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Her father is a cad and her mother a silly
woman but that is really no reason why Be tn
Nth her eyes open should marry such d BIZ lite
as her husband. If women, with the sense 10
know better and without the excuse OF poverty
or love- can make such marriages, they have
really no one but themselves to blame. But
We cannot share the authors opinion that this
fact alone entities them to become the leaders
and teachers of their sex.
The best part of the book is the story Of
Beth's childhood. The latter part, the story
of her wretched marriage and of the disgust
ing behavior of her husband is ordid tale
enough. Beth, finding herself outraged and
neglected, vents her anger on the institution
OF wedlock, and this gives the author an OPP
portunity to express again some of her we'll
known opinions. Boys, we are told, especially
ii sent to public schools, are systematically
trained TO be vicious" and become "famil-
fsrized with the most hoggish habits' The
majority of wives, we are assured, entertain
only ontemptuous liberation for their hus-
pands-stolerat ton OF their past depravity
aud Of their present deceits." Incidentally we
have VIC lent attacks on the Lock Hospital and
1.-The whole horrible apparatus Tor the speca al
degradation of women" and on the practice
OF vivisection, which "good authorities" de-
clare 10 be useless, in which, nevertheless,
scientific men delight" and Which only Gun
sexed women" approve. The book ceases to
be a story and becomes rather reckless
pamphlet dealing with subjects which the
author has evidently neither studied nor
understood.
We cannot help feeling that it is pity that
so much literary talent should be wasted and
so much honest en- thusiasm completely thrown
away. But we shall still hope that this clever
writer will learn to look less bitterly upon the
world she draws ana to substitute for these
lurid sketches of disappointed women and
vicious men a broader and truer picture OF
the happier sides OF English life.
The book is published in this country by D.
Appleton d. Co., New York, and is for sale in
san Francisco by William Doxey, Palace
Intel ,orinn q hn
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THE BETH BOOK, BY SARAH GRAND.

This oddly named book is a singular mix
ture of ability and picturesqueness with er-
rors of judgment and of taste. There is so
much vivacity in the earlier portions, so
much sympathy with the moods OF girlhood
and with the strange, quaint, happy tancies
OF child and so much power OF represen ting
these things with humor, eloquence and feel
ing, that we cannot but wish that the authors
temperament permitted her TO lay aside ner
office of crusader, ana 10 describe with Sc
rener art and larger understanding the more
normal aspects OF the society in which we
live. There are, moreover, so many occasions
on which thu author shows herself alive 10
the finer shades OF feeling, that We cannot but
feel surpris ed at certain indications of vul
garity OF mind which peep out here and there.
We are not here complaining of the subjects
which the writer thinks it her duty to handle,
h1t OF certain touches OF coarseness which
}v.th apparent Inconsistencies she permits
l.r characters to reveal Apart from these
ities, the book is Unfortunately long. ana a
little free cutting ana revision would greatly
have improved it as a work OF art
The story is mparatively simple Beth is
q woman OF a strongly emotional character
which is not quite the same thing as genius
who, badly brought UP and miserably mar
ried, takes up arms on behalf of women and
their trials, and comes out as a speak er on
these subjects in the world. We are intro
duced to her family before she is born, and
follow her career in detail from her birth.
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introduces i've modern French experts in lit
erary critieism-Edmond scherer, Ximenes
Doudan, Saint-Marc Girardin, Gustave blanche
ana Ernest Bersot. The life, character and
personality of each is briefly sketched, fol-
lowed by typical extracts from his published
reviews and opinions
we have received from Messrs. George SpauI-
ding & Co., Ala Clay street city, d copy of
part OF Fifty Years of Masonry in Cali.
lornla'" which this firm is bringing out in
monthly installments. We have taken occa-
sion to speak before OF the care which has
been exercised in all matters of Typographical
detail and the part before us is no exception
TO the rule established in previous issues.
The halt-tone illustrations are exceptionally
beautiful A steel engraving of Past Grand
Commander Frank W. Sumner forms the 'front.'
ispieCe of the number before u.s.
The New Letters OF Napoleon I, to be pub
hshed shortly by D. Appleton & Co., will be
awaited with much interest. An English
critic remarks that 'the most authentic like.
ness is that drawn by Napoleon's own hand,
and the new letters manifest the great
man in his smallest and most secret moods
Napoleon here conffdes his DESIRES hopes.
1ears, thoughts, methods system, in such wise
as no psychological historian could rival"
Another critic says that ''for brutality and
responsiveness these letters cannot be
matched in the literature OF the world" The
New Letters, now published for the first time
were omitted from the collection issued under
the auspices OF Napoleon III.
The London Spectator is somewhat pessi-
mistic as to authorship and publishing now
adays," asserting that cit is becoming princi
pally trade in names" 1t says:
ANY of the dozen well-established uovelists
can sell his work years before line of it is
written. lie contracts to at
date so many thousand words at so much per
thousand Nothing is specified as TO the quail
ity of the article; there must be merely so
many thousand words, which can be sold to
the world as authentic John Smith or Mary
Brown. Magazines are valued not by the
number of good articles which they contain,
but by the parade OF familiar names on the
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title-page; and consequently they lose all per.
sonality in themselves; they command
neither fidelity nor attachment.
The object OF every author is to secure fol-
lowing Tor himself, which he can practically
transfer with him from one publication and
one publisher TO another, for the constancy of
the public bestows itself on men now, not on
periodicals; the individual wakes and the
magazine is less and less. There is no reason uu-
der the new conditions why an author should
have any more feeling for the periodical in
which his work appears lhan Sheffield manu-
tacturer would feel for the for tunes of some
cutler in Bond street. So long as there are
cutters enough to sell his wa Is and purchas-
ers ready to buy them who cares for the mid
dleman?
good many p@ans have been sung over the
increased dignity (and profits) which accrue
to authorship from this direct relation be-
tween author aud public. We are old-fash-
Toned enough to doubt if the change is
wholly for the better, ana we are by no means
convinced that authors ar better off than
they were. No man has ever earned so much
by literature as Scot: did, and few minor
poets are even SO moderately for.unate as
Hogg, who made $3.50 by his first volume Of
verse-a sum which certainly did not come up
to his expectations.
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sufficient outlet for his superintendent energy
In performing his share in the management OF
the Idler and To-day, for he is going to start
another new periodical very shortly.
Bohn's famous libraries have just celebrated
their jubilee, for the series began IN 1S47. 1t
is thirty-three years since they passed into the
hands of Messrs. George Bell & Sons, who have
constantly added new books and recast the
formal of the original series. The whole set
now numbers no volumes.
A handy little volume has been written by
Robert Luce Boston, Robert and Linn Luce),
entitled Going Abroad - Some Advice,
which will certainly prove 8 valuable aid 10
the traveller visiting Europe for the first time.
Mr.. Luce treats of hotels, railway fares, trains,
fees and hundreds of other little matters
likely 10 give trouble TO the travelling tender
foot. Voluminous guide-books have been
written on the same subject, but Mr.. Luce's
work is in every respect good and is han
der in size.
All hat Shakespeare has to say shout love
and lovers has been sought out and arranged
by Ckloe Brakeman Jones for A. c. McCIurg &
Co., under the title OF The Lovers Shakes
peare." "a Group of French Critics. by
Mary Fisher, TO be issued by the same house,
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AN OLD, OLD STORY.

THE STORY OF AN UNTOLD LOVE By
Pau Leicester Ford. Boston: Houghton.
Mfflin d Co For sale by William Doxey.
Price ST. rs.
This is not as sad a romance as the title
would imply. 1t Simply means that the
mans love is told for him by means OF a diary
which he kept and which fell while he was i'll
into the hands OF the woman he loved.
The story is quaint in its conception and is
most prettily told, although the style of mar
rative makes one occasionally muddled up as
regards the characters The sensational
features by which so many latter day
novels are married are not in evidence in
The Story of an Untold Love-" 1t is tender
and wholesome, and its author is to be con-
graduated on having created little MASTER
piece. The book is beautifully printed and
tastefully bound.
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WHAT WE SEEK.

HAPPINESS as FOUND IN FoRETHoUGHT
MINUS FEARTHOUGHT By Horace
Fletcher. Chicago: Hen bert y stone & Co. For
sale by William Doxey. Price 81
This book is founded on the argument that
happiness is the normal condition of men and
women in civilized life. The author is man
OF vast experience, and has had countless OPP
portun1tles for observation, from which he
draws his deductions relative TO profitable
living. His aim is to make the unhappy man
happy, the happy man even happier. In this
book OF his be suggests many radical changes
OF attitude toward the problems of lie tina
will not fail 10 bring more or less strength to
all adopting them. more healthful and
helpful work has seldom appeared, ana the
tasteful style in which it is offered to the put
lie makes it all the more des !rable
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friend OF yours-what is his name ITO do my
thinking Cor me?"
"But don't you feel any curiosity when you
see the advertisements OF a new novel, with a
taking title, say Anthony Hope, or Hall Game,
or H. q. Wells, Or
Certainly. And if do 1 take the opportu-
nifty when 1 am invited out TO dinner OF asking
the girl next me to tell me about the new
novel. Girls can generally give you a good
idea of the last new novel And when she has
told me about it / am extremely ad that |
haven't wasted my time by reading it, | man
age to get pretty good notion of current lit
erature that way. Now and then l read
book-I admit that-but that is Only when
take a girl i'll to dinner who tells me OIL plot
that doesn't bore me to DEATH"
"Then you depend entirely on the most in
competent of critics?'
Tregarthen ate his cold beef in silence for a
few moments.
Girls are not so silly as they look" he said
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A NEW VOLUME OF ESSAYS.

THE PERSONAL EQUATION-By Harry
Thurston Peck. New York: Harper & Broth
ers. For sale by A. NJ. robertson Price 81 so.
One OF the most characteristic features OF
this collection OF essays is the versatility dis
played in the treatment of widely differing
themes. Professor Peck is a polished writer
and discusses with equal faci ity such topics
as the literary work of Mr.. Howells, the pub
lie career of Mr.. Cleveland, American feeling
toward England, the new child and its pic
ture-books, the downward Drift in American
education and the passing of Nordau. There
are twelve essays in the book altogether. That
on Mr.. Howells win be widely read, and the
others cannot but give satisfaction to the in
tel gent reader.
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is soon to be published by the Macmillan
Company. He has not only been an eye-wit-
ness of many of the Parliamentary events
which he describe as q mem Der OF the House
OF Commons for a number of years past but
he has while writing his well-known His
tory OF Our Own Times" given to the period
during which Mr. Gladstone has been so
prominent consideration which is the best
possible preparation for his present work
1t is always difficult in writing biography to
keep before the reader the proper relation of
the subject of the work to his SURROUNDINGS,
so that Mr.. McCarthy's preliminary study of
these years gave him the best posi- BILE prepaTa-
ton for this admirably proportioned biog-
raOhy
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A NEW BIOGRAPHY.

LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN-By Clifton
NJ. Nichols New York; Mast, CroweiI & Kirk.
patrick.
The great interest taken In all things apper-
tanning to Abraham Lincoln mas caused the
market TO be flooded with literary matter con-
corning the man OF whom it is said: Ellis is
the gentlest memory OF our nation" Fore
most among these publications is this new
Life" compiled by Mr.. Nichols. The book
contains some 800 pages most of which are
enlivened by Ealf-iOnes and line cuts of Lin
coin, his associates and places connected with
his life. The anecdotes at the end OF the vol
ume are numerous and authentic and form
interesting reading OF themselves.
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with US for many generations, and the French
SOUND Is still more often heard than the Eng
ish.
Inc Americans are much more sensible in
the matter They say route in the same way
as rout; they pronounce bureau with the ac-
cent on the first sylla BILE. To great extent
they pronounce restaurant ana envelope us
though they were English words,
Except in some of the frst-cass restau-
rants. too, and in those run by foreigners, you
generally get your bill of fare written in plain
English, so that you have always pretty fair
ldea OF what you are ordering, and it must be
said you enjoy your oysters, your thick mock
turtle, your partridge on toast quite as much
as you would enjoy huitres, fausse tortue lice
perdreau sur croustade, etc
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TAKEN FROM LIFE.

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR-By Job,
Uri Lloyd. Boston; Richard G. Badger q CO.
Price 81.
sad story delicately told There are only
two characters in it. These two are travelling
westward in Pullman, the man in search of
pleasure. the girl in search of health A
friendship is beginning to spring up between
the two when the girl dies, after having
caught n glimpse of Mount Tacoms, at the foot
OF which she was born. The romance. which
is taken from real life, is full of suggestion.
and one regrets that the ending could not
have been happier The book is beautifully
printed, charmingly bound, and well worth
the money asked for 1t.
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OF JHE FRENCH FRENCHY.
Such Is the Statue to Guy de Naupassant in Paris

To the memory of Guy de Maupassant there
erected in the Pare Monceau Paris which is
thoroughly French and Tin de steele On high pedestal
oil the author and at the base of the pedestal marble
representation OF woman of modern Paris recnes
uch resting her head hand looking In
left hand book which she evidently
and, presumably, 1T is book by De Maupassant. She
mourning for the author have been de-
signed by WORTH and her shoes evidently designs
by "sweest" Partisan bootmaker
Raou Merle the sculptor and Henri Degane arch
ect of the monument The figure of the OF
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MAY SELL ON us NAME.

LET Us FOLLOW HiM-By Sienklewicz New
York: r. r. Fenno Il Co PRICE, 81 %.
To those who have mastered il Sienkiew1cz's
name and the fact that he wrote Quo Vadis'
Will help the sale OF this collection OF six short
stories and sketches, although only two OF
them are worth reading, and neither of these
worth remembering LET Us Follow Him.
the initial story, deals with a Roman couple
and the crucifxion, and is neither original in
conception nor powerful in execution; Light
IN Darkness" Is mys tical sketch that might
have been written by a novice. The tales may
be better in the original.
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MAGIC MADE EASY,

HERMANN THE MAGICIAN Bv TT 7
Burlingame. Chicago; Laird & Lee Price 81
Hermann, the Wizard of the Nineteenth
Century. is not likely to be forgotten by the
thousands of people who witnessed his re-
markable tricks in this city. In this book
just issued, many of these wonderful doinps
are explained, and others are described thai
can be performed in parlor with very little
practice. The information given is valuable
20 amateurs, and will undoubtedly afford
amusement TO many interested in modern
magic.
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great singer in London. OF course a rich
young man falls desperately in love with her,
out it takes some time before he finally wins
her. OF the two stories the former is I'M
doubtedly the better. "Mifanwy" contains
much in the Welsh dialect that is fncompre-
hensible to English speak ers, and for this rea-
son IT is not likely to prove favorite with the
majority of readers.
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Paris who below De Maupassant excellent
Its execution The details of the dress thoroughly
ried that would almost ring
bell and order tea The face society
who that Dc Maupassant dead because will not
be able in that condition any books while
her leisure hours The of poet
excellent keness the effect of the 'out the
mo is bizarre
erected at the of admrer
Of De Maupassan stipulated that figure herself
should also grace the monument. Hence fashonaby
attred female al of the pedestal.
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A SCIENTIFIC LOVE STORY.

THE NEW MAN-By Ellis p Oberholfze-. Pbua.
delphia- The Levytype Company. Pri e. 81
This move has been written in contraven-
ton OF the New Woman" The treatment is
altogether unique, and man, as opposed 10
woman, is defended by the author, sometimes
seriously and again plainly in a spirit of
humor and raillery. Social and political con-
ditions are handled without much reserve
and as the locale of the story changes from
Germany to this country, the contrast of these
conditions is brought out in a manner to
afford food for thought as well as entertain
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INTERESTING AND AMUSING.

THE DISTRICT SCHOOL AS 1T wAs-Bv
Warren + Burton. edited bY Clifton Johnson
BOs,on Lee IL hepard For sale by Whitaker
d Ray Company, san Francisco. Price 81 rs.
This is a bright and vivid desert ption of one
of the early institutions of New England, and
is full OF much matter both instructive and
entertaining. In it are described the text
books from which our forefathers gathered
their early education. The volume is well
bound and is a marvel of fine prin ting.
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took it there. But Burlington House declined
to receive IL and wrote on the envelope, mot
known at the r. A" 1t finally reached its
destination, and its vicissitudes so amused
the famous and eccentric painter that he sent
the envelope to the Daily Mail, in whose col
umns it was reproduced. with this note: "SIR:
In these days ot doubtful representations it is
my rare good fortune to be BILE to send you
an unsolicited, official and final certificate of
character. And I am. sir, your obedient ser
want, J. Mcneil Whistler"
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DRYER THAN DUST.

B&kBARA BLOMBEKG-By George Ebers New
York: D. App.eton d Co. For sale by W.
Doxeys Palace Hotel.
Mr.. Ebers, the Psychologist, is an elderly
German gentleman of unques tionable morals
VINO is given to writing lengthy novels IL is
possible that his severe early training may
enable him to remember his own plots, but
the majority oil people get hopelessly LOST
while perusing his stories and finally wonder
what the author is driving at The days oil
the much-involved novel are numbered. tor
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GIRLS AS CRITICS.

Asupposititious conversation in the Lon.
don Academy between a journalist and his
solicitor gives an amusing picture of the man.
ner in which some people, not literary, re-
gard books and bookmen. The dialogue runs
as follows:
Literary men," said Tregarthen n, 'have
curiously exaggerated opinion OF their impor-
lance. Do you suppose that l don't think for
myself? Because l do. pretty continually
And why should / pay six shillings to this
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STUDIES IN CHARACTER.

EAT NOT THY HEARTILY julien Gordon.
Chicago: Herbert -. Stone IL co. For sale by
William DOxey. Price S. %.
Admirers of Julien Gordon's clever writings
will apprec late ;his last book. II Is full OF in
cident and interesting situations and the
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ONE ON WHISTLER.

Mr. Whistler has been snubbed by the ROYAL
Academy A few days ago some one in Italy
sent to the artist a business circular, address
ing it 10 him at "The Academy. England"
The postoffice people added to the address the
words burlington House." and the postman
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USEFUL INFORMATION.

THE STORY OF GERM LIFE BY H. w. Conn
New York: ID. Appleton & co. For sale Nv
william Doxey. Price 40 cents
Every body is more or less interested in
germs nowadays, yet few people know much
about them. This little book, compiled bv n
professor of biology, and full of illustrations
will enable the reader to obtain a fair insight
into an lnexhaustible su beet.
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FOR HOME READING.

CURIOUS HOMES AND THEIR TENANTS
BY Carter Beard. New York: d. Appleton q
Co. For sale by William Doxey Price SIS
cents
This is a book devoted to a study of the
home life and traits of lower animals and is of
interest to both students and children. 1t is
q volume which should be perused by every
one on account of the information it con.
tains A number OF well-executed engravings
lend beauty to a clear letterpress
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POEIRY OF DAILY LIFE.

DREAMS IN HOMESPUN - By Sam Walter
ross Boston: Lee Il Shepard. For sale by
Whitaker & Ray Company, san Francisco
Price 81 So
Mr.. Foss is well known throughout this coun-
try as writer OF healthy verse He treats
POLITICALLY the little incidents in the lives of
average men, and for this reason his circle of
friends is a large one. The present book is in
no way inferior to his previous WORKS.
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TWO BRITISH YARNS.

HIS MAJESTN'S GREATEST SUBJECT-By
). 5 1hurburn. and ''Mifanwy,'' by Allen
Raine. New York: D. Appleton & Co. For
sale by W. Doxey, Palace Hotel. Price 80 cents
each.
Fair stories, these; the one of the stirring
kind, the other of the domestic order. The
former is written by man in the civil SER
vice, India, with which country it deals. 1t is
full of incident and graphic description. The
latter treats OF a Welsh girl who becomes a
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s ~. 80
3OURXNI.o; 3:Ti'EyB'o::'505' X

Mr.. Bellamy's Equality" is likely to be
read in greater number of languages than
any recent American book. One of the latest
propositions received by the publishers is for
a translation into Bulgarian.
Apparently Jerome h. Jerome does not find