The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15

1ect, although 1t Is rich IN h1stOrlcal ana
anecdotal lore. The Peterson Magazine
will publish subsequent articles on the
navy and its heroes making the record
complete and copiously illustrating the
text.
The current number of the Fly Leaf is
the ightest and gayest number yet issued
of that dainty little bibelot of literature.
The contents include a postscript poem on
the Fly Leaf itself by Waitman Barbe;
to the famous Poor Richard" in new
vein of humor, by Walter Blackburn
Harte; Eugene R. White, one of the
youngest poets who are piping up in the
newspaper world and promise to do big
things in literature proper, contributes
some verses, Reward; Herbert A. Cox
has strong story, Life and Death; "a
Fantasie OF Dreams" poem by John
Northern Hilllard, and "a Proposal for
Literary Censorship" by Jonathan Penn.
The Bubble and Squeak" department is
filed with gingery and whimsical COM
mentary on current topics.
The recent selection of Anatole France
to fill the place in the French Academy
left vacant by Ferdinand de Lesseps lends
q new interest to Lafcadio Hearn's char
acterization. 1.-THE author of lie Crime
de Sylvestre Bonnard, ," wrote Mr.. Hearn,
in his Introductory note to the translation
of the work in question, which the Har-
pers published in 1890, sis not classifable,
although it would be difficult to name
any other modern French writer by whom
the finer emotions have been touched with
equal delicacy and sympathetic exquis-
iteness."
Professor Saintsbury in his new book
places Byron in the list of second-rate
poets, ana not even first among the second
raters. Saintsbury may be counted on to
glorify Alfred Austin as darling poet OF
the number one Saints bury variety.
Messrs. Frederick Warne d Co., New
York, will issue Immediately "Sport in
Ashanti; or, Melinda, the Caboceer," tale
of the Gold Coast in the days of King
Coffee Kalcalli. by J A. Skertchly. Also,
1.-The Carbuncle Clue" mystery, by
Fergus Hume, author of V"The Mystery of
Hanson Cab" 1.-The Shuttle of Fate"
a powerful story of the, Lancashire cotton
mills, by Miss c. Whitehead. with illustra-
tions by Lancelot Speed; and ''By Tangled
Paths;, Stray Leaves from Natures By
nature, animate and inanImate, for lovers
of the woods and waysides, by II. Mead
Briggs, arranged so as to cover the months
of the year.
"The Second Opportunity of Mr.. Staple
hurst" novel, by w. Petit Ridge, author
of the novel entitled IA Clever Wife,
which has recently appeared, is to be
iSSueu tHIS moDtu ny hdTpe nc Aoy-
note of 1.-The Second Opportunity" is the
popular aspiration, IF I only had my
time to live over again!" Mr.. Staplehurst,
by a whimsical chance, has his opportu-
nifty; but he finds himself handicapped by
the accumulated experience of his former
years. Experience is supposed to be
valuable, because q hard-earned, possess
sion, but Mr.. Staplehurst would have been
much better off without 1t, and he who
raadS NOV 1oarp univ
1.-The Evolution of Woman" shown in
series of forty-four drawings by. Harry
Whitney Nc Vicar, is q new book from
Harpers. The pictures themselves tell the
story; but. lest there should be doubt as
to their full significance, discreet amount
of letter-press has been added. From the
earliest times, through the Dark and
Middle Ages, the progress OF the sex IS
traced; and toward the end it is intimated
that the bicycle may carry this 'evolu-
tion' forward more rapidly still, and to
unforeseen conclusions. Some of the
drawings are broadly humorous, others
captivatingly pretty.
During this month Harper q Brothers
will publish the following books:
dealing with types of suburban residents
(author's name withheld); Venezuela, A
Land Where It's Always Summer" by
William Eleroy Curtis Tommy Toddles,"
the amusing travels of little boy, de-
scribed by Albert Lee and depicted by
Peter S. Newell; "The Hand of Ethel
berta" (new edition), by Thomas Hardy.
Farces," by John Kendrick Bangs.
R. d. Blackmore's forthcoming volume
of short stories will be issued in London
this month under the general title of
sTales from the Telling House" 1t con-
sists of four stories-"Slain by the Doones;
Romance of Exmoor,' "Frida. or the
Lovers Leap :, George Bowring' and
called "Dariel; Romance of Surrey"
which is to appear serially shortly in
Blackwood. The publishers of the latter
monthly have recently issued a popular
edition of Mr.. Blackmore's maid of Sker,"
story, by the way, which some readers
consider, almost equal to his Lorna
Doone."
Messrs. Appleton announce for the future
two fresh novels by new American authors,
'.Green Gates" q story of New York and
of Long Island country-house life, by
Katherine McCheever Meredith; and tSir
Mark" tale of the first capital, by Anna
Robson Brown.
M. Henri Rochefort is preparing special
edition of his Adventures for publica-
ton in English, and has arranged for their
Arnold. The English work will be kept
within the compass of two octave volumes
and WILL be carefully revised by NJ. Roche
fort himself with view to including only
matters of genuine interest to the Eng
lish-speaking public.
The latest addition to the Temple edi-
tion of Shakespeare-one OF the most ad-
mirable of the many editions of the famous
dramatlst-are "Coriolanus" and "Troilus
and Cressida." Each volume is embel-
lished with IN appropriate photo-engrav-
ing and contains full GLOSSARY. Macmil-,
Ian & Co. are the New York publishers,
and the volumes are for sale in this City
by William Doxey. Price As cents EACH