The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-26
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TIE STRANDED BEAM BY S. p
Crockett ID. Appleton IL Co.
the Stranded Beam" though Iess elab-
crate and ambitious than The Men OF The
Nosa- Hays" coutaias eo-ne Of hr. Crock
e:t's 5e4i work In this Lass story the
author f. back again among the sorss OF the
Covraant. among the bill snezs o. Galloway.
END n that sir his mind and manner ara
more staiwsrt
TIE opening chapter describes how the
hero. QQ21t5n Mcclellan. when q herd bog
OF the biz, received il.s call 20 5o.rl "she
fox Of God" II was the killing tine
ard lying with his dogs Oh the heather. he
was wttneza az the cold blooded murder OF
g wanderer by re6coa.. Just how the
boy and the cogs. all three masters OF
craft for they EIi ilged fl the Days OF
Fear, creps along the side OF tire hill. is
windy described. and how one that went
svizsstl.ng W tho hl.l boy came down
man s made very real and clear. The
women IN :ae book are not very interest
ing. Into the men folk OF the story Mr..
Csvcssstx poured his energy. Th4s IA the
way the fighting CHRISTIAN cs1rxes his enc
GILES; Give William Boyd his fellyful Of
cssrsas> Turn ht-a ar often on thy roast
sog spit 81 ne has turned his coat on the
earth Brighten well Teifalr WI the I'M
canniest o n thy deii trnps. And as for
che rest OF them, may they burn back and
front, ingate and outgate. hide, hair and
sa-rigaa. til there IL nocht left O. them
but a wee plun o. ssh that snail hold
Hike snnI between my .ingera and thumb
snd 5law eway ike the white head O. q
Cants!toz-~
THE OPEN BOAT; and Other Tales n,
Adventure by Stephen Crane. Doubleday q
Mcclure.
Tho Open Boat" h remarkably
graphic sketch of the experience OF four
survivors OF the fiioustering steamer Com
nodore. which sank a: sea or the Florida
coast. The captain, the cook, tho osier.
and the correspondent, Mr. Crane, were
the four who escaped In an open boat and
che story describes the experiences of the
castaways en- reaching land Mr. Crane
makes us feel almost too wildly the help
lessrless OF these men and thcar blind rage
against the elements throughout the long
weary hours Of tina night they relieve
each other at the oars and labor Ike
galley slaves 10 prevent ths boat being
swampet by the huge waves: then their
rage when dawn comes and they can see
people on the beach WHO appear to give
no heed to their signals, until at last
great sea swamps tho boat and toases
them Into tire surf. The sketch IL very
strong ard intense and sensible and not
easily forgotten.
EVELYN INNES. BY George Moore. ..
Appleton Is Co
NJ Moore's new novel Evelyn Times is a
very clever analysis OF conflict between
art and tho world on one side and rei!E-
Son upon tho other. This ia not a new
theme, but II is developed with such pcu@-
Grating insight into motives and character:
such mastery OF literary technique that IL
makes Of Evelyn Times notable book
UYss action q the novel passes In large
part in London and Paris II Is a story
81 the present day, characterized by
vivid perception of the doubts and COM
PICK conditions az modem life. The mu-
Zeal motif which has SO large q part in
ths development o. the story Is interviewer
with others which IN their unfolding show
. rars sustloty and sSer of expression
{. : :.
'"Tha Kings Tienti All" (Roston; Little
Brown & Coz. vh n Processes 20 be 81
rnucls es tho Sixteenth Century,"
Drought 10 light ard edited by William
Henry Johnson, Is as good an example
Of the novel ~ the romantic school a. has
appeared slrce Stanley Weyman's Gem
tleman Of France" While possessing all
tire necessary attributes Of adventure 10
eustain excitement ana create suspense. IL
II conspieuously free from the inprooa-
t1a hair breadth characteristics that bore
ona with their ahsarilty ard suggest moth
Ing mora realistic thar the authors i'll
veative 81 nlus. as a rule an unhappy re
csiador
Ths etronlalor is one os the faithful fos
ter brothers ot King nrrry OF Navarro.
ara tn tte vivid gtinpsss Of the Intrigue
which r. sned supreme IN the court os
Marguerite he Na,o.s. taVrc Is q strong
reconnaissance ~ Dumas accon,st - that
no oyvs immaculate lady. The hove stoT.
IS an exceedingly wholesome oac. for ifs
environ n1euts and Is net witaolIt pathos
o. even tragic eieoN1tg tn is ;iuA'e
NJ johnson ~ 81 he congratulated 81
''isscover3nE" So eatvr1 aiming a MANI
scr.as AND for 80 carefully editsuK t.