The San Francisco call., 1906-06-17

faults and projections given equal
prominence. and with certain almost
indescribable peculiarities handled so
sympathetically as TO call for a stimuli
taneous smile and tear from those who
know best the original thus depicted
Augusta. Ga. Herald.
And what hero, John Myrant Is
creation as lovabIe in his way and
as fine type as The Virginian." In
John is found the combination OF
honor, courage moral and physical.
and perfect manners that makes a
gentleman the world over. The mar
rattye OF his love and life must stand
with the masterpieces that form only
too short a procession in -.ctItious his
tories. 1t is true that none
but true gentleman can portray the
heart and motive and manner Of the
gentleman. and that such are either
in or out of the authors profession
In style Lady Baltimore" is
unafectedly distinguished: in concep-
tion 1T is so natural that its real i'm
preston can only be received by actual
reading.-Louisville Courler-JournaL
Two things were shown in the case
of the Chronicle building: one was the
! danger of leaving a single column un-
protected in the new part and in the
old part it was shown that cast-irOn
columns should have no place in first
class fireproof building ngs.-Fireproof
Magazine
In the July number of "Harper's
Bazar." Mary Stewart Cutting author
Of Little Stories of Married Life" will
begin striking series of Talks to
Wives" Mrs. Cutting has made a spe-
| cial study of matrimonial problems
md Of feminine psychology In her
slrst article she viii advise the women
whose husbands are "close"-a large
md pathetic band. as every observant
person knows. Mrs. Cuttings con-
clusions are sfngularly sane and her
suggestions are very original Later,
she is to talk TO the wives who are
losing their husbands affections and
/ still later to those who have not been
able to keep pace with their husbands.
intellectually or socially.-Harper's
Literary Gossip.
| Readers of "The Martyrdom OF an
Empress The Trident and the Net
and other works by the same author
will be interested TO learn that the
French Government has just bestowed
upon her the gold palm leaves of the
Ordre de PInstruction PubIique. which
/ is the grade Immediately superior 10
/ that of Officer of the Academy. This
distinction, rarely granted to women.
is conferred in recognition of literary
merit. and in this instance may be re-
garded as the appreciation by the
French Government OF the efforts OF a
native of Brittany. living in America,
/ to make known here in an attractive
light that most interesting portion OF
France.-The Interocean. Chicago
The fact that winston Churchill
has been for several years the most
popular novelist in the United States
lends special interest to the announce
/ ment by the Macmillan Company Of
his new novel. "Coniston." Primarily
a love story, Mr.. ChurchiIrs new book
derives part of it's interest from
politics, but much more from it's su-
perb misunderstanding. Those who
have read it pronounce il by far the
most vigorous. attractive and en-
gaging novel that Mr.. Churchill has
ever written. The volume is freely
illustrated from pen drawings by
Literary Notes
Hymen.
Winds kiss and twine.
Leaves of vine:
Birds meet their mates IN the blue
Heart of the rose
Honey-bee knows.
Heart OF my heart knows you'll
Rising tides reach
/ Arms To the beach:
Star mates with star in the blue.
/ Dawn weds the uOOn.
Sun weds the moon.
| Love of my life weds yout
Marie Van Worst in June Lippincott's
Seven years after the death OF
Shakespeare, his collected works were
published in large folio volume. now
known as 'The First Folio Shake
speare." This was in the year 1928
The price at which the volume was or
igina1Iy sold was one pound, but per-
/ haps we ought to take into cOnsidera-
tion the fact that at that time money
had a value. or purchasing power, at
least eight times that which it has at
present: Halliwell- Phillips estimates il
/ at from twelve to twenty times its
present value. For this circumstance.
however. full allowance may be made
by multiplying the ultimate result by
the proper number.
This folio is regarded as the most
valuable printed book in the English
I language-the last copy that was Of
fered for sale in good condition having
brought the record price of nearly
$4,000, so that 1t is safe to assume that
a perfect copy. in the condition in
which 1T left the publishers hands,
would readily command $lO,OOO.
A prominent New York lawyer OF
wide experience says that. in his opin-
ion, ninety-nine out of every hundred
of those who make money or inherit it
lose ii sooner or later.
How many thousands of good. honest
men and women there are in this coun-
try who have worked very hard and
made all sorts of sacrifices Of comfort
and luxury in order TO lay up some
thing for the future and yet have
\ reached middle life or later without
having anything TO show for IL; many
of them, indeed. finding themselves
without a home or any probability OF
getting one. without property or a cent
of money laid by for sickness. for the
inevitable emergency or for their de-
clining years.
For the sake OF your home, for the
protection of hard earnings, for your
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