The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-06

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cess C)sra usually accepts these sacrifices
with zEl the bateur OF A princess. and
without any great amount Of gratitude
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and slf--at least 50 far as this book makes
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great that we should not az all object 70
soon receive another installrnent telling
Us how the princess az Granu Duchess OF
MittenheIm disported herself.
THE SEVEN SEAS By Rudyard Kip
ing New York. y. Appleton & Co Sc
atfie: Lowman a Hanford. sl1
Ru1vard Ktplsaz's volume of verse en-
.fsle4 The Seven Seas" which has just
been issued BY the Applstons. Is certainly
one OF the literary events of the year.
This book represents In q most admirable
manner not only the verse OF the
sailors and soldiers life. but also
the poetry OF adventure and of the sea
Mr.. Kipiing has also discovered a new
field which may be roughly termed the
romance of applied science. When Rud-
ward Kipling came before the world as the
poet OF the English army he introduced a
new strain into the metFical numbers OF
throughout the English-speaking world.
an impression which will be deepened by
his last volume THE Seven Seas. Ills
latest field finds an apt illustration IN
that strenuous and remarkable achieve
rnent '-AcAndrew's Hymn" here realism
and romance unite. To the old Scotch
engineer. an unconscious pantheist. each
part of his engine is not only alive. bat
also a personification OF the Supreme
Power. which he recognizes over ali. The
steamship engine. or the locomotive en-
CINE. or any other high expression OF mat
ter animated by mind. is theme for mod
ern poetry SO imposing, so suggestive, that
il seems only strange that poets have so
little utilized II before.
our own time has furnished no better
example of the poets stirring and quick
ening power than Mr. kipling's splendid
Interpretation of colonial patriotism in
THE Native Born The power OF the
sea is grandly set forth in the Flag OF
England THE Bolivar" and THE Cam
periown."
We feel the sonoroUs roll of THE Last
Chantry" and the tinkle OF the Song OF
the Banjo" The swing and rythm of
Kiplings verse pulses through us like
draught of strong wine. Under the power
OF his stirring lines a great wave or feel
ing sweeps over US. as irresistible as those
of the seas OF which he sings
The latter part OF the volume is given up
TO Barrack Room Ballads, with their de-
licious cockney versihcation. The charm
and power OF Rudyard kipling lies In the
fact that he treads in no beaten pathway.
he offers no veneered limitations, his ut
terances are vivid and spontaneous. what
he says Is alive, strong, original In this
new book the qualities which have always
distinguished him are shown in ripper
and fuller development than ever before.
inn an q
ing volume to the public have done their
part most thoroughly. the paper and
type are all that can be desired and the
binding Is a poem in itself.
sHAKEsPEARE'S HEROES ON THE
STAGE BY Charles K. l. WiBgate.
New York and Boston: 7. Y. CroweI a
Co s..
This Is a companion volume to the
same authors recent work, shake
speare's Heroines on the Stage" 1t takes
up a number of the more familiar dramas.
only seven I'm all, however and in light
sketchy manner. without attempt at Hit
erary effect traces their history before the
footlights. The plays covered are: 9th
eilo' King Lear" ''1'he Merchant Of
Venice" Hamlet" "Coriolanus." Mac
beth" and Richard III" They comprise
the Shakespearean characters in which
actors of the greatest tragic strength have
chosen 10 display their powers from the
day Of Burbage 10 the present. The dif-
ferent actors who have personated the
characters of these seven plays in former
and in recent times make a list of almost
poo many OF them the most prominent
actors of their time. The author has gone
to great pains In collecting rare portraits.
and with these the book is deliberately IL
lustrated many OF them being pictures
which il is difficult to find nowadays and
which add greatly 10 the value OF the
work The book is fun of piquant anec-
dote and out-of-the-way information. 1t
VIII be a help TO students of the stage.
especially those who Ike 10 have a
knowledge of the characteristics of actors.
with view 10 intelligent understanding
or those who undertake these great roles
at the present time.