The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

has had a distinctly metropolitan asso-
citation that II Is q pleasure to md ons
with a locale other than New York
The scene OF Emma Howard Wlght's
1.-THE Evolution Of Lillian" the opening
novel in Tales From Town Topics for
March. Is Baltimore. The novel Is.
nevertheless. a genuine example OF tbs
species, and the flavor OF smart society
is present In abundance. As to itS
truth there may be two opinions;
doubtless there are those who will hold
that It presents an overdrawn picturs
Of the evils that infest society, not
merely IN the South but In every I'M
portant city. But II the vicious aspects
Of life are prominent the lesson to be
drawn from them Is equally so. On
this side, indeed, the story Is almost
too moral Yet this Is a trininx fault
1: the story IS really interesting; and
that 1t Is the test OF actual reading viii
fully prove.
one OF the vital forces In the prob
lem Of the New South" is the attitude
or the South itself toward criticism
Inc South very naturally resents be-
ing openly treated as the sick man OF
America" with all kinds OF quack
medicines being prescribed for ne
gronia, lynchitis and feudism. Much
wisdom is wasted on the South be-
cause this wisdom lacks understanding
and arouses only hostility. That the
fault does not lie with the South In
clearly demonstrated by the spirit OF
appreciation and responsiveness with
q n f1ov oP
is greeting The Widow In the South
"a book which criticizes frankly, but
also gives credit where credit Is due,
and does both with tact and judg-
ment that have won the Southern
heart Teresa Dean and her brilliant
essays will undoubtedly help the South
but perhaps most Of all by showing
the North that its duty Is merely to
help the South work out its own saliva
tion, and to give this help with tact
and sympathy.
The splendid stroke recently deliver
ell by the japanese in dashing into the
harbor OF Port Arthur and torpedoing
-the Russian battleship calls attention
to the central incident in Rev. Cyrus
Townsend Brady's new story. "A Lit
tie Traitor to the South" But the in
cident described by Mr.. Brady was
even more daring. It took more cour-
age forty years ago to go up to a war
ship in q small tOrpedo-bOat, hold the
torpedo up against the side of a vessel
and pull the string. than to steam into
harbor in a thirty-knot craft, launch
torpedo from several hundred yards
distance and vanish.
Marmaduke PickthaI. the author Of
said, the Fisherman" the new novel
OF the East. reviewed in this paper re-
Gently, writes of a people he knows
with an Intimacy rarely attained by
Christian. In it's vividness and evident
truth to the life it depicts Mr.. Pick
thalrs story has been compared to
Kipling's Kim" Certainly Mr.. Pick
than knows Turkish Palestine as thor
oughly as ever Kipling did India; he Is
a complete master of the Arabian Ian
guage and speaks most Of the common
dialects. He has made long journeys
through the country with natives as
his only friends and prefers to live and
eat in the Damascus taverns where
only the natives congregate. He is so
thoroughly Orientalized that he habit
ually sides with the natives against
the foreigners.
Mrs. Edith A. Talbot in her Life Ot
General Samuel Armstrong" Just pub
lished by Doubleday, Page & Co., men
tions an early instance OF discrina-
ination for American goods In the Pa
cific market. 1t was in the early mis-
sionary days in Hawaii, In the church.
"On one side." says the author, "wan
the Kings pew, with scarlet hanginxHs
the royal family always distinguished
themselves by coming IN very laka,
with the loudest Of squealxing shoea.
The more the shoes squeaked the Bet
ter was the wearer pleased, and often
a man, after walking noisily In, would
sit down and pass his shoes through
the window for his wife 10 wear IN.
thus doubling the family glory. Non
musical shoes were hardly salable."
Professor Frank Moore Colby. WA
has been for some time past q regulAR
contributor to The Bookman, hAs
Joined the editorial staff Of that maya
zine. Professor Colby has been the
managing editor Of the New Interna-
tional Encyclopedia, which Is Just BE-
ing completed. This will be the tenth
year OF The BOokman, and this Access
sion to the editorial stafr, with other
contemplated changes, bids fair to
make the year a most interesting one
in the history Of the magazine