, the chief officer OF the Salvation
Army. The book which recently appeared
in London created a profound sensation.
The edition to be published by the firm
named will be reproduced from plates re-
ceived from England.
~, ba ,la,
number of The Magazine of American His
tory" edited by Martha j. Lamb, great
deal of matter that will lead to clear I'M
Outstanding OF the events OF the past. The
frontlspce of this number is the best por-
trait of DIR. ParkhurSt ever published.
THIS magazine which holds high rank in
literature is invested with human, popular
and timely interest.
"The Fancier's Monthly" published in
San jose, formerly The California Cack-
ler," magazine devoted TO the raising of
poultry, i'll the issue of November presents
an improved appearance geographically,
while the text is of that same interesting
class OF matter for which the magazine uu-
der The old name was noted. 1t contains a
vast amount of matter that those who raise
poultry should know.
In " BabyhOOd for November, DIR. l..
M. Yale, the editor, presents an advisory
article on vegetables as food for young
children, which Is full of good suggestions
The care of the baby'S skin IS the subject of
an article by DR.. J. T. Jackson, chief OF the
skin clinic at tie New York College of Ply
sicians and Surgeons
"The Kindergarten." Alice B. Stock.
hams Chicago magazine for teachers OF the
Froebel system and for parents, in the No
yember issue presents some valuable ideas
relative to kindergarten methods and man
agement which viii be of profit to those who
are adopting the ideas of Froebel In Instruct
ing children.
The second volume of the prose
Dramas" OF Henrik Ibsen, the only author
lied edition, has been published By the
United States Book Company of New York.
This volume contains The LAZY From the
Sea-" AN Enemy of Society,"" The Wild
Duck " and The Young Mems League"
One OF the features Of the coming year In
''The Century will be extracts from the
famous Talleyrand memoirs, the publication
of which was, at the request of the writer,
shortly before his deatl, delayed for thirty
years. and subsequently, by order Of Napo-
leon LII, delayed until this year.