The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-09

heads OF the common people. This fear
! has been happily disprovsd, and the Cen
| fury is certainly the most readable as II
has always been the most artistic of
the great monthlies. Among the hotice-
aole features of the present volume is the
story of the remarkable bicycle tour
across Asia made by Thomas Gaskell
Allen Jr and William Lewis Sachtleben.
As the various chapters have appeared in
the magazine they have called out flatter-
ing tributes to the pluck and en- terprise of
these young men. William Henry Bishop
has Two genial papers on Hunting an
abandoned Farm in Upper New England"
George Wharton Edwards and Andre
CostalRne recount two amusing expert
ences for the Artists Adventures Series"
w. j. Stillman describes a peculiar and
exciting mission be undertook Tor Kos
story OF The Capture of the Slaveship
Cora" The volume is particularly rich in
fiction. In the way of serials 1t includes
Mrs. Burton HarrisOn's story of coutem-
Dorary social problems and conditions,
"a Bachelor Maid" Mr.. T. Marion Craw-
ness; Mr.. John Fox Jr.'s tragic romance
OF Kentucky feud, "a Cumberland Ven
de,ta"; George Wharton Edwards
vign cites of northeastern seacoasi. "P'tit
Matinic' Monotones," and Thomas A.
Janvier's farcical two-part story. "a Loan
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Century Company.
A BUNCH OF WESTERN CLovER.-Un-
der this title in a dainty little book are
published some of the verses OF Ella Hig-
ginson. Most of the poems re in the form
of sonnets. and they are much above the
average. There is considerable mastery
Of form, and freedom of versihcation
and expression that shows either long and
close apprenticesh to the work or talent
very much above the common. The best
sonnets in the collection are "a Dream OF
Cleopatra." THE Eyes That Cannot
Weep" and The New West" which we
quote:
stand up, my west Lift thy young, noble head
ON the strong pillar of thy proud. white throat
And let thy gold hair on the sea winds float.
In the worlds march keep step with lofty tread
And firm. II passion from the South has ned,
AND from the North and East there yet re-
Its leaping fire in thy full. swelling veins.
III Others have forgot the flag that led
| To indepc ndent freedom. and now fail
10 stand in their own strength and pride, and try
To ape the older nations, thou, my West.
stand true. Nor let thy stern eyes ever quail
as long as thou hast breath for freedoms cry
And a strong, passionate heart within thy
breast
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lhere Is no better evidence of the Ii erarJ
progress OF the present age than is TO bs
found In the books and serial publications
when are provided for the young people
among the many publications devoted Il
the interests of our boys and girls there il
none that surDass ST. Nicholas. AS thu
magazine comes 10 US month by month
ioaded down with choice stories aud en-
oelished with artistic pictures, il is eagerly
welcomed Here. however, we have ~
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year, pound In two handsome volumes
Wnlcn makes real treasure-house no
only ior the young, but the old as well
Ihere nave been many important seria
features in ST. Nicholas during thu
year. First in popularity and in liter
airy value are the wonderful Jungle
stories by Rudyard Klpling. EACH
one. complete in itself, and We
all having close relationship. Anothel
striking serial is "Tom Sawyer Abroad.
in which Mark Twain's hero has the mos
fantastic adventures. in comprehensive
with "Huckleberry Finn Mrs. G. Y
Jamison's charming story of child life II
New Orleans and New York. "Toinette'
Phillip; Howard Pye's historical 70
nance of colonial days, "Jack Ballister'
Fortunes; Miss Molly Elliot Seawelli
story of the early days of the American
navy, Decatur and Somers." and DR.
Charles Alexander Eastman's "Recollec
tons of the Wild Life" with his Siou,
parents and relatives. are other brigh