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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
slow to Become a Law Stenog-
rapher"

By ~ L. Mason. Published by Isaac PitmaD
Sons, New York. Price VI.
This compendium of legal forms is
a book OF los pages. entirely unique,
and designed to AFFORD a ready and prac-
tical aid to familiarity with law work
and is intended for use in high schools
and business colleges as well as by In
dividual stenographers and typists who
desire to prepare themselves to I'LL lu-
crative positions in law offices or as
court reporters. This work fills need
which is not met by any other work on
the subject. It does not pretend to be
a treatise on commercial law, but a
book containing a large number and
variety of law forms simplified and ac-
companied with directions and ex-
plantations for arranging on the type
writer. The forms presented for study
are authentic legal documents used In
real legal transactionS or in actual
trials of cases and among them il will
be seen are a set OF legal documents
peculiar TO sections of the country out
side Of New York.
The index is especially valuable and
complete and teachers and students of
stenography and typewriting will find
the book a genuine labor saver. The
compiler of the book is an experienced
court reporter and able to handle his
subject clearly and authoritatiyely.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
GOSSIP OF BOOKS AND THEIR WRITERS

bling In every crooked game known to
the under world and ne has told his
story to Mr.. Irwin with tn 3 air OF a
connoisseur in petty crime. Whoever
has played cards with a see hrfingly IN
nocent countryman on a rail road train;
whoever has tried TO disc over under
which she'll the pea lies; whoever has
purchased diamonds at halk the mar
ket value. and whoever hses bought a
gold brick by any other nsfne win hnd
a sad pleasure threading these pages.
The book is as amusing eS 1t is fasci-
mating and by no means the least at
tractive part OF il viii De the char
acteristic illustrations BY W. Glackens.
The man who judges OK the value OF
a cigar by holding it lxnsier his nose
and SHINING is 'blufings So says Carl
Werner. writing IN the current Har-
per's Weekly. For evisa an expert. II
appears. could not decide by that
method whether the cii car were made OF
tobacco or cabbage IesSres. An expert.
in fact. would look 81 the cigar and
tell you what kind sof a wrapper it
had. postponing further judgment tn
he had smoked the cigar. Another
superstition that this, writer expIodes Is
the notion that dark cigar is a strong
cigar. and conversely. Also. the yellow
stain on cigarette smokers fingers Is
not nicotine, but tsa- oil: and the nico-
tine is not absOrbe into the system.
but goes on in TIE smoke. Nor IS
there anything dyabolic about cigar
cite papers. Best OF all. there are-so
Mr. Werner swe rs-many cigars as
good or better thsEn Key West cigars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
"From Cairo to the Cataract"
By Blanche Mabury Carson Published BIZ
c. Page & Co. Boston. Price Sl.50.

By Blanche Msbury Carson. Published BIZ l.
c. Page & Co.. Boston. Price $3.50.
l. c. Page g. Co. of Boston have made
q speciality OF travel books and none
more beautiful has been sent out by
any other house. In binding. printing,
illustrating and in other details the
books have been OF the first quality
The latest one to reach the reviewer
is From Cairo to Cataract by Blanche
Mabury Carson This story of travels
is told in letters written by the au-
thor TO members of her family at home
These letters were so much more In
teresting and so different from the
ordinary letters of travel that she was
urged and finally persuaded to edit
them for publication. 1t is not q COL
lection OF dry as dust guide book infor-
nation, but consists OF bright. gay OBJ
servations on people and things quite
out of the ordinary. The Illustrations
are mostly from photographs. and no
more perfect travelling companion can
be imagined than this excellent and
interesting book on Egypt Getting
everything possible OF the country, the
author has succeeded In producing a
ighIy entertaining narrative.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
THE Mystery of Miss Moth"

By csrolIne Atwater Mason. author Of Tbs
Spell OF Ttely." etc. Published b. T. C.
Page 4 Co.. Boston Price $50
The Mystery of Miss Moth" is a COM
monplaee sort OF romance with httls
20 recommend II TO the searcher for
something new. Miss Moth steadily
refuses TO marry for some inexplicabls
reason. but at last one learns it is be-
cause her mother IS subject TO spells Of
insanity and Miss Moth fears that shs
may be overtaken by similar fate
After all sorts Of experiences IL IS
discovered that she is not the daughter
Of the woman she has known as mother
all her life. but Is the daughter OF a
rich Englishman and a native OF India.
In his viii the Englishrnan makes a
tardy acknoWi alignment OF his daughter
and leaves her a very rich young per-
son indeed Then she Is free TO marry
the devoted young minister who has
loved her 50 long. and they plan 70
devote their lives TO good works among
the poor and needy IN India For
book OF this kind there is perhaps too
much religious discussion much OF
which reads like out OF date cant. but
the characters are in earnest and all
At into their parts
The book Is beautifully printed and
bound. but the frontispiece in color BY
Albert r. Thayer is far from alluring.
II il is intended to be Miss Moth it IS
unfortunate. for il prejudices before
one reads a word
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18

J. p Putnan's Sona New York and London
minds with longing to see it face -
face"
Thus the author explains the purpose
OF his work. which he has consistently
carried out From the standard works
OF history and description. dealing with
Oregon and its river. which he has con-
suited. he has selected enough facts to
make a connected and picturesque tala
He says:
While the book has necessarily been
based largely on other books, il may be
said that the author has derived his
chief inspiration from his own obser-
vations along the shores OF the river
and amid the mountains OF Oregon and
Washington. where his life has mainly
been spent and from familiar CONVEX
sations in the cabins OF pioneers. or at
campfires Of hunters. or around Indian
tepees, or in the pilot houses Of steam
boats In such ways and places one
can best catch the spirit OF the river
and its history"
The book contains so Illustrations
and a map. all beautifully reproduced
from photographs. and IS most artisti-
eaIly printed and bound II IS dedicated
10 his parents. who were pioneers OF
l49. and from whom. doubtless. he got
much accurate Information OF those
stirring times 1t is a valuable work
on the west and as interesting as any
novel
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
NEW BOOKS BRIEFLY NOTED

Mitch and Boiler Mitey Bartram
Atkey has rendered a distinct service.
Typical knights of the read, one invol-
unfairly respects their ability to- ac-
cumnlate square meals and their sue
cess in separating other folks from
their money Henry Mitch IS a
quaint character, with the saving grace
of humor that is occasionally found.
seemingly impervious TO the blows of
adversely. The story of their search
for and recovery Of the hidden treas
NE that proves TO be the easiest
money" has smile on every page.
Dana, Estes & Co Boston sl.so9
President Eliot likes to tell of the
origin OF Harvard's crimson" Three
men. OF whom Alexander Agassiz was
one, got together and bought the first
Harvard rowing shell that was put
upon the water I'VE had not paid fol
the boat" said President Eliot when
asked about this and we depended on
cur first prize money TO pny for 1t. Well,
the day before the race, II appeared that
there were to be Is or IA boats in the
race, and we said to each other. How are
our friends going to know us In the re-
gatta? We had no uniform, nothing at
all to distinguish u.s. We had rowed in
our various underclotfles up to that
time. So Ben Crowninshield and l went
down to Hovey's and bought six red
handlxerchiefs, just about that color
(picking up a flower from the table),
and we tied those handkerchiefs around
our heads, and that. gentlemen, Is the
origin of the Harvard red. Here is the
kind of silk handkerchief that was
worn a few years later Showing q
handkerchief). 1t was not the right
color. The trouble was that magenta
came in and the Harvard color was
magenta for few years. But that
handkerchief is poor aniline dye
This (showing an American Beauty
rose of a very dark red hne) was the
real color
Miss Jeanette Glider, who stands at
the head of the literary critics OF Amer
lea, says: IF any one should ask me
who / thought was the greatest of liv-
ing English novelists / should say
Thomas Hardy Who next? Eden
Phillpotts. What about George Mere
dith? (The conversation took place be-
fore Meredith's death.) He was great
perhaps the greatest, better judges than
/ think SO. but his later novels have
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18

islanders may wish The ships people
ind relics of other ships, which they
have known and are much depressed.
Finally they are anchored in the bay
IN 81 yht OF the island city and receive
visit from a deputation OF natives.
who invite the captain and his two
friends 10 visit their city.
From this point the book is lively
with the description OF the people, the
place, the government, the buildings.
etc, everything being quite ideally
perfect from Mr.. Norton's imaginative
point OF view. DeIigntruI in style, the
book compels the interest OF the reader
and viii not be relinquished unfinished.
The story portion OF the book deals
with an extraordinary friendship be-
tween two men-foster brothers; one
a rough miner, the other, the captain
OF the Seattle. man possessing every
educational advantage, a graduate of
Annapolis and now holding high posi-
ton in the navy. He takes the miner
with him. as his guest. on this strange
cruise. and his feeling for his foster
brother is best expressed in his own
words OF explanation to the com
mander.
See here, Charley" he said, Dropping
formality and using the name he had
called him by when he was In a lower
class at Annapolis. this man isn't Hike
any one else IN the world We were
boys together from the time 1 can re-
member, and for years he was an
adopted brother TO me. He's of the
Kind OF west that used 70 be. He's
man who will meet Almighty God with
out fear. Charley, that man has crawied
20 me with frozen hands and feet IN
the midst of a blizzard when I, being
weaker, had lain down TO sleep. He's
given me the last water IN the canteen.
IN the tops Of the hills. when he and
were lost, and his own tongue hung
black between his teeth. He's jerked
me TO the back OF his own bronco
when mine went down TO be battered
to pulp under the hoofs of STAN
peded herd, and laughed because the
horses glistened in the lightning's
fash He never forgot an enemy or
friend-he's impoverished himself with
a smiling face for a homeless child,
and fought to the death because
friends name was lightly taken Hes
rough, he's uneducated, he's supersu-
tious, he's quick of hand, temper and
tears but he bears a heart of pure
gold. and don't want TO be the one 10
give 1t moments suffering and hurail-
iation" After that there Is no more
complaint that the miner upsets the
discipline Of the snip, and he is soor
the most popular man on board.
The beautiful devotion of these tive
men weaves itself throughout the tale.
The little love romance which Is at
tempted between two other characters
is unconvincing and superfiuous-
The cleverness Of the author hnds
splendid opportunity for display in all
the naarvels Of the new country, and
there are few points for adverse criti-
cism It is a good yarn. and so con-
vincing and well done that only when
II is quite finished does one realize
with a sigh that 1t is al quite inpos-
sible The book is we'll printed and
bound, but is poorly illustrated by
Beverly Towles-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18

How the Japanese welcomed the
American Fyeet'' is the title OF a tiny
pamphlet bS Miss Hama Tokyo Sei5iro
Koshikawa, It is supposedly a sample
of JAPANESE humor and tells in the first
person howl Admiral Sperry singled the
writer OUT Of some 10000 others who
were screaming "Banzair and other
words of welcome, and took her about
with him for the few days Tor the
pleasure q; her company and also TO act
as interIreter. She tells OF visiting
the empress, who gave her a diamond
ring andi asked her to call when she
had timel It is written in dun fashion
and American taste will prefer HASH
mura Tdgo." (Received from the au-
thor.)
Almost every mail brings something
on socialism and all can not be noticed
The latest is a brochure by Lincoln
Braden. entitled AN Economic Study
for Socialists and Their Critics. The
author has divided his address into
seven topics which he treats separately.
value and Surplus Value Wage
Slavery "Capitalism's Breakdown
Ownership Immigration and THE
Matepfalistic Conception Of History
The last subject always puzzles the
layman and every socialist drags it in
on ito little avail. Parts of this are
clearly written. but no new solution to
the vexed problems are offered Gin
coin Braden, Carbon, Cal. Price 10
cents.)
"A Little Bird Told Me" is collec-
ton of diverting little drawings show
ing birds INDUCING in all sorts of
human vices and amusements. The
pictures and explanatory text are by
Walt Kuhn, who needs no introduc-
tiosa to readers Of Life. and this collec-
ton of his work is warranted to cure
the worst case OF blues In is minutes.
The book has been published three
years, but the humor is always new
and the pictures will always amuse
(I5ife publishing company. New York;
Easy Money" almost tells US what ii
is in the title. and IL we need further
hint the subtitle will do it: The Cen
u4ine Book of Henry Mitch. His Diligent
Search for Other Folks Wealth and
H1s Urgent Fear of the Feminine In
chronicling the adventures of Henr
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
1.-The Legends of the Jews

By Dr. Louis Ginzberg. The Jewish Publica-
ton Society q America, Philadelphia
Price s..
The Legends OF the Jews" is the
first OF four volumes which viii form
an important contribution 70 the legend
literature OF the nations Jewish leg
ends are e form OF scriptural exegesis:
their authors were homilists who used
legends for didactic purposes. their
main object being 10 establish a close
connection between the scripture and
the creations OF the popular fancy
Thus scripture was transformed into
e thousand themes. The personages Of
the bible-the patriarchs and the
kings. the heroes and the prophets. the
women and the children, what they did
and suffered. their happiness and their
doom, their words and their lives be-
came, apart from their presupposed
historical reality. q symbol and an al
legory. The legends supplied what the
biblical narratives omitted. They
filed UP the gaps. they explained the
motives. they enlarged the story. they
formed the connection between the re-
hottest countries. ages and peoples,
often with startling realism. They drew
sublime morals from the most common
place facts. In a large sense these
"reminiscences are an Interpretation Of
the religious and national life OF the
Jews.
The work IS by DR.. Louis Ginzberg
professor OF Talmud at the Jewish The
illogical Seminary OF America in New
ork, and bis high standing as student
and educator insures careful handling
OF this great subject. The first three
volumes reproduce all the legends IN
Jewish literature connected with bible
times and characters, the present vol
urne carrying the reader from the crea-
don 70 Jacob.
This work has been written in Ger
man and translated from the authors
original manuscript by Henrietta Sold,
the secretary OF the publication COM
mittee OF the society The book will
prove not only an authoritative source
book for scholars. but an excellent
reading book for lsymen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18

During the last few years there has
Eprung into existence q vast army ~
Up TO date, as We NAV say Jules
Nernes Roy Norton left his read
ers GREATNESS last year with his Van
ishing Fleets. and il seemed then
that the very last cry Of imaginative
wonders had been reached. II will he
recalled that that book dealt with navt-
CATION OF the air. and the vondrous
racioplane did 500 miles an hour spSt
as easy.
In this book science has progressed
farther along other lines. The time OF
The story is but few years beyond
the present date. for IN one OF the
early chapters we learn Of the erea
disaster IN San Francisco. also the
Aessina and other tragedies. and they
are spoken OF as having occurred not
long before.
A certain great scientist. who IS also
e humanitarian, Or. Pablo Martinez.
has predicted Tremendous seismic dis
turbancess beside which all the horrors
which we know viii pale into INSIGNIA
canoe People had laughed at the scfen-
list and called him a harmless old
crank but after the San Francisco and
Naples and Aessina disasters they re-
nembered his predictions ana decided
that he must have had real sctentife
knowledge 70 back MS assertions.
When. however. they wished 10 consult
him, he could not be round. MESSAGES
were received from him periodically
from one or another Of his wireless
stations scattered up and down the Pa
ctnc coast OF North and South America.
but OF the doctor himself nothing could
be discovered
Finally he sent out imperative warn
tngs OF great earthquake in South
4 oil al
sno SO impressed were the people that
they fed 70 the hills from the coast
cities and thus escaped the tremendous
tidal wave which left death and de-
struction in its wake soon. however.
as after other seismic disturbances
life resumed its normal activity. It
was found that the entire Pacific coast
line OF the Americas was changed:
that the bed OF the ocean was changed
that many islands had disappeared
and new ones were formed: in short
there was work for the men whose
business II is to chart the oceans for
years TO come. Many attempts were
made 10 find DR.. Martinez, but none
was successful. and finally every one
believed he had been killed during the
Dreadful weeks OF the disaster. one
person only refused 70 give up hope
e Young Chilean who had been his as
sistant In his work in the various wire
less stations
Many ships were lost in a curious
az inexplicable manner somewhere in
the southern Pacific ocean. and finally
the United States cruiser Seattle was
dispatched 70 investigate. The Seattle
receives some pulling messages and
one, Come at your peril" only decides
her captain more than ever TO perse-
we're They discover an entrance 70 q
narrow channel which takes them 70
an island quite unknown 10 geogra-
piers. The Seattle becomes perfectly
helpless IN these new waters She is
nsgnetized IN some strange way and
a. made 70 do anything the unseen
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
"a Woman for Mayor"
By Helen NJ Wfnslow. Published By Reili
& Britton, Chicago. Price S1.5o.

By Helen NJ wfnslow. Published By Reilly
& Britton, Chicago. Price Sl-50
The present world wide suffrage agi-
tation, and the much discussed ques-
tion OF women holding political office
as a natural sequence OF their power
to WELD the ballot-makes this a most
opportuAe story.
"A Woman for MAYOR" Is first Of
all a genuine love story. The fact
that II is laid in a redhot political at
mosphere serves only to strengthen the
general plot.
Miss wfnslow's novel leaves no
doubt as to the ease with which a
woman may be elected to ONCE when
men fail utterly to treat correctly
great moral questions affecting munich
palities. large and small. The ballot
In the hands of woman constitutes a
balance of power which. coupled with
the strong reform sentiment among
independent male voters. naturally ere
ates a strong majority. The writer
has utilized such a situation to have
mayor.
The story is plausible and fun OF
excitement The fact. that the newly
elected mayor marries the man who
ran against her furnishes a love
thread which is worked out in pleas
ing manner.
The author Is q writer Of many
years standing. formerly editor OF the
Delineator. She Is a prominent club
woman and lecturer and is now writ
ing a history OF the woman's club
movement.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18

Rex Beach. no longer to be described
as rising young author. but as one al
ready risen, grows more and more dra-
matte. Going Some. the fareical COM
edy he wrote in collaboration with Paul
Armstrong. has settled in New York.
and its career Is said TO be doing per-
feet Justice to its name Now The
BARRIER which has not ceased 10 be
a best seller since the HarpeFs pub
lished 1t last fall, is TO be staged under
the direction of Klaw & Erlanger. The
playwright who will dramatize IL.
Eugene Presbrey, is the same who
draraatized Sir Gilbert Pzrker's The
Right OF Way" and the actors who
viii take the leading parts, Guy stand
ing and Theodore Roberts. played the
principal roles also in that production
On the south side of Fleet street IN
London there is an uncbtrusive gate
way with the efagy of lamb above 1t.
which the unwary traveller might pass
a dozen times and not notice But II he
does notice II. and If he enters. he viii
mass at once into another age. For this
is the entrance into the temple, and IN
ali London there is nothing richer In
memories and pictures OF the PAST Than
these courts and s4rdens and ancient
buildings in the heart OF the city. How
they and their neighbors of Lincoln's
inn. Gray's inn and the Inns Of Chaneery
look today, with something of their
history and associations. is told in
Inns of Court" by Cecil Headlam. with
illustrations by Gordon Home The orr
gin Of the inns Is discussed, there Is a
chapter On the Knights Templar and
another on the famous Round church.
still in use within the temple The rest
OF the book is devoted to the middle
and inner temple and to other inns
California has given to contemporary
literature some OF its most brilliant
names VIII Irwin. whose faithful
and touching story of old San Fran
cisco. The City That Was" brought
him national fame, Is one OF these
younger writers whose audience Ia
growing because OF the steadily i'm
proving quality of his work.
His latest volume Is entitled The
Confession Of Con Man" and will be
published shortly by B. w. Huebsch,
New York II is fact. not fiction. This
con man lives; he spent his life dab
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
''The Woman, the Man and the
Monster"
By Carlton Dave.
ressrt press. New


vessnt press. New YORK Price $50
Briefly outlining a new book bv a
new author, a man IN wood comes
upon q nude woman tied TO tree. He
cuts her bonds and gives her garments
from his suit case with which to cover
her body. They then become good
friends. She calls him Perseus and he
calls her Andromeda, but although he
tells her his real name she declines 10
disclose her identity.
OF course the man falls IN love d.
rectly and after providing the woman
with a wardrobe they take up their
wives together in a cottage IN the coun-
try. Though he begs her TO marry him
she refuses and assumes a fippant at
titude on the subject
After two weeks a motor accident
throws almost al their door a former
college mate OF the mans. and upon
seeing him the woman goes into hys-
terics and runs away. The. motor VIC
tim is her husband
The lover is shocked, but can't stop
loving her and for a time searches
everywhere for her without success
Finally he receives a letter from the
woman and joins her at a suburban
Inn: there they plan 10 leave for the
continent. In the meantime It IS neces-
sary for him 70 go 70 London for some
things. and while absent the husband
appears upon the scene Of action, and
after a long conversation with his wife
kills her, maddened by jealousy.
The episodes as they are handled are
demoralizing and disgusting and have
net even the saving quality Of being
well written The book. panders 10 the
taste OF the degenerate and soils the
paper on which it is printed