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Show FRISCO'S CROP OP GENIUS. Second Only to New York In Vigor and Freshness of Its Literature. Now York Is of courso tho great American market for literary wares, ' " 'Jays K. 8. Martin In Applcton'a Magazine Thcro Is also a measuro of hospitality shown to wrltcm nnd their products In Iloston, Philadelphia, Chicago Chi-cago and Indianapolis. Dut San Francisco for thirty years past has beaton all four of theso sub- sldlary literary centers in tho fresh- ncss and vigor of its inspirations. H It has had an ocean of Its own to stimulato its Imagination, a now coun- try behind and nbout It nnd an nd- venturous and virllo population Uint has liked to llvo Its own llfo In its H own way and dream and livo its own romances. It has had monoy, too. It has sent B out Its envoys to vlow tho world (and I a good many of them havo Btayed away), and becauso it has been ono SB of tho world's great starting placea H and landing places It has vlowed ha-pr ha-pr bitually from Its own doorstep pretty jfi much ovcry kind of human crcaturo H that has boon worth looking at. jH Altogether, San Francisco has boon IB llie no other city of our republic. |