The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-05
NEW BOOKS.

4.
Everyday Occupations. By II. Warren Cliff
ford, 8. ID. Boston: Boston School supply
Company.
This series Of Readers is significant OF the pro-
found change which school methods and theo-
ries have undergone within the past decade.
NO grammar school can afford to be without
these books. The author has entered on an at
tractive field, and he instructs his young read
ers without firing them. In presenting his
facts he has constantly borne in mind tina.
primal truth OF psychology, that to make facts
OF educational value, they must be associated
and be available as standards Of measurement
ana comparison. 1t is an item of no small
value to the users OF these Readers that they
are fully up to date in regard to the subjects of
the various lessons. The publishers have done
tneir part well. Type, paper and binding are
all that could be asked, and the beautiful cuts
really illustrate the text, and are not put in to
PAD out the book. As the Information so much
needed In this practical age IL brought to the
young learners notice in the most attractive
manner, We predict for these reading books an
immediate and extensive sale.
PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES OF THrRrY-FIvR
YEARS OF JoURNALIsN By Franc B. Wilkie,
Chicago: F. j. Schultz b Co. For sale by
Iowman Il Hanford,
The "reminiscences of man who had such OBJ
portunities as were afforded BY thirty five years
OF service as newspaper reporter and cores
pondent should be full of interest. These
may be to those who knew the
people mentioned in Mr.. Wilkes book,
nearly all OF whom are Chicago men.
HIS chief anecdotes are of Wilbur Storey, of the
Chicago Times, and if Storey were of any conse-
quence, or If his life taught any useful lesson
tney might possess some value. The style of
the writer is vicacious as that of good reporter
but the book is fun of petty jealousies and
petty egotism. It's chief merit Is its ingenious
truthfulness as the writer saw truth. No news
paper man who honors his profession can hope
that the book will attain a wide circulation.
The MADONNA OF Pass CHRISTIAN; A TALE or
THE RESURRECTION. By George +. Ormsby
Chicago: Donohue Henneberry & Co.
The title does not fully express the weird,
WILD license of imagination which characterizes
this story OF phase OF life which may be per-
haPs seen nowhere but in the countries border.
lng on the Mexican gulf. Il is full of life and
tbs snperstitions of the half-Spanish and half
French population OF the extreme southeastern
states. Many OF the characters are cleverly
drawn, and the author has an unusual skill in
raising the hair by his descriptions of fanci-
ful and horrifying visions. Many will enjoy 1t
for It's daring flights while others will be
amused by its fantasies.
FoNTENAY THE swoRpsMAN, MILITARY
NoyEL. By Fortune du Boisgobey. Chicago
Rand, McNally & Co. For sale by w. FL.
umpHrey q 20.
Those who like to take their novel reading in
good strong doses, with powerfully worked-up
situations and thrilling incidents, will rejoice
In the career of "Fontenay the Swordsman."
The scene is laid mainly in Spain, and Is full Of
the romanticism of the climate and the race. Il
will be popular book
WHATS BRED IN THE BONE. By Grant Allen.
Boston: Benjamin K. Tucker.
For ingenuity of plot and skill in weaving In
the lines OF the characters, whats Bred in the
Bone seems entitled to the 5000 prize which
was awarded it by London publication. 1t is
drama in which every chapter presents q new
situation. 1t is unexceptionable in tone, and
the improbability Of some of the more extreme
resources from which the romance is drawn IL
lost sight OF In the interest OF the whole.
sYBIL BEoTHERToN; THE TEST or FAITH. BY
Mrs. Emma d. Z. n. southworth, Philadelphia:
7. B. Peterson d Bros.
Miss Sybil Brotherton, with the face OF an
angel and the form of Venus, is the heroine Of
novel which takes up the test of faith and
raises the question whether divorce il sanction
ed 1t is in Miss southworth's best style which
is sufficient to say IN praise of it.