The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-04

OF books printed by c. A. Murdoch and
| published Ov William DoXey; and the one
before us is of kind to gladden. the heart
of the book lover. The productions of
kind unsurpassed, and similar Judgment
must be passed on this specimen of her
| "art .preservative." The poems. while not
scaling the heights OF song. are the work
of a cultivated mind with genuine con-
eeption and instinct for true poesy and
with a good deal more than ordinary
facility In the use Of the various meters of
the language. Many of them will bring a
sense of rest ana repose to the wesrIed
mind; many will lift the mind and heart to
! higher things, aud of all it may be said
with truth that they are informed with the
! right spirit. A little cTudeness now and
again in the form does them but little harm.
There are several good sonnets in the
| book, the best of which is "The Return of
| Spring in the Mountains" wherein the
poet seems TO have Crashed and made his
own the signs OF natures awakening. Or
| the other short poems Stones for Bread"
/ cOClmeDds itself most to our judgment.
1t has truth in il, and no matter what peo-
| pie may say about poesy being fancy,
| fictitious and unreal, there never lived a
! real poet and never q real song filled men S
| hearts to bursting that was not Informed
| through and through with truth. AS a
| specimen of Mr.. Keeler's veTsification We
give the folio owing, chosen at haphaZard:
Through our lowly beginnings we grasp the full
plan,
AS the ape chatters idly and teaches the man,
And the man gravey ponders that angels may
For climb on the states that we conquer and
spurD
There is only one fault to be found with
| the book, which is that the illustra tons
taken from Keith's pictures hardly give a
! fair representation of the artists work
| San Francisco: William Doxey.
THE RIGHTS OF LABoR.-Under the in-
tials wv. d." the writer gives a pr esenta-
! ton Of the difficulties that exist between
employers and employees aud offers what
seems a feasible remedy. 1t is we'll worth
reading by both classes, will throw much
! light on the subject for both and set read
ers thinking. In it the writer reviews the
weakness and necessity with which the
employe is burdened. He shows that al
employer may, and in fact does, deprive
the employe of his rights because of thi:
weakness and that the function of law i.
to protect the weak against the strong. On
this he bases the need of a protecting Law
to remove the injustice which causes the
| difficulty between employers and en-
ployed. He declares that those who now
| occupy the position of employers are not
| responsible for the present conditions
which permit them to take advantage OF
their employees, but that IL is a relic OF the
old barbarous civilization that developed
from tho feudal system. His remedy
consists in the enactment of a Law
that shall fix "the maximum per CEN
profit upon capital invested which shall
be allowed to stockholders in corporations,
silent partners and to all who contribute
money or other property to An enterprise.
Then he says ''the law should declare thai
ali profits realized from any enterprise
after expenses and the per cent ALLOW cd
to those contributing money or property,
should be divided among those who dC
personal service in the factory or other in
dustry, such division of profits to be mad.
upon the basis of the wages and salaries
now paid employees" The writer ther
treats of the right to enact such a remedy
answers PROBABLE objections and com
ments on its justice and the happy result
that would follow it. The book is. on tn,
whole. a reasonable attempt TO arrive a
just relations among employers and labor
ers, and its logical method cannot fail t.
strike the reader. tChicago; Charles Ii
Kerr q Co.
A FLASH OF SUMMER.-These who hav
read "Some Letters of Worldl
Woman" Aunt ANNIE" ETC.. will we,
come this new work from they peu of Mrs
w. X. Clifford. 1t goes without sayin
that the story is well written and interest
ing. 4ne style is limpid and pure as fires
water, and is so artistically done that
is only second thought that notices II
The dress was made and is used for th