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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
'product and Climax"

By Simon W Patten. author OF The New
Basis Of Cfvilizs ton" Published by B. ".
HuebSch, New York Price 30 cents
what Is It that underlies our Indus
trial discomfort, our social unrest?
why is the laborer restless and sullen
instead OF happy in his task? Why do
we create law after law providing pun
tshment for acts whose commission
ought never occur to right thinking
peoplef
After pondering these and many more
questions of like nature, the author
ends wanting q proper balance between
action in toll and reaction In enjoy
Fnent or recreation. He contrasts sim
pie country life IN which activity evokes
Immediate and healthy response with
conditions IN the city. where toll and
pleasure are anonymously joined
To bring about the right relation be-
tween work and play with the purpose
Of making a healthier and hapuied race
a. the authors aim. and for the simple
diagnosis Of the disease and the simnle
suggestions for its cure those who are
interested IN social and moral better
rnent are invited to read Product and
Climax"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
''The Lady OF the Dynamos"
D. ACID Marr Shaw anA carmenta Beckw

By Adele Mary Shaw ana carmehta Beekwith.
Published By Henry Holt & o.. New York.
Price S1-6o.
The most surprising thing about The
Lady Of the Dynamos" 70 that IT IS
written by two women-Adele Marie
Shaw. equally well known as writer
and educator, and Carmelit& Beckwith.
q new name In fction. While the book
Is sketchy at times and somewhat dis
connected, as is frequently the case in
collaborated work, there is nothing
about IL TO mark II especially as the
work OF women.
In the opening chapter we find the
hero. Landon West, rejected by New
York beauty, Virginia wakeman. This
girl and her mother are cold blooded
society women. both of whom are
counting on Virginia's marriage to lift
them in the social and financial world.
Virginia se1hshly wishes to frame her
rejection in such a way that If a GER
tain old millionaire does not offer him.
self, she can turn back to West.
Landon West is an electrical engi-
neer and he is going out to an estate
in Ceylon owned by Zenas Riggs to i'm
prove the electrical and water facili-
ties. He no sooner arrives than he
finds a beautiful maiden sitting in the
jungle reading a book on electricity.
OF course West falls in love with Mar
jorie Ellinwood at once, and finds that
she is studying electricity in order to
help her father, who is subject to fits
OF drinking. West takes Major Ellin-
wood TO help him in his work, and by
tact restores him to his self-respect,
and so makes a man of him again.
The villain of the story is furnished
in one Hinsdale, an assistant engineer
TO West. who was once his employer;
but now, because of Vests rapid adj
vancement, is Jealous Of him and in
every way tries to injure him and
thwart his plans.
Virginia and her mother meet Mr..
Riggs and hear from him such glowing
accounts OF Vests successes that they
decide not to let him slip through their
fingers, and so tell Riggs that West is
Virginias hance. Whereupon, Riggs,
who is going out to India. invites them
to go along and visit his new home.
They arrive while West is away and
tell Marjorie that he is engaged to
Virginia. Every one turns upon poor
West. Hinsdale. his enemy, abuses
him to Riggs, who discharges him, and
Marjorie because she thinks he has
been unfair to her. repulses him and
things look black, indeed; but it takes
only one short chapter TO put every
thing right and leave the reader smil-
ing. The tale itself is not new or novel
in any way; the same old kind of love.
intrigue and misunderstanding, all
smoothed out IN the end; but the set
ting is new. Ceylon has not been Sc
lected for purposes of fiction. and the
descriptions offered by these authors
are most enticing. One gets the real
tropical flavor and it is a distinct pleas
ure TO read of the life and customs
IN this far aWay land Then too the
way in which these authors handle the
details of a tremendous electrical un-
dertaking and a huge business enter
prise makes one quite forget their sex,
or. rather, only remember 1t to wonder
and admire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
"a Man Without Principle ?"
By Retsel Terreve. Publlshed By the Hook

By RetseI Terreve Published by the Hooking
publishing company, Norfolk, Va Price
Retsel Terreve is, we take it, the
nom de plume of Lester Everret
Broyles. the name manufactured by
that old time method of spelling back
ward. "A Nan Without Prlnciple?" is
his title. ard the question mark alone
attracts attention. A new work by a
new author and published by new
publishing house should enlist serious
attention from the reviewers and
critics, and this book is worthy of 1t.
The reader is introduced to Arson
Van Anholt almost at once, and learns
that he has just been released from
prison, where he has spent a short
term for trivial offense. Stanley
Hope, the chairman of the executive
committee of the Mems Christian
league of New York city, is a true
philanthropist OF the common sense
sort He insists upon the admission of
Anholt to the league. and gains his
point. only after much argument, the
strongest opposition being on the part
of Mr.. Writers. and later revelations
concerning his character confirm the
opinion formed of him at the outset
The plot Of the story is ingenious,
and the book is filed with graphic de-
scriptions. dramatic situations and
startling incidents. The moral of the
tale deals with the unforgiving atti-
tude Of the world. which almost al
ways exists toward one who has once
offended.
1t is gratifying to read of the tri-
umph OF Anholt in the end and the just
fate which falls on the villain who has
spent his life following Anholt in order
Z ruin him The afffhnr fa y
in earnest. and the book is written
with sincere and noble purpose.
The regular edition OF this book.
which by now is ready for the public,
is bound in dark green. with gold let
tering. and contains eight Illustrations
by Mckee Barclay, cartoonist for the
Baltimore Sun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
"a ROYAL Ward"

By Percy Brebner. author OF The Princess
Maritzs.' etc. Published by Little, Brown
& Co., Boston Price s1.5o
Percy Brebner, the author of this
novel. ranks high among the authors of
the day at home and in England, and is
we'll known in America by two popular
books, THE Princess Martha" and
'Vayenne" This tale is more realistic
than either of the others, the heroine,
the royal ward, being Lady Betty
Walmisley, a ward OF King George III
She is as sure to win the hearts of
readers as she did of the London gal
lants when she was taken to town from
her fathers home, Abbots Chase. AT
this time Victor Dubuisson comes to
England on a curious mission. He is
seeking an unknown person. the owner
of the broken half OF silver cross, the
other half of which has been left to
him by his father. The object Of his
search is that he may be absolved from
an oath made by his father pledging
that neither he nor his would bear arms
against England.
Dubuisson is mistaken for q French
spy, but Lady Betty saves him by Sc
creting him at Abbot's Chase, and that
is the beginning of their romance.
Events SacEGtOf each OliltE So IdpiulN
that the reader must pay strict atten-
ton or he viii become puzzled. There
are duels, court intrigues. love affairs,
hazardous flights. robberies. murders.
kidnapings and every sort OF romantic
adventure Imaginable.
Finley Baxter from America is not
half bad as a character sketch, and the
other important characters. Sir Rupert
Ashton, Walter Evertson and Deborah
Cowper, deserve much praise. The pic
lures of English life in the early part
of the last century are very striking
and whether the smugglers of the
Devon coast are being shown or bits
of the brilliant and wicked life at the
English court, one is equally interested.
Lady Betty was an unconventional
beauty and did many things which
nearly disgraced her in the eyes of her
countrymen, but with the signing OF
the peace of Paris at the close of the
French revolution all the troubles on
both sides were laid away. One can
scarcely call this a new or original
story, for in a tale with a historical
setting that would be impossible, but
it Is a romance Of the first water and is
as vital as though its scenes were of
today. The book is by far the best from
Mr.. Brebners pen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
in the Wake of the Green
Banner"

BY Engene Paul sletour. Published by Charles
Scrlhners Sons. New York. Price $3.50.
The story of the French occupation
of Algeria has been put in novel form,
and its author Eugene Paul Metour,
has made a name for himself He lived
for long time in Algeria. where his
father. an engineer III the French serv
ice, was engaged IN building roads
through the colony. so that the young
author had unusual opportunities for
learning about the country and the
people.
young American artist, George
Legion, had landed in Morocco by ac-
cident chiefly because Tangier is so
near Gibraltar. His goal had been
Benares. When the P. and o. liner
left Gibraltar without him, at the time
he WIS busy buying tr!nkets IN Tan
gier, he happened 10 remember that
he possessed in Marakesh an uncle and
a cousin"
At Marakesh Legion finds himself
drawn into the midst of an intrigue,
which ends in an international compli-
cation and nearly in tragedy itself for
several of the important characters of
the story. The excitement practically
begins with a native uprising in Mo
rocco, during which the author proves
that he is as much at home on the
battlefield as IN scenes of peace.
Robert Hichens has made so much of
a success with his "Barbary Sheep" and
his Garden of Allah" that one some
how feels that the desert is his own,
and that only a very brave or a very
young author will attempt any sort of
story along similar lines, This story
is not in any way like either of HIGH
ems One feels that the author has not
rubbed off any jagged corners for the
benefit of the reader. His narrative
reads almost like a journal of the
events of few exciting months
A small handful of Europeans es-
cape from the city at the time of the
uprising and take fearful risks in a
desperate fight across the Sahara to
an oasis called Fignig. Here they fall
in with great Moslem army and some
wonderful battle scenes are pictured
successful is largely due to the Corsi-
can Captain dOrnano. the leader OF
the little band Of fugitives and the
lover of Gisele de Diolie, the cousin of
Legion The love story is not very abb
sorbing. but has much to do with the
successful climax of the story.
The one great fault of the book is
the too great use of Arabic and native
dialect. All Of them require explana-
ton on the spot, or in footnotes, and
1t not only detracts from the pleasure
in reading. but destroys much of the
literary value of the descriptive pas
sages. AS story tie book drags. but
as series of almost Photographic
glimpses of the desert, the people
places and experiences. it is a splendid
piece of work and more vivid. con-
vincing and powerful than Kitchens, II
not quite so smooth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
History of the STATE of Washington

adapted to the use of schools, being
furnished with maps, statistics on all
sorts of subjects. lists of territorial and
state officers and valuable appendices.
Indian words are explained and stories
told of the naming of counties.
One very interesting point. perhaps
not generally known, is that Washing
ton is far in advance of the rest of the
country in successful cooperative colo
MES. More social experiments have
been tried there than in any other one
state of the union, and for some reason
(climate?) have proven more successful
than elsewhere. The numerous Illus
trations, among them the many por-
traits of the men who have made Wash
ington will render the book still more
welcome to all who are connected with
the state or coast.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
writing the Short Story"
BY j. Berg Esenwein. Published by Hin
Noble & Eldredge. New York. Price 81

By j. Berg Esenwen Published by Kinds.
Noble Eldredge. New York. Price 81 %
No one is better equipped than J.
Berg Esenwein to tell about Writing
the Short Story for he is editor of
Magazine and handles in
Vulnerable stories. good. bad and in
different. every day IN the year The
author has another book on the mar
ket, How to Attract and Hold an
Audience" and in it shows that he
knows the temper of the public One
feels the effect of his knowledge in
the present book, for almost every
word is good, sound, practical advice,
and given in such q warm, sympathetic
and wholesome manner that discour-
agement is impossible after reading it.
This is the only book on the short
story which shows accurate scholar
ship, combined with a thorough under
standing OF practical editorial condi
tons, and 1t is precisely what the story
writer needs. 1t analyses the parts of
the short story, shows how they are
related and all through gives illumi-
mating examples of how successful
writer's secure their results.
But the authors wide experience as
writer and editor is best shown In
the chapter or advice on self-training
for writer's. on preparing the manu-
script, on selling the story and on why
are rejected. The appen-
dices contain lists of famous stories,
synopses OF many plots, complete
and much other useful
matter All of this Is a remarkable
book-charmingly written by an an
thority on the subject, full of helpful
instruction. and far and away the full
est and best treatise ever written on
this ponula- literary form.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27

is as interesting as it is important. The
lure of the Pacific, that has held the
world since Balboa first saw the new
ocean, fills the earlier part Of the his
tory with tales of explorers and adven-
lures. Within a few years the wilder
ness has been transformed into -four
ishing and growing commemorative.
The object lesson in American resources
and American energy that this affords
is made clear by Professor Meany's
work
One very entertaining chapter in the
early part of the book is upon the pre-
historic conditions, in which the author
has drawn much from Thomas Con-
dons book, The Two Islands and What
Came of Them.
While this book is intended for the
general reader, it is quite as well
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
.eThe Light of Stars

Bv Hattie Donovan Bohannou- Published by
r F. Fenno Co. New York. Price 81.
Exactly what significance THE Light
OF stars" has TO the two stories con-
tatned IN the book is difficult to say.
The title was taken from Longfellow's
poem. and its closing lines have q
slight bearing on the stories.
"Know how sublime a thing It IS
To surfer and be strong"
for they are both rather sad little tales
concerning a quiet kind OF tragedy ex-
pressed with much charm
The tales. Robert March" and The
Crossmans," are simple little tales Of
Texas. They contain nothing of excite
nent or adventure. but are quiet little
mctures drawn with faded pastel col
cfs. They are excellent pictures OF
southern life. written with q noble and
sympathetic purpose and have a dis
tinct literary quality The book is
well printed and bound and without
Nlnatraxte1
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27

by Ronald Legge. is an airship ro-
nance and one scarcely knows which
part OF it deserves the hardest knock
ing.
The chief interest of the book is.
perhaps. in the danger England seems
to be in from French spies. who are
trying to steal some valuable secrets
and also to invade England through a
tunnel under the channel The Ger
mans and French are on the friendliest
terms. and England can not ward off
an attack by sea from the Germans
An airship sneaks out and drops bombs
upon the French and Germans, and it
is all up with them. Woven in with
the rest of this foolishness is the poor
love story of an actress and an engi-
neer. 1t is all very trashy and poorly
done
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
BOOKS REVIEWED

"The Winning Chance" by Elizabeth Dejeans
product and Climax" by Simon w. Paften
''The Lady of the Dynamos,' by Adele Mary
Shaw and Carmeiita Beckwith
"A Man Without Principle" by RetseI Terreve
"a Royal Ward" by Percy Brehner
Writing the Short Story" by j. Berg Esenwein
"The Hawk by Ronald Legge
Two Books of Travel" by Mrs. Rodolph Sta
we'll
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
Two Books of Travel
'.MOTOR TOURS IN WALES AN
BORDER COUNTESS

"MOTOR TOURS IN WALES AND THE
BORDER COUNTIES"
By Mrs. Rodolph stawen.
"THE SPELL OF ITALY,
By Caroline Atwater Mason. Published by
L. C. Page 4 Co., Boston. Price 81 80 each
Two beautiful books of travel are
just issued by L c. Page & Co.
of Boston. The first, Motor
Tours in Wales and the Border Coun-
ties.' is written by Mrs Rodolph
Stawell, and covers this most interest
ing and comparatively untraveled
country very thoroughly The use OF
the motor has revolutionized travel.
and when the author is intelligent as
is Mrs Stawell, one rejoices that she
has discovered these charming places
and written OF them. The book con-
tains many excellent photographs
taken by r. de S. Stawell. not like the
ordinary pictures in a book OF travel.
and the text is filled with interesting
anecdotes and bits OF historical In
formation that only the deepest stu
dents of Welsh history can know.
The second book IS The Spell of
Italy" by Caroline Atwater Mason. II
Italy had remained as unknown as
Wales, this book might have the same
enthusiastic reception, but after the
countless volumes which have been
written on this thoroughly explored
country. it is extremely difficult for
an author to say anything new on
the subject. Mrs. Mason writes with
the keenest enjoyment, and one feels
her love of the country. She has
made the book a sort Of personal mar
rative by introducing the reader to
members of the family and party who
travelled together. but some OF the
conversations can be skipped with ad-
vantage.
Both books are beautiful from
mechanical point OF view. the printing
and binding being perfect and the
many illustrations in each more than
interesting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
Brief Reviews

Treatise on the Law Relating to
automobiles" is the title of a work by
c. p Berry of the st. Louis bar 1t is
thoroughly practical work, without
padding and contains all the reported
cases directly involving the automo-
bile. Many terms and phrases com
monty used in the statutes relating to
the use of automobiles are construed
and the meaning made clear The work
goes to the very root of things and
treats all in so comprehensive a man
ner that it will prove valua BILE in de-
Gliding new questions. Many puzzIing
questions are answered and owner.
chauffeur, manufacturer and agent will
all appreciate the many useful points
contained in this book. (Cauaghan &
Co., Chicago; 49,
THE Diary OF District Messenger"
is written by the author of Another
Three Weeks" and since that amusing
satire appeared (Which, by the way.
has sold more than IS 900 copies) we
have learned that he is James S. Met
calfe of Life. Any one who has ever
had to employ the services of the kind
of messenger boy here depicted will
find vast satisfaction and a good many
laughs In the alleged confession of
one of those precocious young rascals
over a month and in that brief period
is concentrated so much deviltry as
would last most adults a lifetime. IT
is amusing and is sure to be as popu
lar as his last success. (Life publish
ing company, New York; % cents.)
italian Highways and Byways from
Motor Car by Francis Miltoun. is
a road guide and little more to italy
As book of travel it is irritatingIy
brief and the glimpses of the places
where the author stopped are tan
TALKING, for just as one Is almost in
terested he rushes on to the next town
II one contemplates a motor trim
through that country. however. IL is
q good book to take along, for tlHa
road map in the book appears to be
excellent. Some of the colored mic
lures by Blanche McManus ltha
authors wife, are very interesting :.
but the sketches IN black and white
have the appearance of having been
hastily done and have little to recon-
mend them The book, on the whole.
is the poorest from this authors pen.
(L c. Page & Co.. Boston; $50
''The Double Fortune" is a detective
story with combination OF mystery
and romance 1t is full OF adventure.
with love story running through 1t.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27

n RDINARILY the general reader
does not feel greatly drawn by
- local histories, however well done
they may be. However, Prof. Edmond
S. Meany, professor of history in the
University OF Washington, has done far
more than write an account of the iso-
lated growth of one state. In great
measure the history of Washington is
the history of the Pacific slope, and the
meaning OF that to the country and the
world will be made clearer this sum-
mer by the Seattle exposition.
The story that Professor Meany tells
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
"The Hawk"

By Ronald Legge. Published by the John Nc
Bride company. New York
OF course we shall have a success
sion of airship novels, for the motor
car has about outlived It's usefulness
as a property of fiction The Hawk"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27

pure Milk and the Public Haa1+b..
is manual of milk and dairy fnsnec-
ton by Archibald Robinson Ward r
S. A.. D. v. NJ, assistant professor OF
bacteriology and director OF the state
hygienic laboratory at the University
of California. Berkeley. The book CON
tains two chapters by Myer Edward
Jaffa, NJ. s, professor OF nutrition and
director of the state food and drug
laboratory. University OF California
The book appears to contain something
on every possible branch OF this very
important subject. II opens with a
chapter on the contamination OF milk,
and in IL every known bit OF informa-
ton is given on the subject II ali
people who handle milk could read
this chapter alone. the quality OF the
milk delivered to the public would