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January 22, 1908.
Better Be Careful.
The Hon. Grover Cleveland seems to have degenerated into a pessimist and a croaker. If Mr. Cleveland is not careful he will become tiresome. --Kansas City Journal.
TENNYSON TO THE QUEEN
In the dedication of the "Idylis of the King" to the memory of the Prince Consort, Tennyson, in 1862, expressed his sympathy for the Queen and her people in these verses:
Break not, O woman's heart, but still endure Break not, for thou art Royal, but endure, Remembering all the beauty of that star Which shone so close beside Thee that ye made One light together, but has past and leaves The crown a lonely splendor.
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A WINTER IN CALIFORNIA. By. Mary H. Wills.
12mo, 90 cents; by mail, 99 cents.
Tells of the writer's sojourn on the Pacific coast and gives many valuable hints to people intending to journey thither. Unlike many books of travel, it abounds in bright incidents and happy descriptions of people and places. An interesting sketch is given of "John Brown's" sons and their peculiar domestic relations. The different characteristics of the queer people with whom Mrs. Wills comes in contact are touched upon with great humor and faithfulness to nature, and the personal appearance of men and women is quaintly described. The authoress also gives an account of the life of H. H. (Helen Hunt Jackson), who lived for so long a time in Santa Barbara, and a delightful description of the old Spanish mission church there. Many useful hints are given as to the cost of living in this far-away clime and about the Chinese, who are almost the only servants there. The Yosemite Valley and Salt Lake City are also visited by Mrs. Wills and her account of the natural curiosity and the unnatural wonder are very cleverly written. The book is bound daintily and is easy to hold, and reading "A Winter in California" is a pleasure to both mind and body.
Philadelphia Press.