The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-30
CHARLES ASHTON,
NON-PARTISAN koMINE Z
FOR AUDITOR.
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be preserved by any American citizen who
finds him self drifting off after strange finan-
cia gods In the introductory chapter
the elementary principles IN economic
science are tersely and clearly stated
The effect of the Legal Tender Act Of
1862 is referred to. and it is claimed that
law which decreed that paper should be
gold is responsible for much of the uneasy
feeling that has at later periods agitated the
business circles of the country. THE kind
OF money which every man wants" TO quote
from the chapter under consideration, lis
the kind which will buy the most Of the
things which he needs-that is, have the
largest purchasing power. Nothing is
clearer than that cheap money means high
prices and dear money means low prices"
The book contains chapters on THE Ar
gentine Cheap Money Paradise" "Michi.
gan's Wildcat Banks" 'Alabama's Thou
sand-dolars-a -day Blunder." etc. New
YORK; Century Company. For sale by
Payot Il Upham.
A WORLDS FAIR GUIDE. - Although
small in size. "HilPs Souvenir Guide to
Chicago and the Worlds Fair" contains a
great deal Of valuable information. Within
its closely printed pages may be found
almost everything about the Lakeside City
stranger Is likely to want to know. A
complete street guide, arranged on novel
plan, Is a feature which will doubtless be
widely appreciated. Many facts of general
interest are also given. The book can be
recommended to those who intend visiting
the Worlds Fair. Published by Laird &
Lee, Chicago. Price, cloth 50cents, Russia
leather 81.
THE WOMAN VINO DAREs.-Ursula n.
Gestefeld has written a strong plea for the
equality of women In the guise of a clever
story. The characters are we'll drawn and
the interest is maintained throughout, for it
is not difficult to skip the argumentative
portion OF each chapter. The keynote Of
the volume is expressed in the following
sentence: IF mans necessities must have
the minlstration which woman alone can
afford he must accept her own terms for
IL" The book Is well printed and very
neatly bound. published by Lowell. GEES
tefeld IL Co., New York For sale by
Payor, Upham q Co. Price 81 20,
JOSHUA WRAY.-Ths novel, by Hans
Stevenson Beattie, possesses at least one
popularity which is uncommon In books OF
fction-there Is not a really attractive
character in the whole story. The heroine
is an unfortunate young woman who as
loved not wisely but too well" while the
hero. her father. is a man made - Fl a
mass OF incongruities, the result beii < say-
thing but a success. The author mas lave
taken some pleasure in writing the book,
read it. New York: United States Book
Company. For sale at the bookstores.
THE PEOPLES BIBLE.-Parker in this
volume. the eighteenth, completes his
pastoral notes on the Old Testament, and
II covers the field from Hosea to Malachi
These sermons are not only for the thso-
Logan, but of special use to the Christian
man or woman who is anxious to get greater
Inn nit1o iop M IA hiyin ord no.
are but two more books on the New Tesla
ment to follow and complete this series,
making in all twenty-five volumes, Parker's
Peoples Bible. New York: Funk 81
Wagnalls Company
THE MIRACLES OF OUR LoRD-In this
volume John Ladlaw, ID. D., makes an inter-
esting contribution to the study of the
miracles. Between the covers of this book
are to be found o connected eXp0sitory view
of the miracles, their relations TO one an
other and the lessons to be derived from
them as a whole. The work is marked by
competent scholarship. homiletc TACT and
wonderful suggestiveness that will prob
ably place II among the permanent books OF
reference upon this important subject.
| New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.l
In BLUE CREEK CANYoN.-In this book
Anna Chaplin Ray, the author Of Half a
Dozen Girls" gives her experience during
! trip spent in Rocky Mountain mining
camp. A number of bright happy boys
and girls are introduced. and the story of
| their adventures told in really fascinating
| manner makes delightful reading for either
| boys or girls. New York: L. Y. Crowell
| & Co. For sale by Payot, Upham & Col
THE OLD MIssIoNs.-A new edition of a
neatly bound collection of pictures of the
| old missions Of California. reproduced from
photographs, has recently been issued by
| the Bancroft Company. The accompany
| ing text has been revised and cor
rected up to date. This little volume is just
the thing to send TO friends In the East, or
| for tourists to take back home as a souve-
! mir of the Golden State. For sale at Ban
crofps. Price 90 cents.l
THE WITCH HYPNoTIZER.-Thi booklet
from the pen of Zena a. Maher was evil
| IDENTIFY written with the best of motives
that of aiding to reform the world. About
| half of the text is composed of extracts
| from the Bible. the connecting matter being
sketch of the Christian work of phlan-
thropic woman. Published by the Ban
cruft Company; price 80 centsI.
THE GILDED FLY.-Under the above title
Harold Prvne has written what he is pleased
TO call 20 itieal satire. AS a literary pro-