The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23
Conducted BY UNA 1T. H.

as Samuel Lloyd Osbourns. AS Mrs.
Mae Eleanor Gates TuIleY treads tho
path OF fame she finds Eleanor Gates
quite enough 20 burden herself with.
Howard Pyle has a remarkable col
lection OF books. engravings and
curios. not the least interesting OF
which Is two centuries OF hats" From
various parts OF the world he has gath
cred more than hundred hats. rep
reseneing different phases OF civil and
military life Among them are very
rare bits OF headgear that were worn
81 the battle OF WATERLOO.
Miss Braddon. one OF the best-kncwn
OF the English nOvellsts. who has
nevertheless always kept her rrivate
life hidden from the world. has Just
celebrated her sixty-ninth birthday.
We all know nowadays that she IS
Mrs. John Maxwell. that she Gwells at
Richmond. IN Iichfel1 House OF his
toric rsnown and that ono OF her sons.
Y. 3. Maxwell. IA novelist OF dis
tinction.
Eurenia Brooks Frothinghann. wno
rad such phsrofl email success with
The Turn or the Road that Sc wsnt
through sixteen rrintings. has a new
story ready. "The Evasion Advances
notes would indicate that it - mach on
The ssm- line "a king Midas, by u
ton Sinclair. II IS 20 be hopsd that u
IN less dismal
The CIammsr.- By william john
Hopkins. promises 10 be az great a
success as the authors previous book.
"Prus and L" The second edition 10
nearly gone and II has been out but a
few weeks
The promise or = new book By Mrs
Edith Wharton IS soon 20 be fulhlled.
first as Scribners serial and then
in covers II is entitled The Fruit OF
the Tree"
The admirers OF George Meredith
will be glad 70 hear OF q small pubIica-
tion called The Meredith Pocket
Book" II Is made up OF quotations
from his novels and prose writings
bound IN limp leather. % a convenient
size for the pocket
Ambrose Bierce has long had The
reputation OF being the most accom-
plished cynic IN the United States. II
IS interesting. TO say the least. TO read
his own definition OF cynic IN his new
"Cynic's Word Book: a acxguard
whose faulty vision sees things as they
are. not as they ought 70 be. Hence
the custom among the Scythians OF
plucking out a cynic's eyes to improvs
his vision"
oliver Herford's Alphabet OF Bores"
is full OF clever and satirical verses
One OF the best Is.
'TV IS a vain Virtuoso.
II you ask: Pray what makes your hair
grow so;
DO you think It q sign
or genius divine2
He replies. don't think 90. know So
Percy Fitzgerald. who has written
the Life OF Sterne" and life OF David
Garrick." has Just completed a biogra-
ply OF Sir Henry irving. the only Sc
rious and complete life OF Irving yet
issued.
The President OF Francs Is known to
f1e poet OF more than ordinary abil-
ity- He has recently written soms
verses on Autumn" which have ap-
peared IN French magazine with IA
vorable comment
Books Received
Letters on Evangelism. BY Edwin Il
Hughes; jennings a Graham. ctncin-
natl
The Shepherds Question. By Burt
Estes Howard: American Unitarian As
ISOLATION. Boston
Father Taylor. By Robert COnysr:
American Unitarian Association. Bos-
ton.
". Eliot: American Unitarian AsBocia-
ton. Boston.
sonnets OF HerediA. translated BY
Edward Robson Taylor; Paul Elder
Co.. San Francisco.
The Imp's Calendar. By Victor Wyatt
Williams; v W. Williams. New York.
Hello Bill" Toasts; v. ". Williams.
New York.
The Nature Lovers Treasury. BY
Carrie Thompson Lowell; Dana Estes
& Co. Boston.
Gifts and Givers. BY Margaret Coll
yer Graham: Morgan. Shepard Com
pany. New York
The Corner House. by Fred N. White;
p +. FennO & Co. New York
The Court OF plate. by Roe p
Hobbs: r +. Fenno & Co. New York.
Young Folks Nature Field Book. b.
J. Allen Loring: Dana Estes & Co.
Boston
boy Wanted" By Nixon Waterman
Forbes & Co. Chicago.
The Wonders OF tho Colorado Des-
ert. volumes. by George Wharton
James; Little. Brown & Co. Boston
Moods and Memories. by Charles l.
Story: Stanford University Press
American Nature Calendar-Birds;
Doubleday. Page & Co, New York.
The Auto Guest Book OF Mobile Man
inns, by Ethel Watts Mumford Grant
and Richard Butler Glaenzers Paul
Elder & Co. San Francisco
4 Century OF Misguotation. by Mary
B. Dimond; Paul Elder q Co. San
Francisco.
Fear Not. Quotations OF CouraEs
from the Holy Bible; Paul Elder &
Co. san Francisco.
The Twins and the Why's. by susan
r. Thompson; Paul Elder . Co. San
Francisco.
Sunday Symphonies. By Jennie Day
Haines: Paul Elder a Co. San Fran
cisco.
Spots. or Two Hunted and Two
Cleansers. by Clarice p. Courvoisier;
Paul Elder & Co. San Francisco.
Mosaic Essays. by Paul Elder; Paul
Elder & Co. san Francisco.
The Philosophy OF Ingersoll. edited
By We're Goldthwaite; Paul Elder &
Co. San Francisco.
Ye Gardeyne Boke. a Collection ot
Quotations by Jennie Day Haines.
Paul Elder & Co. san Francisco
The Princess OF Manoa. and cther
Romantic Tales from the Folklore ot
Hawaii by Mrs. Frank r. Day; Paul
Elder & Co. San Francisco.