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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

Commencement Days is the title of
a story by Virginia Church. 1t is a
question, however. if thinking parents
will consider the book healthful read
ing for their daughters. This is all
owing to one incident which to the re-
viewers way of thinking spoils an
otherwise wholesome and interesting
book of college life. A girl. sensitive
and nervous. deeply loving scamp of
a brother steals from college friend
to save him. She is quite regardless
of the dishonesty of her act or its
consequences to her companions. but
worse than this. is not at all penitent
when she is discovered She explains.
but her explanation is not satisfactory
to the reader. and she is made a sort
of heroine for setting up code of
morals of her own. The story is SO
good otherwise that this false incident
Git should be false) quite spoils the
novel. 1t is tastefully illustrated and
daintily bound. IL C. Page & Co..
Boston.)
The Real Roosevelt His Forceful
Utterances on Various Subjects is the
title of a book just issued by the
Putnams. Here we have the former
president at first hand The words here
printed are his own. out or his mouth
as he spoke them The proof has been
read and the text revised by him as
it appeared in the several volumes
which have been drawn upon for these
extracts. The compiler, Alan Warner.
has endeavored to give the most char
acteEistic sayings of Roosevelt upon
many different subjects of vital i'm
portance and to SO arrange and classify
them that the reader may turn at once
to the paragraph that he is in search
of An interesting explanatory fore
word is offered by Lyman Abbott and
the book is embellished by numerous
illustrations from photographs &C. P.
Putnams Sons. New York. SD
John Callan O'Loughlin has written
the most up to date book of the times
on Through Europe With President
Roosevelt From the Jungle" So en-
terprising and so thoroughly up to date
is this author that he had the book
selling on the streets of New York
when Roosevelt landed The author.
who is the Washington correspondents
for the Chicago Tribune, was appointed
to go to the jungles and make the
European tour with him. He writes in
a strong. picturesque style, and has
good powers of description. He tells
of Colonel Roosevelts progress through
Europe. matters of which we have read
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
Gossip of Books and Writers

Prof. Edward A. Ross has arrived in
Hongkong. whence he expects to travel
through China in order to procure ma
terial for work on some of the socio-
logical aspects of that country.
Max Beerbohm. author of yet
Again" and The Happy Hypocrite,
announces his retirement from the post
OF dramatic critic on the London Sat
urday Review, and is to be married to
Miss Florence Kahn. who acted with
Richard Mansfield and later with Nine.
Nazimova.
Mrs. Clara Louise Burnham, after
visiting New York for a series of motor
trips with her brother, has gone to her
summer home at Bailey island, Me. Her
new play "The Right Princess" will
probably be tried out in Buffalo this
summer in which event she will attend
the rehearsals Mrs. Burnham's new
novel. Clever Betsy" will be pub
lished by Houghton. Miff1in & Co. in
September.
mer will probably be spent in the at
tempt to obtain the two present ambi-
tions Of his life. One is the purchase Of
q Jersey COW at a reasonable price to
take the place of one lost last winter;
the second Is a search for last years
straw hat, which has so far eluded all
attempts to discover it's hiding place
AS his own town is one of the most
beautiful in New England, fine place
in which to summer, he would prob
ably, irrespective of those two ambi-
tions, remain there; but now it looks as
If he would be obliged to.
Mrs. Helen r.. Martin has found near
Mount Holly inn "a popular summer
hotel adjoining a beautiful park filled
with every device for amusing chill
dren) a large, comfortable cottage,
whose mistress rents her second floor
rooms and caters for their occupants.
These rooms she has taken, she is re-
lieved of the cares of house keeping,
and her four children, with their nurse,
spend most of their time in the park,
leaving their mother free to write her
stories of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Hermann Scheffauer, the Califor-
MIA poet and story writer, has just
completed a romance called THE Foun-
tain of Youth" dealing in somewhat
symbolical fashion with the quest for
that fabled spring.
Gale Young Rice, the poet, and his
wife, the author of Mrs. Wiggs," etc,
go to England for several months to
work and play.
Ernest Thompson Seton is completing
for the summer national organization
of boy scouts, begun some time ago.
One of the most important forms of
this activity will consist in running a
camp at Silver Bay. Lake George. where
he will train 159 picked young men to
act as camp leaders.
w. d. Howells sails for England with
his daughter August Ia and expects to
remain abroad all summer.
Harry A. Franck is spending the sum-
mer vacation-July and August-with
his parents on the bank of Carp lake,
in southern Michigan. Besides prepar-
ing his lectures on "A Vagabond Jour-
ney" for the winter circuit, he will
juggle with combinations of words
when fish are not biting or the water
is too cold for swimming.
Charles Battell Loomis is in England.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

in the daily prints. but he treats his
subject so entertainingly that we gain
a new viewpoint of this triumphal tour.
Several Photographic reproductions IL
lustrate the book, which is well printed
and bound in paper (25 cents) and in
cloth ESQ cents). (Chapple publishing
company, Boston.)
"One Hundred Stories in Black" is the
title of book of sketches by Bridges
Smith. The author held for some years
the position of city clerk in Macon,
Ca, where opportunities were present
ed for full and complete observation of
the people in the world OF which he
writes. 1t is scarcely fair for people
of the north to sit in Judgment on
stories like these when we are told OF
the authors study and ability; but, II
these tales are true to life. then moth
ing we have read or seen before about
the negro is true. These are cheap and
vulgar. and only people of such taste
can enjoy them. (J. S. Ogilvie publish
ing company, New York. % cents.)
THE Gossamer Thread is the title
of a dozen modern German fairy stories
all woven about the life and doings
of yelleda, a small girl of who under
stood about 1.-The different world" The
first one tells charmingly of Velleda's
her joy and sorrow. 1t is pretty tale,
essentially German, and might almost
have been written in that language
and translated. The author, Venita
Seibert. is a new name to American
audiences. but, il is to be hoped,
permanent one on our lists. (Small.
Maynard & Co.. Boston)
Poems is the modest title of a small
book by Dorothy Landers Beall. There
is some merit in the work. but its
author is disciple of the erotic
school and never allows herself TO get
away from IT for moment. One tires
in reading whole book of this stuff,
though there are some good lines. Like
most young writer's Zone presupposes
her YOUTH she shows plainly the study
of other poets and has not yet de-
veloped her own style. When she drops
the erotic decided Improvement will
result. (Mitchell Kennerley. New
York;
Engaged Girl Sketches is the title
of a collection of seven stories by
Emily Calvin Blake. They have ap-
peared in magazines previous to their
present publication and have received
the stamp of approval They are well
worth preserving between book covers
The titles are suggestive-"An Obscure
Situation" The Adorers of Anne" IN
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
NEW BOOKS BRIEFLY REVIEWED

the Face OF Reality" "A Dreamer OF
Dreams When All Is Fair" Moon
light and Roses" and Qualities Of
Love" They are daintily bound in
Alice blue cloth with a medallion OF
one of the girls on the cover. The
pages are also prettily decorated in
the same color with hearts and gar
lands. (Forbes & Co. Chicago; SD
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
is the title of one of the most beauti-
full and valuable books of the season.
1t is written by Julia de Wolf Addi-
son. author of ARTS and Crafts i'm the
Middle Age. The Art of the Pitti Pal
ace etc. The book gives a critical
and descriptive account of the treas
ures contained in this beautiful mu-
scum. which represent the arts and
crafts from remote antiquity to the
present time In her preface the au-
thor quotes Miss Amelia 3. Edwards.
the Psychologist. who says: To col.
lect and exhibit objects of ancient art
and industry is worse than idle If we
do not also endeavor to disseminate
some OF the knowledge of the history
of those arts and. industries. ."
This the author has used as her text
and her book pleases and instructs at
the same time. 1t contains So beauti-
full illustrations and is one of ths
finest books on the list for the year,
G. c. Page & Co., BostonO
"Hesper- Is the title OF 4
small book of poems by John William
Scholl One must love TO read Just
rhymes If one grows enthusiastic over
this book. The workmanship is second
class and the subjects are not in any
way remarkable. The book has little
merit and contains nothing to interest
the literary student George Wahr.
book seller. Ann Arbor. Michigan.)
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
"A Motley"

"A WOIley
By John Gslsworthy. Published by Charles
Scribners Sons. New York Price s1o0
The title of the new book by John
Galsworthy is appropriate, "A Motley"
for every sort of tale is to be found
within the covers. Mr.. Galsworthy can
not help writing good English-that
alone recommends anything from his
pen and the fine literary quality is no
ticeable in a marked degree in this lat
est collection of his stories. There are
90 titles and you will want to read
every one. All tastes can be suited
though the majority are like so much
of his work, gloomy in tone. The
stories which will find most friends are
THE Meeting" and "A Parting" in
which the author shows much tender
emotion. The first tale in the book, "A
Portrait" is the finest. and that alone
makes one want the book. This tale is
tAld more naturally than any which Mr.
Galsworthy has written, and it is proof
that when he forgets himself and gives
up to the joy of his work he is at his
very best. This tale and The Japanese
Ounce" are the only new ones in the
volume, the others having appeared in
various English magazines. They are
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
''Astir''
By John Adams Thayer. Published by Small.
Maynard Co. Boston. Price s120

By John Adams Thayer. Published by Small.
Maynard & Co. Boston Price s1.20.
The name OF John Adams Thayer is
known throughout the publishing
world He was the Thayer of the
Ridgway -Thayer company. and by his
discovery of "F'renzied Tom Lawson"
helped to make Everybody's Maga n
zine the success it is today. His steps
up are interesting. He was the adver-
tising manager of the Ladies' Home
Journal and also of the Delineator.
"Astir" tells the story of this self
made man. He began work as
printer after but one month in high
school in Boston. He was never cut
out for drudge and changed his job
as often as possible. quite as much &c
learn his trade more thoroughly as te
crafty his ambition. Always he had
in his mind money" and success te
him was spelled in capital letters just
ahead of him in the road.
He was a foreman first and then
travelling salesman for the ST. Louis
type foundry. and from this position
progressed to type expert for the
Ladies' Home Journal While here he
practically made the position of adver-
tising manager for this wonderful
paper, and while we'll liked and sue
eessful he resigned when Curtis refused
to raise his salary to $4,000 and to give
him an option on $4,000 worth Of
stock.
His next venture was with Frsrs
A. Mun.sey. but it was brief. being
barely month and a day. Munsey
did not think he was the strong man
he had expected to find in him. Sc
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

Fanny is uneasy on account of her
father She goes to Bevan's lawyer and
tells him of her fathers worry. She
is so adorable that the crusty old law
yer promptly falls in love with her.
This causes extraordinary complica-
tions and affords the author an oppor-
tunity to display his keen sense of
humor-humor so broad that it is al
most farce. IT is joy to read and one
is impressed throughout with the idea
of what a joyous play it would make.
Every male being in the book falls
in love with Fanny at some time or
other, and her only grief is that she
can not marry them all, as the sight of
their unhappiness pains her. Fanny
does just about as she pleases. She
and her father are thoroughly uncon-
ventional, but the real proprieties are
always observed and the interest never
falters.
The other books by this author which
have made a success in America are
THE Blue Lagoon" and The Crimson
Azaleas,' but this tale is by far the
best art which the author has yet ex-
hibited 1t is excellent summer read
ing and is decidedly worth while.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

Harper & Bros. New York. Price SO.
The many thousands of readers who
cove Mark Twain can not but be de-
lighted in receiving this volume of his
speeches. The form of humor which
tharacterizes his VIZ tings - found
here in all its eNuber>4t variety,
changed only in the condensation which
IS necessary to make a speech effect
i've Though composed only to be
spoken and not TO be read. il one bears
in mind tie authors warning to con-
slider the book a barrel Of molasses
which must be eaten in small doses to
avolS sickness, the speeches may be
thoroughly enjoyed. and their clean.
zane optimism will act as a heaIthful
stimulus 70 the mind.
- In his speeches Marx Twain had the
opportunity to use t. its fullest ad-
vantage one of his greatest and most
original methods of producing laugh
ter-tnat is by delivering an entirely
Serious speech on serious subject.
but, with apparent inadvertence. max
Ing a ludicrous mistak in some his
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
When Love Calls Men to Arms
By stephen Chalmers. Published hr Small

By Stephen Chalmers. Published by Small.
Maynard Co.. Boston. Price $3.50
When Love Calls Men to Arms" is
the title of breathlessly exciting ro-
nance Of the seventeenth century by
Stephen Chalmers, author of that thrill
ing tale. The Vanishing Smuggler."
The subtitle explains that this book is
IAN autobiography OF love and adven-
ture truthfully set down by Rorie
Maclean, laird of Killelan, in the sew
enteenth century. and here rewritten
from the original MS. into clearer
English"
y The laird of Killelan is aged when
he begins his story and has his spurs
to win. He is not known to be of
noble blood. which makes his uphill
fight tie sleeper and harder. The
scene of the tale is in the highlands
of Scotland, where the CampbeIls and
MacDonalds fought their bloody feud.
The tale is all of battle and blood and
romance and fghting and love and ad-
venture of every, possible sort. The
heroine is the daughter of a Scottish
chieftain's daughter and a Spanish cav
alier. She is called Mariposa, but knows
little of her lineage till almost at the
close of the book when the mystery is
explained. At the same time MacIean
assumes his rightful position in the
world and hero and heroine are prom
ised life forever after of happiness
The characters throughout are well
drawn. each a distinct personality
Droll MacMurtrie always wins a smile
and vile Archibald inspires quite as
much dislike in the reader as in the
characters OF the romance.
The book is just the sort of one for
summer reading and is well written
and entertaining. 1t is illustrated by
Howard Chandler Christy and artistic
ally printed and bound.
H. n. Thomas. author of The Ideal
Garden" just published, is the editor
of The Gardener in London, and the
author of numerous gardening books.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

Cleopatra will live. And not because
she conquered George III, but because
she wrote those divine lines:
Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
Tor God hath made them So
The talks cover any number of sub
jects, and range in time from - to
1903. Many of the most delightful were
delivered when he had passed the age
of 20. and the very last paid speech de-
livered at the Robert Fulton fund as
sembly on April 19. 1906, was quite as
good as any. The lecture will interest
San Franciscans. as it occurred the day
after our great earthquake and was
prefaced by an eloquent plea for aid
for the victims of the calamity. In a
talk TO the reporters afterward he re-
fers TO his own residence in San Fran
cisco and the little story he tells is
worth quoting:
Il went to San Francisco and
got a job a reporter on The Call 1
was there three or four years 1 re-
member one day 1 was walking down
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
"WhirlpooIs''

BY Henry sienkiewicz. Translated from the
Polish by Max A. Drezmal. Published hy
Little. Brown & Co.. Boston. Price $3.50.
: 1t would be better for the reading
public generally if a greater proportion
of the books published were of the
character of those produced by the au-
thor of Quo Vadis. With Fire and
Sword" and Pan Michael" They are
the sort of books in which the reader
can take a lively interest and from
which he can obtain some beneficial
mental stimulant, even if he fail to
like the subjects with which they deal.
the characters they portray or the gen.
eral treatment of the story. They are
the result of earnest thought. they
have definite literary style and they
arouse the mind, and in all of which
particulars they are long way re-
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
Mark wain's Speeches"

m n0n s '" D. H"ens Published by
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

H. N. Thomas. author of The Ideal
Garden" just published, is the editor
of The Gardener in London and the
author of numerous gardening books
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-07
The Markets
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of tho Days Dealings In All
Tho Leading Stocks.

New York, Sept. 6.-The professional
trading element had the stock market al
most to themselves today. Their opera
lions largely congested in United States
Steel Reading and Union Pacific. The
most obvious motive for the depression
ofs prices was the lack of any positive
two factors were given an unfavorable
Interpretation. The restless spirit of the
present discussion came in for a large
share of attention. There was heard the
expectation that the eX-President's ad-
dress at st. Paul today might furnish a
sensa tional supplement to the address of
the President before the Conservation
Congress. The delivery of the address
| by Col. Roosevelt and its appearance on
the news tickerS was followed by re-
coyery which reduced declines to frac-
tions. The class comparison thus made
possible between views on the same topic
of the President and his predecessor
brought out SHARPLY the divergent lines
| of their thought and deepened an impress
| sion of cleavage, which is an element
| in estimating the political outlook. The
progress of the state election in Vermont
| election in Vermont and desire 10 know
| its result entered into the political in
| fiuences on the market and kept down
the dealings
The weekly bank statement which APP
peared on Saturday during the three days
| recess of the Stock Exchange disclosed
| more rapid depletion of cash reserves
| than had been anticipated from the pre-
liminary estimates. The cut in the actual
surplus to $3l S5S,250 gave notice of rate
Production of available bank credits which
| would demand serious consideration if
continued at that rate for any length of
time. Inquiry developed that special
causes might be assigned for the severe
decline in cash holdings. The interior
| banks evidently had been preparing
| themselves for the controllers call for
reports. With September first fixed for
the date for reports from national banks,
some relaxation in the demand is looked
| for That the interior demand for crop
moving purposes is now in full force con-
tinues manifest, however, from the fur
Their movement reported today.
| Crop advices were favorable.
| More attention was paid to the reports
| of heavy curtaiment by New England
cotton mills. marking the extension of a
policy already adopted to an unusual ex-
| tent The returns of railroad earnings
lOf operating expenses and pointed to the
necessity of curtailment of outlay in that
| direction also. The effect, of this was
seen especially in the heavinass of United
States Steel owing to the large proper
| ton of iron and steel products embraced
in the materials needed by the railroads.
| Weakness in. the London copper metal
market spread the heaviness to another
| portion of the metal induStrials. The
| feeling was prevalent that the railroads
| have not made as strong case as was
expected in favor of rate increases in the
hearings before the Interstate Commerce
| Commission.
| Bonds We're irregular. Total sales, par
value, $1,156,OO0 United States bonds
were unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-07
LINCOLN
WlSCASSET.

Miss Cora Daniels has returned to
her duties as teacher in the public
schools of Lawrence, Mass.
George Mute, of Boston is visiting ms
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mute al
their home on Pleasant street
Dexter and John Groves of Lynn,
Mass, are at the G. w. Groves home
stead for q vacation.
Miss Grace Knight has returned to
Plymouth, Mass. for the school year.
Miss Ora f. Reed and party of Rich
mond, We're in town last week enjoying
an auto ride and calling on friends.
Joseph l.. Houdlett of Dresden Mills
was in town Saturday.
Mrs. Stephen Coffin of Dorchester
Mass, IS visiting her sister Miss EliZ-
abeth Patterson, at her home on High
street.
The Misses Mary and Emmelyn
Weeks have gone to Dorchester; Mass,
where their mother will soon join them
and spend the winter.
Minerva, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Maurice Goodkowsllie died last
week after brief illness of diphtheria
Mrs. Jesse White was in Damariscot-
ia last week TO visit her niece, Miss
Helen Piper who has gone to Arizona
for the winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-07
Boxing Gossip

After having the better of Bill Lang
in the first round Of their bout Mon
day at the Philadelphia baseball park,
AL Kaufman proceeded to put the fin
ishing touches to the Australian in the
fourth and subsequent rounds.
Jimmy Reagan, who won the ban
tamweight championship from Jimmy
Walsh and lost to Monte Attell. knock
ed out Peanuts Sinclair. featherweight
champion of the intermOuntain region,
Monday afternoon in the 18th round
of scheduled 20-round bout at Og-
den. Utah. A short chDppy right to the
jaw ended the fight. Abe Attell sent a
telegram to the rini5side saying he
would meet Sinclair here Sept. "a if the
latter defeated Reagan. Danny Web
ster challenged the winner of Mondays
bout.
The bout between Aft Lynch of Bos-
ton and Napoleon DufreSne of Lewis
ton that had been advertised for Mon
day night at City hau in Lewiston, did
not take place, as both men were dis
satisfied at the small crowd in the
hall. The semi-final bout between Kid
Ryan of Boston and Mickey Flynn of
Portland also was not boxed There
were a few bouts by some local boys.
but it was very evident that the spec
tators were rather displeased when
announcement was made that the prin-
cipals refused to go on.