The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

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ward and published by Macmillan, is a transla-
tion of Cournot's Researches Into the Mathe-
matical Principles of the Theory OF Wealth"
originally published in French in 1888.
Estes & Lauriat have just published "The
Heart OF Old Hickory and six other stories of
Tennessee, by Will Allen Dromgoole. 1t is q
collection of six short stories by this gifted
Southern author. The stories written with
great deal OF fidelity and rare pathos and
humor.
The German edition of Edward Bellamy's
Equality" is to be followed shortly by an Ital.
ian edition The publisher of Equality" in
Italy will be Reno Sandron of Palermo. AL
though the book was published only recently,
it is now appearing in tour countries and
three languages.
l. N. Wallis theory OF matchmaking and gold
planting, as set forth in little book called
Alaska. The Land of the Nugget why9' is
well worthy of perusal. He attempts to show
how and why gold deposited in Polar
lands, and the book contains much other in
teresting infor nation. Price so cents.
Late educational publications by Maynard,
Merrill Co, New York, include a
handy little volume consisting of Selections
from L LHommond's Viri Rome and Cornelius
Nepos." At the back of the BOOK will be
| found vocabulary of the difficult Latin
with three well-executed maps. Price 90
cents.
DR.. William de Witt Hyde, President of
Bowdoin College and author of a work en-
titled Outlines of Social Theology" is said to
| have another volume, entitled Practical
| Idealism,' in the hands of the publishers, the
Macmillan Company. The new book presents
| in compact and systematic form recent prac-
| teal Developments in psychology, logic,
| pedagogy. ethics and philology
| The latest London news OF Hall Gaines
| 'Christian" has a very practical bearing upon
| the popular opinion of the book The Eng
| lish publisher, Mr. Heinemann, has sold an
| edition which reached the enormous number
| of $4,000, and is printing another huge
edition spurred on by orders which have ac-
cumulated to the number of several thousand.
| ! here would seem to be no doubt as to the
| popular verdict upon the book.
| There is no more delightful reading than
sprightly conversation, and those VINO admire
| IL will find much to their liking in "Pippins
aud Cheese" the new book of short stories by
Mrs. Ella W. Peattie, which the publishing
house of Way & Williams have Just issued
These stories each built about dinner,
breakfast or luncheon, at which people OF
more or less wit are present. There is in their
conversation much delightful nonsense,
humor and persiflage, not forgetting some
grains of sober thought. The whole book is
not to come under this general characterize
ton, but it is mainly made up of the crisp
speech of witty people
Many will be glad to learn that we are to
have the STORY OF Mr.. Gladstone's Life" from
| Justin Mccarthy. There have been several
Gives of the great statesman issued-the
most ambitious being that of Barnett Smith
but no one is better qualified for such task
than Mr.. Mccarthy. He knows his subject
thoroughly; he has seen much Of the veteran
Liberal leader in Parliament and he can in
vest work of the kind with literary charm
all his own. Much of the matter which will
go to form the new volume has already ap-
peared in an American periodical. The book
will be issued by Messrs. Black of London in
the autumn.
A Complementary issue of the Modern
Readers Bible Series" is announced for pub
lication in December. 1t will consist OF
double number which will contain the whole
of the Psalms, and will also include the Book
of Lamentations. From the hand of the same
editor, in the same series, the publication of
the books of the New Testament is also an.
nounced. The writings of st. Luke and st.
Paul, in two volumes, will form double
mum Der, the contents of which will be The
! Gospel of st. Luke, The Acts of the Apos-
ties and The Pauline Epistles. These latter
will be introd uced at the several points of the
history to which they usually referred
An opportunity will thus be afforded of study
ing, without the interruption of comment or
discussion, the continuous history of the New
Testament church presen ted by itself. This
double number will be issued in February
1898. In March The Gospel, Epistles and
Revelations of st. John will be issued. ST.
Mathew, st. Mark and the General Epistles
are promised COR April. The title OF this last
volume suggests the contents, and 1t will In.
a1Ildn ha mis- 10 tn rhn Hah
There is to be q new edition OF "Modern
Painters,'' published at a much reduced price
George Allen, who is Mr. Ruskin's publisher
is to get it out The present price for the
book, he points out, is f7 for the six volumes,
His new edition viii be in six crown oc tayo
volumes, and will sell for two guineas. New
plates are being made from proof impressions
of the old ones The new plates are by various
processes. In some cases they are Autographs
in others photogravures. After the 'Mod-
ern Painters edition has been completed
a new and cheaper edition of THE Stones of
Venice will be undertaken. Mr.. Allen, in
giving these particulars to the London
Academy, added an interesting bit of info rma.
tion concerning the place where Mr.. Ruskin's
books are published. Every body has believed
that they came from Orpington, in Kent.
Parties of American Travellers" says Mr..
Allen, ''have repeatedly arrived at Orpington
to see what never existed there. Truly, Mr.
Ruskin's books were warehoused at Orping.
ton, and issued from Orpington, but the
beautiful factory you call it, and as others
have imagined it, is superstition. Mr..
Ruskin's books have always been printed and
bound in London"
Among the new books 10 be published by
Little Brown & Co. during the autumn of this
year are the following: Romance and Real.
ity of the Puritan Coast" new illustrated
volume on the favorite "North Shore" of the
Massachusetts coast by Edmund H. Garrett:
a new story (of the present day. by Maud
Wilder Goodwin, author of ''White Aprons"
etc, entitled ''Flint: His Faults, His Friends
ships and His Fortunes; an illustrated edi-
tion of the great success of the year, "Quo
Vadis,' in two volumes, including pictures
by Howard Pyle, Edmund H. Garrett and
Evert Van Muyden, reproductions from an
cient sculptures, and maps and plans, also an
Edition de Luxe limited to $50 numbered
copies; volume of stories for girls by Ger
trude Smith-"Ten Little Comedies: Tales of
the Troubles OF Ten Little Girls whose