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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
HIS HONOR AND A LADY.

The title of this pleasing and well-writ-
ten story by Mrs. Everard Cotes tSara
Jeanette Duncan) is comprehensive and
most appropriate. John Church is one of
Her Majesty's commissioners in India.
who does his work with so little ostenta-
ton that the Home Government does not
get proper estimate of the man. His
chief secretary is Lewis Ancram, who
poses as Church's strongest friend, while
at the same time he is secretly plotting to
unseat the commissioner. Now Ancram
is an admirer of Mrs. Church, who is partie-
ularlv friendly to the secretary because
she supposes him to be her husband s
champion. Church dies and Ancram steps
into his official shoes. He could not be
sufficiently grateful to John Church for
dying-it was a circum stance upon which
be cong ratulated himself frankly, an acct
dent by which he was likely to benefit so
vastly that he could indulge in no pre-
tense of regretting it on altruistic ground.
Before leaving Calcutta for England, Mrs
Church refuses to see the commissioner
but the Hon. Mr.. Ancram is only gratified
at the refusal, as it fills out his idea of
the woman, which is a most deli
cate one. He writes luxurious let
tiers TO the WIDOW, 1ull OF imaginative
touches, and Mrs. Church is charmed with
their tone. Honors descend thickly upon
Ancram's head, and finally he visits Eng
land with the object of making Mrs.
Church the sharer In his rare fortune. But
that lady has been put in possession of
letters and papers that give evidence of
Ancram's intrigues against the late John
Church, whose name Ancram had sought
to drag down in the public prints. So
when his Lordship arrives at the Church
mansion, he is coolly received. He learns
that Mrs. Church had only been in love
with "her ideas Of him, and, at parting,
Mrs Church bids him formal and last
farewell. On his return to Calcutta. Sir
Lewis Ancram informed an inquiring
friend that "he had the highest admiration
for the wife of his late honored chief, but
the world is wrong in thinking that l ever
made her a proposal OF marriage, nor have
the slightest intention of doing So"
New York: D. Appleton 81 Co. For sale
by Doxey; price 81 so.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
A WINNING HAZARD.

Mrs. Alexander is very successful
writer of society stories, and her recent
novel, "a Winning Hazard - is UP to her
usual standard of excellence. Kate Carey
is the daughter of people who are reduced
to hard straits financially, and she exerts
herself to retrieve some of their lost for
tune. She becomes secretary to wealthy
business man and bachelor, who forms an
affection for her, but Kate is in love with
poor young man named Dick Travers.
She gets Dick to agree to plan to go
to South Africa and make grand
play for fortune. Dick IS about to
start, when he accidentally hears that the
Carey family is in distress at the rich
bachelors unexpected death. He runs
back to comfort them, and to his astonish-
ment learns that Kate has been made
resIduarv legatee of a vast estate by her
deceased employer. Dick doesn't go to
Africa, and there is no need to say that,
with riches enough at command to place
the family back in its old social position
and make themselves envied, Dick and
Kate ''lived happily" etc. New YorK:
D. Appleton & Co. For sale by Doxey;
price so cents.
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WITH THE FATHERS.

This is the title of volume of essays by
John Bach McMaster, professor of Ameri-
can history in the University of Pennsyl-
vania. The essays, in fact are series of
studies in the history of the United States
Thirteen of these studies are contained in
the book Of 1856 pages, nine of the essays
having previously appeared, at different
times, IN Eastern magazines and periodi-
Gals. The history OF the Monroe doctrine
is lucidly given. 1.-The Third Term Ira
dition" makes profitable reading, as it
shows that popular sentiment has been
strongly against third term for the Ma
TONS chief executive since Jefferson, at
the close of his second term in 1907, made
this famous statement: 'If some
termination to the services of the
chief magistrate be not fixed by the
Office nominally for years, will in fact
become for life, and history shows how
easily that degenerates into Inheritance"
Mr.. McMaster voices the idea that VIII at
we want is "a strong Government of the
people by the people" and not "a Govern
ment of the people by strong man." and
hence ''we ought not to tolerate anything
which has even the semblance o. heredity"
70 the consideration of the advocates of
third term for Cleveland he commends
Jeffersons doctrine that sin no office can
rotation be more expedient."
Among the essays in the book
which will be read with more than
ordinary interest in this great campaign
year are: ga Century of Constitutional
Interpretation" "a Century's Struggle
for Silver and rs Sound Finance Pos
sible Under Popular Government" New
York: D. Appleton & Co. For sale by
William DoXey; price 81 90
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
SUNSET PASS.

The war stories of Captain Charles King,
so realistic and thrilling, find a widening
demand as the authors merits come to be
more generally recognized, and new
editions of bis earlier novels are therefore
being. turned out to satisfy the popular
appetite, "Sunset Pass, or Running the
Gantlet Through Apache Land" first
published six years ago, has just appeared
in the series of illustrated American
Novels. For exciting adventure, daring
exploits and hair breadth escapes this
story is close up to the front in the ranks.
New York: American Publishers Cor
poration, publishers. For sale by Doxey;
price 80 cents.
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IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER.

My father died when was all too oung
And he too old, too crowded with his care
For me to know he Knew nay hot, fierce hopes
Youth sees wide chasms be Uween itself and age
How could think he, too had lived my life?
My dreams were all of war and his Of rest.
And so he sleeps please God) at last at rest,
And it may be, with soul refre shed, more young
Than when he left me for that other life
Free, for while at least, from that old care.
The h ard, relentless torturer of his age
That cooled his youth and bridled all his hopes.
For now know he had the longing hopes,
The wild desires of youth, and all the rest
Of my ambitions, ere he came to Age,
He too, was bold, when he was free and young
Had but known that he could feel, and care!
How could know the secret of his life?
In my own youth 1 zee his early life
So reckless, and so full OF buoyant hopes.
l see him jubant, without care,
The days too short and grudging time for rest
He knew the wild delight of being young
Shall too, know the calmer Joys of age?
His words come back, to mind me of that age
When lovingly he watched my broadeningIife-
And dreaming of the days when he was young
Smiled at my Joys, and shared my fears and hopes.
His W ords still live, for in my heart they rest
Too few, n OF to be kept with jealous care!
All. little did know how he could care!
That in my youth lay joys TO comfort Age!
Not in this world, for him, was granted rest,
But, as be lived in me, happier life,
He prayed more earnestly to win my hopes
Than ever for his own when he was young!
He once young; 1, toormust fight with Care
He knew my hopes, and must share his Age;
God grant my life be worth y, too, of Rest!
The Larks
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
TARTAK1N ON THE ALPS.

This is new edition, and a very hand
somely illustrated one, of an old book by
Alphonse Daudet. To those who are
familiar with the adventures of that re-
doubtable Munchausen-like individual
Tartarin of Tarascon little need be said to
introduce this further account of his adj
ventures. The book under review is
every bit as lively and quite as entertain
ing as was the former one. The work of
translatlng the present edition has been
admirably performed by Henry Firth,
while the pictures are drawn by Amanda,
De Beaumont, Montenard, Myrbach and
Rossi. New York: Macmillan & Co.
For sale by William Doxey; price 81.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
TEN MINUTES WITH THE CURRENT yERSIFIERS.

Sleep on thy lips and on thine eyes
o tender eyes and loving lips
Sleep filled with gentle, low replies
To doubts that gave the day eclipse.
Silence and sleep and perfect rest,
A breathing stiffness, that is all;
While, scattered over brow and breast
The brok en- moon-fecks glide and fall.
For thee the night is brimmed with peace;
Surely Gods hand upon thee laid
Shall fill thy life with sweet incre ase
OF love that maketh not afraid
Shall round thy life unto sphere
OF growing light and fragrant days,
And gather TO thee, year by year.
Increasing store OF love and praise.
Yea, God who M ade so pure thing
Shall guard thee safely to the end,
And, at the last ingathering,
Remember me, who was thy friend.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14

1t appears to us that these stories have
seen the light of day before this. This is
true of one of them in particular, THE
Collaborators, which appeared in Lip
pincott's, if we mistake not.
1t must be said, however, that these ex-
amples of fiction are well and powerfully
written. They are designed with the in
tention of holding the readers attention,
and they have succeeded admirably in so
doing. The stories lose nothing in the re-
publishing, and surely this is/praise, in
deed. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
For sale by William Doxey; price 70
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
THE cRAzIEsr THING YET.

LIE Petit Journal DEE Notwithstanding
in English not journal of refuse, but of
refused manuscripts the very oldest
and craziest thing in art and literature
that the cult of decadence has yet origi-
mated. We have reproduced the poster
and book plate for the new journal, which
Ernest Pe1xotto confesses to have de-
signed. Where it prints black in this re-
production will be in green ink on the
poster, except for the background, which
will be in vivid purple, while the ring of
goops, the border and the lettering will be
in yellow, making quite a startling effect,
that shows what an artist can dream after
a very late supper. James Marion II is
the Chief editor and Gelett Burgess is a
RESPONSIBLE accomplice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL

In this work, compiled by the editor of
"lnterscholastic Sport" in Harper's Round
Table, the intention has been not to con-
vey information to the layman of sport,
but rather to aid and instruct the young
athlete who is so situated that he cannot
secure the personal training and lnstruc-
ton available to those who live in large
cities or who attend schools and colleges
where physical instruction forms part of
the regular work. Many notable athletic
events are illustrated from instantaneous
photographs, and careful explanations of
the methods of leading athletes of the day
are given. The book also contains chap
tiers full of good suggestions on bicycling
for men and bicycling for women. New
York: Harper & Brothers, publishers.
For sale by A. NJ. Robertson; price 81 Is. /
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
AN IMPENITENT.

Plenty to do! There's no end to the work
That Duty holds up ter perform.
But they's suthin tibet sorter compes yer ter shrk
When the weather gifts showery an warm,
Though miss the rewards kin sing at my task
While my hat TO the toer doff,
Fur I somehow gifts all the enjoym ask
A-puttin' things of.
1 know tibet the reckonln' sometimerl come
An I'll mebbe do more'n my share,
Sos ter average up in the general sum,
But rely can't say ez care,
For scarcely believe tibet with work all complete
An no one ter chide ner scoff
I'd find the enjoyment Of rest nigh ez sweet
Ez putin things of. Washington Star.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
THE LITERARY CALLING.

1t was-atteud my simple lay
A scrivener young and green,
Who sent little tale unto
a monthly magazine.
And while his hopeful heart beat high
He made his little boast,
How fame and wealth were bound his way
And by return of post.
It was a scrivener gray and worn
Who read a little screed,
Composed in ornamental type,
And very neat indeed;
And murmured while he smole smile
That spread from ear to ear,
" My tale has been accepted. and
In due time will appearr'
1t was scrivener old and bent
Whose heart was filled with glee,
The while his children's children stood
And listened at his knee
1t was newly published tale
He read with simple Joy;
The self-same simple little tale
He scrubbed when boy.
Years passed away; one day check
Arrived. but, be it told,
1t was blithe executor
Who changed it into gold.
So ply your pens, We folks who write
With elegance and ease,
And happily you may benefit
Your unborn legatees. Pick Me-Up.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
ICEwoRK, PRESENT AND PAST.

The latest addition to the International
Scientific Series is 300-page volume on
"Icework Present and Past" by T. G..
Bonney, professor of geology at Univer-
sity College, London. 1t had been that
scientists experience that, although sep
arate papers, and even comprehensive
books, upon ice and its work are numer-
Gus in our mother tongue, to say nothing
OF other languages. difficulty often at
tends the student. They seem to be writ
ten, in most cases, more with a view advo-
eating some particular interpretations of
the facts than OF describing the facts them
selves. AS regards these, it appears not
seldom to be tacitly assumed that they
must have some particular significance,
from which it follows, as an almost
inevitable result, that the hypothesis of
one writer becomes the theory of his sue
cessors. Accordingly, in the work before
us, Professor Bonney has endeavored to
give greater prominence to those facts of
glacial geology on which all differences
must be founded. The book contains nu-
merous illustrations and maps. New
York: d. Appleton & Co. For sale by
William Doxey; price 81 so.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
CUBA AND THE CUBANs.

This is a translation from the Spanish of
Ralmundo Cabrera by Laura Guiteras.
The book has special interest for American
readers at the present time, viewing the
relations which exist between the United
States and the combatants, the mother
country and her colonists. The orig NAL
work was published in 1887 and ran
through eight editions in the Spanish,
commanding attention at the hands of
legislators in the two countries.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
WILD PoPPIES.

A volume of verse by Grace Hibbard, a
California writer, has been received. 1t is
dedicated to the military order of the
LOYAL Legion of the United States, and
especially to California Commandery.
Many of the pieces are patriotic, and not a
few relate to scenes and incidents of the
Golden State. The following will serve as
a fair example of Miss Hibbard's poetry {:
COMPENSATION.
Dark clouds rolled over the sky,
And but star could see;
l cried in my wild espair.
"Let the bright star shine for mep
But the purple clouds rolled on
And hid the star from my sight:
When Iol where the clouds had been
The fair moon shining bright.
buffalo, N. Y: Charles Wells Moult on
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
LIFE OF CYRUS w. FIELD.

1t will profit the boys of to-day, and of
all the days to come, to read and study
the life and work of that typical Ameri-
can, Cyrus w. Field. His greatest work,
the Atlantic cable, has rendered his name
immortal, and, in the volume at hand, his
daughter, Mrs. Isabella Field Judson,
who has written the biography, gives
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clear in the forms of art-and among
those things we safely say are the new
hopes which animate Italy and the old
faith which sustains Catholicism, all of
which are lnseparaoly bound up with
the fortunes and the fate of the Eternal
City--Rome. For sale by Doxey, Palace
Hotel; price 81 SOL JOHN MCNAuGHT.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
THE UTILITY AND BEAUTY OF
DRAWING.

A little pamphlet bearing the above
title has reached this office. 1t is from the
pen of Florence D. Jackson OF Haywards,
Cal. This lady was formerly principal
and instructor at the Woman's Institute
of Technical Design. She has devoted
much time to the study of her subject,
and with good result. judging by the
short essay before us.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14

one of the best accounts in print
of the ways and means whereby
the cable to Europe came to be
her father had in developing the elevated
railroad system in New York City. The
story is repIete with lessons of the reward
of unbendlng perseverance. Among the
letters to Mr.. Field. which the work con-
tains, is the famous one from Hon.
William E. Gladstone on the Civil War
in the United States. New York: Har-
per & Brothers, publishers. For sale by
A NJ Robertson: price 50
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TO A SLEEPER.

Night, and great peace about thy doors,
Night, and great stars above thy head,
Night, and gray mist across thy moors,
Night in my city of the dead.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14

small book containing three stories by
Robert S. Hichens, author of "An 1magin-
alive Man" and 1.-THE Green Carnation."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
OUT OF a SILVER FLUTE.

The appearance of volume OF poems by
Philip Verril Mighels will recall to Pacific
Coast readers memories OF the young au-
thor's gifted father, Harry Mighels, who
for years was engaged in journalism in
California and Nevada, and who in the
meantime produced many verses and
fugitive sketches of more than ordinary
literary merit. The present book is of
interest to Western people from the fact
that many of the themes are drawn from
tie writer's experiences in his early life on
the Pacific Coast. Young Mighels ex-
presses the keynote of his life in the
dedication to Ella" on the first leaf of
his volumes:
My soul through births dpd deaths procesSioned ON
The progress man, dnlbiti01-splTred; but oh
IL glfdes siolttiy since you brought the daaUn
Arld made l0tite-titied aspirations gr0l0i
The book is of four divisions, includins
quatrains sonnets, rondeaux and miscei1
laneous verses There is in most of Mr..
Mighels' productions tinge of mysticism.
but not particle of the So called spirit of
the literature OF decadence. A notable frag-
ment. at least 1t may be part of noble
poem yet to be written, is "The Obelisk in
Central Park" The sonnet, "Stone and
Soul,' written on seeing the picture of
Napoleon before the Sphinx, is another
characteristic utterance of the promising
young author. In lighter vein we have
1.-The Night We Traded Rings" and te
establishes himself as a rival to Eugene
Field in the exquisite little verses, "When'
Baby Smiles" New York: ]. Selwin
TAFT & Sons. For sale by Wilnam Doxey.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14

Kalamazoo, Mich, is famous for celery. See
Thomas Skaters advertisement on page Q.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
THE FOLLY OF EUsTACE.

buffalo, N. Y: Charles Wells Moult or
publisher.
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My soul through births dpd deaths processioned On,
The progress lody, dnlbitior-spurred; but, oh
II gEideS so slUlftty since you brought the datgn
lind made l0lfte-titied aspirations gr0lol
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ruin which followed, he tells US:
Elsewhere, in Paris for instance, new dis
tricts have been erected and embellishments
have been carried out with the capital of the
Countrywide money saved by dint of thrift
But in Rome all were built on the credit svs-
tenn, either by means of bills of exchange at
ninety days, Grand this was chiefly the case
by borrowing money abroad The huge sums
sunk in these enterprises is estimated at a
milliard, four-ffths OF which was French
money. The bankers did everything. The
French ones lent to the Italian bankers at 81
or per cent, and the italian bankers accom-
modated the spectators, the Roman builders,
at 6, and even per cent. And thus the
disaster was great indeed when France learn
ing OF Italy's alliance with Germany with
drew her 800 600, 900 francs in less than two
years.
The Italian banks were Grained of their
specie, and the land and building companies
being likewise compelled to reimburse their
loans, were compelled to apply to the banks of
issue-those privileged to issue notes At the
same time they lnt1midated the Government
threatening to stop all work and throw 40, 600
artisans and laborers starving on the pave
ments of Rome If it did not compel the banks
OF issue to lend them the five or six millions
of paper money which they needed. And this
the Government at last did appalled, bv the
possibility OF universal bankruptcy. Natur-
ally, however, the millions could not be paid
back at maturity, as the newly built houses
found neither purchasers nor tenants and SO
the great lall began, heaping ruin upon ruin
That was how a mere municipal crisis
became IrlSnIIul 0lSaSter-a whole milliard
sunk to no purpose, Rome disfgured Uttered
with the ruins Of the gaping and empty dwell
ings which had been prepared for the five or
six hundred thousand inhabitants for whom
the city yet waits in vain.
That these pictures of the church and of
Italy will be displeasing both to patriots
and to churchmen goes without saving.
They, however, are not the only ones who
will find the work unsatisfactory either as
philosophical study or as a work of art.
While there are many passages in il full of
beauty and while some of the characters
are both noble and gracious, the book as
whole lacks the impress of trulh-even of
that kind of truth which is known as
realism. lola in Rome was clearly out of
his element. His pictures of life there
have none of the vividness which animates
those he has drawn of life in Paris. Even
in that romance of Benedetta and Dario,
which is woven through the work and
which by becoming mixed up with the in
trigues of two powerful cardinals, strug-
Cling for the Papal throne. ends with a
tragedy, hare ly sufices to give dramatic
interest to the book. There are some
things which materialism cannot compre-
hend-some things realism cannot make