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HOYT'S QUOTATION 5.

A CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTA
T1ONS-By ]. K Hoyt New York: TIE Funk
q Wagnals Company. For sale at all bookstores.
Prices: Buckram Sc, law sheep $S, half morocco
$40, full morocco SIP.
The merest glance directed al this the latest
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the Funk d Wagnalls Company will show the
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Perhaps the most striking characteristic of
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ton. Alter the name of each author in the
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MYSTERY AND CRIME.

HIS FOSTER SISTER-Bv Albert Ross. G. W.
Dillingham; & Co., New York Paper so cents
For sale by The San Francisco News Company,
Post street. City.
This is q story of murder, and the mystery
of the perpetrators of it is so cleverly con-
cealed as to keep the reader curious and
guessing till the last chapter in the book. For
those who like tales of horror and the mental
exercise OF trying to unravel mystery that
battles the shrewdest of detectives this tale
Will be very interesting. 1t is very disagree
abe story, though, to those who do not like
that style of fiction. The horrible tale starts
thus: "There was great deal more blood
about the room than any one would have ex-
pected. Not to speak of the pools on the car
pet and the quantity that soaked through the
clothing, more than a score of spots could be
counted on the wallpaper, half as many on
the pictures and several on the furniture"
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FROM A NoN.PARTIsAN VIEW.

NATIONAL AND MUNICIPAL QUESTIONS
By o. A. Myers o. a. Myers Los Angeles, Cal.
Paper, so cents.
The main pur pose of this little volume is to
try to convince the people from non-parti-
san standpoint; that if any true benefits are
to be derived from protective tariff laws it is
equally necessary to have stringent immigra-
tion laws. In addition to his arguments on he
subject of tariff and immigration laws the
writer has some lengthy ones in favor of Gov.
ernment banking and Government ownership
OF railways and telegraph lines. He holds that
in times of loss OF confidence financial panic
and consequent hardship are caused by people
Withdrawing their money from the banks, but
If their money had been deposited with Gov
ernment bank they would not have lost con.
fidence and prosperity would not have been
interruDted
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CUBA LIBRE

DON BALASCO OF KEY wEST-By Archi-
bald Clavering Gunter. New York: The Home
Publishing Company. Paper, 90 cents For sale
by the San Francisco News Company, Post
street
The great interest which is now centered on
Cuba because of the fight for liberty which lis
being made there will make this timely
book, for 1t is q story of adventurous incidents
connected with the struggle. Don Estrabon
Balasco is one of the most outspoken OF the Gu
ban sympathizers in the nest of Cuban patriots
on the Florida coast The tale is of filibustering
expeditions, well mixed with happy love
affairs. One of the best samples of the authors
entertaining style is in the playful chapter
headed. al demand long dresses" The story
ends with the prediction by one of the hot
headed young Cuban sympathizers that some
day the people will take the bit in their teeth
and American diplomacy Will 60 kiting.
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BRIEF AND BRIGHT.

URBAN DIALOGUES-By Louis Evan Shipman,
Stone Shipma an. New York. Price 81 26.
For sale by William Doxey. Palace Hotel
These brief accounts Of the talks and doiugs
of a thoroughly good-hearted as well as clever
young society man in New York are very en-
tertaining, whether read singly ss complete
short sketches or straight through the book as
a continued story. One of The best is "An In
ternational Complication" wherein the young
New Yorker by combination of brilliant tact,
daring and whole-souled sympathetic inter-
est, saves young woman friend from false
step that might have wrecked the happiness
of two lives. Another good one is where Jack
Oliver goes to old doctor for medical ad-
vice about a heart trouble. The heart trouble
is Jacks love for the doctors daughter, but he
keeps this carefully concealed un til the doctor
gives him the sort of encouraging advice for
w hich he hoped.
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FROM THE FRENCH.

NINE. TELLIER'S GIRLS-By Guy de Mau-
passant- &. w. Dillingham; & Co., New York.
Paper so cents
Guy de Maupassant is considered one of the
most artistic of short-story writers, and this
book contains translation of three tales that
selected as fine examples of his skill. His
translator and critics say: ''To the little group
of English writers who regard art as an essen
tial element of modern fiction Guy de Mau-
passant is. without doubt. If not the faultless
artist at least the artistic master"
The Subjects introduced are unconventional,
according to English code. and perhaps only
to one who is master of fiction could such
license be allowed as Maupassant takes. The
risque features of his work must be redeemed
by exceeding cleverness or they could not be
tolerated.
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PICTURES THAT IMPRESS THE
MEMORY.

TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIvILIANS-By
Ambrose BIerce. American Publishing Cor
poration, New York.
This is new edition of book which on its
previous issue met with deserved need of
praise. The first story in the collection,
which tells of the sentinel who, from a sense
of duty, sends fatal bullet into the horse
upon which the sentinels father is sitting at
the top of steep cliff, and describes how horse
and horseman fell from that great height as
though some spirit were flying from the sky,
is a piece of picturesque rd-painting
finely done. The authors descriptions IN AXE
vivid impression on the memory, and in
such pictures as that of the hero oD the white
horse, who volunteered to gallop into self
sacrifice in ordsr that the fire of the enemy
drawn upon himself might disclose their po-
sition, will return many times 10 the minds
eye of the reader more like to the recollection
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The Growth of the Critic.

he painted first picture, but he made a
wretched daub oft,
And long he sought for further iobs-but got
no other job oft.
And then the man he tried to sing, but made.a
noisy screech of it;
And every one who heard his voice ran off be-
yond the reach oft
And then he played the violin, but made such
wretched mess oft
That all who heard his music wished sincerely
there was less oft
And then he wrote novel next, but made
such fearful bore of it
That ali who read t o chapter two de clared thew
wished no more of it.
And now when he had tired of life, because of
the distress OF it,
He was ash hired as aeritic' and made great sue
And he told the gifted painter that his picture
had no life in it,
And with ugly-looking stab he thrust his
critic knife in it.
He showed the great musician how his music
had no soul in 1t;
Anu ne toIo the mighty poet that his meter
had no roll in it.
And he told the heavenly singer that his voice
had no uplift in it:
And he told the novel writer that his novel
had no gift in it.
w.
All bowed before the critic, and they trembled
at the nod OF him,
And knelt to his almightiness, and made lit
tie god of him.
'Twinkles"
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CHARMING CANNES.

BOSS AND OTHER DOGS-By Marie Louise
Peel. Stone & Kimball, New York. Price
81 20. For sale by William Doxey, Palace
Ho:el, City.
Nearly all of US at some time or other have
had dear friend in q DOG, the memory OF
which will make us feel a sympathy with the
affection for interesting CANNES shown by the
author of these little stories. Boss was a noble
friend TO the poor old woman who owned him,
and the last act of his life was a heroic effort
TO save her from danger. The story concern
ing the Scotch collie Laddie is told in such q
way as to make Us understand how natural 1t
was for his mistress to value him so highly
and pay the bills incurred by his propensity
for playing havoc with poultry
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ABOUT REFORMATORIES.

JUVENILE OFFENDERS BY w. Douglas,
Morrison. d. Appleton q Co., New York Price
81 30. For sale by William Doxey, Palace 40
tel, City.
This book is the third of criminoloev
series edited by Mr.. Morrison, and is written
by man who has had a great deal of ex.
perience with youthful offenders. He deals
with the extent, character and causes OF
juvenile crime, and points out the best mt eth
DDS of reclaiming the offenders. He lays con-
siderable stress on the amount and rapid In.
crease OF habitual crime and says that nearly
all of these habitual criminals became so in
their youth. He thinks that the efforts of
Christian charity, which in the past have
been mainly directed to the alleviati ton of in
dividual miseries. should in the future aim
more at the removal of the causes that pro-
duced these miseries
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Matilda Ann.


knew q charming little girl,
Who'd say, "Oh, see that. .fowerV'
Whenever in the garden
Or woods she spent an hour.
And sometimes she would listen
And say, "Oh, hear that birdW
Whenever in the forest
Its clear, sweet note she heard.
But then knew another
Much wiser, don't you thinkf-
Who never called the bird bird"
But said, "the bobolink,"
Or "oriole," or "robin,"
Or "wren," as 1t might be;
She called them all by their first name,
So in innate was she.
And in the woods or garden
She never picked "a fower,'
But ''anemones, "hepaticas,"
Or "crocus' by the hour.
Both little girls loved birds and flowers,
But one love was the best;
l need not point the moral;
I'm sure you see the rest
For wouldn't not be very queer,
II when, perhaps you came,
Your parents had not thought worth while
To give you any name?
think you would be quite upset.
And feel your brain a-whirl,
II you were not Matilda Ann"
But just "a little girl"
ALICE w. ROLLINS in the Independent.
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CONQUEST EY A COUNTRY GIRL

MISS AYR OF VIRGINIA, AND OTHER
SIOR Iks-By Julia Magruder. Hertert s.
Stone & Co, Chicago. Price 81 25.
Those who have read "The Violet' and "Tbe
Princess Sonia" Will be glad that there are
now some more pretty stories from the same
pen to be entertained with. miss Ayr of Vir-
ginia" is charming country girl who
visits her stylish cousins in New York
and is mildly snubbed by them because
of her ignorance of polite conventionalities
current in the big city. The Virginia girl is
pretty and clever, and rapidly gains admira-
tion from the men. and then the stylish cou-
sins as rapidly change their tone. Miss Ayr
attracts chivalrous attention 10 herself with
as little volition and consciousness as mag
net" She quickly learns to change her country
dresses for tasty city costumes, and then her
conquest is complete. She gets q proposal
from a millionaire, but refuses because she
loves plain Virginia farmer.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07
SOCIETY BLUEBOOK.

OUR SOCIETY BLUEBoOK. Published by
Charles e. Hoag. For sale by Hartwell, Mitchell
& Willis, Post street, CitY price So.
The 1SS6-97 edition OF this work has Just
been published, AMI is fully equal to former
issues. In one or two res poets 1t is not quite
up TO date-for instance in the division head
ed Personnel OF the Press" which Is incom-
plete and in moro than one respect positively
erroneous. This will doubtless be remedied
by the publisher in future editions. Typo
graphically the "Bluebook'' is a work of art.
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LOVE FOR AN ACROBAT.

MADEMOIsELLE BLANCHE-By John d.
Barry. Stone & Klmball, New York. Price
81 so. For sale by William Doxey, Palace Ho-
tel, City.
Madamoiselle Blanche was q beautiful girl
who has inherited wonderful gymnas tic talent
from her father. While performing in Paris
a fascinating and daring feat of leaping back
ward through distance of hundreds OF feet
she attracted the attention of Partisan bach
elor, Jules LIE Baron, who took a special de-
light in such feats OF skill, grace and courage.
THIS performance so far surpassed anything
he had seen before and the beauty of the girl
was SO rare that he planned to get acquainted
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MISMAIED.

MCLEOD OF THE CAMERoNS - By M.
Hamilton. D. Appleton Co, New York.
Paper SO cents. For sale by William Doxey,
Palace Hotel City.
Christina, the heroine of this story, is in
love with Mcleod, who is a thorough gentle
man. She has married by mistake man she
supposed was gentleman, but who she finds
out when too late has not the polish and the
manners 10 make suitable companion for
her. Her husband is very kind-hearted and
good, however. Christina has little wonder
to herself if she would have preferred her
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husband to be thoroughly wicked and a gen.
tlemal, or as he was-quite particularly kind,
worthy, and coniented with himself Was
she to make the rest of her life purely a sacri-
flee TO him? Was she to try and amalgamate
herself with him and his friends so that in
time she too. perhaps, might learn to drop
her his, smack her lips when eating and be
content with her lot in life? She winds up by
deciding to virtuously make the sacrifice
The subject was not a very happy choice to
La Of
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with her. He found her so superior to other
women of her class that love rapidly followed
admiration and marriage love. The reader ia
made to feel that there can be sentiment of the
finer kind among that class OF people who are
supposed to be inter esting only 70 the excel.
lence OF their muscles.
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My Mothers PRAYER.

My mothers prayer, whene'er at even
She lit or quenched household light
Grant US, Lord, the light of Heaven,
And guard US through the night"
The prayer my mother used to pray
breathe it from q tired, faint heart,
For one light quenched upon my way,
OF my Joy chiefest part.
o God, in loneliness and fear
Remembered-other time forgoti
o heaven, a vision sweet end dear,
When earth delighteth notl
Lord, let me, for my truth forgiven,
And for thy mercy's sake prevailed.
Pray-ere i see the light OF Heaven,
Relight the light that failed
kATHRINE E. CONWAY in Donahoe's.
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Its sibylline pages
A secret enclose
The flower of the ages,
rose, red rose.
That sea OF the dead
Is my soul; and the book
Is my heart; and the red
Rose, the love you forsook.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE. in February Lippincotts.
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"Husb, my boy" replied his father with the
shiver of the fnancier, ''you'Il frighten Wall
street"
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LITERARY NOTES.

Queen Victoris's book will be published In
America by the Century Company. There
will be 100 copies on Japanese paper at $50
and 600 on fine paper at $15. Both editions
are strictly limited and no more will be
printed.
McClure's Magazine for February CON-
tains sea poem by Rudyard Kipling, illus
trated by Oliver Herford. Since the puplica-
ton of Kipling's new book of poems, "The
Seven Seas" there is a special interest in him
as poet, and particularly as the poet of the
sea.
Mrs. Lanier has prepared a new edition of
her husbands, Sidney Lanier's, sThe English
Novel," and there viii be in it passages not
included in the first issue. The Messrs. scrib-
ner will publish it shortly. The same house
has ready Professor Charles F. Kent's second
volume of the "History of the Hebrew Peo-
ple."
Since retiring in large measure from edi-
torial duties in Atlanta Joel Chandler Harris
has been busily engaged in several literary en-
terprises. Hitherto "Uncle Remus" alone has
been associated with his name, but indications
are that the great fame of his first success
may be shared by his new novel, ''Sister
Jane" Mr.. Harris Juvenile books, it is re-
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! of some fascinating scene he has viewed on
the walls of an art gallery than of the printed
Of q
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1000 pairs ladies' b ack hose will be shown
at the City OF Paris. Three pairs SOC. =
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1t Never Comes Again.

There are gains for all our losses,
There are bslms for all our pain;
But when youth, the dream, departs,
1t takes something from our hearts,
And 1t never comes again.
We are stronger. and are better,
Under mani ood's sterner reign;
Still we feel that some thing sweet
Followed youth, with flying feet,
And will never come again.
Something beautiful is vanished,
And we sigh for it in vain;
We behold it everywhere,
On the earth, and in the air;
But 1t never comes again.
RICHARD HENRY SToDpARp
A Secret.
Sunk deep In sea,
A sea of the dead,
Lies book, that shall be
Never opened or read.
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G. II. Umbsen & Co.. IA Montgomery st.,

in said City and County of San Francisco, ON
Tuesday, the I'd day of september, A. D. 1897 at
II O'Clock noon of that day, to the hiyhest oder
for ca h in lawful mon'y or the United states
and sutj CT to confirmation by said court, ali that
certain 10 , p Gee or parcel of laud situate living
and being in the City and County of san Fran
CISCO, State of California, and bounded and mar
ticularly described as follows TO wit:
Commencing nj a point where III nor. heriy line
of Bush street IL inersected by the eastery line of
Sausome s.ree running thence easterly along tn q
northeriy line of Bush street one hundred and
thrty-seven (lS7) feet and six t6) inches; thence
at right angles nUrtherly and parallel with sam
some street one hundred and thrty-seven (lS7,
fe and six (o) inch s.: thence right al gies
westerly and parable. with Bush street. one hun
crei and thirty-seven Q37) feet and six (6) lnches
and to the ess rly side of Sansome st rect: and
thence souiheriy along the easteriy side Of San-
some stree. one hundred and thrty-seyen II 37l
ieet and six 10y inches 10 the point OF con men -
ment: tog, ther with The Luidlngs and improve
ments thereon.
he purt haser shall take the said lot subject to
the rght OF John K. McCauey and Henry Thor n-
ton Iempleton, their heirs and AS igns to use I he
brick wall along the northery line of said lot he re
Ia described as party walt
Terms and coniitionS of sale-Cash in IawfnI
money OF The United states of America; I N per
cent OF The purchase price o be paid o he ref.
cree OF The day of sale. when the lot is knock ed
Gown To the purchassr. anl the balan e on con-
hrmation ot said sale by said court
Dated san francisco. Csl Juy /, 1897.
GUSTAYE HI. UMBSEN, Referee.
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songs, and the Gilrov Uniformed Band
will discourse popular airs during the
day. C. w. Cobb will bs the orator, and
Miss Marie Clarke will read an origin II
poem by Miss Marcella Fitzgerald. Z. r..
Weaver will read the Declaration OF lnde-
pendence. Miss Fannie Morse will sing a
solo.
The afternoon exercises will com mmence
at O clock, and will consist OF running,
obstacle, bicycle and hose races. luve-
nile hose race promi ,es to be the most
exciting event of the day The Gilroy
Fire Department will close the days fes-
tivities with grand ball.
The celebration is under the auspices OF
the Fire Department and the following
committee of ARRANGEMENTS: ]. +. KIM
ball, Mark Lennon, James McElroy,
James Princevalle, Henry Mayock, n.
Phelps, N. H. Stayton, II. Trautyetter, s.
Fino, o. NJ. Gi es, w. A. Paine, John
Rea and John Fisher. Gilroy will be in
patriotic attire for the holiday.