The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-07
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OF tAs books % The month tae s-s. place
Is Justly claimed for "on the Face Of the
waters" tale Of thu great mutiny. BY
Annie Flera Steel. Just published BY Ire
MACMILLAN Company. Mrs. Steel knews
her India well, and Of me three books
whose scenes are lad IN that land,
brought out this year, Mrs. steers is BY
Tar the best and strongest. Rudysrd Kip
ing pronounees u one % the most faith
ful pictures ever given OF life in India
Even Mr.. KipisnS has no better knovl-
edge OF India than Mrs. Steers long resi-
cence and associations there have given
Der. "On the Face OF the Waters - a
story OF the Indian rnutiny. and from ali
accounts the best story OF me Indian rnu-
tiny which has ever been woven into q
romance. AS one critic Ia. said. III Is
net milk for babes, but II is meat for
men and women, and II Is Of men and wo-
men thar Mrs. Steel writes There are
some bad men and women in shs story
as there are bad men and women every
where one coca These bad men and wo-
men, however. were heroes and herosles
n tine OF trouels. 81 bad men and women
SO often are IN circumstances that call
fer The exhibition OF heroic qualities"
are painted with 4 strong. sure stroke
The gardsns. the Bungalows, the palaces.
the people. aro al brought wildly before
one. and one feels that sas must have
lived among them. perhaps as child ex-
perienced these terrible days OF the rebel
lion that she describes with such graphic
force.
Her book IL a history Of tho muslny told
IN the form OF a novei. The plot may o.
may not be 8 true one, but IL n not at all
improbable that Il may have been found
ed on actual occurrences OF that terrible
time OF stress and slaughter: ard the
bloodstained streets OF Delhi may IN truth
have witnessed the esrribls and dramatic
events that Mrs. .S;eers vigorous pen so
powerfully pOrtrays.
"on the Face Of The Waters Is her first
great work. although she has from time
60 tine pgo'ished short stories Of Indian
life. en- one picturesque Scotch story,
entitled To- Red Rowans" But this last
and create VaFei, n is predicted. Is des-
tined q msss her one OF the most-talked-
aoout writer's Ira England for some time TO
come
Lucas Males. author Of The Carts
sims-" is the Pen sEane OF q woman
Mary Kingsley, daughter OF the famous
Charles Kingsley. and now the wife OF
Ia Devonsflre.
Ons OF the tisssrly loved and carefully
educated daughters or Charles Kingsley
(clrrhstened after his mother. Mary Lucas,
She shared In the deftghtfui house life
at Evcrsley pictured by Mrs. Kingsley in
Letters and Memories" and married her
fathers cuIade and friend, William Har-
risen, afterwSrd made rector Of that
picturesque Devonshire village 50 well
known to the readers OF Westward Hol''
Her first novel, Col. Enderby's Wife"
Was published in the aariy SOS. Then
came Mrs. LoEimeg'' and "A Counsel OK
Perfection" These were followed by THE
Wages of Sigl.' a moved less sensational
than it's title. but a powerfully written,
realistic book, appealing not 10 par
tActllsr, but TO q universal eonprehen-
sion" Now after an Interval If nearly
eight years comes this latest book. The
Carissifnti." which concerns itself with
the modern girl.
The book has just beon brought out in
this country by Mezsrs. II. g. Stone Il
Co, tina complete title being '"rhe Cars
sinla, a Modern Grotesque." The pub
hShers have had the maaus sriot in their
hs uds for some time. It's pubasatlon hav-
ing been delayed by a change OF title.
Mrs. Harrison first seslt the novel 10 the
publishers, under the name OF THE Power
of the Dog which aptly expresses the
plot. but such a title having easl already
us.si, the author substituted The Carts
sirla-" The scene % -he story is kaid In
Switzar-aEld The haHO. Constantine Lev
crsedge has WON BY hard struggle a for
tune IN South Africa, end now tha. he has
the means and the leisure for enjoy nle1t
Ia Ia suffering from q haunting celusion
which leads him 10 the borst@riand OF IN
sauity. horrible phantaszn, which seized
HIN In the d-liTsun OF a tropical fever
hs can never shake himself free This
tleiusiol Is the working motive Of the
story.
Charlotte Perry, ''the CaI1sstma-" IL the
fascinating daughter, teminantly distin-
g-uished for her moderaity.~ OF common
place, doting parents and the spoiled
child OF an ndTntring, shallow society. 1t
is here that the first lesson OF the book
begins with the captivity OF beauty by
riches. LssveEsodge loves srdently the
CaITssina. and wins her promise OF mar
r1aSe, but over him soules the bssooding
sped OF his Naturalization. and he deter
mines 20 confess his terrible delustoga TO
Charlotte. hoping that her "ez1iAcatesd In
cg-stu1ity'' viii not believe In his de3llsion,
and that her dove Will be able TO exercise
the demon whose presence clouds his lifss
II n a weird and powerful book; the au-
thor's style is at times spigramulatic. and
through II al EGs7s a keen satire on tire
super1chahty ard inssnccrity OF society
and tho sloteE1 girl
Theirs is sornswtfat OF q suggestion OF
Poe In the deity woven eocenzrcisy and
grotasqlanax of the conception. and in
the hypTAotisn OF q genius which per
slxades the mind 10 follow out a ulys-
FERROUS suggestion. 1t Is q noysel tfazi In
ertirely beyond tina limits Of a brief rNs-
view. ard must be read TO appreciate the
a6roit handing OF It's strange and difficult
eIenants with their horrible and at the
same time fascinating interest.
Mrs. Annie Fields, who writes so
charminsly of famous men and women
in her recently published book entitled
James r. Fields Mr.. and Mrs. Fields
always had unsurpassed facilities in their
intercourse with the celebrities OF whom
she writes. Mr.. Fields position as head
OF one OF the largest publishing houses.
az editor OF she Atlantic. and an author
OF ability. gave him the pleasant position
OF friend and publisher % many eminent
men and women. A wide reading public
haa enjoyed with him some OF these
friendships fn Yesterdays With Au-
shors." and also his Hawthorne and
s'Tn ard Out Of Doors Win Charles Dick
ems" Their home IN Boston was the cen
ter OF Hospitality for the iteraa OF this
country. as well as for those who visited
here from across the sss. and they were
In turn cordially received. in their trips
abroad. Il was during these visits 20 Eng
land that the lifelong friendship was
formed with Lord Tsnnysoa and THAI
sEas--~u. .s.,ass-s -e-xoraNey wa know a.