The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-27

THE RF<Arr1FrfTrs MISS BROOKE. BY
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II II an opea secret that 4 T." is Mr..
Lou Zangwlli q younger brother q fhat
brilliant Il somewhat errasle writer ard
critic. wno has 20 sorclbiy imprinted his
name upon fhe literature Of the day
judging ~ this latest volume, the
lustre - the name 81 Zanewtsi IS not
likely 10 BE- diminished ~ the achieve
nlaasg u SIR Louis Zangwin
Tfaa beautiful Miss Brooke IS an ana
Iytleal, fn O. ssecie tale which presents
with great skin and dizziness Of touch. a
PECULIAR complex and interesting type of
young wnnankood. which may De classea
e. the modern bachelor girl" Il II "a
sTpe which seems 70 haze almost sup
planted tho old fashioned innocent pink
ard white heroine, 81 Gear to the novel
readers Of fifteen or twenty years ago
The plot of the story is Of the slightest.
being but mere episode Ia the career Of
"a brilliant somewhat INSCRIPTIONS,
Thoroughly modern young woman, who -
introduced 20 the reader and the hero at
the same tine, amid the music and dane
ing. the furry. perfume Of no|eTs, ana
all tnat goes to make up the delights Of
q London small and early during the
height Of the season. But the story itself
FI1st be iaft 10 he uBfoided by the au-
th0rs cleyer pen. and ably does he f1.-
IN tie task ~ sa!IlfuIiy and forcioly are
the characters deiineated: so much strong
dramatic instinct IS revealed ln the incl
dents and situations. As Well - artistic
feeling Ia the descriptions. that the reader
must lay down the hook not only with
the conviction that THE Beautiful Miss
brooke Is ore Of the literary successes
OF the year. bat that its author is des-
tined tn attain even greater heights in
h.s chosen profession.
IN the latest number Of his series Of
Little Journeys To the Homes o. Famous
Women" putnam's} MIR Ebert Hubbard
writes OF Christina Rossettl and the old
Rossett house in Torrington square
where Christina died. "a well Of the
earlier home o. the Rose3tiS where
were horn the auartette Of children who
were destined 10 make the family name
illustEious. Gabriel Rossetu, the father.
Was an Italian poet who wrote patriotic
hymns. and wrote them Well that ne
was asked To sing them elsewhere than
in Italy" So ne accordingly departed to
England.
The story Of his life In London. subse
queat marriage, and birth Of the chill
dren Mr.. Hubbard tells most interest
ingly and incidentally in his pleasant
discursiye way writes OF London !odg
ing houses pictures poetry and scenery.
Running through all is the history Of the
Fad-hued life OF the gentle poetess. as
we'll as many facts regarding the career
OF hrr famous orother, the aftlst-I'oe''
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
W christina kossettis Writing. AIR.
Heehard says; christina mad the FACULTY
Of SelzlBg beautiful moments. exalt feel
ings. sublime emotions, and working them
up into lmpid song that comes echoing
to us as from across soft seas. In all Of
her lines there Is half sobbing under
tone, the sweet minor chord that is ever
present in the songs OF the choir inyis
ihie. whose music IS the gladness, as Well
as the sadness Of the world
Christian Rossetti Isl the fifth tn the
series Of these charming little sketches
OF Mr.. Hubbard's. and of 1t, We must
complain ak we have Of It's predecessors.
that the only fault is that they too
short.
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