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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
"Iorimer OF the Northwest"

AT Harold Rfudloss author OF Winston Of
A. stokes company. New York.
In "Lorimer of the Northwest" Har-
old Bindloss gives us the best quality
which he has. so far. offered to the
public lie knows the northwest thor
oughly and the country is so fun or
picture and incident. color and adven-
ture. that the writer needs but to tell
a round unvarnished tale and IT Is
interesting Flights Of imagination
would be useless and would detract
from the strength and rugged fascina-
tion of the tale In his prologue the
author gives brief description of
the country which shows his style to
advantage:
Far out on the rim of the prairie
lies a silvery haze through which the
vault Of azure melts into the dusty
whiteness of the grasses. Then. level
on level, with each slowly swelling
rise growing sharper under that crys-
talline atmosphere. the prairie rolls
in. broken here by a willow copse and
there by a struggling birch bluff. while
a belt of cool neutral shadow marks
the course of deep sunk ravine. At
first sight IL is all one glaring sweep
OF white and gray. but on looking
closer with understanding eyes one secs
the yellow and sage green of tall reeds
in a slough. the glowing lights OF sun
bleached buffalo bones and a mingling
OF many colors where there Is wild
peppermint or flowers among the grass.
Then. broad across the foreground,
growing tall and green in few moist
er places. and in others changing to
ocher and coppery red. there ripples
acre after acre. great sea OF grain
whose extent is beyond the comprc
hension OF the insular .Briton.
That. at least. with its festhery oat
tassels and stately heads of wheat, is II
picture well worth looking upon, for
there are few places in the world
where one may see furrows OF equal
length 1t was won hardly, by much
privation. and in the sweat of the
brow. as well AS by the favor of provi-
dence. for we hold on the
prairie that il is not fair to place all
The burden on providence. Therefore.
the settlers who succeed cut down ra
tions and work double tides to help
themselves in time Of adversely"
That quotation is the gist of the
story. for the tale has more to do
with the settling and rcclaiming of the
land than with the people. Lorimer
had only f100 when he landed in Can
ada. but he succeeded, though he had
an sorts Of adventures. hairbreadth es-
canes not TO mention a necessary love
affair
There is something fine and stimu-
lating about a story of this kind. IT is
fuu of the great out of doors and every
character is full of the vigor and vital
health which one knows is necessary
qualification of the successful pioneer.
There are too few tales of the great
northwest. and the country is a mine
for the novelist, but Mr.. Bindloss has
claimed il for his own. and any in
vader of the field must fight hard to
west his laurels from him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
"The Changing Values of Eng
liSh Speech"

BY Ralcv Hustled Bell author of The Worth
~ Words. Published by Kinds. Noble
Eldredge- New York Price sl-25.
This book viii be read with the
greatest interest and pleasure by all
who were so fortunate as TO read the
same authors Worth Of Words. In
sts l9 chapters the new book presents
The many aspects Of value change as
exhibited in English speech. all set
forth with that engaging facility Of eN-
precision OF which the author is one Of
the born masters. BY dint of good.
patient. hard work. done in a cheerful
mood and toned By the poetic spirit he
can impsrt humor 10 simplifled spell
sng and even into derivation can put a
bead or sparkle and can add another
charm even to lucidity and make even
"a dull topic glow with Interest. For
one instance among the many in
stances. In the chapter on Language
Change" one find this:
.'I.angua ge-change is not always
language growth-but is often mis-
taken for growth Language Will
change as human interests change. No
one should wish TO restrict its elias
ticIty or retard its normal growth. but
one should see 10 1T that IL does not
overrun the fair garden Of the soul in
wild, uncultivated profusiOn.
Our language is virtually thing OF
life. Each one of US owes il a precise
duty. 10 one has right TO sin against
his mother tongue. and no one should
be excused for so doing. Our words or
daily use deserve and demand the same
hvgienic cleanliness that our persons
deserve and demand Beauty demands
that they shall not be mutilated; vital
ftv demands that they shall not be con-
fused. decency demands that they shall
NOT be degraded, justice assures them
consideration. II is as important TO
conserve the Integrity and morality OF
words as OF people: indeed. the moral
srv id one case may largely depend
unou that Of the other. Clean speech
IS as wholesome as fine linen. Careful
speech is a form Of real etiquette.
Reautfful words are better than royal
The book is touched with glowing
numor. deft strokes Of irony and bright
flashes Of wit il is for the student, the
teacher. the doctor. the lawyer, the
editor. the preacher. the man OF affairs
i'm short. for every person who would
spcak and write and think IN good
English
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6 < atr1ne e

bt Eiinor Mccartney Lane. author Of Nancy
stair" ann mills Of God q" Published by
Harper & Bro. New York. Price s1-5o
Every one who read Nancy stair"
Viii Doe shocked and grieved to hear
that Mrs Elinor Mccartney Lane died 4
few weeks ago after a very brief ill-
ness. almost on THE eve Of the publica-
-ion Of this new novel. "Katrinc." Mrs.
Lame was herself Of Irish stock and has
made t1e characters of This story Irish
Tho scene. however. is America. in
Nortl Carolina, on nne old historic
plantation. and the author showed re-
,uarlla bla understanding and the keen
est appreciation Of those two most diff
cult natures-the Irish and the south
eluer From America the actors in this
romantic drama arc taken over to Paris
and after seeing something OF the life
Hf tIe musical society there and bit
81 country house life they are taken
back To America and finish in New
York.
airs. Lane was often quoted as saying
that she WAS no believer in the ana
lEtcal or problem novel, and her stories
Eo to prove THAT belief. The present
story Is "a romance pure and simple. and
is so beautiful that il dehes criticism.
lEatrine Is the daughter of the over
seer of rle Ravenel estate in North
Carol Tho hero. Frank RaveneI
comes home from college and travels
-aud sees her. a girl or FIRE and dew.
her eyes like corr flowers. fun or poetry
and passion" Several happy months
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
"The Trail of The Go=Hawks"
Bv Emile Blackmofe Stapp. author of 'Brea
and 'Iasses' Published hy G.. NJ. Clar
company BOSTON. Price 81.

BY Emile Blackmofe stapp. author of Bread
aud 'Lasses'' Published by G. NJ. Clark
company BOSTON. Price 81.
IT is surprising how few people re-
alize the Importance of books written
for children. ANY old thing" provided
though the number of books written
for children nowadays far exceeds the
number of few years ago those which
deserve a permanent place on the
juvenile bookshelf are as few and far
between as they ever were.
In this class can be placed "The Trail
Of the Go-Jawks. by Emile Blacknore
Stapp. who is of the family of
r. D. Blackmore, author of one
OF the greatest romances ever written,
Lorna Doone" Miss Stapp shows by
her book that she understands children
thoroughly and. most unusual combi-
tion. she knows how to appeal to the
parent who is reading the story aloud
to the youngsters.
1t seems as natural for the boy to
want to play indian as it is for the
girl to want to mother her doll and
play house and for those children is
the book written. When once the chill
dren have met the golden haired Tre-
veIIyn twins, who are always a-both-
they know them better. and every girl
viii sympathize with their agonies at
the thought of burning their doll at
the stake. Wiggles and Squint, Cheese
and Pinky, Reddy and Ginger, Bleary
and Spotted Wolf Piggy Runt and little
Prue. who would rather be a suuaw
than an angel all are as bright and
interesting a lot of children as one
could wish to meet, and their sayings
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18

follow. for love. deep, real love, comes
TO these two, and their love scenes are
fascinating reading.
Suddenly Rsvenel realizes how much
he loves Katrine. but the foolish pride
of family viii not permit him TO con-
sider maria &C. so he runs away. He is
utterly miserable and Katrine is nearly
broken hearted. Her father dies and she
decides TO make something OF her voice,
which is a beautiful natural voice but
lacks cultivation.
Katrine with her heaven sent, vi
brant. caressing" voice. becomes a great
singer She has confidence in herself
from the first and knows that she viii
be a success. A sentence she has read
or heard somewhere rings in her head
constantly: no great artistic success
ever came 10 any woman that had not
its root in dead love
Ravenal, bored with life and ashamed
Of his uselessness. begins TO do things
in the business world. Another lover
has a very important part TO play on
the stage. and the rivalry between
these two men causes no end of COM
plications. This second lover Dermott
He is one of the best pieces Of character
work to be found in the all too few
novels Of this much 10 he missed author.
Tho book is filed with humor. wit
and tenderness and has a real Irish at
mosphere throughout. katrine does just
what very reader wishes and hopes she
will 10. end the romance comes TO a
beautiful end.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18

used the theme of the unseen COM
panions of little children. but there
was a sort of lack of the childish ap-
preciation which is not seen in Mr..
Harris work.
Little Adelaide is a dear and plays
a remarkable and important part in
the little world of which she is the
center Old Sanders develops very
fertile imagination under the spell
cast upon him by Adelaide and he is
besides very lovable character.
The book is divided into five parts
or chapters and it would have been
more artistic if the last chapter, which
is an excellent story in itself, had
been left out. In this chapter we are
told what happens to the heroine when
she grows up, and while we are in
terested, it should have been ap-
preached by slow stages rather than
Jumping from babyhood straight to
the young lady stage. The book Will
interest every child. even the last
chapter, and should find its place
with the juvenile Classics in every Ii
brary
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
..AIine Of the Grand Woods"

Bv Ncv1 a. Heusiaw. Published :" NC
ouiine company. New York Price Sl.SV.
Tho author names his book in a sub
+itIe "A story Of Louisiana. but none
OF The familiar properties that go win
i. story Of Louisiana are TO be found in
fbe book Entirely new pictures OF
southern life are spread before us. and
d IS lona since "a book 50 interesting
las been seen. Life far removed from
Nov Orleans out in tie country. on
rIantatious. and in the swamps, and the
,vouderrul forests. is described, and
fre Glow OF the new rice Industry IS
.fvon showing us how il is slowly but
errolv crowding out the cultivation oi
sugar Mr. Henshaw shows his great
EST skill in describing the wonders ana
beauties Of nature. in fact, after read
ir. some Of his descriptions, II Is diiii-
clIt 10 avoid superlatives in speaking
IN ri-, but re grows \ little wearisome
fn telling the story. He is too generous
Win incident and tells too much IN
detail OF the life Of every character
IA introduces 10 hold the attention
- lughout the book
man named Lawrence. VINO mas
boen disinherited by his father on ac-
count Of his marriage. suddenly dies,
leaving an only child, Aline. in charge
Of his overseer. Telesse- She grows
up totally ignorant Of who she Is or
what her rights are ia the world ana
Is very happy. leading free lie IN
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
Books Received

The Matter With Nervousness" by n. c.
SAWYER; Cunningham. Curtiss & Wech. San
Francisco.
The Lost Cabin Mine" by Frederick NivcnI
John Lane company. New York.
odd Lady Number 81. by Louise FoUh
shnd; the Century company. New y Ork.
The Wiles of sexton AIaginnis." by ". o
Eagan; the Century company. New York.
The Biography Of a Silver Fox by ErneA
Thompson Seton; the Century company, New
York.
The Chrysslis.'' BY II. NJ Kramer; Lothrop.
Lee & Shepard company, Boston.
walt Whitman" BY George x. Carpente-;
the Macmillan corDany. New York.
''Stickeen. the Story df Dog" by John
Muir; Houghton. Alifdin & Co.. New Nork
Dave Porter and His Classmates by T.
Stratemeyer; Lothrop. Lee shepard company.
Boston.
The Lady of the Dynsmos" BY Adele NJ
Shaw and Csrmelita Beckwitb: Henry Holt &
Co. New York.
The Romance Of American Expansion" by
H. a. Bruce: Nlo1at. Yard & Co. New York
The Landuhbers." BY Gertrude King:
Doubleday. Page 4 Co. New York
with the Night Mail BY Rudyard Kip
ling: Doubleday. Page Co.. New York
"A Pair OF Madcaps.' by J. r. Trowbridge;
Loghrop Lee & shepard company. New York.
The Outcast Manufacturers hy Charles
FORT: Il. W Dodge & Co., New York.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
"The "reminiscences of Carl Schurz,

lowing incident throws very clesS
light upon the quality of Grants mind
and upon the figure he cut as president.
Schurz. as senator from Missouri, was
requested TO call on Grant 60 explain
his antagOnism TO the annexation Of
Sauto Domingo. which Grant favored
strongly. Grant said:
Il hear you are a member of the
senate committee that has the Santo
Domingo treaty under consideration.
and I wish YOU would support that
treaty. Won't you do that?"
SchuTz explained his reasons for Op-
position. and continues; II spoke with
the verve of sincere conviction and
the president listened with apparent
interest. looking at me as il the Objec-
tionS to the treaty which i expressed
were quite new TO him and made an
impression on his mind But after
little while I noticed that his eyes
wandered about the room. and I be-
came doubtful whether he listened to
me at all When I had stopped he sat
silent for a minute or two. J. of course.
sat silent too. waiting for him to speak.
At last he said in a perfectly calm
tone. as IL nothing had happened;
Well. I hope YOU will at least vote
for the confirmation OF Mr.. Jones
whom I have selected for a foreign
mission. 7 was very much taken
aback by this turn OF the conversation.
Who was Mr.. jones' a few
days afterward there was a meeting OF
the committee on foreign relations.
Charles Sumner. its chairman, said in
his usual grave tone Here is the
presidents nomination OF MIR. Jones
for the mission to Brussels. Can any
one give us any information concern
ing Mr.. JOnesT There was a moments
silence. Then Senator Morton of In
diana. a sarcastic smile fiickering over
his face-I see him now before me
replied; Well. Mr.. Jones is about the
most elegant gentleman that ever pre-
sided over livery stable. The whole
committee except Mr.. Sumner broke
out in laugh"
While SGhurz is evidently not an adj
mirer of Grant, his comments upon his
character are always fair, and will
undoubtedly do great deal toward
establishing the great generals true
place in history. And certainly such
a book as this is valuable to student
of American history for the intimate
view which it gives Of many of our
historical characters. seen through the
eyes of one whose mind was eminently
critical and philosophical. and who.
moreover, played a similar part in the
events he describes as did the men he
comments upon
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18

Vol III. Published by Doubleday Page &
Go. (the Mcclure company. New York
Those who have read the first two
volumes of the "reminiscences of Carl
Schurz will receive the third with much
pleasure. 1t will be remembered that
the second volume brought the reader
TO the time of the commencement of
our civil war This new volume carries
the story of the authors life as far
as the second administration OF Grant.
at which point the story was inter
rupted by the illness of the autobiOg-
.rapher which ended in his death. That
later period of Schurz' life. wherein
ne was so intimately connected with the
political history of our country, and
especially with that mOmentOus time
during and just after the Spanish
American war, if Illuminated by the
authors own thoughts. would throw
much light upon the inside history of
those events which are fresh in the
memory of even the youngest of the
present, generation. But unfortunately
Mr. Schurz was only able TO bring his
"reminiscences up TO within so years of
the close of his life. The story is
brought to completion by a sketch of
Carl Schurz' political career written
by Frederic Bancroft and William a.
Dunning.
Schurz' accounts of his experiences
IS a brigadier general i'm the civil war
in which he played a useful. observing
but modest, part. form the storylike
portion of this volume of his reminis-
cences Incidentally he explains away
in his gentle, good humored and
philosophical manner the many unjust
accusations from which the German
soldiers who took part in the defense
of the union have suffered.
The friendly admiration which he
shows for General sherman is ex-
plained by the fact that Sherman more
than many of the prominent generals
in the field appreciated the calm ana
intellectual qualities of Schurz. differ
ing as they did from those of the
rougher and less thoughtful character
istics of the native American soldier
The vagaries OF Mr.. Johns0n's ad-
ministration as president are com
mented upon in caustic manner.
which is somewhat unusual for Schurz
revealing the supreme contempt which
man of Schurz' high qualities must
have felt for such a man as johnson
as an occupant of the presidential
chair. In the same way the wide diff
ference in the point of view of Presi-
dent Grant and Carl Schurz must have
led inevitably to the personal enmity
which existed between them. The fol-
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
''0ratOry of the South
BY Edwin du Bols Shurter. author OF "
ence and Art of Debate Published by

By Edwin du Bols Shurter. author Of Sci
ence and Art of Debate.'' Published by the
NeaIe company. New York. Price IS.
Professor Shurter has long been iden-
tilted with the art of public speaking,
and he is an authority on its history
and development in America and es-
pecially in the south. He was for some
time instructor of oratory in Leland
Stanford Jr. and Cornell universities,
and since 1899 he has been in charge
of the School of Public Speaking at
the University of Texas. In addition
to this wide experience as teacher and
Interpreter, Professor Shurter has edit
ed several texts of selected orations
and has published much on the sub
jects of debate and oratory.
"Oratory of the South is the first of
series of volumes to be issued from
time to time. The plan of bringing
out this series had it's inception in the
fact that the current oratory of the
south has been little exploited. As
Professor Shurter says in his preface:
"While in books of oratorical selec
tions we find represented noted south
crn authors of the past. since
the civil war. with the exception OF
Grady. public speakers of the south have
received scant recognition. This is GER
tajnly not due to lack of material, for
the new problems of liberty, education
and government that have arisen in
the south have brought for
ward their champions and expounders.
The authors aim being to give these
latter day speakers fair representa-
ton, each selection in "Oratory of the
South" is preceded by a few lines of
Introduction relative TO the speaker
and the occasion and circumstances
under which the oration was delivered.
The first volume of the projected series
contains nearly hundred selections,
and among the orators represented are
Henry w. Grady. stephen d. Lee, John
Sharp Williams, Richmond Pearson
Hobson Henry Watterson, w. c. r.
Breckenridge. Champ Clark. Fitzhugh
Lee, General Joseph Wheeler and Car
dinal Gibbons.
Professor Shurter has divided the
time since the war into three periods
reconstruction, from 1855 to 1876; rec
onciliation from 1876 to 1898. and the
national period. The author has tried
to make his selections representative
He has succeeded in making the book
interesting as well as instructive.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
Gossip of Books and Writers

Mrs. n. Hudson Moore author Of
The Old Furniture" books etc. is still.
living in Rochester doing editorial
work on one of the outdoor publica-
tions. and completing her book on
'Wedgwood." which will appear this
spring. Mrs. Moore is also planning
a much larger and more comprehensive
work on another subject of interest
to collectors.
The colony of authors at Carmel
numbers among its members Upton
Sinclair. Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke. Alice
Mac Gowan. Grant Wallace. Michael
Williams. Mary Austin. James Hopper.
Fred Il. Bechdolt, Kenneth MacNichOl.
George Sterling and Herbert Heron.
Some of these writer's were associated
with Upton Sinclair in his Helicon
hall experiment There is no word
however. of anything like cooperative
house keeping having been started as
vet along the sandy shores of this sea-
side resort of California.
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of Har-
ward university is spending the year
In a journey around the world. 1T is
odd. standing on the other side of the
globe" he writes from Peking, and
listening To the echoes from you peO-
pie. / hear that President Eliot has
resigned, and that Governor Hughes
has put Satan under his feet. My
own mind in Peking is in a maze OF
camels Mongols with pink pants. and
Manchu ladies with pink paint strealss.
] think there is no such place as Pc
king--its a fiction"
DR. Samuel McCombe. u. D.. Rev. DR..
Elwood Worcester's associate in the
Emmanuel movement. is at present in
New York giving lectures and ad
dresses at various places. lie is also
busy on two forthcoming books of his
Self Suggestion" and The Making
of the English Bible"
Richard lie Gallienne has written an
account of the walking trip which he
took last October from East Aurora to
New York. the first installment of which
will appear in the June Delincator. He
was accompanied on his trip by an
artist, Alexis Fournier. who has illus
trated the five articles which Mr.. lie
Gallienne has written.
DIR. Wilfred Grenfers latest benefac-
ton for his adopted northern country
is the extension of penny postage TO the
United states and Newfoundland. which
goes into effect next week largely as a
result of mis- efforts. His work in Lab
rador has required a great deal of self
sacrifice and no little personal danger.
Miss Mary Boardman Sheldon, author
of Coffee and a Love Affair has Just
sailed for Europe. where she intends to
travel for the next six months
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
"The House With No Address

BY f. Ncsbit. author of The Incomplete
Amofisi" etc Published by Doubleday
page 4 Co.. New York.
Mr.. Nesbit is a humorist and has no
business writing tragedy. or If he
wishes to write tragedy. and in this
book there are some terribly tragic
moments. he must leave his humorous
self far behind and attack his sub
iect seriously
The theme of this story is excellent;
ii is we'll worked out and the char
acter drawing is good. The book
might be called a murder mystery ro-
nance. for the murder is mysterious
fora while and all the happenings are
romantic.
The story tells of the famous
dancer sylvia, who has captured
London by her wonderful picture
poses One of her dances is 'Salome, =
which every dancer seems obliged TO
do nowadays in order to become fa-
nous One night she discovers that
she has been dancing with u dead
mans head instead OF the usual wax
cffigy and her horror is most graph
ically pictured. and the strange ter
rors she goes through in the lonely
house are as real as though the author
himself had suffered SO. The story of
the hidden house is most convineingly
told and tho way the famous dancer is
protected in order TO niystify the pub
lie is extremely clever
There is SO much that is good in the
story that it is a pity it has been
marred by inartistic treatment There
are too many long jumps from serio
comic chan to tragedy; from the sub
lime to tho ridiculous. to pass by nn-
noticed The book is about to be pub
lished i'm London under the title of
"salomc ard the Head