The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-23

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alone The steps by which this cenrsss-
| SIGN was reached appear All TO be leading
IN the opposite direction tiil suddenly
Fclts-faee VAS executed and they ended
| in this unexpected dsStur"
Among the intensely interesting ar
ticies in the January number Of Self
eeiture are some Of the following: ~
weird Literature" 'The American In
dan in Literature" THE ESSAYS OF
schorenhaaer the ExpcunGer of Pessim-
Ism. Women In Some ef Their New
caiiEgs Some Notable Women or the
century ION Reading ''Juiea Rome
IFeece and Asia as Sources OK Culture
aAd The Tragedy Of the FIrsl-Born,
Literary "Reminiscences
Among the more recent books in Paris
= heritage de Behanzln." novel which
mas Ter ITS scenes the penal colony OF
bahcsney on the Gulf OF Guinea. Its
ao'aoF. Paul Minande. has already taken
mas readers 10 the other penal eolonies
mat are used sewer for French
CRIME But II. Mimanae Is more than
hoseiist, ne is a sociologist. and has
schemes Tor developing a country ander
convict toll If not rule.
The military career cf Nathaniel
ureene. the great major general Of the
continental army. next 10 Washington
surely the greatest soldier Of the Revoiu-
Goh. furnishes one Of the most remark
anle instances in history OF the selection
or one who had had no military training
or experience 10 command in time OF war
Ine entire forces Of a state" says Mary a.
1feene, IN valuable article on the hero
ID the January number Of the New En-
gland Magazine.
With the January Issue Of the Hypnotic
Magazine it drops the old title and Will
hereafter be known as the journal of
Medical Hypnotism." In speaking of the
cause that IL represents the editor adds
these words of encouragement: My
genial fellow travellers II YOU ind the
road dusty and the travel irksome. cheer
up. you are not far from the waters OF
truth If the ribald populaee pelt YOU
with stones and mud. pelt back. You
VIII ma the exercise beneficial"
senator Lodge, at the conclusion OF his
VIVID description of the battle OF Bunker
Hil In Scribner's for February. says:
me victory was with the British. fer
they took the contested ground and held
II. But the defeat CT Bunker Hill was
worth many victories TO the Americans.
II proved TO them that British troops were
not lnvinelhie, as they had been so con-
ndeniiy assured. 1t proved their owa
iisntias capacity. and gave strength and
heaft to the people OF every colony"
The manager Of large distributing
DOCK concern In London iTnpresses On writ
ers the advantages OF ? good TILE. Nine
tenths Of the people who buy books select
oy means OF the title only. That sounds
interesting" says the possible purchaser
ana so ne BUYS. This manager. who only
wants 10 sell books, holds "lhat a tile
saouid be short, crisp and concise. and that
X should convey a clear impression OF the
book. Then let the title he euphonious"
he adds 1t sticks better 10 the memory"
Poet-Lore wins It's way. as a critic re-
Gently said, as "a great American qusr-
teriy. broad, acute. and scholarly. Its
New Year Number opens with ode by
Richard Eovey twach is live reading, by
the way, and not deadly dun, as so much
very respectable modern verse isl and Il
graceful lyric By Florence Earle Coates
The reprint this time is an American rar-
ity. a poem OF early anti-slavery days.
Africa" by Lowells first wife. Maria
White, with comment by Caroline II. Dali
striking account of Daudet's funeral,
by an eye-witness-Mr Theodore Stanton
appears in The Critic of January S. The
delivery of Zola's address at the grave is
described as exceedingly effective. The
famous author. evidently moved by the
loss of an old friend, read in a harsh.
monotonous voice. from which he rails u
| his eyes but onee-when he called upon
| Leon Daudet to embrace his brother,
which the young man showed not the
S.AlAtNSl iltilildllou TO iHtS bOkG III
turn, however. threw themselves into
Zoias arms. and he kissed each of them
one both checks.
Early in January Fords. Howard & HUI
bert, New York, viii publish The New
PurttaniSn: \ series OF papers presented
during the Semi-Centennial Celebration 4
Plymouth church. Brooklyn, n. Y. tlSi5-
lSao." The fftieth anniversary of the
founding Of Plymouth church was tit oc-
casion for reviewing the progress OF reli-
glCus thought during the past half cea-
fury. and taking a forelook at its near fu-
ture. The eminent thinkers gathered for
that purpose have set forth thiS retrospect
and prospect i'm most suggestive fashion.
and their addresses form book Of vital
| interest and sterling worth.
American theatrical life as exhibited in
our small Western towns and by those
| players so frequently pictured in our
| humorous journals as walking over rail-
/ way ties. is 10 be described In the most
/ entertaining way In a volume entitled
| THE Barn Stormcrs." which viii soon
/ be- published By Frederick 4. Stokes &
! Co. The joy and trials, the triumphs and
/ failures OF the gipsy-lke existence are
/ said 10 be printed in true coiofs in this
book. which is supposed 10 be written by
/ an actress who has had a wide and var
/ led personal experience. Many OF the SIT
/ uations are ludicrous. while there Is an
/ occasional touch OF pathos and even bit
| of tragedy.
| Mr.. Hutchinson, whose Marriage Gus
! toms in Many Lands has been so favor
! ably reviewed. has had a somewhat
varied career He was for many years in
the church. but a throat trouble obliged
/ him 10 give UP preaching and also lee
! turing on science. He was travelling
/ tutor for time. and then turned his at
! rSntion seriously 10 literature, having
| produced scientific book every year
/ since lSS9. Extinct Monsters" has. per.
! haps. been his greatest success. 1t Is
said that the Norlocks otherwise the
! members ot the Writer'S Club are
/ anxious 20 know how the Rev. Mr..
/ HutChins has obtained his knowledge Of
marriage customs. as he is very de-
termined "old bachelor"
/ The January North American Review
! contains an admirable essay on The In
teliectual Powers of Woman" by Prof
/ Fabian Franklin. being in substance a
! reply 20 the spirited article by Mrs G. O.
Buckler in The September Review. en-
/ titled The Lesser Man" Prof Frank
/ lin is ~ the opinion that Il is impossible
/ 10 determine thu relative powers Of man
and woman; that 1t viii be long before