The San Francisco call., 1910-01-30

usually a Scorn for the fancifully bound
booklets. but this one will please him.
1t will not be in the way John w
Luce &c Co, Boston and LondonO
'Felicita." by Christopher Hare. is
the second volume in the series Of Lit
tie Novels of Famous Cities" which
was started a year ago with Duf1eld
Osborn's Angels OF Messer ErcoIe."
Felicita is story of Siena in the four
teenth century, when it was one Of the
brightest gems in Italy's crown. The
volume is neatly made, has many illus
trations in brown ink from photo
graphs. and has a very attractive bind
ing. The romance is well told and viii
in this new form gain a stronger hold
than ever on it's admirers and win many
new ones (Frederick A. Stokes com
pany. New York s1.25.)
Lionel Josephare has hurt his little
book, THE World of Suckers" by the
title, for the book is not as coarse as
1T sounds. 1t is filed with humorous
philosophy, mostly Of the bitter sort
One is impressed by the fact that the
author himself has had diseppolntments
or he could not write so feelingly. The
slang somehow strikes a false note in
this book. 1t cheapens 1t. and the au-
thor Is not at his best In that vein.
1t is undeniably clever, but in style so
different from the authors exquisite
poetry that it is hard TO believe it
came from the same hand as "Tur-
QuOise and Iron" published a number
of years ago. (The Danner publishing
company. San Francisco. So
In small volume OF Poems" BY
Peter ]. Malone, edited by his daughter.
Helen E. Malone we see evidence. Of
the poet to be If he had been spared
to work. He entered the army when a
mere boy and a bullet wound shat
tered his health. He fingered, until
1873, when in his thirtieth year One
wonders at the amount accomplished.
for his life was unusually crowded. He
taught school. was editor Of a pa per
studied law, associate editor Of another
paper. all the time writing poetry that
brought him much praise. His position
among southern lyric poets is assured,
and this work OF collecting and pre-
serving his works IS to be commended.
The book IS we'll printed and bound
(The Neale publishing company. New
York. s1-25.l
Mrs. Johonnas Bennett IN Ia Belle
San Antoine" attempts to give a picture
of life in San Antonio Tex 100 wears
ago. The story has a romantic back
ground and might be impressive if done
with a practiced hand. but Mrs Bennett
mas Deen TOO generous IN incident and
character, and the result is a hodge
podge Of history and romance that is
confusing to say the least. We have
Colonel Travis; Colonel Bowie he of
the knife. Colonel Bonham. the fmnor-
tai Crockett, the dauntless Houston. all
the heroes who saved San Antonio. The
massacre Of Goliad, the attack upon
San Antonio. the storming of the Ala
mo, the battle Of San Jacinto-au this
in 2SS pages. 1t is much too crowded
(The Neale publishing company. New
York s1.5O)
"A Son OF Carolina" BY Genie Or
chard Stovall, is as unreal as anything
can we'll be imagined. II the book We're
a fairy tale that would be praise, but
purporttng to be a tale OF American
life, 1t deserves the harshest criti-
cism- A beautiful child is adopted by
a New York couple The child has a
black taint in her blood. but is ignorant
Of 1t. Finally a son Of Carolina"
falls in love with her and her foster
parent is obliged to tell him the story.
All sorts Of trouble and tragedy fol-
low and at last the girl loses her life
while saving her lover from mob OF
infuriated plantation negroes on his
plantation. The people in the story are
made OF straw There is nothing hu-
man or real about any one Of them and
the book is very poorly written. (Ths
Neale publishing company, New York
$500