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acts, presenting a common sense plan
OF study as an aid to busy people. The
author has been for II years minister
or the Christian temple. Baltimore.
with which have been connected during
the present ministry five mission sta
tions. a seminary for bible study, a
home for working girls and an orphan
age society. (Temple Seminary Press.
Baltimore.)
Robert William Wood. a learned pro-
fessor OF something or other. last
year wrote How to Tell the Birds
from the Flowers" 1t was one long
chuckle from start to finish and went
through several editions. His success
has embOldened him to write Animal
Analogues.' which certainly do contain
some amusing foolishness. though not
nearly so clever as his last years book
A sample verse appears below:
THE P-COCK. THE Q-CUMBER
The striking similarity of this P-Q-
liar pair.
No longer need en-cUmber us or MI
us with despair.
The P-Cock and the Q-Cumber you
never need confuse.
If You pay attention TO the rs and
mind your P's and Q's.
The book contains drawings illus
trating the amusing rhymes. paul
Elder & Coz
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"VroHiina''

By owen Vaughan Cowen Rhoscomyn puA-
asned by Dodd, Mead Co.. New Yors.
1t is so long since owen Rhoscemyl.
or as he now chooses to be known.
Owen Vaughan. gave anything TO the
world that he appears almost like a
new writer. The fortunate readers who
remember that he is the author of The
Jewel Of Ynis Gallon and "Battlemen.s
and Towers" will be glad to see his
name signed to ''VronIna," another
Welsh tale. with full as much nre and
strength as the earlier tales.
Lewis Chaloner, a young Welshman,
has left his native land many years be-
fore this story opens and travelled all
over the world in search of fortune.
he has made enough to return home
and his love for his native land is
shown in every word he utters.
Chaloner is introduced in a conver-
sation with Welsh landlady After
much misunderstanding he gets some
thing TO eat and becomes very good
friends with the landlady. From her
he manages to get the gossip and in
formation Of the countryside and when
he goes for a walk and takes in the
real beauty of the place he only needs
the sight Of a typical Welsh girl to
decide that the little village is the
place for him.
Chaloner buys a portion of Hugh
Meredith's Vronina, which is heavily
mortgaged. The plot he has selected is
called Bryn-annas and has upon IT a
curious old ruin Of a place which
Hugh's Daughter Ina had planned TO
turn into free chapel.
Ina is betrothed to Ellis Price, a
native of the town. who has been alb
sent for three years. He is about to
become clergyman and Ina thinks il
viii be a splendid thing for him to
have this free chapel in which to hold
his meetings. It is great disappoint-
ment to her TO find her father is selling
il, and still greater when she dis
covers that Ellis Price takes no inter-
est in her scheme. In fact, he seems
TO be a very Indifferent sort of lover
and Chaloner. who has loved her since
his first sight OF her the day OF his
arrival. takes advantage of every open
ing and wins her heart The love
scenes between these two are very
strong and quite different from any
thing in the fiction of the day. The
author has succeeded in putting into his
words the ruggedness, the earnestness
the sympathy and the strength of his
people and his country.
The very dramatic revival meeting
which closes the book and where the
remarkable climax occurs is a master
piece. The possibilities in Welsh fiction
are plainly shown in this exceedingly
interesting story. and the newness and
charm of this authors style have done
full justice to il.
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FeonqSpEeE 10 NY. LIFE"

trains will run; great steamships will
cross oceans;. men will toll painfully
under tropic suns or close to the fro
zen pole-all to carry that letter The
Genius of the Lamp was nothing to
the Genius of the Stamp.
More seriously the author saws:
Uncle Sans right to rule rests on
the consent of the people. They
or their ancestors for them agreed to
submit to certain limitations on their
personal rights for the sake of peace
and prosperity that was expected to
result from everybody doing the same
thing They reserved the right to Sc
lect the men who were to exercise this
rule and even to alter the fundamental
agreement. They found it did not
work we'll Often, usually in
fact, 1t takes the people good while
to make up their minds as to what
they really do want and they fire.
quently change their minds and order
Uncle Sam to reverse himself COM
pIetely The methods by which they
make and unmake their minds and
issue their orders constitute the poll
Tics of the country
After 312 pages of pleasant and in
structive reading one reaches the con-
cluding paragraph of this decidedly
out of the ordinary book:
I'VE have seen that it is big busi-
ness, this of Uncle Sans; and 1t Is
growing bigger every year. .
Every one of US, man, woman and
child. is partner in the business; the
interests OF each one of us are In
volved in everything that Uncle Sam
does or tries to do. 1t is when no.
body really knows or cares that a
business goes. to pieces or is forced
into Bankruptcy. In the last and full
est sense of the word the government
sc ic +,
to see that it is l1onorably, efficiently
and profitably conducted"
The cause of American patriotism
owes a debt of gratitude to Mr.. Crit
tenden Marriott.
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Books Received

"A Million Minute" by Hudson Douglas:
". J. Watt & Co. New York.
Mc('Ia~e company. New York.
.sTbe Guest Of ouesnay." by Booth Tarkins-
ton: the Mcclure company. New York. st.
The Boys Book Of Steamships" by j. E.
Howden: the Mcclure company. New York
''Hungery and the Hungarians by W. B. =.
thoughts in Bus Aess." second series. By
W. P. Warren; Forbes & Co.. Chicago
Pocket Encyclopedia Medical Dictionary" By
c. W. Tsber Laird & Lee. Chicago.
MY Bunkie and Other Ballads by Erwin c.
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"Home Occupations OF BOYS and Girls by
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Little sam in volendam." by Estene N.
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.sTne Higher Sacrifice by David starr Jor-
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The Quest Eternal" by VIII Liilibridge;
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An OriginaI Gertlemaa'

By Anne Warner. author Of Susan Clege and
Man in the HOUSE" etc. Published by
Little. Brown Co, Boston. Price Si-50.
It is hardly original to say
that Anne Warner is one Of the most
versatile writers Of the day Any one
who has read her books for the last
few years viii say the same: but humor,
up TO now. seems TO have been her
forte 1t Is q surprise 10 see how
well she handles pathos.
This book receives its title from the
initial story, An Original Gentleman. -
and IL contains p other stories, all
equally good. It would surprise most
any young man to read an advertise
ment like this in the papers:
Wanted, instantly-An original gen
tleman. speaking perfect English. Ap-
ply as quickly as possible to Mrs. Car
penter Wienerhof, Hildesheim.'
And il certainly did surprise the hero
Of An Original Gentleman" What fol-
lows makes a charming romance. and
only so clever a pen as Anne Warmers
could have gotten the hero out Of his
difficulties.
one Of the most pathetic OF the tales
Is The Cradle" 1t tells the suffering
of poor woman who is denied child
leve and her striving TO satisfy herself
with others JOY.
His one and Only Meet" follows
soon after and is as funny as the
other is sad.
But the tale. or rather sketch-for ii
IS only a few pages in Iength-which
shows clever character study is The
Adjusted Honeymoon" 1t covers In
time the few minutes after the bride
and groom arrive at their new apart
rnent. and ii is like a photograph of
the mans nervousness.
The Brides Provision" is another
good enc and viii be appreciated by
on those VINO have been pestered to
death by friends and relatives whose
onf,- excuse is good intentions"
The book is excellent and viii give
pleasure TO all tastes in reading.
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"AsatOIe France

By Georg Brandes. Published by the Nc.
Clure company, New York.
Anatole France has been little
known to the readers of English until
of late some fine translations have
been offered. It has become necessary
to know something of the man behind
the author. and Georg Brandes, the
Danish man OF letters, has written
most interesting monograph upon him,
which now forms one of the contem-
porary men of letters series. This
little book is most useful and valua-
BILE handbook for readers who wish to
make critical study of the man and
his work.
The fact that Anatole France was
a disciple of ReHan, coupled with his
well known schola a-ship, his rare lit
erary and critical ability, gives Doctor
Brandes an opportunity to make his
little essay not only instructive but
brilliant. Here he shows the same care
in his statements and ability to grasp
the essential points in Frances life and
work which made his books on Shakes
peare, Ibsen and others SO valuable
Anatole France stands today as the
great socialist leader in France. He
is that rarest OF types--an honest poli-
tician, and Doctor Brandes gives him
all praise and appreciation. The book
should be used as an Introduction to
the translated works of France.
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cause of the Union. and her discretion
and courage are equal to the occasion.
1t is a sensible and pleasing story Of
time now passed into history in
which even children bore their part
and the children of today will learn
much OF kindliness and patriotism in
reading such a book. (Lothrop Lee &
Shepard.)
The third volume of the Lakeport Sc
ries, by Edward Stratemeyers is ready
and is quite as interesting as it's two
predecessors. This volume Is entitled
THE Boat Club Boys of Lakeport," and
tells how the same splendid boys of the
other two books go in for water sports.
They secure the necessary equipment
and coaching and have splendid con-
tests with a rival club in sailing and
four Dared and eight cared shell racing.
All sorts of adventures come to them,
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er and that gay little inconsequential
Mater is the daughter.
Mater sees the situatio clearly and
hy the most taetful handling of the
case succeeds in making a conquest
OF Cullen and winning the election for
Michael who does not hesitate to ae-
cept when he hears that no money
bribe has been given. The play is
full of humor and pathos. both han
died with the utmost skill.
dainty little lyric. The Best OF
Love Is Laughter sung by Mater. is
a sort of motive for the play, a line or
two being sung or said here and there
IN the play. II is distinct addition to
dramatic literature, but one must see
1t acted more than once TO really ap.
preciate its beauties.
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''Ihe Student Cavaliers"
BY J. r. Forest.
20 Drf1o eJ

By J. R. Forest. Published by r. E. Fenno &
Co. Price 81.
The principal characters in this story
are the students in jefferson college
just before the breaking out of the
civil war. We are introduced to the
delights of the peaceful life there in
those days in order to make the con-
trast which follows the more acute
The young students volunteer at once
when war is declared and go to fight
under Mcclellan
The story purports to be from the
pen OF q friend OF the writer. It is of
school and war and love and will serve
reminder to the authors college
mates. of days when their comradeship
meant much 10 each other.
Some of the students who went off TO
the war were killed and some came
home to marry the girls they had left
behind them"
The style is ainateurish and the story
will hardly interest readers who have
not a sentimental feeling for the old
Jefferson college or perhaps a more or
less personal interest in the various
engagements of the war in which these
young men participated. The book IL
dedicated to the Heroic past of old
Jefferson college"
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9on0nczE0 by InN H.H. GooR

and the advantages of fine healthy
training are shown when times of trou-
Bile come. The books will be fully as
popular as the authors Dave Porter"
books. Uothrop. Lee & Shepard.)
Martha James has written the third
of the Pigeon Camp Series OF books
for boys from 10 to IA years of age.
This one is called The Hero Of Pigeon
Camp" Lothrop, Lee & Shepard). and
is the tale of a summer vacation spent
by four boys on the shore of fine lake.
They take care of the premises of an
eccentric old gentleman who is absent
on a long journey. One of the four.
Lucci. has been waif. though well born
and of great artistic ability. He repays
the kindness of his young friends by
proving q real hero when occasion
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@Ry life"

By Josiah Flynt, author OF ''Trsmping With
Tramps, etc Published by the Outing
company. New York. Price 50.
4 EW autobiographies bear so
unmistakable a mark OF truth
as My Life" by Josiah Flynt.
He has been absolutely merci-
less in dealing with himself. writ
ing nothing in extenuation. confin-
ing himself to facts and leav-
ing the judgment to the world. The
book is wholly unlike any other story
Of the underworld. the authors expert
ences leading him into curious and
remarkable adventures.
The introduction is written by Ar
thur Symons. the famous English
critic and essayist. and deep student
Of socialism. He says of Flynt:
lie was born with the soul of a
vagabOnd, into q family OF gentle, eX-
Qulslteiy refined people: he was born
So that is all. He was not an
artist who can create; he was not a
thinker or dreamer, or a man of ac-
zion he was a student OF men and
women, and Of the Outcasts among men
and women. Il was his love
OF the outcast which made him like to
i've Win D4ALdEAcs nyN dS a flEllOE
IN their midst. bat as one of them
selves"
The book begins with the writer's ear
nest reflections and continues UP TO a
time about a year before his death. His
life experiences cover a wide range.
He wandered pretty much all over the
world with little interest in the places.
but with q vital interest in the people.
We find him with the lowest order of
tramps, and again visiting Tolstoi in his
home IN Russia. His inherited taste
for drink killed him when a compar-
atively young man.
One Of the most interesting episodes
IS his experience as a stoker on an
ocean liner He says: Tramp life,
with all its drawbacks, is a summer
pastime compared with bunker life"
II was a hard experience even for Flynt
used as he was TO hardships and all
the discomforts Of tramp life.
The book is really a remarka Bile
human document, misused as that term
so often IS II is a book for the
study OF psychologists. FOR few have
understood this remarkable man. Many
interesting items are given about his
family Miss Frances Willard, his
maternal aunt. being the most famous.
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Mater
By Percy MacKaye. Published by Macmilla
& Co., New York.

By Percy MaeKaye. Published by Macmillan
Co., New York.
When Mater" was played in San
Francisco A few months ago il was
half praised, but scarcely appreciated
by the audience or the critics. 1t is too
fine a play for the stage; one loses so
much in the acted version of It, There
is the keenest sort of satire and no
end of brilliant dialogue, so that the
intelligent reader cannot help but en-
JOY it.
The situation is frankly fantastic,
but 1t is quite impossible to make it
otherwise. So many plays and books
have been written on or about poll.
tics and the way the game is played
nowadays that ii only remained for Mr.
MacKaye to take up a hitherto un-
used theme of politics TO make into
this charming play. The reformer is
the one who is exposed in this play,
and one must confess il Is a sort OF
relief after so much talk on the other
side.
Mater (Mrs. Dean) is. of course. a
most unusual woman. She had loved
her dead husband deeply and is de-
voted TO her two children. Michael and
Mary. These children are both grown
and take themselves. ohis so seriously.
Michael is running for the legislature,
but he is determined to win by honesty
and will have nothing to do with the
political boss. Arthur Cullen, and re-
fuses with scorn to contribute TO the
campaign fund. He and Mary both
think Mater is a dear, sweet mother
but a foolish little dear. and take
rather condescending air with her.
The heavy seriousness of Mary has led
TO misunderstanding on the part of
Arthur Cullen, who thinks she, with
her dL:' air and spectacles, is the moth
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08
Gossip Of Books and People Who Make Them

DR.. William Bayard Hale. best known.
perhaps. for his full and vivid narra-
tive of the daily life of President
Roosevelt was a guest of the German
emperor on board his yacht this sum
mer, obtaining from him a frank and
free expression OF his views on many
topics of current public interest. This
record is to be published during the
year in the Century.
President Roosevelt is to receive 81
a word for his African hunt story, and
it has been supposed that that was
the highest price ever paid an author
What is to be said when it is known
that the author OF Three Weeks" has
received between $50 900 and 100000.
or about S1.SO a word. for that book.
and it is still selling
The late Louise Chandler Moulton.
the Boston poet was endowed with the
great gift of kindness. The record Of
her good deeds extended far beyond
the time when she knew herself doomed
TO death. There never lived. perhaps.
a more thoroughly open hearted and
generous woman" says Thomas Went
worth Higginson, "and the poorest and
the least gifted applicant might always
seek her as successfully as the most
famous or influential" She is best
known in literature as a poet whose
charming lyrics and sonnets have been
widely read and highly praised by
critics in England and America
Prof Ernest Francisco Fenollosa.
the scholar and author who died in
London last month. had written several
unpublished books on Chinese and jap
anese art. and these manuscripts are
10 be edited and published by his
widow. Mrs. Mary McNiel Fenollosa-
Mrs. FenOllosa is we'll known as a poet
and under the nom de plume sidney
McCall' has written several successful
novels.
The Century Magazine Is to have.
some attractive features next year. the
list including a serial by the author
of Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch,
a series of articles upon Lincoln's life
and character to commemorate the hum
dredth anniversary of his birth, an au-
photography by the late Augustus St.
Gaudens. and some interesting travel
papers by Robert Haven Schaufaer.
1t may be a surprise to Californians
to learn OF the important position in
literature occupied by Ambrose Bierce,
for many years identified with San
Francisco newspapers Evidence of IT.
however. Is given by the publishers
announcement of an edition de luxe OF
his collected works shortly TO be pub
Hshed. The edition will consist Of 10
volumes for 500 and ESQ sets will be
printed Bierce at $40 per volume.
The author of 'At the Actors Board
ing House." who writes under the name
Of Helen Green, is on the staff Of the
Morning Telegraph of New York. She
has written some more OF those fine
delineations Of vaudeville folk and
volume will appear this month entitled
The Maison de Shine" containing
number Of the sketches
Rubinstein has figured prominently
In several romancss lately. the latest
one being The Leveller," by Alexander
Macarthur whose real name Is Mrs
Joseph Nicola. She was herself pupil
OF the great pianist In Russia and
lived for several years in the part OF
Russia where the scene. Of her story Is
laid.
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slave owner-the boy "Bilr" little more
than a baby trying TO fight and protect
his father-and finally his fathers
death. The family was in such dire
straits that it had to look 20 Bill-1O
years of age-for support. He was the
eldest son Of a family of seven and
could ride any horse alive" could
shoot straight and knew something Of
herding cattle, and these were the
qualities which got him a job with
some overland freighters. 1t was one
moonlight night during the first trip
that he shot the chief" who was lead
ing a party OF Indians on the warpath
10 destroy the band of white men.
The book is poorly written. but it
contains some interesting information.
The tremendous value which Buffalo
Bin places upon a. is the thing which
ofenos, and destroys the pleasure and
az times the belief in some of the yarns
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08

This calendar has an astronomical at
tachment which is rather painfully
clever. for one sees all the machinery
behind the scenes. One fatal mistake
in the little book (which at least should
make believe it can be used for
calendar even though 1t can't) is the
absence of the days OF the week The
calendar is simply the month and date
and no day. without which it is use
less. (Paul Elder & Co..
Among the Gospels and the Acts"
by Peter Ainslie, is a book Of notes
and comments covering the life OF
Christ in the flesh, and the first 80
years history of his church. The au-
thor has made a practical classification
of the material in the gospels and the
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08
New Books Briefly Noted

NGW DUOkS DflSIiy NUiGu
THE Mighty Hunter in Toyland" is
unique IN Its way. 1t is an amusing
story of dolls told In verse with much
spirit, by Elizabeth NJ Gordon. and
the Illustrations by Charles Wylie are
as much of a delight to the grownups
as to the children. (Dodd. Mead & Co..;
price $1,000
"A Little Heroine of Illinois," by
Alice Turner Curtis, Is a genuinely
good story for little girls. with interest
for boys also. 1t tells of the early days
OF the civil war. whenfit was very
doubtful how portions of states adjoin-
Ing the line ,f division would stand
when the final test came. This little
girl has the opportunity to render a
service of greatest Importance to the
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moment: Aladdin could rule the Genius
of the Lamp; yes, but any child today
can stamp and mail a letter, and at
once a hundred thousand men will
spring to do his bidding; railway
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08
BOOKS REVIEWED

NY Life" BY Josiah FIynt
An Original Gentleman" BY Anne Warner.
True Tales of the Plains by Colonel w. F.
Cody.
"Vroniuq. BY Omen Vaughn.
Mater" BY Percy Maokqys
THE Student Cavaliers" BY J. r. Forest
''AnatOle France" BY George Brqndes.
Uncle SANS Business" BY Crittcndcn Marriott