The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

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RANDALL PARRISH
adventure, there is a finely concealed
mystery and a first rate love story. 1t
holds the readers attention from the
first page to the last Four illustra-
tions in color by w. Herbert Dunton
add to the volumes attractiveness. CA.
C. McClurg & Co., Chicago; $3.50
"The Pretty Girl Papers" which have
interested many thousands of readers in
the Ladies Home Journal. have been
revised by the author for this genuinely
useful book The book will be found
of inestimable value to the young girl,
and large part of it to women as well.
There are "a chapters on every imagin-
able subject all of which make for
health. beauty and moral Improvement.
A few titles follow: Girls Who Come
to Pieces in Public" what the Adver-
tised Cosmetics and Beautifiers Really
Are" Those Extra Pounds Little
Ways to Pretty Up" "rhe Making of
a Beautiful Mouth Dust, Disease
and Colds" etc, etc. (Little, Brown
& Co, Boston; s1.25l
OF course. the readers of Get Rich
Quick WalIingford" will want to read
about the early life of their hero and
they will find a complete story about
his youthful days in Young Wa1ling-
ford by George Randolph Chester. 1t
would be almost relief If something
done by this invincible young Napoleon
should turn out wrong, but 1t doesn't.
J. Rufus Wallingford always comes out
or top. The story of business is hound
together by a love story which is of
interest and quite we'll done. Tho book
is illustrated by #. r. Gruger and
Henry Raleigh, and is well printed and
bound. (Bobbs- Merrill Co, Iudianapo-
lis; $1.50)
"The Guillotine Club is the title of
the new book containing four short
stories by DR.. S. Weir Mitchell. The
first from which the book is named. is
as absurd as it is amusing. but told
with a splendid seriousness. THE
Fourteenth Guest" is wierd tale, and
each reader must make his own solu
tion. The author offers none in THE
House Beyond Prettymarsh," either.
and that is really truly ghost story.
The Mind Reader shows least the
authors hand, but is an interesting
tale 1t is clever little detective story
and works out the details of curious
murder to a satisfactory conclusion.
The stories are decidedly worth read
ing. (The Century Co.. New York;
$1.5o)
rThe uncrowned King is the newest
of Harold Bell Wright's books, and
though entirely different and not to
be compared to his novels, belongs de-
cidedly to the uplifting class of litera-
ture His previous books can also
claim that place, but they were novels
and made their appeal Indirectly. This
book is a sort of Christian classic and
IT is a beautiful piece Of work. 1t
appeals to all that is true and noble
and wholesome within us and the au-
thor gives US an insight we have never
had before into his own life. (Book
Supply Co., Chicago; rs cents)
.aThe History OF the Sherman Law
Of the United States of America" by
Albert H. Walker of the New York bar.
is a careful history of this law from
the very beginning, when on December
4. 1889. it was introduced as bill
worked over by congress until July
., 1890, when it became law. through
the hundreds of important cases down
to almost this date, when the Standard
oil case and the American tobacco
case are before the public. These are
to be decided next year and again will
the Sherman law come under dis
cussion This history of the great law
is important and interesting. (The
Equity Press. New York. SD
THE Unstrung Bow" by David O..
Batchelor, is story of conquest. 1t
is distinctly novel worth while, and
the publishers praise of it is not too
high. They say that the author in
this novel has done for Peru what
General Lew Wallace did for Mexico
In The Fair God" The story is told
in rythlnic prose of beauty and power.
The author paints his pictures with
vivid colors and gives us a perfect
with all it's sumptuous barbaric splen-
dor. 1t is fascinating romance of the
MIDDLE ages. (Sherman, French & Co.,
Boston; $1.2o)
Although colds are so common, their
origins, effects and cure are clouded
in misapprehension. DR.. William s.
Sadler in "The Cause and Cure of
Colds.1 clearly distinguishes between
the different kinds of colds, shows that
in spite of their general name low
temperature is not the agency of their
being, describes the courses of the va
rious colds distinguishes them from
grip, and gives most comprehensive di-
rections for their cure and for guard
ing ones self against them. This little
book NAV be made of inestimable value
bv all who are willing to follow a
physician's sensible advice. "a c. Nc
clurg & Co., Chicago; SD
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Every one who has seen any one Of
the "Cynic's Calendars" of the last five
wears will be glad of this new book,
saThe Complete Cynic, which is the
essence of them all. The perverted
proverbs. which form part of the con-
tents. are funnier and often much truer
than the originals. People who love
in glass houses should pull down the
blinds" what is home without an
other?" Actresses will happen In the
best regulated families only the
young die good" This is not a calen-
dar this year, but is book of the
wisdom Of Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts
sfanlford and Addison Miner paul