The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-26


, the prominent monthly magazines. II In
/ a step Which will he greatly appreciated.
| Aaekay will bs bes, remembered as the
/ author Of The Love Letters OF ysolin-
! ist" though he wrote a number os other
| books, most OF them filed with poems
| dedicated 10 love.
| There ia brilliant article IA the June
| Gloo@ on the Successes and Failures o.
| American Magazines" which should be
read with great interest by every one. and
literary people in particular.
Godey's Magazine for July opens with an
article on the manufacture of coast de-
Tense guns. by Frank Heath. tr. The az
ticle In illustrated with many photographs
OF the latest guns In various positions, the
pictures being especially valuable.
The July Overland IL a reminiscent
number. and In a series 81 articles by IA
nous Old time contributors tells much or
the early history of It's thirty years Of ex-
isteace. The Overland certainly ought 10
be congratulated on It's record. II il a
good Californian product and is All honor
To the literary field.
Wentworth house. John street, Hamp-
stead, once the residence OF Fanny Brawne.
whose correspondence with Keats when
Published In 1878 created so much COM
;nent. Is likely COON to 10 pulled down,
as tins grounds have passed into the build
er's hands. Keats own house which ad-
Joined. was only short time ago decor
ated with memorial tablet.
Captain Wellbys book. Just published BY
Mr.. II. Fisher Unw!n, IN a limited use OF
the phrase may be SAID TO describe the
frs. crossing OF Tibet He certainly dis
covered the source Of the Cha Ma river
and outlined this features OF the country
He contributes to the knowledge Of China's
official msmanagement, and supplies elsb-
crate appendices Of scientific information.
NJ jules Lecnaitre delivered . fierce at
tack on the Greek and Latin languages the
other day at the Paris Sorbonns. He claim
ed that the national mind had been formed
not by the literature OF the Greeks and
Romans. except In an indirect way, but
BY tho Scriptures nrst and Afterwards by
the great French writer's NJ Lemaitre
further declared that he regretted having
studied Greek and Latin twelve years,
whereas he Is ignorant OF English. which
Is spoken By half the world. and only
knows German in a pitifui manner.
One popularity OF The Wide World Mag
| azine TO be had OF the International News
| Company IL the character OF the topics Il
treats. There is no place for fiction. The
subjects are either the great natural phe-
nomena or truthful stories Of adventure In
different parts Of the world The maya
| zine IA lavishly illustrated with photogra-
wires There are views In Japan. Canada,
| IN the FIJI islands. In Perak and In Egypt
| II is hackneyed to write that truth Is
stranger than Action but The Wide
World Magazine proves at least that
much
The Atlantic Monthly very appropriately
gives It's opening place for July to an e,ab-
crate article upon the career and charac-
| ter OF Mr. Gladstone and his probable
| place in history. The article gives with
| sufficient fullness the principal events Of
| his life, and details the sequence OF his
| various changes Of opinion. which fall into
| series OF epochs. az Il were, and 1, dis
| ctssses his actions and methods indiciaa
| though Systematically. closing with keen
| but Impartial summing NJ Of the nature
| and limitations OF the character OF a man
| who. with all his apparent Inconsistencies
| and even ''in this questionable nineteenth
| century. found well-sprIngs OF faith In both
| God and man. and drank Of them to the
| end"
The war leads the July number OF Serb
| ner'S Magazine No one saw its begin
| ntngs under more favorable circumstances
| than Richard Harding Davis. AS CORE
| spondent OF the London Times he vas ac-
| corded every privilege, ana was for weeks
/ OF The flagship New York" His ac-
! count of THE First Shot Of the War and
| '"rhe FIRST Bomhardmeni' is the graphic
1
| the "Buen Ventura was taken and Ma
! tan,as was tpomharded His pre-emlnert
J faculty Of making real to the imagination
! what he has seen Was never afforded a
! bettcr opportunity. How Il feels 20 he on
| 81 great warship IN action IA made vivid.
| Snapshot photographs by Mr.. Davis add 10
/ the sense Of reality. The ship seemed to
! work ana 10 fight by herself" he says
| ''you heard no human voice OF command"
Great Indignation Is expressed in liter
AIRY circles" says Or Robertson Nico.i,
| at the SAFE of poor John PeyN's books
I and manuscripts. The books 50 far az re-
! ported. realized prtves enormously below
tholF value. Bur what IS 20 he said OF the
! ma0gscripts2 TIE manuscript OF Lost
Sir Massineber1 was sold for 3 guneas.
and the manuscripts Of some twenty ether
novels fer somewhere shout Il shilling a
novel. There Is something tnexplica BILE
: about this Mr. Payn was q most devoted
husband and father. - left his family In
fairly comfortable circumstances and Vet
this has come 30 pass. Why. II Il was nee
es>ary 20 SILL tae manuscripts at al.
many ri those whom Nj. Pawn had az az
fereHt tlG}ca GefFleuiest would haNy been
g'ai 20 pay respect 1bie price for any
manuscript of h,s, whether they were ablc
- decipher f. or ret, Il is 10 be hoped
tsat satisfactory explanation viii ho
forthcoming"
one % TenDys2u's taVorite r sSaSes IN
Itesatare y AS tte ac-cr!. ..-a Of thc har-
lsaF uf Santiago du Cuaa ta tht famous sss
r%. Tom Etingl,'- iae A. the Lar
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