The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-25

hours a day away above the snow line
trying to pick a route. l think 1 have
found one We're going to try it. any
way. I've built about two miles OF
trail and monumented the rest. II we
get through. Mrs. w. will be the nrse
woman to accomplish such feat, and
we shall name the pass Elizabeth
Pass after her"
The startling incidents which Robert
w. Chambers has used to such good
and effective purpose in his book In
Search of the Unknown" are rlValed
by actual occurrences in the authors
own correspondence. Once a woman
bombarded him with letters for an en-
tire year, saying that she was spend
ing her fortune to buy UP and destroy
all of his books, because THE King IN
Yellow had made her crazy. OminOus-
ly adding that as soon as her money
gave out she was coming to his home
to murder him. Mr.. Chambers, in tell
ing this story. remarked that he was
pleased to see that her money still
holds out" Another time a man sent
him a model of a machine. declaring,
with oaths, that the author must pay
or he would have him poisoned Mr..
Chambers has a ton of crank letters
that are curious enough to be be-
queathed to a museum for use in study
ing the human mind in all it's vasaries.
Admiral Winfield Scott Schleys own
story. "Forty-five Years Under tbs
FIag," which is to be brought out
shortly by the AppletOns, will be OF
especial interest in view of the fact that
the admiral has recently stirred I'D the
controversy about the naval battle OF
Santiago by an article in the Saturday
Evening Post. Whatever articles he
may write or speeches he may make.
the final appeal as to his position Will
be in his book. The admiral has spent
much of his time since the Spanish
war in writing the details Of his expe-
rience, and his recOllectiOns are con-
stantly reinforced by references to dis
patches and other documents. About
One-third of the volume is devoted to
the Spanish war, and in 1t we have In
definite, concrete form just what the
admiral did and thought In his own
words. 1T is said that the Schley-Samp-
son controversy is to be made politi-
cal issue. If this be true the book will
be greeted with still greater interest as
a campaign document. The book will
be carefully read to see If everything
that the admiral has said and written
so far agrees with this final statement.
The admiral shows the courage OF his
convictions in submitting to the test
What promises to be one OF the hand
soonest little volumes of the fall is now
in press for the American Unitarian
Association. 1t Is an allegory called
THE Wandering Host" and the author
is President David Starr Jordan OF L.
land Stanford University. The story,
illustrating the diversity OF paths into
which differences Of opinion IN mat
ters OF religious doctrine lead searchers
after truth, is told in singularIy beau
tiful English, and the typographical
setting is in keeping with the beautiful
narrative The special face OF type, the
illustrative border In green through
out, the all-rag deckle-edge paper, the
all-paper cover with decorative design
unite to make this one OF the most at
tractive OF the seasons publications.
Daily, and weekly, and even monthly
papers persist IN their error as to the
existence once upon a time OF Nancy
Stair, the heroine Of the new novel ee
that name published by d. Appleton q
Company.
Nancy STAIR by Elinor MacAxtnw
Lane, says a prominent weekly, IL
novel well worth reading. not only eDr
its entertaining qualities, but for tn
rescue and sympathetic portrayal e Q
beautiful character In history. via
came within the orbit OF Robert BurnA
the poet"
And big daily protests that ~tharo
seems to be a perfect craze annonx
novelists to rake IN the ashes OF thA
past for dead and gone personawns
with which to decorate the pages e
fiction"
A third reviewer speaks Of ''hnrxT-
ing to Carlyle" where he certainly
found no mention of Nancy Stair. The
publishers have given their assurances
that the fascinating heroins was q dg-
ment Of Mrs. Lanes imagination.
"reminiscences Of Peace and war
is to be the title Of the volume contain
ing Mrs Roger A. Pryor's story OF hsR
life In Washington during the nftian
and her extraordinary experiences dur
ing the Civil War; Mrs Pryor wa q
part Of the brilliant social life OF WaaA-
ington In its palmiest days, and she
had the unique experience OF living
practically in the Confederate army
during almost the whole OF the Civil
War.