The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08

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Ia ssHy Pan Hone" Eos BoltrswHse5.
sfs~ cfewer Australian novelist. hss s-r1s-
fsr m graphic ard amusing way e9
visit 70 "Ola England" after several
yezrs' re@sSemce RI Australia.
TIE narrative be-szs from tf1s time tSef
he erasarsx on r. 4 o. steamer fer TIE
yoyzss ho1ae.
Tsrss does rot seem 20 have been IRE
~psxsyzee Of ths contract Us III these
RAPID x4ys--fpr Gale. Cairo. Malta Mar
sesIes ard Paris arr thoroughly AZ
plo~ed aass al come in fnf their share
II. the bright, breezy description Of PLACES.
people ard things which Mr.. Roadrewood
40 hursorntssiy wezysx into sparkling,
interesting mosaic ~ travel and an@cdose-
His Impressions % England after mis- long
absence In she colonies are given n TIE
game charming manner. There is an asr
% zets3aHty about the book which assures
it's readers that IL is q cascnfc3e Of events.
scenes ard adventures OF personal ex-
perfence. instead ~ invention
Thers arr. fox hunts and steepiechases
tie very description OF which makes ore 5
blood fln2fe IL fis vssrsg and horses
that IA their perfection and beauty seem
20 have STEPPED cut Of the ARABIAN
Nights" While the book can scarcely
be- called novel. an underrurrenI Of ro-
nance runs through the narrative. and
finally eliminates happily.
THE ROMANCE OF A JESUIT MIS-
SION a Historical Novel By NJ Bot
chier Sanford. New York; The Baker =
Taylor Comps1sy 81 Il
II has hong oeen recognized that the ex-
pericnees trials and adventures of the
early pioneer missionaries among the u
dams furnish a field rich with romantic
material for the writers OF fiction: mate
rails which viii some day be more COM
plefely utilized than has hitherto been
done
A new writer NJ Boucher Sanford, has
made a creditable effort 10 enter this fSfd
In 4 book called The Romance OF a Jesuit
Mission. While IL Is not in a strict sense
Tire Historical novel that Ii purports to
be but romantic story OF love, ad-
venture and devotion to lofty ideals OF
llfe and conduct. which derives a portion
OF lis interest from the time and place
IN which its scenes are laid. rather than
from It's characters, who are not OF suf-
flcient importance. even those who may
have been drawn from actual personages,
to be considered historical.
The scene is laid for the most part at
Fort Sainte Marie the central station of
the Huron Indians. IL h a story of Ca
madam life In the seventeenth century-a
story oi TIE Sohfata o~t"ecn tis SishtAd
ton OF France and the savagery Of the
Huron ard the IfoQuois, the former be-
ing friendly 10 and the latter enemies OF
the whites.
The hero. a novitiate at the Jesuit mss-
sion OF Fort Sante Marie: the mystery
which surrounds the personality of tha
heroine. an English girl, who appears
suddenly one night in A storm OF snow at
the mission. the growth of the love OF
the hero for this fair stranger. which. be-
Ing suspected by the superior Of the mis-
sion. leads TO his offici.., Punishment 10
another post. the religious life OF the
priests: the friendly intercourse with and
characteristics OF the Hurons; the danger
from the constant proximity OF the Iro-
quois. the alterations OF safety and
peril, all combine 10 make stirring and
interesting story, well splced with ad-
venture and romance.