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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
Books Received

"A Mission to He'll by Edward EeIIs; Sher-
man. French Co.. Boston
You and Some Others By Agnes G. Fos-
ter; Paul Elder & Co.. San Francisco.
''The Works Of Jesus" by Edna 5. Little;
Paul Elder i Co., San Francisco
''Rubaiyat OF Omar Khayam." BY Edward
Fitzgerald Paul Elder & Co.. San Francisco
An Unofficial Love Story" by Albert Hick-
man; the Century company, New York
The PrOdigal Father" By J. storer ClOustOni
the Century company, New York
Mother Goose" edited by Walter JerroId;
Dodge publishing company. New York
The wonders Of the Zoo" By Lillian Gask;
Dodge publishing company, New York
The Arabian Nights; Dodge publishing COM
pany, New York.
Through the Looking Glass" BY Lewis Car
roll; Dodge publishing company. New YORK
''Stories From the niad." by II. L. Harell;
Dodge publishing company. New York.
Through the French Provinces by Ernest
Peixotto Charles Seribner's Sons, New York
.sffow to Be Happy Though Civil" by Thomas
Page; Charles Scribner's Sons. New York
John Marvel. Assistant" by Thomas Page;
Charles Seribner's Sons. New York.
sThe American Girl" by Harrison Fisher;
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York
s.City People, BY James Montgomery Flags;
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
"A Mothers List Of Books for Children By
Gertrude W. Arnold; A. C. heClurg s Co..
New York.
Making the Best Of Our Children By Mary
Wood Allen; 4. c. McClurg & Co.. New York.
Around the World With the Battleships."
by Roman ]. Miller; A. c. MeClurg & Co.,
New York
s.Chatterbox 1907; Dana Estes &. Co.. Boston.
Little Maud and Her Mama" BY Charles b.
LoouIfs Doubleday. Page Co, New York.
The Master" by Irving BaeheIIer; Double
day. Page & Co. New York.
Trees Every Child Should Know by Julia
E. Rogers Doubleday. Page & Co.. New York
s.Arsene Lrpin." by Edgar Jeson and M- Le-
blanc; Doubleday. Page < Co.. New York
The Doors ef Life. Little Studies in the
Art OF Self-Healing" By Walter De Voc; Double
day Page & Co.. New York
THE Cash Intrigue" By George R. Chester
the Bobbs- Merrill company. Indianapolis.
Letters From G. G. Henry Holt & Co.,
New York
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Through the Wall

BY Cleveland Monstt. author OF The Battle
etc. Published By D. Appleton & Co.. New
York Price s1-5o.
If any property OF the real detective
story has been left out OF this tale OF
Cleveland Moffetts It's by a mere slip
OF the pen. for every one known to tho
average writer is here. and some new
ones. too. Paul Coquenil. worthy sue
cessor OF the great Vidocq. is mar
velous man. One could never trace his
work. for he never employs the same
methods twice and is as infallible as
our old friend, Sherlock Holmes. Ho
has in this book a foeman worthy OF
his steel. one who is as trained IN crims
as Coquenil is IN detecting II. who en-
ploys all the methods the great detec-
tive employs and who comes within a
hairsbreath Of winning out.
man and a woman are dining IN
private room in a French restaurant.
The man is discovered dead, shot in tho
eye, and the woman and the weapon
have disappeared. 1t is soon found that
he has been shot through hole in ths
wall which he had bored to look
through; that the man who shot him
had thrown the revolver out OF the
window and escaped by a private-al-
most a secret-stairway. 1t has been
comparatively simple to discover this
and to arrest a young man who had
dined In the restaurant that evening
and who owned the revolver. It is fur
ther proved that the lady with the mur-
dered man had left without her cloak
and purse. and that this same young
man had come back for them later on
Everything which develops points to
the guilt of this fine young American.
but Coquenil says he is not guilty.
Everything possible is Cone to frus-
trate CoqueniPs plans. He Is warned.
he Is threatened. he is offered a bribe.
but nothing viii stop him. Finally he
is removed from the force. Then he
knows that there Is more in this case
than meets the eye. and he decides to
stick to it It'll the death"
The Joy OF reading detective story
is to build theories and reason as you
go along, so this very exciting story
must not be spoiled by hint. but 1t is
amusing and plausibls and once started
will never be dropped till the last page
is turned.
The book contains many illustrations
by H. Heyer, and is well printed and
bound.
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''The Game and the Candle"

By Eleanor NJ Ingram. Published By the
Boa9s- Merrill Company. Indianapolis. Price
SL5Q-
You may think when you haves looked
80 the picture and glanced carelessly
Through the book that this is ianother
imitation "zenda" story, but II dsn't. It
IS e story where Americans epd some
imaginary royalties are enarkgled for
6 while-to the great beneast, be 1t
remarked, OF said royalties-bust no love
ENHANCEMENT ensues and no hearts are
broken IN the end.
The opening chapter is ,solt OF pro-
iogue to the real story. Ia 5t we are
Introduced 70 two young mtend brothers.
vho with their aunt and cousin are liv-
ing IN California They lrlve been
brought up in luxury and haNse no edu-
cation which would At them to battle
with the world. They Suddenly dis
cover that their supposed wealth mas
aen5shed and that they must do some
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esNIOU can't commit so many merry
little murders nowadays as you
could a few years back; the boys
Gca't care so much for t5is form OF
violence" said the man u charge of
the detective output Of the biggest New
York publishing house given over to
cheap weakly literature. The tendency
Is toward the unraveling OF crimes by
scientific methods. In thd days Of Old
Broedbrim. Old Sieuth snd Old Cap
Collier you couldn't get e<tt a success
ful detective story unless you had an
average Of one xiii 10 every three
pages but this is beiis gradually
done away with
The half dozen men Vrho write de-
tective stories for the weefkly Libraries
and by the way, these aret nickel novels
not dime novels, though suppose the
elder term always viii cf ing 10 them
are appreciauns the "a CT that the
sclOolboy OF TO-DAY IS an intellectual
adVancement over his GA ddy, and con-
sequently, you couldn't 1aOld his inter
est by introducing the gun. the knife
md rne poison bottle whenever you
run short Of a sensible ,plot
The boys want mystery stories and
the detective who can stolve these mys-
teries quickest and meet effectively is
the sleuth the youngstG rs viii remem-
Der with their 5 cent sDieces on publ
cation day. Why. il b as got so that in
one Of the recent detective stories.
which centers around the doings of the
present day favorite. The boss ferreter
worked out the entire problem without
leaving his Office, get ting at the truth
by the question and aswer process and
applying his deduction hs until they fitted
the facts. This is bod deal healthier
for the boy reader s=crhd, incidentally,
the change has resulrhd in attracting TO
fhe detective story ,another class Of
readers made up Of lstJvyers and profess
sional men who finds plenty Of mental
relaxation IN foliowib the fortunes OF
the thief takers WI K hold the public
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BLOOD AND THUNDER NO LONGER APPEAL

memory. He has all sorts of adven-
lures at the school at Fardale, Conn
an imaginary institution-and later
when he goes to Yale"
How long has he been thrilling the
boy public"
For eleven years"
And can you successfully hold him
at the boy age for an indefinite PEE
riod? Is he a sort of s cent Peter
PAM"
'soh, no; he grows up just like other
boys. He grows up naturally, and
each week he is week older than he
was in the previous number. You
couldn't appeal to the boys in any
other way"
But won't he reach an age limit in
time, when he can no longer take part
In purely juvenile experiences"
"Of course"
"Then what will you do-stop your
library?"
"oh. no, well dig up a younger
brother and take him along a. route
similar to the one the present favor
lite has travelled It's the usual thing.
Don't you remember how Sir Conan
Doyle gracefully brought on Mycroft,
a brother of Sherlock Holmes. when he
had about exhausted the adventures OF
Sherlock? That gives the author an
opening. You watch out for some N.Y.
croft Holmes stories some of these
days"
what kind of a man writes these
stories that are so well thought of by
the boys?"
"A boys man., He lives in Maine and
spends most of his time with the
younger generation. He enters into
all their sports and is as enthusiastic
IN boat building or baseball. playing
as any youngster of Is. He UNDER
stands his people, and so his people un-
derstand him. Incidentally. he has
made very good thing out of his
books, in a money way, and could af-
ford to live for the rest of his life
without writing a single line or doing
a stroke of work. But he isn't that
kind. He wants to talk each week to
his great boy audience,. and I think
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more attractive form than was its
predecessor. For one thing, there is
a colored cover in place of the old
black and white wood cut that was for
long such an artistic horror. The pub
fishing houses pay good deal Of atten-
tion 10 externals, and it pays TO give
the boys something neat and tasty, for
they are very important part of the
reading public, and their support Of a
nickel library is not to be sneered at
BY the business Office"
who is writing the detective stories
of today?"
I'VE have one man who does nothing
else. His mind has been trained along
these peculiar lines, and he has ac-
qUired style that the boys seem TO
delight in We keep him about a
dozen numbers ahead OF actual publi-
cation, for we can't afford to slip up
in our weekly output. Sometimes.
when he is indisposed, we assign the
job to another member of the staff,
but as rule it is one man who does
the work.
The detective story, however, is
not the one that heads the list of
popular productions for young fell
lows. AS matter of fact the library
that sells best is one that exploits
the doings of a boy. That is what the
boys like most to read about--some-
thlnB another boy just ike tnemSelVes
has done. OF course they are filled
with admiration for the achievements
Of the great detectives of fiction, but
they always feel that they'll have to
wait until they grow up before they
can successfully emulate these heroes.
In the case Of the boy hero 1t is diff
terent- Every young reader feels he
can duplicate the performances of this
youthful paragon, and that is why the
weekly sales of the library are enor-
NOUS"
What does this boy hero do?"
Everything a healthy boy ought to
do. He is the champion baseball
player and the best football player
and the most satisfactory all round
athlete his country can produce. He is
sort of a lad Jack Harkaway was,
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07

H. L. Hubbard has crowded a lot of
wisdom into a very small space in his
new book, Summing 1t Up" 1t is in
reality treatise on economical, moral
and religious conditions of today,
tracing their evolutions from the days
of Noah through all the centuries and
ending by many excellent and practical
suggestions as to how mistakes can be
corrected and peace and happiness re-
suit. The book is divided into five
parts and no one will read it and not
be impressed with the authors earn
estness and seriousness of purpose. (J.
S. ogilvie publishing company. New
York so cents.)
Asenath Carver Collidge is a rabid
reformer. The last book of hers re-
viewed in these columns was plea to
abolish the present celebration of the
fourth of July and have instead
cherry feasts" Now she takes up her
pen against war" and has woven her
ideas into a novel. The book tells the
Ldl6 OIL tWO yodhS BIZ, NoAS iANSit' cA
two brothers, one IN the northern army
and one in the southern army, who had
killed each other during the war. The
book is an hysterical preachment and
poorly written 1t would never con-
vert any one to the peace standard. for
it oyerreaches itself constantly. (The
Hungerford- -Holbrook company, Water
town, N. Y. SD
The eagerly awaited second volume
in the "Airship Boys Series" has ar
rived and is worthy companion to
the first. 1t is entitled The Airship
Boys Adrift. or Saved by an Aero
plane" This second expedition takes
the bows off to recover their airship
and their treasure. They are in des-
perate straits through a wreck, but
are saved by an aeroplane Of their
own construction. These stories are
timely and technically authentic, be-
~ r.rvi fnss8 nv H L Savler- man
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
"The GIimnse"

BY Arnold Bennett. author of The Old Wives
Tale" Published by ID. Appleton Co.,
New York Price sl.5o.
This is a queer sort of book and one
which half its readers will throw aside
before finishing and the other half will
poke fun at it. 1t tells the story Of a
man, Morrice Loring. who has been
married a number OF years-perhaps 10
and while he and his wife do not
quarrel they have outgrown their love
and are almost Indifferent to each
other Suddenly Loring learns by an
accident that a man who visits their
house-his good friend-a man whom
Loring thinks is interested in his sis
ter, a Mrs. Dean, is making love to his
wife and they have an appointment to
meet the next day, and he dies from
heart failure caused by the excitement
and shock Then comes a glimpse of
the hereafter and knowledge of all his
previous existences and everything be-
hind the veil. He is prepared for burial,
partially, but suddenly life returns to
him after he has seen this glimpse of
the other world. His wife comes into
the room and, seeing his eyes open,
hastily pulls the bandage from his
head and sends for the doctor. She
then rushes into the bathroom and
drinks oxalic acid. She fingers five
Gays ana uieS-
In about a month his sister and the
other man are engaged. The whole
story is dull and uninteresting and the
glimpse of the other side is not partic-
ularly illuminating and the book seems
quite useless 1t is surprise to read
this after "Doubloons," a book which
came out about three years ago. In
that tale the author collaborated with
Eden Phillpotts, but the book was sane
and readable, which this one is not.
All sorts of versions of the prehis-
toric man story have been woven into
novels for grown ups; now comes
Frederick B. Costello with a tale for
boys entitled Sure Dart" 1t is a story
of strange hunters and stranger game
in the days of the monsters when our
remote ancestors lived an exciting
life of action and adventure The book
is not entirely imaginary, the animals
being described and drawn from scien-
tific studies of bones and remains. It
is an interesting tale and every page
is filled with exciting incidents "a.
c. McClurg & Co. Chicago. s1.25)
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"The Castle by the Sea"

b z 2. Marriott Watson. author Of The
Devils Palpit." etc. Published by L4ttis.
Brown q Co, Boston Price SI-5o.
Very Jew readers will have to be in
-roauced 10 H B. Marriott Watson, the
rUtbor OF Hurricane Island '-The
i7rivateers," "The Devils Pulpit" and
za-ious other tales Of romance and ad-
vsnture. His latest offering. The Cas-
tle by the Sea" is one OF the best he
has yet published.
: certain Richard Brabazon. an
English writer. wishing to nnd a quiet
place by the 'seashore. where he viii
,ot Se interrupted in his philosophie
work. Studies in Earth takes Norroy
castle upon the agents recommenda-
zion. It is not a grand old castle and
she London agent has felt that he must
tell the new tenant that a ghost goes
with it This. instead OF disturbing
I3rabazon. adds to the romantic interest
a the place.
The excitement begins the very first
night that Brabazon spends IN his new
home. Mysterious noises IN the house
snake the tenant uneasy and though he
s. not yet acquainted with the arrange
:nent Of the house. he gets I'd and fol-
lows the sound. Burglars il must be.
he decides. and no ghost. for "it'' drops
& pencil and a notebook Everybody
about the place acts suspiciously and
f5rabazon has a hard time withdrawing
his .sesricions. from the beautiful PerS
d1ta. a charming English girl who has
lodgings in the neighborhood and who
apparently has no reason for staying
fhere.
. Sir Gilbert Norroy. the owner OF this
castle. is a dissipated young man VITO
*:s 50 deeply in debt that he spends all
his time dodging his creditors. The
people OF the neighborhood DO not knew
SIR Gilbert. for he thinks this quaet
esashore place too dull; and sudde&ly
. Brs.baz0n discovers that many Of Ahe
VISITORS in the town think he is Nort-oy
a. disguise. This leads TO endless and
Joyful complications and finally euami-
mates in the kidnapping Of Sir Gilbert. Of
Ferdita and Brabazon and confaing
them in & fearful cavern. The secrets
o. this cavern prove valuable as weal as
Interesting and are means to solving
She difficulties OF all the Characters in
tHe stery.
The author has a keen sense oz hu-
NOR. and the comedy parts Of this ro-
nance are delightfully."- carried through
rhe love stories are convincing arsd the
adventurous incidents are thrilling
The book is well written and Is ss5re TO
please those who care for stOz5es OF
adventure.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
Brief Reviews Of New Books

ton. The books are we'll printed and
bound and contain excellent illustra-
tions. (Reilly G. Britton, Chicago. SID
Three little volumes, biblical Stories
Retold for Children" contain the best
stories in The Flaming sword" by
Edith Ogden Harrison. The titles OF
the stories are Polar Star and
aurora Borealis" in one volume; Lad
der of Moonlight" and Cotton Myth" in
another volume. and "The Mocking g
Bird" and Sunrise and Sunset" In the
third volume. They are all beautifully
and artistically printed and the illus
traitor and decorator, Lucy Fitch Per-
kins, has done excellent art work in
the illustrations. The books are printed
in two colors and the frontispiece is in
SO cents each.)
A beautiful new edition OF Maggie
McLanehan," by Gulielma Zollinger, is
issued in time for the holidays 1t is
illustrated profusely in color by Flor
ence Scovel Shinn and is sure to be a
popular Christmas book No better
human nature book for young people
has ever been written than this study
not know how to complain. The book
is well printed and daintily bound. a.
c. Mcclurg & Co. Chicago. s1.5O.)
Margaret w. Morely spent several
months in TOY valley" which lies in
the Tyrol of Austria. This little valley
lies at an elevation of 1000 feet and
is surrounded by the high peaks of
some of the grandest of the dolomite
mountains. The inhabitants of this
little known region speak strange
language of their own and spend their
lives carving wooded toys for the
children of the world. This story,
Donkey John of Toy Valley" while
primarily for children, is interesting
to all readers. telling Of sweet sim
plicity OF the lives of these unworldly
people. "a. c. McClurg & Co., Chi
cago. $1.25.)
A new series of books for boys is in
augurated with winning His Shoulder
Straps" of Bob Anderson at Chatham
military school. The book is by Nor-
nj will 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07

A new series of books for boys is in
augurated with winning His Shoulder
Straps" of Bob Anderson at Chatham
military school The book is by Nor-
fr2ra in ard nd his sarias will ha
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thing. The decision Is surprising; II IL
that one of them will deliberately COM
nait a felony for the benefit OF the re-
manning members OF the family and will
disappear. Should disgrace come he
win keep silence. so that the aunt and
cousin will never know and the family
name Will be untarnished.
The next chapter tells US what hap
pened when a gang Of counterfeiters is
discovered and one. because OF an in
jury to his foot, is captured. No one
recognizes Leroy" the counterfeiter,
and he is sent to prison for a long term
OF years. Ten years go by, and one
day the grand duke Feodor Stanlef
comes as a visitor to the prison. He
has met the young man years before
when they were both students in Europe
impulse makes him decide to rescue
his friend, and il is successfully accom-
plished. On board the royal yacht Le-
roy again takes his own name, John
Allard. and becomes the grand dukes
secretary.
The following chapters are taken UP
with the life at the court with the
grand duke. He is made regent and
his path is not rose strewn. The little
Emperor Adrian is surrounded by spies
and evil counselors so Feodor places
Allard in Adrian's suite.
The formal court life, the intrigues
and scheming Of the courtiers is very
trying to the lghtforward Ameri-
can, and he mas many disagreeable ex-
periences. Adrian is suspicious of
every body but Allard and constantly
inventE new insults to the regent. Al
lard is very much attached to Feodor,
to whom he has told his whole story,
and IT gals him to see his friend treat
ed with open seorn. 1t comes to be
the general impression both in court
and in public that when the young
emperor is crowned at the end OF the
three years of regency he will depose
the grand duke and take certain willy
officer named Dalmorov as his ad
wiser
The author handles this plot with
great cleverness and when the young
Emperor Adrian is crowned one waits
his decision together with the rest of
the court with almost breathless sus-
pense.
throughout the book is the charming
double love story which is convincing
and entirely satisfactory.
Eleanor NJ Ingram is a new writer.
She has done some short story work
for magazines, but this is her first
places her name permanently on the
places of favorite authors. The book
IS well printed and bound and con-
tains some good Illustrations by P.
D. Johnson.
christmas in Japan; or Saburos
Reward" Is the title Of a story by
Sarah Gertrude Pomeroy. 1t tells of a
little Japanese boy who, in order to as
sist his father to pay all his debts on
New Years day-a national Japanese
custom-was willing TO sacrifice some
Of his most cherished treasures. and
later, by his bravery and stout heart
edness. was enabled to earn the neces-
sary amount required to satisfy his
fathers creditors and establish the
family in afiuent circumstances again
The book is illustrated in two colors
and IS daintily printed and bound.
Dana Estes & Co., Boston. 90 cents.)
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
BOOKS REVIEWED

"The Castle by the Sea-" by H. B. Marriott Watson.
"The Game and the Candle" by Eleanor M. Ingram
"The Glimpse" by Arnold Bennett
"The Deeper Stain" by Frank Hird.
'The Southerner"
Through the WALL" by Cleveland Mofett
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07

The Lakeport series is now four in
number. for Edward Stratemeyer.
the author. offers The Football Boys
of Lakeport" The heroes of the base
bali field organized a football eleven
and there were some very exciting
games for the Lake penIant. There
are other things besides football in the
story and some jolly times on the
water and on the island are graphically
depicted. Several new characters are
introduced, but none any finer than
those we have met ut the Gun clutk"
Boat club and in the baseball
team 4LotfroD. Lee & SheBard eonr-
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-31

Peace hath higher tests Of manhood
.han battle ever knew.-Whittier.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-31
Waterproof Mitts.

The five or ten cent cotton mitts
which are so largely bought by work.
tngmcn may be watcrproofcd by dip.
ping them in melted parailin or, If II
thinner coat Is preferred and only on
the palm Of the mitts, melted paraliin
may be brushed over thci" surface.
For handling damp bricks, FOR work.
Ing with plaster or cement, parhtiin
mitts are far superior to the original.
Women will find them valuable when
scrubbing floors. setting out plants,
and so forth. Leather gloves for use
by farmers in hauling damp corn fod'
der or any material that Is wet may
be watcrproofed in the same way.
The coating Of parafIln may be re-.
newed as often as the surface needs 1t.
Mitts and gloves--even boots for ditch
ers-treated with paratlln last longer,
because the water can do them little
damage. The comfort the wearer ex.
pericnces by using waterproofed mitts
or gloves. says the Scientific Ameri-
can. far outweighs the bother Of melt.
ing and applying the pnratiln.