The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-19


whose early death inspired the TN Memo
RAM" The preface also gives a sort OF ex-
egesis OF the poem. explaining its chang
ing impulse and intention. and Indicating
the events during the sixteen years OF Its
incomple.ion that influenced Its poetic
FORM
The book Is printed upon heavy cream
laid paper. The ornamental establishment
is very artistic and beautiful The volume
Is bound in dnIl-grsen silk. with sym
bollc design OF poppy buds in gold. Eaen
page IL ornamented with study or mower
or landsea pc. or some SYMBOL Illustrating
the idea In the lyric It accompanies. me
illustrations are by Harry Fem and snow
his work al ia best.
LET rs FOLLOW HIM. BY Henryk 81
enklewicz. Translated from the Polish
by Jeremiah Curtin. Little, Brown q
ca, publishers
Let Us Foilow. Him" Is one OF the short
stories included In the new volume oy
Ssenkiewicz entitled "Hania." just issued
In uniform style with Mr.. Curtin's trans
1ations OF the authors other WORKS. It's
publication In a separate volume mas peeh
deemed advisable for the reason that this
story gave to its author the idea OF writ
ing his great novel Quo Vadis."
Let Us Follow Him" is philosophical,
religious story OF the period OF the death
of Christ. Anfea, the wife OF a Roman
patrician. fiji with terrible visions, is ad-
vised by a physician to seek the air OF
Jerusalem. There she and her husband
meet Plate, who tells them OF the doc
trine OF the NaZarene. Jesus. and his con-
,demnatIon TO death. They are present at
the crucifixion and Antea gives honor 10
the condemned Nazarene, saying, Thou
art Truth" Finally. at midday on the
third day thereafter. AEtea, resting In an
open litter in the garden under the favor
fte pisiachio-trec, suddenly cries out In
strange voice: ."Dost thou see" said she.
.'how ligh. collects there and binds the
air; how 1t trembles. slitters. and APP
proaches me?"
"Antea. look not In that direction"
cried Cerina.
But. oh. wonder. There was no fear
on her face. Her lips were parted; her
eyes were gazing, and opening wider and
| wider; a certain mmeasurable delight be-
gan TO brighten her face.
'"fha pillar of light approaches me-"
said she. .'See. that is He; that Ia the
| Nazarene. He is smiling. Q Mild! o Mer-
| cifuI! The transfixed hands He stretches
! out like a mother to me. Caius, He
/ brings me health. salvation and calls me
/ TO HIMSELF
! Cerina grew very pale. and said
/ "Whithersoever lie calls US, let US fol-
| low Him"
| A moment later appeared Pontius PLATE
before them, coming up the stony path,
| and while yet at distance begins to
{ call
Imagine TO myself. they declare that
| He has risen from the dead1'
| AT THE CROSS ROADS. BY r. F. Mont
resor. D. Appleton Co. publishers.
Miss F. F. Montresor Is young English
novelist, whose writing by reason Of Its
acuteness. deiicacy and sympathetic quail
| ty. has given her high rank within a
| very few years in the world of literature.
In many respects "At the Cross Roads. >
| her latest work, surpasses anything that
| she has yet done. There Is the same
} firm Characterization. powerful realism
touched with fine humor. and mastery
treatment OF the emotions. The chief
weakness of the book is in the mechanic
ism of the plot. While the plot Is not
without originality II is so badly con
| structed that 1t Is quite unconvincing, and
as the story turns upon the struggles oi
victims In 'the fell clutches OF crcum
stance weakness and uncertainty here |:
fatal flaw. Take for instance Les
Miserablesl that monumental study Of tn,
struggle Of a man. with human environ
ment. its great affect would be lost dix
the action Of the story not appeal to III.
reader through its naturalness. This storl
Is called AT the Cross Roads" because /
describes how first the man. and afterwar,
the woman. stood where two ways meet
whore each was bound TO make tina
choice which IS ''life's business TIL
story In brief Is that OF an innocent n.al
sent 10 penal servitude. who IS saved from
moral ruin by the loyalty OF woman
who stood by h!n1--and he In his turn a
surely saves her when sorrow was maxim
her hard and reckless. The book team
with good characters. Gillian, the wife
struggling between her passion for tuvt.c
tn the concrete and the passion for jus.'c
IN the abstract, 70 which her husband ha
attained, Is a particularly fine study q
an essentially noble woman: and VIVA
mental acumen the author displays in hs
subtle aualysis ~ that dainty hit OF fernif,
; ififv~Ars. Clori<-whose Gentle, radviik
manners soa seft flowing drareries shror
Fnd idealsze a really weak and grnnar1
nature. The male characters in the boo
81" 7oF7eew'at 'ess realistically drawn. I'M
MI In al Mss Montresor has succeeded /,
3 writing with restrained rower ana vIgo-
strong and noble book. true and pure i
sentiment
Fl HIs FAULTS WIS r~prrNr
. Sft1PS AND H1s FORTUNES n
| Maud Wider Goodwin, LITTLE. Brown .
, co. So. =
; In !'s petty dress. emballlsheA w;t
: I gold. Maud Wlfer Gnodwir's rev hoo,
1 entitled Print" makes q very fsvorahl
irnnrHsstc1 aron the reader At The o,,tse
, which he retains when Ne has come 70 n
, lasi pase aad afterwards
These who have Rad Mrs Goodwin
White Aprons" and The Colonial "a,
alter" knows tia; hts author Is never dun
N'i thoN VIII anticipate half the nIeas,,.
a That the new story vii afford them Il
the srenes Of today are painted IN eve
more vivid coiors than those cf coior,g,
, tiUs@, Her characters are In r>less{u
Nar-+iy. There are 40 long analyses G
motive or descriptions Of persons. hut -
actors arr presented ard lef; 20 speak m
az Tor themselves Though the 'sYeath,
BE- ~ t5.lnss@ e real life IS rot wanting y,
the Characters sud scenes are intend.
mainly fer the Fcstfal diversion IF III
: reader.
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