The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-05
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

THE LITTLE LADY OF LAGUNITAS-
This is a Franeo-Amercau romance by
Colonel Richard Henry Savage. author of
my Official Wife" In volume OF 4S3
pages the author presents in the first part
carefully prepared and we'll written ac-
count Of the early days of California under
Spanish and Mexican rule, the rise OF the
dons and their fall. weaving a pretty
romance out Of the determination OF an
obstinate Mexican, who was the sworn
enemy Of the Americans and opposed to
Los Gringos" setting foot on the territory
of California. The settlement of this
don at Lagunilas, in MaTiposa County,
with his wife, the birth of the
little girl who afteTward becomes
the mother OF the heroine OF the story, the
imprisonment Of one of Fremonts scouts,
who becomes the father of the heroine, the
aid given by the old don to joaquin Muretta
Garlic. the bandit king of early times, are
portrayed in vivid cOlors and are given as a
picture of the times when California was
still In It's Infancy; then there Is a portion
devoted 10 the Knights of the Golden
Circle, an organization that existed in Cali
fornia, and which had for its purpose the
surTendering of the State TO the Southern
Confederacy; then follows the intrigue
OF the story. in which Is shown
the schemiBg of Oae Judge Harding to
rise in law and politics and to de-
fraud the rightful heir Of the Lagunitas
and lis rich mine, how he was defeated
through the acts OF a goOd-natured whole
souled Californian, one Colonel Woods who
hailed from Missouri In this portion of
the book the author deals with methods
known to these who wish TO represent the
Golden State in the Senate of the United
States. The story is a strong one, is enter
talning, instructive on account OF its hiStor-
ical references, and IN the latter hail Tlvets
the attention of the reader up to the close.
IL IS Published simultaneously IN the United
States and in England. Offered by the
American News Company of New York;
BUCHANAN's --LATEST NOVEL Under the
attractive title of "C0me Live With Me and
Be My Love-" Robert Buchanan has written
an English pastoral worthy to rank with
the best of his previous works. While less
dramatic than "The Shadow Of the Sword"
or God and the Map" this story VIII APP
peal to wider circle of readers, for 1t pos
sesses in a greater degree than either of the
others mentioned the element OF sympa-
thetic interest in Our common nature.
Godfrey Doone, the farm overseer, de-
spite his apparently subordinate PC
sitioD, is really the lending character
ana reminds one in many of his qualities of
Adam Bede. He exhibits the same rugged
honesty and answering devotion to the OBJ
lect OF his affection, yet in nj respect do the
incidents of his life resemble those related
by George Eliot in depicting the career OF
her self-sacrihcing hero Catherine Thorpe,
who may be called the leading lady, so natu-
raj it is to consider Buchanan's stories as
dramas In embryo, is a woman of fine quail
ties, with a poetic nature, dominated by
prosaic surroundings 1t is always unfair
to reveal the plot of novel, but the scheme
Of this pastoral is so simple that its sus-
tanned interest must be attributed prima-
riiy TO the literary skill OF the author,
whose prose Is always pure and graceful.
perhaps more so than his attempts at verse
Published by Lowell, C0ryell q Co., New
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SKETCHES OF MARK TWAIN = Under
the title Of Mark Twain; the Story of His
Life and Works." viii NJ. Clemens has
issued clever compilation of facts and
fancies relating 10 the career of his famous
namesake. 1t cannot be called biography,
but is rather collection of heterogeneous
incidents not always arranged in chronology
cal order. and sometimes statements are
made hard to harmonic with those given
in preceding pages. Knowing that the
author OF The Jumping Frog deserves all
the good that can be said of him, one may
pardon the uniformally eul0gistie character
of the newspaper extracts here presented.
| The last chapter Is devoted 10 collection
| of Gems from Mark Twain" Torn from
their original settings these Jewels OF
| thought lack the sparkle OF brilIIantS, and
| have scarcely the dim luster of paste.
| The following are chosen at random as
! examples of the compiler's ideas Of humor
Your conscience Is a nuisance, BE virtu-
| Gus and you Will be eccentric, lie was
| full of blessed egotism and placid self
| Importance, but he didn't know as much as