The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

and Hebrew, and an edition of it is be-
ing arranged for the blind.
d. Appleton & Co. have acquired
the Booklovers Magazine of Philadelphia
and will publish it in New York under
the title of Appleton's Booklovers Maza-
zine. beginning with the July number. 1t
is said that d. Appleton & Co. ex-
pect to greatly increase their sales OF
books and the efficiency of their adver-
tising through its agency. 1t is under
stood that the policy of the magazine will
be changed, and that the fact and fiction
Of Appleton's best authors will be pub
lished in IL serially. The house will nat
urally make. an extraordinary effort to
have the first number published under
the new title a great success, and much
is to be expected Of 1T.
The recent revival of ''Trilby" on
the stage has led to renewed interest
in Du Maurier's tragic masterpiece, and
the Harpers are printing a large new
edition. a new edition has also been
ordered for England
There is no doubt that surplus
emotion belongs to the tradition of the
stage. The Elizabethans would very
likely have thought Fedora" a tame
production. Webster, Tourneur, Mar
lowe, would have thought it deficient
in awakening horrors Even Shakes
peare. who was far and away the most
moderate. and temperate of the Eliza
bethan play writer's, presents us with
eleven sudden deaths in Macbeth;
Lear" has nearly as many; in Ham
let five people die before our eyes, and
Ophelia goes mad to enliven US. and is
finally borne in and buried before our
eyes One is reminded of the devout
and pious old Scotch housekeeper of
inpeccable sobriety and moderation
who was wont to inquire eagerly of
her mistress every morning IL there
were in the daily paper anything any
wise bloody or mangled for to-day"
The drama of Ibsen and Maeterlinck
is, however. addressed to a more ad-
vanced stage OF intelligence, since 1t al
lows, too, for life and feeling in the
rauses and silences. Aerkel and Mer-
lin were keerly alive with their
intimate sense Of the. significance of
the slightest event The dropping of
ring into fountain. the presence of
a loved one in a garden, the power of
trustfulness to turn it's back upon sus-
Iiicion-these serve the purpose of the
noisiest violence. There is something
a little childish in the large part sus-
picion. distrust and revenge play in
the average melodrama- One finds one
self exclaiming: IF only they had
little common sensew-Harper's
Weekly.
Among the books of last season few
created more comment than the anony-
nous Letters From a Chinese Official"
expressing an Crientals view of our
Occidental civilization. The little vol
ume was interesting because it dis
closed and scored SO vigorously and
justly our shortcomings our shams
and insincerities. 1t is interesting.
therefore, to hear that G.. loves Dick
inson. author of Religion: A Criticism
and Forecast" just brought out by
McClure-Phillips, now admits the
authorship of Letters From a Chinese
Oficial." which was at one time seri-
ously attributed to the former Minister
from China. WI Ting Fang.
The honor in which Paul Jones is held
by men of his own profession was well
shown in what Admiral Dewey said of
him a few days ago:
John Paul Jones was unquestionably !
genius. What has been learned in recent |
years of his life and character shows us |
a man far above the ordinary. not only |
in his services as naval officer. where |
his fame Is brightest. but in his powerful |
mentality. his ability as a diplomat and !
as a writer. and in his achievements as
patriot"
Friday, March 81, was just half GEN.
tury since the death Of Charlotte Bronte !
who had nine months earlier become |
Mrs. Nichols.
In speaking of this anniversary the J
London Academy says: The passing of |
fifty years seems to have produced some
thing of cumulative interest in the Ha-
worth household. justifying remark of |!
Mrs. Gaskelrs In an unpublished letter, |
written when she was engaged upon her |
biography: I am sure the more fully she.
Charlotte Bronte, the friend, the daugh- /,
ter, the sister, the wife, is known-and !
known where need be in her own words
the more highly will she be appreciated "
The newest addition to the knowledge /
and appreciation Of Charlotte Bronte will |
be the life of her by Clement X Shorter |
in the Literary Lives series which will /
appear before very long.
According to the leading authorities. |
who have been singularly unanimous. |
'The Divine Fire" is likely to take its 1
place among the works of standard Eng |