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A ROMANCE.

THE PUPPET-By Clinton Ross. Stone & Kim
ball. New York. Price 81 25. For sale by Will
liam Doxey Palace Hotel, City.
In his predatory note to this little book the
author quotes Venetian, who says that "hu.
manity has always quested after the marvellous
like hound" Mr.. Ross must have beIieved
this, for he does not hesitate to tell tale so
extraordinary that it puts his book distinctly
on the list of romances. A plain New York
citizen befriends a foreign lady who is visit
ing there, but is bounded by enemies. She
turns out to be princess of the house of Ro-
magma, with a claim on the throne of Dali
malta. The New York man is suspected of
knowing too much about the Princess and 50
he is kidnapped and placed on board Russian
yacht and carried across the ocean. After a
most extraordinary series of intrigues and adj
ventures the plain democratic citizen, who has
become the 'puppet" of destiny, marries the
Princess.
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EPISODES OF BICYCLING.

THE WHEELS OF CHANCE-By II. G. Wells
The Macmillan Company, New York. Price
81 go For sale by A. NJ. Robertson, Post street,
City.
The author gives US a series OF incidents of
wheeling life and he is ably assisted in max
ing them vivid by the sketches of the artist, F.
Ayton Symington. The taleis not exclusively
of interest to those who have the bicycling fad
for the many adventures of this style of out
ing, and the opportunities it gives for charac-
ter study. make the subject good ground
work on which to construct story of general
popularity. 1t is easy to imagine complica-
tions and predieaments resulting from devo-
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LITERARY NOTES.

The editors of the Ladies' Home Journal an
nounce the first of series of pictures illus
trative of Dickens characters, to appear in the
Christn IS edi ton.
We note that the Macmillan Company is
publishing in this country Sir James D. Mac
kenzies notable work on 1.-THE Castles of Eng
land, Their Story and Their Structure"
New jersey" by Frank R. stockton, and
"Georgia,'' by Joel Chandler Harris, are the
titles of TWO delightful illustrated books to be
published Immediately by D. Appleton & Co.
in series called "Stories From American His
tory"
Jerome K Jerome's latest story, previous to
his engagement 20 write two plays, has been
secured by the Ladies' Home Journal and is to
be printed in its January issue. 1t is called
s'An Item of Fashionable Intelligence" and
deals with life in the higher social circles of
London.
The interesting announcement is made by
the Critic Company of New York that it is
about to begin the publica ton of literary
magazine, to be called 'The Month, in Litera-
ture, Art and Life" The new monthly will be
edited by Joseph B. Glider and Jeanette l..
Glider, editors of the Critic.
Francis p Harper, II East Sixteenth
Il
"Walt Whitman, the Man." by Thomas Donald
son; "Rainy Days in Library. by Sir Thomas
Maxwell; General George H. Thomas at Nash
VILE" by Henry V. Boynton; 1.-The Story of
Nell Gwyn," by Peter Cunningham; History
of the American Theater," by George C. Sell
hamer.
Miss Helen Evertson Smith has written q
paper on "a Group of American Girls Early in
the Century" for the Christmas number of
the Century. 1t is based mainly upon the
letters and personal recollections of the
writer's grandmother, who was a cousin of
Chancellor Livingston. The paper gives a
picture of social life in the manor houses along
the Hudson River at the beginning OF this
century.
The same house has just issued new editions
of Macaulay's History of England in five
volumes, illustrated with twenty full-page
portraits Of leading figures; bound in rcd
maroon, corded silk cloth, with leather labels
and gilt tops. The price is S3 rs. Bound in
same style and illustrated with fullpage
portraits of Gladstone, Milton and William III
is their new edition of Macaulay's Essays,
three volumes; price So %.
The American Publishers Corporation has
nearly ready fine, new edition of the works
of Marie Corelli, The popular writer of occult
novels and author OF 1.-THE Soul of Lilith."
There will be six volumes, illustrated, printed
on fine laid paper with ample margins, hand
somely bound in new and ornate style in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
MARY Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensse-
laer; The Field of Art.

laer; The Field of Art.
The December Arena is good number. 1t
opens with a well-written article on 'sThe Re-
lation of Art to Religion by the widely
known sculptor, William Ordway Partridge
and closes with another of Win Allen Drom-
coolies inimitable short stories entitled
"Sweet LEASES in which, as usual, the humor
ana pathos are deliciousIy blended. Within
these limits are to be found valuable papers
on great variety OF subjects, in proof of
which it is sufficient to cite merely the names
OF some of their writers: Professor Frank
Parsons of Boston University School of Law !;
Edward Everett Hale, DID,; Mary A. Liver
more; Lillian Whiting; Camille Flammarion,
the great French as tronomer; Eltweed Pome-
roy, B. o. Flower, Ellen NJ. HeErotin, etc.
Camille Flammarion contributes psychical
romance of great interest entitled "a Celestial
Love" There are two fine portraits OF William
Morris and Rev. E. A. Horton.
The main feature of the bound volume of the
Century Magazine, just issued, is, of course,
the conclusion of Professor Sloane's "Life of
Napoleon" In addition to this there are in
Guided two serial novels, one by Mrs Hum
phry Ward and the other by w. D. Howells, and
number of frst-class short stories and IL
Illustrated articles on various subjects. The
bound Century makes a splendid Christmas
gift for an adult, whether in cloth price So 70
and $3) or in half Russia ($4). New York {:
The Century Com pany.1
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great deal of trouble with her lectures and
writings in the most advanced fashion. This
comes to climax when, their child becomes
seriously i'll. The husband thinks she Is let
ting the child die of unloving absence while
she writes essays for magazines on "The Polit-
zeal Disabilities of Women At last the wife
lowers her colors and takes the father to the
sick child, who in gladness cries: ooh, father,
did want you SO. Why didn't you come be-
fore?" After this there is a reconciliation and
all ends happily. The tale is we'll told and
teaches the good there is in conservatism, and
that so-called reform may be thoughtless and
too hasty.
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90 90 06o
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in the hours of the night; and, secondly, TO
set forth some reasons for an assumption that
no part of life is "consecrated to nobler or
more important uses than that usually spent
in Sleep"
Mr.. Bigelow advances the theory that men,
tai, physical and intellectual development
goes on during sleep in the same way as it does
during our waking hours. "The nighttime of
the body is the daytime of the SOUL" said
Iamblichus, and this sentiment is echoed by
the author of 1.-THE Mystery of Sleep" who
further puts forward the opinion that were the
matter of sleep properly inves tigated it would
be found to be as full of surprises as is electric
ity or any one of the natural sciences.
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GIBBONS DECLINE AND FALL. /"

We have received the second volume of the
new edition which the Macmillan Company
are publishing OF Gibbons decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire" The frstvolume was
published several months ago, and we took
occasion at that time to comment upon the
many excellent features which characterize
this edition. The volume under review brings
the reader to the death OF Julian ana contains
in addition to vast number of able notes,
plans of Constantinople and Mesopotamia.
with maps of the Roman Empire under Do
cletian. New York: The Macmillan Company.
For sale by William Doxey, Palace Hotel.
Price So,
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DECEMBER MAGAZINES.

Following are some of the good things pre-.
vided by McClure's Magazine for Christmas
consumption:
"Grant at 1wenty-one." the earliest known
portrait, now first published. "The Farthest
North" an account OF DR.. Nansen's adventures
and achievements, with portraits and other
pictures Cyrus C. Adams. "a Carol" william
Canton. Madonna and Child" reproduced
from the painting by Josephine Wood Colby.
"An Unpublished Portrait of Washington, -
reproduction of a portrait painted from life
by Charles Wilson Peale, with introduc ton
by Oh aries Henry Hart. chow DR.. Davidson
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Lost Light.

cannot make her smi again,
That sunshine on b r face
That used to make this worn earth seem
At times so gay place.
The same de ar eyes look out at me:
) The features are the same;
But oh, the smile is out of them,
And I must be to blame
Sometimes I see it still. Invent
With her the other day
To meet Ion g-mtssed friend, and while
We still were on the wayg
Her confidence in waiting love
Brought back 10 me to see
The od-time love light to her eyes
That will not shine for me.
They tell me money waits for me-
They say might have fame.
like these gewgaws quite as well
AS others like the same.
But care n OF for what have
Nor lust for what lack,
One 1.-THE as much as my heart longs
To call that los: light back.
Come back, dear banishedEsmile, come back.
And into exile drive
ALL thoughts and aims and jealous hopes
That in thy stead would thrive.
Who wants the earth without its sun
And what has life for me,
That's worth although. If as IT'S price
II leaves me robbed of thee?
EDWARD S. MARTIN. in Scribner's Magazine.
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GEOGRAPHICAL.

THE MADEIRA ISLANDS = By Anthony ].
Drexel Biddle Drexel Bddle d Bradley Pub
fishing Company, Philadelphia.
Those who are fond of geographical studies
and those who are fond OF travel and wish to
learn of interesting lands out OF the beaten
tracks and where novel sights are TO be
seen, will be pleased with this book The
author has made considerable historical
research and writes it up in most at
tractive way. The little book contains several
maps and is very prettily illustrated. The
author is a grandson of the millionaire, A. J.
Drexel. His various literary work has been
highly praised by the press of the big cities
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FOR CHRIS rMAS.

THE FROGGY FAIRY-BOOK-By Anthony j
Drexel b ddle.s Drexel Biddle d Bradley Pub
iish. ng Company Philadelphia. Price 81 rs.
Thisis o prettily got up little book, which
would be sure TO amuse the children at
Christmas-ti 1t is cleverly illustrated and
the paper is of fine quality. The fairy froggy
is very gallant and throws flowers at the little
girl, Elsie, until they hang all over her and
become yeritable dress of flowers.
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BROKE THE LETTER BUT NOT THE
SPIRIT OF THE LAW.

THE MEMOIRS OF MARIA CORRADI-By
Ernest kecantL ]. f. McElheney, Los Angeles
Price rs cents. For sale by A M. Robertson
Pos. street, City.
The author of this little story claims that it
is an absolutely true one, the names only be-
ing fictitious. in order not to wound the feel
ings of friends and relatives. The tale is told
evidently with high moral aim, parlicu arly
to urge upon men the same purity of life
which we expect from women. The tale Is
short and not at all tedious.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
The Sundown Sea.

Rave you heard of the SHUTDOWN Sea, love.
With its blue and golden skies;
Where the Iippes play the livelong day
And the summer never dies?
There Is health and wealth for you, love,
There is health and wealth for me:
There is all that is best IN the golden west
On the shores Of the Shutdown Sea.
1t will give back the rose to your cheek, love,
For there like a river IL flows
On the sunny breeze through the orange trees,
The breath of the bood.red rose
Go get the old light in your eye. love,
Meath the shade of the pepper tree
You know where: there's enough and 10 spare
On the shores Of the sund own sea.
There's tear on every thorn, love,
OF the storm SCARED locust. There
Are dripping leaves and icy caves.
There's wall on the weeping air,
There's q song in the frozen riIl, love,
But it's lost 10 you and me;
There's smothered cry in the rain-swept sky,
Then away.to the Shutdown sea
The Iuster is gone from your hair, love;
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THE SOULS INERTIA.

THE MYSTERY OF sleepy John Big
e low. New York: Harper d Bros. For sale
by A. N. Robertson, Post street, City.
In handsomely printed work, John Bigelow
has made an attempt to 4'unsettle il not dispel
the popular delusion that sleep is merely a
state of rest; of practical inertia, of soul and
body, or, at most, periodical provision for
the separation of physical waste, in the sense
that well, exhausted during the day, fills UP
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economy of its practical application, makes
this book, which is thoroughly.up to date on
the subject, of great value to miners. The sec
ond edition is just out, rewritten, enlarged and
illustrated. 1t contains a number OF large
plates illustrating the methods of applying the
process in the most thorough way. This is the
authorized textbook for the New Zealand Gov
eminent Schools of Mines, and is written by a
mining engineer who has held important po-
sitions in the mining world and is now director
of the Thames School OF Mines.
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Home-Nade Sunshine.

What care las the days go by
= Whether gloomy or bright the sky 2
What care what the weather may be?
!; cold or warm--'tis the same to me-
For my dear home skies-they are always blue;
.And.my dear home weather (the glad days through
Is beautiful summer" from morn till night,
= And my feet W ak ever In loves true light.
And why? Well, here is my baby sweet,
Following me round on his restless feet,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
A NOVEL OF SAN FRANCISCO

THE FLIRT TO DEATH-By Luke Leary. j.
= Ogilvie Publishing company, New York.
For sale by A. NJ. Robertson
The scene of this flirt's career is San Fran
cisco and the seashore and mountains near by.
1t is the fate of the fiirt to wreck mans hap
plness and to die by poison, which was pre-
pared by her lover for her husband. The
book contains descriptions of scenery around
Gan Francisco
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JEALOUSY AND v oMAN'S RIGHTS.

CLARIssA FURIosA-By w E. Norris. Har-
;. per & Brothers New York: Price 81 so. For
E. This is book which shows how woman
can. make a mans life, as well as her own,
..yery miserable by electing to quarrel with a
fellow with fine possibilities of good in him
provided she would put herself to the trouble
TO domesticate him. Instead of this she takes
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Your cheeks are thin and pale;
Your dark eye turns and your spirit yearns
For glimpse of the sunset trail.
1 will sing new song to you, love,
And you'll sinea new song to me,
And we1i glow Young as we journey along
On the way to the Shutdown Sea.
CY WARMAN in New York Sn
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FOR MINERS.

THE CYANIDE PROCESS OF GOLD EXTRAC.
T1ON-By James Park. Chaultaoup q Cooper
Auckland n. Il. Price, so So For sale by A. NJ
Robertson. Post street, City.
The rapid advance made by the cyanide pro.
cess in the last few years. especially in the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
A HOLIDAY SUGGESTION.

the new. 1t will be interesting in the future
for the thoughts it suggests about the race
problem. Its delineations of Southern peculi-
ar1ties of thought and feeling Will interest fu-
ture generations
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ton to this pastime which would be novel,
amusing, and certain to show up peculiari-
ties of character which would never be dis
played in old-fashioned ways of locomotion.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
WHAT THE ENcycLopEDIc DICTIONARY Is.

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The editors of the Ladies' Home Journal an
nounce the first of series of pictures illus
trative of Dickens characters, to appear in the
Christnn IS edi ton.
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ST Down and
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nae Iuster is gone from your hair. love;
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-03-29
HE NEEDED NO SYMPATHY.

am the man who was talking with
you ABOUT Two hours ago." he said as he
walked up to policeman on Jefferson
avenue near Second street.
Yes" replied the offer, after a look.
Il told you 1 was an old sport. ana
wanted to find some of the boys.
"Yes."
You said the best thing 1 could do
was to go down to the depot and wait
LOT my train, and let the boys alone"
Yes and think so YETI
wei, Pm goin,, but found the bovs
Ihey were down here in saloon. ana
when l told 'em 1 was an old snort from
Sportsville they winked at each other.
l do look like a hayseed, don't I?"
VERY much3 so. If you've been cleaned
OUT don't come whining around to ma
happen "ou''
you've seen a Teller THROWN, +hres
es asouna anq fhf9 9hhe eet v9 oG cover" Mers
idiot enough to bet, suppose?"
Eyes" .,s
well, you'll know more next time,
Don't you read the papers?"
every day."
the game WASP
Il did"
And you bet with your eyes wide
open and knowing you hadn't one chance
III hundred! I've no sympathy for
your
Il wasn't askin' fur any. If you've
any sympathy to spare give it TO the
boys down there, fur they are $62 out O.
pocket, and I'm $62 in! I jest thought
"a stop and ask You if you'd take $50
OF the sugar and turn it overto an orphan
asylum as Il gift from me, but bein'
you are so busy and don't feel we'll
won't bother you about it. I'll 20 down
to the depot and sit around, and if any,
body comes along with hayseed to sell
send 'em down to me. l want a fresh
supply for my hat and coat collarv'-
Detroit Free Press.
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ACE MYSELF YOUR HANDS WITHOUT RESERVE" HE SAID

little grossly. But your father, no. A
man of granite. The next moment he
pounced upon Creech. Mr.. Creech,' says
he, I'll take look of that sasine,' and for
thirty minutes after" said Glenalmond,
with smile, "Messrs. Creech and Co. were
fighting a pretty uphill battle, which re-
suited, I need hardly add, in their total
rout. The case was dismissed. No, l
spired. He was literally rejoicing in api-
cibus juris."
Archie was able to endure no longer. He
thrust his plate away and interrupted the
deliberate and insignificant stream of talk.
Here" he said, II have made fool of
myself, il / have not made something
worse. Do you Judge between us-judge
between a father and a son. I can speak
to you; it is not like 1 will tell
you what feel and what I mean to do !;
and you shall be the judge" he repeated.
81 decline jurisdiction" said Glenalmond
with extreme seriousness. "But, my dear
boy, if it will do you any good to talk,
and if it will interest you at all to hear
what may choose to say when I have
heard you, L am quite at your command.
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THE BRAKEMAN'S STORY.
IL May BE Read with Profit by Present
Day Record Breakers.

1t May Be Read with Profit by Present
Day Record Breakers.
The Railroad club met Tuesday even
ing in the usual place, and after a short
business session the boys drifted into
shop conversation. The fast run of
the general managers special from Hope
no Mlssoula was commenced on. and the
talk on fast runs became general. Sew.
eral stories of remarkable time made on
dlHerent occasions were related. and
when the blonde brakeman got the floor
he saw he was expected to break the req.
ord. And he did.
speaking Of fast runs" said he, "why.
that little Montana Union line Laws over
anything | ever saw. No Dutch clocks
or anything else to hold a man down
there. l worked for that road when Bob
smith was dispatcher. and when he told
the boys to wheel 'em' we all knew what
1t meant. One day we We're going north
and were delayed in various ways until
we reached Stewart Bob wired the con.
at that point that he wanted our train tn
get to Garrison just as quick as God
would let us. We had clear track
when we started and it wasn't longe he.
fore the telegraph poles looked like a
picket fence. The biggest burst of speed
was reserved for the home stretcf-from
Deer Lodge to Garrison-elevtn miles.
we didn't stop at Deer Lodge, but as we
approached that place the engineer
sounded the whistle as usual, and You
may take my head for football If the
slow sign in the Garrison yards wasn't
passed by our train before that whistle
had ceased TO sound"
This made the boys look weary, but
the "braky" hadn't finished vet He con.
tinued:
well, we put our train away and were
resting ourselves when we glanced nm
the track and saw dark streak an
at lightning gait. We were
astounded for an instant, but as II slow
Ell up we readily recognized it as thu
shadow Of the train we had just brought
in"
And the boys all rose up, and after nre.
sentlng the relator with regularly sign.
ed license the club adjourned -Missoula
Silverite. 'S1A"