The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-17

Sir Herbert Maxwell's ''Life:of King Robert
the Bruce" will be published in America this
month.
Lies Meres," by Alphonse Daudet with IL
Illustrations by Myrbach, will be ready imme-
diately.
Frank R. Stockton is writing series of sto-
ries to illustrate the history of the State of
New Jersey.
The most luxurious English volume of the
season will be a work, dedicated by special
permission to her Majesty Queen Victoria,
dealing with Raphael's designs for tapestries.
In Mrs Annie Fields Authors and Friends
she tells US that Emerson regarded Tennyson
and Carlyle as the two men connected with
literature in England who were most salts
factory to meet and better than their books
His reticence with regard to Carlyle's strong
expressions against America was as well
marked as it was wise.
Herbert S. Stone & Co.. publishers of the
Chap Book, announce that with the issue of
January 10 that periodical will be enlarged to
the size of the English weekly reviews and
will begin at once the publication of literary
criticisms. Poems, essays and stories will con-
tinue as at present and at the same price. 1t
will aim at being a critical journal of the first
rank.
The Lounger exposes the Identity of Henry
Harland, the editor of the Yellow Book, with
that periodicals. amusing yellow Dwarf"
The expose is based entirely on cireums tantial
evidence-a earicature of the yellow Dwarf"
by Max Beerbohm in the latest number of The
Yellow Book, and an amateur photogr aph of
MIR. Harland In the Lounger's possession are
the only clews.
Some one showed his devotion to Thaekeray's
memory on Christmas day by decorating the
authors bust in Westminster Abbey with
bunch of violets, 10 which was tied a card
bearing this inscription: civilian Makepeace
Thackeray, died December "a 1868. Adsum.
And his heart throbbed with an exquisite
Joy" 1t is related in the Newcomes that
"Adsum" was the word by which Colonel
Newcome responded to his Makers call when
he lay dying in the Charter-house. The other
part of the inscription were the last words of
an unfinished manuscript found in the novel
lists bedroom on the morning of his sudden
death.
The January number of the North American
Review contains a paper on the Meaning of
the Votes,'' by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in
which he shows that the Bryan claim that Tree
silver nearly won. and that slight change of
the votes from one State to another would have
made history different by Bryan's election, is q
most absurd one. Poultney Bigelow gives an
article on 1.-THE German Press aud the United
States" E. J. Kelly discusses "Strikes as q
Factor in Progress" and asserts that strikes
mean progress whether successful or not
for they awaken interest in the working
people and their relation 10 civiliza-
ton generally. The brilliant essayist.
Andrew Lang, discusses "Genius in Children"
The Hon. Albion W. Tourgee in "pending Prob
lens" treats of the character of the monetary
questions with which the new administration
will have to deal. "RooI Difficulties of Irish
Government" is paper in which T.W. Russell.
M. p, tells the reasons of the great political
discomfort of the people of Ireland. The actor,
Herbert Beerbohm, writes of "Some Aspects of
the Drama To-day" Captain John Goldman
makes plea for the revival of American ship
ping in the article, "Folly of Differential Du-
ties' and the Hon. Lloyd Bryce writes about
the late election in "a Study of Campaign Au-
dienees." Andrew Carnegie is satirieal in
"Mr. Bryan Conjurer" There are several
short articles "Can We Do Away With Fog?''
.'The Railway Vote" and ''Boss Rule in Old
English Municipalities"