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


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~ars 81 shs Ezrns NJ George ia Assfrssr
svsr aw~serz rne1nssyse4 Ss shs ssSasnfaess
arr beauxy * Peter shE~.wCn AID a%ai7
rsviyzs tae sg@lI 81 ~TrfEhys fasssfsa-
fscn s-The Nar.san" comes - Gtsfsnst
ara bitter disappointment
Ya- with ali lss Shortcomings and toe
.s.sSsrt srzp@ess ~ having been written
~ order ard Under tn4 stress o. wsfp ard
saur there sra fnte-yrerss1 tbrSnga05f
ia rsxes nsany tussesses % charming
senf trn~ns. ARD thai sss-s rare tEaagAE 1850
tfe human heart ord So affections: ina,
wonderful sympathy with sts fsr~rsachsa.
charity ara compassion for ts- faults.
fagsl1a srd mistakes o. snanklrd. that ass
af1ays be~sa fnsmssa - hle frora Tss 1ai1-
rseTss creations. There Is also no~ ara
agair the rpzrkia and ersspn@ss OK fhs
nunee4r s-6 9ft thss ran Ike thread OF
brightness -sroa&h his former novels esiS-
!rs fn@ main the book lacks mat vital
shark Of synapa thstic human iSt@rasF trsf
fl NEEDED u v1vffy ard rake HvtrS reaii-
ties nf MS characters
whssa IRE sLyIs sc the work reminds
o.ss o! '"Trliny." itMsssuch "a its opening
scenes are LAID I'm Paris. ara are related
w1th the are sunsyassTndaut French, the
saras sfrrpis informally and nsseuE&ave-
ness az IN '~Trleg." his pictures OF
sfss4so life IN the Latin quarter arc
drawn with all that subtle charm 81 ee-
hfs Paris.
The xayesy and toyossne@s that wrought
80 much of the spen q "TfAty IF All
IL the first four chapters OF the book,
and Rarfy Jsaasalia. fAs aerc-as boy
il an Interesting ard delightful character
sketch and 80 ore can read The story
az hts life al Bonsig's school IN Paris
withoat Sympathy amusement and inter
ST.
The authors unbaanded ard constant
prs se for Earty also reminds ons OF TIE
way la which 'Tfffts's praf@cS were con-
tsnuaiiy ehanteal. ard Il IL this very praise
which 80 ettan waaFses and dlserchants
tsss reader for We all know that 10 cali
. man brilliant fnarFlsslc and captivating.
To aSsevsrate ard rersS~ysrate ht- fsFfsc-
tisns daes ret necessarily demonstrate
HIN 30 perfect and those pages upon
pages Of siiagy from his adorng biog-
Yapher do not enesancs Barty Joss@llns
Charm or render him 40 powerfully al
tractlYe. IL niueh of this great out
pouring ~ admiration had been omitted
and Bartyfs own deeds and actions shown
70 speak for him. be would have been
fer more ma grietlc and interesting.
While Earty JosSslin remains q hand
sone fogllcking boy. with his charming
pranks and mtschievons escapades, the
Interest centers strongly in him and his
doings: bat when Du Maurier introduces
The supernatural. beyond the bounds of
even the nfofF willing sre<iuiity, IL seems
Ia east blight ovef the story. and u
ffnpossibte 70 be longer syulpathe'icaiiy
interested IN narty iosseiin or his nys-
terfoua guardian MARTA
Ia fact the greatest interest Barry JOS
seln Possesses for his readers is the In
datiable fact that IA his life and history
are Swallowed forth many Of Du MaGrisr
own experiences, In this respect The
Marian has not been modelled on orig
inni lines but follows in the wake OF the
ia tEts Sxets nj
WAYS had tinse ~ his own personality
George Du Maurser's earliest years and
Young manhood were spent IN France
where his heroes all have made their
initial how and where the main plots OF
his novels have III been laid. hts happies.,
jolliess and most peaceful years were
those passed In the land OF his adoption.
and he loved every foot az II. SO it -
wlth Peter Ibbetson. TriIhy and Barty
Josseiin they all introduced IN an
atmospheric OF brightness and ioiiity In
happy France: In each hs transports his
characters 70 England and inparts the
supernatural.
Peter Ibbetsou spends the latter part
Of his NE In a trance. seeing visions. and
dlrH in Englsfsd TFilby whose sparkling
tHaaueianfe happiness casts q spell over
al who come into her charmed circle. Is
In turn transported across the channel.
WHERE size dies "a every one knows hyp-
noflsfn forms the grand motif Of the book.
although It is introduced seeondariiy, as
tn occuif MS ga Peer Ihns'son."
THE Marian" opens brightly and hui
neruusiy WITH a dee ~'ption 81 boy'-
sehaas 81 Paris. where Barty losselin
made gavstY for als inst as Peter Tibet
son and Tr.lby had done la their environ
mont Later Earty and many Of his aS-
eoelates return TO England. where BaTty
+ Invested with a disembediod spirit from
Mars called MARTA. who peryades his
nfs. Influences his actions and dictates
the subject matter ~ books which make
him famous IS an author. Barty alsc
dies In England
While one feels that IN pu Naurler's
ctrer books be has introduced personal
events ard experiences. In The Marian
n has impressed his Individuality much
more ztronxlv His hest -Ioyei hero
rartv went blind. or nearly 80. as dia DJ
Naurler and when he writes 81 the terror
ana suffering oE BArtv If the loss Of his
reht and impending blindness. how Bsrt3
lived under the shadow ~ TIE sword %
pemocies fo~ many months. og and CT
for veave indeed "a lonE aa he lived g.
an ve know that Il Is his cwn expert
snee ana su'Tsriax re draws from; Party
CIV ara h's drawings we're sold Ger iars
Sums an1 wera cepie3 thfouEuouf ~
world. ae wrote. and his books beca m
famous all over the universe, aad ther
aye many other roiots AZ similarity which
T.. yse,v OF ~ Mnurier's uatisnsly death
ED aifrcss denial.
the Nart}au' as a novel fans hu
fsffe shers az heinr a ~a4 failure: ~
dea e IS almost rnisnou1er - eall e
rrvpi g Is Vstha~ r Ncttions biography
gn wh.ca ep3sodes ard events have n
st,ectaf hsaring Wpon une another. NJ
.7va.-tatic sequence r il hook - re
fe4-e',cea sna anecdotes te}i togetHe
with AZ slight 4 thread % interest arr
romance sNaf y Il we're rat ser ses al
re~va.IsuE feeling 81 tes authors own Per
re~afftv 1htth he has Impressed ugor
almost every rars. deadly DUR wo0l
= me universal verdict os those WI
r-4f sisariv ger the riot ard the story
Tus 20 rsat Other multitude who rover
enee anf lose tse memory - the geu8
authar whozN great hears is ssi}iea an
whose pen "a lata assfs forever there
terfer pathc~ = t'ese personal rrf:1in
ss,ences - fhfnEE aud places watch p
has e. fat nRly transcribed that redeem
whatever -fRv ~ gr1%e o- fBa}tv n iusE
suRtsNn cr Interest, sna thn same tcviu
Tenderness far Sire mar srH Sis Ecalts
rs4ke~ - rez->ersze ard delight in ever
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ara ruans---vsh3ch Eliminates tns pages c
ts.s 'sss veFS s~0Ta - hsnt
THe Illustrations R~e n tne well know
al st'ns'vet "a &Aurssv raanev-'T ~
uaasn ga; - best
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