The morning call., 1894-02-11
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ALPHA AND OMEGA-Uuder this title
o. q. Elliott has published a volume which
is really credit to the art Of bookmakin2
in California. 1t is beautifully prin ted
| from good type on fine cream-laid paper.
| the Illustrations are of superior artistic
excellence. Most of them, in fact, are by
artists Of worldwide reputation. No one
can deny that 1.-THE magnificent drawings
of the great Gustave Dore are as well
| adapted for this book as if they had been
| specially designed for it alone" The fact
| that each one is printed in different color
| is also worthy of note. But other artists
| besides the imagir alive Frenchman are rep
resented. The geological illustration are
Deluge." the plate of the consultations
| from THE Gospel in the Stars" and the
astronomical cuts from chambers As
tronomy." What more could the student
! of art desire?
| 1t is difficult for casual reader to
| describe this remarkable work with the
| scientific exactness demanded by the ma
! ture of its contents. The authors own
words must, therefore, suffice This
plain. common-sense terms just how this
world was born and how it is likely to be
altered and finally to die"
| Surely this is a subject worthy the pen
of Lieutenant TOtten, whom the author,
too modestly it seems, claims as friend
and quotes as scientific authority.
The anthor-It may be as well to state
! that K. Kelso Carter is his name-fur Their
| declares that ''this book is really new
book. There has never been one like it
before. That seems startling claim, but
it is true. The scientific tests herein ap-
piled to the various predictions concerning
the future age have never been thought of
| before"
These are assertions quite astounding
| enough to make one stand aghaSt with
wonder. But painstaking reading of the
volume Will convince the Skeptic of their
truth. Mr.. Carter is evidently a close
| student. not only of the Bible and of mod
| ern scientific lore, but of contemporary
journalism. He is as familiar with the
stories told in Genesis as with the alleged
discovery of Noah's Ark by DR.. Nouri.
| he IS not man TO believe the assertions
of person without credentials. While
firmly convinced that the original ark ia
| still intact on Mount Ararat, Mr.. Carter
| sincerely regrets that poor DR.. Ncuri's
claim Of original discovery does not appea ar
| 10 be properly Endorsed.
| 1t is impossible to more than indicate
the merits OF Mr.. Carriers book within the
limits of brief notice. On every page
may be found lood for thoughtful study.
How few of us, in the hurly-burly of
life. have paused. like Mark Twain.
| 10 uICp Tear over the grave
of our first paternal ancestor? Yet
he was not wholly to blame for our
mlsfortunes, for as Mr.. Carter clearly
says: Adam did not sin because the
vapors 'hinned out and decay came in.
Neither, in the strict scientific sense, did
the vapors fall because he sinned: hut the
one was a reasonable and necessary &C.
compartment of the other" But is diff
cult TO convince a skeptical world. for con-
tinues our author: AFTER the saying OF all
this somebody hobs up and remarks. well.
so far as can see those rings were coming
down anyhow and death was necessity
whether or no."
Why did the vapors thin out, and what
caused the falling of the rings? For the
solution of these important problems one
must read the book itself. NO brief synop,
Sis could possibly embOdy the original
ideas of r. Kelso Carter. His portrait en-
bellishes the book and ne Is handsome
man. Published by G. II. Elliott, San
Francisco. Sold only by subscriptlon.J
The WOMAN OF THE IRON BRACE
LETs.-This novel by Frank Barrett is
somewhat out of the beaten track. Those
who delight in intricate. wel-woven and
seemingly natural plot will fiud as much
interest in trying TO unravel the story as