Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13
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scenes as well, thus adding much to the eff
fectiveness, for Mrs. Atherton is intimately
acquainted with the best life on both sides OF
the Atlantic.
The heroine is high bred California girl.
The hero is brilliant Englishman with every
promise of great career-but sudden ana un-
expected tragedy results IN making nim
political nonentity.
Restive under this situation, he goes 10
America, there to carve out new career; tne
heroine returns to her native land; ann the
story goes absorbngy on, with California
scenes OF strong and deepening interest Cali
fornia and San Francisco are set forth as
never before, in Aall their glory and their
charm their strength and their weakness
And the story comes to its end with its CHIEF
characters in San Francisco at the time OF the
earthquake and fire. the scenes OF whicn. Win
great buildings plunging dancing and top
pling and the fire sweeping onward, are de-
scrbed with tremendous vividness and force.
for Mrs. Atherton was in san Francisco a
the time of the great disaster.
1t is a remarkable novel.
definite and sumptuously illustrated edi-
ton Of 1.-The Poems Of Samuel Taylor Cole
ridge" will be published by John Lane COM
pany this autumn Poems hitherto unpublished
in book form will be included in this edition.
There are hundreds of illustrations-full page
and running through the text-reproduced from
original drawings by Gerald Metcalfe. The
volume is one of unusual value and merit
The Century company will publish In the
future series OF n16tOrlcdi EOtufnc5 oiilrt
the general editorship of Prof. George Lincoln
Burr OF Cornell university. There Will be ten
volumes in ell, each by specialist in the held
OF which he writes, but all working tosetner 20
when completed, form history OF the world
from the viewpoint OF modern scholarship.
upon lines essentially new.
The novels Of VIII N. Harben. set as they
are in northern Georgia. and stepped In the
charming atmosphere of the south, are not only
&Ak.~ E~rrk 10. rrf . nd
Canada and distant Australia as well. sec
ond Australian edition of his Ann Boyd was
recently issued and also second Australian
edition of THE Georgians."
The biggest business fact in the world is the
United States Steel corporation 1t has more
stockholders than the population OF Nevada:
more profits in good year than the revenue OF
the. city of New York.
II the unparalleled developments had been
the result OF centuries 1t would still be won
derful enough, but 1t is practically the har-
vest Of one generations sowing. When Her
ber N. Casson was gathering material Tor his
book 1.-THE Romance OF Steel" published py
A. s. Barnes & Co., he visited John Fritz "a. az
might be called the father of the steel mill;
and at Louisville he found white haired oia
lady, wife of William Kelly, the Original in
yentor of what is called Bessemer steel. IN
Chicago any visitor may see Bob Hunt whose
personal "reminiscences reach back TO the
earlier dawn of tn steel era And the master
fuI ecotchman, who rescued the business from
periodic bankruptcy, and won for 1t the coma
mercial supremacy Of the world. is still hitting
between New York and Skibo castle, and
thinking more OF the future than Of tho pasf.
Thackeray was never able to dictate his
stories; he tried to. but gave 1t up. Scott too.
attempted dictation but found the effort use
less and returned to what he termed 'fhe
magic OF the PEN Even In this present day
stenographic era there are many writers who
write out all of their work themselves, al
though some choose to utilize the typewriter.
finding with it's use an easier flow OF Thought
than when they the pen. w. ID. Howeils
never dictates his work. and Henry James
never took up dictation until after getting the
mistaken impression that Mr.. Howells used II.