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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

A writer in Harper's Weekly pays
glowing tribute to the late Mayo Will
hanson Hazeltine, the literary critic:
Mayo Williamson Hazeltine left no
one in the world at all like himself. He
was entirely out of the ordinary and of
a kind by himself Whoever knew him
well knows that what is gone with him
will never be replaced.
"A most interesting man and OF re-
markab1e powers. He was a we'll born
American of New England descent His
middle name he got from his relative.
Governor Williamson, the historian of
Maine. The papers say he was born in
Boston, but in the Harvard catalogues
of 1861 and 1862 he is credited to Ban
gor. Me.
He was early left an orphan, with
some property; was well schooled and
proved a diligent scholar; went to Har-
ward college and graduated from there
In 1862, with a reputation for great
ability and an unusually lively interest
in mankind; went from there to Oxford.
where he studied and added to his ex-
perience of life; travelled on the con-
tinent and added still further to his
experience. Some time or other he came
home, studied law and was admitted to
the bar. examined the west and lived
in it for time.
About the year 1873. being then 81
years old and full OF knowledge, he
found it necessary to earn living in
some other way than by law, which we
believe he never practiced seriously. He
wrote three newspaper articles and
sent them to Mr.. Dana of the Sun.
They were all accepted and gave evil
dence of mental furniture that brought
him an invitation by telegraph to come
and work for the Sun. From that time
$50 years ago) until last week he was
one of the most indefangably indus
trious journalists connected with the
American press.
Mr. Hazeltine was an Indifferent ad-
vertiser, who signed no more than his
initials to his book reviews and put his
name to a very small proportion of his
other work. For that reason his public
reputation Is not commensurate with
his remarkable abilities. equipment and
Industry He was, 1t may be, somewhat
enoumbered with erudition. His long
service in telling readers what other
writers had said may have interfered
somewhat with the development and
communication of his own thoughts.
Possibly he grew to be too much
mental machine, but 1t was wonderful
machine. and Mt to be better known and
appreciated by the readers who have
prOfited by its works.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
Brief Reviews of New Books

The Coming OF Hester" is the
first of a promised Hester" series by
Jean X. Baird. Hester comes as a
waif to1the home of lone woman and
succeeds in broadening her life by
her own sweetness of disposition. The
principal part of the story takes place
when Hester is high school girl and
we find Aunt Deborah" young again
in her interest in Hester and her
pleasures. An exciting incident hap
pens when a man attempts to claim
Hester. having heard something of her
antecedents. The story is clean and
wholesome and will be welcomed by
the young girl today. (Lothrop, Lee
G. Shepard company. Boston. s1.25.)
"a Manual for the Execution OF Wills"
has been prepared by S. Bloom OF the
San Francisco bar, and its great value
will be appreciated by the profession as
well as by the layman. The purpose Of
the book is to point out common
vantage ground in making a will. Ger
tain of our laws clash when brought in
contact with conditions in other states
and this manual gives suggestions as to
how these may be avoided. The book
is in the form of pamphlet of a size
convenient for the pocket and should
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

by hd0ddll parrish, auI0Or or MY Lazy u
Clurg & Co.. Chicago. Price sl.50.
Randall Parrish has the best book OF
the week out of the go or more on the
reviewing desk, and that is real praise.
for some fine names are represented
Kipling. Hopkinson-S Smith--and others
not perhaps quite so we'll known, but
high in the ranks OF popularity. His
new book is entitled My Lady OF the
South" and, OF course, the situation
is just the reverse of that In his for
mer novel, my Lady of the North"
There the young confederate soldier
heroine is an ardent southern girl who
is willing to sacrifice anything to the
cause
The opening scene of this book is
believe that the author himself has not
passed through the experience so real
istically described. The hero. Sergeant
Elbert King OF Reynolds battery. is
left for dead on the battlefield after
the defeat at Minersville. He recovers
consciousness and finds he is under an
abandoned gun carriage This fact
saves him from that terrible scourge
of the battlefield. human scavengers,
foul vultures. whatever uniform they
might wear to hide their crime, mid
night robbers of the dead" He over
hears enough Of their rough speech
to find that his forces had been de-
feated and that the confederates had
won the day. King also finds that he
is not so badly wounded, and after
washing his hurt takes refuge in
woodshed, the first building he comes
upon. While hiding there he hears
voices and discovers a beautiful young
girl. Jean Denslow, talking with an
old slave and bemoaning her fate. that
she must marry Calvert Dunn, a young
southern officer, whom she especially
distrusts. She is to be forced<to marry
him that very night. so that he can
take her away from this dangerous
territory to a safe place. King not
only hears all this, but learns how
Dunn is to arrive, and also learns of
some unexpected moves to be made
by General Johnstons army.
King steals away under cover OF the
night, waylays Dunn. binds and gags
him and takes his uniform. Then.
when he would ny to his own army,
he becomes so surrounded and hemmed
in by Miss Denslow's family and
friends that he can not get away. The
oil for the lamps having given out long
before this, the house and grounds are
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

receive general Endorsement. (The Pro-
bate Agency. San Francisco. 30 cents.)
This "Pupirs Notebook and Study
Outline In Oriental and Greek History"
arranged by L. 3. Lewis. Is skeleton
of topics, with indications of subdivi-
sions and blank spaces In which the
student may write the subtopics and
other brief notes to complete the out
line. Space Is left for numerous draw
ings and plans to be made by him. and
references are given to the books that
may be consulted to get the necessary
information. Outline maps are provided.
which the student can fill out with the
essential geographical data (American
book company, New York. rs ceuts.)
The Mother Goose" edited by WAL
ter Jerrold and out today, Is sure to
prove a wonder and a delight to the lit
tie folk, for whom 1t is intended. 1t is
illustrated by John Hassall, r. l., and
contains every rhyme ever heard. That
may sound like large order. but when
you hear that there are many over 500
you'll know that very few of the rhymes
of childhood could have escaped. A short
preface explains what little is known
or rather unknown of Mother Goose,
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
"The Flute Of the Gods'

lian Love Letters" etc. Published By Frederick
find 1T If I only knew which of the
many trails to take into the desert, but
l did not know
This novel has been declared by an
eminent scholar to be the most accurate
and truthful Indian romance ever writ
ten, but when we know that for nearly
two years the author lived in a little
Mexican town, studying the mission
Indians of the Pacific coast and the
remnants of the cid Spanish life there,
we can understand how she acquired
her accurate knowledge. The authors
understanding of Indian nature is mar
velous. She has shown superhuman
ability in inducing the Indians to re-
veal themselves and tell of their tradi-
tions. The Indian of this novel Is not
the creation Of prejudiced mind nor
an ideaization. Here we see Indians
as they actually live. entirely human
and very real
The illustrations form feature in
themselves. Edward S. Curtis is
known already by his famous Indian
picture He Is preparing monumental
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
Social Service and the
Art of Healing"

By Richard C. Cabot. M. D. Published b.
Bonat. Yard & Co.. New York. Price 81.
Social Service and the Art of Heal
ing" is the title OF a modest little
book which comes with no flare OF
trumpets nor excitement OF any kind.
II Is written by Or. Richard c. Cabot,
assistant professor OF medicine in the
Harvard medical school and assistant
visiting physician ct the Massachu-
Eetts general hospital. and is so thor
oughly sane a statement OF his sub
sect that one might take II as a
guide 70 right living. and need little
besides the book to make smooth nfe's
pathway In his preface the author
says: Social service IS
drawing nearer and nearer 20 medi-
cine. Public health and the
determination OF disease are the ideals
for which doctors and social workers
are joining hands today. But
moral and spiritual problems also
branch out OF medical problems.
The doctor must be a psychologist.
an educator, a physician TO the whole
Lla4-DOQY anu Soul a4lhc D4N NdA
he2 Team work is the need. The doc
tor must work with the educator. the
psychologist, and the minister as well
as with the philanthrOpist. Only In
this way can he become himself an
educator, a teacher, putting the truth
into his patients minds and letting IL
do its own work there. To
describe the changes whereby
medical, social and educational work
are now being drawn together for the
public good is the object Of this book"
The little book is so simply written
q child could grasp II; and so con-
densed that one reads IL first at
sitting. II seems to be the light-the
real thing we have all been cropping
for through all the various faith
cures which have sprung into exist
ence the last 80 or 40 years. II is a
combination OF all that is good in re-
ligion and medicine, and is convincing.
Doctor Cabot has been working
quietly for a number OF years, but has
been so successful that his fame has
gone beyond the borders Of his own
land. He has the right idea and is
deVOting his best energies 10 prove the
truth by its successful application.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

BY Herbert Quick. author Of The Brokei
ril company, Indianapolis Price Sl.5o
The time Of this story is about 1850
and the scene is first Carsons Landing
IN the Mobile bay country, Alabama,
and after that mostly in the air. For
this is a real airship romance. 1t is
extravagant and. one can scercely help
saying. impossible. but in view of the
coming true Of some Of Jules vernes
eNtravagant and. one can scarcely help
the better word. According to Quick.
in 1850 airships viii lie as common as
motor cars are now, hence it was not
quite so startling 10 the hero. Theodore
Carson, TO have a small "helicopter" lin
the picture very stylish airship)
swoop down and tumble out a beauti-
ful young lady at his feet as it would
be TO a hero OF today. The lovely
young lady is Virginia Suarez and she
IS 4 heroine right from the start
Airships are not perfect even in
1850 any more than motor cars are to-
day, but such as they are those of the
finest type are known as "Condors,"
and Finley Shayne Of Shaynes Hold in
the Catskills has a corner on these
ships
His own private ship is called the
Roc and II was from this that the
small one known as a helicopter had
escaped. bearing Shayne's niece. Miss
Virginia Suarez. TO destruction. The
sirship talk is quite bewildering, but
not so heavily scientific that il ever
bores the lay reader.
Carson has a new invention in a
shed at the Landing which he has not
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

versity of California. and Frederick j.
Teggart, curator of the Academy Of
Pacific Coast History. University OF
California, Berkeley. Price so cents)
F. Hopkinson Smiths fall Offering IS
a collection of short stories. the first
story. Forty Minutes Late" giving
its name to the book. There are nine
of these tales, and the scenes range
from New England to Italy and Greece.
One feels that the tales are not real
fiction: they have more the character
of "reminiscences and personal impress
sions. They are not vital nor quite
so entertaining as Mr.. Smiths stories
usually are, and several of the themes
are somewhat depressing. Perhaps a
Gentleman's Gentleman" is the best
of the lot, but while not up to the
authors best standard. none deserves
severe criticism. Some of them have
appeared previously in magazines
(Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
$500
William Tyler Olcott has written a
very interesting little book. I'm star
land With a Three Inch Telescope" II
is designed especially for the amateur
astronomer. and the writer has had
some experience with the amateur I'm
previous work. The author has found
by experience that what the student
most needs when he is observing with
a telescope is a page TO glance at that
will serve as a guide to the object he
desires to view, and which will afford
concise data relative to that object.
The diagrams therefore direct the stu
dents vision and the subject matter
affords the necessary information in
each case. &C. P. Putnams Sons. New
York;
The Land OF the Blue Flower" by
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Is a parable
In which the author strives to impress
upon her readers the value of making
the land beautiful by cuitivating the
ground or by assisting others TO do so
if your seeds have been lost: showing
that there is no time for anger. no
time for hate. no time TO fret. when
the earth has been neglected. The
little book is beautifully decorated and
contains a frontispiece in color by
Sigismund de Ivanowski (Moffat, Yard
< Co., New York 20 cents.)
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
"The Tyrant in White"

BY Henry Berman, author Of Gift Bear
ers." etc. Published by Home Publication
Society Philadelphia.
The Tyrant In White" is the some
what poetical name which the author
has chosen for the common cigarette
This novel is frankly written for a
purpose. and will please the sympathiz-
ers who are with the author in oppos-
ing the use of tobacco in this form
The story is a rather exaggerated tale
of the awful things that befell several
persons who were habitual cigarette
smokers. Whether such a story will
have any influence with the wide cir
Gle of general readers remains TO be
seen. Certainly the author is very
much in earnest
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

By Marah Ellis Ryan. author of "In
1T HE Flute of the Gods" by Marah
Ellis Ryan, is powerful. inspir-
iting romance of the American
Indians of the desert and a band of
Spanish explorers-a true picture.
novel that is intensely dramatic. in
which the interest is heightened by an
element of unusual mystery. The
author says. in telling of the writing
of the story:
The mystery OF the deserts had fas-
cinated me in crossing to the western
coast-occasionally a brown face would
give me glimpse Of human mystery
fitting the tragic skies and lonely will
derness. I wanted to go somewhere
back of the beyond where the red
buttes loomed up and learn of the life
lived there, a shadow of a story to be
written there came to me and would
not quite go away--I felt that / could
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
Books Received

Human Equipment BY Edward n. GriEgs;
B. w. Huebsch. New York,
thews; b. W. Huebsch. New York
Madame Du Barry" By 81. Noel Williams;
With Pickpole and Peavey BY C. r. Bur
leigh; LothroP. Les 3 shepard company, Boston
Brooks; Lothrop. Lee & shepard company. Bos-
9'Helen Grant. Teacher" By Amanda NJ.
Douglas; Lothrcp, Lee & Shepard company.
American Patty. Story Of 1872" By Adele
o. thompson; Lothrop, Lee 6 Shepard com
''For the stars and Stripes" by E. T. Tom
llnson; Lothrop. Lee 8 Shepard company. Bos-
california and other sonnets." by Fanny
P. Palmer; Paul Elder & Co.. San Francisco
fama Yama Land By Grace d. Boylan;
The hRssS Ssftsp 3. sSspRy fSs eAf,s0 Jules
Payps; Funk { wagnaIIs company; New Yerk.
The Royal Family in the Temple Prison
by lean Baptiste Hanet: surgis wal
THE Players OF London BY Louise B.
Chancellor; B. W. Dodge & Co. New York
The Quest Of the Arabian Horse" By Homer
Industrial Problems BY n. A. Richardson;
Charles Fl. Kerr s. Co. Chicago.
cna1,as The \ MaTz He Knew cs,l BY Jc'n sDarso;
Tho Lords Of High Decision" By Meredith
Nicholson; Doubleday. Page Co.. New York.
som amsse,n Soos New YORK wAn
Jane Jones and Some Others BY Ben King;
Forbes & Co. Chicago.
What Does Christmas Really MesnF' by
Jenkin L. Jones: FORBES & Co. Chicago.
Heart Songs Melodies OF Days Gone By
BY Oliver Marble Gale; the cnappls publish
IA Knight Of the Wilderness By Harriet
Wheeler; ths Reilley & Britain company. Chi
sThe Investors catsrhisn." by Mare NJ
Reynolds; Mocdy's Magazine. New York.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
Virginia Of the Air Lanes

Lance" etc. Published by the Bobbs-Mer-
money enough to finish. 1t WILL IL per-
feet, revolutionize airship building, and
all the inventors of the day have
been striving for It, Shayne offers
to take him north in the Roc" and
talk business, for he is grateful to the
young man for his assistance to his
niece. While on this trip Carson
quarrels with Shayne and another pas
senger on the ship and in his rage
jumps overheard. He has a parachute
every airship traveller should wear
one-attached TO his shoulders, but
when he lands he has a terrible time
getting straight with the world again.
He finds he has dropped into home
for inebriates, and the attendants and
doctors of the institution prove them
selves quite as stupid in 1850 as they
are today. They Insist that he is
patient and give him a few treatments
before he is able to escape. While
there Carson meets Craighead. who is
quite unlike anybody in the world.
There never was such a character. and
surely there never will be. He is a
farce comedy all by himself-and, ex-
travagant and foolish as he is one can
not help laughing at him. Carson
makes a combination with him and
together they succeed in driving the
monopolist Shayne into a corner, and
everything comes out right.
The book is amusing throughout and
one is amazed at Quick's versatility:
Aladdin & Company "Thei Broken
Lance" Double Trouble" and now
Virginia of the Air lanes" four types
of books, each OF which is excellent OF
its kind. The book is well illustrated
by William r. Leigh and is artistically
printed and bound.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14


in complete darkness, and Colonel
Denslow insists that the marriage shall
take place at once. King passes through
few horrible minutes, but finally goes
through the ceremony and excuses his
action to himself by saying that at
least he has saved Jean from marrying
some one she despised and that he
VIII allow her to get a divorce for fraud
whenever she wishes.
OF course Jean discovers the trick
played upon her when she is about
half way to her new home and in a
fearful rage leaves King. King flies TO
General Rosecrans with his news Of
Johnston's maneuvers and is made a
lieutenant.
Mixed up with the war story, the
love story and pictures OF southern life
is fine description Of an old southern
feud which has more 10 do IN the de-
velopment OF the plot than any OF the
other elements. One of the men in
volved in the feud cares nothing for
the war. but has joined the northern
army because his enemy is on the
southern side. He uses the war simply
as a means TO help him wipe out the
family of his inherited enemy, and
many dramatic situations result. The
author is generous with mysteries.
plots and subpIots, and no chapter lacks
a real sensation.
The book is illustrated in colors by
Alonzo Kimball and Is artisticaiIy
bound In confederate gray. The author
has already an assured position in
American literature. but this last book
raises him a notch or two higher than
any story writer OF the day.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
BOOKS REVIEWED

The Flute of the Gods" by Marah Ellis Ryan.
"The Tyrant in White" by Henry Berman
"Absft the Funnel" by Rudyard Kiplng
Social Service and the Art of Healing" by Richard c.
Cabot, NJ. D..
Virginia of the Air Lanes" by Herbert Quick
my Lady of the South" by Randall Parrish.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
A. stokes Co.. New York. Price $3.50.

A. Stokes Co., New York. Price 81 So
work called the North American In
dian" In this enterprise he Is backed
by j. Pierpont Morgan. The work will
contain 20 volumes, is limited to 500
sets and sells for $4,000 set. When
Mrs. Ryan saw some of Mr.. Curtis
illustrations in magazine and learned
what he was engaged upon she was
discouraged, for his work was unique
and the only work which satisfied her
as illustrations for her novel. After
much talk Curtis said that If he was
interested in the manuscript he would
try to help her. With this half promise
the author was obliged to be content,
but the result proved the value of her
work
There is no photographer in the
world who is the equal of Curtis in por-
traying Indians and Indian life. His "a
pictures were taken especially for this
novel at an unusual cost. Because of
their remarkable beauty, which could
not have been shown by ordinary
methods of engraving, they have been
reproduced at much greater expense by
photogravure.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14


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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
my Lady Of the South

author A.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-14
CITY PAYS HEAVY
PRICE FOR STEEL
Average Toll of One Death
Every Two Months

In the rebuilding of San. Francisco
since October, 1908, according to sta
tistics compiled recently by contractors
and steel manufacturers, there have
been used 1888 tons of structural
steel and since the fire 284,715 tons.
This is but part of the payment to
the steel industry in the work of re-
habilitation of the city. Fully as in
teresting as the number of tons used is
the statement that there has been an
average of one man killed every two
months in structural steel construction,
making in all 18 deaths.
The cost of the steel used amounts
in all to $20,7S4. 1876, or an average price
of $7S a ton. Until the home industry
campaign was started last October
eastern firms were receiving 75 per
cent of the contracts. Since then, how
ever the figures have decreased stead
ily in the favor of local firms, with the
result that four -fifths of the contracts
during the last year went to San Fran
cisco concerns.
The freight paid on the steel used in
San Francisco's rebuilding amounted to
$3,846,010. or this sum two thirds went
to the transcontinental railroads and
the rest to the steamship companies.
One of the things which the local con-
tractors are endeavoring to obtain is
a differential from the railroads on
plain beams, shipped from points east
of the Mississippi to Pacific coast term
inals. This factor, they declare, would
give them a better opportunity of bid
ding against. eastern competition.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-14
DISTRICT FORESTER
WEDSs EASTERN GIRL
r. r. OImsted Claims Miss Du
Bois as Bride

The wedding of Frederick Erslaine
Olmsted and Miss Florence Starbuck
Du Bois took place yesterday MORN
ing at IL o'clock in Grace church and
the ceremony was attended with great
simplicity The service was read by
Rev. David Evans. The bride was un-
attended save for. the little flower girl,
Flora Ballentine of Piedmont. The Of
fee of best man was filled by William
C. Hodge of Sacramento.
The bride wore an attractive tailored
gown of blue cloth with hat to match,
while the little attendant, Miss Ballen-
tine. wore a white frock with pink rib
bons and carried basket of rose
petals. with which she strewed the
pathway of the bridal party. The bride
was given I'm marriage by her brother,
Coert Du Bois. Less than a dozen inti-
mate friends attended the service.
The bride is brilliant woman. with
charm of personality as well as accom-
plishments that have made her a fa-
vorite with large circle of friends In
Hudson. n. Y, where her family is
prominent in social affairs. Olmsted is
a graduate of Yale, and while he has
passed much of his time abroad has a
large acquaintance in this city where
he fills the Office of district forester In
the United States department of agri-
culture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olmsted have gone on
a honeymoon trip, but will return to
live at 906 Green street, where an at
tractive home awaits them.