The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

F. J. Tierney & Co.. AIS Dearborn street,
Chicago. publish Nate Chesney's cong,
MARY Shane" words and music by r. ].
Tierney. Fifty cents.
The w. Il. Conkey Company, Chicago,
publish "Amy Leslie at the Fair" coll
lection of Worlds fair sketches that APP
peared in the Chicago Netcs during the
progress of the exposition. They are
written in the "female reporter" style
that has become familiar through the
work Of Nellie Bly, and her imitators.
Newspaper cuts from the Neps enliven the
text. 263 pages. Paper, . cents: cloth,
$3.50
Erastus WIman. the celebrated Cana
dian-Amerlcan and New York business
man, has written, and r. X. James, N
Victoria street, publishes Chances of Sue
cess: Episodes and Observations In the
Life of a Busy Man." q neat cloth
bound volume OF $50 pages. The author
declares that this period OF financial dis
aster is full of the deepest meaning, and
the occasion calls for an inquiry into
economic conditions with an earnestness
never before attempted by this people.
Mr.. Wtman believes. OF course. in honest
money and moderate protective tariff.
and does not take the most hopeful view
OF the Immediate future. 1t was Mr..
Wiman who turned the attention of the
New York Sun 10 the fact that the land of
the United States is now nearly all owned,
and that there will henceforth be no
chance for homesteaders. which fact was
elaborated so thoroughly by that paper
Mr.. Wiman believes that In fifteen years
the export of breadstuffs will have
ceased, so rapidly do our hungry
cities grow. He has evidently
studied Henry George closely, and
believes with him that the land question
lies at the bottom of all Others. All
sfs III q h. No. IA
iniscences gathered by Mr.. Wiman in his
long eequaintaLce with public men and
movements, so that il In exceedingly enter
tanning. The fact that the farmer is
scarcely able 10 sell his wheat at the bare
cost OF production while there never be-
fore we're so many hungry people in this
world shows that there must be speedy
reorganization of the business system.
The mechanic wants food and would
gladly exchange the product of his hands
for the fruit of the soil, an exchange that
would be satisfactory TO the farmer; yet
the exchange Is not made, and both the
workingman and the farmer are in want,
while the business OF production and ex-
change of merchandise Is paralyxed. The
silver and tariff questions are trivial mat
tiers alongside the food question, the land
question. and Mr.. Wiman looks deeply into
the subject. making no pleas for this or
that remedy. but pointing out the incon-
grnities of certain conditions that exist.
Raphael Tuck 4 Sons Company. the cell
ebrated fine art aud book publishers of
London. Paris and New York, have inau-
gurated a novel and highly instructive lit
erary prize competition in connection with
their illustrated Juvenile and gilt book
publications which have earned so promi-
ncnt position for themselves during
the past 1--WE years The COMPETE
ton, which IL for the writing
-
pictures is limited to children ranging
from 10 20 Is years of age, and is of q char
acter at once simple, pleasant and in
siructive. The house has Published, in
addition 90 hundreds of other ART books
and novelties for the coming holiday trade,
four beautiful books, handsomely Illus
trated in co or aud monotint the titles OF
which are: Told by the Sunbeams and
Me-" sunny Tales for Snowy Days"
"Ail but one. Told by the Flowers"
and Peeps Into Plcturesand." They are
each OF the most perfect and desirable
character in the way Of literary merit and
of artistic designing, besides portray
color printers art The novelty Of
the books consists in the fact thar the
las, fall page picture has no descriptive
matter accompanying IL. and that the sew
eral pages following il are blank, the first
bearing only the title. MY Prize Story.
In the front OF the luok - a coupon
on q perforated stub, together with
the rules of the competition. Each
bow or girl owning one of these
books is expected TO write bis or her
s.nrixe story" so that the colored plate
lett opsn for that purpose shall be a suit
able Illustration for the text. These
stories are TO be mailed TO Raphael Tuck
4 sons Co, New York. together with
the coupon from the book. and the stories
possessing the most merit will be
awarded the prizes. which aggregate 81, so.
and are divided as follows: First prize.
SO. for the best story written by the puT.
chaser Of Told by the Sanbesms and Ne. F"
and one hundred and two ether prizes, az
c-srating 500; 8 firSt prize Of $50 10
I've hest story written BY 3 purchaser
az ..Sunny Tales for SNOWY Days" ana
ninety ether prizes. agsTesatsng 500: 3
Er~t pslse OF S&a to the best story written
Nv purchaser Of "Ah bat one Told By
;bs FlaGegs" and e3gaty-fOur other prizes,
agxresAtsng $50; hrst prlEa o. $50 10 the
best story written by the purchaser Of
Poems into Pictarelahd. and eighty
s0ar other prizes, aeEregating $50;
The educational tendency Of such conn
pe,igion can scarcely bs oyegraSe1, bring
Ing. As il does. into healthy pay tie
natural abilities Of competitors, either IN
tie way 81 or Sinal compositions. appro-
vriAts selections and artistic coscrsng.
The books are sold fer s. SO. 81 and -
cents. respectively and ASIDE from the
competition. are worth The money.