The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-12
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her impressions of the journey; to explain how
| delightful excursion can be enjoyed without
| the slightest fatigue or discomfort, and at q
! trifing expense. 81 want them to know" she
| says, ''as know, that the ship ID q yacht, OF
which the captain is the host, the passengers his
guests, and the object OF the cruise the pursuit
| OF pleasure" The work was a labor of love in
| which the expense was not considered, as Ii Is
illustrated by exquisite engravings, which alone
| are worth far more than the cost of the book.
Not the least interesting feature OF the book ID
steel engraving OF the talented authoress.
JAPANESE GIRLS AND WOMEN. By Alice Mabel
Bacon. Boston and New York: Houghton,
Miffiin Il Co.
| Alice Mabel Bacon lived for some time in
Japan and had many favorable opportunities for
becoming acquainted with home life in that
fascinating country. The task IL very thor
oughly performed, and the result can not fail to
| increase interest in the women of nation gen.
| orally believed to be semi-barbaric They are
| seen TO be of strong character although Of
| cramped intellect and in many respects worthy
| OF universal esteem for their virtues and their
| self-sacrifcing devotion to home and family.
| The details OF domestic life are related with
| great literary skill, and although the work has
| none of the characteristics of a romance, it Ia
| replete with short stories of the romance of
| japanese life. A vein Of observant humor runs
| through the book and aids in retaining atten-
ton until the last page is reached.
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Catalogue and
announcements. philadelphia Printed for
the university, lS9091.
Under the direction Of William Pepper, ND,
| LID, the University of Pennsylvania il recog.
| nized as one of the most sound of higher educa.
| tional institutions in the country. Its cata.
| logue may not possess widespread interest, al
though it contains many notable names, but its
| history is a tribute TO the state. The academy
| from which 1t has grown was due to the efforts
| OF DR.. Franklin. 1t was inaugurated in 175l,
with foundation fund of $1,000, equivalent to
at least $4,000 of the present time, and in two
years it secured a charter from Thomas and
| Richard Penn, "true and absolute proprietors
| and governors in chief OF the province of Penn
| sylvania."
! The STORY OF Two LIVES. By Stuart Sterne
New York: Cassell Publishing Company. For
sale by Lowman & Hanford.
"The Story of Two Lives purports to be in
| the main an autobiography Of girl whofell In
| love with sculptor. He had been married
| in his youth to a woman whom he describes as
| coarse, illiterate and ill-tempered, by whom he
| had son, and he had another child. Neverthe-
less, he is great hero to Ruth, the heroine, and
the story may, by its simple narrative of girls
| first love experience, have its charm, but the
author will have to do better work before it can
| command praise.
The career of no other person in the present
| century has been more varied and more extra
| ordinary than that of Laurence Oliphant. He
| was by turns barrister, an adventurer, diplo-
mat, the private secretary to Lord Elgn, a brill
liant favorite OF society, religious deyotee, an
| ox-driver IN an obscure Western village, the
| Paris correspondent of the London Times, an
author, an operator in Wall street, cynic phil
osopher, the protector of gigantic colonization
scheme in Palestine, visionary religious teach
| er-but through all these phases of his life, he
| was man SO brilliant in intellect, and so ear
| nestly devoted to his convictions of duty, that
| even those who most deplored his idiosynera-
cies were obliged to admire his genius and in
| tegrity. There are many people in New York
and Washington who remember with pleasure
| his charming presence and captivating manners,
| and who, from personal acquaintance with him,
regard him as one of the most remarkable char
acters of our times. The memoir of his life by
his kinswoman and intimate friend, Mrs. Mar
| garet Oliphant, which has just been published
| in two handsome volumes by Harper & Brothers,
| is the most interesting biography written since
| Bosieelrs Johnson.
| One of the principal subjects of the current
| number of The Century, and timely one in
| view OF the current commencements is the edu-
cation OF women. There is an illustrated article
| entitled women at an English University" in
| which NEWMAN college is described, with pic
lures of the college and portraits of MissSClough
| and Miss Gladstone. The paper is by Eleanor
| Field, and one by Catherine Baldwin follows ON
| the "Health of Women Students" In
| the Open Letters "Female Education in Ger
many is discussed by Countess Won Krockow.
| The first paper in the number is one of Mrs.
| Burton Harrison's sketches OF old Virginia life
| This is very handsomely illustrated, and is en-
Titled Colonel William Byrd, of Westover, Va"
/ IA rprarO duo ions nf r1I 60,
stitute striking feature of the paper. Mr. and
| Mrs. Pennell have papers on "Play and Work in
| the Alps" The one on 'Play'' is written nv
| Mrs. Pennell, and that on work" nv her hus.
| band, both being picturesquely illustrated by
| him. In the series OF American pictures a full
page engraving by Closson is given of "sprinc.
| time" from painting by Ernest L Major Ed
ward Eggleston's Faith Doctor" is continued
in this number, and the second instaIlment Of
| stockton's squirrel Inn is numerously illus
| trated. In addition, new writer Florence
| Walters Snedekr, is brought out, with nsthetic
| story entitled, "The House with the Cross ~
! The story is illustrated by J. w. Alex
ander. Hamlin Garland has his frs.
| Century story in this number Its entitled IA
| Spring Romance" Mr. Garland will have A
number OF stories in the Cestur1 during the
| next year or two-sn in his peculiar 6eId al
Western life. Another short story is. "a Girl
| Without Sentiment" by Eugene Bradford Rip
| ley. None OF these three writer's n
| short stories have ever before contrihD,ad IN
the Ceatury. Another new writer makes his
appearance here with six brief sketche, entitled
| "Haroun the Caliph and Others" This writer,s
| name is given as Ferid el din Altar.
| The essay of most Importance is another of the
| PresentDay Papers contributed by the
| Sociological Group. Il IL written by Professor
Sloane, of Princeton, and is on the snh,act ~
| pensions and Socialism" In "Tonice IS .ba
J Time" another popular financial study il given.
/ entitled Modern Cheap Money Panacsss IS
There are also editorials on Judicial Control NJ
| Contested Election Cases" and ssIaw or Tvnch.
ing, the latter having TO do with the
| mob incidents of Cincinnati and New Orlesns
There is a very interesting Open Letter nv
Theodore Roosevelt, in which he eomnares the
force and loss of the combatsnts in the hs,,ia ~
Waterloo and Gettysburg.
The poems (outside OF the one On sbarusn,
are by Edith NJ. Thomas, the late Anna {, I.
Botta, Clinton Scotland, Laura z. Ricbsrds
Mary z. wilkins Bishop spalding az Peoris
Bow Hackley, Marion NJ. Miller. Kate pntnam
Osgood, c. II. Trqax and Douglas Sladeu
Captain Charles King, Z. s A., viii eont-ihpts
TO HarpeTs Young People for June . a stirring
story of adventure and Indian warfare entitled
Corporal Pops" Howard Pyle's entertaining
romance, men OF Iron" the interest of which
has been constantly increasing from week 10
week, begins TO approach climax, and is prob
ably near its conclusion. Few such charmins
stories OF the middle ages have been written