The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20
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lions and their grotesqse imagery. II ha.
a vocabulary and Historical appendix
which II Interesting ard valuable. the
binding Is attractive. and the volume IA
one THAI every one Interested Ga the
aboriginal dgeiierz In this fair land Of
ours should read.
MARIN LISA. By Kate Douglas wixs4n
Boston and New York. Hoagntors Me-
Price. 81
In Marin Lisa Kate Douglas Wig
gias mas added another 70 the ilst OF de-
uShual stories which this charming
writer has been giving 70 ths public for
the past eight or ten years. The story
tells Of = casle with clonded intellect
whose pathetic faithfalnsss and animal
like fidelity 70 two lrreprssslole, naughty
children eoahded 20 her charge comes 70
the notice Of band OF bright young wo-
men = 10 are devoiing themselves 20 free
kindergarten" work in a great city The
thoughtful aud patient effort for the res
cue of this poor caiid. and the means
whereby these kindly friends brought
something OF hope and light into this i'm
perfect life, and aer gradual awakening.
are very carefully and delicateiy worked
out. But the story Is neither somber nor
morbid nor 0vef-wTouxht. On the con-
trary 10 IL pervaded throughout by a fresh
and wholesome hguor. Nao can fan 70
enjoy tire witty Characterization OF Mrs.
Gruob. the universal propaganda who
had smDraced-or at any rate promul-
gsted-every ne. theory and lsn, from the
blue glass craze 10 nypaotisn. While tire
IrrspFesslble twins. with their oceanic
names. have an air Of gsnuinsEess which
impresses their personality upon t0e
reader.
Poor little Marin Llsa's thrilling act OF
h3F rel
thralIdofn Of darkness which had shad-
owend her life. - brought out with dram
attic power and feeling.
A charming love story also runs through
the book. told tn the yivsciOus and at
tractiye way Of which Mrs. Wiggsn Is suca
complete mistress.
THE LONG WALLS. An American Boys
Adventures In Greece. By Elbridge 3
London. G.. T. Putnam sons. Seattle.
Calvert Company Price. $50.
Tals is one q the most valuable, as well
as interesting. books published for boys
this season II IL the story OF an Ameri-
can boy > adventures Ia Greece-a story
OF digging and discovery OF temples and
treasures II Is written IN collaboration
by Eldridge :. Brooks. one Of the most
popular writer's OF Juvenile fiction. and
John Alden, who was a member OF the
American school Of Athens. 1t IL pro-
fusely illustrated with drawings whose
accuracy Is established BY the fact that
they we're drawn from photographs taken
By the architect of the American excavs-
tons at Argos. The book will be OF al
most equal interest to grown readers. for
II Is the first TO throw light on the life
and experiences of archae0logists in the
neld. The young heroes met with many
adventures during their explorations. and
the Interest Is sustained throughout the
narrative.
THE YOUNG voYAGEURS. or the Boy
Hunters ia the North. By Capt Mayns
Reid. New York and London; q. p
Pnfn2m's Sons. Seattle; Calvert Com
pany.
The Young voyaEturs' To- the third
book lssued by Putnam's Sons In their
Nlmr0d series. That IL is written BY Capt.
Mayne Reid places the hall mark upon
II AT once OF Interest and popularity. Al
though Mayue Reid has Hitherto seemed
70 belong 10 A generation that has passed.
the publishers have sought In presenting
thl. Nimrod edition 20 give the youth OF
today a few Of the best and most inter-
estlnx books Of adventure with which
Reid furnished their fathers amusement
In thelr boyhood days.
This is the book Ia which Mayne Reid
so happily illustrated the fauna OF the
temperate zone % this continent. and tho
boy who has no: read it has treat be-
fore him.