The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
In the palace of the Shahs of Persia at
Teheran is a room hung with Gobelin
tapestry, and next to it is the library,
filled with priceless MSS. OF all the
caligraphers Mir seems to be the most
| famous, and his writing is valued at 2
| tumaris line. At this rate the MSS. by
him in the Shahs possession must be
worth millions of dollars.
Messrs. Macmillan are to start in Lon
don series of novels at shilling, Begin
ming with one by Theo Douglas entitled
"a Bride Elect"
John Murray (London) has published
smother volume in the series relating to
American women of the colonial and revo-
lutionary times. The subject of it is
Dolly Madison, the wife of the Presi-
dent OF that name, and woman OF many
parts. She and her times-Martha Wash
ington called her my dear Dolly"-are
written about by Mrs. Wilder Goodwin.
She belonged to Virginia Quaker family,
| and was widow when Aaron Burr intro
duced her to Madison. Some of the char
acters who come into the telling of the
story are Alexander Hamilton, Lafayette
| and Paul Jones, and indeed the personal
| note of the book all through is consider
able.
The Wet Dog, ga paper for people with
money to burn" is the title of a new
weekly published by Dinsmore & Beal,
| Boston. ut barks alike at the just and
unjust, merely for amusement; it kicks up
! funny antics and bites all the uni ust
| within easy reach"
The memoirs of Bertrand Barere are to
| be translated into English. Barere was
| that notorious member of the committee
4 NT NH lrn Tnfrr h Id
Maca ulay the greatest liar, debauchee,
coward and brute that ever lived. The
memoirs are said to show that Macaulay
was wrong.
The work, NAVAL and Military
Trophies" which Nimmo is publishing in
! London, will illustrate some remarkable
personal relics. For instance William
| Gibbs illustrations include the swords of
| Oliver Cromwell, John Hampden, Captain
Cook, General Wolfe aud the great Duke
of Marlborough. Other drawings show
the bullet that killed Nelson, the dirk he
used as a midshipman, the cooked hat and
sword that he wore at the battle of ST.
Vincent, and the maintruck of the French
| flagship LOrient. blown up at the Nile.
The plates will also represent the scarf
used tc lower the body of Sir John Moore
into his grave at Corunna and the sword
and scabbard found with the body of
Tippoo Sahib after Seringapatam. Neces-
Duke of Wellington are given.
John Lane promises at an early date a
volume of verse which DR.. Garrett has
translated into English. DR.. Garnett's
volume consists of a hundred sonnets from
Dante, Petrarch and Camoens. He ar
ranges the Dante and Petrarch verse on the
plan others have followed, but has had to
| deal with that of Camoens without prece-
| dent and so he groups it in what appears
| to be the most natural sequence. He dedi-
Gates the volume to Professor Charles Eliot
Norton, the well-known American scholar.
The New Bohemian has recently under
gone change OF ownership and its pres
ent managers will enlarge and improve it
until, they hope, it shall be standard in
quality as well as size. The May num-
Der has been increased sixteen pages and
as many more will be added to each issue
for several months. Two new departments
have been lntroduced-"The Passing
Show" and 1.-The Borders of Bohemia"
and more attention is also given to book
reviews and periodical notices.
A record, both comprehensive and accu-
rate, of the worlds progress during 1895 is
presented in "Appleton's Annual Cyclic
| pedia." The contributions to science, the
| inventions in industry, the events affect
| ing the well-being of nations, are chronicled
| with clearness and fairness. The annual,
| in short, is an epitome of progress; as such
IL has come to be welcomed by all who
| wish to keep we'll informed. The last
| volume, just issued, joins the preceding
| ones in the series, adding to the vast store
of human knowledge the busy and impor-
tant record of 1895.
H. S. Stone & Co. of Chicago announce
| for publication early IN June q story
whose title is, 1.-THE Boy Called Checkers,
Hard-luck Story" The authors name is
Henry NJ. Blossom Jr. Mr.. Blossom, who
| is st. Louis man, is known as the author
| of 'The Documents in Evidence" that
clever little skit which was printed with
such ingenuity of plan.
The Stevenson fragment, to be published
in the June Is Chap book, is entitled
| "a Walk in Carrick and Galloway"
| Zola's new volume, Rome" is being
published by Macmillan & Co. The book
| will be of interest TO every student of re-
| liglous systems as giving an exceedingly
minute account of the inner life of the
heart of the Roman Catholic Church the
Papal court. Its dignitaries, their ideals
and am billions are clearly pictured and re-
1 ligious questions of the day are fully dis
cussed. But it is far more than a merely
religious novel;; it is strong story of
keen rivalries, sure to satisfy those who
care more for human interest than the
discussion OF theories. Two Cardinals of
the old and of the new schools are eager
| for the tiara soon to slip from the head of
Leo Kill. Young men show them selves
either as the degenerate sons of old fam
ines, or as the best hopes of young Italy.
There is a soldier from Garlbaldis army,
schemlng deputy, and, among the other
women in the story, two heroines, one at
| least young, both very beautiful.
Ice Work, Present and Past" is the
title OF an important new volume in the
| International Scientific Series by DR.. T. G..
| Bonney, professor of geology at University