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The San Francisco call., 1910-02-06

sity Of California, Berkeley, Cal.
No one will read The California
story Book without Immediately re-
calling the book of Stanford stories
published something like a decade ago
by VIII Irwin and Charles K. Field.
The difference Ia presentation TO the
public of these two books is that Irwin
and Field made their first venture
into the literary world alone; the new
volume of California stories comes
forth with the Endorsement and back
ing of the English club of the Univer-
sity of California. Originally. the
stories were to have been compiled or
those written about college and the
product Of the college days of the
authors. That idea had to be aban-
doned and a short story contest was
opened by the club. Three stories in
the book are the result of this compe
titiCn the others are selected from
the works OF graduates who have made
places for themselves among the writ
ers Of the day. Several of the con-
tributions appeared originally in peri
odicals. Following an appreciation in
verse by Isabel McReynolds Gray to
the mater, the place of honor is given
to a story, The Passing of Cock-Eye e
Blackjack" by the late Frank Norris,
who belonged to the class of "a 1t
is remembered by those who followed
the short, brilliant career of this au-
thor, and its presence in this publica-
tion adds an important laurel to the
wreath these authors are laying before
their alma mater.
James Hopper's story. The Idealist."
is in the collection. 1t is one of those
football yarns that Jimmy spins so
entertainingly Here again the Eng
lish club adds a worth while name to
the literary roster of the states col
lege.
Richard Walton Tully of the class of
01 and Eleanor Gates of the same year,
his talented wife, are among the story
tellers. Dick" being represented by
"All in the Play" and Mrs. Tully by
The Spotted Dawg," both of which
have appeared before. AS these tales
are well worth a second reading this
fact does not initiate against their
value in the college story book. This
is true of all the republished contri-
buttons. They are the work of exceed
ingly busy men and women who have
not the time to do original work for
such a publication. but who, in all
honor to the college, must be repre-
sented
Among the new stories by the new
people that by Grace Torrey, THE Rec
ord Quarter" is conspicuously good.
both Tor It's gripping human interest
and for the exquisite charm of its tell
ing. It is the story of an athletic
father who had a delicate dig" for
a son. Mrs. Torrey has a distinct in
dividUahty of style.
The other stories and their contribu-
tors are: Yesterday Toast" by
Sara Ashbury 10: "The History of
Chop Suey and Fan Tan" by Gurden
Edwards '07; Phil" by Christina
T[rvsto '0o- seVal1recv NV NJarU,,ari+a
ogden 10; Steve" by Francis Steel
10; Buck du SPAIN" by Helen Duncan
Queen OF; "Bernice, Patrice and Clar-
ice" by Elizabeth r. Young 10 and
'.Billy-Zoo," by Abby L. Waterman '04.
They are all stories of merit and all
in all make a worthy record for the
University of California
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"The FIGHTER

Br Albert Payson Ierhunc. anthor of Caleb
Conover. RailrOader etc Published by
Frank i. Lowell x Co. New York
"The red haired man was lighting"
6 sas-s Afr. Terhune in the opening
line of his novel; and variations of
that line tell the whole story of the
book. which is more thar a novel; it
is a finger post directing the eyes Of
the world to the marvellous develop
ment Of this country. No. not the
great American novel" That is for
gotten controversy; but picture Of
the most vigorous side Of our develop
ment The author pitches his scene IN
the growing town of Granite. Caleb
COnOVe~, whom we met in an earlier
book as the 'railroader," is the hero,
now known as the Fighter" lie has
become a small railroad magnate, this
'self-made man who glories in his
maker" and now absolutely dominates
the commercial life of his town. He
has no book education, but he knows
human nature, at least male human
nature through and through.
Early in the book we find this mil
lonaire living in a back room Of his
office. quite as simply as he did when
he was O clerk 80 ConOVer had
had a room and bath fitted up for his
personal use. Here he still
dwelt now that success was his. The
man whose wealth had already passed
the million mark and was rocketing
toward far higher figures was simpler
!n his personal tastes and surround
ings than was the poorest brakeman
on his road. An iron cot bed, @ painted
pine bureau with fawed mirror, an air
tieht stove a shelf with Il books.
the deal table and two chairs formed
n he sum Of his living room furniture
What were the a books on the shelf2
Con0ver would laugh al the idea Of a
"fve foot book shelf; his books would
need q foot and a half or less. The
man is hopelessly uneducated. but with
the marvellous gift of reading his fell
bowman. Suddenly he becomes imbUed
with the idea that social recognition
Is worth striving for. He wants TO
break into the sold shirt crowd, as he
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-06
"By the Bay"
BY Lucia Eta Lorine

By Lucia Eta Loring (Smith) Published by
Paul Elder Il Co, San Francisco
Lucia Eta Loring (Smith) has col
lected some 60 pieces of occasional
verse, most of which has appeared in
the Sunset, Overland Monthly and
Once a Week. The verses are all To-
cally inspired and some of them have
real merit. The author is a real lover
of nature and in poems of that class
her best work is shown. She gives
play to a vivid and poetical imagina-
tion in ''El Canine Real" which is
well worth remembering:
The Royal Highway follows the shore
One days length from each mission
door;
phantom roadway, when day has
sped,
For 1t echoes to the patient tread
OF gowned ones, who rest and pray.
Where moonlit ruins mark the way.
Their fitting shadows rest a while
Meath crumbling arch devoid of tile.
While others at each new bronze bell
Send back a peal that all is well.
If you would tread this Kings High
way.
It's free TO all throughout the day,
But those who have a better right,
The phantomS fathers, pass by night
The frontispiece, "Copa de Oro," is
from a bas relief modelled by Bradetta
L. Smith. The book is artistically
printed and bound, and the edition is
p ted 10 $50 copies.
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By ". ". Jacobs. aHthor Of ''Nany Cargoes."
etc Published by Charles Seribner's Sons,
New York. Price s150.
Patriotic Americans may think it is
stretching a point to name w. w.
Jacobs the Mark Twain" of England
We are accustomed to thinking and
saying that Mark Twain is in a class
by himself. and so he is-in this coun-
try. w. w. Jacobs has been amusing
the public for a long time now. He
was so young when he made his great
hit with Many Cargoes" that he was
called the young English humOrist.
and the young" has cIung TO him
quite as firmly as the "humOrist" His
humor is young and as fresh today as
ever
In this collection OF a dozen tales
we meet again Bob Pretty. trying as
always to evade the law and lay up
supplies for a rainy day at no expense
to himself Here, too, we find Sam
Small, Ginger Dick and Peter Russett
giving each other the double cross in
the same old way Yet they are as
welcome as they were In the first
stories and readers will vote that the
stories which tell of their doings are
perhaps the best in the book. Peters
Pence and "Self-Help" are two OF
these and sure to be prime favorites.
The Head OF the Family" IS the tale
of pompous and bullying man who is
taught a lesson. Double Dealing" Is
the most characteristic example Of the
authors humor in the book. full OF
twists for which he is Justly famous.
One tale in the book shows a new
side Of this authors genius, quite as
surprising as it Is interesting. 1t is
The Toll House" and is weird and fan
tastic. Knowing the author, the reader
is expecting a humorous ending to the
uncanny and ghOstly tale when IL sud
denly ends in tragedy. IL is a tale OF
four young men spending a night in
a haunted house, and IL any one can
read 1T without thrills he has strong
nerves.
Mr.. Jacobs is singularly happy in his
selection of titles. not only for his
stories individually but collectively In
book form. MANY Cargoes," odd
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"The TOcsin: A Drama of
the Renaissance"
BY Esther Brown TIFFANY.

By Esther Brown Tiffany. Published by Paul
Elder & Co.. San Francisco. Price So.
Making books in this the farthest of
all the western cities has not been ex-
tensive enough to be taken for
granted" The volumes that have been
born here are never examined without
bringing a feeling of commendabIe
pride-for they have been distinctly
worth while. The publishers seem TO
have had a definite realization that
their handicraft must be better than
the best to command attention in a
land where the printing of books Is a
business not easily measured. All Of
which means that now comes Paul
Elder & Co. with an important and
beautiful addition to their publications
THE Tocsin, Drama of the Renais-
sance," by Esther Brown Tiffany a
daughter Of one of Boston's prominent
Unitarian ministers the late Francis
Tiffany.
This volume from the craftsman 5
standpoint is an achievement The text
is printed on italian handmade paper.
seemingly apropos of the story it tells.
The binding is of Fabriano board a
frontispiece in ,photogravure after
Michael Angeles THE Dream of Life"
erriches the book.
This time the author has come out
VI tie cast VI The most part the
San Francisco publishers have handled
only the work of local people, but why
should that be so when they have so
much that is good and of good taste to
give?
The Tocsin" takes the reader to
Florence in 15S6-the time of Fran
cisco de Medici, when the terrors of
the plague tested the souls Of men and
women-those of the state and those
of the church. The plot carries them
out of the Castle dele Tore outside
of the city of Pistoia, at the foot of
the Apennines, whittier they fled from
the suffering. the dead and dying for
very fear of their own lives. The
drama (in four acts) is developed with
a fine sense of dramatic values. From
the riotous pleasures in Florence the
reader is taken through the flight, the
intricacies of subplots and finally on
to the hour of repentance and regen-
GRAFTON. The last scene finds the abb
bot, who had been afraid, taking the
cross and leading those who had fol-
lowed him back to Florence to de
serted posts, to glorious pain, to death.
to life everlasting" Throughout the
dialogue holds the reader.
LIE Meunier d'Angibault," first pub
lished in 1845, is story by George
Sanu. II pelohSS 70 tne Second period
of her literary activity, when her in
terest had been attracted to social
studies In this edition in French the
dogmatic portions have been omitted
by the editor. j. w. Kuhne, and the
pretty idyl has been disentangled with
out altering the original text. The
theme is the inheritance of worn
cut and mismanaged estate by a young
widow. it's rehabilitation with the as
Sistauce of a neiehhorfno lind opvpar
and the attachment which results. The
text contains much dialogue adding to
the liveliness of the plot. Notes and a
vocabulary make it suitable for school
use. (The American book company,
New York. 40 cents.)
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that note Of vigorous warning such
as this is well worth needing. Says
Doctor Marden: THE worst crimes
are not punishable by law. Careless
ness, slipshodness, lack of thorough
ness are crimes against self, against
humanity that often do more harm
than the crimes that make the per-
petrator an outcast from society.
When tiny flaw or the slightest de-
feet may cost precious life, care
lessness is as much a crime as delib-
crate criminality." This booklet is
especially directed to young men and
women. It's title would be a good
motto for each one of them to adopt.
1t is a sermon on honest work and
thoroughness easily comparable with
that other little classic, "a Message to
Garcia" The publishers expect to find
prominent merchants ordering large
quantities of do 1t to Finish" for
distribution among their employees, as
they have done in the case of other
books by this sensible, forceful author.
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by Gertrude Huebsch. Published by b. w.
Huebsch, New York. Price $1.25.
The year 1909 was prolific of CEN
nous author to gather the materials
of the subjects of the celebrations to-
gether and make memorial volume.
The book as it stands presents a Sc
ries of condensed biographies of IA
remarkable personalities, Is men and
] woman. all but three of whom were
born in 1909.
Calvin was born in 1909 apd Doctor
Johnson in 1909, while Haydns death
occurred in 1909. How remarkable the
year was! Literature was represented
by Poe, Tennyson, Johnson, Holmes,
Gogol and Edward Fitzgerald; music
by Haydn, Chopin, Mendelssohn; science
by Darwin; the stage by Fanny Kemble;
craftsmanship by Lincoln and Glad
stone, and theology by Calvin.
Of this wonderful array of talent,
Mendelssohn was the first to go, dying
in his thirty eighth year, and Glad
stone was the last, being spared for 80
years. Each sketch is preceded by a
drawing of the subject done by Ger
trude Huebsch. She has selected little
known pictures from which to make
her drawings and some are quite un
familiar, notably those of Lincoln and
Holmes, and are not likely to be pop
ular. The work of the artist is good.
but her selection of pictures from
which to make her drawings are not
the best.
Edwin Markham's introduction is
valueless 1t is "mushy" sort of
panegyric quite uncalled for and not
at all interesting. The authors work,
though anonymous. can quite afford to
stand upon it's own merits. and the
Markham introduction detracts from
the book.
The volume is artistically printed
and bound and is one of the best gift
books seen this season.
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Emily Fox Seton" is a new edition
in one volume of two of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett's stories. The first
six chapters are The Making of
Marchioness,' and the last Is The
Methods of Lady Wa1derhurst." The
two together form a complete and con-
nected story of English life, no better
and no worse than hundreds more of
its same middle class quality. a poor,
we'll born girl with every known good
quality becomes companion and friend
to a wise old woman, who ought to
have a common name, for she appears
in every well regulated English novel.
The good young girl wins the hand and
fortune Of the marquis Of Walderhurst
and then has a long, hard struggle to
clear her path of enemies and to hold
fast the title and inheritance. The
same old situation, same old troubles.
same old everything, make the novel
mediocre to a degree and quite un
worthy it's able and distinguished au-
thor (Frederick A. Stokes company,
New York;
To most persons Hebrew is a dead
language. 1t is known of course that
Jews speak the language, but the gen
eral Impression is that all they have to
read is the bible, the talmud and the
commentaries. 1t is known, too, that
in various corruptions 1t continues in
Yiddish writings, but it will surprise
the general public to learn that Wig
orous literature written in pure He
brew is in existence. Its history has
been written by DR.. Nahum Slouschz in
THE Renascence Of Hebrew Litera-
ture," 1743-1SS5, and translated from
the French by Henrietta Sold. The
author traces the revival of Jewish let
ters in Italy, Germany, Poland, Galicia
and Lithuania and shows how they de-
veloped wholly unknown to the outside
world along the same lines that other
Iiteratures have followed. There are
poets, novelists, essayists that Jews
alone know of. (The Jewish Publica-
ton Society of America, Philadelphia.)
Socialism for Students is what
its title indicates. 1t is written by
Joseph Z. Cohen and published by
Charles H. Kerr & Co, the cooperative
socialist publishers of Chicago The
chapters appeared in the International
Socialist Review from July to Novem-
Der last year, and the author has at
tempted to teach only orthodox social
ism The book will serve as an outline
to the study of socialism. for a very
complete list of books upon the subject
is appended and all are now easily
obtainable The author quotes freely
from many of the books but what he
writes himself is clear and concise
(50 cents.)
Lambs Selected Essays of Ella is
the most recent addition to the Gateway
series of English texts for college en-
trance requirements. 1t is edited by
John F. Genung and contains Is of
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Brief Reviews of New Books

Lambs best essays including those on
Poor Relations" "Old China, Grace
Before Meat" and the celebrated
Dissertations on Roast Pig" The ap-
pended notes serve to promote the
students interest in the essay itself,
and in what the author has at heart,
rather than in mere dry and dead de-
tails of grammar or philology or his
tory They will therefore inspire the
wish to know more of this delightful
essayist and his work. The introduc-
tion treats of Lambs life, interest and
personal traits, with special reference
to their relation to his writings.
(American book company, New York.
40 cents)
Horace H. Cummings Mature
Study for Lower Grammar Grades"
chooses those subjects which naturally
fall within the school environment.
These are presented to the scholars
through their own Investigations and
experiments, the text being in the
form of questions depending upon the
knowledge already accumulated, or
upon the scholars power of observa-
ton. Earth. air, water, fire, plants.
animals, birds, insects, minerals and
many other subjects are interestingly
and helpful1y discussed, so that the
pupil gains an intimate understand
ing and appreciation of the world of
nature. BY means of simple expert
ments under the guidance of a teacher
the connection of a subject with the
practical activities of life is estab-
lished. The lessons are general In
character and applicable to any part
of the country. (American book COM
pany, New York. so cents)
Edna NJ Mckinley has arranged a
notebook and study outline for Roman
history which combines the topical and
library methods of studying history.
There is skeleton outline of topics,
blank spaces in which the student
writes the more important subjects.
and other brief notes. Special topics
for collateral reading are inserted in
proper places. Full lists of books in
this connection are given, and nine out
line maps to be filled in and numerous
spaces for drawings and plans to be
made by the pupil after consulting the
books mentioned (American book COM
pany, New York. 25 cents.)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has worked her
travel experiences into a book, Sail
ing Sunny Seas She visited Jamaica,
Haiti, Porto Rico, Dominica, Honolulu
Santo Domingo, ST. Thomas, Mar
Unique, Trinidad and the West Indies
The various chapters and articles are
in prose and verse and the book is
Illustrated by reproductions of copy
righted photographs, many of which
show us the author. The authors style
is too well known to require comment
The book is well printed and bound
CIV. B. Conkey company, Chicago
S1.50.)
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History of the Great
American Fortunes"

By Gustavus Myers. Volume 1. Published by
Charles H. Kerr & Co. Price $780,
Coming from the publishing house of
most of the socialistic literature of the
day and written by a we'll known So
cialist writer it was to be expected
that this book would be filled with
prejudice, but the subject was of such
interest that much was expected from
it. The author is so obsessed by his
subject that he can not distinguish any
longer between denunciation and fact.
The first volume is divided into two
parts in the first of which, Conditions
in Settlement and Colonial Times. he
rewrites much early American history
from a socialist standpoint He deals
in a somewhat curSory manner with
the fortunes Of colonial times, including
that of Stephen Girard the richest OF
the shippers. The second part devotes
itself principally to the Astor fortune
in New York and the Marshall Field
fortune in Chicago. The author abuses
John Jacob Astor for his fur trading
with the Indians, and 1T may be there is
some justice in this; but when he
accuses him of fraud in real estate the
denunciations are more serious. me
author is apparently quite as savage
over the holding of legitimately bought
property as he is over that which he
says was dishonesty acquired by graft
with city officials through taxation.
He abuses the Astor family instead of
the system of government which per-
mits such a state of affairs. If the
author wrote in a well balanced and
sane fashion he might impress his
readers, but his style is so vicious that
he overreaches himself and entirely
mis- les his object. There are to be two
more volumes in the series.
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\ III. III. COOL,
"The Rough Rider and
Other Poems"

BY Bliss Carman. Published by mitchell hen-
nerly, New York. Price 81.
Theodore Roosevelt's fine aggressive
Americanism is responsible for Bliss
Carman singing, in heroic verses, sew
eral long songs that make him some
thing of a poet laureate for the ma
ton. They are in a new volume called
The Rough Rider and Other Poems"
Flexibly bound, the kind to put in your
pocket when starting for walk in the
large wide spaces that seem to be
settings for the verses.
While the strenuous former presi-
dent to whom the book is dedicated
stands as the American type, the first
poem only tells of him. Other heroes
named and unnamed have been inspira-
ton to Carman for his American songs.
There is no need to answer Carman's
question when he says:
Who is the hardy figure
OF virile fighting strain,
With valor and conviction
IN heart and hand and brain?
Sprung from old ideals
To serve later needs,
He is the modern Roundhead.
The man who rides and reads.
Nor when he writes:
Let no one think to wheedle
To buy, coerce, nor cheat
The man who loves the open,
The man who knows the street
Back in 1875 Carman goes for the
Puritan incident that inspires The
Spirit in Arms" THE Puritan, Captain
is a tribute to sturdy Americanism and
"A New England Thanksgiving" gives
in Carman's pictureful verse something
of the conditions that have Influenced
the type. The significance of Memorial
day is told and in "St. Michaers Star" is
a hymn for Labor day, making another
tribute to American manhood. In the
poem. "At the Making of Man." Carman
opens the great horizon for mankind.
also life's responsibilities, in the fol-
lowing:
The world shall be his province,
The prncedom of his skill;
The tides shall his harness,
The winds obey his will;
Till neither flood, fire. nor frost
Shall work to do him ILL.,
A creature fit to carry
The pure creative fire.
Whatever truth inform him,
Whatever good inspire,
He shall make lovely in all things
To the end of his desire.
There are war songs and tribute
to 1.-The Golden West" that every Cali
fornian will have a sense of proprietor
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"a Night Out"

& Co., New York. Price 80 cents
Omar Ben Suh was a cat. but he was
no ordinary cat. His pedigree could
Yuki Yowsi Zind. the purest Persian
strain, and he lived in a poor little
$4,000 cottage in the suburbs His
woman owner employed a French maid
for Omar and allowed him to play in a
poor little 100000 back yard when he
was not being given mortifying scented
baths having lavender bows tied
about his neck. Poor Omar never
knew the joys of killing; he had never
heard OF a mouse. The maid fed him
from Dresden china on minute par
ticles of faxed fish and raw sirloin
with dessert of pasteurized cream"
Omar didn't know 1T, but he was
dying of ennui and one day as he sat
in the sun he was astonished to see
disreputable cat, a vulgar guttersnipe,
climb upon the wall. The cat was very
friendly but very tough. He had a frog
in his mouth, which he proceeded to
kill and gave bit to Omar. The new
conner, who confided that his name was
Ringtailed Pete, told Omar of the joys
OF the outside world and finally made
an appointment for a nocturnal ramble
to see the town. Omar was there to
see and they had wonderful night
out, the most exciting moment OF which
comes when Ash Can Sam, the bully of
the alley, appears on the scene.
One must laugh at the adventures OF
tS a
naturally told. The book is decidedly
amusing.