The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

the advantage of the lately Rev. Brady.
"A new book by General King always
means new draught on wars alarms
and the excitement of battle, for these
are the condiments of the soldiers
books. This last story embraces the
Spanish war in part and reproduces
with spirit II not with absolute fidelity
some of the stirring incidents of the
short campaign. The authors charac-
ters all bear the King stamp; there is
the usual daughter of the regiment, the
somewhat stereotyped mismated cou-
pie and the familiar coterie of mar
riageabje young men of the post. A
somewhat involved plot would prove
cumbersome did not General King cram
his tale full of livening incident.
(The Hobart Company. New York;
illustrated; price 81 50.)
In Our Search for the Missing Mil
lions San Francisco gentleman not
unknown in legal circles tells of the
adventures which befell certain treas
ure dazzled individuals of this city in
their quest of buried pelf. The Incl
dents of their ingIorious return empty
willy old sea dog whose tale had in
spired the chase after '-the-wisp
are still fresh enough in the commu
nity's raind to make reading of this
confession of one of the gold hunters
more. than of passing interest After
all+is said and done in the matter OF
protest and recriminations the reader
cannot but have a sly admiration for
the spafriarchal cid Captain Brawn"
(his name is thus thinly disguised
through the very force of his craft.
The rare old gentleman found his fish
and he gathered them safely into his
net. A man who is passed a gold brick
here in San Francisco does not write
a book about it: IL the gilded cube is
handed to him in the South Seas has
he then the better excuse to burst glow
ing into print?
Drown g. Power. 412 California
street; illustrated; price SD
At first sight the reader may suspect
the publishers of trading upon the SEN
sational value of a tragic incident in
publishing the letters OF Mrs. Nelly
Gore, the Oakland young woman who
met a violent death in the Paris studio
of a prominent teacher of music two
years ago. But upon reading the book
one becomes convinced that there Is
enough worth in its contents to justify
it's publication, irrespective OF the SEN
sational incidents surrounding the
death of its writer. Your Loving
Nell''~is the title. The contents em-
brace the letters written home by the
sIa q hiRhPr
musical education abroad. In them
selves they form almost a complete
story, telling as they do the intimate
things of the greatest musical conerva-
tories and the life that is led by those
who have devoted themselves to music
study. One interested in the art VIII
surely find a great deal OF fascinating
s. matter. in this book.
(Funk & Wagnalls Company, New
York: price ST.
Poems, Lyric and Dramatic,
hook OF collected magazine verse
from the pen of Ethel Louise Cox,
can hardly be said to sound any new
or startling note in poetical writing.
In almost every verse of her collec-
ton the poet exhibits creditable skill
at the technique Of creation, but lacks
anv compelling strength of spirit and
inspiration. Her lines upon Psyche,
her praises OF love, her painting of
May morning are but echoes of what
numberless, poets have sung before.
Miss Cox's spirit of song. is not ro-
bust. neither has 1t great creative pow
er. In the dramatic poems. notably
that one entitled Combat With the
Dragon" the movement : Is strained
and the tragic periods founded on in
sufficient dramatic incident. In this
poem on the Staying Of dragon Miss
Cox introduces a novelty dragon
singing his swan song:
Then with bubbling blood.
IT passed in music wonderful and strange.
Orchard @. Badger. Boston.)
Now that a new year is upon VI
ana Father Time has again to adjus
himself to a new schedule of moons
and days there have been those who
have had the grace to put his DIR,
schedule into appealing form. Cal
endars of ali sorts there are; not {
few that are quite fetching. One o.
these is the calendar OF girls, which
comes from the pen of Miss M. M
Case of this city. Girls heads. foul
of them, set off attractively the foul
seasons of the year They are done
in pen and ink work, very creditably
H. S. Crocker Company publish th'