The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-19
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II 30 1SAA4ural1g. 50 humble II sss pre-
s-atatsoa tia. II Is really poetic gem Of
brightest ray.
The Northwestern Monthly. % Lsnco.n n
Seb.. ia q teachers and students manual
On eoQca tionai subjects. TIE EsAnv differ
enf discussions are scaolany written.
Questions ard Answers in Theory ana
Practice % Military Topography 5y Maj.
J H. BoTaii. is the title o. book which
viii be published Immediately by The Mac
; milan Company.
TIE Strand and New illustrated. o
English magazines are fast finding favor
In the American literary line. The issues
are complete in themselves and are COM
posed OF really interesting contributions
when are we'll illustrated
The Macmillan Company will pub.sh
) this month in New York and London under
the title ''Persephone ard Other Poems"
a small volume by new writer Mr..
Charles Camp Tarelii.
/ Mr.. Winston Churchill. the author OF that
slight but amusing novel. The Celebrity"
has written another book which he calls
Richard carvel." /: Is novel Of the
+ colonial period ID this country.
carter's Monthly for this month has
/ very good and entertaining article on The
Boyhood Home OF Mark Twain" which
not only treats % the home. but Of several
/ OF his writing and characters, especially
| Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer
bow old would Tom Hood be IL he were
alive todayT There seems 10 be some diff
floulty In determining this question. since
his tombstone says tina; ne was born in
isss, and DR.. Garnet. Canon Anger and
other authorities say that the right date
was 1893.
! With the Issue o. June o. the New
| York Forest and Stream will complete It's
! GsEeth volume. To mark the event in
becoming manner the issue Will be
splendid souvenir number. illustrated and
! containing. In each department.. many
striking features.
Under the Stars. ana Other Verses" by
| Wallace Rice. and Barrett Eastman. IL the
name OF little pa Implicit, Issued by Way
| and Williams, Chicago. which is an Inter
est.ng collection Of historic and patriotic
! verses They are unpreieutious and there
| fore all the more precious.
The Right Hon. james Bryce. author of
| THE American Commonwealth" whose
! life Of Gladstone has just been published
| ny the Century Company, IL about 70 put
| forth In the Century magazine one of the
! most important utteTances Of his career
| namely. saseinct and lucid statement; OF
/ his Views sn Equality.
The Locomotive Firemen's magazine IL
| coming right 20 the front as one of the
! magazines OF tho month This month the
| issue ~ "A naval edition winter Life on
| the Yukon" Is IA well written letter from
| A. f. Rogers who left Seattle last fall for
| the klondike country and reached Munook.
Miss Blanche Sully. wao died in Philadel-
| phla recently al the age of 81 was the
| daughter OF the portrait painter. Thomas
| Sully. When she was a young girl Miss
| Sully posed. IN the robes OF Queen Victoria
| for a portrait made by her father for the
/ 81. Georges Society Of Philadelphia. The
|. queen sat for the face. but 10 sit for the
| costume was tiresome and unnecessary.
| The Baker 4 Taylor Co, OF New York,
| announces "a in preparation. by Rev.
| Arthur r. PIerson. D. d. n life Of George
Muller which VIII he issued IN the autumn.
| The l.fe story Of nc man. within century
| past, presents mora inspiring material for
! stiidy oH the part OF those who desire 30
| k'ow ard experience NE pawer and privi-
lege Of daily walk with God and a
noble work with Him Cor humanity.
The Pride OF Jennico" has Just run in.
| 70 i's nth edition. The popularity OF
| this novel In the face Of the war excite
nent is noteworthy In spite OF the fact
| That the publishers have already made ar
| engagements for the dramatization OF this
book, they have recently received three
further propositions for It's appearance az
a play.
Within three weeks OF it's publica ton
The Forest Lowers" by Maurice Hew-
lett, has exhausted large first edition.
A second edition ~ tn the press for i'm
mediate lssue Much was expected from
this book. and the expectations seem to
be justified. In the matter of style alone
Mr.. James Lane Allen has described IL as
an extraordinary achievement
The presen. Baron Tauchnltz Il said TO
be, Hike his father. n man OF letters first.
ana man OF business af'esward. II is
nor every so-caliei Successful novel that
finds place In the famous library. The
Hrm n3N employs a Thousand wovkmer,
and. although I.epsic s. a center IL Social
ism no strike or disturbance has ever oc-
cured Ia thts sreas publishing house
The T.auuger. In the Critic states that
Einwouti is saved ard tlie home Of James
Russell Lowell will 10 turned into menu
orial park. The enthusiastic men and wo-
wsn who had thr matter 81 hard had 10
raise gcgAd MANY thousand dollars within
81 en- time and She money came IN 40
slowly that they were in despair but now
they hsve The ful amount ana a Ii;fie aver
The standard History % the United
States Navy" which Mr. Edgar 8 Macs y
has be.n revising ~ late, GENES down -
ard includes peveys victory a. Manila.
Some ~ the neSt important Auditors are
the chapters Cruising Af,er Savers -
Attack on the WvomNx" 'ses Pewet IN
the C'ivn war and CUBA ana the United
states"
\ literary work treatise On a neg
ley>teti s,ibtet~ thai Is deserving sf APP
prevail by "a the progressive printing
+ fraternity "a a n~at iit''e v-agurne Of which
= J Hs~r,ay - tTne3n~a'' "a 'he author
+ H. "a appropriately GATED The Linotype
: os~s~a3oF's t'ef9srantun " ari should -.