The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

..xr-HER FRIENDS AND
eEE s~swrrE A narrative OF
--s~rx and egasoG q transcribed
e. e. papers % tas late NalizFn
Sc - Josl Chandler Harris. Bos-
FsrSH - work. Houzhton. Msffifu
- 40 s~zrfle. Lowman q Hauford.
,sser HAIRS has long stood
y -. . -ssaskor 90 Ge1rzaa that James
- does 70 Kentucky. There Is
5daslsrrS sbs environment % MS ckaar-
rvsry page OF tals latest Work
80 >, is local sfHlospfefe, we Der
6ss.scsiy Southern speech tfaas.
- ispsssg trio dialect, = f'l1l OF ne
- Of ehe S0sFrn. or 81 rs de-
- 81 Georgsa landscape ana GeoE-
p -. ter or ewefve years ago fsat
/ =. r,a6e the acgualneancs 81 AF-
= ssr,,sx1 sf4z1 loTa5@e and remark
So - - s.fTrele Remus." WHO n his
- zsrssy dialect told SUCH amusing
80. ,.~ls Tor the 1eieetzt5on OF Inc
- s--s...--s.ss tie entire Eng .sa-zpeak-
- <sahouf his large army o. ami
- ard acusa lntances. Ia Iucle
- = = -,snsgerse. VII IS oddly human
Sz1s...~seies ard fga constant few q
- ,s.~s we're elements which reveal
- a. darksy nature and character
-. aes,.r author bad beaore sounded.
- 80 = ssaiest studies faEsd 20 disclose
= -, ,xhseh usanlsests tself 80 fully
go lane THIS book revsass q
ara facility Ok language which
:. .rssrksau prose wTIters have attained,
-. ali. & 1etrays an Intimate
- Of me workings Of the human
= - heart. which. 81 sts It's ,gsR, and
- grasp Of the emotions and pas
- rsrh sway mankind. and rs sT3-
-. v~~surces % expression and fee..ng.
&l-,.-ss ere more OF Hawthorne tran any
= -. his In recent years come from
!. - 81 our modern ronfaSeers.
-, lane" Mr. Harris .<forTns his
|-.e<rs on ~ t.tie page. - "a narrative
n .sr,asn events and episodes Transcribed
- a,r papers 81 the late Eal-
- wtrpam." tie historian OF Uncle
<.-..s' transforming himself Tor tine
= ne aforesaid HerpuH. a GsoTg a
.~yer who. IN narratins these eeFlasn
- and EPISODES in MS own life. con-
-. 70 PALM ne portraits OF cersa1n
go. and aeqeaintances Of MS SISTER
=. a. well as that s1arp-ionsaed but
- sense and kindly Old soul herself
80 Jane can scarcely be CONSIDER
noyel n the fu.i sense o. tho word.
= -.shar a. a succession Of events and
...,.ss ga.r.h. when completed, form u
= a drama. in which the draInstis per
- have d.kneatcd some Of the pro-
s~ssess a. well as tho Fighter phases %
= Indeed many OF the best scenes Of
=, dransa are Of humorous cast. but
s.r rah a pathetic quality that srars
-, vary heart strings. The principal
axac:-rs OF the book possess strong m
syssasFfy They seem 20 be real men
"a renaoE. and one feels that they must
3 dawn from originals. each one acting
i wr in this drama o. real life In way
I eurssasn the reader 10 the end. There
! ! esxrm about the story difficult TO
tasts. The plot Is not intricate: the
- rseves on SO evenly. Il Is 80 delight
IL written. and IL ends so satisfactorily
81 Ne verdict must be universal that IL
cnarna ng book. with a strong impress
I rsfass. adding largely to the reputation
Us zasior.
sktT WHITMAN THE MAN. BY
-ssrzs Donaldson. New York: Fran
Is 2. Harper. Ills.
NJ Donaldson was Mr.. Whitman's
seass fer thirty years, and he last TWEEN
i ysars OF ths latter's Efe Was In the
ssss ard nsost constant intimacy with
"a Soone could be better fitted 20 give
y a< details or bring us ia closer touch