davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
Our Lady of Darkness
BY Albert Dorrington and A. g. stephens
Published by the Macauley company. New
York Price S1.j0.

BY Albert Dorrington and A. g. Stephens.
York Price, S1J0.
Our Lady of Darkness is Ca1phurnia.
an oriental, who for concentrated viii
lainy has yet to find her equal in fic-
tion She will only be found in fic-
ton, for more improbable creation can
not be imagined. Calphurnia has
danced the Salome dance in India and
her past will not bear inspection, for
she has been mixed up in many dis
creditable affairs Finally she loves
Imaun, an Egyptian adventurer, none
too good for her. He is killed in a duel
with Jean Barradas, and this is the eX-
cuse for Calphurnia to wreak her venge-
ance upon him, which she surely does
to the queens taste. The book grows
more and more improbable as 1T goes
on, but has some fine descriptive pas
sages, and on the whole is well writ
ten. If it were little less cheap and
melodramatic it might be near great
book but it's improbabilities are so
obvious as to almost become farce.
Albert Dorrington, the young Aus
tralian who has written the book In
collaboration with another Australian,
A. G. Stephens, says in an interesting
interview on the literary game in his
own country. In Australia a WTIIeT
is compelled to prove himself in every
article and story submitted. There is
no such thing as selling your name.
they won't let you. Meat is required
off your blade at every cut. And the
competition among local writers. The
average young blacksmith or baker
demands certain hours and wages. He
will pause. or his union will make him
pause, before underselling or cutting
his brother out of a job. Not so the
literary man; he cheerfully takes what
is given, from five shillings to fifteen
shillings column, and departs
noiselessly."
Speaking of conditions in London,
where he is now at work upon his
next novel. Mr.. Dorrington says: The
new Kipling, whether he arrives from
Canada, India or Australia, need not
fear that terrible bogy of the anna
teur literary clubs-the British editor.
I have found him almost rapacious in
his desire to print good, wholesome
stories that break new ground
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
Confessions of a Barbarian"

By George Sylvester viereck. Published by
Mofat, Yard Co.. New York. Price, $125.
Let us not forget for a moment, when
reading George Sylvester Viereck's
volume of essays entitled the "Confes-
sions of Barbarian" that he is still
a young man, a very young man, in
fact in his early twenties. He has
given to US a book of verse, a book of
plays and a novel, and it is difficult to
see the same hand in his new work.
The book is the result of a trip to Teu-
tonic Europe and he purposes to re
veal America TO herself by interpret
ing Europe" The egotism of the young
author is at times irritating and again
amusing. This paragraph from his
preface is Illuminating:
L urge Europe's gospel of tolerance.
1 lead those who follow me out of the
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

by NdrWlck DeeplnS. sfuDllsheu by Jasseil
& Co., Ltd, London, New York, Toronto and
Melbourne. Price. s1.2o.
Some seven years ago Warwick
Deeping, then an English doctor, wrote
the romantic novel ''Uther and Igraine"
The artistic and popular success of
author was led to abandon his pro-
fession and devote himself to litera-
ture. Since then several books of his
have appeared. including Mad Bar
bara" and The Red Saint" His crafts
manship has steadily improved and his
vogue is increasing.
THE Rust of Rome unlike its
predecessors, is romance of today
the love story of youth who faces
his lifes disaster and a girl who in
spires him to better things and leads
him Alright.
Benjamin Heriot for a youthful mis-
deed, spends two years in prison, and
the tale opens as he leaves Reading
gaol. The author in prose conveys the
gloom and depression and the crushing
horror of the effect of prison life upon
a man as only Oscar Wilde has done
before in verse. 1t is a pretty brave
thing Warwick Deeping has done-his
hero marked by prison. A friend meets
him and takes him off to London, where
all the. disagreeable details of his step
back into life are taken from our hero's
shoulders. Clothes have been ordered
for him and his money has been cared
for His income goes on as regularly
as before his trouble.
Heriot's mind as well as his body
needs reconstructing and he buys a
piece of woodland called Hindleap, a
part of Mistmoor. The rich land owner
of Mistmoor, or most of 1t, is half in
sane and attempts by all but fair
means to dislodge Heriot.
The nearest neighbors are the Thor
kells, a family consisting of an unsuc-
cessful author, his invalid wife and a
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
Brief Reviews of New Books

known are among the collection The
authors or origin is noted when known.
The arrangement is satisfactory and
the printing and binding excellent.
crhos. Y. Crowen & Co, New York;
Fruit Growing in Arid Regions" is
an account of approved fruit growing
practices in the intermountain country
of the western United States, compris-
ing the states of Colorado, Montana,
Idaho, Utah, Nevada and in northern
Arizona and New Mexico, with applica-
tions to adjacent regions The book is
written by Wendell Paddock, professor
of horticulture in the Colorado agri-
cultural college and experiment sta
tion, and Orville B. Whipple field hor-
ticuIturist in the same institution. The
authors have had years of experience
in this work and are eminently fitted
for the work. The information con-
tanned in the book, while detailed and
technical, is simply written so that the
layman can understand it, and the book
will be found an invaluable text book
for all who are interested or studying
those conditions. (The Macmillan com
pdu9t NEW 1oIh o1.OVsJ
"The Good of Life and Other Little
Essays is the title of Prof William
Cleaver wiIkinson's newest book 1t
contains 81 little essays. and the va
riety in subject and treatment is very
great. The title describes the book
very well, especially if you take in the
quoted Latin humor, De Omnibus Re-
bus, ct Quibusdam Aliis, Concerning
Everything and Certain. Things Be-
sides" It is a good companion book
for travel, for fireside reading aloud
and for vacation leisures wherever
spent. Some of the titles are express
i've: "A Good Word for Book Agents, .
Hating as a Duty Two Points of
Equipment for Literary Criticism" THE
Favoritism of History" THE Folly of
Being Sorry "A Good Word for Act
ors." IAN Instantaneous View of Mon
terey," is it Right Sometimes to Lie?"
The book is well printed and bound
and is a find for the searcher for sum
mer reading. (Funk & Wagnalls COM
pany, New York. $1.25.)
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03


The first two chapters of Dead Mans
Love-" by Tom Gallon, are the acme
of inventive genius. OF course, no
ones blood is eurdled, nor does the
hair stand on end but all the same
there is a breathless excitement about
the opening of the story that forces
the reader on. hoping, to the last
The hero is in Jail for stealing money
from his uncle. who has been forced
to bring him up and then make him
work for him. He is caught and his
uncle claps him into prison. An alarm
of fire gives him an opportunity TO
escape. and then follows series Of
adventures which would make Baron
Munchausen green with envy. In the
course of this lot of experiences the
convict is forced to drop his own per-
sonality and assume that of the muir
dered lover of rich and beautiful girl
who is the ward of the villain of the
play. This villain is doctor of medi-
cine, and he has only to pull the strings
and his puppets, the girl and the ex-
convict, dance as he wills. The best
of the book is the beginning. for there
events crowd thick and fast upon the
reader and there is genuine breathless
excitement. The authors inventive
faculty slumbers after that and he at
tempts to hold the interest with critical
situations and great activity. but even
a sembIance of probability is left be-
hind and the book is in spots almost
farce
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

"Danbury Rodd, Aviator" is the title
Of Frederick Palmer's newest book, and
it is as daring and speedy and breath
less as its hero. The book is really a
collection Of short magazine stories all
woven about Danbury Rodd, the most
daring flyer yet to appear in aviation
fiction. The spirit OF flying has so
imbued the author that he has made
his tales fly too-to their detriment-
for they are abbreviated in some cases
TO the point almost of a cipher code.
Danbury Rodd and Alice Landon, the
hero and heroine. are both interesting,
but Benjamin B. is a real character
creation and we wish there were more
about him. The stories are entertain
ing. but were better in magazine form
than collected. (Charles Scribner' s
Sons, New York. s1.50)
The opening words Of the preface
TO DR.. Isador H Coriat's new book
explain its character and meaning to
the layman: Abnormal psychology, or
the study Of abnormal mental phenom-
ena, is one Of the late developments
Of scientific medicine. It is not a mere
fad. as some OF its critics would at
tempt to make US believe. neither has
II sprung up like a mushroom, within
q single night The book
is Ireally history of Abnormal Psy-
okoIogy." It gives synopses of all the
aspects which have come under obser-
walton and is as full of interest to the
lay reader as to the student or physi-
clan The book is well written and
covers the subject thoroughly. CMof-
fat, Yard & Co, New York SD
The wise old author of Don Quixote"
says: Proverbs are short sentences
drawn from long experience" There
is no doubt that they are in the Ian
guage OF every people and Handy
Book Of Proverbs" is a useful thing to
have in every library. This collection
has been arranged alphabetically for
ready reference by writer's and speak
ers by Joseph Walker and is neat
nd compact volume of a size to fit the
pocket. No well known proverb is
missing and hundreds not generally
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03


Jesus Maria de sarda Y Bogas, who
tells the tale, has, almost at the be-
ginning of his search for fortune, come
upon Sir Richard Pendragon and joins
his fortunes to his. They seek their
fortune first in Spain and then in
France, and Comte de Millepart and
the Countess sylvia play important
parts.
Sir Richard is an English bastard Of
a royal house. He is seven and a half
feet high and his deeds are as mighty
as his person. His lies are as in
genious as Baron Munehausens and he
tells them with quite as much facility.
The thing to criticise in this tale is
this-that at the end, though it has
been much pleasure to read, one has
formed no distinct picture of this hero
which the author has been to such
pains to create. There are pictures.
one after another of the classic model
he has drawn from. like this one which
one scarce need label Falstaff:
Thirty years have I been at the
trade, good Spaniard, and sooner than
change it l would die. One hundred
towns have sacked; ten fortunes have
1 plundered. But by sack they came
and by sack they did depart. 1t is
wonderful how a great nature has a
love of sack. Yet 1 have but my nose
to show for my passion. Do you OBJ
serve its prominent hue. which by night
is so luminous that it flames like a
beacon to forewarn the honest mar
iner? >"
The book is filled with adventures,
comic. tragic. but always exciting. The
humor is of the early Shakespearean
type and well done. Throughout the
writing is f1awless, and in this day of
immature roughness it is joy to read
The book is decidedly worth the read
ing, but is not as fine as the author s
offering of last year, "Araminta"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
Daniel Boone and the
Wilderness Road"

By II. Addington Bruce. Published by the
Macmillan company. New York. Price. $50.
Readers who are familiar with the
work of H. Addington Bruce do not
need a reminder to read his newest
book. Daniel Boone and the Wilder
ness Road" This author has the fac
ulty of making all history interesting
and even the dry as dust facts lose
some of their dustiness, when told to
US in his friendly. sociable fashion.
He says in his preface:
The attempt to write such a book
as the present, which is intended to
serve the double purpose of a biography
of Daniel Boone and study of the
first phase of the territorial growth of
the United States, finds ample justifica-
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
THE Channel Islands of California

! A. G. McClurg & Co., Chicago Price, 50.
Not every one realizes the extraor-
binary charm of the islands just off
the coast of southern California, that
they are wild flower gardens when the
east IS snowbound Winter and sum-
mer they are great national play
grounds of the people, where in winter
one may bask in mild yet bracing air
and in summer find life in the open,
with semitropical surroundings, yet
without extreme heat or humidity. This
can not be better illustrated than to
say that from May to October the
idler. angler, golfer, sportsman or
health seeker win pot experience
squaIl or rainstorm-confortab beau-
tiful days following one another.
Charles Frederick Holder has great
reputation as a sportsman and as an
authority on deep sea fishing. Natur-
ally these subjects are to the fore in
this delightful volume, but the per-
sonal interest is just as strong. He
saws: Il have endeavored to present a
clear picture of some of the pastimes
and delights of this great playground,
and I can wish the sport loving reader
no greater luck than that some time
he or she may with the lightest tackle
troll for the tuna. yellowtail or sea bass
on these azure seas"
The book is profusely illustrated,
containing nearly $50 reproductions of
photographs and 13 maps.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

II you know J. c. Snaiths work you
know that his name stands for literary
excellence. So his new book is seized
first from the weeks supply Of summer
novels; but what to say, and how to
say it, after reading the book is the
difficulty In the four books from this
authors pen which we have had in the
last few years there have been four
different sorts of writing which might
have come from as many different per-
sonalities. Each had its own merit
and made its appeal to its own particu-
lar class Of readers. Now comes a book
with all these samples and more, too,
confined In one cover. The author has
done something which. if less skillful,
would subject him to severe criticism.
He has taken three classics and melted
and combined them in such fashion
that the reader gasps in continual
vonderment from the beginning to the
end Mr. Snaith has perhaps used
most of Don QuiNote. but there is a
generous portion of Falstaff and much
of the Three Musketeers." The hero
which is the result Of all this melting
and mixing IS Sir Richard Pendragon.
Let us read the description of him by
Don Miguel, the narrator Of the tale:
Il have fallen in with persons of
all kinds-the virtuous, the wicked, and
those who are neither the one nor the
other I have broken bread with
princes, philosophers, rogues, slaves
and men Of the sword-men of all
nations and of every variety Of for
tune-yet. 1 believe, never one so re-
rnarkable as he who now kept the
chimney Of this wretched venta upon
a three legged stool The length Of his
limbs was extraordinary; his shoul-
ders were those of a giant, and even
in his present careless and recumbent
attitude he wore an uncommonly sin
lister and formidable look"
Before the tale is well begun Miguel
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
Books Received

Southern Germany" by Karl Baedeker; Lelp-
zig
Buried Alive By Arnold Bennett. Breu-
tano-s. New York
s.The Girl Who won." By Beth Ellis. Dodd,
Mead & Co. New York
Astorm Birds" by Schroeder Davis. Mofat.
Yard & Co., New York
HBlaze Derringer" BY Eugene 2. Lyle. Double
day. Page & Co.. New York
~Brftz OF Headquarters" by MARGIN Barber.
Mofat Yard s Co.. New York
The Song OF the Wolf" By Frank Mayer.
Mofrat. Yard & Co.. New York
.Our Garden Flowers BY Harriet l. Keller.
Charles Scribners Sons. New York
.sAfarcus Aurelius and Later Stoics." by r. W.
BusseI Charles Scribuers Sons. New York.
ssEpitome OF the Aeronautical Annual" by
James Means. ". B. Clarke company, Boston.
..Out Of Doors by NJ Ellsworth olsen Pa
cIhc Press publishing company, Mountain View,
Cal
The Fascinating Due de Richelieu.'' By H.
Noel williams. Charles Scribners Sons. New
York.
s.The Good of Life and Other Little Essays."
bv William Cleaver Wilkinson. Funk q Wag-
nails COMPANY. New York
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

ldno NeW 1Ork- Erlces Sl-0u-
are assured. Ernest settles money on
Elizabeth and they are apparently
happy, but he talks of marrying Lady
Dobree de Saye for position, though he
loves Elizabeth.
Ernest becomes engaged to Lady Do
bree and entertains her and party at
a castle in the north of England which
his uncle had bought. Suddenly il is
discovered that the old ship builder had
been married. and legitimate son ap-
pears to claim the estate.
Lady Dobree promptly breaks her en-
gagement to the now impoverished
young man and he goes back to marry
Elizabeth, who is his equal, in birth at
least, but surely has a much finer ma
ture. He will be happier with her than
with the naughty Lady Dobree. anyway.
The part of the book describing the
life at the castle is the best writing
There the author has succeeded in show
ing fairly well the class distinction and
how strong is the feeling in England.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

by NiOieL num- fuOllSneu Oy 6Ee
What exactly is the use of tale like
The Wife of Altamont"? 1t does not
amuse and Is too poorly done to teach
the lesson intended, which is not to
marry out. of your own class That is
probably a very necessary lesson in
England, where caste Is of much i'm
portance, but there is too little Of it
in America to make the story carry its
lesson here.
Elizabe has married Wilfrid Alta
mont. the iIlegitimate son of rich
ship builder and an actress. He is a
good for nothing and goes to his father
for money. He is refused and Kills the
old man and shoots himself. He re-
covers but is sent to prison
During the trial Mrs. Altamont meets
and loves Ernest Veere, nephew and
heir of the murdered man. They can
not marry because Altamont still lives,
but they go away to the continent 10
live together in platonic fashion we
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

Dead Mans Love-
By Tom Gallon. Published By Brentano's, New York.

Brentanos. New York. Price. $3.50.
In the course Of time and 31s pages
all the tangles are smOOthed and every
body gets his just deserts.
Tom Gallon has shown us before that
he is a master OF this sort of fiction,
but this is not his very best vein. One
thinks longingly of "Tinman" and Tat
terly," and would scold the careless
hand to be seen throughout the book
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
BOOKS REVIEWED

The Channel Islands of California" by C. F. Holder
Fortune" by ]. c. Snaith
Confessions of Barbarian" by G. S. Vereck
The Rust of Rome" by w. Deeping
Daniel Boone and the Wilderness" by H. A. Bruce
Dead Mans Love-" by Tom Gallon
The Wife of Altamont," by Violet Hunt
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

daughter, Eve, theperfect type of twen-
tieth century strong young womanhood.
Almost at first sight Heriot falls in
love with her, and her influence upon
him is felt from that moment.
1t is some time before the reader
sees any evidence of the Rust of
Rome" They are fine old relics dug
up by Eve in her own dooryard and
the authors interest in archaeology is
plainly shown in the wealth of inter-
esting detail given in this connection.
In this setting, too, the villain does his
worst work and in great dramatic
scene he comes to his just deserts. The
climax of the novel will have much
severe criticism, and how one will feel
in the course of time about it is hard
to determines Just after reading it one
and all will have the keenest sympathy
and admiration for both hero and hero
inc, for they both seem very human in
deed.
Mr.. Deeping has the art of story
telling to a marked degree. He has a
convincing style which makes his fic-
tion seem fact. One feels throughout
that the places and people are all real
and the tale true chronicle of events.
1t is one of the best novels of the sum-
mer and sure of tremendous popularity
----------------
impulse to the poetry of my age. Be-
sides, for my recreation, / am editing
two magazines
you're rather precocious
Is it. one wonders, monumental con-
ceit, or innocent, childlike vanity?
Mr.. Viereck saw all sorts and condi-
tions of people from the emperor to
the meanest commoner and has some
keen observations to make upon each
one. The emperor he adores and his
eulogy of him is fine, serious writing.
The last two chapters of the book, I'VE
and Hurope" and II and America" are
worth reading The author picks flaws
in Americans and Europeans with what
he believes to be perfect impartiality.
Some of his arrows hit the mark, but
others are merely clever. The book
on the whole should be read, however,
for tbs author is not to be passed light
" be.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

By Charles Frederick Holder. Published /
The channel islands of California"
VIII be a revelation to many who had
thought they knew the west coast Of
America very thoroughly.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
+ or t IL n e
.>~>>>eo>~~@->~-o->>>o-~>

J. C. Yard&
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
The Wife of Altamonto

Brentano,s. $50.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
1.-The Rust of Rome

By Warwick Deeping. Published by Cassell
& Co.. Ltd, London, New York. Toronto and
Melbourne. Price, $120.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

Claude Montefiore. the well known
rabbi and author of numerous works
on Judaism, notably The Synoptic Cos
pels,'' the first two volumes of which
in this country. Following the general
conference of rabbis this month he is to
return to London. Montef1ore has de-
livered several addresses since his ar
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-07-08
Fatal Accidents on Decrease

During the year 1909, according TO
the report OF State Coal Min, In
spector Petit, there were sixteen
fatal and eighty-nine non-fatal accl-
dents in the coal mines Of Utah.
There has been u decrease In the
fatalities In Utah coal mines since
the Scoileld disaster in 1900, when
two hundred souls were sacrificed.
From the statistics OF production
In some of the more important states
AZ reported by the state officials, II
is estimated that the total output In
1900 was approximately 10000, OOJ
short tons, against 10000, 600 tons
In 1908. According to this estimate
the production OF coal in 1859 WIS
1875, D67 short tons for each life lost,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-07-08
George Brown Passes Away

The funeral services over the 70.
mains OF the late George Brown,
who died OF heart trouble on tho ard
Inst, was held on the 9Th at tho
Hoytsville ward meeting house,
which Was very bcAatIfully DECOR
ated for ,hs oceaalon, NE speAke ra
were ex-Bishop Sargent, Pres. Geo.
Young and Patriarch Copl0y. A
solo Face TO Face" was sung by
Mr.. Astin. and 20, My Father"
by Mrs. Olive Mills.
The Ward house was crowded
with relatives and friends. The
casket was covered with beautiful
flowers.
George Brown was the son Of
William p. and Mary Ann Brown.
Born August 10Th, 1857, In st. Louis
Mo-, crossed the plains In 1883, In
Captain Patterson's company. He
arrived In Hoytsville, September 3,
1869, whore. he has resided ever
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-07-08

At recent meeting Of the county
commissioners, YIN. Archibald,
county chairman OF the Republican
party OF Summit county, appeared
before the board at their request, to
give reasons for not complying with
the law In filing names with the
county clerk for the board OF county
con mlssloners TO select registration
officers from. Mr.. Archibald stated
that II was impossible for him TO
give the board more than one name
for any Of the precincts with the
exception OF No. IL, he recommend