Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
BOOK NOTES

1.-The Treasure Trail" by Frank l..
Pollock, is a splendid story of adven-
ture full of good Incidents that are ex-
ceptionally exciting. The story deals
with the search for the gold bullion,
originally stolen from the Boer govern
ment in Pretoria, and stored in a
steamer sunk somewhere in the Mo-
zambique channel. Two different search
parties are endeavoring to secure the
treasure, and the story deals with their
adventures and it's final recovery by
one party only a few hours before the
arrival of the second. The book reads
like an extract from life, and the whole
story is vivid and realistic with descrip-
tions of the life of party of gentle
man adventurers who are willing to run
great odds for great gains. There is
also "a woman in the case" Margaret
Laurie, who proves delightful, reli-
ant and audacious heroine.
The Treasure Trail by Frank l..
Pollock. Boston: l.. G. Page & Co.
$1.50.
by the Eternal" Opie Reads latest
book, is a page from unwritten history
"a Silhouette from the hidden past.
In the foggy days of national life, at
the time when American statesmanship
was yet in it's infancy. there came out
of the south whispers of a modern
Joshua, a man intrinsically head and
shoulders above his fellow men-a hero
destined to receive the homage of the
nation-the inVincible Andrew Jack
son. Around this strangely reserved,
little appreciated hero, Mr.. Read has
woven a most fascinating story, that
holds the reader, but the figure of Jack
son, the man, "Old Hickory" the SOL
dier, stands out from the background
of interesting characters with majestic
dignity. The author has aVailed him.
self of many personal records and un-
published manuscripts directly con-
nected with General Jacksons imme
diate family. with the result that in
this story an insight is given into the
family life of the hero of New Orleans,
not to mention the Sidelights which
history has failed to disclose.
by the Eternal" by Opie Read. Chi
cago: Laird & Lee.
The poker stories run in the New
York Sun for some time back have de-
| lighted every lover of the great Amer
| lean game, and it will please them
nightly to know that these delectable
yarns can now be obtained in book
form. Under the title ''Stand Pat"
| David A. Curtis has collected his ell
| tertaining sketches and Henry Roth
has Illustrated them. Every poker
sharp in the United States has bought
| the Sun o. Sundays just to read these
| snappy tales-most of them true, by the
way. They do not lose, but rather add
| to, their flavor by being between covers.
| stand Pat" or Poker Stories from
| the Mississippi" By David A. Curtis.
Boston: L. c. Page & Co. $l.50.
B. w. Huebsch is issuing THE City
/ That Was; a Requiem of Old San
| Francisco" by VIII Irwin. This ac-
count of the strange. sea-gray city ap-
peared first in the New York Sun. and
was one of those great white-hot
"stories" for which the Sun is famous
among newspapers, The author was
once member and a leading spirit in
the famous Bohemian club of San
Francisco. In the summer of 1904 he
wrote the Midsummer Jinks," the an
nual out-of-do performance for which
this club is noted, Twins links" was
a dramatic poem of 1000 lines; and in its
prologue are these lines, which have be-
| come prophecy:
1T is a dream; yet is it all dream?
your eities: and ana your grim saunt
Your wisdom aud your strivng-they
| are dreams.
So shall they vanish; but the willing
rose
Blows on the broken battlements of
! Tyre
And mosses rent the stones of Babylon;
For beauty is eternal; and sing
| OF beauty everlasting"
"The City That Was" by VIII Irwin.
New York: B. w. Huebsch,
Decided interest hedges right now
about Letters to a Chinese OFFICIAL"
which William jennings Bryan on his
world-tour wrote in reply to Letters
from Chinese Ohicial." The Bryan
letters take up seriatim the points
made by the alleged celestial i'm dis
paragement of the United States, its
customs and people. and answer them
concusiyely, ably ana thoroughly. MI