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The San Francisco Sunday Call
BOOK PAGE OF THE SUNDAY CALL
“Under the Roof of the Jungle”
By CharlM Utincston Btili; Published by
m L. C. Vagt A Co.,•Boston. *
I- determine in
wjfich particular capacity, whether
as artist or author. Charles Living
ston null is at his best. So fascinat
ing are his animal tales, rich with the
teeming life of tb* jungle, and yet so
Jv* nvv? re hi^ drawl nesof this same
throbbing life, so penetrating'his in
sight into the animal character as por
trayed on his canvases, that it would
I 9 well nigh impossible to distinguish
between the two, one way or another.
His last book. '"Under the Roof of the
.Turtle.' is simply dedicate.; to "Fannie
Elizabeth.*: and is the fruit of an In
sp.cation gained through the perusal
or a book of adventure written over 100
years ago bj»oa« Charles Waterton an
Englishman who had spent much of his
time in Guiana. So interested did Mr.
Hull -become in . the accounts therein
contained that he immediately made up
his mind to emulate in so far as pos
sible the example Bet by tile sturdy
old English squire. He says:
"I went to Demerara well equipped
with sketch books and cdlor box and
wandered through the Jungle, the
splendid, colorful, weird, living Jungle.
“Conrad in Quest of His Youth”
Mid Uttrlek. Puhllshwi t\r Mitchell
Kcunerlcy, New York. Price $1.20.
"Conrad in Quest of His Youth" Is
as delightful a story as one can find
in all the season's generous supply of
books., it is, Ilka taking a holiday to
read such a tale and a holiday the
reviewer Is not often offered. Leonard
Merrick has caught the spirit of true
romance and tells his tale with an
Ironic seriousness that is a keen -de
light to the reader. The subtitle of
the book, "An "Extravagance of Tem
perament," is a hint only for mere de
scription, and can not begin to suggest
■what is in store for one.
, Is a sentimen
■ rad has been tied to
ctrcumata
■ hero out in the colonies. H
• ams all his life, when sud
of ST. his aunt leaves
him her fortune and he is foot
nnd free to make his dreamt
TTts first step is into Paris, where. In
• ■ irted an artistic
h\it been unable to nnlsh.. The
■r is a thing of the
nrad wonders how he could
ield It in tuch romantic inter
thin—
ruifl the people
Tailure number one!
So home to England he . goes, and
tries }o gather about him some of Ills
childhood playmates. .He finds the old
house in Sweet bay, where he had spent
a happy'summer, varpnt, and atonce
rents It and invites his old playmates
flown on a visit. :*They are grown 'up
and' ■ married, but they have none of
the sentimental feeling about the place
which Conrad has. They have devel
oped into the .most commonplace peo
ple on jfarth and nothing arouses them.
The" ace, too. which by Conrad had
always been remembered as .a. near
garden of Eden, is slow, damp and un
comfortable, and. being.out of season,
furnishes no outside amusement, vi' ■
"The place looked less animated still
peet was no longer sedate; It was
nt High street
mour: At the
I
trouble
lld hood sweetheart ■Mary"
■
names makes some amusing in
search. This is the worst
failures, Mary Is perfectly Impo
She. t»o, has no sentimental feeling
for the lost youth: she has grown
coarse and bljj and wears i
B and Imitation pearls. She
of herself and rather patronize
rad:
i know. I
curious mixture. People tel
seem \p enjoy myself just as
talking, to a very clever man ar=
"Account Rendered"
By E. F. Benson. PnMI by bledajr,
Page &■ Co., Garden City, N. Y.
We have saljl It before and must say
it again, that E. F. Benson has inflicted
hlm*elf upop a long suffering public
for years solely upon the strength of
"Dodo." and one doubts very much if
' today would receive the same
enthusiastic attention !t did when it
first appeared.
"Account Rendered" is the apropos
and ordinary t^tle of the new novel this
author- •ffe/s us. It is' commonplace
In the extreme, telling the tale of Vio
let* Allenby, a sweet young thing who
Is a governess for the "imps" of Mr.
and Mrs. AVln^hrop. Of course, being so
angelic, Violet has been "put upon"
terribly, and' we are delighted when
she lnhQikits J10.000.000 from an uncle
In Chicago, who lias made It selling
pigs" bristles' 131
The usual change of front occurs In
the people of the neighborhood; the
Innocent and Ignorant heroine is In
volved in terrible trouble caused by
Schemers and adventuresses. The plot
is hopelessly ordinary and dull, and one
wonders at the interest of any one
In'it! The writing Is In good literary
style, but the manner at times is
stilted and unnatural and the plot
throughout is worthy only of the "dime
novelist." •
"Bar—2o Days"
By Clarence E. Miiltnrd. PublinhM by k. C.
McClurg & Co.. Cbleaco. -. Price $1.33.
Don't let it frighten you to hear that
a long,;fat book, "Bar—Twenty Days,"
by Clarence E. Mulford, lias not one
woman in it. Of course that means
that there is no love Interest, but you
*wlli never:miss it..and only when you
firrd yourself telling a friend some of
the stories will it suddenly dawn upon
you that the "fair sex" has been so
neglected. , The book is really one long
story made-up of many short ones
carrying the same characters along
with is and telling their adventures' in
a hundred different ways.
Hopalong Cassldy, whom we know so
well, is found'here again and we see
how he and Red Conners and "Kid"
Nelson lead a band of cowboys to clean
out- the Apaches ' who ■ have been at
their terrible depredations again.
This is all as it was 20 or 30 years
ago, and soon theee tales and others
of the name character will be al! we
have left of those exciting days. This
tost sympatheti
•■ Mayna; I now
:e lad
-
I sailed far up and down the great
rivers, stopping at different '.points to
make detailed studies of the truly
'amazing landscape'"and these strange
and remarkable creatures which* dwelt
therein. I watched silently by the hour
at the foot of a great cashow tree, the
fruit of which wns rip,<\ and have seen
the timid, wild things come stealthily
forth from their hiding places, attract
ed by the strong odor of the f:>
"I climbed v.p among the tar
lianas and vines and rootlets ir ;
vpry 'roof of the JUDgle,' I
liiphor to where I could look out, and
watched 'the sim sot over the Jungle,'
nnd the birds and bensts and reptiles
of the
wanderers came forth."
Throughout the text of the narrative
Is woven In Mr. Bull's Inimitable style
and mystery of the wild
the tropic splendors of the
uni Its impenetrable faselna-
Always the lure of the unknown
pushes on a bit ahead of the intruder.
breaks the trail and reveals the !%dden
tropics. Illustrating It
I lates and many mlno»
drawings from tL
brush of the author.
I'm romping through a barn dance.
And It's true, you know; that is me."
Then he attempted to find the One
Woman—"The woman we never forget."
It Is I difficult qfuest, but he is success
ful. He follows her to Ostend. She is
still married, still beautiful, and ConVad
almost believes his quest Is erkled. He
■en a lad of 17 and she a young
v.-ife bored. It was in Rouen, and he
ver ears in love and, beingr
his first affair. It was desperate. She
had plunged him into the depths of
■ by flirting with some other
men and the boy had lost all interest
!n life. His plans had been to leave
■ enter upon his art studies
> as crushed to think
treat him so cruelly ov,
last evening together. But she steals
into his room and kisses him goodby,
• author describes the adolescent
love scene with a delicacy truly fasci
nating. It is all this that has mads
Conrad want to find the lady, for that
Rouen has remained in his
y all through the years. When
!s her she, too, tries to live In the
with him, but it is hard work
both feel it. On the morrow they
part, and she promises to
"yen as she
had done 20 years ago. Conrad has
mkl evidently read a
dull book, for when she comes:
. "Rut Conrad slept. A respiration too
loud to be thought rapture and too faint
to be called a snore smote the lady's
Par.' Startled, she looked up; forked
lightning flashed at him from her in
dignant eyes. * • • Then a sense
of humor, how much it spares us, ho?r
far it goes in life! « . . She would
Anot have roused him-' for a coronet.
• • * "When Conrad woke >,!,'.* •
his coffee steamed,by his side • • «
and almost' before memory thudded; in
him -his-view- met the front page ot
'Le Marquis de Priola 1 pinned to the
. bed'curtain. He rolled toward it lag-
Frardty.' .On it war, written: 'Dreamer!
: • toodt.y. T "ia" no way back to
Roueh.' "
■ There is only, one way to find lost
youth and after many tribulations Con
rad finds tho way. "The Immortal truth
was clear to him, he had made his dis
covery— that a man is young as often as
he falls in love and that to her lover a
woman is what she makes him 'feel."
As often as he falls in love he is young,
and though the old 4ashes can "not be
rekindled to fire new fire can be built
upon them.
le telling of Ills success
is quite as delicate and gay in style as
the first half of the book, hut though it
Is difficult I ;uoting from this
charming story something must be left
for the res :
imendations
r s and Dr. Robertson
but it needs tin word from any
critic; its own merits will carry It
lere along the road to success.
"The Camera Fiend"
By E. W. Hornung. Published hr CbarlM
Kcribner Sons, New York. Price $1.25.
Melodrama with a capital "M" is what
"The Camera Fiend," by E.W. Hornung,
spells, and the reader who Is Inveigled
into buying this on the strength of the
author's "Raffles" and other clever stor
ies will decidedly resent his treatment.
The hero, little "Pocket" Upton. Is not
particularly popular at school, and his
mates call him a "conscientious ass."
He is also afflicted with asthma, and
this is the beginning of lota of trouble
for "Pocket.", He goes to London to see
a doctor, and through a combination of
circumstances is forced to sleep In Hyde
park. Now, poor "Pocket" happens also
to be a somnambulist, and In the morn-
Ing It Is broken to him gradually that
he'has ftred-a revolver in his sleep and
killed an Innocent stranger. This Is the
beginning of a story that, though quite
unconvincing, yet holds the reader, who
finishes his perusal with a certain scorn
ful Interest, Just to see,what ingenuity
the author must employ to get himself
out of all difficulties.. The great theme
of the story is too unreal to admit 1 of
serious consideration, and a'character
like the fearful"Doctor Baumgartn<:r,ls.
not even interesting, being too unnat
ural. "Pocket" is all right —ln fact, he
Ib the ; only character in tho book who
holds the interest. The work is not
worthy of its clever author.
''Women and Labor" Is the title a
forthcoming book by Olive Schreiner.
Since her "Story of an African Farm"
took: the .world by; storm' only; two f of,
her books!have appeared. But neither.
"Dreams" nor "Trooper Peter Halket"
has achieved the plane of "her .first
success. The author Is the -wife of a
well known South African politician
end is herself prominent in affairs
of the colony.' '■.'.
' The title ;of her forthcoming, book
suggests a discussion similar to that in
the ■ "African' Farm," >' rind for that' rea
son there is" much curiosity* concern
ing it. IPEPUPQiIBHHH
• ' .t * •
-The first number of the Irish Review,•
a' monthly .magazine of Irish literature,
art and science,' .was Issued in March,
.1311.. It alms at be^ng "for Ireland
what such perlodfcals"as the Quarterly
Review; the Edinburgh Review and Le
■Mercure ', de France have been -■ for:
neighboring countries."
b Tonson was a famous English
book seller and publisher. HBS-173
published for Dryden, and also for Ot
w;iy t
;üb.» The
has been used for
BOOKS REVIEWED
"The Camera Fiend," by E. W. Hornung.
"Account Rendered," by E. F. Benson.
"Bar —2o Days," by Clarence E. Mulford.
Some New Books for Your Vacation Reading
With vacation days fast approaching
the books for young people for sum
mer reading claim attention. The Loth
rop, Lee & Shepard company have sent
y«ut half a dozen for boys'and:girls as
an advance guard, and they are sure to
go like the proverbial hot cakes. The
first on the list Is entitled, ':What Hap
pened at Quasi," the; story of ; a Caro
lina cruise by George Cary Eggleston,
whoso name would sell the : story if it
had ■no other, merit. "Quasi" is the
name of a peninsula plantation on the
coast of South Carolina, Jestingly given
because the narrowness of the connect
,'ing neck of land gives the false ap
pearance of an island. And things
happened there—many "things. They
; not,only made most,exciting times for
four school chums who were camping
there after a glorious cruise. In 'a' dory,
but had a most Important bearing upon
the 1 fortunes of the family of the two
Carolina brothers', who had' as ! their
guests a boy front-New'England ,and
one from Virginia. Four fire, clean,
• capable, good fellows they are, who
i know how.to: meet .emergency; without
flinching. They; learn a great deal
from their '■ cruise and so 1. will the.
reader. . A feature of Mr. Eggleston's
books which adds greatly to their popu
larity is his ability ;lo '.much
, from Ills 7own remarkable >; store of
knowledge without lessening the - in
terest of his. book.
-:■■; In response .to many demands, the
; company ;; has republlshed . ; "Rocky
Fork," by Mary Hartwell Catherwood.
In a .much "Improved form. The de
mand ; for , this book arises from '■ the in
■ creasing, importance rightly attached to"
books that ■, faithfully and attractively
I picture the folk life of former genera
tiqns. The rural school of the middle west:
In the decade, preceding the civil war is
portrayed in" the happiest : possible way,
. withS the '; pleasures,^;ambitions, • tasks,'
■ dress and home life of its pupils.'There
are.exciting;scenes as well,as pathetic;
and liumurvus uues.'aml th« whole book
"Under the Roof of the Jungle" by Charles Livingston
Bull.
"Conrad in Quest of Youth," by Leonard Merrick.
has rightly been called one of singular
power and charm.
Edward Stratemeyer has completed
the seventh volume of his Dave Porter
series with the title "Dave Porter and
His Rivals," or "The Chums and Fo«l
of Oak Hall." Here we have another
tale of boarding school life with Dave
Porter as the central figure. From an
other school a number of new students
have come to Oak Hall, and they set to
work to belittle Dave and his friends,
and run things to suit themselves. But
■when the new football team suffers a
hitter defeat the school authorities
taka a hand, and Dave and his chums
are restored to their former positions
and help to win a rousinK victory. Then
Dave organizes an ice hockey team and,
after circumventing the pints of his
enemies, wins another notable Victory.
A dean story, full of vim and vigor,
and one that shows how a schoolboy
cm have a high sense of honor with
out being a prisr.
"Lost on the Trail" is the latest book
from the pen of "Pansy," who has writ
ton so many stories for girls. The
central character is a girl who, by rea
son of a chain of circumstances over
which she had no control, lived 10
years of her young life on an isolated
mountain top in the far west, under
the sole charge of a mother and son
who were fugitives from Justice. SUe
grew up as ignorant of life, of the
bible, of conscience, of God and judg
ment and eternity, ss was possible for
a human being. Then, at 16. a girl of
unusual possibilities in both physical
beauty and mental power, she struck
the trail of civilization, yet remained
for years as completely lost to the
most important verities as though she
were still in the mountains. The under
lying object of the book is to illustrate
the power of the truth to win its way
in the face of almost insurmountable
obstacle^
"Camp St. Dunstan" is a complete
story In 11self, although following the
fortunes of tlie "Feacless Four" and
their well liked friend and teacher,
who, as the "Crimson Ramblers," took
an Interesting trip, partly on foot,
from the school near the' Hudson river
to a favorite camping ground In
Maine. A typical summer camp for
boys, with all its Interesting routine,
in described in connection with the
story. Interesting new characters are
introduced, a mystery develops, and
every element of a good boys" story
is present. Warren U Eldred, the au
thor, is an authority on work with
boys, including many summers of
camping, and his characters arr; as in
teresting as his stories are clean and
wholesome.
All the little girls who have enjoyed
the "Brick House Books," by Nina
Rhoades. will be delighted to see
"Maisle's- Merry Christmas," the tenth
volume of the series. This tale opens
with the story of Maisie, a little girl
traveling In Europe with her family,
who finds herself in Nice at Christmas
tide and is at first discontented at be
ing away from home at this time, and
In a place where there is no sugges
tion of winter. A kindly Interest In
a little blind girl changes' ail this, and
In the wonderfully happy results which
follow Maisie finds greater happiness
for herself than she had known at any
other Christmas. Two equally Inter
esting stories follow, one of bright lit
tle American twin sisters in Florence,
and what came to them as well at
Christmas time, and one of a little
American boy and English girl in
Egypt, entitled "How Reggie Saw the
Sphinx," that is one of the best of.
the many good things Miss Rhoades
has written. She has made excellent
use of her recent years abroad.
These books are all well printed and
aitistically bound and illustrated by
such well known artists as Elizabeth
Withington, Arthur O. Scott, John Go&s,
Frank T. Merrill and H. C. Edwards.
All are recommended and the output
of this firm deserves much praise.
Brief Reviews of New Books
The Indian mutiny is the background
for the story of "Love Besieged," by
Charles S, Pearcc, but the author has
not taken advantage of his opportuni
ties. The siege of Iyucknow, one of
the greatest episodes of all history, Is
pictured with only half an apprecia
tion of the horror of the situation.
/Coven into the description is the tale
of the love and warfare of two women
for the heart of Captain Hawkes, one
of the brave defenders of the be
leaguered city. There are some blood
curdling pictures of the horrors told
with unnecessary melodramatic flour
ishes. The author's understanding of
the nature of the natives appears to be
good. (A. C. McClurg & Co., Chi
cago; $1.20. j
"Man's Tomorrow" is the title of a
book written fl«t by its author, Wil
liam W. KinsleyC 15 years ago and now
revised. The book, as Its title indi
cates, contains ideas on immortality,
and is in reality a sort of commentary
on all the books which hays been writ
ten with this same belief. Books on
occultism and supernatural appearances
which have been taken to indicate a
disembodied existence are discussed at
length, and the reader will find much to
interest him aside from the author's
own clearly expressed opinions. Well
written and concis*. (Sherman, French
& Co., Boston; $1.20.)
"Love Under Fire" is the latest tale
from the pen of Randall Parrish, but
while full of dash and adventur<! is
not particularly true to life. 3ack to
war times we are taken, and reallM
with every word how long it is, for the
author has made th« love theme more
important than the war both to the
hero and heroine, and though both are
supposed to be fighting heart and soul
for their respective sides, they stop ar.d
make .love at most unexpected times.
The heroine Is a spirited little rebel
and the hero Is a splendid northern
lieutenant, but they could have quar
reled and loved quite as well with any
ftther background. (A. C. McClurg A.
Co.. Chicago; $1.35.)
• • •
Harriet T. Comstock had her eyes
wide open for all the evil and deger-er
acy In the little Canadian villago she
visited, and has put it all into "Joyce
of the North Woods." The men are
without exception brutes, and treat
their women viciously. The interesting
characters are the outcasts of the world
who have drifted there for one reason
or another, and In time show some re
deeming traits. The heroine Is a brave
girl, hut she has a hard road to walk to
her happiness. She Is faithful and
loves well, and her story will rouse
much discussion. The book contains
many Inconsistencies of plot, but is well
written. (Doubleday, Page & Co., Gar
den city, K. y. 11.20.)
Fred Emerson Brooks has written a
little book full of "Buttered Toasts,"
with "every toast new and original—
none dry." They quite come up to the
cover toast, and will be found a wel
come addition to the many books al
ready published on the subject. There
are over 80 of these clever little toasts
In verse form, some serious, some senti
mental, some amusing and say and a
few frankly comic. They will be a
distinct help to the unoriginal speech
maker who want? something new every
time. Daintily bound and printed In
Gossip of BooKs and Their Writers
The hare recital of the events In the
life of Owen Kildare. the Bowery
"tough," who at 30 could not read, and
eight years later was able to support
himself by his pen, gives new point to
the saying that truth Is stranger than
fiction.
KJJdare, who died on Ward's Island
recently, was born In 1864 In a New
Tork tenement. A child of the streets,
he became a prizefighter and bar tend
er, occasionally finding prowess with
his fists a useful adjunct to saloon
management. One day he protected a
school teacher, Miss Rose Deerlng. from
being Insulted by a gang of Bowery
toughs. Miss Deerlng, the "Mamie
Rose" of Kildare's autobiographic book,
"My Mamie Rose." was Interested In
her champion. Under her direction he
began to learn to read and he took up
going to public lectures with her. Ho
abandoned his old haunts, got a place
as baggage agent, and in 1890 asked
his rescuer to marry him. She con
sented, but a week before the day set
for the wedding she died.
Kildare never was quite the same
msfa after this shock. For a time he
was perilously near resuming his old
life, but an experience fighting 1 in Ven
ezuela In company with a band of rev
olutionists straightened him,out, and
when he returned to New York he was
ready, although penniless, to start
afresh. He wrote his own love story
and sent it to a newspaper which had
offered a prlie for the best love story
submitted. His contribution was print
ed and he was launched on a career as
an author. It was at this time he met
Miss Leila Russell Bogartus, a news
paper writer, and their marriage soon
followed.
Klldare's work was In demand among
the magazines and four books by him
were published: "My Mamie Rose," 'The
Food of thß Wicked." "The Wisdom of
the Simple" and "My Clrt Bailiwick."
Of late years Klldare's life was sad
enough. He had a nervous breakdown
upon the failure of the play, "The
Regeneration." a dramatization of "My
Mamie Rose," which he had prepared
under great pressure. Financial re
verses came, an accident rendered him
quite incapablp, and his wife had to
apply to have him sent to an Insane
asylum. Subsequently the marriage
was annulled. Mrs. Kildare married
again, but ever had a watchful interest
In her first husbands welfare. Kildare,
at his best as a writer, gives vivid
portrayals of scenes -and characters fa
miliar to him. He bad a keen sense of
contrast and was earnest In his efforts
to show how certain kind of men might
be uplifted.
art of writing real "nonsense
ye se" is so rare that I am encouraged
to quote a poem by Mr. Sandys Wason
from the current number of The Tramp,
the open air magazine which is still the
monthly joy of the bookstall. It Is
called:
. A MISCELLANEOUS SONNET
Buns flirt not ■with the callow macaroon;; ' ■
And crumpet* inattentive to tea tolls
Are prudent with expansive caramels,"
Stays that reveal a diva in a swoon
Fit tight, not flappy:'trees too' ("orely blown
Shy at the mildent freak In cnrrlcleg,.-
Anil further |than the. flow'r the boxroota smells.
In fact the system—not to be Jejune—
ltaelf:no xv-iti-in ban, -no density. ■,--*"../.- -,-._•
\r> underwoods where ;(Kha»tlleiit compound!) •;■'
Sunbonncts urge the pant to trot around .- -:
Ice« or milk rolls with clubs or chivalry.
Nnthlesn a man of strict ebrletj- t; .
Could tie a shoe lace In that underground.
Mr. Sandys Wason, by the way, was
the author of the nonsense verse quoted
in Mr. Hugh d«s Sellncourfs book about
Oxford, beginning:
Many a mad magenta moment
Lights the lavender of life.>?,;•
Those who know the difficulty of be
ing deliberately absurd in verse will not
be surprised *to learn that Mr. San
dys Wason is a regular contributor of
serious poems to The Outlook and Sat
urday Review.
A feature of the new Encyclopedia
CONDUCTED BY
UNA H. H. COOL
two miors. ( Forbes & Co., Chicago. 60
cents..*
"Francis Scott Key" is the title of f a
small booklet by F. S. Key-Smith. Esq.,
■ who describes it in a foreword: "This "
volume is designed to give a better In-
Bight into the character and to make
known the many and varied talents and
achievements of Francis Scott Key, for
in composing his tribute to his coun
-1 try's, flag contained in the beautiful
lines of , the "Star Spangled Banner."
the, splendor with which '.he : crowned
his name has"shone so brightly that it
has extinguished the brilliancy of his
many other great" deeds »and signal
services, so that: little, it! any thing,; is
known of them. • •• * " The matter
Is of real interest,:but the style of the.
biographer is too flowery for everyday
reading. Key-Smith Co., Washington,
D. C.)
• • •
If you like travel stories you'll like
"Through Lands of Yesterday," by Dr.
C. H.Curran. The reader is taken
along as an intimate member of the
party. The chance acquaintance be
' tween the professor : and the widow, is
a delightful touch of mature years
struggling in the mesh of romance.
Jack and Virginia, two lively" young
characters, •' have : ■ repeated ■ "under
standings."' All this Is i Inciflent to a
delightful trip through Egypt and
southern Europe, with many side-trips•
to famous _ ruins. Those ,i who have
made this 'journey will be Interested,'
and those who are anticipating it will
"be " delighted. (Chappie publishing
company, Ltd.,-Boston; $1.50.)"
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A second scries of "The Humbler
Poets" is just issued, being a collection
of newspaper nnd periodical verse, pub
lished during the years from 1885 to
1910. It has been collected by Wallace
and Francs Rirp. whose goo)
in selection can not be too highly
praised. The first series was edn
Slason Thompson. It will be remem
bered, and included the years from 1874
to ISSS. Eleven editions of the earlier
book have been issued, and this one
Will have quite as large a demand, it
is impossible to tell the scope of !' 'a
work or to mention the names of L ..c
hundreds of contributions. There arc
over 500 poems, long and short, and
arranged under eighteen heads. It is «
book that once seen one feels must
have its pluoe in the library, and the
only improvement to be suggested is
an alphabetical index of authors'
names. The book is well printed ffn<l
simply bound and deserves a wld
sale. (A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago
$1.50.)
"The Practical Flower Garden." t>\"
Helena Rutherford Ely, Is like so many
other beautiful garden books published
in the east, of no use whatever i
one west of the Rockies unless ho
wants It for the very pretty illustra
tions. There is' a lot of information in
the book, but it ia hidden away among
the very "wordy" pages, making it ex
ceedingly difficult to extract. The last
portion of the book, "Shrubs, Vines.
Plants and Burns Which I Have Grown
Successfully," is by far the most In
teresting. It Is brief and definite, hut
even here the suggestions would, not
help Californlans much. The Illustra
tions' from photographs are beautifu',
(The Macmillan Co., New York. $2.00. l
Britannlca is the inclusion Of biogra
phies of living people. G. K. Ches
terton ami Miss Marie Corelll are amon>*
the authors who have been so honored.
Miss Marie Corelli gets 48 lines, which
conclude as follows: "When she went
to live at Stratford-on-Avon her per
sonality and her Importance in the llt
prary world became further allied with
the historic associations of the place:
and in the public life of women writers
her utterances had the reclame which is
emphasized by Journalistic publicity.
Such success Is not to be gauged by
purely literary standards; the popular
ity of Miss Corelli's novels Is a phe
nomenon not so much of literature as of
literary energy—entirely creditable to
the Journalistic resources of the writer,
and characteristic of contemporary
pleasure In readable fiction." Certainly
It Is no longer possible to complain that
the Encyclopedia Britannica is not "up
to date."
• • •
Readers of that storehouse of genial
philosophy, "The Comments of Bagshot,"
published by Constable In 1908. and now
In a third edition, will be glad to hear
that a new series has begun In the
Westminster Gazette, where the "Com
ments" originally appeared. Here are a
few maxims from the opening 1 paper of
the new series:
"The only harm an enemy can ever
do you la to make you betray your
self."
"Be very careful, when you marry,
not to let your husband be called un
selfish. It is always a reflection on a
wife when a husband Is called un
belfish."
"Early in life I had great. arabltlons.
Since I reached 50 I have begun to
hope that I shall get through without
scandal."
• • •
0/ Andrew Lang-, the late Oswald
Crawfurd wrote to the late Mrs. Moul
ton: "I know no man 'who does so many
things so very well—journalist, phllol
ogistj mythological researcher, and to
the wont In all these characters. To
almost any one but yourself I should
call him a poet also."
Paul Trent, author of "Th« Vow,"
is an English traveler. At one time he
settled In the Gold Coast colony of
South Africa, where he practiced law.
It was this part of his 1 life which g.ive
him the material for the part of his
novel treating of the Congo. Three
years ago he returned to England, and
he has been writing ever since.
Ready for Consolation
A MISSOURI local paper recounts th«
2\_ following conversation between a
minister of its tojvn and a man
whose wife was buried that day:
"My brother," sairi the preacher, "t
know that this is a great grief that has
overtaken you, and though you am
compelled to mourn the loss of this
one, who has been your companion and
partner In life, I will console you with
the assurance that there is another who
sympathizes with you and seeks to em
brace you in the arms of unfailing
love."
To this the Bereaved husband replied
by asking, as he gazed into the min
ister's face: *
"What's her name?"
FOOD VAIXE OF MTS
Nuts are very nutritious and if eaten
at proper times prove a good substitute
for. meat.
At this season, however, they are not
generally of good quality, and should
only be served salted, or In cooked
dishes. Olive oil. cream and butter are
all nourishing and should be indulged in
freely.
Macaroni, spaghetti and the various
noodles are not only healthful, but
easily digested by the weakest stomach.