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The. San Francisco Sunday Call.
BOOK PAGE OF THE SUNDAY CALL
BOOKS REVIEWED
"Semhramh'' by Edrvard Pcple.
"Brunhildcs Paying Guest," by Caroline Fuller.
"The Lost Princess,'* by William Frederick
Dix. • ~
" Thro' the Rye," by Herman Lee Mcadcr. -
"Where the Rainbow Touches the Ground,"
by John Henderson Miller.
"T. Thorndyke. Attorney, at Laix>," by Herbert
"Sinless," by Maud H. Yardley. -
"The American Esperanto Book,*' compiled and
edited by Arthur Baker.
. - • \u25a0 * \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 * -
"An American Book of Golden Deeds" by
\u25a0^lamei, Baldwin. _
"2835 May fair." by Frank Richardson.
"The Kingdom of Love," by Henry Frank-- \u25a0
"Semiramis"
\u25a0 . ««uuivuuu
':'":'• By Eflwarfl Pepl«, aathor «f ; "The Pr!ne«
","\u25a0-• Chip,*' «tc. PiiMlsbed by MoJCat, Tard &
Co!7JC«w Tor*. Pric* *LSO.
ONE' of the most Interesting acd
coavlnclng historical oovela
eeen In many days Is "Semlra
mls" by Edward Peple.
/ "All the legends about that wonderful
'.:! «;ueen tell of her wondrous beauty, her
//".flaming red gold hair, "the Ilka of
* -which was never on true mortal's
'./ bead" ; of her amazonlike . prowess in
. '."battle, and her craft and skill In states
' ZmanEhip. But few tell of the womanly
•": -jslde of her character, supposed to have
"\u25a0• Jjeen carefully kept secret from the
••' t>r>-ing eye of a ecornf ul world. The f
"succeeding generations were only too
.' '.tvilling to believe that ebe was "one
><st nn evil heart — that her heart was
: •«.' war, for blood, for pillage, and the
/' conquering; of all the earth." A wofriau
'of her wit and cleverness and coin
" j»<>llsns beauty oould not so through
' 3ife in the dead centuries any more
:' than she could today, without rousing
';. ' jealousy and lust and hate. In none
-of the ancient legends, not in
: " If erodotus, not even in Cteslas, that
'. lying chronicler of those times, can one
find much praise for Semlramis. the
.woman. It is all for Eemirami* the
"'? ambitious and brutish queen.
Mr. Peple's conception of her is so
' ' f.ascinatlpg and convincing that it Is
. as if he gave us some lost pages from
• \u25a0 the history of the forgotten Assyrians.
TT© are glad to have his picture and
: bla alone of that proud and cruelly
'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' tortured queen.
••Briefly, the author interprets the
. • ancient legends in this wise:
\u25a0 • Semiramis loved Menon. the greatest
. ' general under King Ninus. and he' loved
' her with fully as ardent a passion; but
Kinus, after once seeing - Semiramis,
would ha\'e her for his own. A king's
-'suggestion and desire are commands
and Semiraml* and Menon were sorely
" pnt to postpone the evil day. They
•:\u25a0. roa.de various bargains with the- king.
- that should certain victories be accom
,. plished they could be allowed to dwell
.'. together in peace. /
• 'The army aud-all the people loved
Slenon, and after seeing Semiramis, and
- Icnowlng her wonderful feats on the
battlafield, th*y almost worshiped her.
• Also they were sympathetic and wished
•'"fcr her happiness with Menon. King
\u25a0 Nlnus Inspired only fear in. the hearts
of his subjects, although he was a
i great king. He must wJn SemiramJs
fkhy craft and guile for he would never
-B-in her otherwise- So he. contrived to
• half crucify Menon, makings his hands
. and feet useless for life, also to blind
blm, that he could never see SemiramU
• araln. He dared not kill him outright;
: fearing the wrath of the gods, but he
-had it skillfully proved that Menon
xrsjK dead. : " ,'v," 1 '
.'" The heart of Semiramis died within
her, and she grieved; but after a .year
•" of mourning the fighting instinct eamo
to life in her again,, and as .she; could.
accomplish more ..• If slie were married ;
'to Nlnus, she finally gave in to him.
' Ket for a score of years did she know
: :. \u25a0;' tfca.t Menon was UWng, and she became
,ts one insane with rage, hatred Sand
- "a desire" for vengeance on - the one
\u25a0/hand and reawakened love and pity un
'.. : the other.
\u25a0 She won the warriors over.,- to- her,
;. " e!de and asked their help, closing \u25a0 her
.• ; epeecs thus:
' "And now. I ask^that you follow; me
: " to 'pluck a vulture from his roost on
Assyria's throne! .To cast him out, aa
: a father might cast a serpent from the
/bosom of v his babe!: The king, who
: . hath shorn me of my joy 'in life! The
. king, who hath stolen away, my lord,
— who caused roe to ; bear him; a bastard,
1«on — who hath .mad© a strumpet
of your queen! The: king! "Thanking
no more! Naught do',l aslc but ' Justice .'
Gtve me thia, or thoedge^of yourplty
ir.g- swords!" OB9HpBH9fIHOMMB
"kThe gods are kind to Nlnus, ; and he
Juts on tha desert" before Semiramis
reaches him. Poor,! weak 'Menon "dies*
happily In Semiramis*- .devoted \ arms. *
tf here- eeeau . »othln« ' l#f t ln*/«f»f tor-
Eemiramis. She i is \u25a0 not \u25a0happ*- feigning
without her Jove, and she knows by a
rare intuition that she will be cursed
by all historians; so she says she will
make all they will say of her true, and
for. very love of fighting and to kill
her own sad thoughts she cries:
"War! War! • • • I care not
\u25a0where nor how. so be it that we war!
Rise Babylon — and sink Assyria!"
— •—
"Brunhllde's Paying Guest"
By Caroline Fuller, author of "Acro»s . the
Campne," "The Alby Cat's Klrtw," "The
Flight of Pum pandora," etc. Publlihed
by The Century company, New. York. Price
fI.RO. ", \u25a0„:.: I
We hava had all sorts of romances of
the south, most of them leaving any
thing but a pleasant after taste.. They
are full of the disagreeable *. negro
question, or they are of the war time or
the reconstruction period, and always
take a northern \u25a0or ' southern side \u25a0so
violently that one 'is almost ashamed to
find one's sentiments -different from
the author's. - . •: /. /\u25a0
This tale is a real southern romance
of between 30 and 40 years /after the
war. \u25a0. . ; ....,'-.'-,-..\u25a0 v-.. \u25a0
A charming, refined, cultured family
of the town of Colleto'n,' ln Carolina,
has become impoverished during the
war times : and" finally /the daughter of
the house Is left alone. ." She decides to
take guests," and ,so adver
tises. To assist* In the housekeeping
Bha has "two" equally "charming cousins,
and the three proud-wouthern women
make a beautiful picture.;
Their first "paying guest" is a young
journalist, from New York,? whose' ner
vous system > needs complete rest and
change. /He has .„ all the energy -and
assurance ,of the typical New Yorker
and' finds It very difficult to understand
the,' to him, "affected haughtiness of his
youthful landlady." :';- > ' .
p The working. out of the ensuing love
story is most interesting .to 5 follow.
Each of the'glrls^. has her. own little
f love affair, written so simply and con
vincingly, as. to seem like the .shy con
fidences of a frlend'rather than a'plece
of modern fiction. \u25a0
Miss Caroline. Fuller, the author,. ls
a native of Maine i end J a . graduate of
Smith college. Somewhere she" has ab
porbed a. spirit of the soutli which
seems more than could be Imbibed by
education or evei\ environment. She
writes with an understanding- and a
sympathy for . the south -that few can
appreciate who have not an inborn .in
terest in the place. She is a musician
of note as well as an author/ of much
ability. She has composed "The' Shep
herd of .the Day" and the music for
three songs of Robert Browning.
"Tbe Lost Princess"
By William Frederick Dix. " author - of -*Tlje
Face in the Girandole." Publlßbed by Mof-
Tat, Yard & Co., New Price. $1.50. 1 .
That people should read novels like
"The Lost Princess" without tiring Js
amatter for ever growing wonder. But
they do. arid with the keenest pleasure.
If is hardly a Zenda story; but a first
cousin to one, and, it can be/-' added,
more satisfactory in -its ending-. Th«
princess herself Is,' a: nice ll ttl§ thing,
but the hero baron, Karl Casamare, is
the real character to hold the '-interest
of the reader. He isalmost. invincible,
absolutely ' fearless arid of such j beauty
and strength and modesty.' and kenefal
perfectness that^feminirte/readers will
sigh to think none such/live in America.
/ The tale is' of three little principali
ties in the- "heart of Europe." two of
•which are squabbling- over a boundary
district. The general of the army, of
Belmanla is thehero with all the per
fections, and ; though ;he* is thwarted
often at . the last | moment "4n his skill
fully laid plans he finally overcomes all
obstacles to his happiness with the lost
princess, Cly tie of Pavonia. -
.Once begun . the book •'".will., not : be
laid aside . till- finished, - and it- is three
or four, hours : spent in delightful re
laxation. One may [augh at one's self
for having been interested | in such a
story; and then is the time to laud the
author's skill 'in so cleverly handling
the subject; he -has chosen. \u25a0•: '\u25a0\u25a0_\u25a0
The, author • last : year .wrote that
dainty little romance. "The' Face in the
Girandole," which might almost : be >an
old furniture textbook,- and' r his style". is
fully 'as charming *In r this • tale ?of .so
"Thro' the Rye"
By. Herxn«n . 1>« ' Meader. : author : of -'Rnflcc
'. tions of the. Mornlnit After." Pnbli!>be«l •by
Ucnry ; Altemus- company, -Philadelphia.' '
.'. If . one thinks ' from the • tf tie; that he
will, find some new. cocktail recipes heis
very; /much- mistaken, ..for ; . the— author
makes " woman/ the * main', theme 'with'
liquor; in - Its ' various phases "as • a back
ground for his/fun. :\u25a0;/- ; -.»\u25a0'\u25a0 .';, /.
S.The', divisions r of ,* the the
author's divisions of, life. 'and' the names
which '. he; gives "thenf-:arej sufficiently
Illuminative: ."Sowing. theC.Graln" .. Is
youth, of course;" Moonshiners'* are the
love maker» : "Ott on Ia : Spree--'/1/ 1 . 1 e l the
wedding; '"Blended s Spirits"; •' ls ; married
life, and • "Empty/ Bottles". -Is* the : end
of -it; . -:," , \u25a0;'.; '/\u25a0\u25a0'- -': :/;' :,''-: • :"';. •.
' There, are.imany^ things .In ,the v .book
which "are /not V-- new/'. or ; partlculaj-ly
bright, but .there: are-; some jold ! ,ones
with an" eplgrammatic^fiav^or^and' said
ln'a.new. t way:*". * y '"/. '. .;" " '•?. ". "' : '. '
. ."Frirzle 7auiialr»/perfum»-7our- linen
UNA H. H. COOL
and manicure your - flnger.v tips, for he
will complain' about" the •" cooking, / no ;
matter how well you do itiV* Better that
he gets his .'meals outside than his'
kisses." ' ' \u25a0 \u25a0 : . " • ,' :•-.» '
The illustrations' (by the- author's
friends, -according.; to. J the -title "-page),
are" unnecessarily coarse, and' the book
does not warraht'.the use of <them."' The'
volume deals almost ..wholly ..with
woman.-scarcely any: of the. quotations
being "of the bibulous nature suggested
by the title and pictures. ,
"Where the Rainbow Touches Ground"
By John Henderson \u25a0 Miller. Published " by - •
; . Funk' & Wagnalls company. New York- and •
Ixmdon. ' Price ;sl. " -, ' . '...
"Where the; Rainbow .Touches the
Ground" is the tale of a man- who Is:
suddenly redeemed from his* Intemperate
habits by being caught in . a Kansas •
cyclone. He is carried a few hundred
feet up in the air and after several un
usual experiences,, such' as- seeing a
cook stove whirling along with fire
going and .a' frying ' :.:^ pan "\u25a0'} scooting -'\u25a0
through. the air. with beefsteak In posi- ,
tion, he passes a man going up as he is
coming down.. In passing they, instinct- -
Ively clutch at each other's hands for :
a fraction of a second, and when our
.hero reaches the ground he finds in his .
hand a- roll of bills /amounting |to [ ?25,- |
000. His only recollection of the 'other
man's appearance is that he wore a red
necktie.
Among .the - results of the. tornado,
the hero, Bobette Patterson, .finds ;- his •
taste for liquor has disappeared and he '7
• becomes a respected "• member.' of .hls^r
Kansas community, and although --/.*'\u25a0\u25a0
eventually, returns the '$25,000 to .'i* ;
man with.the red necktie without h'»y- ".;•
ing used any of it,' he becomes. rich by
Inheriting several fortunes;; in -fact, in/
nearly 'every. -chapter/ thereafter he
either inherits a new fortune or gives
one away. > ," . .
, Bobette Patterson's wife is a Kansas
woman with a dialect and "'Mrs.- Wlggs
of the Cabbage/ Patch" I tendencies. • Hen
numerous Tories" of .Dr.* GunTy,* the min- .
later, and others, .'and ' her< sure ; cures
for all* diseases from : .wa.rts;.to' diph
theriahwhlch she dispenses/with;a'fic«e;
hand to;her neighbors,* occupy a large
part of- the book. j..."..\u25a0j ..."..\u25a0 ' ": ' *
-'.The only, rear good, interesting char
acter in thestory; is th%daughter,"Florf
elda Catherine. ' SheMs the only; one
who" really " seems; to 'have -good sense
and her humorous ' correspondence with
her ?beau,^by means; of symbols,' . .is
fairly Interesting. ":..:. ,1- .
This tale seems to have been' written
by an author who could have -done
ter if . he-, had .had. time. / The story, :
which has possibilities, .as told, is a
mixture of the conventional dialect
story and a sort " of . fifth reader - style,
and its whole effect/is/just" silly, with
here and there a spot of 'humor. Why
Bobette Patterson should use a form of,
speech so 1 , entirely- different .from- that
of his wife and children and neighbors
is an unexplained mysters*. The exag
gerated stories \u25a0which" he; tells; would be"
funny, if. they Iwere'not given in "such
artificial, copy book language.^ and their
contrast with the' slang' and dialect. of
Mrs. Patterson makes them sound eope
daily foolish. ; : /
. .It isunusualHo have to/criticljse this \u25a0
firm, but here is one of the;poorest ex-:
amples," mechanically," it has ." sent out. v
poorly, bound and carelessly;.. put to-,
gether.; Pases .from 128 ; t0 '145; are' miss-.',
ing entirely and .their .places j filled'by
duplicates, of "' 170 -to 195.:, One _: can
scarcely find anything more /annoying^
than such an accident, and if this story
amounted to much -the - firm" should jbe
censured, but in this case'a few:pages"
more or less, filled in with anythlngvaf
all, matters not a bit.' \ .. V r *
•T. Thorndyke, Attorney at Law".
lly ' Herbert f. Goss. Pcbllsbed by tb'e* C. * >f. : T
Clark pubUshiDg companj, Boston.
.'Herbert I. Goss. of : "Xew. Hampshire^'
has^ written a lwolfc*purporUngltotbe^aj
novel,; which contains part of > the,his
tory of <a / young attorney,; who "has -•
ptortfd in practice in the,town'6f,Ber-;
lln. New Hampshire.; v . ;
.Many anecdotes of celebrities /of that .
neighborhood are- given, togetheriwlth /
several descriptions' of some £of &tfiel
natural beauties' and other; features : of
the state." '.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'."'. , \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ' .',r -^ '\u25a0'- \u25a0
, As a novel the book • i« absolutely/
nothing. ' '- The ! story consists; of a. few,;
Incidents In the \ life of Theophilus.'
Thorndyke, attorney,.' at ; law, 'which are I
strung: out through /the : book- atfin-, >
terminable .length , and ".'\u25a0 with 1 ; much?
dreariness, "i while " the /spaces ; between
are filled 2 with very i ordinary/descrip- -
tions of scenery which read^like guide/
,book \u25a0 directories, and /sketches : of ; men?
of 'local renown witlr their.. full; names :
. and middle initials, of , little -or no \u25a0 in-j'
terest to any one', not' acquainted f with :
the men ': themselves.. -- :>,'.; \u25a0::' ?\u25a0 ."
If the book had';been'wrltten:aß : rem- v ;
lniscences ! of ' life : and people lln \u25a0- Berlin^,'/
-New. Hampshire/. there might have been,-
: some; excuse \u25a0 for: it, 1 as . some" of Uhe -an-^,
: ecdotes''are K bright' and : interesting and t
the ? author's' general style-- is* good; ; ;butU
in .the present! form there /are so; many "
dull ; places: that -it is mot worth' one's ;
while, to : wade through/.them vto'Vdis- -
cover thefew*grains v of fgood'stuff. T; '
"Sinless"
\u25a0 ; .By - Maud 'H. \u25a0 YardleV, • "author \u25a0 of . "The : Blaclc
• \u25a0 > Heart . of i London," ' etc. .v Published by B. F.
. .. .•.Ftnno'*iCft..--New ,-York.:<Prtc» ;|l.-, >' -.
;J; One> ofi the * most ': shocking, i Indecent
\u25ba but" well •* told •* tales $ of I the * y ear.V Is Ito
be/found'ln. this* taie ; of ; "Slnless,'' ; by
iMaud^H." Yardleyr \u25a0/* /h '; 'V / \".
* - The'^bbok •; opens \ with "a" description
of two Englishmen who • are i?lnl the dip
lomatic service. *l\ One,^ Forbes/i \is i. ; a
i Vrbuchy, disagreeable person^ puftyjand
I fat,^ and ill \ with* 'a\ llver^devel-'
\u25a0; oped jin * Indian ;* \u25a0 The' other,^ Boyd, jls \u25a0 his
\ exact opposite, ' tall," good " lookiriyfand
: showing k every ;^evldence^;of v3 perfect
health. '.They: are/of thelsame^ago'' and
s have T each' been^ away/ from s England .10
iyears.WEax;h?had*leftfayyoung : >.wife:at
' home. Boyd,** however,^ IbT* wlld^.wlth'
i eagerness f , to f see* his ; wlf e,*?,bn'tl Forbes
1* inoro than. Indifferent and *ays x>penly
people would be better off,
unmarried. ; " ; ;
i,?: The "author dwells, so; much- on; the
physicar appearance; of these two' men^
that"'on«!.ls ; - forced: ';tb ;• read. \t : carefully./
Boyd "having ""taken; such -good l^care of ;
himself is -changed only/ for 'th c better,^
while a slender, good looking '
man when, he leftKngland,: returns so
completelyJchanged'ithat* no one : would:
have "recognized; him..';; V / ; ,•
>: Miss Tardley then takes her/travelers;
to y London;; and/ s leaves; them - uncerl
monlously,.atsthe".depot,-lnione/of ".the"
dreadful -; fogs |f or . which London /town /
is i famous/ ;The- men : both ' expect : their
wives Ho -meet ;themj ' but -Forbes 'i sees'
, the' lmpossibility of it at once/and takes
himself ; oft,' to;a; waiting; room. ; v
'/The 'Vse'condT* chapter,. -.introduces us
to a' lady whom (we/ have no difficulty in
identifying/ as / Mrs /v Forbes. > She/has;
'sent' word, to her husband I that she; will
meet /himYand'notwithstanding; the' ; fog
she Insists on attempting the station.- She
gets lost; but *though> late, ! Sflnally^ar£?
rives : and, -is, mistaken iby Boyd for his
wife, she .taking himlf or; Forbes.; -They
both go to' the .Victoria- hotel, where she
has. en gaged /apartments.^ and; dine ;tete'
a tete ; a,nd /are c both ; : deliriously.> liappy.'
When ;the : porter, appears to be) aston- 1
ißbed that jßoyd's;; name*;' is Boyd^; the
lady promptb'j faints: away, for she had
thought" his name Forbes.'^ Of xoursVit'
is -.too.', incredible.'; TheVauthor, manages,
to .surprise : us., more;. than;? once. 1 /She!
: takes'? these " two ; poor ; "'young.;
people/through - many iharrowlng.-sltua-^
tlons,. t but vshe •Is mot j always V oonylnc-^
ing. %\u25a0 TheTplotUsuralyi is|most'; claverlyj
conceived and "even* tha niany .unique
situations are delicately: handled. , But
It- Is ; too I impossible i aialtuation to ) ax-:
pect'any ioneito"ballav"a.l '• \- ' -
VThe American; Esperanto Book"
- Compiled \u25a0 and edited iby Arthur , Baker. ; Pub
\u25a0 by Cbarlea H.jKeTF & Co., Chicago.,- ,
: : "A/i book V f or" thie ; lnstruction •of ? those
* who -.wish? to j learn- the} new"' language,
i Esperanto^ has •Justibeenl published.- It I
is"des!gned;on;the;same plan as books
• for.; teaching.* other .'languages f and with I
\u25a0'a* pref ace \whlch' g! ves \ the b est f method !
, of . study. '^;;^rj;.,/v*-v'' [&<\u25a0'!<•' '•'.':•' :'•; '\u25a0\u25a0-'\u25a0\u25a0
vM Theauthor ! : explains, toe design of tha
I Inventor* ' of ' Espararito^-thatlef ; a • iinl« <
versat raedlumfoS *xprte*i<mr*ij~satvuk^
of "which, people of all tongues, can un
derstand I each C other—and ,he answers
some of the • critic! sms - directed \u25a0, against
It. . It haslbeen said; that. Esperanto hat
a n x artificial : sound— so has -the voice in
the •telcphohp;- says the ; author; ; it il«
said' tq'ibe^not'artistic-^neither ;is the
locomotive, •is 'the authors answer; and
he Vadds that-., the * language - haj fre
quently been i mistaken ;by : the unln- ;
Mated J for/, ltalian;: or Spanish;^popu
larly/supposed; to be the most mueical
of •{\u25a0 '*'\u25a0;\u25a0'\u25a0' .' : -> ' \u25a0\u25a0., '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'-\u25a0< -'\u25a0•; -'-'\u25a0..
>j Those who? learn i the language * can
obtain ' theY addresses : i of persons \u25a0 who
speak i it; in: all : parts of , the world,', and
may* perfect -.themselves lin ''\u25a0 Its use by
\u25a0 correspondence^, with; them? -V,'; '\u25a0\u25a0
"An'Araerlcaiußook of Golden Deeds"
'\u25a0. - \u25a0 >«.- vv«v^jar^- — f • \>-j \u25a0 - \u25a0 \u25a0 . ... ...
\u25a0 ' ; By \ James Baldwin.".-; PublSibed by • the Ataeri- •
?ii*: y «an v book company; > NewiYoik, Cincinnati
'.'ft .; mid ;•; Chicago.^; Price :60 centa. \u25a0.. :: * '." . : .
: This littleibook of eclectic readings :
.'designed {j for vis a - collection
of stpVies^of,- heroic;" deeds performed '
- v by.'.Americans-.'on\ American .soil.
: eral t of I the \ stories "may- be v recognized
-as •; old ,; \u25a0 f avbrUes \" re wri tten,^ but n most ',
/of 'them will ibe ; unfamiliar/ to^young
"/ readers."'./.. \u25a0•' \u25a0''.."-\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0' '• \u25a0"' --.--- \u25a0::, r _.'-'-\r : ' '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'.
\u25a0.. ; MahyJ; of i the "are - ; performed
iby t children f^or^men^and :lwomen ; in
•; humble \ walks 7_ of -5 Hf e.-^and ?' they : . are
•described tin f, a*; sympathetic "..way, which
pathetlc.j'stories /of /some
fof it hem. !,.',> v'.'r'J. _•".•:.'\u25a0', '\u25a0'./ ',-';7i-, •'-"\u25a0• X _>v
''^'TheTa'ctsTof; heroism? are; of .various
W sorts, 1- and ; they^ vary ? as i much" aa : the >
i degree^' of \u25a0' merit v'attached - .to "them.
'.'\u25a0 From. thefstoryjOf [-"Little Mackie." the ;
". who ,C% carried H? His : helpless
3 "pardner'.'V out l ot ; the burning i hos»
pltal^toi* the 'account; of : Dr. ; \u25a0 Kane'a
? services :\u25a0 to J humanity, they. ; : are •; all of
•.the;class iwhlch'hold a fascination-. for '\u25a0
; young. : people.* J,r/.,/ '. >•-! ;
T ; tThe 'tales *bf; doing- and daring," espe-.
- clally .^ when"? welli told, r with- the - Idea
'•'. of * a¥;nobla^underlyingr' motive," : are
' sure : to « teach - highly.;, beneficial lessons. :
V2S3s;Mayfal^,
*\u25a0 By i Frank 5 Eichtrdion. - PubUihtd - by ; sntcaell
\u25a0 Kennerley.iNew^York.: Prie« |1.80. ; ;\u25a0•
'-- The hundreds » \u25a0 of , press : . notices .all
to i? th« i credit ~of * Franlt \ Richardson
w<»tfl4?,*iaeanßwnw*kte"«fJnv : >inerlca;
one ils i led i to\belleve i that .this author
Is a>very> close "' seconfl -in popularity
to Bernard : Shaw. .
: :He ] has > written a i number ' of ; novels,
among them "The « Bay«trater Jliraele"
and ' "The Man > Who '£ Lott j Hla ; Past"
beingthe.bestlknbwn. '
;The tale "Is a sort of detects story.
but hypnotism plays : so \u25a0 large .'and Im
portant :a ) part ; in *it that < nothing else
counts »\u25a0 for,* much.' f ; * The i love ' Interest
is ! slender; and uninteresting : and -w*ou!d
fail to arouse even a college \u25a0 boy, but
some of the conversation is witty,' even
epigrammatic.""* -
'ITieKingdoMlove"
87 . Henry Trans. > Published \u25a0 by ; R. T. . Feano ,
J. & Co., New i York. Trice. sl.
r «r : This- author ; has evidently.. read . all
therails-to tberfound on itha ;sttbjeet =
ot.lavr and -after • ggrlcgafljr. -thtaXtpy
It all over he has written all the pretty
things, he can originate or remember
on the subject.-
t . The - book is ; divided into two parts.
"\The Kingdom .of Love" and "Con
templations of Life's Ideali." The first
part treats of love as "A Comio Prinel
ple," «,"The v Mother ; Principle," "The
Social Principle," "The Deiflc Principle"
an* 'The Healing G>ace." Some of the
headings of the 35 chapters in the sec
ond part are: "Fathoming the Deeps
of t Self." "Desire—^the Human : Magnet,"
"Life's -Fitful Fever." "The Safety of
Serenity and "The' Sleeping God." The
book contains 'much of real beauty and
hopeful philosophy, and the author has
made it. as he says, a'labor of love.
Gossip of Books and People Who Make Them
W. D. Howells'and Mark Twain, the
two*. most prominent authors In Amer
ican, literature," have both received the
degree. of Lltt. ;D. "from the great uni
versity j of Oxford, " Mr. \u25a0 Howe-.s having
been given .his degree three years ago.
Mark Twain also degrees - from
Yale and. from thi. University ' of.Mis
souri, and , Mr. .Howells holds degrees
from Harvard, and ' Yale./ Neither of
them had a college education.
David Graham Phillips will spend
his numrner .in Paris. Before sailing
he closed a 'contract for the", publica
tion this fall of his new novel based
upon .the insurance scandals, and
called "Light -Fingered Gentry."
Justus Miles Forman can. when he so
chooses, be cleverly cynical:" as when,
in "A Stumbling Block." he makes the
hospital physician whisper to himself,
after listening to David's delirious calls
for Rosemary: .
"It Is very remarkable, very remark
able, indeed, how seldom they mention
the names of their wives when they are
delirious. Yes.", very remarkable, in
deed."/
•• _• •
William B. Teat s.* second volume of
verse, recently published, contains his
dramas In verse, including "Dlerdre."
which was played in Berlin last win
ter, and is now published for the first
time. m ;
-.\u25a0 '*The Seven Ages of AVashington" by
Owen Wlster .'ls . soon to be published.
It ., Is riot to * be* exactly a biography,
but rather" a summing up of Washing
ton's .Character an«l influence.
\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-'\u25a0"\u25a0-.'.••-.•' * .
. .Mrs. Edith .Wharton has returned
from abroad and' is at her home in
Lenox. Mass. \u25a0
Books Received
"Brunhllde's Paying Guest.* by Caro
line" Fuller. The Century company,
i;?w York. >
"ilijTh Living . Recipes from Southern
Climes," compiled by U . L SicLareu.
Paul Elder "&. Co.; -San Francisco.
"The Shepherd of the Hills."' by Har
old Bell Wright. The Book Supply com
pany. Chicago.
"Exercising In' Bed." by Sanford Ben
nett. The ' Kdward Hilton company,
New York. \u25a0-" ' .
''Semframis." by Edward Peple. Mof
fat. Yard & Co., New York.
."The Lost Princess." by William
Frederick., Fox. Moffat, Yard & Co.,
New York. ' v~;v ~ ;
..."The Bachelor's Guide to Matrimony."
. by ' Reginald, Wright Kauffman. Henry
" Altemus company. Philadelphia.
. Webster's New Standard Dictionary.
High school . and. collegiate edition.
; Laird & Lee.'^ Chicago.
" "Houses :fo"r Town and ' Country,", by
-William Herbert. Duffleld &. Co.. New-
York. . :
"A Book of American Humor," prose.
Duffleld & ; Co., New York.
"' "A Book of American Humor," verse.'
Duffleld &.Co., New York. .
Lincoln's , Gettysbursr^addresa and
first and second inaugural addresses.
Duffleld &:C6., New. York." V.
"Familiar Faces," by Harry Graham.
. Duffleld & C 0.,, New York.
*'The . Rubalyat of Omar Khayyam."
Duffleld & Co., NewTork.
r The Poems of. Edgar Allan Foe,' col-
lected and edited %y Vdranad Clarane*
Stedman and Geor g» . Edward - Wood*
berry. ' Duffleld s &Co.i Nenr Torlc
"The Canticle of the San of St. Fran
cis ;of ' Asslsl." DnfSeld >* • Oa« h Stow
York. %BB(SBBS&8BS0®\u0094
. fTThe Rb&d \to i Happiness." by/ Mrs.
Van Koert Schuyler. Doubleday, Paga
& Co., .New York. . \u25a0
: "Afield with \the: Seasons," by James
Buckham. .-Thomas . V. ' Crowell & Co..
New. York. - ,<
, : "The Campaign of Santiago da Cuba," .
three ; volumes, « by> Herbert \u25a0 H. s^ Sargent.
A, CMcClurg^& Co.; Chicago.
"Evolution . - and ; Animal ; Life," by
David Starr. Jordan « and ,Vernon ? Lyman
Kellogg. D.;Appleton ! &Co^ New York.
"Who Killed -Lady Poynder?" by .
Richard Marsh. D. Appletbn & Co,
New York. sS(PttAH4HHBPHMH
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