The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-14

SrsHE Incompatible charm Of Rudyard
i Efpgarxs new book Captains Cour-
agesus. IL the passion Of the sea
which De has infused Into H. Win
bis fine ensbussasm he makes one feel for
a long time after the book Ii laid down the
sais breath tagging In bis pulses. and hear
tie rush and uninterrupted sweep OF the
sr@a. waves an they bear down on the little
schooner and go rolling past
This romance OF the Grand Banks or
Newfoundland Is concerned almost
wholly with the adventures OF the
crew Of the cod-ashing schoone-
We're Here, OF Gloucester. but an
added interest Is given the vivid
description OF life en- q cod-tishing boat ~
the introduction CT a spoiled young man,
the con 81 great railroad msgnate, wno,
falling from an Atlantic liner. Is picked up
b, enc OF tks crew of the schooner. Hsr-
vey Cheyne IS splendid type OF the IN
whipped American young cub who has been
neglected by his father and spoiled by his
mother. He remains on the schooner four
snenshs--loug enough 10 lose the sense OK
his OWN Importance and gain great deal
OF knowledge OF the life OF men accus-
toned TO struggle necessarily with storm
and fog for a livelihood
Dan. the captains son, swears Harvey in
boy fashlon. and f. assured OF the truth
of the strangers story OF his father
great wal h. bu. begs him 20 keep the
secret - a great joke On his father. who Is
never "mIstook Ia his Judgments" when he
knows he has knocked the son OF multi
millionaire into the scurpers because be
REUSED to work for 5000 month and
fund.
Nothing is more remarkable about the
book than he ability Kipllng shows In
interesting one in all the small details Of
cod fishing. and the incidents that happen
In that hard life, smothered in fog, and In
hourly danger OF being run down by the
great ocean liners. Every reader Is made
to share his vivid delight in the skill and
daring Of the, fishermen.
But the great chapter OF the book Is given
TO the West. that already celebrated dash
across the country from Los Angeles TO
Chicago Of the millionaire 20 meet his son.
With wonderful FIRE and force is told the
story of crossing the Great Divide and
sweeping over the prairiez from west 10
east. With few swift. sure touches this
massorful writer has in one chapter painted
the mechanical tr.umphs OF this century
and the he~ildersng immensely of this
young land. The time the author allows
from San Diego 10 Chicago is 5T;;A and the
whole trip ''from tidewater TO tidewater'
was made I'm three days. fifteen hours and
one-half. The account OF this trip is 4
masterpiece, and none the less interesting
that Mr. kipling gained his facts from the
real Journey OF Boston millionaire TO
reach the bedside of his dying father
:.
"c0RLEoNE." A Tale OF Sicily. BY r.
Marion Crawford. The Macmillan Co.
No novelist living has a more skiilful
touch than Mr.. Crawford In the telling OF
a story. ffe always succeeds IN holding the
attention of the reader whether he is
pleased with the substance OF the hook or
net. Mr.. Crawford has been most success
tni when he confined himself In his stories
is italy. True. In mir. Isaaes" he won a
decided success with Indian material, but
ia his last book, "a Rose OF Yesterday"
itis theme was squalidly unroman,ic and
his old charm quite deserted him. In
"C'orleone' he has gone back TO his earlier
scenes, and the result IS a romantic tale
~ Sicily rivaiing In interest his 'Saracin-
esea" aud Don Orsiuo.' In fact "Corieone
> sequence to those delightful nara
Ives Don orsinc. the eldest son OF Clio
NaHni. reappsariag non. the worse for those
prosa.e adventures through which he
PASSED In Don Orsino." and II there has
been much regret caused by his Ineoncla-
slve relations 10 the lady vino married Del
fes!ee. II Is now swallowed up in the salts
taetlsa o. seeing him At the aide OF the one
WOMAN obviously destined by heaven 20 he
his fate. ''Corieone' is not exclusively en-
esged. however, with the dcnrs OF Don
orsino. On the contrary. he mRrrics the
heroine without really being the hero. His
brother. Ipaolito. really fills tina: role.
while Tebslso. the Villain. Ii noge ignpor-
tant than either a: them. Tae .Eres pag-
l0eis btetheTs are typical SicIi.2ns~ons has
almost feeling Of personal contact wltt,
the actual race from which they sprung
Around The brothers are grpupea nu7ne er
Of TIE common people OF Sicl,y~iunkeep-
era. vettafini sarmet$. sarviRg women
sasahonds. with the picturesque hrigands
of tue hills as a background. Through this
whole company rlns the red thread OF the
malta. ''Corieone" IA really study OF THAI
Institution. The heroine. victoria. thus
oomrrehensively tells What it is: "1ae ;aa.
tn Is rot band" sire says nor anything
NJ the sort. X IS tie resistance which :hs
whole sieiIIsa people opposes TO all kinds
of government and authority. II Is haw
shall say A sentiment. a feeling. a sort
81 Mild love az our country. mat Is a secfs,
and VIII 30 anything. with It's everybody
knows what II Is. and evil GENES TO every
enc who opposes tt-eeneEaliy death" The
story ''C0rieone" IS ar elaboration Of This
statement. a tfagicsl dramatic result @!
this sentiment" We viii not spoil the
narrative FOR the reader by disclosing the
pios. bat viii merely say that Mr.. Crawford
has been enInentiy successful in wesvins
IN one sembre web a tragic picture Of 81.
Gillian life and nature. and mos; romantic
love story.
JANE AUSTIN. ny Ebert Hubbard
a. p. Putnam sons, Publishers.
Tlals lates; issae. "Jane Austin," OF the
series entitled LITTLE Journeys 20 sht
lsevss - Famous wonea." s. fsH 81
charm 4ea Interest To-day" says the
author, "ssrong nra recognize her book,
as rarely excellent. because they show tht
divinity ID al ttsiags; keep close 30 80
esoand. gently sncuiearc the firm bel3ei
:hat sin'ple people are AZ Necessary as rres
secs. thAt small things are not necessarily
nglaaporsaa, ara ta4t uothsns Is really in
significant II al riags true"
t.aw this r7orAlzsnx woali delight Jan,
eassE4 0aiy a ecpy reach her Ia the ElyssAr
oet5s.
\ SOLDIER OF MANHATTAN RS
t9seps A. AltSAeite., -. ApTIetaa & CO.
Publishers.
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