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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-02
II City'S Songs
by Local Bard

KE OWARQ V. SUTHERLAND, one
~ OF our local poets whose Tyre
has been tuneful these many
years, has issued a little bookIe. of
verse under the title Songs of a City"
which contains some lines of right
true poetry. some is used advised
y. for in several Of his stanzas Mr..
Sutherland has let the thought run
away with the Treter and there is a
limp here and there. However. he
that keeps his eyes too close to scheme
Of foot and measure is destined 10
miss the large spirit of things il
poetry, and SO the few slips in Songs
of a City" need have no crying call
for condemnation.
Familiar things Of San Francisco
and the State put in verse with
Lyrical Intermezzo"; this is the sum
OF Mr.. SUtherIand's verse collection.
The veil Of the FOG, the glory of sun
shine on the Gate, the hurryiug
crowds of MONDAY and the silent
streets Of night all have for the poet
various significance and are themes
for verse OF the city songs here is
the best:
golden glory lights the west
The suns farewell:
One chime sounds clearer than the rest
The d4yume's kneH
The western skies are crimsoned now
Ana edged with gray;
The beams from Tamalpals brow
Have passed away
On Alcatraz the light is 1T
TIE bay is stiIl:
And soon the truaut mists will fit
Ger dell and hill
So stIu the town this Sabbath night.
One almost sees the angels light
Those stars up there.
A delicate little conception, this,
with the simple movement carrying
the sense Of the words with it.
Something deeper lies in two poems
addressed to the poets personal friend
and fellow singer, the late Richard
ReaIf. In the second Of these, The
Higher Praise" Sutherland has given
voice to an old thought with impress
sive soberness.
Beneath mound OF simple green there lay
A who sang yet lacks the deathIess bay
And lies Unheeded, though his art was great
But while I unused the wind from O. er the sea
With scented breath crept gently up to me
And whispered low: 'Unloved Of all save
fate"
Mr.. Sutherland has full measure of
the spirit of song as all of his verses
show. With imagination quickened
into more freedom and originality Of
metaphor than he has possession of,
the singer should not be lacking the
deathless bay" of a local awarding at
least.
Games H. Barry, 42e Montgomery
street, San Francisco; price SD
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n B0Ok=Reader'S .
Bones WdriOuS'

IMPRESSIONS Quarterly IN its last
issue is a little magazine wholly
good OF impressions: delicate IN
concept and delicateIy written. it is. in
deed, a satisfying garnering-.~ Herein
Adeline Knapp continues her vigrettes
on Upland Pastures" with a terse pro-
test against the affectations that afflict
the confessed nature student Of to-day.
Her Nature and the Human Spirit"
rebukes those who go TO read into the
wonders Of creation all Of the convic--
tions OF unconscious self-impoFtance,
stuItifyfng the deep lessons Of the
woodlands by their own SNUG conceits-
Charles Keller contributes a happy
thought upon the. true and only way
by which set society may be made TO.
dwIndIe and become as. nothing before
the majestic presence Of solitude in
wood or ocean depths-truly a cheering
grace TO those who chafe under the
pretensions Of dowagers and diamonds.
In his appreciation Of. William Keith,
George Wharton James gives US a near
view Of the painter through the me.
dunn Of interview, causing the subject
Of his sketch to reveal himself out OF
his own mouth Two critical reviews
of recent publications and a brace of
verses round out the September issue OF
Impressions Quarterly to rich complete
ness
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In lighter vein is surveyed the we'll
known day when everything goes
wrong" The Spirit of Christmas is a
familiar theme, touched with sprightly
whimsicality. In Types Of Childhood"
the writer heaps blessings on smeary
hand and jam-daubed face. The cycle
of childhood is complete.
Thoroughly delightful are Marion
Washburne's essays on little common
places. Written with sympathetic and
lovingly intimate touch, her pictures of
home and child life are homely little
cameos of domesticity. Had she only
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many years. To book of little essays
on the commonplace of life, then, such
as Marion Foster Washburn has
wrought for US in her Everyday
Essays we turn in natural anticipa-
ton of satisfying pleasure. The pleas
ure in full measure is there for the
reading.
Few bachelors will find anything in
teresting in Marion Washburn's book:
nor will the self-styIed bachelor maid
OF the ordinary stock read out Of it
anything with an appeal direct. For
most of the everyday essays tell of a
mothers sphere, a mothers joys and
tribulations. The average reader who
sits UP at nights over. Rulers of
Kings" say, or The Transgression of
Andrew Vane." will not let his eye
linger over details concerning the sew
ing of a button on Willie's canton
flannel pajamas or the rescue of Helen
from the recesses of the coal box: but
to those whose small Willie or Helen
at home is monarch of realm en-
chanted Everyday Essays" brings the
essence Of close and sweet familiarity.
The author writes of the comedies
of nursery and the tragedies of
kitchen. She writes for those who
know by heart Gene Fields Pity
Pat and Tippv-Toe."
Il wonder why children wake so
early in the morning." queries the
author in her first essay. Why is it
that when elders are trying to get the
last wink youngsters come clamoring
and cIambering into the darkened
chamber at peep O. day? Read. of the
every mornings comedy that ensues
and laugh in ready recognition of it's
familiar features. Jamie says you're
mad" IL you won't accord him a
sleepy kiss; young Willie makes a
tent of his bedclothes and refuses to
allow the growing wild animal en-
sconsed therein to be. dressed. Cook
stayed out all night and the kitchen
stove glowers in forbfddfng GOODNESS.
A hasty breakfast gulped and you
must write an excuse to the teacher
for this one or find the jacket and
hat for that-but enough; how many
know the scene? But then at night,
when the rebeIlious little souls are
stilled to the approach of sleep and
prayer time comes:
THE children must stop their play
ing. it seems; they must speak TO God
a little; they must resign their soyer-
eign wills. With what jaunty irrele-
vance it is doneI Was there ever a
more spirited surrender? They swag-
ger in the very face of divinity, and
speak their prayers with lips full Of I'M
daunted curves. The solemn words of
the set supplications are broken with
irresponsible giggies. Yet there is a
reverence in the very midst OF this
seeming irreverence. There is a touch
ing certainty that the Heavenly Father
will not be offended-that he will hear
and understand
The meaning Of home-a theme old
but always fresh-is interpreted anew
by the author. How our little efforts at
adornment, how our instinct of associa-
ton serve TO surround our abiding
places with the atmosphere distinct in
its essence, compelling in its power;
how the ties of the old home of child
hood pull against the new bonds of the
new home: how the daily round ever
has home in the prospective Of en-
deavors. This is ground oft plowed,
but again gone over in happy review.
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Little Comedies
of Commonplace

~ HE homely things, the affairs of
the every day-the writer who
can take these from out the do
main of the obvious and give them to
us fresh with a new light has achieved
much For. after all. it is one of our
human contradictions that we are
prone to leap from the dizzy heights
of imagination, of speculation and
glaring romance back to the good old
humdrum of the daily round with an
appreciation made all the fresher from
our excursion. Were such not the
case Lambs gentle essay on Blue
China" even old Cowper's lode to a
Sofa" would have gone begging and
threadbare of any saving grace these
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The HayfeId Mower and Scythe. Of
Progress" is written by one OF these
consummate cyclists, such as Fra FL
bertus Hubbard, who believes that
when he opens his mouth no dog should
bark IN the present instance the Gre
ator Of the Mower cannot well be
dispIeased il the dog barks, for he has
not the occasional wit and fash Of cpl
gram that mark Hubbard's oracular
utterances, and without that saving
grace all Of these iconoclastic asser--
lions Of the ego in pamphlet form are
as sounding brass. The Mower" is
printed in the shape OF the bound vol
ume Of a country Journal, and takes for
it's literary form-or lack Of the same
the typical rural journalism Under the
gutse of news articles the writer takes
opportunity for expressing his own
views on ethics. religion, political econ
omy, society and what not, with results
that are not at all amusing and scarce
" elevating either TO the moral or the
artistic sense He deserves to be com
mended, however, upon his frank fore
word. in which he. expresses himself as
satisfied that his book was worthy Of
publication 1t is good TO see one Ger
tain of his own ability.
published by the author, anonymous
ly; postoffice box 1765, Boston-)
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Books ReceiOed.

AT HOME WITH THE JARDREs
Lillian Bell; L. c. Page q Co. Bos-
ton; illustrated: price 81 50. -. 4:
+. THE. GREEN DIAMOND-Arthus.
Morrison; l. C. Page & Co. Boston: H.
Iustrated; price 81 50. 80 r, =:
CATHEDRkLS OF SOUTHERN
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>CATHEDRALs OF ENGLAND
Mary j. Taber; L c. Page & Ca. Bos-
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AMONG ENGLISH ENNS-Josephins
:Toziers L. G. Page & Co. Boston; Illus
trated; price 81 So. +. =.t,-~
THE WATCHERS OF THE CAMP.
FIRE-Charles G. d. Roberts, Z C.
Page & Co.. Boston; illustrated by
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THE HAUNTER OF THE PINE
[GL0OM-Charles g. D. Roberts. L. c.
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: 'NITA: THE STORY OF AN IRISH
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OUR. LITTLE IRISH COUSIN;
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THE AFFAIR AT THE ISN-Kats
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81 25. -,.-.< r.. :: ..'
CONFESSIONS OF MARGUERITE
First published anonynously-Opie
Read Rand. McNally s. Co. Chicago
. SONGS OF A CITY-Howart: v:
Sutherland James H. Barry, san
Francisco price 81 --*.... :.
JAPAN IN THE. BEGINNING OF
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY-Com-
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By the Imperial japanese Commission
TO the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
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THE MYSTIC sPRINGD. W. His-
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Edited by Cyrus Adler and Henrietta
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
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A TRIP WITH MOTHER GOOSE
Avis Pink Crosby W. B. Conksy
Company, Chicago; Illustrated
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81
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RICHIE

deal? He has known all the time who
was responsible for the disappearance
from India OF the diamond and he has
been frantically hunting for it himself
without ever giving the police a hint
Of his knowledge. But thsre-One
mustn't ask why's and wherefores Of
detective story.
IL c. Page Co.. Boston; Illustrated;
price 81 SOD
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omnitted two or three nature rhapso-
dies, which sound as if they had been
prepared for reading before a womans
club, her book could be commended
without reservation
Grand, McNally & Co., Chicago; IL
lustratedO
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prescribed for. entrance examination In
that subject by the leading universities
OF the country. These are Burke's.
Cancellation With the Colonies
Shakespeare Julius Caesar Milton's
Minor Poems" Macaulay's Life, and
Writings OF Addison and Life Of
Samuel Johnson" To the convenience
OF having these requirements for: COLI
lege examinations in compact and.
handy form. the book adds the value Of
copious notes and. Introductory reviews:
of the. authors lives and contempora-
ries- It's worth viii doubtless commend
itself TO teachers. r.:
american Book Company. New York.
price: so cents.| i.
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e.
Mrs. E. J. Foster, lady well known
in more than one: local wouan's club.
has published a ..Wonan,s Club Di-;
rectory Of 1906 1905. =. which should be-
come handy. reference for ali ladies OF
cipbdom. In il. she has given the name.
officers and home or meeting place OF
every -wonan's club in san Francisco
and surrounding cities with a like
treatment OF the national and county
organizations having representative
branches in this city. Mrs. Fosters
idea is a commendabIe one. II.
The Presidents OF the United
States" a cheaply bound book issued
by the W. B. Conksy Company OF Chi
.cago.. collects uncopyrighted biogra-
phies OF the. chief executives into a
book very suited to supplementary
reading in secondary schools or. TO the
shelves Of a country li%rary- It's wood
cuts would not win a medal in a typo
graphical exhibition. ..:.. IL
Marmaduks Pickthan. the author OF
said, the Fisherman IS still 4 young
man-very young. indeed. to have
scored two literary successes. He Is
not. much: more than twenty-five. His
said. the Fisherman received an en-
thusiastic welcoma from critics and
readers in America. and his new book.
Enid % a story OF modern life, was
one Of the most successful books OF the
London season. Mr.. PfckthaIl has mads
literature his profession. He lives IN
a. country parish in Suffolk with his
family. His especial fad is for 1an-:
guages. for which he has a phenom-
email faculty. He is deeply interested
in Arabic. literature and has a remark
able, collection Of fine Arabic manu-
scripts. which makes his little country
home the Mecca OF all students of ORR
entail literature. :.:...
Booth Harrington. the author OF The
Two Vanrevels" and The Gentleman
From Indiana" has returned to Amer
lea after nearly a years stay In Eu-:
rope He: lived IN Rome last winter and
has been spending most or the spring
and summer IN Paris. He VIII live next
winter IN New York. and expects to.
spend his time studying phases Of POI
lftical life and continuing the political
stories which he has been writing for
McClure's Magazine. The stories VIII :
be brought out In book form by Nc
Clure-P Phillips in the spring Of 1904
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The American Book Company has
brought out in it's latest publication Of
school texts College Entrance Require
ments in EngIish-1sO6-1s0s- In this
volume are gathered five literary works
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William c. Spragus. the editor OF
the American Boy" seems to have
Joined the ranks of the Juvenile writ.
ers with fiattering success His lat
est book for boys. The Boy Courier
of Napoleon" is a rafting good story
for the youngster. In it he'has woven
his material about the court of the
First Consul and the incidents. sur
rounding the louisiana Purchase CIV
ing his reader a fairly accurate con-
ception of the stirring events Of the
early Napoleonic regime and the life
of Old New Orleans OF the French
occupation. OF course the. boy hero
becomes the favorite attendant OF Ma
poIeon and later figures in the up
rising of Santo Domingo and the
scenes attending the transfer Of
Louisiana to-the United States Boys
will not be disappointed =: in Mr..
Sprague's book. -
O,ee & Shepard. Boston; ilIustrat-
ed; price 81 SOD :.
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my eyes and remember all the links in
my chain, set with gems, some large
and some small, but all beautiful with
the beauty which never fades. 1t is
all I can take with me when I go. My
material possessions must stay behind,
but my necklace OF perfect Joy will
bring me happiness 10 the end, when
I put it on to be nevermore unclasped.''
This passage may also serve to show
the beauty and the stately grace Of the
authors diction. Rarely in our books
Of to-day-written in six months or
less 10 fill a publishers contract-do
We find such rhythmic and a sound
ing language as Myrtle Reed INDUCES
The poetic grace Of her imagery and
the swing of some of her paragraphs
give 10 The Masters Violin" the
beauty Of a prose poem.
&c. P. Putnam's Sons, New York;
Illuminated text; price 81 SOD
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So Opie Read was the author OF
Confessions Of Marguerite" which
appeared anonymously some eight
months ago. The riddle is solved by
the appearance OF a second edition,
bearing the authors name, after these
many months have witnessed the
usual amount OF speculation and
vague hints about the conventional
literary LADY in black"-hints given
out gratuitousIy by enterprising pub
fishers who scent the value Of a liter
airy mystery. Well. Opie Reads name
does not make Confessions OF Mar
guerite" any the better book As we
had occasion to say at the time OF the
novels first appearance. this autobio-
graphical plant about the wickedness
of Chicago, especially as manifested
toward young and defenseless fe-
males from Wisconsin, is not a book
to set the literary world ablaze.
Grand, McNally & Co, Chicago.)
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Charles G. D. Roberts, whose ami
NAL stories have become quite. as
much the accepted standard of such
style of fiction as those Of. Thompson
Seton himself, has had repubIished in
book form two Of his tales which ap-
peared in Outing two years back, The
Haunter OF the Pine Gloom and The
Watchers OF the Campfire" Though
these two little books have been fitted
out with large print and attractive IL
lustrations by Bull, evidently for boys
reading, there Is in each a man story
well worth the reading. The lynx and
the panther, certainly most fearsome
beasts to those who have CHANGED to
stumble on them in the forests. are
made the subjects Of the two sketches
each well told as only the author OF
Watchers Of the Trail can tell an
animal story.
a. c. Page & Co, Boston; price,
each so cents.)
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touches in the portrait The part OF
Jane Findlater's Miss Evesham is
largely that Of Greek chorus OF one
70 ill in the gaps.
So, possess yourself Of this odd liter
airy product Of a summers pastime,
dear reader. for il is cheering 10 the
soul and brings the readiest of smiles.
Would that some OF our authors dedi-
cate themselves TO lifelong summer
vacations If results such as this could
be achieved.
CHoughton. Miflin & Co, Boston; il.
Illustrated; price 81 25.)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-06-02

one could tell but little OF II now.
Much of this. no doubt. was exaggera-
tion. this talk OF a graveyard. OF a
doubled street, OF murders. OF the
legal killings which served AZ arrests.
OF the lynchings which once passed as
Justice. There was a crude story OF
the FIRST court ever held in Elllsyille.
but of courSe II was mere libel 20 say
that II was held In the livery barn.
Rumor said that the trial was over
the case OF n negro. or Mexican, or
Indian. who had been charged with
murder, and who was himself killed
IN an attempt at lynching, by whose
hand Il was never known. These
things were remembered or talked
about by but very few, these the old
timers, the settlers of two years ago.
Somewhere TO the north OF the town,
and in the center of what was de-
clared by some persons to be the old
cattle trail. there was reputed to be
visible granite boulder. or perhaps Il
was a granite shaft, supposed TO have
been erectec with money contributed
by cattlemen at the request OF Mrs.
DAILY, who kept the boarding house on
q back street. Some one had seen this
monument. aud brought back word
that u had cut upon Its face n singular
inscription. namely:
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when saw ye last. I'm younger than
ye ivver saw me in ali your life be.
fore"
"And what and where was the foun.
taln9" said Franklin. as he seated him.
self al bis desk.
The one fountain of all on earth.
me boy-Succiss-- The two
dearest things Of life are succiss and
Revinge. I've found thin both.
shure. pfwhat is that gives ono man
the lofty air an the overlookln' eye.
where another full his ekil IN inches
fears 20 draw the same breath o. life
with hlm7 succiss. succias. me boyl"
"weli. suppose you don't mind my
congratulatinE you on your success,
whatever Il may be-" said Franklin.
as he began 10 busy himself about his
work at the desk. You're Just trifie
mysterious. you know"
There's none ia lever have shake
me by the hand than yoursilf. Ned"
said Battersleigh. "tho more especial
ly by this rayson. that we've nivver
believed in ould Batty at all. but
thought him n visionary schamer. an
no more. Didn't ye. now, Ned; on
your honor?"
"No." said Franklin stoutly. I've
always known you to be the best
fellow in the world"
"Tut. TUT" said Batterslelgh. "Ye're
dodgin' the issue. boy. But pfwhat
wud ye say now, Ned. II should till
ye I'd made over tin thousand pounds
OF good English money since came 10
this little town."
Il should say" said Franklin calmly
as he opened an envelope. that you
had been dreaming again"
That's Il! That's ~" cried Bat.
tersleigh. ''shuro ye wud. an knew
~ But come with me to bank this
mornin' an I'll prove II all to ye."
Something in his voice made Frank,
lin wheel around and look at him
"oh. do be serious. Battersleigh.' said
he.
'I'll till ye n secret, which hereto
fore I've always neglected to mintion
I to anybody. Here I'm Henry Batter