The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-17

| 10 Nlilt6u WIFI = IOlty PURPOSE, anu Lio
| author while furnishing work OF fiction
| presents an artistic, graphic, sparkling and
fascinating picture of social life at the pres
emf time. The scenes are laid partly In
chicago and its envir0ns, and partly in
Europe. The story shows the fOibles and
the strength Of social life, the IN d race for
wealth and position, as we'll as the rare and
beautiful home life, which with modest
competence creates an earthly paradise.
me pure home life. simple and exquisite,
winch IS presented in these pages Is the re-
suit OF careful study Of the subject, and
| IS picture that Is seldom given in work
OF hctlon. The love story running through
the pages is beautiful and pat hetic, and the
pIot Indicates dramatic power OF nigh or
Ger. Ii S novel tn at no one will ever re-
greet having taken up to read.
REBEL PRIsON-By General Mp. Chapman.
(San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 50
pp) In this book General Chapman of Red
Blutt, who was Judge-AdvOcate Of the Mill
tary Commission before which Henry WiTz,
the AndersOnville jailer, was tried, gives his
motive for at this late day bringing 10 light
the horrors Of that terrible den in .he fol-
lowing words:
/ nave frequently been urged to write the story
OK The AndersOnyIlie rebel prison, as disclosed
by The evidence al the trial of Henry WIZ. its
keeper. 1t had seemed 10 me- that this Is one OF
Tie chapters Of the rebellion better Kept closed.
AS an Illustration of the horrors OF war 1t Will
always stand out unparalleled. AS furnishing a
study OF human suffering upon a SiupendOu5
scale, and as showing that modern civilization
has not mitigated the crueltles TO which pro-
Tess diy Christian people may resort, the past
century has exhibited nothing like IT, But even
THIS would not seem 10 justify the portrayal at
Time when the healing process after national
fecI work.
II was left for Jefferson Davis to furnish the
motive Tor reteillng the true story OF Anderson
I ltaTn hl
for opening this CHASTITY wound TO bleed afresh,
let It rest upon HE head of the late COnfederacy,
Tor he has not only invited but he has tmpera-
| lively challenged II.
General Chapman takes the Davis article
| which was published in 'BelfOrd'S," and
from the official record Of the trial of WirZ
reiuteS the state meuts Of the late President
OF the COnfederacy In view of the Davis
! article, this from the pen of General Chip
man is interesting. Offered by the Bancroft
Company.
JACK AND JILI-By w. G. Brown. San
francisco: William DoXey) Without ques-
ton the prettiest book ever issued from the
, San francisco press is " Jack and Jill.
The text is by w. G.. Brown, and the Illus
tratl0ns, which are exquisite in their dainty
| freshness, are by Miss Elizabeth Curtis.
The familiar old nursery rhyme here APP
pears In new and charming version, with
bright lines, aud sweet pictures Of rural
q
porting to give the way, in which the old
| rhyme might have been treated by we'll
known rhymesters. The imitation Of Walt
Whitman by Mr. LAOmis is worth reproduce
Ing. 1t runs as follows:
l celebrate the personality o. Jack
love his dirty hands, his tangled hair his ocomo
ton UluuderiuI:
Each wart upon his hands sing;
/ PeanS chant 10 his huktng shOulderOlldes
Also jim.
Walt A ed nd
NhoOp her up
WHAT'S the matter with jill?
Oh, shes all right.
Who's all right?
Her golden hair, her sunstruck face, her head and
red Ieued hands:
So, too. her feet hefty. stumbling:
see them IN the evening when the sun empurples
the horizon aud through the darkenug forest
sizes one heard the sounds Of myriad creatures
them climb the steep ascent In quest OF water
for their mother.
a CROWN OF THoRNs-By Flora Haines
LOughead. (San Francisco: c. A. Murdoch
u Co. Gold Dust Series) The second num-
Der Of the Gold Dust Series, in which APP
pears the work Of this well-knOwn writer
OF short stories, opens with "a Crown Of
/ Thorus," a story of San Francisco, in which
is developed a phase Of life which at one
time existed, but which, thanks to the
strong efforts OF phIlanthrOpic people, no
longer exists, and that is the traffic in UNI
fortunate UtDto ltAb ia Tue Charge OF Il GER
tain institution being disposed Of to Chinese
TO be brought upas the Offspring of Oriental
pagaBS. The story presents great many
features that are very lifelike, but the gift
ed writer. IN presenting her Chinese charac-
ter in the story has made the mistake that
great many writer's who try to depict the
Chinese make, and that IS 10 have them
carry on a conversation in pigeon English
and placing language In the mouth Of the
individual that no Chinese who ever under
took TO express himself in the English
tongue ever used. The story is well-told
one and IS Of the mOralZing kind. 1t is fol-
lowed by short sketch entitled Adam
and Eve"
a MISSING MILLION. OR THE ADVEN-
TUREs OF LOUIS BELGRAvE--.By Oliver
Optic Boston: Lee Il Shcpard) This vol
ume Is the first of n series from the pen of
this well-known author, who up to the pres
eBt time has never been known TO write an
unlnterestng book. The story is a bright
entertaining one intended for boys, but it
has this fault, it Is somewhat more sensa-
tlOnal than other works for bows heretofore
written by Oliver Optic and may be- said to
be too sensational for the young minds for
which it is intended In his preface the
author SAYS:
The author stll clinus to his belief OF forty
years, that exciting Incidents do not corrupt or
miSiead the minds and hearts of young people,
while The example OF evil-dSpOSed characters,
as TO win the sympathy and admiration OF the
reader, constitute the dangerous element OF fic-
lion. Louis Belgrave, The Millionaire al Six
teen,' Is young man Of high aims aud elevated
character. Though he may do ''bg things" he
VIII not le his SympaGhiZing reader as ray,
and his noble and steadiast devotion TO his
mother Is certainly worthy OF imta ion In the
abstract, though cOncretely hardly one Of those
who read about him Will ever be called upon TO
manifest It In the same manner.
1.-THE Princess Rouhine - NV Henrv era
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Russian story Of Nadia, wealthy princess
with amazingly democratic ideas, who
registers solemn vow to marry poor
man, vow which she keeps to the letter
For sale by The Bancroft Company.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles," Thomas
Hardy's latest story, and by some regarded
as his best. will he published in book form
by Harper 81 Bros. shortly. The same
publishers announce new edition of Will
lam Blacks very popular novel, "A
Daughter of Heth."
Harper & Bros announce az ready for
publication the Letters of Field Marshal
Count Won MOtke to his Mother and His
Brothers, translated by Clara Bell and
Henry W. Fischer.
Magazine and Other Notes.
"Ghe Daily Nebraska State Journal has
Issued handsome educational souvenir. 1t
consists of sixteen pages of heavy book
paper, on which are printed a number of
articles devoted to the educational interests
OF the city OF Lincoln. 1t is Illustrated
throughout by the half-tone process, and it
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