The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-02


The general reader who is pressed for time
viii find in the January Current literature 3
comprehensive, accurate ana entertaining rec
cord OF the month. The death OF Jay Gould, the
French political disturbance Dr.. Briggs trial,
the silver conference, national quarantne and
hswaIian annexation are among the current
subjects discussed.
There ara many handsome illustrations in the
current number OF Harper's Weekly. The 'front.'
rage picture is a Characteristic drawing By A. p.
FROST Frederic Remington has a double-pags
picture of army lie on the Western border
Roasting the Christmas Beef in a
Cavalry Camp" beautiful illustration
OF "A Deer Hunt in Louisiana" il
By W. T. Smed!ey. Among the illustrated
articles are ''The Worlds Fair Navy Exhibit.
THE Sultan OF Johore and His Country" "The
Fencing MASTER" "Ths Gould Family" "Va-
lencia in Chicago" by Barnett Phillips, etc.
The fiction includes stories by Rhodes Mac
knight and Tudor jerks and an amusing farce
by Flare! Scott Mines.
Walter Besant contributes a short story, "The
Equal Woman" to this weeks number of Har-
psrs Ba-1- There is also a charming story By
Harriet Prescott Spoford, entitled, "A Merry
Christmas" William Blacks powerful serial
story, "Wolfen berg" is concluded. Besides
these attractions there are numerous short arti
clss On timely and interesting subjects, papers
on domestic economy and the fashions-sli
handsomely illustrated. The front-page picture
Is OF a calling Costume from Worth"
The early history Of Illinois, when under the
French rule, forms the background against
which Mrs. Catherwood sets the characters OF
her new serial story, "0ld Kaskaskia," and II
so quickly develops IN romantic interest that
the nrst par; leaves the reader eager for the ex-
plantations which the next chapters must bring
striking more modern note than the Lady OF
Fort st. John," we are inclined to believe this
Is the best piece OF work TO which Mrs. Gather
WOOD has yet put her hand. Scarcely less in
teresting or romantic than fiction is Mr. Francis
farknans able paper on 1.-THE Feudal Chiefs of
Acadia" the first OF series which the historian
Is TO contribute to the magazine during 1895.
written with all Mr.. Parkman's lucidity and
simplicity, it puts in a compact form the facts
IN regard 10 these "ieudsl" chiefs-who they
were, what they did and what were their con-
hictng Claims over the Acadisn territory. Kate
douglas Virgins first paper on "Pene!ope's
English Experiences" gives amusing sketches
OF the various vicissi,udes OF an American
going into English society. II is lightly writ
ten. but with humor and spirit Isabel T. Hap
good, whose papers on 'rolstoy" will be re-
memoered by readers OF the Atlantic. contr butes
an amusing article on the Russian Kumys
Cure" and Mr.. Frank Bolles has one OF his
papers on nature, called "In a Wintry Wilder
mesa"
The piquant title of Mark Twain's new sketch
Note Is borne out by the not less piGuaut mo-
tive OF the story. which is a wager between two
Londoners that man with nothing but
fi,0o0,000 bank-note could not live thirty days
and keep out OF jail The story records the
unique adventures of the man who tried the
experiment. Other stories are the third of Miss
Grace Kings Louisiana Balcony Stores," en-
titled ala Grarde DemoiselIe," in which the
author sets forth an interesting type Of New Or
leans society, and q story of official life In
Washington, entitled "The Reward OF the Tn.
righteous" by George Grantham Balm, attract
lively illustrated by WenzelL Add to these the
second part OF Mr.. Balestier's Western novel,
Benefits Forgot the third part of Mrs. Burton
Harrison's New York society story, "5weet Bells
Out Tune" and 1t will be seen that the fiction
OF this number has much variety of scene and
style In subjects OF public interest are Washing.
ton G!edden's sketch of the "Cosmopolis City
Club" the first part showing why and how the
club was organized; further passages from the
cores ondence of Gen. and Senator Sherman
dealing in uutechnical way with the gloomy
years of the war; and a group of contributions
relating to "The Kindergarten Movement"
namely, an essay with that title by Talcott WILL
Jams, OF the Philadelphia Press; letters by WELL
known educators, Commissioner W. I. Harris
and Miss Angelina Brooks; a contribution from
q teacher in a New York free kindergarten; an
editorial. 1.-The kindergarten Not Fad," and a
poem by Richard Watson Glider, "The Child
Garden" The recent spread OF the kindergarten
as an auxiliary to the public schools gives ad-
ditional interest to this group OF paperA