Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-19

.sYou and Some Others is a dainty lit
tie book of short poems. almost slim as
to size, but so full of music and inspira-
ton as to lift one above terms of mere
measurement. There Is in these lyrics a
subtle power difficult to define yet directly
reaching the heart. compelling one to ic-
peat certain lines over and again. This
is conspicuously true of You The
Weaving of Life's Fabric" and "All. =
The signifcance of You deepens when
one knows that it was written as an
answer to Mrs. Browning's Fourteenth
Sonnet to the Portuguese" and against
the spirit of criticism. Italian hand mace
paper of delicate buff and old rose, with
frontispiece in halftone reproducing
Correggio'S Madonna of st. SEBASTIAN
are some of the details of an exquisite
example of bookcraft.
You and Some others BY Agnes
Greene Foster. New York: Paul Elder
& Co.
There was once q picture painted rep
resenting the first discovery of the oyster
on the seashore by man, but none ever
followed showing the j-y and delight on
his countenance when he dared open ana
eat it. We can only imagine the breadth
of his smile, although the morsel must
have been entirely without sauce or
trimmings of any kind. But that was
before the possibilities in this direction
were disclosed by the Paul Elder Press
of New York in the attractive volume,
"One Hundred and One Ways of Serving
OYSTERS" compiled by May E. South
worth. The old saying of being as dumb
as an oyster" cannot apply to this dainty
little brochure, for it speaks loudly ana
most eloqueutly of its homely SELL ar
rayed in all sorts of fancy and gorgeous
dress There are one hundred and one
mostly new and thoroughly appetizins
ways of serving this succulent bivalve,
each more palatable than the last From
title page to the end of the index the
appetite is lured on to absolute hunger.
one Hundred and One oysters. BY
May E. Southworth. New YORK: Paul
Elder & Co.
Col. II. II. Sargent. already favorably
known as a military historian. has pre-
pared THE Campaign of Santiago &c
Cuba" brought out by A. c. McClurg *
Co. In three easily handled volumes the
entire sts-v Of the fighting on both sea
and land is told and discussed as strategy
and the art of war. Twelve maps enable
the reader to follow the actual hghtlns
in the summer of 1S9S Col. Sargent CRIT
icism is frank and fearless. Whiie cen
suring Gen. Shafter for minor errors, ne
calls attention to the fact that ne dlu an
that he was called upon to do with means
so insufficient that an efficient command
ing officer on the Spanish side could have
defeated him. Admiral Sampson. In tax
ing the New York from the line OF pattie
on the morning of the naval victory over
Ceryera. is convicted of "a glaring tac-
tical error" Especially noteworthy are
the repeated tributes to the valor OF the
Spaniards. The work is valuable con-
tribution of the history of the spanish
American war.
The Campaign of Santiago de Cuba, In
three volumes. BY. Col. II. II. sargent
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.
The many-sided Roosevelt is always an
interesting subject. and has never been
more so than today. Here is the latest
word on one side of the presidents per-
by the dean of American nature
writer's In the first part of this oook MT.
tells the story OF a trip with
the president to the Yellowstone park IN
the spring of 1903. He says that the most
interesting thing he saw In that wonoer
full country was the president himself and
he gives a very graphic and entertain
ing account of him-his manner of meet
ing people along the route of travel, ms
chats with old acquaintances OF ms
ranching days. his rides and walks in the
wilderness. his camp fire conversation and
story telling and in all this he
paints a vivid picture OF the breezy
alert energetic, enthusiastic. whole
souled outdoor Roosevelt. The presl-
dent as "a naturalist is part
of the authors theme here and still
more so in the second paper, president
Roosevelt as a Nature Lover and Obser-
ver." In this account of recent visit
To OYSTER Bay Mr.. Burroughs tells or
walking and talking with the president at
Sycamore hill and discussing his qualities
as a genuine lover of nature and an ex'
acute and accurate observer
Mr. Burroughs acquaintance with Mr'
Roosevelt Is of long standing, and ne
knows this outdoor side of him so well
and sympathizes with it so thoroughly
that what he has to say of him is sure to
be of the keenest interest to every lover
of nature and every admirer of the presi-
dent. The book is fully illustrated from
photographs.
Camping and Tramping with Roose-
velt. BY John Burroughs. Cambridge,
Mass: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
There are those who feel they have
not dined without a finishing sweet of
some sort. 1t is the mecca of the whole
dinner, to be looked forward to through
the various other courses. Everyone who
plans a dinner must be ready to meet
this demand with the tart, the pudding,
the pie, the jelly or best of all the frozen
cream. In '101 Desserts" compiled by
May E. Southworth, there are all
varieties of these sweet joys that seem
never to pail on us: a few of the heavy
puddings and staple pies of bygone times,
but mostly the delicate. tasty light
desserts and creams that suit the modern
idea and diet better.
'1O1 Desserts is one of the new vol
umes in the celebrated "Epicurean
Thrills" a series that already includes
many attractive "1c1" compilations
1O1 Desserts. BY May e. Southworth.
= York: Paul Elder & Co.
"A Eall of Yarn is composed of four
skens of three yarns each. so strung to-
gether and so ingeniously interviewer
with snappy dialogue that once the read
er catches hold either of the thread of
discourse or of the yarn itself. he is
carried on, willy-niily, to the ultimate
end, hopelessly enmeshed and helpless
with suppressed laughter.
Others have yarned before: Ananas.
Sapphira, Munchausen, Mark Twain and
host of others-some entertainingly.
others painstakingly still others ex-
asperatingly. But when Whiting knits