The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
Anthony Hope is writing a new story which
is said to have q less fantastic plot than his
recent books. 1t will probably be called Born
in the Purple
The American Publishers Corporation has
issued, from entirely new plates, paper-cov.
cred edition of Jessie FothergiIPs notable book
"The First VIOLIN" said to be the best musi-
cal novel yet published. The book is illus.
trated with a sixteen full-page half-tone en-
cravings.
Captain Mahan's new work ''The Life Of
Nelson" just published by Little, Brown &
Co., has been heartily received in America
and in England, and the first edition of 5000
copies was exhausted before publication. The
author is at present staying In Boston, being
engaged in delivering series of lectures
Naval Warfare" IN the Lowell Institute
! course.
Among the forthcoming works to be pub
( lished by Little, Brown & Co. is new histori-
cal romance by George R. R. Rivers, author of
! 1.-THE Governors Garden" entitled Captain
! Shay, Popuist of 1856" The scenes of the
story are chiefly laid in Boston and Peters,
ham, Mass, and the motive is the discomfort
of the farmers and the noted "Snay's Rebel
lion" which arose from it.
! At this time when polar expedition as we'll
as new plans or schemes for reaching the pole
| are subjects of much interest, Herbert D.
| Wards popular story, ga Dash to the Pole"
| issued by the American Publishers Corpor-
alton, will find many more delighted readers.
The book is literally illustrated and has a FULL
page picture of the Aeropole {, irshipl which,
| in the story, reaches its destination.
Literary men and especially journalists will
appreciate the new Year Book WIN Oh the Mac
milan Company announces. We say new,
since it is the first issue in new fora thor
oughly remodeled and a great improvement
upon the earlier editions, although it retains
! its original title, who's Who?' Formerly
! little more than collection of tables OF the
Peerage, with the army, navy and law lists
| and various political tables, 1t is in its en-
larged form biographical dictionary of liv-
| ing celebrities and especially those who are
prominent in literature, arts and sciences OF
! the brief notices the vast ma jority are auto
raphical and the information thus pla ced
so conveniently in the hands of the public
! In "Who's Who?" 1897 is simply invaluable.
A good move is announced by the publishers
of What to Eat, Minneapolis. From and after
July l the magazine will print no advertise
ments of food or drink except such are of ap-
proved merit and value i'll their especial lines.
If any article of food is impure IL will n lot be ad
vertised in this magazine at any price. II any
beverage or preparation, medical or otherwise,
is not what it pretends to be, it will gain adj
mission to the columns of What to Eat. The
publishers are determined to enforce this rule
so vigorously that the appearance of an ad in
| What to Eat will be guarantee of the purity
and merit of the article advertised, and while
it will cost a good deal to enforce this regula-
ton, they believe in the end 1t will pay them,
| as well as benefit the public.
Lieutenant-General John NJ. Schofeld will
contribute to the Century for May chapter
| of secret history entitled 1.-The Withdrawal of
the French from Mexico" 1t was intended by
| the United States Government that General
Schofeld should take charge OF volunteer
troops to drive the French out of Mexico. but
! afterward he was sent confide n tial mis-
sion to Paris to induce Emperor Napoleon 10
order a peaceful withdrawal. General scho-
field will give hitherto unpublished letter
| from General Grant TO General Sherman, then
| in command of the military division of the
| guilt, showing to what extremes the Govern
| ment was willing to go TO accomplish its pur-
pose. In supp ementary article Mr.. Romero.
the Mexican Minister to the United States,
will give his view OF the relation between the
withdrawal of the French and the fall OF the
Second Empire.
peculiarly delightful book of travel and
sightseeing Dccu WIltJcn ny Mt. JUN A.
Logan Jr., whose sin joyful Russia" describes
the splendid ceremonies at the coronation Of
the Gar, and also pictures Russian social life
! in town and country. Mr.. Logan's credentials
gave him special facilities for seeing every
thing best worth seeing. He has not dealt with
questions of politics. He does not
follow other writer's in treating of
resources. topography or educational and
governmental themes. He describe the
of history, and in a frank and entertaining
way he tells his readers of the Russians ana
their homes as they appear under such condi-
| tions. The methods of amusement, and the
characteristics of life in Moscow and in the
country, are set forth with freshness and
vividness which impart to his work peculiar
| charm. The book contains fifty illustra tons,
including some in colors. These pictures
cover wide range of subjects, and they will
prove a valuable addition to the book which
will be published Immediately by D. Appleton
g. Co.
"Piasmocytes" is the title Of the last book
issued by the Academy of Sciences. OF course,
the average person does not know what plas-
mocy tie il, SO it will be necessary to state that
| the work is by Dr. Eisen and that it is an ex-
haustive explanation of his great discovery in
regard to the independence of centrosome in
animal cells.
An account OF this great discovery was pup.
lished exclusively in THE CALL about year
ago. but, of course, the limited space that
could be given to it permitted only of gem
! eral outline The book just issued is most ex-
| haustive and con tains two page Autographs
from DR.. Eisen's original water-color draw
| ing. This work was done in Frankfort-on.
Main and Is of the highest order.
Since DR.. Eisen made his discovery in regard
to the independence of the centrosome his
subsequent inves lgations have only strength.
J ened his theory so that the discovery must be
regarded as the greatest biological work of the
century.
Messrs. Frederick Warne & Co.. New York,
have commenced the publication of an en-
| tirely new work on flowers called "Favorite
/ Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse" edited by
Edward Step, ELS. (author of "Wayside and
Woodland Blossoms'): the cultural directions
! edited by William Watson, FRH.S., assist
ant curator, Royal Gardens, Kew. The COM
| plete work will be issued in four volumes-of
which volume will be ready Immediately
aud the entire work will be illustrated with
| upward of 316 colored plates printed in the
/ finest style OF workmanship, from designs
! drawn and colored with minute care from
| living plants, showing their natural size; de-
/ tails of seed, Seeding, root. leaf, blossom and
section, being often included. The .etterpress
| of the complete work Will consist of about
| 700 pages of descriptive matter, indexes, etc.
This high-class work will be completed in four
| volumes, and will cover almost entirely new
| ground. The text has been written primarily