The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
1.-The Full Glory OF Diantha''


By Mrs. Philip verrill MgheIs. Published
BY Forbes & Co., Chicago Price $3.50.
GMR HEN husband and wife both take
M to novel writing 1t Is inevitabls
that comparisons win be made.
and IN this case it is unfortunate Mrs.
Mighels' story is 4S2 pages IN length
and that is about s32 too long for what
she has to tell.
Diantha March IS a stenographer IN
the employ of New York firm. She
has ideals which take the form OF want
New York has spoiled men; all tina
manliness Is gone from him. The ju-
Nor partner in the New York firm loves
her. but she can not marry him on
account OF her ideals. so he sends her
out to a California lumber camp on her
modest quest Incidentally he wagsrs
$1,000 that she will return to him. In
the lumber camp she meets Caspar
Rhodes and thinks she has found her
IDEAL He is an uncouth boor. but q
fine. big physical animal. with curl
Gus CLEAN of intelligence. She sends
him on to New York 10 see how he will
compare with the men she knows. he
ries Stanley Everton. the junior partner.
Many long novels have had little
more real plot than this. but the wordy
filing was in itself of sufficient interest
to make one willing 20 read IL. Not 50
this. None OF the secondary characters
are real-they are sawdust lay figures
that are part OF the necessary stage
furniture 1t Is difficult to ind ons
whole page in the book which compeIs
af$ nd
the story has hardly begun. There IS a
lot Of discussion OF motherhood and
high ideals and one gathers the i'm
preston that the author has ideas but
has not studied forms or story writing.
bacteria. on epidemic diseases. on tu-
berculosis, all as applied to milk and
the spreading of disease. Municipal
sanitary control Of milk is discussed
in one very interesting chapter and Is
followed by sections on pasteurization.
on certified milk, on the analysis OF
milk. adulteratiOn OF milk and many
other subjects. This IS not general
treatise. but a carefully prepared book
which covers every branch OF this most
important question 1t contains a few
illustrations and some instructive
charts. (Taylor & Carpenter. Ithaca.
n. Y. SD
Prof. Edward T Devine's Misery
and Its Causes" attempts to articulats
a new social philosophy, pragnatfc.
economic and socially adaptable 20 the
existing conditions OF American life.
While the author tells of some OF the
saddest facts of human life. he does II
with a charm OF style and an ire
sistible optimism which places US all
under lasting obligations. not only for
.. better understanding Of the causes
OF misery, but also for the realization
OF the fact that IN time to come II will
be reduced by social control to man
ageabIe proportions The book Is in
six chapters-"Poverty and Maladjust-
ment," Out OF Health" "Out OF Work"
out OF Friends" The Adverse Con-
ditfons in Dependent Families" and
the Justice and Prosperity OF the
Future" Macmillan company. New
York. s1.25)
Alma Martin Estabrook has written
an amusing little story. full OF love.
excitement and romance. The Rule OF
Three" is it's title. and 1t will while
away an idle hour very pleasantly.
The hero Is a bachelor who lives alone
in bungalow on the east side OF Pixies
peak. He has great expectations from
his aunt Mariana. and has led her TO
believe that he Is already married She
arrives Unexpectedly 70 VISIT MN anu
overcome by the rareded atmos-
phere. asks for Bella. his wife Poor
Gavin is nearly distracted and rushes
away to get a substitute. He secures
one and another and finally Bella her
self arrives The complications which
ensue are various and all amusing
while troubles pile up around the
frantic hero. Everything comes out
right after the reader has been SUM-
GENTLY worked up. and though the lit
tie book Is light as air Il Is worth
the time spent upon It (Small, May
nard & Co. BOSTON,