The San Francisco call., 1910-10-02
Brief Reviews of New Books

slowly. but now IL is necessary to have
new edition. The old one has there
fore been revised and much new ma
teriai added. The author lives in Ala
media and San Francisco his business
occasionally taking him to Sonoma
county. He is as active as a boy and
mentally alert. The effect of his ex-
ercfses upon himself is enough to con-
vince skepties of their value but he
has numbers of other cases TO tell of.
The book is of real interest and value.
physical Culture publishing COM
pany, New York;
In the Overland Monthly for Sep
tember are several unusually good
stories, the standard of the magazine
having been steadily improving of late.
Among the contributors are Julia W.
Henshaw, Grace Helen Bailey, Aloysius
Coll, Harry n. Morse and many others.
Rev. John Augustine Gull writes
story of early California entitled The
Disobedience of Don Emilio" The au-
thor has caught the spirit of the time
so well that for moment one thinks he
witnessed the scenes described. We
shall look for more work from this pen.
Norval Richardson's new novel, "The
Lead of Honour" has for It's setting
Natchez. Miss, about the year 1880
The central character is Sargent Ev-
erett, young lawyer In whom many
readers will recognize the Hon Ser
geant Prentiss. Young Everett's
struggle for recognition, his final sue
cess and his brilliant progress In his
profession are told in manner to
stimulate ones interest. His love- his
hope. his struggle with self: his temp
tation and his renuncia ton and his
steadfast following of the lead of honor
form the theme of this fine novel. The
story lacks thrills, but never interest
and it's somewhat stilted style is ad-
mirably suited to it's time and theme
1t is a comforting and uplifting book
(L. c. Page G. Co, Boston. $1.50)
No one is more familiar with that
great national wonder of America, the
Grand canyon of the Colorado river in
Arizona, than George Wharton James
Annually for nearly 90 years he has
explored this region, camping in it's
various parts and making a careful
study of its manifold features. Mr.
James has written and lectured on the
Grand canyon and now he has produced
an entirely new book, called THE
Grand Canyon of Arizona; How to See
It. 1t contains his wealth of informa-
ton presented In a concise and COM
prehensive manner Mr. James ideal
handbook for the tourist is illustrated
with nearly 100 views, diagrams and
maps.
The book points out the special beau
ties of the canyon, the famous features
the trails which wind around its rocky
recesses; describes the various trips
into its depths. and tells how they
can best be taken. It carefully ex-
plains just the accommodations TO be
found and, in fact, gives the reader
an accurate knowledge of this wonder
full country and enables him to make
definite plans for the trip. (Little.
Brown & Co., Boston. $500
Reuben AIonzo Gibson, LII b. of ST
Louis, No. has collected IL of his es-
says. written and delivered during his
college career. They make a most in
teresting little book and show the adj
vanced thinker of the days of 1ss4-s5-
66-67 The most readable of the
essays are Free Trade. the Nations
Policy and the Peoples Right"
Woman Suffrage" Reconstruction. =
The Tariff Question" and Civil war
and Civilization" The little book is
not printed for the lawyers friends
but will be of interest to all readers
tNixon Jones Printing company, ST.
Louis. SD