The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

the work of Mrs. Gertrude Atherton
have not looked upon her a prophet.
but that she is prophet and an ex-
treHnely good one is shown by an in
teresting extract from her Rulers OF
Kings" published by the Harpers
three years ago.
Battlekites. such as she anticipated.
are at present actively discussed and
planned, and the French government.
within few weeks past. has been at
tracing attention by an arrnored auto
mobile-a movable fort with cannon
which gets = over extremely rough
ground altogether away from the
road. The third series of her prophe-
cies is q moving fort which can both
cover rough ground and fly over
streams. and it viii doubtless soon be
realization also.
Mrs. Julie OPP Favershan. the act
ress. has made novel out OF ROyles
play. The Squaw Man." in which she
and her husband have acted. She has
supplied the necessary descriptions TO
take the place Of stage direction and
made q readable romance out OF the
drama II is illustrated with stage
photographs. (Harper & Bros)
Miss Emma Brooke, author OF "Sir
Elyot OF the Woods" (Duf1eld S Col.
IS OF north country descent. being on
the mothers side OF the oldi yeoman
stock Cheshire, while her father was
Yorkshireman. On her fathers death
she enrolled herself as one Of the piO-
neer students of Newnham college
and seven years later. having lost a
great part of her fortune, she settled
In London and turned her attention to
literary work In 1854 she joined the
Fabian society, which had but lately
been formed, and was in 1898 elected
TO the executive. Her first success
in fiction was "A Superhuous Woman
During the intervals OF her novels
she has made tabulation OF European
factory acts in relation TO hours OF
labor and the regulations for women
and children
Among the distinguished visitors
brought to America as the guests OF
Andrew Carnegie is the eminent Dutch
novelist, "Maarten Martens" who Is
known to his neighbors as Joost Marius
WilIem Van der Poorten- Schwartz.
Though born in Holland and living
there he writes in English, a language
which he wields with the utmost skill
He was born at Amsterdam, and lives
In a handsome chateau near DOorn-
His best books in the past have been
Gods Fool" and -Dorothea." This
year the Appletons publish The
Woman's Victory" a volume OF ex-
ceedingly clever short stories. OF which
one reviewer said that IL proved Maar-
ten Martens to be possessed of the
gift OF second sight, SO we'll he UNDER
stood womankind-
A dramatization by George Middleton
OF Meredith Nicholson's popular story.
The House of a Thousand Candles"
has been tried OUT with great sue
cess by stock company in Worcester.
Mass 1t will be put on the boards reg
ularly next fall with a company OF its
own.
The Spectator, in reviewing The
Golden Hawk. BY Edith Rickerts
speaks very highly of the book, say
ing: Miss Rickert's versatility Is truly
amazing. The scenes of her first book
were laid IN the southern states and
opened in the cypress swamps of Louis
lana. Her second story. The Reaper"
was a really remarkable study of life
in the Orkneys. while her latest book
is a romance of the sun scoFched plains
and crags of Provence. But" says the
Spectator, Miss Rickert finds herself
at home wherever she goes, and in her
new volume, dedicated TO Mistral. she
has given US a modern romance in the
picturesque style stepped in ahe sun
shine of Provence and rejecting at
every turn the meridiOnal glamour of
the gueuse parfumee."
The "Diary of Della" published on
May % by Doubleday. Page & Co. is
not only delicious bit of Irish humOr
but il proves in a most refreshing way
the versatility Of it's author. OnOtO
Wantana. who is delightfully."- known
through her book. "a Japanese Night
ingaie." Della is the cook. and Delia's
view point, from the time she enters
the employ of the WOIley family until
the triumphal finale in which Delia'S
romance comes 10 its happy end. is one
that will be keenly appreciated. Onoto
Wantana is the nom de plume Of Mrs.
William BabcOck. Born of "a Japanese
mother and an English father and mar
ried TO an American. OnOtO Wantaua
is ono OF the most Interesting of our
present day writer's
After the rather excessive adulation
of TolstOy as a great thinker. the fol-
lowing from ~As The Hague Ordains." a
book dealing with the japanese Russian
war which has recently appeared. is re-
freshing: Our great refOrmer and
humbug. Count L TOlStOy- / wonder
why the procession of foreign visitors
who go to Yasmaya Pilyana. who lavish
adulation and hysterical praises upon
that Grass socialist and mischief maker
OF his day. never think 70 look around
them and use their reasoning powers"
The history OF aerial navigation In
which past experiments and future
possibilities OF this as yet undeveIOped
science Of Iocomotion are discussed Is
told in the new publication. 'Navigat-
ing the Air." issued by Doubleday. Page
& Co. on May o. In view of the forth
coming Gord0n-Bennett International
cup race to be held at ST. Louis the
publication Of this book is exceedingly
timely. 1t is illustrated by many pho
tcgraphs from the William j. Hammer
collection
Books Received
The Life OF Isaac William Joyce