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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
THE Airship Boys on the Quest
of the Aztec Treasure
oil die I

BY H. l.. Sayler. Published by the Reilly
& Brltton company. Chicago. Price 81.
The first volume OF the Airship Boys
series books is at hand and opens up
an entirely new field In boys literature.
These up TO the minute stories are GER
tain to stir the imagination of twen-
tieth century youngsters and at the
same time to impress upon their minds
the latest facts concerning the wonder
full science of aerial navigation just
now in its dawning.
The author. II. l.. Sayler. is a
newspaperman of Chicago. He has
taken an active interest in aeronautics
and kindred subjects and has been
studying the subject carefully for over
two years. OF his ability TO weave a
fascinating boys story the boys will
soon have an opportunity to Judge. 1t
is certain, however. that Mr.. Sayler has
an inventive talent and a style as fresh
and invigorating as that which made
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
An Interesting Literary Personality

& IDNEY MCCALL MARY Mcneil Fee
y nolloss), the author of Red Horse
HILL" etc, when scarcely more than
a girl. was living in another part of
Japan when the late Lafcadio Hearn
began his wonderful studies of that
country. Independently, she. too, was
absorbing the same mystic influences
that of verse--was shaping her impress
sions into concrete structure. A modest
little volume of poems called out of
the Nest" is thought by many of her
work. Lafcadio Hearn. who later be-
came one of her dearest and most
valued friends, was delighted with
these poems. In her quaint home In
Tokyo, with its garden where grew
pansies, Tnagnolias and moon flowers"
Mrs. Fenollosa wrote her first novel,
Truth Dexter" book which mad a
phenomenal success. The Breath of
the Gods was the outcome of her
impressions of the situation in Japan
and Russia just before the crisis. but
it was written after her return to
America in the big, low workroom" of
her southern home in Alabama. which
looks out upon a garden where the
blossoming cherry ningles its petals
with those of the rose and the Jas
mine. Kobinata-oi little Sunshine
hill--so called after the dearly loved
Japanese home. contains much that is
best In beauty. both OF the east and
west. Here bamboo and pine ash oak
and magnolia, the poetic autumn
grasses, the blossoming plum ano
cherry, with rose, pink and daffodiI.
dwell together in perfect amity. In
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ed bodily from that vast reasure house
OF things heautiful--Japan. Here also
was written Mrs. Fenollosa's latest
book, Red Horse HILL"
Mrs. Fenoliosa comes OF an artistic
family. Both her parents were writer's
Her father. William Stoddard Mcneil,
was a poet of ability. and a lover and
keen student of nature. Mrs. Fenol-
losa's homelife in Mobile has always
been one OF the units in a very close
knit, large. devoted family group.
Truth Dexter" was in part an outcome
of that inconsistencies which, while alb
sent in Japan. she felt for the dearly
loved home circle.
To her husband, the late Prof. Ernest
f. Fenollosa, well known in art cir
cles as one of the greatest authorities
on oriental art, Mrs. Tenollosa feels
that she is deeply indebted for criti-
cism, suggestion and constant encour-
agement. although in the matter of
plot and actual writing she always
works entirely alone. Their life to-
gether, both in Japan and in this coup-
try. was characterized by independent
and absolutely congenial work, and by
harmony of interests and tastes.
In her latest book. Red Horse Hill. .
Sidney Mccall. as she prefers to sign
herself. has furnished another Amer
lean Settlng, mat OF southern mill
town. The conflict OF human Inter-
ests. a deep love motive that runs
through four related lives among the
characters of this remarkable story.
and the terrific power for good or evil
held in the hands or the controller of
southern mills. all bear vital part in
the drama. 1t is the best work this
gifted author has produced. and has on
every page the marks of an earnest
thinker and of a writer of high artistic
ideals.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
Chapman's books
"CAUsEs AND CoSEQUENCES"
~PRACrICAL AGITATIONs
EMERSON AND OTHER ESSAY

@<-AAA-AtSO-N ~ ~ vi AAEft ESSA
By James Jay Chapman; Published by Monst,
Yard & Co., New York. Price 81 rs each.
Every reader has read something
from the pen of John Jay Chapman and
whether it was a sketch or an essay,
play or a study, it. was equally en-
Joyabie, A new edition. is offered now
oy Moffat. Yard & Co. (New York; and
the books are revised and enlarged.
so far three OF the favorites have APP
peared-"Causes and Consequences"
which the author said arose out of an
attempt TO explain an election; "Prac-
teal Agitation" which is an attenpt
TO follow the track of personal in
huence across society. and Emerson
and other Essays" which is the most
interesting Of the three books from a
literary point of view. Chapman's
style is so unusual, so light, so gay,
so entirely admirable that it is diff
ncult TO talk of him without quoting
him. He says in his preface:
suppose that every man has a
volume or essays inside of him, but
only few have the leisure to turn
themselves inside out and disclose their
education. their predictions and the
history of their beliefs. AS l look back
over the past. the rgure of Emerson
looms up In my mind as the first mod
ern man, and the city OF Boston as the
nrst living civilization which I knew"
The opening essay on Emerson is
the longest and has been discussed
more than the others. put all will be
found interesting. The titles are
Walt Whitman" A Study OF Romeo"
Michael Angeles Sonnets.'' .srbe
Fourth Canto of the Inferno" Robert
Browning" and Robert Louis Steven
SON Stevenson lovers do NOT like this
essay, but il is written with the strict
est Justice and shows deep study and
keen critical ability throughout. He
maintains that Stevenson never grew
up and that his youthful spirit and
enthusiasms which show so plainly in
all his writings are the things we
love He concludes his essay thus:
But the courage OF this boy. the
heroism of his life, illumine all his
works with a personal interest. The
last 10 years OF his life present a long
battle with death
We read OF his illnesses. his shirt.
we hear how he never gave up' hut
continued his works oy dictatfon and
in dumb show when he was too weak
70 hold the pen, too weak TO sneak
This courage and the lovable nature
OF Stevenson won the worlds heart. He
was regarded with a peculiar tender
ness, such as is usually given only TO
the young Honor anc admiration
mingled with affection, followed him
TO his grave. Whatever his artistic
doctrines, he revealed his spiritual ma
ture in his work. II was this nature
which made him thus beloved"
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the tremendous success of Jules Verne's
books. while yet having a basis of solid
fact to build upon.
Mr.. Sayler knows boy nature and in
stinct, and what boys like While
something is happening every minute
in the story, yet the author presents
all the fascinating details of construc-
ton and operation that are needed for
the sake of verify. the same quality
which contributed so largely to the
success of THE Lightning Conductor"
When the author tells how Ned Ma
pier carries on the Cibola liauefed
hydrogen with which to reinflate the
bag, he weaves an interesting posi-
bility into exciting fiction. When he
tells OF the exchange of food for an
equal weight of sand ballast between
balloonists in midair. he makes IL so
plausible that we expect to hear of it
in the near future as one of the ordi
nary incidents of hallooninr. The
series is sure to be popular.
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Tempered Steel"

By Herbert S. Mallory Published by H. F.
Fenno Co., New York Price 81 so.
Herbert S. Mallory offers an entertain
ing story in Tempered Steel" and it is
well written, keeping consist
ent medieval flavor throughout
land in the days of King stephen,
and the author has taken full advan-
tage of the romance and intrigue and
love Of adventure which filled the days
OF that time. Several characteristic
scenes are feelingly described, notably
two splendid duels with swords, a fall
con hunt and. most beautiful of all. a
description of the knighting of young
man.
The tale itself reflects the customs
Of the day. even in its plot. when
women were the chattels OF their faith
ers and husbands and were disposed of
custom is responsible for all the trou-
Bile in this book.
Lady Nerian of Belvoir and one of
her ladies go out on the day of the
May festivities disguised as peasants
In order to see how the people amuse
themselves. In the course of their wan
derings they encounter Sir Laurin de
Beaupre playing at being a wandering
minstre, They have no idea as to the
minstrers Identity, but Lady verian is
deeply interested in him. Later in the
same day a company OF knights and
men at arms from Earl Aylmar OF
Nordene comes TO the castle to pay a
visit. Sir Laurin is the chief OF the
expedition and soon the object OF his
visit is made known. Earl Aylmar
wishes the hand of Lady verian and has
sent his friend and brother in arms
to ask for it. During the day of fes-
tivities Lady Verian's father does not
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
Gossip of Books and Writers

Mrs. Rankin, author OF those well
liked books for children-"Dandelion
cottage" and The Adopting of Rosa
Marie"-bas left her home in Mar
quette. Mich, which hgures so much
in her books, and is at present stay
ing with friends at Bogota, n. Y. Pos
siblys one of the reasons that Mrs.
Rankins work is so favorably received
is that she absolutely refuses to let
herself be hurried on IL and 1t now
looks as though she would have no new
book for the young folk ready for this
fall. She is lovingly working on one,
but she wants time to do her best
on it.
The new copyright law which has
lust gone into effect extends the pro-
lection on books Il years, making the
period So years instead OF ~. as here
tofore.
The New York Times draws atten-
ton to the fact that our oldest living
woman author OF distinction Is not Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe. but Mrs Francis
Alexander. the friend OF Ruskin and the
author of that delightful volume. III
Libro d'Oro," a collection of legends of
the saints. Mrs. Alexander has lived
in Florence for almost so years, but
she was originally a Boston woman.
wife of the painter. In Florence she
and her daughter. Miss Francesca Alex
ander, are much beloved Mrs Alex
ander was 80 years old. when. in 1870.
she sent the manuscript of III Libro
dOro" to her publishers. yet her writ
ing was as iegible as print and neither
manuscript nor the accompanying letter
betrayed the slightest sign of age.
Perhaps the most important an
nouncement of fiction TO be published
in 1909 is that of new novel by SUI
dermann. Towering above the drama
lists and novelists OF all lands. stands
this mighty figure Today there is
none who writes with such a knowl-
edge of the human heart, such com
prehension OF the human spirit. as
this master. His latest work is a
novel entitled the Song OF Songs" a
searching study of woman's soul by
one who blends the passion Of the poet
with the science of the surgeon Life
in its noblest aspects and its most re-
pulsive is laid bare TO the reader The
book will be published in the fall by
B. w. Huebsch.
In the summer of 1924 Charles Water
ton journeyed from New York to the
northwestern part OF the United States.
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periodicals over a period of NOR than
quarter Of a century. Mr.. Howes calls
particular attention to the note of
prophecy which is evident in many of
these essays and cites as an example a
speech made by President HadIey of
Yale before the Candle Light club of
Denver in 1909. when he advanced, as
novel and original. ustracism as an eff
iectlve punishment Of social highway
men, Then III. Howes quotes from an
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
New Books Briefly Noted

The Pathfinder is a double num-
Der for "June-July," and its big article
is Dante and His Brother Poets bv
Kenneth Mckenzie. The entire number
is devoted TO Dante and contains a re-
print OF Longfellow's poem an extract
from Lowells Dante reprint of Fra
Gittone d'Arezze's ITO the Blessed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

1t is worked out consistently and to
every readers satisfaction.
The description of the life and people
during those lawless and troublous
times is a fine historical picture. and
the bad men and outlaws are so wildly
drawn that one thanks ones stars that
one did not live in such days.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
TIE c1JNnAH CALI lonoac4eo ~ Una nHcoG
Fleet Street and Other Poems"
Mitchell Kennerley. New YORK.

Mitchell hennerley, New York.
We bid the world beware
The perfect heart and will.
4 That dare the utmost men may dare
And follow freedom STILL
Sea room, land room. ours, my mas
tiers. ours,
Hand In hand with destiny. and first
among the Powersi
Our boosted Ocean Empire. sirs. we
boast or IL again,
Our Monarch, and our Rulers, and
our Women, and our Mem
The book is thin little volume. and
in reading IL one can not but regret
that the author could not have lived
to hear its praises sung. It may not
be amiss to quote here what Wilson
Young, writing in the Saturday Review.
has TO say of his dead friend. During
one Of their long and intimate talks
Young promised Davidson to tell the
world something OF the poverty and
loneliness and sadness from which he
had suffered through lack OF apprscia-
ton. Says Mr. Young; His work was
literally everything to him.
Because Of it he chose for himself and
his family bitter poverty and isolation
when. had he chosen to use his splen-
did gifts In working to please others
instead OF himself, he might with his
interchangeable Industry. have earned
enough to procure what would have
been luxury Tor one or MS simple
tastes. Every morning he
worked at his desk tortured BY the
clamor OF children who we're sent out
to yell in the slum behind his house:
in the afternoon a walk alone through
the streets of Penzance, which he
loathed as his prison and knew would
be his grave; later perhaps a walk with
his wife; reading in the public library:
another lonely walk. and to bed. He
had no money to make excursions. and
no humor to make acquaintances."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
Book 6aee Of
THE Shadow on the Dial and Other ESSAYS
By Ambrose Bieroe. Published by 4

By Ambrose Bierce. Published by A. NJ
A volume Of essays by Ambrose Bierce
makes one realize how he is missed
from the daily prints. Since he has de-
voted his time to magazine articles his
work has been more impersonal than
formerly and has, OF course, reached a
more limited audience. s. o. Howes has
collected a number Of essays, The
shadow on the Dial" and others, and
made them into book. They were writ
ten Tor various California journals and
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Curiously enough, this very careful OBJ
servers opinion Of America and Ameri-
cans at that time has been overlooked
by several recent writer's OF books con-
tanning foreigners criticisms Of as.
Ellis Parker Butler, author OF Pigs
Is Pigs" was manager Of the carnival
and circus given for the benefit of the
Flushing hospital Long island. June
II, is and 10. This was the largest
amateur circus ever given. Two years
ago a similar circus in the same town
cleared over $4,000 above all ex-
penses. The tent used was the largest
ever employed by an amateur show
and seated 5000 at each OF the i've
performances. There was also a wild
we hippodrome larger than Madison
Square garden and a midway about
400 feet long. over 125 organizations
took part and the active STAFF numbered
1000 persons
1t has been proved that any recreation.
If il is no more than pitching quoits. Is
OF great physical value to the business
man. ''Everyman," says former Presi-
dent Roosevelt, should have some
healthfu1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that
exercises his muscles and makes him
forget himself; something outside OF
theaters. balls and billiards-something
in the open air" There is no reason In
the world why any man should not ind
amusement and exercise to suit his de-
sires and needs.
Warwick Deeping, whose latest novel.
published by the Harpers. is Mad Bar
bara.'' writes of the English June to a
friend from his quaint Gate cottage at
Old Battle, in Sussex 1T Is the rose
and the hay season with US, a glorious
June. I am UP at now. moving in the
orchard, and am brown as berry and
keeping lusty and full OF youth. II Is
this life that keeps one young, no near
to nature and to elemental things
A book has Just been published in
England called Wax" 1t ought TO
make a good Impression.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

Virgin Mary" a reprint of Masolino da
Todi's Work and Wealth" and an ar
ticle- by ]. Giddes Jr.. Charles B.
Mitchell and Glen Levin Swiggett. the
editor. The little magazine had a hard
struggle at first, but is now firmly es-
tablished. 1t is one of the best literary
periodicals in America. (Suwanee,
Tenn. 10 cents.)
The Health Wealth Method" is a
large pamphlet by Fred G. Kaessmann.
author of The Cure of Consumption,
Coughs and Colds" which attracted
much attention last year. This PAM
phlet contains a health culture course OF
~ lessons covering work for a period
of six months. by which time 1t is
hoped that the information presented
will have gotten in it's work to the
extent of making habituaI with the
reader many of the points indicated.
This pamphlet, perhaps, takes it's place
among the new thought books of the
period. 1t is written with sanity and
much reserve, but also conviction.
(Health- Wealth publishing house, Law
renee, Mass. 25 cents.)
The July number of the Stellar
Ray is the most interesting number
which has appeared in a long time.
This little magazine, for a select au-
dience. is devoted to a solution of the
practical problems of life in the light
of science. occuItism and philosophy.
This number contains interesting ar
ticles by Henry Clay Hodges, the ed
itor; Edgar Lucien Larkin. Charles
Doodle Patterson, Julia Seton Sears.
M. D., and several others. In the depart
ment of psychic research is continue
ton Of N. T. Stead's article on How I
Know the Dead Return" Mr.. Stead's
work is always strong and readable
and this article carries conviction with
it. j. c. r. Brumbine, B. D., and Gill
bert Patten Brown are other well
known contributors and DR.. Madison c.
Peters has an interesting little article
on Mind Directs Mans Destiny" The
magazine is constantly improving.
CASTRO publishing company, Detroit,
Mich.)
Mission Furniture. How to Make IT.;
Part l." is the title OF a little
brrk of so pages in cloth covers.
containing 90 illustrations. 1t is
issued by the Popular Mechanics
company, and is the first OF a
proposed series of landlords on
various subjects. 1t is a practical,
plainly written book of instructions for
making and finishing p different
pieces of this popular style of furni-
ture. The text is accompanied by de-
tailed working drawings as well as
halftone illustrations. This book Is
for that large class of persons who de-
light in picking up a few tools during
their snare moments and making some
thing worth while and of credit TO
themselves. (s5 cents.)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
Books Received

The Heart OF Silence" By Walter s. Cramp.
@. VI. Clark publishing company, Boston
Emerson and Other Essays" By John jay
Chapman. MOfatt Yard & Co., New York
Practical Agitation" By John jay Chapman.
Mofat. Yard e Co. New York
Causes and Consequences. By John jay
Chapman. MOIat. Yard & CO.. New York.
Science at Home" BY James Allen. r. B..
Fenno & Co., New York.
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doors and out, one meets with the
structural beauty. the aesthetic har-
monies of color learned or transplant
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
By John DAVIDSON. Publlsbed


The sad life of the late John David
son Is recalled by the appearance Of a
posthumous volume of poems called
Fleet Street and Other Poems" The
sad little letter OF farewell which was
discovered among his papers after his
death is used as a foreword. This is
hardly just. as ii starts the reader with
melancholy feeling which will bias
his judgment of the work
Mr. Davidson chose the most prosaic
subjects-Fleet street. railway stations.
London bridge. etc. and made poetry
of them. The long poem on railway
stations is a fine example of this fac
ulty possessed by the dead poet A few
lines from the London Bridge" portion
of that poem follow:
Inside the station. everything so old.
So inconvenient, of such manifold
Perplexity, and, as a mole might see,
That no idea minifies its crude
And yet elaborate ineptitude,
But some such fancied cataclysmal
birth
Out of the nombles of the martyred
earth
This old. unhappy terminus was hurled
Back from day OF small things. when
the world
At twenty miles an hour still stood
aghast,
And thought the penny post mutation
AS change itself
The last poem in the book is entitled
Long for the Twenty-fourth of May"
and shows the poets ability better
than any other in the volume The
first stanza and chorus are quoted, but
the whole song Is one to read and read
again.
The character and strength of US
Who conquer everywhere
We sing the EncIiSh nf fhtfa
And bid the world beware;
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BOOKS REVIEWED

"The Shadow the Dia' and Other Essays, by
Ambrose Berce.
Three Books by James Jay Chapman
"The Whirl,' by Foxcroft Davis.
Tempered Steel by Herbert S. Mallory.
Fleet Street and Other Poems" by John David
1.-THE Airship Boys on the Quest of the Aztec
Treasure" by III. L. Sayer
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A book has just been published in
England called Wax" 1t ought to
make a good Impression.
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for my plan to make So to $50 per week on a
small investment in my new Vending Machines.
CAILLE. 1859 Second av-. Detroit. Mich.
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ton journeyed from New York to the
northwestern part OF the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
RANDOLPH

Frank Wood is visiting his wife who
IL at present In Boston.
Il. A. Thomas is in New York for 9
few days buying goods.
DR.. A. G. Bailey was called to Bethe
in consultation with DIR. Greene of that
place this week.
Miss Mildred Bradley, who has beer
az the home of II. w. Vail for several
days left for her home in Swanton this
week
Mrs. w. j. Blodgett went to White
River Junction Tuesday night for Q
brief visit with her husband who has
employment there.
Arthur Slack Is moving this week
from Randolph Center to Mrs. Mary
Mann's house on Park street. Mrs
Mann will board with the family.
Mrs. S. s. Clark has improved some
what in the last few days and there il
more hope Of her recovery. Miss Lauria
Clark from Smith college is still with
her mother.
At meeting of the trustees of the
state library held at Montpelier Judge
John w. Rowell of this town was pres
emit. the meeting being called to fix the
salaries Of the librarians.
A large number Of Odd Fellows were
present at the meeting on Monday nigh
when the grand officers were present
and many delegations from other lodges
The occasion was one of enjoyment and
great profit.