The San Francisco call., 1901-10-20

comes to New York to seek fame Ia his
profession. The author has drawn upon
his own intimate knowledge Of the literary
and art life of the past thirty-1ve years,
and gives a vivid and attractive impress
zion OF the artistic atmosphere" in which
his characters move and which often
seems full of glamour to the looker-on.
These early chapters are characterized
by rare sense of refined humor, and the
passages Of sentiment and pathos are
handled with a certain vigor and manii-
ness that have already done so much to
establish the authors popularity. Each
installment will have an illustration by
Walter Appleton Clark.
Outing contains entertaining papers for
sportsmen on the ruffed grouse, wood
cock. prairie chicken and wild turkey
snooung and very practical article on
How to Make Duck Decoys and How to
Set Them Out" There is, too, a character
study Of the black bear and a reproduc-
ton In colors of the okapi. the newly dis
covered beast of the African forests. A
paper on THE Making of Strong Man."
with some startling Photographic illustra-
tions. will interest every man who seeks
to improve his physique. ''The Future Of
Golf Championships" apropos Of the Am
ertcan standard Of play Is very timely
discussion just now, on the conclusion Of
the national event. Fox Hunting In Eng
land is written about and most attrac-
lively illustrated, and there Is a Ken
lucky frontier sketch by John Fox Jr The
difference between American and English
university athletics is described by Har-
ward man who spent two years at Oxford
Besides these are other papers of import
ance and interest. among them the story
of British experience in yacht designing
which has evolved the Shamrock.
Mrs. Alec Tweedie's new book. Mexico
as 1 Saw It," is to appear almost imme-
diately. 1t contains over 100 illustrations
taken on the spot, besides water-coior
sketches by the writer Mexico has proved
a splendid field for her PEN She Journey-
ed astrtde with an escort of soldiers To
view some of the ancient temples and 9TH
er out-of-the-way places. Mrs Tweedfe
was present at the latest Aztec excava-
tions, which proved to be the richest finds
ever made in Mexico. and she was the
guest OF President Diaz. of whom she has
much to say. She was also entertained
for week at time by various Cover
nors of States in truly old-world courtIy
style. A special chapter on mining and
trade ard map will add to the interest
of the volume, which is being published by
The Macmillan Company. Many readers
will remember Mrs. Tweedie's other en-
tertaining book. which she called
Through Finland In Carts"
A peculiar interest attaches to the life
of the first martyr President. which has
been prepared by Silas g. Pratt on a novel
plan. The title of his book Is Lincoln in
Story and the book presents a most in
teresting biography. composed Of stories
told by and about Lincoln These stories
are arranged chronologicaIly from child
hood to death and are connected by a lit
TT
life of Lincoln and IL presents in. brief
and popular form the best of the famous
Lincoln stories. so arranged that they
form a complete narrative The interest
of the book for older as well younger
readers is enhanced by many valuable IL
lustrations Lincoln in Story" which is
to be published shortly by d. Appleton &
Co.. seems likely to gain an immediate
popularity with general readers. school
Libraries and reading circles.