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

a xsxsrsh eairson and Is comparison vol
u-ae On veronica saEaers . gosng lnto
is fifth thousand
nav rsrg story by Anthony Hep. Is
seor "a y ysuaasaei se-sa1y. u Is % =
social r-et historical, character and TIE
bicycle rage forms one q lis chief attrsc-
ions
A wrsser in an English literary pa6lics-
tsa- sa..7gres that Jules Verne never made
NOR tran 3 sc - any one year Zcla
annual income is believed 70 be about
ssa.sa.
Paul Dunbar. the young negro poet
vI~-- V-9iTfsrn Dean Howells has so BE-
friense6 = preparing new edition Of his
poems. for when Mr.. HoEells has written
an introduction
II l. said that Mrs. r. A. Stees's power
ri noveI ssCer tire Face OF the Waters"
wiz soon be Published n this country
II Is a very long book; also a very strong
ouately dealt with the story OF the Indian
mEtiny-
A writer n The London Daily Mai learns
through the wS--tnfoxme5 Or. Robertson
Nicoll that tie rev Rgppraetor e The
tne father o. the brilliant John oliver
Hobbs Mrs Craigisl. he Is aiso the pro-
prietor CT Carriers Lite LIVER FAis. and
deacon 81 the CITY Temple.
..Rird Life for Beg.nne-s.' By DR. Eliio.
CouaS ii collaboration with Mabel Os-
good Wright. is 10 be published by the
Macmillan Company. in the spring DR..
CoGes' name 5 8 sUnlclent warrant Tor
the expectation OF work Of the highest
,~fentfsc accuracy. while the success OF
Mrs. WriEht's former po1kSA VII make
the work eagerly sought for by aaults as
vel As child readers
A volume which win be OF great inter-
est Is ona Just published In England By
Mfr. Ekin Matthews IL has 70 DO wiz
CHARLES T4srnb ana his ester Mary The
book Is written - Ar. Carey Hat.lst, ne
grandson OF William Hazst. William
Taziitt was Lambs closest friend There
VIII be in ths volume sixty oGd letters
written By the Lambs. which have never
before been published
A rare volume has just been purchased
.n P9-,on Nv Do6d. Mead & co. Il s
s+Frankltn's Prayer Book" and the price
paid for il was N.2J4 This copy contains
the Common Prayer Book OF the Church
OF England, as abridged and edited by
Franklin when he was ID London in 13s3.
As far as can be Sscertatned. this book
cannot be found in any pubic library, and
Il Il not likely that there Is duplicate
The Macmillan Company also have in
pres - "A T-irst Book in Writing English"
bv Edwin Herbert Lewis. Ph. D. writer
OF experience and enc Of the faculty Of the
University OF Chicago; The National
Movement TN the Reign OF Henry III, and
It's elimination in the Barons' War, by
Oliver II. Richardson. professor Of history
I'm Drury college. and a new religious
Path the Beginning, 6elf-Surrender tho
Fulalment of the Spiritual Life.
We are soon to have a new book on
Charles Dickens. and one which from It's
authorship possesses Q melancholy inter
est II j. entitled NY Father as Recall
Him" and is the production Of his laugh
ter Miss Mamie Dickens, who was some
what known By her ventures In fiction,
and who died few months ago. within a
day or two OF her brother. Charles Dick
ems the younger. As Miss Dickens died
before the proofs OF the book were ready,
the labor OF revision has been performed
By her sister. Mrs. Perugini Il is 10 be
Illustrated.
What is a symposium7 Lord Rosebery
tried his hand at some kind OF an ex-
he said: "Of course. We know all about
Plato: or perhaps We don't. And. OF
course. we know that II anybody wants TO
get a particularly duh article inserted in
q magazine he calls IL q symposium about
something" And we do just that same
kind OF thing on this side OF the water.
bat then Lord Rossbery added: THE SYM
posiums Of German students consist In
the consumption. as | understand. OF
oceans OF beer followed by indiscrimlnat-
ing duels" Well. we do that here, substi-
tuting tea for beer. but there is no fight
Ing.
The short series of readings and lectures
In this country By Rev. DIR. John Watson,
''Tan MRclaren," have proved phenomsn-
ally successful. OF all the famous men
OF Maj. J. B. Pond. none ever made as
great a financial success, excepting Henry
NJ. Stanley who drew no larger houses.
but lsctured at higher prices Mai.
his tour for an additional twenty-five
weeks but he declined the offer in order
to return 10 his Liverpool church, from
which he has had three months vacation
for his American tour. Df- " 2Lson sal4eo
for England on the 18th Of December.