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

charming and farile writer. Edwin Lord
Weeks In this article Mr.. Weeks takes
his req +ers out OF the beaten paths or
Erropean travel into the comparatively
unknown province of the DauPhine- The
account is beautifully illustrated In this
number Frank r. stockton begins his
new serial Of The Great stone Of Sar-
dis Pealtney BigeIow contributes his
eighth Paper on White Mans Africa
Th.. subject this month is The Dutch
Feeling Towards England" THE Mar
tian" is drawing 20 close: the July
number will see the conclusion of the
last work that We shall ever have from
the pen Of the lamented Du Maurier.
The Celebrities Of the House OF Com
mons" by T T. O'Connor illustrated by
Paul Renouarf. is most interesting. and
contains protraits of its present leaders,
as well as estimates of their Character
isfIcs and influence. DR.. Henry Smith
Williams gives another of his valuable
contributions under the title az Meteor
illogical Progress Of the Century" fully
illustrated from drawings. photographs
and engravings. George Hihbard, Owen
Wister and Ernest Ingersol contribute
clever short stories. and JOHN kendrick
Bangs has another laughable farce, The
Golfacs.''
zine appears II Undergraduate Life At
Princeton--Old and New by James W.
Alexander. a Princeton graduate OF wide
acquaintance. and he has drawn upon the
memories OF graduates tprinted and
spoken from colonial days to the present.
The article has illustrations of many of
the scenes and faces that go 10 make up
that composite and intangible thing that
Princeton men worship under the endear-
ing name OF Old Nassau. An article on
Yale in a similar vein Will appear in the
July number. Ono of the magazines
greatest successes I'm fiction. Richard
Harding Davis Soldiers of Fortune is
concluded this month. c. d. Gibson's
glimpses of London Salons give an idea
of what London is az the height OF the
season. In one of the pictures-"Distn-
guished Guests'-Du Maurier and An
thony Hope are easily recognized The
fiction frontispiece of this number is
scene from 1.-THE Three Musketeers. It
is by the celebrated artist. Vierge. who is
seldom seen as an illustrator in American
magazines. Florian engrayes Ii. Mont
gomery Schuyler writes Of THE New e.
hrary Of Congress" as seen by an expert
In art and architecture. Peixotto has made
a strikingiy beautiful series of drawings
for the article.
Sports Afied is the title OF maya
zine which should from its excellence and
the wide variety OF treatment of a fasci-
mating subject TO all lovers of outdoor
sports and nature, receive a hearty well
come and support from the sportsmen OF
Washington. Its contents cover a wide
field. among them for June are articles on
'Feathered Game-the Grouse OF the Open
Country" The Outlook for Trout in the
Rocky Mountains" IAN Adirondack
Deer Hunt" "A Washington Duck Hunt"
and many other contributions of interest
Its departments are unusually full, few
of the subjects treated are Natural His
tory Fish and Fishing Photo
graphy" ''ln the Field" Our Friend. the
Dog Rifle and Trap" and Cycling"
The ma gazine is published by Sports
Afield Publishing Company, 35s Dearborn
street, Chicago. Ill.
Prof S. p. Langleys article on THE
Flying Machine" leads in the June Me
Clure. the frontispiece is an illustration
of the "Aerodome'' in flight The Ben;Z-
on (Madaue Blanc gives a compre-
hensive and interesting paper on The
Reveu dos Deux Mondes." telling OF the
difficulties under which 1t was founded
and developed by Buloz. eff its noted
contributors. its character and influence.
In view of the recent visit of the present
editor to the United States the article
is most timely. The contribution is pre-
coded by portraits of Francois BuloZ. its
founder and Frederic Brunetiere, its
present editor.
Mr. Robert Biums figure OF girl lean
ing against a rose EMPOWERED trellis dec
CRATES the cover of the Ladies Home
Journal for June The picture is charm
ing in its grace and the color scheme is
very pleasing In the same number. Mr..
Charles Dana Gibson presents his MIR.
and Mrs Micawber with David Copper
field and Traddles." 1t is decidedly the best
OF his series of Dickens character
sketches What Victoria Has Seen by
William Ct. Jordan, imparts a jubilee tone
TO the number.
The Strand Magazine for June has the
first installment of a new serial novel by
A. Conan DOYLE. entitled The Tragedy of
the korosko." The KoroSko was STERN
wheel steamer. which started from the
first cataract with the intention of travel
ing through the 200 miles of Nubian Nile
which lie between the first and second
cataracts It had been chartered by
merry party OF English. American and
| French people and their adventures form
| the motive for a bright entertaining story.
with an Egyptian atmosphere and en-
| vironment.
| The Great Round World. although hut
! a small ma gazine, fills an important place
/ i'm the world OF information. containing
as liz always does so comprehensive and
complete summary of passing events. 1t
| Is published by William r. Harrison, at
| Nos 3 and West Eighteenth street, New
| York city.
| Sheliey's italian villa. Casa Magni and
| its ncighborhood. with its beautiful Illus
! ;rations. appears in the New Illustrated
| MAGAZINE for June. Another notable con-
| trihution Is .'Our Great Naval Hero" pie
! lures from Ale life of Nelson, by Clark
| Russell
/ In the June Century the Hon. Thomas
| Rayard contributes an article on
| Queen Victoria, apropos Of the coming
| Jubilee celebration. and Florence Hayward
| Queen Xictorias Coronation Bail"