Show I S IN I THE TE FOOTPRINTS OF THE PADRES Charles harles Warren Stoddard that gentle gentleman gentleman gente man of letters letter has written a I book which for several ex elen treasons should be bought and read by all al good Christians Christas It I Is titled In the Footprints of the Padres Padres Padres Pa Pa- dres and Is all al that tho the choice coice name Implies implies l that and more Few writers In these stirring times time can be b reminiscent without provoking a a yawn or challenging the tolerance of the reader Mr Stoddard Stoddard Stoddart dard dart Is one of the few Ills His Ils book is a a most interesting Journey over the past and and a brief review of present conditions It I In delightful vein and with refreshing sincerity Mr Stoddard rd has c combined the truthful with wih the poet poetical l. l He Ic paints true pictures of California as a she sho was and Is He does it with very verv ver ap apparent ap- ap ap parent tenderness for tor his theme There axe are hits bits of ot description throughout the volume e as fine as a anything Mr Stoddard and that is admitting has hai ever written written and nd much It Is gratifying to state that the I publisher of this California book bool Is a a. a Californian Cal- Cal A A. M Robertson that it Is well wel printed well bound welt well wel Illustrated at ata ata ata a price of wel Jl P E E. S. S contributes a pictorially lp and the cover cove by Miss Iss C C. L L. McQuaId lY Is a a. I bit of artistic work in harmony harmony harmony har har- mony with the contents a mission maJestIc majestic ma ma- jestic San wih Carlos Caries de Carmelo Camelo and ad padres silhouetted boldly against a poppy-golden poppy horizon Mr Mn Stoddard writes thus thu of Monterey The Tho gaunt trees hung with wih fu funereal funereal funereal fu- fu real ne-real mosses they had huge elbows and shoulders moC and long thin arms ars with wih skeleton skeleton skeleton ton fingers at tie the tlE ends of them that bore knots that the t looked like heads head and faces aces such as a Dora Doro portraYed Dora portrayed in his fantastic fatto Illustrations Te They Thea were like giants gants transformed trans tran- tran formed they formed they are still sUl no doubt for fot the tide of fashion Is not likely to prevail preval against them They stand stad upon the verge of or the sea sea where the they the have stood for ages defying tho the Clements elements The shadows that gather under their locked branches are like caverns cavers cay cay- ems erns ers and dungeons and ad lairs lair The Tle fox steals tealy awa away as you grope gope among the roots that writhe out of the earth and strike Into It i again like pythons In a a. rage red Blood-red sunsets flood food this haunted wood there is a sound a as a of a a drawn deep-drawn sigh passing pasing through it i at intervals The moonlight fills It i with wih mystery So have I seen it i so would I 1 see se It agan again |