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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
New Bocss Briefly go,ei

Optimism. A Real Remedy" is by
Horace Fletcher. whose former books
on the proper methods or eating have
been made the basis OF e system known
the world over as "Fletcherism."
While his entire outlook is that OF
practical optimism he Is careful to
point out that for remedial purposes
we must have the right kind OF op-
timism. He does not believe In the
Christian Science sort OF optimism that
denies evil in the world. Mr.. Fletcher
calls his optimism 'physiologic op-
timism.' He bespeaks the attention OF
those who are well. that they may keep
well. OF those not in robust health
that they may attain It, and justifes
his theory by proving that the world
is better place to live IN than even
the most sanguine of us had imagined.
NoCiurg & Co.. Chicago.
In 'rhs IFS Of History" Joseph Edgar
ChAmberiin writes OF certain historical
events and their influence on the max
Ing sf history "if'' they had happened
sentrArfwfss. How he deals with his
subject eAn be best imagined by read
1ng ssms ef his chapter headings: IF
EAs1ls>selss had not bsatsn Aristidss
= - Athenian election" "If the Moors
kaA wea tAs battle Of Tours" IL Co
tnoas AsA kspt his straight eourss
wssew1r4- 1f Abraham Linoolns
fAkAsR had moved southward, not
ns<sAwArd." II Queen Elizabeth Of
nngfAnd had left . son or daughtsr"
Hsnry Altsmus company, Philadelphia
The Path Of Devotion" by Swami
Paramananda. represents a departure
from the publications previously
brought out BY that society. for II deals
less with philosophical theory than with
religious practice II is designed to
help the reader meet tho immediate
difficulties Of his daily life pravely and
with understanding. and shows how he
may make even these dinculties a
means. OF attaining spiritual snIightsn-
msnt Ind perfection. The vedanta So
sisty. New York.
Hoyie's Games has been revised,
enlarged and brought up to date under
competent sditorship. 1t does not give
simply clear description of the games
themselves. with concise statement os
the essential rules and penalties go
attempt Is made at Suggestions for
good play. all such details being out OF
place in work Of reference like this
When game is OF sufficient import
ance to have an official code OF laws OF
Its own. such laws are given in full
The Mcclure company. New York.
The Triumphs OF Ephrain1s is the
title OF little volume of short stories
by James L. McGirt. negro poet and
editor OF McGirt's Magazine. published
in Philadelphia. Mr.. McGirt has drawn
on his own knowledge OF life in the
south for the themes of his stories.
which are written with a certain
amount OF literary skill and no little
effectiveness of construction They are
published by the author.
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tributes the next essay. and gives elong
with valuable informat on much saund
advice. Among other bits of good ad-
vice one may read that the public
should fully heed the counsel of those
who maintain that the new city should
be earthquake proof" Furthermore. the
author says that while some will run
away from the city for fear of another
earthquakA-and others will refrain
from building for like reason.
the city will grow and flourish any way.
It II encouraging to the weak and
waverins to read this:
Tho destiny of San Francisco de-
pends on the capacity and security of
Its harbor, on the wealth OF the coun-
try behind 1t and on It's geographic re-
lation to tho commerce OF the Pacific.
Whatever the earthquake danger may
be, it Is q thing to be dealt with on
the ground by skillful engineering, not
avoided by flight"
The reading Of few words like that
written by q scientist have more weight
with some people than hours OF talking.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
"1he California Earthquake of 1906"

Edited BY !, parid Starr Jordan. Published by
$50. N11 ii4'''''. iriee
This book is the most ambitious of
all the books published on the great
earthquake of 1906 1t is edited by
David Starr Jordan, which insures it's
literary excellence; and besides that,
DIR. Jordan being a scientist Of known
attainments, the articles are interest
ing and informing from that viewpoint,
too.
After the great earthquake a number
Of articles on the subject appeared in
various magazines. One. of these was
of such scientific as well as general in
terest that the publisher of this volume
thought it should be preserved in book
form. and so induced its author to
gather other articles from available
sources and make book Most of the
essays chosen have appeared in maga-
zines, some popular. some scientific: but
the present form makes their preserva-
tion permanent and the Illustrations
give an added interest.
The opening article is entitled "The
Earthquake Rift OF April, 1906'' 1t is
written by David Starr Jordan, and
while much geological information is
impaired, the attention of the layman is
held to the very end of the article. The
author gives a brief history of other
earthquakes Of California which have
proved more or less serious, and
touches upon all sides of the question.
closing by quoting the words of Will
liam II. Hall, the engineer of San
Francisco:
''The earthquake has put a definition
on the word sham, which seems post
lively cruel. 1t has established
value on the solid foundation and gem
uine superstructure. which is indeed
ennobling."
To this DR.. Jordan adds that it would
rebound to the moral and spiritual ele-
walton of any community to be assured
OF a smart shock or temblor at inter-
walls, and OF real earthquake once In
each generation. It does seem like
pretty severe medicine to give a city
once in a generation, but after few
doses perhaps posterity would not
need it.
Professor John Casper Branner con-
tributes the secopd article. entitled
Geology and Earthquakes" He an
swers a number OF questions as to the
cause and effect of earthquakes Gone
may say the latter question is easier to
answer) and number OF interesting
pictures, mostly from the Santa Clara
valley. are used to illustrate the article.
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Che Iragedv Of Russia IN Pacific Asia"

By Frederick Mccormick Published by the
Outag company. New York; two volumes.
Price Sc per set
We have had mucn literature on the
subject Of Russla's struggle with Japan
IN the form OF books. fugitive articles
in magazines. and the various war cor
respondents contributions. Mr.. Nc
Cormick is a newspaperman of much
experience and as such has had large
opportunities to study the pros and
cons OF all the questions relating to
this famous struggle. He goes into
much detail in the two large volumes
be offers, which cover the subject most
completely. Many fine maps, reproduc-
tions Of photographs and sketches
illustrate the pages, and one cannot but
think Mr. Mccormick has made q real
contribution TO literature. The subject
IS treated with much fairness. too, and
readers who have decided bias on one
side or the other can read this book
and not want TO take exception to any
statement. These books are the best
which have appeared yet on the sub
sect The following description OF a
Russian retreat gives good idea OF
the authors style:
a milky haze along the south de-
livered up its cloud OF stragglers to the
high stony moraine, which was bill
lowed here and there with swaying
blowing hordes. There was no army.
only tide OF company remnants, and
regimentai remnants, and individual
fugitivcs that owed a measure OF their
ooliverance 10 the great forage fires
that rose and fell throughout the black
nights Of the 10th and 11th-scenes
which dwelt in tbs memory as having
resembled the burning OF Rome or the
latter day lncineration OF mountains
and who had spent the night in fever
fish marches or in the seducing warmth
OF thousands OF sheaves of burning
millet, dehled irresponsible on to the
stony plain around the native city Of
TIehling without direction or authority,
FOR their officers We're gone, many Of
them, no one knew where. and every
mans responsibility ended with him.
self They did not know their elbow
companions As they filed exhaustedly
in-strange birds IN e strange land
they looked for something familiar and
ineligible. hundred thousand men
and more began now at day to throw
themselves upon the inhospitable Man
churian earth and to drink in tbs
matchless Manchurian air and light,
thanking God for day that had not
been recl1oned for on any calendar.
Buildings. trains and other evidences
OF human refuge seemed 20 inspire in
them a temporary sense OF security.
for under some influence they stacked
their arms as though TO bivouac and
as If waiting for orders. But finally
at the sound OF guns they staggered
up again and renewed their struggling
pilgrimage northward."
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
"Ihe Spell Of the Yukon and Other Verses"

By Robert W. Service Published BY Edward
Stern & Co.. Inc. Philadelphia.
This little book Of poems the reader
is bound to End startingiy interesting.
We are all so prone to think that poe
try can only deal with the DELICATE and
icealistlc side of things that when we
pick UP a volume in which the writer
paints real men and women, with all
their natural instincts and passions for
cibly told IN direct ard virile language
n Is only natural that "reminiscences OF
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but the signs OF his exceptional ability
are exceptions. and the major portion
OF the volume IS In the rankest OF
journalese OF the Hoop-La order.
Like other socialistic writer's. he in
hlcts his doctrines through the medium
OF his characters. who. In some In
stances. talk for two and three pages
on q particular point without allowing
the other party an opportunity for a
word. Such Is undoubtedly a true
drawing OF the average socialist. but
for the sake OF ar end interest enc
wishes he was tribe less exacting in
his sense of the realistic.
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Books Received

Scientist. By Gertrude Smith IIenrv xifens,,s
company Philadelphia.
Detection OF the Common Food Aa,lrer,nfx
py Edwin M. Bruce. d. Van Nostrand company,
The Lady OF the Mount" by Frederic 3,
isnam- Ine Bobos-Merrtl company, indianapolis.
Come and. Find Me.Y By Elizabeth Robins.
Ine Century company, New York
The Iron Heel" by Jack London. Ths Mae.
milan company. New York.
Messages for Home and Life - nv Di,.a.,.
T. Young. Jennings Graham, Cincinnati.
The Pendleton Twins By E II. Jsm>~cr
Jennings- Graham. Cincinnati.
Some Little Prsyers." by Lucy Rider n.v.r
Jennings Gralam. CincinnAa
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all readers. II II written in = style
easily understood by the layman. but
filled With scientific facts and stalls
tics. II covers the whole feld OF earth
quake damnge - buildings. streets,
water mains, roadways In the country.
railroad tracks, eto.. and shows the
approved method Of improving the bad
work. It is quite the longest article In
the book. comprising ~ Il does 1t least
a third OF the volume, bat Il 10 none
too long. and in It will be found more
Information about earthquakes than
would secm possible for one single
brain to possess.
The chairman Of the investigation
commission, Grove Kari Gilbert con.
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and tend 60 encourage the trembling
and hssitating ones. The article is well
done from literary point of view. too.
which gives an added pleasure to the
reading.
Tho article by Stephen Taber Is
called Local Effects OF the California
Earthquake of 1906" and devotes itself
principally to descriptions of various
phsnomena OF the earthquake. Some
excellent illustrations and maps are
used in this article.
F. Omori, Sc. D., member Of the i'm
periaI earthquake investigation COM
mission OF Tokyo. japan, is too we'll
known to need much Introduction. He
contributes the next essay calling it
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
''IOha O jamestown"
BY Vaughan KeSter. .
rnys. Published by
INV Xpr-tr

BY Vaughan KeSter aufi4or Of Tile Land
Tnys Published by The Mcclure company,
John O. Jamestown" takes the story
of John Smith as its background. Mr..
Kester has taken trouble to make the
old history book story attractive to us
The story opens in England and al
most at once we are introduced to what
should prove an interesting mystery.
The hero, Richard Farraday. tells the
story in the first person. He can barely
remembersthe facts which make up the
first chapter and does not at all under
stand their significance. He is the son
OF poor country parson, and one even
ing sister is born to him. The confu-
sion resulting is scarcely over when
three travellers arrive at the door
and beg shelter for the night. They are
evidently people Of wealth and position.
two men and a beautiful and attractive
woman. During the night a daughter
is born to the woman who shortly
dies. Then Richards mother takes the
infant 70 bring UP with her own, almost
of the same age. For some 1e or 1e
years the child is left with these poor
country folk and a small sum paid to
them at regular intervals for her sup
port. The inevitable happens--Master
Dick falls in love with Mary, his foster
sister, and at this exciting moment her
people come and take her to London.
Young Farraday follows Mary to Lon
don and is SO persistent IN his love maxi
ing, and she so favorably inckned. that
her guardians hire some Villains to at
tack and carry of Dick just as they
are planning to eIope. Dick is taken
aboard ship loaded with adventurers
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
"In Pursuit of Priscilla

BY Edward salisbury Field. author of y six
Henry A!tCmus Co., Philadelphia. Price
The readers who have followed the
career OF Ned" Field through comic
picture work to successful magazine
story position, and who have all along
prophesied great things for him, will
be pleased at the reward he is receiv-
ing
Anthony Hope made bis great sue
cess by creating two new types: the
Zenda type of novel and that other de-
l.ghtful sort of frivolous nonsense
which he called THE Dolly Dialogues"
But Mr.. Hope had scarcely any plot in
The Dolly Dialogues: they were
simply dialogues. delicious bits Of
frivol, but nothing more. Now this
latest novelette, of Mr.. Fields has a real
little plot which holds the interest
through the book. To be sure, it will
take only 30 minutes TO read the whole
thing-but it is 40 minutes well spent.
The "tiredest," "crossest," most ex-
hausted and depressed city man, gong
home discoura ged, will be cured and
instantly made good natured by this
gay little tale. The dialogue (there is
not one word of descriptionD is bright
and witty throughout. and. being dis
tinctly American, is just that much
better than Mr.. Hopes English dia-
logue. While Mr.. F'old is a product OF
Indiana, he belongs to California by
adoption, having lived in the southern
part of the state for years.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

preliminary Note on the Causes or the
California Earthquake of 1906" Hav-
ing. as one may say, been brought up
on earthquakes. what he has to say as
to their causes In general and this one
in particular is very interesting. 1t
will be remembered that he practically
predicted the earthquake os Valparaiso
In August, 1906. so that his studies and
conclusions should have weight He.
too. gives the advice that buildings must
be made strong enough to resist earth
quake shocks and he adds that that is
a problem which presents no great diff
culties.
banks. Phi. D., is reprinted from the
bulletin of the California ply
steal geography club. and is a
description OF the condition found
throughout the length OF the fault
This is followed by personal narra-
tive by Mary Austin. called The Tenlb-
Ior.' The very simplicity OF her mar
rative and the abrupt ending make "
a rema rlzable piece of work. 1T Is
photograph. almost. of the sensation
each one of us who went through that
dreadful t.Iae experienced. and 50 to
each reader it Will seem wonderful
One gets from her simple language a
curious impress on OF shock, numbed
sensation as OF a personal injury, which
is unique. In all the earthquake stories
up to now none have conveyed this
feeling. 50 remarkably as this tale by
Mrs. Austin, and 1t should receive much
praise.
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the great Kipling, the father or TINS
style OF impression. should Immediately
overtake us. Mr.. Service has taken the
men and the women as he found them.
He has told Of their failures and sue
cesses. their envies and hates, OF the
men who toll ard sin, dream and de-
spair. and through all the pages of his
book there is woven the glamour and
fascination Of that ice bound land OF
northern lights. THE Law Of Yukon"
is a sample of the style and also the
Kipiingesuue meter in which most OF
the poems are written:
This is the iaw Of the Yukon. and ever she
makes IL plain:
Send not your foolish and feeble; SEND me your
strong and your snne-
Strong for tie red rage OF bnttle; sane Ior
harry them sore;
Send me men girt for the combat, men who are
grit 10 the core:
Swift as the panther In triumph. nerce as Tue
bear IN defeat.
Sired Of bulldog parent. stee!ed in the furnace
heat
Send me the best Of your breeding. lend me
Your chosen ones;
Them viii ! take TO my bosom, them VIII
call rny sons;
Them viii / giid with my treasure them win
glut with my meat;
But the others-the misrtS. the iallures-l
trnmple under my feet
pisso,nte damned and dssparful. crippled and
ia,sed aud slain.
We would send me the spawn of your CUTTERS
Co: take back your spawn again.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
ceSip Of Books ani People VITO Make Them

Despite occasional statements to the
contrary. the Limerick" craze in Eng
land Is not abating a bit. The post
Office. which usually issues 100, 900 six
penny postal orders under normal con-
ditions. finds the demand quite as great
as in the last few months. The last
weeks figures show that two and a
half million OF these orders were is
sred. 'Limericks" seem to be catching
on well In the United States, but II Is
doubtful IL such romantic story can
be found in America as has Just
cropped up here in connection with the
competition.
There dwelt in an humble home IL,
Bristol. the coal port OF the west OF
England. colliery clerk named VIII
liam Trott. He had been engaged for
seven years in trying hard to save
enough out 0 his s4 a week salary to
furnish a home. The other day he tried
a Limerick" in one OF the London
weeklies. Two weeks later came a let
ter containing check for s1.s17, one
OF the first prizes and quite big for
tune for William. His marriage took
place within week
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

The talented lady who writes under
the nom de guerre OF Victoria Cross
has completed another novel which VIII
be published simultaneously in this
country and In England early in March.
Her American publisher has. In the
meantime. received 80 many Inquiries
for an earlier work OF hers that he Is
bringing out special edition OF ~six
Chapters of a Mans Life"
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

BY Edward salisbury Field. author Of ~ Six
Cylinder COurtship." ETC Published By
Uenry A!tcmus Co. Philadelphia. Price
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
RATES
To LAbOR'S /
SESSIONS I

The following directions to dele
gates and visitors attending the
Washington State Federation of
Labor convention at Walla Walla
January 90, have been issued by
Frank w. Cotterill. president:
Arrangements have been made
with the Northern Pacific, Great
Northern and O. R. & N. railways
whereby delegates and visitors
may obtain reduced railroad rates
on the certificate plan, providing
one full fare to be paid on the 60
ing trip and one-third fare for re-
turn trip, subject to the following
conditions:
Delegates and visitors will pur-
chase one-way full fare first class
tickets to Walla Walla over any of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
MURDER CHIEF;
THEN SQUAW

UKIAH, Cal, Dec. Just when
she believed she had found out the
men who slew her husband, the
widow of ten chief of the Yokayo
Indian tribe was killed herself.
presumably, by the same men who
killed the chief.
After year of spying and plot
ting, the squaw found an oppor-
tunity at an Indian dance on the
reservation near this city Satur-
day night to serve liquor to the
suspected men.
When partly intoxicated, they
began to discuss the chiefs death.
Then. fearing the squaw would be-
tray them, strangled her TO death.
Her body was found yesterday
morning in lonely cabin.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
FATHER JOHN

Secession stalks in the camp of
Esperanto, and a, band of rebels
have taken up a new world speech
called 'Ilo,' which, they say, is an
improvement on the language
coined by Zemenhof.
The seceders assert that they
captured the original organization
in this country and named it for lilo
over night. The newly formed
Esperantist club is now keeping up
the inspiration derived direct from
Warsaw, with Henry James For
man as it's president and Col.
George B. NJ. Harvey as chief Es-
peantist of North America.
DR.. Max Talmey, who was head
of the New York Esperantist So
ciety. resigned and appeared in the
New Yorw lilo society as a charter
member. The Ilo president is An
drew Kangas, late of Finland.
Mr.. Kangas, in advising the advo-
Gates of an international language
of the change of fealty declares
that the pioneer society has de-
cided to abandon Esperanto as unfit
for the role for which it was in
tended. He declares that it is prac-
tically impossible for any printing
office to get Esperanto in type, and
that the language is offensive be-
cause it lacks in euphony. He de-
clares, also, that Esperanto has no
logical system. of derivation; that
he disapproves of its accusative
case, and that its endings are so
awkward he does not wish to have
anything more to do with them.
He thinks that the Esperanto vo-
cabulary is less international than
any other artificial tongue, such as
"idiom neutral" He regrets to say
that he has found few good Esper-
anto roots, and trembles to think
that there are idioms gradually
creeping into the speech. He also
deplores that Esperantists in this
county are unable, with a few ex-
ceptiOnS, to write a few lines cor
rectly or to speak the language. He
therefore decided to cast his lot
with llo, a system presented by the
greatest Esperanto authority, Mar
quis De Beaufront.
'All intelligent Esperantists," he
says, ARE giving up Esperanto and
devoting themselves to TO-"
Henry d. King, counselor of the
New York division of the Esper-
anto Association of North America
when seen tonight, said that he
considered the action of the lie
legion as savoring of treachery.
Esperanto" he declared, shall
be reformed from within, if at all
1t was announced by the Marquis
De Beaufront that he had some
kind of an artificial language, but
it was locked up in safe, which
was not to be opened until after his
death. Now we find that he has
secretly been sending out modifi
cation of Esperanto. Yet to the
last he was saying, Il will be loyal
to Zemenhof."
Mr. King showed So newspapers
and magazines printed in Esper
anto in all parts of the world, ant
also 500 postal cards from the ut
termost corners of the earth.