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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
-PoRTRAIr OF A NEW WOMAN.

GA Clever Wife, is the title of novel
fresh from the pen OF w. Pett Ridge. 1t
is entertainingly written and has pecu-
liar interest at this period when the
emancipation of woman" is one of the
common topics of general society. The
author takes for his hero a young artist
who is DESTROYS of making name for him.
self. Before acquiring fame or fortune,
however. he meets and falls in love with
woman who longs to be known in the lit
erary world. She is a strong advocate of
woman's rights and has become convinced
that nineteen married women out of
twenty are no better than slaves. The
artist marries the literary woman and
after honeymoon of two weeks the wife
informs her husband that she is eager TO
resume her life work in London and de-
clares her intention of going back to her
bachelor" quarters, the husband return
ing to his old lodgings as well, in order
that neither might be hampered in any
way. Thus they separate against the hus-
bands will The wife writes a book and
makes a hit. She has attained the success
she sought and still she feels void in her
life. The husband has some objection to
being introduced about as Miss Cicely
Westerbam's husband" and he quits Lon
don for Paris, where he becomes noted in
Tie ISdlln VI dIl ana WIeTG his pictures
come into demand. The wife writes an
other book and the arts. reads in the re-
views that it has fallen fat. He knew
how the proud woman's NATURE would SUI
fer from such blow and longed to be near
to comfort the disappointed. About the
same time his eyes light upon a blue pen
clled paragraph that gives intimations of
scandal i'll which the name of his wife is
associated with that of man about town.
The artist starts for London without de-
lay, to discover that the dreadful rumor
was started by spiteful enemy whom his
young wife had refused to admit into her
society. Like the majority of stories, "a
Clever Wife" ends happily. The new
woman admits her folly in seeking fame
for fame's sake, instead of the happiness
OF home and the love of a husband, into
whose arms she retreats at last TO remain
shielded alike from the fattery and scorn
OF a critical public. Published by Har-
pers. For sale by a. NJ. Robertson; price
81 IN
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LITERARY NOTES.

Professor Saintsbury's History of Nine.
teenth Century Literature is about to be
issued in London.
R. H. Woodward Company, Baltimore,
Md, announce new book, "Story of
Turkey and Armenia.
The United States Book Company has
been reorganized and the new firm will be
known as the American Publishers Cor
poration.
A new work of theological character,
1.-THE Mind Of the Master" by the Rev.
John Watson, best known as Ian Mac
laren, is announced.
..From Fag to Monitor is the title of a
new story for boys of public school life in
England by Andrew Home, the author of
Through Thick and Thin" and other
well-known boys classics.
Macmillan & Co. have in press volume
of ''Studies in Judaism" by S. Schechter,
reader in rabbinic in the University of
Cambridge, which deals in a scholarly
manner with many somewhat obscure
topics in connection with the Jewish faith.
It is understood that bill will soon be
introduced in the New York Legislature
providing for the purchase OF the Poe
cottage at Fordham and an acre of ground
around it, the property to belong to the
New York Park Department and to be
under its care.
Superintendent Thomas Byrnes, the re-
Gently retired Chief of Police of New York,
has just completed remarkable WORK
professional Criminals of America
which will be issued at once by G.. w.
Dillingham;. New York. and will be sold
by subscription.
An important work, "The Coming In
dividualism, by A. Egmont Hake, is an
nounced by Macmillan e. Co. In It an at
tempt is made to combat the theories of
collectivism, which, in even their most
advanced form of socialism, are finding
gradually wider practical application the
world over.
M. Ferdinand Loise of the Belgian
Academy has long been engaged on ar
exhaustive study of the relations between
poetry and civilization. He has already
published two volumes on the subject and
now has third ready dealing with Italian
poetry. The greater part of the fourth
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01

many another hero of fiction 1t was his
luck just about the time he had discovered
the uselessness of his existence to become
the rescuer of a maiden from death in the
waves. This brings on a TT of sickness.
and the attendant physician takes a warm
interest IN the patient, and maps out a
way Tor him to make amends for wasted
past. 1t is uphill work, for Tyrawley is
pursued by enemies in the shape of al
legged good people who make it constant
task to warn the world against reposing
confidence in the struggling man, and in
continually blighting mis- prospects. The
doctor comes In as spur to renewed ef-
forts, and the doctor also keeps tanning
the flame of love that was kindled on the
day OF the rescue. Finally Tyrawley goes
to London and starts out as keeper of a
fruitstand. He is found by his landlord
to be long-lost relative. and is made the
possessor OF an estate. This trust in him
IS born OF the reason that, having bad
past, Tyrawley had shaken hims self free of
II and got down to redeem himself like
a man. marriage with the girl of the
rescue is brought about by the doctors eff
forts; the "enemies" are discounted and
downed; and, it follows, of course, that
the first step in the apotheosis of Mr..
Tyrawley was the heroic adventure in
saving this girl, for his genuine virtues
were ali discovered to be admired there
after. New York: Harper & Bros. For
sale by A. NJ. Robertson. Price ST. %.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
GIN SEARCH OF QUIET"

Walter Firth has written book for the
summer months that so soon will be here,
and has called it In Search of Quiet"
The scenes described are bucolic and most
of the incidents are pastoral. For the title
page motto the author takes that odd sem
fence from Coleridge: 1.-The result of my
system will be to show that, so far from
the world being goddess IN petticoats, it
is rather the devil in strait waistcoat."
The book is well written and will admira-
bly, serve the purpose of entertainment for
which it is intended. Published by Harper
& Brothers, New YORK, 296 pages. For sale
by A. NJ. Robertson, 126 Post street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
THREE GRINGOES IN CENTRAL
AMERICA.

Richard Harding Davis has been so
favorably introduced to the reading public
bv his previous works. that his latest book,
ssThree Gringoes in Venezuela and Central
America" just issued by Harpers, will
doubtless be greedily absorbed. In this
work he has given the results of a study
Con horseback most of the time) of the
peoples and customs of the American
tropics. His descriptions of the indolent
life OF the Honduranians shows that life
to be as near an approach to the condition
of primitive men as one can find in this
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01

Bonaparte may be said to have known
something of all languages and dialects;
of very many his knowledge was truly
profound. The more difficult the language,
the more eager he was to mas ter it-and
almost always successfully. He possessed
books in the monosyllabic languages of
China and Thlbet; the agglutinative
languages in his library, divided into
twelve sections, range from Finno-Tataric
to Basque and the various groups of
aboriginal America while of the infiec-
tional, primarily divided into three Sec
tions-Semitic, Hamitic and Aryan-his
selection is. for all practical purposes,
complete. The library is rich in books of
the greatest rarity; many, indeed, are
entirely unknown even to recent biog-
raDhers
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
MIR. TYRAwLEY's APOTHEOsIs.

"The Apotheosis of Mr.. Tyrawley" is a
novel by e. Livingstone Prescott, which
shows how little of loves sunshine
thrown upon career that has grown &C
customed to shadow alone. sometimes
works noble redemption. Tyrawley's
young association was with rapid set.
He eschewed honest toll or endeavor, and
threw good years away solely on .cards,
billiards and their concomitants." Like
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and v;por of narrative. Toward the close.

and yigor of narrative. Toward the close,
however. the story weakens, ana finally
comes to an abrupt and forced conclusion.
The romance is not worked out and the
mystery not explained. The unsatisfac-
tory ending mars the effect OF the work as
a whole, and what might nave been good
romance is reduced pretty nearly to the
level of second-rate mystery story, being
redeemed. however, by several well
worked-up situations and spirited Incl
dents. New York: Harper d Bros. For
sale by A, M. Robertson, 126 Post street:
price in cloth covers, 81 o.
AUTHENTICITY OF THE NEW TEs-
LAMENT.
A volume of especial Importance to the
religious world is 1.-The Critical Handbook
of the Greek New Testament, by Edward
C. Mitchell. DID,, president of Leland
University, New Orleans. A new and en-
larged edition, illustrated by diagrams,
tables and map, has been published by
Harper e. Brothers. The first edition was
printed some fifteen years ago. The plan
of the book embraces a view of the pres
ent field of controversy on the subject of
the authenticity of the New Testament
Scriptures as regarded from geographical
and historical standpoint, in the presenta-
ton of which leading OBJECT has been to
familiarize the nina with the periods and
the persons most frequently referred to in
the after-work of textual criticism. In the
resume of textual criticism the author
says he has taken care to combine brevity
with the greatest possible accuracy Of
statement. In the new edition the only
change in the general plan has been the
addition of table of American manu-
scripts and glossary of authorizations and
unfamiliar words. 1.-The discoveries of the
last fifteen years." says DR.. Mitchell,
"have more than doubled the known man.
uscripts, and much clearer light has been
thrown upon the history and contents of
many OF them" The work is dedicated to
those ministers who have been the au-
thor's pupils and to all others who like
wise desire to know ''the certainty con-
corning the words wherein they have been
instructed" New York: Harper &
Brothers. For sale by A. NJ. Robertson;
price So so.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
JAMES INwICK, PLoUGHMAN.

"James Inwick. Ploughman and Elder"
is Scotch tale told in the dialect of the
Highlands. Those who love genuine
Caledonian story with its pictures of rural
life in the land of the Bruce. and with its
frequent tastes of honest philosophy, will
find pleasure in this work by P. Hay
Hunter. A copious glossary accom-
panies the book. New York: Harper 81
Bros. For sale by A. NJ. Robertson, Post
street; price Sill
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
CDR. wARR1CK's DAUGHTERS"

"Dr. Warrick's Daughters" by Re-
becca Davis, is a well-written novel con-
tanning some heaithful moral lessons.
One of the doctors Observation-Disclosures
carried away with the vanity OF riches,
marries man whose poverty of mind she
had often scorned. But he has become
one of the money kings and she sells her
self for mis- gold. In this choice she casts
aside young man of talent and high am
billions, who had sought her hand. After
ward the latter dwarfs the money-bag of
husband in the field Of politics and be-
comes famous; and Mildred's lord is stung
with regret that he had neglected schools
and books in his youth and made his life
mere race after riches. The other
daughter, Anne, strives to improve her
mind and is sought after for her intel
lectual attainments. She chooses a hus-
band of honest worth. after proving his
character, and they live humbly and hap
PLY. The millionaire's wife brings her
husband close to the brink of ruin by stock
gambling. She dies in Paris, leaving
son, who is made to profit through the
fathers consciousness of his own life's
mistake. New York: Harper & Broth
ers. For sale by A. M. Robertson, Post
street; price 81 so.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
PRINCE BoNAPARTE's LIBRARY.

The late Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte
was genuine bibliophile and book col
lector OF rare type. His library, il is
thought, will be purchased by the Guild
hall Library Association of London.
Prince Lucien Bonaparte's hobby was ex-
clusively languages and dialects. and his
library is entirely formed upon phllo-
logical basis Books OF this description do
not appeal to the multitude; they do not
possess much attraction even for the or
binary book collector; partly, perhaps, be-
cause a smattering of all the ancient
and modern languages is not generally
found even among bibliophiles. Prince
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
THE DAY OF THEIR WEDDING.

The pleasing story of Shaker simplicity,
by William D. Howells, has been briefly
alluded to in THE CALL already. Lorenzo
Weaver and Sister Althea, two young ad-
herents of the religion of Ann Lee, resolve
to abandon the family Of Friends and wed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01

mental blindness, injured. Suspicion res q
upon the counterfeiters, and their rendeZ-
vous in a cave is about to be attacked,
when an explosion takes place. The viii
lains' store of powder blows up and whirls
thu leaders of the gang into eternity. The
settlements redeemed from its hard name.
The dialogue is mostly in dialect. Kate
w. Hamilton is the author. Boston:
Houghton, Miff1in e. Co. For sale at the
boo-storeS price 81 Ok
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01
A NEW EDITION.

The Harpers have issued new edition
of Thomas Hardy's novel, 1.-THE Wood
landers," which was first published in
1886. 1t is for sale by A. NJ. Robertson.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01

'AOh INV W lHe lore. lie Is prOilDI
writer. and his newspaper verse (most of il
written in haste, no doubt has charm.
that appeal to North, East, South anC
West alike. Appended are a few of the
latest illusions from Mr.. Stanton's versa
tile pen:
THE LOYAL SOUTH.
I've long since knowed the war is over
An that the world is rollin' right
No red dews fall upon the clover
An every lily'S spotleSs white.
But what I didn't know fer certain
Was this: If England croSt the
An foreign flags was round us fiirtin',
Where would the boys OF "DiXie" be?
But yesterday-the sunshine streamin'
Upon their curls, so soft an sweet
one settin' in my doorway dreamln),
The children played around my feet
"An' comer' says Jim. my gun is readvr
An Here's my sword ~ says little Jack;
IN ow, march away there-sgeady-stea
We're goin 10 beat the British backn'
"oh, wait" says little blue-eyed Sally,
An handed them fiutterin' rag;
Here's somepin' makes the soldiers rally
HOW Kin you fight without fiag?"
An then got 20 ruminatin'.
An ali was plain as day TO me;
An II It's war I'm clear In Stain
know JEST where the South would bel
MOTHERS SONG.
She's the sweetest OF the girls,
An I'm kissing of her curls
For they're fallin' like a shower DER my bosom;
An I've never seen the skies
That were buer tnan. her eyes,
Nor blossom that is sweeter than my blossoml
Rock away, rock away,
Where the sleepy people stay,
An the birds an all the fairies a-slngin':
hock away, rock away,
TIL the breakin' o. the day.
Rock away while the dream-bells are a-ringin'i
She's the sweetest of the girls,
An I'm kissin' OF her curls,
For they're lynn like the moonlight on my bosom
But there. ne'er was moon as bright,
AS my darlin's curls o. light,
Nor a sweet rose that is sweeter than my blossom
Rock away. rock away,
Where the. sleepy people stay,
Rock away where the poppy-b blooms are swingin'
Rock away, rock away,
Tlthe bTeakin' o. the day,
Rock away while the dream+bells are a-ringin'!
STILL HoPIN'.
On, de way hits long. en- I done gone wrong.
But still / N a-hopin'-a-hopin'!
De night fall dark de win blow strong,
But still m ahopin'-a-hopinH
I'm a-gropin' in de night,
Bat I'm hopIl fer de light,
Oh, still L m a-hopin'-a-hopin'l
De rain come down,
Butde rainbow's roun-
On, still L N a-hopin'-a-hopin'l
Oh, de river SO wide ter de yuther side,
But still I'm a-hopin'-a-hopin'i
Fer de boat will roat 'twell you stem de tide
so still IN a-hopin'-a-hopln'!
I'm hoping on de way
Fer de breakin' er de day,
Oh, sin IN a-hopn-a-hopini
When the night done gone,
Den the light come on,
Oh. still I'm a-hoping'-a-hopin'!
PLANTATION DITTY.
De gray owl sing FUN de chimbly-top:
"Who-Yho-ls-you-oo?'
En- say: Good Lawd hits des POI me,
In ain: quite ready fer de Jasper Sea-
I'm pO' en- sinful, en- you flowed I'D be;
Oh, wall, good Laxd 'twell ter morreri"
De gray owl sing fun de cypress tree;
az hO-whO-is--you-oo?''
In 1 say: Good Lawd, ef you look you'll see
Hit ain nobody but de- po' me,
IN I Ike ter stay 'twell my time is free:
Oh, ait, good LaWd 'twell ter-morrer!"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01

and live in the "outside world" the pleas
nres OF which they are eager to taste.
They flee from their settlement and jour
ney to that gay watering place, Saratoga.
With eyes of wonderment they view the
shocked to learn that Saratoga isn't any
worse than many another place in the
world outside" They are victimized here
and there on account of their innocence,
and after being duly married they con-
clude that the Shaker society, from which
they had torn themselves as silly lovers,
was after all quite paradise when COM
pared with the greedy, reckless. unfriendly
''outside world" New York: Harper
Bros. For sale by A. M. Robertson; price
81 25.I
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FRANK L. STANTON.

A MONG the foremost of those
~ Southern contributors to current
~ poetry and fiction who are per-
K petuating in literature both the
color and spirit of the life of to-day
and the romance and legend of the oiden
time In the South is Frank L. Stanton,
still young and full OF the higher promise
he stands conspicuous in the galaxy OF
Southern writer's who image the thought
and reflect the aspirations of the genera
ton now to the fore He is a prolific
writer, and his newspaper verse (most of it
written In haste, no doub) has charms
that appeal to North, East, South and
West alike. Appended are a few of the
latest illusions from Mr.. Stanton's versa
tile pen:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-03-01

The leading article in this months Fo-
rum is contributed by the eminent French
novelist and critic, Th. Benton mime.
Blanc). Nine. Blanc contrasts Family
Life in America" with family life in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10
DOINGS OF CELEBRITIES.

Khedive Abbas CT Egypt is declared
. be on the point of abdicatior lie is
rich and would infinitely prefer TO live
As his own master in Vienna or Paris
than to continue in his present state OF
bondage
Dr. w Q. Grace, in a recent cricket
match between Worcestershire and
Sussex made Sol runs, the largest
score Of the year and the third 300 that
he has made in first-class matches in
his long cricketing career.
Baron Dhanis commanding a strong
force has taken the offensive against
the Nahdists In the upper Congo The
situation causes the graves anxiety in
regard to tho security of The Congo
free state ami 1t il predicted that SER
icus political difficulties may arise
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10
STEADY STREAM OF PRESENTS

To be in an exalted position where
one is absolutely compelled to receive
personal gifts indiscriminately is try
ing. Mrs. Cleveland is woman of
good taste. What possible use would
she have for the gift received some
time since, that for her to accept and
to use would have caused every visitor
of refined taste to wonder of her
bringing up" as they say it on Cape
Cod. 1t was very choice, elegant and
expensive set of diningroom furniture.
1t was in oak beautifully carved and
upholstered in leather. To cap this
all, likenesses Of Mrs Cleveland were
embossed in the leather upholstery of
each chair of the set. The enclosing
was very cleverly done, and the coun
terfeit presentment of the lady of the
white house was not bad likeness, by
any means. But think of the wretchel
taste that would permit a woman 70
ask her guests in to dinner to sit upon
her garsh portrait. Mrs. Cleveland
was altogether too clever for that. She
knew a great deal better than to give
her critics an opportunity to set So
ciety, upper tendon and all to laughing
at her. The elaborate gift of this in
tense admirer of the chief magistrate
of the nation was relegated to the Gel
lar and stored. What may eventually
become Of it is something the future
alon has in store. 1t is likely to be
classified as a valuable curio of it's kin1
aside from its being a Oona-fide posses
sion of an executive of the republic.
This is an example of the articles a
man of such prominence as the presi-
dent receives which he can find no use
for without offending the can0ns Of
polite society. umbrellas and canes
and all that order Of useful personal
property which are fitting offerings to
a friend, and of which there have been
numerous presentations to the preSi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland are not I'M
seemly, and do get used. The presi
Dental household is large, and occa-
sonally an article gets into the hands
of the servants that bears marks of not
having been provided out of the family
purse. No doubt the object is thus at
tanned in part which prompted some of
these gifts, for if the giver had in view
to some extent the use and the adver-
tisement of his offering, as in the case
of manufacturer thus attempting to
make a public exhibit of his choicest
wares, he is obtaining return of
some value.
A washing machine peddler, with one
of the new patent alleged labor-saving
sort, who went to Gray Gables, said
that he succeeded in interesting MS.
Cleveland and that she entertained
him with her experiences with patent
washers; that she told him they hal
several of the different kinds sent to
them at the white house as gifts, but
tina she never used them; that she be-
lieved in the old-fashioned dashboard,
with plenty of soap and water