The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-08

D. Appleton 4 Co have just issued "A Man
ual Of Guard Duty, q. q A.
Harper 4 BroA publish "6lavery and the Slave
Trade In Africa" BY Henry n. Stanley. illus
trated BY Frederic Remington.
D. Appleton 4 Co. publish "Appleton's Guide
Book to Alaska and the Northwest Coast" BY
Miss E. R Scidmore, which viii be uniform
with Appleton Canadian Guide Books"
The Home Book Company, 142 and ~ Worth
street. New York. publish "Reveries Of .
Bachelor" BY IL Marvel Donald G. MitchelD.
This 10 probably the trst cheap edition of the
famous old book, and 1t il printed from new
platsa Paper. 264 pages, Is cents.
The Philadelphia Ledger, now In it, fifty.
eighth year, has just changed the form OF its
makeup The pages are now not more than half
the size of the old blanket sheet, and irstclass
art department has been added to the papers
equipment II in it, old style the Ledger was
able to maintain its place at the head OF the
Philadelphia press, the Improvements must
give 1t great impetua
H L Hastings, q Cornhill, publishes "Peb-
bles From the Path of Pilgrim" by Harriet B.
Hastings being q collection Of short stories told
from memory, with the purpose of encouraging
struggling young Christians. In the preface
Mrs. Hastings says: II have gathered up few
OF the pebbles In my path, and, as the journeys
end seems drawing on, love to look over the
treasures which memory has stored up, and
show to my fellow-traveers some of the precious
things which have found in the way that the
Lord has led me-" Paper, $40 pages. 50 cents
The Price McGill Company, ST. Paul, publish
''Six-Cent Sam's," by Julian Hawthorne, a
group OF readable sketches. all having about
them more or less nystery-something the
author delights in. Six-Cent Sam, it may be
explained, was the proprietor OF resort in
New York city, where that sum was necessary
to obtain admission. Once inside, the visitor
was entitled to certain privileges seat at .
table. bread and butter, soup and coffee. In ad-
ditiOn he might command what his purse could
buy. 1t was from the queer people he met at
this queer place that the author obtained the
groundwork for his tales. The volume 10 ap-
propriarely illustrated by off.hand sketchea.
Cloth, S32 pages.
The Commonwealth Company, q Lafayette
Place. New York. publishes "Moses or Darwin
A School Problem for All Friends Of Truth and
Progress" by Arnold Dode, Phi. D., . series OF
lectures. The conclusion Prot Dodel draws from
the study of the theory of natural selection 10
that "Darwinism can influence mankind only to
elevate, physically and morally. Whoever
would understand II otherwise 10 mistaken"
and most persons who have studied Darwin will
agree with him. Darwin sought only truth,
and quoted the Bible - authority on ancient
history, and some eminent Darwinians are
Christians. The volume under confederation
gives . true summary of "ths Darwinian the
ory," and argues against The Mosaic story OF the
creation. Paper, 500 pages, 80 cents.
The admirers of Edgar Saltus, the erotic
novelist, will be glad to know that he has writ
ten Q new novel, 'Madsm Sapphire, q Fifth
Avenue Story" Mr.. SaItus some three years
ago was defendant in divorce suit brought by
his wife. who charged him with adultery with
young New York society woman and who won
her suit 1t is natural, therefore, that Mr..
Saltus should in his new book make the action
center around q divorce case, and that the
Divorce should marry again, g Mr.. Saltus did.
Following is q quotation from page %: ''Jonss,
q leg over the arm Of chair, . cigarette In his
fingers, was discanting the pleas
ures Of a trip abroad" From page 22s: "He
pulled at his cigarette" On page IS Mrs. Nevius
asks her husband for . cigarette The men in
the book stink Of cigarettes, and some OF the
women do, too. F. Tennyson Nicely, Chicago. il
the publisher. Paper, Isl pages. so centA