The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-24
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AN HONEST DoLLAR.-E. BENJAMIN
Andrews, president of Brown University.
Is an. ackno wledged authority on the
meney question. he has been a writer
and student of economic themes for
number of Years, and at the international
Monetary Conference in Brussels was one
ot'the represent atives of the United States.
Inc money question is The question Of the
hour, and anything that tends to- throw
light on the subj ct will be welcomed bv
hundreds OF thousands of readers in this
country and in Europe. President An
dreWs Is. a bimetallist, and the eight ESSAYS
the present work are very good pre-
sentatIou Of the position of bimetallists.
Altihrough the book is an argument in
taYor OF making gold and silver unlimited
.legal tender at a certain relation In value
to,one another. That both must be freely
coined is the basis of true bimetallfsm,
and. such. a coinage would bring
"a :steadiHess to the value of the
dollar that can be attained in no
other way. President Andrews believes
that free coinage at a ratio Of 20 to l
.WQulq*be safe in view of the future of
silver production, but thinks it desirable
-. that International action should be taken
t0:maKe free coinage safe at 10 to l. This
Position .w!ll-no meet with the appro ba-
: tiOn- ot: Western bimetalists, who hold
that the free coinage of silver at is to l
would be perfectly safe apart from any
:. International action and in full considera-
ton Of future production President An
drews does. not shiTk the difficulties of his
position. In the last essay "Giffen on
:BEm etaiism;" he treats them fully and
answers them completely. In THE None
:tary. Conference of 1892 ne gives for the
first time a.histoTy of the Bimetallic Con-
gress at Brussels, which is extremely in
terestf6g. II a man desires to understand
the great question Of the day and get a
clean and comprehensive view of it he
canHet do better than read this collection
OF essays wherein the whole subject Is
treated in clear style and in a mastery
manner. Hartford. Conn: The Student
Publishing Company
RED DIAMoNDs.-It goes without saying
that novel by Justin Mccarthy could
hardly fail to be well written and interest
ing. ''Red Diamonds" however, demands
greater. praise both for the plot of the
story and the manner Of telling it. Five
Adventures - four Euglishmen and an
Ameriean-meet in Africa and become
: partners in diamond mine. One Of the
partners dies and wills his share TO his
son. another is killed in duel and his
share falls to his daughter, the third part
ner makes his son his heir Just before
being lynched. the fourth wanders off to
South Aperlca 10 take a part in a revolu-
ton. The American, Seth Chickering, is
left to work the mine and wind up affairs.
From the diamonds and the sale of the
mine Chlekerlng realizes $1,500000,
and starts for England to find
the heirs and arrange for the dis
trfbution. On the night of his arrival
in London, he is murdered by Japhet
Bland, the son of the iynched partner. A
succession OF crimes in connection with
the diamond heirs startles London; in the
END; however, justice prevails and Japhet
BANDS fendish purpose of forcibIy
marrying Fidelia Locke. one of the heirs
and Of destroying the others, is foiled by
Sudden death. novel would not be
complete without a love plot running
through it, and the story OF love of Gerald
Aspen and Fidelja Locke is a dainty piece
of work Readers who love moyament
and plenteous incident will enioy the
novel; nor will the character student and
the lover of exquisite descriptions find less
delight. st. James street is painted with
the brush of a master guided by the in
spiration of lover and is worthy of a
Thackeray's pen, and there are many
equally as good scattered through the
book. "Red Diamonds" will be widely
read. New York: ID. Appleton & Co.
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MARY FENwICK's DAUGHTER.-Beat-
rice Whitby's new novel. a continuation
OF The Awakening of Mary Fenwick," is
an eminently readable story. 1t deals
with the life of young girl who by educa-
tion and surroundings has become so
egotistic and selfish as to be unable to
realize any other center of action except
herself. She torments her lover. Jack
Holland, in hundred WAYS by her nm
conscious and lDc0nslderate insensibiIity.
and drives him into exile after forcing him
to realize that marriage with her would be
AN unhappy experiment. Shortly after
her lovers departure. she becomes en-
gagged to a certain Peel Stanhope, a man
equally selfish and of a much stronger viii.
From him she gets the first inklings OF the
lesson that she is not the center of all
things and her mind wanders back to The
rene brance of her former lover who
patiently endured all her wbms and
fancies. An accident breaks her engage
ment and results in bringing Jack Holland
back TO England and the story ENDS 10
their happy union; happy inasmuch as
tie heroine has learned to be thoughtful