The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-22

thick. curly Iaahes. The mouth Is small,
has determined. and the whole expression
OF the face In thai OF wit. good temper
ard sweetness.
"a. has been married twice and has sew
ersi children.
TaE FLOWER THAT GREW IN THE
SAND. BY Ella Hlgg1nson- Seattle:
The Calvert Company. 3i.25.
This liz a collection OF eleven stories from
the pen OF Mrs. Ella Hisginson, OF New
whsscous. and all bear directly upon life
and Incidents peculiar 10 the Pacsfic
Northwest
None OF the writers OF today who are
ma King use of the short story have
greater dslicaey OF touch aud a more per-
feet understanding of the sechniqus Of
tila ssoryieIieF than has Mrs. Higginson.
While comnarison with other authors
who have done similar work IL the first
thing thst suggests itself to the reviewer.
vet in this ease such !, comparison Is well
Wight impossible. rs Mrs. Higginson
work II. ia a great measure. sui genefis.
Only three or four of the many who
have attempted the short story suggest
themselves. Hamiin Garland has drawn
wonderful pictures of the prasries OF the
middle Northwest. but his work In lack
ing In the flne art OF which Mrs. Higgin-
son ~ so much master, Mary wilkins.
Charles Egberi craddock aud Joaquin
Miller have all been instanced among
those whose lines OF work have been sim
iar yet ia each is lacking "a something
Of gsntieness which one finds In these
stories.
Mrs. Higglnsons humor Is 80 fine and
CHEEKY. SO free from the least approach
80 coarseness. while the pathetic evolves
itself as IL were from her situations. alb
solutely without apparent effort on her
part.
Read 'ln the Bitter Root Mountains
and note the mastery statement of the
ease. pro and con, and ask yourself what
You would have done IN like circum-
stance.
". do not wonder at Mrs HigEinson's
standing In the East. nor at the ready
acceptance any of her work finds with the
most discriminating publishers Our only
wonder IL that the people OF Washington
and Oregon should have been so long In
acknowledging the pre-eminent merit OF
her work. We will venture 10 predict that
In very short time no other person In
our state viii he frequently named.
and to no other will local pride so fire.
auentiY point.
II has always been claimed by Eagiish
publishers and acknowledged by those Of
America. thar IA. chief reason for the
superiority of their press work was due
10 climatic conditions. that inks flow
IN England than America. Here OF Puget
Sound we have almost absolutely the
same conditions "a In England, That their
claim can no longer be made good is
shown by the absolutely clear and fault
less press work Ia this volume. which IL
credit TO the local firm that has brought
cut the book.
POEMS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Ed
ted ~ Charlotte Potter and Helen A.
CLARK. s. New York: T. Y. croweli
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rhesc poems are selected from four
great sources-sahtecgs derived from MIS-
tory. from personal experience and hiog-
faphs, from true incidents. popular ie-
EHadS. TIE classics. and from his own fer
tile imagination" The editors OF Poet
Lore. knowing by wide experience the ex-
AT amount OF disieulty which readers in
general gna in aissnsanslsng the meaning
~ browning. especially tn hts dramatic
U3enosoxasS. have with great skill formt-
lated series OF explanatory notes admir-
aids adapted - cover these puxzi.ng aaeS-
lions which arse. The text has been
scraRaiously compared with the authors
ewa revised readings 81 1855. and may he
relied uFson "a fae best. n fact the only
EDITION 81 The selections in which the nu-
uaeFoss changes made by the poet have
besa embodied
\ HISTORY or FRANCE. By Visitor
pUruy. 81 tee french Academy
AhssaSe3 and translated from the Seven
teeasn FrsneE Eai,ion. by Mrs. VI
Carey. Nth an sntrosuctory notice and
continuation 20 ere year fSsS. by
Franklin Jameson. Ph. T.. Two vols. IL
nc. S. New York; 7. Y Crowel 4
90.
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neil University. and formerly minister 20
Germany ard Russia aeclarpsi f1,,retvs~
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