The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-10

powerful story. In brief, it is the narra-
ton of a servant girls lapse from virtue
and the mothers heroic fight for the life
and rearing of her child against all the
forces that civilization arrays against the
poor and the Legitimate. The over
bearing, cOntemptuOus treatment of the
unfortunate at the hands of public en-
plOyes and servants in hospitals. the heart
less conduct Of masters aud mistresses and
their constant demand of work from their
underpaid and underfed servants. the evil
sequences of the gam bling and drink
ing habits on working people are de-
seribed with a power that cannot fail to
impress the reader strongly. MANS in
humanity to man" is no idle saying, and
Mr. Moore has in this work done for the
domestic servants what Hood in his "Song
of the Shirt" and Besant in THE Children
of Gideon" did for the seamstress, The
characters, too, are drawn with much
skill and power, and their individuality
well developed ana preserved. [Chicago:
Charles II. Seigel q Co..
THE DISSOLUTION, PROJECTED
DRAMA.-Ritter Dandelyon divides this
work into four parts, preface, explana-
tions, prologue and drama. The preface
deals with coming socialism and the new
relation of the sexes; the explanations
give brief notice of the mythology of the
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cerned with the origin and deeds of Attila
The plot of the drama is the incursion of
Attila into the kingdom of the Burgundians,
his wooing of the Burgundian Princess
IldicO and his murder by her on their wed
ding day. Historically there is a doubt of
the manner of Attila's death legend how
ever. has ever attributed 1t TO Lis newly
married wife. The sub-plot is the love of
KunnO, the Kelt, and Urwilde, the wife of
his friend Giselher. And it is their love
and its defense by KunnO that constitutes
the new relation between the sexes. There
is nothing new in the basis of the relation,
namely. that the only reason for marriage
is mutual love. Theoretically every one
agrees to that though practice does not
jibe with the theory. But to steal the affec-
tons OF a mans wife, justifYing the
action on the score of love, will hardly find
approval 10 any decent mans heart. The
drama is not written in verse but in poetic
prose, akin in some respects to the form of
Osslan'S poems, and occasionally there are
some good bits of work. We hardly think,
however, that its form will appeal to many
modern readers. New York: g. w. Dill
bingham, For sale by the Bancroft. Com
pany.
The WoRKINGNIAN's WIFE.-Thls is a
ranslation-a fairly good one, toby
Hattie E. Miller from the German of
Friedrich Friedrich. The story itself
deals with the sufferings of an orphan girl,
Johanna Mosen, who had been adopted by
rich merchant After his failure and
suicide Johanna returns to her mother
and endeavors to find work to aid In their
support. Her struggle Is piteOus, and ends
in the death Of the mother. Shortly after
WenZel, the foreman of furniture factory,
marries Johanna, and for a while they
live happily. NenZel, however, becomes
M faA mill aia licf Ia
heads strike Of the furniture workers
and is imprisoned. The sufferings of JO-
hanna increase, her child dies and starva-
ton staTeS her in the face, and she al
temptS suicide. Rescued just in time by
the companion of her girlhOOd, who also
obtains work for WeuZel on his release
from prison, Johanna again enters on
| happy life. Though the story itself is
somewhat dull, the reader will find q cer-
tain amount Of pleasure in the vivid de-
| llneation of the worklngman's life and
condition. II represents state of things
In Germany that is rapidly passing away
that is to say, the old relations between
employer and employees. [ChicagO: Z. A.
Weeks Il Co.
The DUKE OF ARCANUM. - If one
were asked to characterize this novel
briefly 1t could be done by describing it as
the Monte Cristo' of Chicago. Stanley
Edgcumb, a telegraph operator. loses his
position and is accused and convicted of
the murder of his employer, Mancel
Tewkes, through the Vaccinations of
fello w-employe, Jack Coulter. While the
verdict was being given by the Jury the
States attorney was killed by lightning,
and, taking advantage Of the confusion,
Stanley Edgcumb escaped. His adventures
In Chicago during the fire, his creation of
great fortune, his appearance in Chicago
under new name, his numberless acts of
charity and the working out of his veDge-
ance-for these the reader must go to
the book itself. There Is a good deal to
interest in the book. and, on the whole,
the plot Is quite skillfully worked out.
The book seems 10 suffer from what one
might call newspaper faults-a careless
ness in the choice of words, a certain
looseness OF style, tendency TO exaggerate
and a lack OF pers pective. And what
earthly need can there be for using French
phrases and words to express ordinary
American facts? Surely one can get as
good a meal In Chicago cooked in kitchen
as in the cuisine. Chicago: Laird &
Lee.
The TRUTH ABOUT BEAUTY.-Annie
Wolf, the author, says that 1.-THE culture
of beauty is not light or frivolous vanity,
but most noble purpose" and we agree
with her. Beauty is merely an approx
nation to the ideally perfect bodily form
and tor the perfection of our race is neces-
saTy in a similar way as moral or intel
tectual perfection. So those who strive
after beauty are net to be blamed, but
commended so long as the purpose and
methods are good. The methods OF at
taining beauty DO net consist in the use
OF cosmetics or in an "Opulent display
of millinery" They consist of right diet.
proper nutrition, bathing and cleanliness.
exercise, the cultivation Of the emotions. of
thought, of will and of spirituality, An
important influence in beauty is love.
without which you might "as well expect
a woman to be beautiful as the heavens TO
he brilliant without stars, the forest TO re-
joice without the birds, the bees TO rpyel
without the flowers or the earth to flush
without the SUM-" There is an admirable
chapter on growing old beautifully, an
artistic one on dress and judcious one
on Independence or being yourself. The
theory of exchange of human magnets
is carried too far by the author, but in ali
other respects the book is to be commended
for its sound wisdom. New York: Lowell.
COryell q Co. For sale a. the bookstores.
REDEEMED.-C. r. b., the author of
this book. says in his preface, 81 have
portrayed life characters as l have found
them. and If the reader fails to recognize
the pictures, it is because he or she has
not lived long enough" 1t must be then
that we have not lived long enough, as GER
tainly we do not recognize the characters
as real. 1t would be somewhat difficult TO
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