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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
NEW BOOKS.
Oontinusd from Ninth Pc0s.

khs tlnRles. THE pictures are well drawn
A quotation may show the character OF
Senator Sorghum's Primer OF Politics,
hy Philander Chase Johnson Henry Atte-
mus Company: 1T is often said that
money puts "A man into politics. The fact
b that the man puts the money there
In SSeen-so's' OI. VI Caldwell Company
Mr.. l.. }. Bridgnan contrasts silhouettes
with the pictures Of which they are shadows,
and explains the process il each case with
. Jingle.
Mr.. Tudor JonlNs's The Rescue Syndi-
cate" Henry Altemus Company IL an
~extravaxant and rather amusing burlesque
On the romance of adventure u Is very
prettily gotten M and has appropriate
Illustrations. The humor of Mr.. II. b.
Magil's Love Confessions OF q travelling
Man" Che Chicago Press, chicago con-
siets mainly in the excessive Use Of capital
letters. The originality Of Mr.. James
Clarence Harvey's "Over the Nuts and
Wine on. NJ. Caldwell Company, another
selection Of toasts in verse and prose, lies
entirely in the eccentric shape II the book
which represents IA bottle in a wine oooler,
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sympathetic and compsnionable, il again
introduced and allowed TO play a gracious
part as no mother in old time Juvenile 40
ton would have been permitted to do.
The daughter Is naturally up to date.
keenly interested in basketball n the
rescue Of abused horses. She is loyal and
loving, and a pleasant change from the old
fashioned. misunderstood, morbid invalid
Of the old school. The work Is published
by Appletons.
The Pansy book OF the season; Ester
Reds Namesake,' In . curious mixture Of
old time s~entimentality and modern spirit
Ester Reid was n Of those sanity sun erers
OF the old school, dying at the age OF 10
and on her deathbed inspiring her name
eake's father with religious zeal which
resulted In his becoming the missionary
pastor OF q struggling Western church.
Ester Reid Randall, his daughter and the
heroine OF the story, is a vigorous, energetic
girl OF versatile gifts, trained In the hard
school Of poverty, who manages to obtain
Q college education and a rich and generous
husband. fortunately for her overworked
and long suff ering mother. The book is
made up OF religious discussions, q
ments and conversions, with q protracted
account OF the squabbles of q ladies'
aid society In a small church. Ths author
Of the Pansy books Is Isabella Macdonald
Alden. and the story IL published by the
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
The American Desert.

A strange corner Of the United States
that has attracted much notice OF late
wears il described fully and rather garru-
lo.lsly by Mr. George Wharton James in
The two volumes of The Wonders Of the
Colorado Desert" little, Brown and Com
pany). The author does not find room in
these to cover the whole district; he limits
himself In tho main To the region COM
prised in the two southern counties OF
California. and the Salton Sea plays a large
part in the narrative.
Mr.. james il very enthusiastic about
the desert; he goes INTO it to get closer %
nature. 1t would have been kinder if he
had given his reader the same opportunity.
for there is as much about Mr.. James as
there is about the desert in the two vol
,,mes. and the reader may at times feel
In doubt as to whether it is an ~autobiog-
raphy or a description he has in his hands.
In the desert he met an artist. Mr.. Carl
Eytel, OF whose merits he has a high opin-
ION and who contributes many clever
little sketches.
There il much that is interesting and in
structive in Mr.. Janes's book which the
reader will enjoy after he has become
accustomed to the high pitched tone Of
sulogy. There are chapters on the natural
features OF the region, on the animal life.
on the indians. on the history OF explora-
ton, on the agricultural and mining en-
ssrprises and on the projects for develop
ing the land. There is a full account OF the
fght with the Colorado River in the Salton
district, with very recent information.
Some OF the personal adventures are en-
pertaining. There is value in the book,
but il would be much improved by judicinus
and liberal pruning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
ItaIa In the North

Although a complete failure. so far as
u,s ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of ita aims was con-
osrned, the story Of Mr.. Anthony Flalas
sallant effort to reach the North Pole, Fight
ing the Polar Ice Doubleday, Page and
Company, is extremely interesting and
Instructive II men could profit by the
experiences Of others they might learn
she lesson that was pounded into Mr.. Flala
In the coz rse of two hard winters, thar
Arctic weather conditions may knock out
tne best equipped of expeditions, and that
unless the edo or die" spirit can be instlled
into every member suoess is very unlikely.
Since Pearv's rcti m IL il clear hat whether
che Polar sea be open" or not, In some years
n IN open enough to prevent sledglng
and the talk OF a "dash to the Pole" with
stations on the ocean ice may subside.
Rudolf Island. the northernmost part Of
Franz Josef Land, was the base selected
for Mr.. Fiala's operations, and he sue
ceeded in reaching ii safely. though his
vessel was lost. He made three tries FOR
the north, making Numerically few miles,
end Just managing 10 touch parallel 81.
The additions 20 previous knowledge con-
sisted In the explorations OF the interior
Of the archipelago. and in the scien-
yluC ODbhTNhllblAN ldNths AHT tHN u Wv
dangers and hardships which the eXpe-
dition underwent is thoroughly interesting
all the same, as is the record Of all brave
deeds, and there were elements OF novelty
IN the equipment that demand the etten IA
Of all Interested in Arctic exploration.
What Fiala took with him should be COM
pared with the outfit of the Franklin ex-
psditions. The experiment with Siberian
ponies should be noted. though Mr.. Fiala's
confidence in them may not meet with
general assent.
The remarkable feature of the book is
the set Of wonderful photographs taken 10y
Mr.. Fiala. There may he too many Of
these. illustrating rather trivial matters,
hut the reader will not mind them, in view
Of the mass Of important pictures. The Po-
lar regions nave never been photographed
20 splendidly. The paintings will attract
for the Indications Of color rather than any
artistic merit. Mr.. Fiala's pictures Of sea
Ice should put a end once for all 10 any
deIusions about a smooth track all the way
90 the Pole. His story Of American pluck
making a hopeless fight against nature
should find many readers.
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write a book than this study d
temperament.
Don il an idealist. impracticable, unre-
liable and difficult to steer 70 success. Mis-
understood as a child, unfortunate as a
youth, involving not only himself but those
he loves best in repeated disaster, stu Don
abrams clings TO his ideals and ~justifies
his failure.
Failing in his az examinations at college In
Canada, Don finds his way into Grub street
in New York and ultimately 20 his place
among the dramatists. Polk said Don would
never write a play for the same reason
that women seldom write good plays. Be
cause women are sensitive and emotional
and artistic, hut they are not strong
enough 70 subdue emotion 20 the ends Of
art. d. YOU see? . That's the trouble
with Gregg dom. He's as sensitive as
a woman, but he lives like a woman and
hen never write a id thing. He's too
deep in his own emotions. $50 Happyl
Of course he's happy. He's too happy to
write. And when he's miserable he'll
be too miserable to write But he did
write, redeemed his failures, won his suo-
cesses and kept his ideals remaining TO
the end, the ardent lover, the dreamy poet,
the gentle solitary'-Don-a- Dreams. AT
one time | thought I was q fool he said,
because every one else thought 30. Now
they tell me I'm a genius-snd l ha' ma
dOots."
The story lacks the pic~unresqueness Of
the Du Maurier Latin Quarter for piotur-
sequences requires d~istanoefor perspective.
IL lacks the fantasy and finish Of Barry's
presentments Of the same sort Of life. But
the Grub street Of New York. with all its
sCrdid misery. its nashy success, its long
steep incline 20 the top. IL reproduced with
fidelity, naturalness and simplicity. .Don-s-
Dreams iss book tobe read, not reviewed.
the charm Is lost In d~ecantine the wine.
(The Century Company
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08

Ii can hardly be expected that a single
general volume on collecting household
goods will prove Of much service 20 those
risking a purchase, even when the guide
IL as competent as Mrs. v. Hudson Moore.
Her book, The Collectors Manual" (Fred-
erick A. Stokes Company, IL therefore
rather a guide TO what things are desirable
for people who are uncertain about their
own taste. IL seems 10 cover all the
domestic paraphernalia that have attracted
collectors, from beds and sideboards TO
earthenware n copper pans. The chapters
are shunied rather curiously. those on heavy
furniture alternating with those on china.
glassware and SO on. This may be the order
in which the articles were published in
magazine form, but a more logical arrange
ment would seem preferable for practical
use. There are many excellent illustrations,
and there are tinted borders which, we
imagine, are now thought 20 be orns-
mental.
In the preface 10 The Prisoner al the
Bar" Charles Scribner's Sons) Mr.. Arthur
Train criticises sarcastically the name in
which some newspapers report court cases.
He would have dom well himself if he nae
avoided the tone of popular journalism in
his articles. There is a stress on points Of
minor importance in them and a gliding
over Essentials that makes them puzzling
at times 20 those who nave some knowledge
OF the subject. and must bewilder those
who nave not. When he gossips he is
entertaining, and some OF his stories are
amusing; when he criticises the law and
its administration he gives evidence often
OF not wasting much time in thinking,
| "a ..g,. Al m ,rpoan ~ g,f1na ae No co..
great familiarity with his subject. We
fear the volume will not increase public
esteem for the District Attorneys assist
ants.
The biographies in who's Who on the
| Stage walter Browne and +. A. Austin,
| New York;, though brief, seem fairly ade-
quate. There are great difficulties in the
first publication OF a work of this kind,
and we should expect from the wa this
is prepared improvement in the number
Of names included and in the individual
articles in a later issue. Az it ia il will be
found very convenient by many purposes.
In the essays which make up Thomas a
Kempis. His Age and His Book (Methuen
and Company;G G. P. Putnam's sons Mr.. J. e.
g. De Montmorency touches on a great deal
| OF controversial matter. Though he asserts
his own belief emphatically that the book
was written by Thomas, the doubts about
the authorship run through all the articles.
/ The first is an interesting picture Of the
conditions that gave rise to the Imitation
Of Christ" This IL followed by accounts
| Of the manuscripts, by a discussion of Walter
Hilton's claims to the authorship, and by
summaries of the structure and Of the con-
tents Of the limitation" In an appendix
are printed Gerson's DE Meditatione
Cords" and a minor work OF Thomas a
Kempis as evidence, from the difference Of
style, against Gerson's authorship.
Australia has made so many political
and social innovations that DR.. Victor
s. Clark's The Labour Movement in Aus
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
''DOn-a-Dreams" Is a riea,lng ralr.

To achieve attention with q first book
not by tho compelling interest of novel plot
or brill2nt episode but by the grace Of
deiberase and leisurely narrative, tho
charm Of literary quality and style. II the
adventure Of Mr.. Harvey j. OHiggius in
HE story of -Don-s-Dreans.' When the
author has learned by ex experience the value
Of discard and gained the courage TO throw
sway half that occurs 70 him 20 say hs may
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Continued on Elercnh Page.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-25

serving his sentence when. much to his
disgust, his lawyer secured his release.
Gourdain then exhausted every en-
deavor to get back into the peniten-
tiary to serve out his full term. and
finally went to Washington to lay his
case before the Supreme Court. Failing
in this. he went to New York. where he
registered at the fashionable R41eigh
Hotel as Louis A Gourdain. No. $500.
Illinois State Prison. Joliet. ILL.," and
asked change for a $500 bill to pay his
cabman who had driven him from the
station.
While in New York Gourdain an
nounced that he was making his last
fight. and should he fail to get a
United States Judge to sign a writ
sending him back to the penitentiary
he would return to Joliet and there
build private Jail in which he would
finish his sentence.
This is a poor apology for a free
country" said Gourdain. where a man
cannot even go to Jail if he wants to.
will build a prison of my own and lock
myself up. 1 will enter the cell every
night and get up every morning when
the penitentiary gong rings. and eat
prison fare In prison garb. 1 will be
convict No. $500.
Immediately after my term has ex-
pired I will carry out my plan OF,
wiping the Gourdain family Off the
map. 1 will go aboard my steam yacht
with about one hundred of my blood
relatives, and we will sail away and
that will be the last ever heard OF US.
There will be no messages. The fam
lily will simply disappear"
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In the Smart Set.

n n RS. LLEWELLYN JONES, Miss
~ Grace Llewellyn Jones and
wi Iisutenant-Jere Burnett left on
Sunday for Europe and ex-
pect to go directly to France. There
they will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Mason for some time at Grenoble
where Mr.. Mason is American Consul
had intended going abroad about the
end of April. but the fire upset their
plans and they gave up the idea for a
time. Lieutenant Burnett's health has
not been good of late. however and
they decided to go abroad that he
might have the advantage of the waters
of some famous cure
A merry crowd gathered at the ferry
to bid them bon voyage, among the
number being Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Keeler, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Mansfeldt
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin K. Lane, Miss
Montgomery, Mrs Goewey, John NJ
Gamble and Royden Williamson.
Mrs Thomas Selby and Miss Annie
Selby, who have been the guests of
Mrs. A. J. Ralston in Berkeley since
their return from the East, have come
to town and are occupying a house on
Broadway near Laguna street. Mrs.
Selby has been quite i'll during the past
week, but has improved decidedly with
in the past day or two.
Miss Constance Borrowe, who has
recently been staying at Pacific Grove
for fortnight, left yesterday after
noon for visit to Mrs. CASTOR Ashe at
the latter's San Benito ranch.
Mrs. w. F. McNutt will leave very
shortly for Europe, where she will join
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n NE ,o of t. the s.ia,' hardest st. fights hts, ever w
~ been carried on recently by
Louis A. Gourdain Of Chicago
convicted of using the mails to de-
fraud. Gourdain is trying to compel the
United States court to carry out its
sentence. He is making as hard a fight
to serve his term as George D. Collins
is making to obtain his freedom, but
unlike Collins he has a remedy which
he will bring to his aid when all other
means fail. He will build a private
penitentiary and serve out his sentence
in his own prison under exactly the
same conditions as If he were an in
mate of the Government penal institu-
tion.
Gourdain, who is very wealthy, be-
longs to a wel1-known Louisiana fam
lily and lays great stress upon his
honor. He was accused of fraud in
using the mails to further a land
scheme. Hurt by the accusation, which
he believed undeserved. he engaged a
lawyer at $500 month for life for the
purpose of bringing about his indict-
ment, believing that he would be vindi-
Gated in court.
But Gourdain had reckoned without
his host. The case came to trial in
Chicago last May and Gourdain offered
no defense. He stated that should he
be found guilty he would not take an
appeal. and furthermore, at the expira-
tion of his sentence he would turn over
his entire fortune to the postoffice au-
thorities to pay back in full every per-
son who had subscribed toward his
land scheme.
After a brief trial the jury found
Gourdain guilty. He asked that he be
Immediately sentenced and demanded
that he be given the full limit of the
law.
He was sentenced to four years and
six months in the United States peni
tentiary at Joliet. ILL.,, where he asked
for the hardest work. which was that
of shoveling coal. He was peaceably
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-25

the Federal Government for a military
reservation and of no value to the War
Department The canneries have guar
anteed to manufacture 1880 tons OF
canned pineapples the coming season.
and this is the reason why the railroad
has extended it's line. 1t is the same old
story. Just as the pioneers of the
Western States opened up the country
and developed the land railroads fol-
lowed them. And so 1t is here in Ha-
wall at the first opportunity there has
been for showing that some other in
dustry than sugar can be prohtably de-
veIoped by the American farmer.
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Ans WerS to
Queries

EMPLOYED. w. A, City. Whether
an individual engaged at stated sal
ary may be discharged without notice
depends upon the term of the employ
ment.
CROP BULLETINS. B., Watson.
vile. Cal. For such Government crop
upon the Congressman of the district
in which you live and he will procure
them for you.
RUSSIAN NAVY-A. r. S., Los
Banos, Cal The first division of the
Russian Baltic fleet while on it's way
under command of Admiral Rojestven-
the Suez canal.
NATURALIZATION PAPERS-A Sub
scriber, City. If your naturalization
papers have been charred by the fire
and you wish a copy you will have TO
apply to the court that issued them.
This department cannot advise you
dS " Tie lee, IoI tuS IcdSOH tHdC hO
notice of such fees has yet been an
nounced.
INCORPORATED COMPANY-P., AL
ameda, Cal. If you are not a stock
holder in the incorporated company you
allude to the company officers will not
furnish you "a full list Of sharehold-
ers. amount of the holding of each and
some idea of the financial position of
the corporation" nor will they furnish
it to any one else for you. Unless one
of the stockholders gives you the in
formation this department does not
know how you can obtain the informa-
ton you desire.
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waters of a reservoir, the impounding
bulwark of which was two miles away.
The passengers got out, at an eleva-
tion of 93S feet above the tide, and
started to see one of the canneries.
Feeding it with the raw material were
the structure were los people and any
amount of novel, buzzing machinery
engaged. in preparing 1000 cases Of
canned pineapples per day. In each case
are twenty-four cans of two and half
pounds each, or twelve cans of one gal
Ion capacity. or forty eight cans of one
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pound each. From 10000 to $4,000 cans
of pineapples are handled every work
ing day.
The cannery uses sugar from the
Honolulu plantation, over one-third of
a pound to one grade of tin and trifle
less than that to another. Besides the
sliced product with the core removed
there is a grated pineapple produced.
The smaller cans are made in Honolulu
now and are labeled to suit various
markets-San Francisco, Denver and
Boston.
Right alongside this level tract of
good farm land are 5000 acres held by
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City Railroad, the line reaching as far
as the center of the pineapple fields and
canneries on the island of Oahu, little
more than an hours run from Honolulu
There. stretched out for miles is rich
almost stoneless prairie with perhaps
a couple of million pinapples growing
and hundreds of acres being cultivated
for more pines. Here and there on the
landscape were thrifty homes, avenues
of we'll kept trees, people going about
with businesslike air as If they were
3O0O%miles from the tropics, teams
drawing heavy loads, a busy cannery
in sight, and down in the long. widen
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Equally Painful Ordeal.

Huh! What do you know about
war? Did you ever hurl yourself into
the imminent. deadly breach or seek
the bubble reputation. even in the can
mons mouth'?"
We'll. no; not exactly Not to any
noticeable extent. But, have taken
home unexpected company 10 dinner"
Puck
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W ONOLULU, July 17.-Agricultural
~ development is proceeding rap
L Il idly in Hawaii Following close
Fy upon the opening of the Ko-
hala ditch on the island of Hawaii came
the running of the first passenger train
to the farm lands at Wahiawa on July
IA. This is an extension of the Pearl
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-25

her daughters, Mrs. Ashton Potter and
Miss Ruth McNutt, the latter of whom
went abroad since the earthquake. The
Potters and Miss McNutt are now at
some German baths for the benefit of
Mr.. Potter's health.
Mrs. Thomas Magee Sr. and her little
spending a fortnight in northern Marin
County. Mrs. Magee has a cottage in
Mill Valley, where she is spending the
summer. her house on Broadway near
Devisadero street being rented to Mrs.
William Kohl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percival Williams are
at present visiting Mrs. Sprague in
San Rafael. Mrs, Williams having re-
turned from a fortnight's stay with her
sister, Miss Frances Sprague, in Men
docino County, and Mr.. Williams being
back from brief Eastern trip.
Miss Marie Oxnard, who is spending
the summer with Mrs. Sprague in San
Rafael, expects to leave in the fall for
the East Henry Oxnard has arrived
here from Southern California.
Jack Carrigan is at present the guest
of Mrs. c. B. Brigham and Miss Kate
Brigham at their country place at Lake
Tahoe and will remain there for a
month. He will leave. in September
probably for the Philippines.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-25

California glace fruits and choice can
dies. Full stock. Townsend's residence
and factory, 1920 Valencia ST., and the
Emporium, Post st. and Van Ness ave.
Order by phone. Special 37S.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-25

Since the Suez canal was opened its
annual revenue has increased from
s1,S00,000 to $4,000, 900.