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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

lessness, and so dreadful had his
name become in the county round
about his home that no young
woman dared show her face after
nightfalL Wroth and his friends
the most loathsome parasites they
were, too-were in the habit of kid
haping young woman to be queen of
their revels. It is with this sort of ad-
venture that the tale opens and the
drunken drivers and postboys have
kidnapped the wrong woman. Julian
and her maid are on an errand of mer-
cy when they fall in with the merry
company. and the picture the authors
give us of the revels of this mad COM
pany is Photographic in its realism.
All the book devoted to rough and
often grim doings of this character is
of intense and exciting interest, but
the love interest is the real thing and
is what makes the book so instinct
with vitality.
Juliana is an adorable creature; so,
too, is her dear old godfather, the
Comte de Roche-Amand. and several
minor characters are full of sweetness
and charm; but it is Mad Wroth who
Is the book. He is grace and fascina-
tion and ferceness personified, and
though he starts out saturated in evil
none Of it sticks to him. His love for
Juliana. which is unquenchable and
which knows no such thing as obsta-
cles, is all fine reading.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
@1AE. S'USpHlONS OF
Mes ALLo oNeY" BY MAXWELL GRAY

factures. And so the senator goes down
the line, using these foreign comments
only to reinforce his own observations
on the weak spots in our national
armor.
The author believes that our future
welfare depends largely on the cultiva-
tion of conservatism, thoroughness and
continued adherence to the loftiest
standards of national righteousness. He
regards this country as the agent Of
divine purposes and says that we can
not fail to achieve our highest possible
destiny If, in the future, history can
say of us: The American people In
their time were known of all people as
the just nation
The book is filled with facts that
every American ought to know, but few
of us have at our finger tips. Informa-
tion about our natural resources, our
racial advantages and those that have
been given us by our geographical sit
uation, and the contour of our coast
line.
The book is informal in style but
pleasing, and will make an impression
wherever read
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cult time explaining her position to
her family. They one and all persist
in thinking her the victim of mans
depravity. Her uncle says:
"At least this man isn't utterly de-
PRAYED. He's not casting you off, as
his sort usually do cast off their VIC
Tins"
Victims; I, victim" says DIANA
ooh. Uncle Ben, why do you re-
peat these cant phrases? / am
no victim. 1 stand here in strength,
not in weakness. Victim! What
world! The love that trusts,
that gives freely. is abased, while the
love that doubts and calculates and first
makes a bargain is exalted"
1t is difficult, indeed, for Diana to ex-
plain that if Julian had come to the
marriage ceremony full of love for her.
as she was for him-respecting her and
realizing that she had been his wife
willingly for two months-she would
not have felt degraded Their difficulties
require four acts before they can be
adjusted, but there are many quotable
passages and all the lines are clever.
The little book contains, besides this
play a one act curtain raiser, called
"A Point of Law" This is an interest
ing little incident most dramatic and
has been. according to the preface,
acted number of times successfully
by amateurs. It. too, is full of clever
lines and both of the plays reflect credit
on the author. If Mr.. Phillips is for
ever preaching at his public for some
thing, it must be confessed he breaches
to purpose
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
''The Call of the City"
By Charles Mulford Robinson. Published by
Paul Elder & Co. San Francisco and New
York. Price 81 %

By Charles Mulford Robinson Published by
Paul Elder & Co.. San Francisco and New
York. Price SIPS.
Though Mr.. Robinson is a recognized
authority on the serious matters of
civic improvement, this is far from be-
ing book of dry figures or too OBJ
trusive facts; it is the easy chat of a
happy city dWeller, keen eyed, warm
hearted observer, telling his friends of
the sights and sounds that he loves.
BY means of IL graceful essays,
written with sympathy and enthusiasm,
Mr.. Robinson makes the reader glad he
is townsman, or makes him wish that
he We're. For he tells of the city's
charm, the joys of its thoroughfares.
its beauty, rich human interest, fellow
ship, comfort, historic association, the
grand opportunities for work, moral
development and entertainment that it
affords, and the little chapter, when
Phyllis Is in Town" proves the authors s
sense of the poetry of the paved streets.
After all that has been written about
the call of the open," back to ma
ture," the return to the soil" and va
rious other phases of "the simple life'
it was high time that some one should
thus take up the cudgels for the dis
paraged town, reminding the world
that there is worth and rare beauty in
the walled in places where many folk
dwell, as well as in the trackless wilds.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
''1he Happy Chaps"

Verses by Carolyn Wells, pictures by Harrison
Cady Published by the Century company
New York. Price 81 80.
Would you believe. that there exists
a nimble race of little people, SO tiny
they can carry out their merry madcap
pranks in the hollow of ones hand
without ever treading on ones cuff?
The happy chaps are not brownies,
nor elves. nor gnomes, nor, yet, ex-
actly, fairies; but they are own cou-
sins to all OF them-a dear, quaint
funny small folk. whose doings and
sayings, as interpreted by Carolyn
Wells and Harrison Cady. make up
jolly and delightful book, not entirely
for the young
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
''Ihe Suspicious of Mrs. AIIonby'
~ Maxwell GRAY. author of ..The

BY Maxwell Gray. author Of ''The Silence of
Dean Maitland" etc. Published by d.
Appleton Co., New York. Price $3.50
The disappointment in the case of this
last production by Maxwell Gray is in
proportion to the pleasure the other
books by this same author have given.
The Suspicious Of Mrs Allonby''
should have been condensed to the
compass Of a magazine short story. It
is dragged out to an interminable
length and one almost forgets the tale
in reading through the dreary pages.
The tale in brief is of a rather empty
headed young woman who has married
an author He is fine and handsome,
but she hasn't read his books because
he is so quiet and dull his books must
be like him. She is vain and conceited
and self-centered and finally an attack
of influenza makes her irritable and
generally bad tempered and she decides
TO go to the south of France for the
winter.
Everything and everybody comes in
for a share of her suspicious. She sus-
poets her husband cares too much for
his secretary, and she suspects her fell
low travellers of being anarchists and
spies and agents of secret police and
what not
She gets into all sorts of disagreeab1e
situations by her suspicious and care
less behavior, but finally is rescued by
her husband, who has been watching
her all along in disguise. 1t is dull
book, with two or three we'll drawn
characters. and unfortunately well
written.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
"The One and r

By Elizabeth Freemantle. Published by George
W. Jacobs Co., Philadelphia
II one had never read Elizabeth and
Her German Garden or The Lady of
the Decoration" or "Dimbie and I"
then this tale by Elizabeth Freemantle,
The One and l." might sound a new,
sweet note But constantly through.
out the book one runs into whole pages
which seem bodily lifted from any one
Of the three books mentioned.
The heroine-I--of this story has a
deep and appreciative love of nature;
also she has literary aspirations and
thinks her inmost thoughts will be in
teresting to .ithe one some day. Some
of the descriptions are excellent. The
book is a diary. and with her rhapso-
dies about sunsets and lake and
mountain (Which are good) are
a lot of pink and purple thoughts
about her soul. She is not sure
that she loves the practical and
very unromantic young Englishman TO
whom she is engaged. She fears he
can never soar to the heights with her.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
Americans Of Today and Tomorrow"
By Albert j. Bevefidge. Published by Hen
Aitemus company, Philadelphia. Price

By Albert ]. Bevefidge Published by Henry
Aitemus company, Philadelphia. Price so
cents.
There is "a certain sort of patriot
happily becoming less common from
year to year, who will find more than
one unpalatable passage in Senator
Beveridge's new book, Americans of
Today and Tomorrow" The authors
own patriotism is unquestioned but he
is not one Of those blind and deluded
worshipers who find every American
trait so admirable as to be above and
beyond criticism. The object of Sem
ator Beveridge's book is to make us see
ourselves as others see us, He has
Travelled much and has had singular op-
portunities for frank and informal
talks with cabinet ministers, army off,
GERS, captains of industry and keen
men of affairs the world over. Some of
the shrewder foreign critics point out
our national weaknesses with amazing
insight.
Germany, for instance. confesses us
rich and powerful beyond belief, but
she sees in US the young spendthrift
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

By Walter II. Aiken. Published by the Amer
lean book company, New York. Price so
cents.
The much discussed question of music
in the public schools is solved in a very
simple book by Walter II. Aiken, super
visor of music in the public schools of
Cincinnati. The book contains large
collection of one part songs, available
to singers of any age. 1t also provides
a we'll chosen collection of songs for
two, three or four parts. The poems,
selected with great care, are represen-
tative of the best English and Amer
lean authors. This reader is the first to-
take up systematically the simpler ele-
ments of instruction, to present them
clearly and to illustrate them abund-
antly with single voice songs and part
songs. Several of the works have been
compiled for the general purpose of
sight singing. The instruction is not
too prominent, but is given in sufficient
detail to make the entire contents of
the book practical to the pupil, and at
the same time to simplify its presenta-
tion to the teacher
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
Roy and Ray ID Canada"
BY Mary Wright p

BY Mary Wright Phummer. Published by
Henry Holt Co.. New York. Price S1.75.
Mary Wright Plummer. the author of
Roy and Ray in Mexico" was so en-
couraged by the success of that volume
that she now takes them to Canada.
Illustrated from photographs. with
map, words and music of Canadian ma
tional songs, this volume contains
much that is interesting regarding Ca
madam history. manners and customs.
1t will be found useful to all ages as
travel guide. but it is mainly intended
to cover hitherto neglected field for
children.
The story is dedicated to fair minded
American and Canadian boys and girls,
and 1t is a record of summer recently
spent by the writer in the eastern part
Of the dominion of Canada. An inter-
esting chapter in the book is devoted
to The Land of Evangeline.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
Books Received

Waterloo" By Thomas e. Watson: the Neale
publishing company, New York.
- Robin Aroon,' by Armstead G. Gordon; the
Neale publishing company, New York.
Harper Bros. New York.
Gilbert Neal by Will N Harben. Harper
& Bros, New York.
Uncle Sans Business" by Crittenden Mar
riott Harper & Bros, New York.
True Tales Of the Plains" by Buffalo Bill
Colonel ". +. Cody; Empire book company,
Insect Stories" By Vernon l.. Kellogg.
Henry Holt & Co., New York.
"A Week in the White House With Theodore
Roosevelt" by William B. Hale; G. p. Put
nams Sons. New York
America at Home" by A. Maurice Low
George Newnes, Limited. London.
'Baedeker's Berlin and Its Environs'' by
Karl Baedeker; Karl Baedeker. Leipzig.
The Master Of the Inn.'' BY Robert Herrick
Charles Scrbner's Sons. New York.
.'Wyclife and the Lollards." BY Rev J. C.
Carrick, B. D.; Charles Scrihner's Sons, New
York.
Cardinal Newman" by Charles sarola
Charles scTibner's Sons, New York.
ro,hstr little Sister spss,, prus~ Sy Amy Brooks:
The Hero Of Pigeon Camp" by Martha
James; Lothrop. Lee & shepard company
Boston.
..The Boat Club Boys Of Lakeport.~ by Ed
ward stratemeyer; Lothrop. Lee shepard
"A Little Heroine of Illinois" By Alice t.
Curtis; Lothrop. Lee & shepard company.
..The Story Of Frederick the Great for
Boys and Girls" by Kate E. Carpenter; Lothrop.
Americans of Today and Tomorrow by
Albert J. Beveridge; Henry Altemus company
Two Gentlemen of Virginia. by George c.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
"ToId in a Little Boys Pocket
By Sara Beaumont Kenp

BY Sara Beaumont Kennedy. Published bv
Mofat, Yard & Co., New York. Price 75
cents.
Told In Little Boys Pocket" is a
book for children that carries instruc-
tion as well as pleasure. The hetero-
geneous articles which every small boy
treasures in his pockets; the rusty
nails. the bit of string, the marbles, the
pencils, etc., all become endowed
with life. Each in turn tells the other
his life story. and in the telling con-
veys with the fun and adventure a
great deal of valuable information of
a sort the boy does not pick up by ac-
cident.
The book is prettily illustrated in
color and in black and white by Ada
Bude1l
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
"WrOth"

By Agnes and Eeerton Castle. authors OF Inc
Pride Of Jennico, etc Published by me
The early DAYS Of the eighteenth CEN
furv are the times or which the Castles
have elected to write their new novel,
s.Nroth." No one can begin ii and cast
ii aside. IL IS as exciting as battle and
will make the pulses beat quicker than
any tale of the period that has ap-
peared in many long day. To be quite
the man in those days one must have
rnonstrous debts, one must be able 10
drink the last one Of the company un-
der the table and game enough to
stake his life on a throw of the dice.
such a hero was Wroth. fifth lord of
that name. and though he had held the
title but little more than three years
he was known from end 10 end of the
country as Mad Wroth.' There seemed
ID be absolutely no limit TO his reek-
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
Cossip Of Books and People Who Make Them

Sir Gilbert Parker's boyish taste in
books, if II does not indicate the future
authorship of novels like ''The Weav
ers'' and sThe Right of Way" is at least
uncommon. "The books of my boy
hood which .lured me most" writes Sir
Gilbert, were Shakespeare (eight of
whose plays l knew by heart). David
Copperfield, The Heart of Midlothian
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
''The Worth of a Woman"
BY David Graham Philli

By David Graham Phillips, author Of "old
pleton & Co.. New York. Price slips.
David Graham Phillips has very little
patience with the people who construe
a problem out of the relations of the
sexes. He makes his attitude perfectly
plain in a little talk before the cur
tain" with which he introduces his
successful little play. 'The Worth of
Woman"
He says among other things that
there are three ways of dealing with
the sex relations of men and women
two wrong and one right.
THE Anglo Saxon morality is like a
nude figure salaciously draped. The
continental strength is like a nude
figure salaciously distorted. The An
glo-Saxon article reeks the stencil of
disinfectants; the continental reeks the
stencil of degenerate perfume. The
continental shouts Hypocrisyv at the
Anglo Saxon; the Anglo-Saxon shouts
'Filthinessr at the continental. .
The third and right way
is of simple candor and nat
uralness. Treat the sex question as
you would any other question. -"
Perhaps the few remarks entitled
Before the Curtain will be enough
for some readers. If they persist in
reading there are some rather severe
SHOCKS awaiting lneIl Inc HODJecL OF
the play is to instill into the minds of
people the necessity of truth-speak-
ing truth, living truth, never lying.
The action of the play is all in one
day, and a very exciting and nervous
day II is for the young hero and
heroine. A few months before this
day they have been much together
and their courtship has begun. They
have loved with uncontrolled impa-
thence and unwisdom. Then Julian, the
hero. returns to Boston to tell his
family of his engagement. His cold
and unsympathetic family wean him
away from the western girl who has
given him herself. and he only returns
when she telegraphs him to come and
marry her at once. He hastens to her
and says. of course, he will make
reparation.
Over that word comes all the trouble.
The truthful heroine, Diana, has diff
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
"The Age of Mental Virility"
By W. A. Newman-Dorlant

BY w. A. NewmanDorland Published by the
Century company. New York. Price 81.
DR.. Dorland calls his little book an
inquiry into the records of achievement
of the worlds chief workers and think
ers. Part OF the book appeared in the
Century Magazine. but most of the
work is new and all has been revised.
DR.. Osler startled the world few
years ago by this statement:
Take the sum of human achieve
ment in action, in science, in art, in
literature; subtract the work of the
men above 40, and while we should miss
great treasures, We would practically
be where we are today
The effective, moving, vitalizing work
of the world is done between the ages
of 25 and 4o."
That quotation might well be the text
of this little volume by Dr. Dorland
The Age of Mental Virility" Each
word is refuted. The whole statement
is proven by the most accurate and
careful statistics to be incorrect. His
Investigations have been gone into Sc
riously, earnestly and faithfully, and he
has cast into interesting and valuable
tabulated form the records of 400 men
famous in all lines of intellectual activ-
ity, upon which his conclusions are
based.
The chapters deal-authoritativel
yet Will dU OCCdSlOHdl llSnI LOuCn
which gives a readable quality to the
weighty facts and figures-with:
The Worlds Chief Workers and
Thinkers The Period of Mental
Activity The Acme and Duration of
Mental Activity What the World
Might Have Missed" Genius and In
sanity The Brain of Genius"
DR.. Dorland is convinced, and most
readers will be only too glad to find his
claims convincing. that the age of
mental activity, as shown by these
fairly chosen records of the famous men
Of modern times, lies between 40 and
so, and that, provided health and op-
timism remain, the man of SO can COM
mand success as readily as the man
Of 80.
The little book is of great value and
interest to the scientific man and to
the student, but is of particular inter-
est to the layman. The facts are given
in an entertaining style and the book
proves most stimulating and optimistic.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

She is part, English and part Canadian
and her love for the country where she
is. the prairies of northwestern Can
ada, is very real and sympathetic.
1t takes an attack of typhoid fever to
show her where she stands. The one"
has the fever. And they are happy
ever after. If the introspective parts
OF the book were omitted it would de-
serve much praise
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

Macaulay's History of England King
lakes 'Eothen, Carlyle's French Rev
olution and Webster's Dictionary.
You will see that it is an oddly incon-
gruous lot. but I browsed in my own
way. and if did not understand all Of
Carlyle, the drama. the vivid pictur-
esqueness OF his style, captivated me.
Webster's Dictionary and Shakespeare
were to me the most alluring of all
books, but must add to the list the
'Apocrypha.' which had all the glamour
and none of the perils of forbidden
fruit
Rosa Nouchette Carey. the novelist,
has been seriously i'll since early in
June at her home in East Putney. Lon
don. Her American friends will be
glad to learn that she was at last ac-
counts well on the road to recovery.
She has been working quite hard on her
novel, The Sunny Side OF the HiIl,,'
which will appear this month.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
kROMgWpEcE from
FLOWER OF THE DU0K' by
f1YRTLE REED

wasting our inheritance of forests.
mines and other natural resources with
Incredible extravaganza. England is
wonderstruck by our extraordinary in
ventiveness and mechanical ingenuity.
but her not unfriendly Indictment
charges us with lack of thoroughness.
with Indifference to the maintenance
of the highest standards in our manu-
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
BOOKS REVIEWED

"FiODer of The Dusk." By Myrtle Reed.
WrOth." BY Agnes and Egerton Castle.
he Call of the City," by Charles MuIfOrd
Robinson
he Suspicious of Mrs AllOnby." by Max
nell Gray.
The One and l." BY Elizabeth FrccmGnde.
The Happy Chaps, perscs bv Carolyn Wells,
pictures BY Harrison Cadp
The Age of Mental VniLty.' By w. 4.
NeDnldn-Dorldnd
The Worth of Woman" BY David Cra-
ham Phillips.
"Aikens Music Course" By Walter H. Aiten.
old in Little Boys Pocket" BY Sara
Beaumont Kennedy.
americans Of Today and Tomorrow By
Albert J. Bcperidge
Roy and Ray in Canada" By Mary Wright
Plunlnler.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

Old at bookstores, ne1cs stands. frafns direct
ARD 4 LEE, Publishers s.:ss ssssa.s 50. cHIeA60
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
"Aiken's Music Course

By Walter II. Aiken. Published by the Amer
ican book company, New York. Price so
The Washington bee., 1908-04-18
DIAMONDS.
BETWEEN G & H

777g--T, EatFas 1ztl-Zp DIAMONDS
81 Put Your Diamonds No Bet
Ns1 - - - ter J"-rs To-day
The Washington bee., 1908-04-18
Baked Bean Rarebit.

A novelty in the shape of a bean
Tarebit is recommended in the Won
ans Home Companion as a good way
of using up the leftover baked beans.
The recipe is as follows:
Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter,
add one teaspoonful of salt. one.
eighth Of teaspOOnful of paprika,
one-half cupful of milk and one cupful
of cold mashed baked beans. Stir un-
til thoroughly heated and add one-half
cupful of grated soft, mild cheese.
AS soon as the cheese has melted
serve on small circular pieces of toast
ed bread or zephyrettes. The recipe
is admirably adapted for chahng dish
use.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-18
DandeIion Wine.

One gallon dandelion blossoms
picked when the sun is shining Put
in stone crock; pour over them one
gallon of boiling water. Let stand in
a cool place for three days; then put
in a porcelain-lined kettle, with the
Tind of three oranges and one lemon
cut up fine. Boil Is minutes, strain,
add three pounds of sugar and the
pulp and juice of the oranges and
lemon. When lukewarm add half of
yeast cake. Stand one week in
warm place. Strain again; let stand
until it stops working, then bottle.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-18
Cheese pu6dino

A delicious cheese pudding is made
from one fve-cent loaf of bakers
bread with a half pound OF good
cheese abolt the strength of that
used in making Welsh rarebit Cut off
the hard crusts of the bread. slice and
butter, laying slices loosely in the bak-
ing dish with alternate layers Of
cheese, cut in thin slices. Beat one
egg and add a quart of milk with a
pinch of salt.
Pour this mixture over bread and
cheese and let it soak until every slice
is moistened. Bake 35 to 45 minutes
until brown on top as in bread pud-
ding. Serve on hot plates and quick
ly. The hotter the better.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-18
CALLED KING OF SOUPS.
Beef Bone aDd Vegetables Make an
l6eI Combination.

After thoroughly washing in tepid
water 15-ceut beef shank soup bone
place It in an eight-quart kettle and
cover with cold water, and when slow
ly boiling remove all scum. Add a cup
of cold water, which will cause more
scam TO arise, and when clear cover
Closely and allow to boil slowly two
hours, adding water occasionally
) Then add salt to taste, a large onion
cut in two, two large carrots cut
lengthwise in about six pieces EACH
and a large cupful of best tomatoes
use the tomatoes as they come from
the can, the thick part as we'll as the
juice-and boil the whole until the
carrots are we'll done, when add half
teaspoonful of celery salt, and boil a
few minutes longer. then strain and
serve hot. A strip or two of the car
rot can he served in each bowl if de-
sired, they being palatable so cooked
and great complexion beautifiers. This
soup will be found most excellent for
a weak stomach, or found most excel
lent for anyone recovering from sick
headache