davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
"Furle The Cruel
81 John Treren

b. John Trerena. Published by Mouat, Yard
Co., New York. Price $50.
"Furze the Cruel is great book
The London Academy says it is almost
one is inclined to leave out that
almost" The authors foreword ex-
plains the title and hints at what is TO
come in the following:
Almost everywhere on Dartmoor
are furze, heather and granite. The
furze seems to suggest cruelty, the
heather endurance and the granite
strength. The furze is destroyed by
fire. but grows again; the heather is
torn by winds, but blossoms again; the
granite is worn away imperceptibly by
the rain. This work is the first of a
proposed trilogy, which the author
hopes TO continue and complete with
Heather and Granite.
The book does not in any little point
fail in its object. Such picture of
Dartmoor has never before been put
into fiction, Notwithstanding the fact
that this part OF England has inspired
hundreds of novels. The lower classes
of the people living on Dartmoor are
incomprehensively ignorant, but one
feels that the author knows the coun-
try and speaks truth as plainly as
though these facts were photographed
The passion, the brutality, the super
stition of these primitive people is
beyond belief and one will not soon
forget the powerful characterizations
of the author, the Tavy family. Mary
and Peter, not for a moment dreaming
that they deserve better things; Thorn
asine. the stupid servant girl, fine and
clean physically until dominated by
fear in the guise of a farmer: the poor
half blind. nalf-idiot, Brightly, trying
to earn the barest living. honestly for
himself and his mongrel dog, Ju. Right
here the naming of Ju is an interesting
bit worth quoting:
Her name was Ju. which was an alb
breviation of Jerusalem. One Sunday
evening Brightly had slipped inside a
church. and somewhat TO his surprise
had been allowed TO remain, although a
salesman was told off TO keep an eye on
him and sec that he did not break open
the empty poor box. A hymn was sung
about Jerusalem the golden, a piece OF
pagan doggerel concerning the future
state, where happy souls were indulg
ing in baechanalian revels and overeat-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
Gossip Of Bssss anil People VII, Make Ihsn

Charles Nj. skinner. for % years on
the staff Of the BROOKLYN Eagle; die,t
a his country home in VERMONT recent
~. In addition 10 bis newspa per work.
Mr.. Skinner wrote a number or books
on American folklore These Volumes
american MYTHS and Legends Beyond
our BORDERS. Myths and Legends of
Our New Possessions and. Myths and
Legends Of our own Land were All.
published by the J. 2. Lippincott COM
pany- In addition 70 these he wrote
several nature books, among them
Flowers In the Pave Mr. skinner
also wrote several plays. He was a
brother OF Otis Skinner. who some =
years ago produced his "Villon the
Vsgabond. and made distinctly piauS-
ible character of the poet vino was
later exploited by Justin HuntIy Nc.
Carthy and Z. H. Sothern in IF I Were
King"
An autobiography which ought. to be
OF much more than ordinary interest Is
that which Professor II. J. Church has
been writing. Professor Church has
written no less than 20 books The faith
ers and probably the srandfathers OF
some now beginning 10 learn the de.
lights of the classic poets re1oiced at
an early age over. his 'Stories- From
Homer" lie is one Of the few. men.
now living who knew Frederick Den
nison Maurice intimately BE was
Maurice's curste for seven years.
A rather singular nook notice an
pears in the Athenaeum. written and
signed BY Maurice Hewlett in which.
he says: The Spanish Jade written
by me, is announced by. the English
publishers at the price OF shirinxS
I hope You will allow me to explain
that the story is a short one COT SIS.
600 words ard that the price which
is that OF an ordinary novel: has been
fixed by the publishers against. nv.
wishes and in spite of my PROTESTS
Having parted with the copyrixht 7
have no authority in the matter and
can only take this means of making
my position clear to the public
New printings Of four books bv III
late Lafcadio Hearn are coming from
the press Of Little. Brown & Co These
include some Chinese Ghosts. a
japanese Miscellany. In. eshostlv
japan and "Exotics and RetrOspec-
tives-"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

By Eleanor Talbot kiDkesd, author OF The
Invisible Bond" Published By Mofat. Yard
Co., New York Price $3.50.
The author OF The Invisible Bond
had purpose in writing that story,
which was to show the duty OF a man
toward his wife, and now in The Cour-
age Of Blackburn Blair" its sequel. she
attempts to show the mans duty to 9TH
ers. 1t is not a successful attempt
This novel falls far short OF its object
and Is not nearly so interesting as its
predecessor. In the first place. the au-
thor starts out with chip on her shoul-
Der. She disapproves Of the code OF
honor in vogue in Kentucky and writes
OF 1T with scorn- To quote a few lines
from the paper wrapper of the book in
regard to this same code OF honor is al
most TO warn the reader against it.
That false and unrelenting public
sentiment which demands that a man
stand ever ready to take the protection
of his life and honor into his own hands.
questioning the courage of one who
Will not fight upon a certain provoca-
ton. no matter what the circum-
stances"
The hero is physically like ones ideal
OF a Kentuckian, but it ends there for
his other attributes are not particu-
larry lovable, nor are they particularly
Kentuckian. He is tall dark and satur-
nine, but the beautiful courtesy which
We associate more with southerners
than any other class of rsen in America
is lacking in him: hesis oyerbearing and
rude and his pursuit of the heroine 10
almost cruel. She is not an enticing
little thing at all, but weak in char
acter.
Miss hinkead knows her Kentucky
we'll and her descriptions OF the country
and scenery are superb; IL is a. pity not
to have more OF that sort OF the au-
thor's style. She should be discouraged
purpose. The Goebels tragedy is
brought into the story, but most read
ers have had all they want of that in
the daily papers for the last eight
years. 1t is poor novel, but very
we'll written.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

Prose Every Child Saeuid Read hv NJ
T. Burt; Doubleday. Page & CO. New Yort
The Making Of MDlsnnium bv E-.,,
Rosevater; Century publishing cuapiBy Omabs
The Coast Of thance. BY Esther ami I,.cs.
Chamberlain; Bohbs-Nsrrill compsny In5ia,'-
apolis.
In Indian, Mexico" By FREDERICK So.
Forbes 4 60. 4 Chicago. @'' =
Get Rich QuicS Wsuinzforl - b. f5-or~. :
Chester: Henry Altemus company. Philade7nh;s
TIE BecSoUinS Heights. BY PHOEBE ~
Leckey; tie Ne@ie publishing company, New
"A Story Told b. Pins bv Anna
sell: the Neale publishing company New yo-s
"A soldiers Letters % CHARMING Vai1Se :.
By J. B. Policy: the Neale publishing comnaov
New York f~'<'
Three Weeks in Holland ard Bsle;um -.
b John \. HiSinbotham: the Reilly 4 Brirc,
company. Chicago. @'1
For interest Of the Traveller. comOi,sa h,
Juliet l. James. Berkeley ~
Twenty English Carhe,rals.s by Jnlia,
James. Berkeley '9'
STEP. oy / K Funk; Funk a WagnsIiss
The Sword Decides bv Nariorv p
Mcclure COMPANY New Work oo'
aoianda OF Cypress" By Gale L b..
Mcclure company. New York "'Se'
The Under Groove BY Author a-s.s
Mcclure company. New York se1'
On the Witness Stand BY Hu-, 49,.
serSs Mcclure company. New York.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
Every Child Should Knew

Edited by Hamilton W. Mabie Published b,
Doubleday. Page & Co, New York. Prizes
DO cents each
The young person" is falling rap
idly into the background in these days
OF erotic fiction. She is no longer
bugbear in the path of the realistic
novelist, and subjects are discussed and
problems solved that are not intended
for her years. The mother of girls
may well be anxious as she scans the
list of best sellers" for something
suitable for her daughters TO read.
something decent but not inane. inspir-
ing and stimulating to the magma
ton rather than the senses.
At ''Heroines Every Child Should
Know" of the Every Child Should
Know Series any mother could stop
her quest for the time being and feel
that she had found a treasure The
word child used in this connection is
misleading, the stories told being of
women's courage. endurance. nobility
and self-sacrifice. appealing to all ages.
Such books as this. edited by Mr.
Mabie, assisted by Kate Stephens. are
too welcome to be severely criticised
The series of stories are curiousIy
unequal. the Greek heroines of tragedy,
mythical figures of dramatic power, are
thrown in with flesh and blood women
like Florence Nightingale and Madame
Roland. PocahontaS is the only woman
representing America. Our country is
richer than that in stories of female
heroism. In early Puritan days the
cowardly women and the tinid were
left behind in England. They were
brave women who crossed the ocean to
land on an unknown shore and build
new homes on an alien soil. The early
records OF the various states of the
Union are full of dramatic individual
stories of heroisnl-women defending
their children, their homes, their
wounded husbands against Indians or
wild beasts, Drawing prairie fires or
cyclones, starvation and fatigue for
the loved ones. Our own state of Cali
fornia IL rich with such tales, and So
without being captious it is but fair
to ask why Mr.. Mabie used so many
legendary ladies in his good book
Children who would rather take a
dose of nasty medicine than read a
volume of essays would change their
mind II they owned a copy OF Essays
Every Child Should Know" which is
one of the Every Child Should Know
series edited by Hamilton Wright Ma
bic. An Introduction tells how the
essay became one of the early recog-
nized expressions in literature, and the
selections are on subjects vital to
young people. There is nothing more
engaging In the book than "Stratford
on Avon by Washington Irving. Others
in the collection are School Dreams
by Donald G. Mitchell, Cats" by Philip
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
0oN0ptzE3 @by Tn9 III. GoOR

Ioquacious and richly funny Uncle
John in England is still generous, still
irritable, yet more loquacious, and fun
nier than he ever thought of being in
France-only he never guesses he Is
funny; that's part OF the fun.
Pretty Yvonne and Lee are married
and living happily in Oxford when I'm
Gle John cables, sans date, sans name of
steamer, that he is sailing, please meet
him in Liverpool. So Yvonne and Lee
travel post haste TO Liverpool to find
Uncle John and ''Dilly," staid old col
lege professor. the unhappy victim of
Uncle Johns hospitality. have rushed
msdly off to Carlisle. Uncle John stays
scarcely any time at all in a place
though he does give Edinburgh half
day-he loses his trunk and Dillys,
too. and his comments on English
sights and English travel and Oily
grow funnier with every hour. Mean
while Yvonne and Lee get real pleasure
out of their sudden trip. set down in
clever letters home; and at last the wild
chase ends merrily in Oxford, and I'm
Gle John starts home innocently but
deliciously funny to the last
Here are few of Uncle Johns re-
marks:
Il must say I don't care much about
churches myself, but they don't take
iong-there's that to be said for them. !"
Il don't see how you remember dates.
The only date I'm ever positive about
is when my wife died, and 1 remember
her because she died on my birthday.
I couldn't remember my birthday before
She died-no. / couldn't, for a fact
Every time you've done q place in
Europe YOU can't help a feeling of real
relief"
The book has some very clever and
amusing illustrations by +. Il. Cruger.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03


think of nothing but Jerusalem for
some days. He went into the public
library at TavistoCk and looked It up IN
map of the world discovered 1t was
in a country called Palestine, and Won
dered how many rabbit skins 1t would
cost to take him there. Brightly reck-
oned In rabbit skines, not in shilllngs
and pence, which were matters he was
not very familiar with. He noticed that
when ever he mentioned the name OF
Jerusalem the dog wagged her tail, as
though she, too, was interested In the
dairy produce so. as the animal lacked
a title, Jerusalem was awarded her..
Poor Brightly-he inspires contempt as
well as pity.
The dreadful character of the book is
Pendoggat and adjectives fail to de-
scribe his fiendishnesS. Robert Louis
Stevenson once said that when you
come across an incident or character
in book which seems, il an incident,
all wrong and inartistic and not true to
life: or If you find a character too un-
natural to have ever existed anywhere
it is safe to conclude that the author
had no thought of art in creating them.
but drew the picture from life. That
suggestion applies to such character
as Pendoggart, for if one could be COP
WINGED that many such men were walk
ing about the world, it would strike
terror to the heart of many a brave
man and woman. Everything he did
for awhile seemed to prosper and every
human being with whom he came in
contact he injured. some of them wan
tonly. His brutality was not always
physical, though he was vicious ami
NAL, but the injuries were more cruel
often than blows. Contrasted with all
this horror and the dreadful somber
ness is genuine love story so sweet
and beautiful, so real and convincing,
that for it alone the book is a delight.
One reads all the rest of the Dartmoor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

BY Roman Doubleday. InuStra ted by Charles
Greenvald- Published by Little. Brown &
Co. Boston Price si.5e.
1t is not quite fair TO review in the
accepted sense so good a detective
story as The Hemlock Avenue Mys-
terry for what can be said of it with
out half revealing the plot. Roman
Doubleday, the author, has written a
tale as puzzling as the famous 'Leav-
enworth Case" which has stood for
more than a decade as the best de-
tective story in American fiction. The
Hemlock Avenue Mystery is all about
a murder and there is no solution.
or suggestion of il, until the last chap
ter. There are three pretty love themes
woven into the tale, all circling around
the murder.
Usually it is necessary in detective
stories to point out some one weak
point to prove that the author is not
infallible, but in this case one finds no
flaw in the carefully constructed mys-
terry nor in the equally carefully done
solution. The plot is interesting at
every point and the new author is to
be congratulated. II is seldom that
the first book of an author gets and
deserves immediate success. Excellent
illustrations are by Charles Grumvald.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
The San Francisco Sunday Call

sire. Desire energizes evolution Evo-
luton is a progress toward perfection.
In. brief those three sentences ara the
book. One sees that the author - ex-
planning constantly the reasons why
we should acquire wealth and ex-
cuses people for wanting and getting
more. He has no patience with popu-
lar. reforners; the man who says The
world owes me a living is an abornt-
man who makes that statement sits
down apd waits for that living" to
drop into his lap. The book Is writ.
ten in praise OF tho workers in all
grades OF society--the producers OF
property-wage earners or. employers.
and the author believes they are more
deserving OF NOTICE and praise than
they produce.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
''Mofe'

study Of financial conditions. By George
Otis Draper Published by Little. Brown &
Co.. Boston. Price 81.
George Otis Draper. the author OF
this book. is a younger member OF a
well known Massachusetts family
whose success in private business has
often been amplihed by honorable pub
lie service. He has developed a liter
airy inclination through years of writ
ing on technical subjects, and is reSog-
nized as an authority in the textile
division of our commerce. Few men OF
his years have had so varied BUSH
ness career or so good q chance to
gain the experience necessary to effec-
tive writing on such subjects from the
practical view point.
This book condenseS Mr. Diapers
views on trusts. the tariff. currency,
unionism. socialism. government inter-
ference. etc. and while much of it
appears TO the lay intelligence 10 be
involved, it is book TO study and to
think over
In the first chapter he lays down
these laws: More is the goal OF de-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
Seeing EnsIaad With Usds Jeta"

By Anne Warner. author OF Seeing France
With Uncle john" etc Published by the
century company, New York. Price $50.
4 more maddening travelling COM
panion than Uncle John one can hardly
imagine; funnier tourist to read about
has never been put into book Uncle
John in France was generous, irritable,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

ing themselves in a sort of glorified
dairy filed with milk and honey. The
hymn enraptured Brightly. who was. of
course, tired and famished, and when he
had left the warm church, although
without any Of the promised milk and
honey, he kept on murmuring the lines
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
New Books Briefly Noted

Yard and Garden, By Tarkington
Baker (BObbs Merrill company Indiana
apolis), is for the amateur first and any
gardener second Mr. Baker is the dra--
matte and literary editor of the Indian
apolis News, but all his spare time IS
devoted to gardening. He has a small
town place which IS a bower OF bios
SONS and country place where his ex-
periments are carried on on a more ex-
tensive scale.
Up to now most of the. gardening
books published have been written BY
Erglishmen and the information IN
them could be applied only to- English
gardens and gardening. but this book.
is distinctly American ana its advice
can safely be followed anywhere IN
eastern or middle America. Few Of it's
rules would be of any practical use in
California. Our climate is 50 different
here from any other part OF the United
States that a special book must be-
written for this locality.
While the book is not bulky In ap-
pearance il contains as PAGES and 1S3
illustrations that add materially to
the text. The cover has a. color design
OF yard Of red hollyhocks and under
meath the title and authors name II IL
valuable book for. a limited 'su-
diencs.
br1llSn highways anu y ~
From a Motor Car" by Thomas d. Muir
ply IL. c. Page & Co. BOSTON,, Is. the.
prettiest- book OF travel Of the. year.
II is a record of a 5000 mile tour in
England, Wales and Scotland. not given
in guide book form at all. but like the
talks OF returned travellers. It is filed
with beautiful illustrations. reproduc-
tions in color OF famous paintin gss
also maps. etc, OF much valus go any
reader. whether contemplating a SINH
lar trip or reading for pleasure.
school Reports and school En-
cheney" by David s: Sneddins* Phi. D.,
and William Fl. Allen. Phi. D. tthe Mac.
milan company, New York; Is. Just
what its title indicates. These. two SCI.
entihc men made the most careful In
vestigation concerning school condi-
tions in New York. at the request Of
the New York COMMITTEES on physical
welfare OF school children, and this
book is the result Of their work. II
will be of enormous. interest to. edu-
Gators and laymen- alike.
Principles OF Psychic Philosophy
by Charles 3. Newconb (Lothrop, Lee.
& Shepard Company. BOston). Is q book:
which purpOrts 10 offer "a rational,
explanation and a practical -applica-
ton of psychic or soul SCIENCE. +. It
treats of the evolution OF. CHARACTER.
mans relation to God. the problem OF
suffering and disease and kindred sub
jects. Students of psychology viii nnd
much in the book 70 interest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

tragedy with the keener interest and
surprise that anything so idyllic can
come from so cruel a place.
1t is difficult in the space of short
review to do justice to so strong a
book and one that is likely to become
a classic of Dartmoor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
BOOKS REVIEWED

The Coast of Chance" BY Esther and Lucia
Chamberlain.
Prisoners of Chance BY Kendall Parrish
Seeing England With Uncle John. BY Anne
Warner.
''Fmzc The Cruel" BY John Trepena.
Every Child Should KnOp Series. edited by
:. Hamilton w. Mabic
The Courage of Blackburn Blair" By Eleanor
Talbot Kmkead
:. The Her,lock Avenue Mystery BY Roman
Doubleday
More Study of Financial Conditions. BY
George Otis Draper.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

3iibert Hamerton and Being a Boy
by Charles Dudley Warner.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
"The Courage of Blackburn Blair

By Eleanor Talbot KiDkesd, author OF Tn.
Invisible Bond Published By Mofat, Yard
d Co., New York. Price $3.50.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
"The HemIoCk Avenue Mystery

By Roman Doubleday. Illustra ted By Charles
Greenvald. Published by Little, Brown &
Co. Boston. Price 81 so.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

Edited BY Hamilton W. Mabie. Published b,
Doubleday, Page & Co.. New York. Prizes
90 cents each.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-26

Does your back ache? Do you get up lame In the morning? Do you feel dull and tiryd? Does 1t hurt you to bend over, to lift anything. to get up from a chair? Do you have sud- dea catches" or stitches of pain in the back? Does a dull, throbbing ache settle in the small of your back and bother you day and night? Do you sometimes feel that you simply cannot straighten up7
 If you do have backache. be care ful not to make the very common mistake of treating IL as a muscular trouble. Do not rub the sore place with liniment, nor put or plasters. for the seat of the trouble Is inside h the kidneys. which lie just be- heath the small of the back, on either hde of the spine.
 A cold. a chill. a fever. overwork. ,ver-eating or overwhelming may tart a slight congestion or innam- nation in the kidneys that will at ssce interrgpt the Kidneys work of iltsriny the blood. Ii is this condi- lion rat. sets up the aching, and makes yvJur back 90 bad.
 You cannot make any mistake by treating the kidneys at once. for 1t 6 these small troubles that lead 10 Iropsy, diabetes and Bright's dis Iass. there is any doubt in your
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-26

of the democratic party and Of the republican party. the chances are that the majority of vo'ers when at the polls will vote for the man who belongs to their own parry. lney. tably the good citizen, the reform CT, is handicapped from the start by that domineering power. The only way is to abolish, to forbid absolute ly, national parties in cit: e,ections
 "one objection offered to forbid ding party designations upon the bal lot is that you thereby eliminate knowledge as to the candidates. That can be answered in this way: Bar ring out all national party lesigna- tions does not mean that you bar out such other designations as may be required to give informatiun-snch a phrase as may be necessary of six words or a dozen. or whole page if necessary, showing the platform or the principles upon which each candidate wishes to stand with refer ence, not to the nation, hut s2eciflcal- ly to the city.
 Mere party designations allow candidates to dodge or avoid a declaration as to their attitude upon vital principles of local application