Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-27

Sacramento, and in the mining camps
he suffered from malaria. Fortune
fouted him and he was even reduced
to pushing a cart Te waited in a cafe
and even tended bar But he never be-
came discouraged.
Then he came TO this region and fell
in with General Phineas Banning at
Wilmington. Most Of the surveys made
thereabouts were his work. From then
on his genius was recognized. He was
twice chosen county surveyor and was
later cashier Of a bank. He married in
June. 1871 Josephine Smith of Los An
geles, who survices him.
The value of the book, especially It's
accounts Of early California, Is shown
when It Is enthusiastically received by
President David starr Jordan and
President Benjamin Tde Wheeler, as
well as by others Of like distinction.
Every librarian has just slowed away
the almanaCs Of 1906 on the upper
shelves and replaced them with the al
manacs for 1907. OF these there are
five which are really famous: The AL
manach Hachette, published in Paris
the Almanach de Gotha, published in
| French In Germany: Whitaker's al
manack and the Daily Mail Year Book,
published I'm London, and the World
almanac. published in New York
The World contains 5H pages of mat
| ter and 1l3 pages of Advertisements the
| IIaChette has Gao pages Of matter and
| 95 of advertisements; Whltaker's has
| 7S9 pages Of matter and 225 of adver-
| tisements; the Mail has 252 pages of
matter and 20 Of advertisements, and
the Almanach de Gotha carries no ad-
vertisements and has 1900 pages of
reading matter.
The Worlds index contains 1920 lines.
Hachette contains 735, Whitaker 1886,
the Almanach de Gotha 1045 and the
Mail 1902. The reason Whtaker's index
| is SO largo IS that each item appears
under every possible head.
Whitaker's and the World almanac
| resemble each other most closely; each
is designed as work for rapid refer
ence, containing as full statistics as
possible on as many subjects as pos
sible. The German publication is in q
class by Itself, containing 482 pages de-
voted to the royal and princely families
of the world, the rest, entitled THE
Diplomatic Year" being a concise and
extremely accurate synopsis of the gov
ernments of the world. their budgets
and their trade. For reference on such
matters 1t is invaluable but for con-
sultations on general subjects 1t is USE
less.
The Daily Mail Year Book is sort
of compendium of the burning questions
of the day, but these are treated in q
/.
often destroyed by the partisan bias
that sticks out all over them.
Hachette is remarkable for the ex-
traordinary range of subjects it treats
of. For instance, there are AZ pages
of dictionary containing 10000 words);
20 pages on law; 52 including maps, on
geography; on geometry, 10 on his
tory; there are maps of all railways in
France; chapters on the steamship
lines of the world. with full information
about rates. baggage, sleeping cars,
meals hotels, etc. There are II pages
devoted to sports, to donkeys and 8 to
| bees, 4 to diamonds and to the mar
riages of American girls and European
noblemen.
The World treats Of many more sub
jects than Whitaker, and all those of
general interest more fully. Whitaker
is largely taken up with lists Of the
British and colonial civil service and
the army and navy. 1t gives only 1877
pages to the statistics of the world at
; large, against 33 to banks and banking,
II to insurance companies, 16 to as
: tronomy and 29 to sports. It's shipping
: list is directory of the world.
"On the Mexican Highlands" by Will
liam Seymour Edwards, contains in en-
tertaining language his impressions of
his travels through the region named,
as well as passing glimpse of Cuba
J The luXuriant growth. the fine climate
r and the great progress of the former
land are we'll brought out. with great
list of snapshots to illustrate them.
The touches of Cuba principally relate
; to the fomenting of revolution which
overthrew its recent government
On the Mexican Highlands. BY Will
liam Seymour Edwards. Cincinnati
Jennings & Graham.
In the mind of man there is the dawn
; ing of new and vital fact that the
authority of law is resident in his life;
that health, strength and happiness, as
conditions of mind and body. must be
made manifest by conscious effort or
!, his part by the use of spiritual qualities
, and mind faculties; that through the
indwelling spirit his mind must be
. quickened and renewed and his body
strengthened and made whole. In this
the fifth presentation of his work., "Th5
Will to Be Well" the author Charles
Brodie Patterson, has, in the addition OF
: four new chapters, given his latest
. thought on the all-important subjects
of mental and physical health.
The VIII to Be Well. BY Charles
. Brodie Patterson. New York: Funk &
l Wagnalls company.
Organic Evolution; a Sketch" by
Anna Augusta Gaskell ("Delta") is an
nounced as a Henry Drummond mem
orial. 1t purports to contain new ant
, original theory of evolution, taking ac
I count of all the facts, reconciling science
E and religion. 1t asserts that belief
in Immortality is a logical, scientific and
$ philosophical deduction and that tht
= coolest reasoning makes it so. The
. claims for the theories advanced are
J.. very strong.
Organic Evolution: a Sketch BY
| Anna Augusta Gaskell ("Delta'). Chi
cago: Published by the author.
Lawrence Motifs first stories of the
north gave him almost immediate
I recognition as a story teller of distinc-
tion. The new tales in 1.-THE White
: Darkness" most of them centered
about the daily work of the Canadian
mounted police, have a human grip and
a sense of romantic incident which
, show n new growth in the authors art
! The characters play their heroic dramas
: simply, and without the bravado OF
: MANY words Tears and 1aIphtar q ra