The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18
CONDUCTED BY
UNA H. II. COOL
Brief Reviews

Brief Reviews
Army Goose Melodies" by an army
woman is the modest little title on the
cover of a Christmas booklet. Inside
on the title page we discover that they
are written by Florence kellogg krebs
and illustrated by Herbert Morton
Stoops. They are not for children. but
are decidedly amusing and with the
clever little drawings make something
quite out of the ordinary
Ding. dong. dell
The sergeant's in the we'll!
How did it happen so2
Dam Z I know"
That is the sort of fooIishness run
ming through the book. An interesting
light is shedonmanyphase Ofarmylife.
The drawings by StoOps are specially
clever They add greatly TO the little
volume and they lead one TO expect
much from this young artist. paul
Elder & Co. San Francisco)
When in doubt what TO give a friend
in acknowled gment of hospitality or as
a gift for the new house or the old.
Guest Book will be found most appro-
PIRATE. for in this volume each guest
may leave a written record OF his stay
as remembrance to his host and for
other guests to read
"A Book of Hospitalities" might be
called a reading guest book. The fore
word is a bright essay on house mot
toes, giving many old verses applicable
TO modern dwellings. On the lefthand
pages throughout are printed con-
nected series of greetings to guests.
paul Elder &c Co., San Francisco
s1.50.)
Both thoughtfulness and unusual
power Of compact expression mark the
contrasted modern maxims in Love and
Friendship" by Lillyan Shanner The
booklet starts with an original frontis-
piece. an attractive type display of a
New Commandment" being the follow
ing gentle admOnitiOn: With friendly
eyes. salute Gods world each day; with
friendly hands, help lift the ones who
fall; with friendly thoughts. speak
words OF truth; with friendly hearts, be-
lieve there's good in all; with honest
soul seek friendship with they God"
often when one wishes to send kindly
remembrance to a friend a full fedged
book seems to weighty gift for the
occasion. Then an envelope booklet
such as this will be found exactly suit
able. (Paul Elder & Co., san Francisco;
35 cents.)
Ebisu. you must know, is Japanese
god of good luck, keeper OF the luck
gates key, warden of the good to be.
son Of Izanagi and Izanam1, and MS
photographs are reproduced from an
image of old Shigarilzi ware. dated
about 1850. His greetings under the
title of "Ebisu. the Luck God. are sent
in a triple screen of heavy antique 1n-
ism cover. On the reverse Of the middle
leaf OF the screen appears photo
graph Of the gods rear view, with
request to turn him for luck. Follow
ing this good advice. the friend who
receives the folder will be confronted
with Ebisu's smile and his good luck
wishes. W. o. McGeehan, local news
paperman, is sponsor for Ebisu and
author of the clever verses which go
with his picture (Paul Elder & Co.,
San Francisco; so cents).
THE Price of the Prairie by Mar
garet Hill McCarter. is story OF Kan
sas in the early days during the con-
flict of the whites and Indians. 1t cul-
inmates in the famous Usage massacre.
which is most graphically described.
Combined with the most thrilling story
of frontier strife is a gentle love story
and some remarkably poetic descrip-
tions OF the plains before the coming
OF civilization. The book contains five
illustrations in color by J. N March
and. "a. c. MeClurg Co., Chicago;
$3.50
"Eiawatha Alphabet" is a new child's
book by Florence Holbrook. The let
ters are taught in verses illustrated by
drawings in color by II. D. Pohl-
"A is for Arrow,
So swift and so keen,
The very best arrow
Hiawatha had seen.
The verses are not particularly good
and much too old and grown up for
children who are just learning their
letters. Grand, McNaly & Co, Chi
cago).
How to Argue and VIM by Gren-
willie Kleiser, is not a book for the
lazy or dull man. 1t is for the prac-
tical debater and will put him in pos
session of those laws OF augmentation
which lie at the bottom Of sound reas-
oning, based on fact. They will then
make him reasonably certain of win
ming over the one who has not had
this training. The author has had
years of experience and says he has
won OUT by the methods which he
teaches in this book. (Funk & Wag-
nails Co, New York. $3.50