The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29

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ea7rglrg a small entrance fee for seeing
TIE Esoxfer- Finally. Il rich ChiEAIsaa Of
saH tfarscts3o bought IL for gssa. nj today
u deeorates the palace OF this Millionaire.
ard befota Il burns. day ard night a
amp. as before some domestic divinity.
We cannot vouc1 for the truth 5f this
story; IL may be all Ii.
Richard Henry stoddard, In writing Of
The new Dumas rouaances Just issued.
says OF Dumas: There u still one writer
whose superiority 70 ali his cantemporar-
les. great and small is as certain as The
superiority OF Shakespeare 20 all his con-
fefnporarieS- He Was not 3 biographer
Dat a hls@oriographer, and as such the
most truthful and the most ramantf the
world has ever known. when we have
another Shakespeare we may have an
other Dumas
The Critic has asked its readers 20 de-
eide on what branch Of contemporary
French literature they would ike to read
an essay by n. Brunetsere. When the dis
t!nguished critic was in the country year
ago, he promised to write cut for The
Critic his ave Lenox Lyceum lectures but
has never found an opportunity OF acing
so. and now proposes instead that he be
asked 10 write a single essay In place OF
the five papers promised. The choice OF
y
poetry. criticism and the novel The polls
viii close on June -.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland is geographically
treated by the June Ladies' Home Journal
in the most unique manner. Her closest
friends have united in contributing a Sc
ries OF characteristic anecdotes. recording
some OF her sayings and dolngs and those
perfectly reflect the former mistress OF the
White House. They are vastly more an
terestIng and accurate than the usual si-
ographicai sketch, inasmuch as they do
not picture Mrs. Cleveland as another par
son sees her but mirror her precisely as
she is-by her own words and deeds. A
number % photographs are published IN
connection with the anecdotes. They are
the first made of Mrs. Cleveland since size
left the White House.
The reception given to Mr.. J. A. Als-
sheler's romance, "A Soldier Of Manhat-
TAM" in England. illustrates the interest
ing change OF English sentiment as TO
American affairs which has been evident
OF late. Although Mr.. Aitsheler's story de-
picts the injustice of the English toward
the American eolonists just before the
Revolution, many OF the English papers
accept his implied structures as probably
correct, and their comments are signifi-
cantiy friendly. The departure from the
insular point of view shown in the reviews
Oh IllS StOfys Wl41u IL puDlisnSu ny IL
Appleton & Co., certainly warrants
q feeling Of confidence IN the predictions
of better and closer understanding be-
tween the countries.
The Bookman says regarding Stephen
Crane: Notwithstanding his well-nigh
fatal expedition as a war correspondent
to Cuba On a previous occasion, he Is
ready for the fray once more. Mr. Crane.
by the way, does not live in London. nor
Is he engaged on novel Of London life,
as was stated by a contemporary the other
day. He lives in a little Surrey town.
about twenty miles out of London. and
although he has been hard at work on
two novels. neither of them deals with
the great English metropolis. Mr.. Crane
was very respondent about his work for
time. but recently he has regained con-
fidence in himself, and is seriously endeav-
oring TO fulfill his remarkable promise"
Then you're going home to tell the pub
lie all about us in Plain Tales from the
yeldt?' " said a journalist of Ruluwayo 10
Mr. Kipling. mo. no. nothing of the kind.
go don't you run away with the idea, Mine
is only a flying visit. I'm not up here
for work, ard am fairly at SEA in these
parts Besides. the town VIII have grown
out of all knowledge In another twelve
months" $50 on the whole you've been
favorably impressed. Mr.. Kipling2" I'M
pressed. I have never been so impressed
with any community in the whole world"
Miss Molly Elliott SeawelFs new novel
THE Loves OF the Lady Arahelia," will
not be- published by the Macmillan Conf
pany until the autumn. In the meantime
1t Is 10 be published sertally.
we had thought that the warlike pre-
occupations Of the hour were probably at
the bottom of the caution OF the publish
ers. who seem finally TO have agreed to
baf~ chF 14ra-c yIna fall
hut Sir Walter Besant hints that the war
need not be held responsible. says the New
York Tribune. AT one time / believe In
the autumn OF 1sa2," he says, there were
hardly any books published at all. .
This was. after many years. a time Of
profound peace" The Inference is plain,
and the London Academy seems inclined
10 fortify Sir Walter Besant's statement,
noting that IL the war should seriously
affect English books 'it will he through
the publishers rather than through the
booklsh public. which constantly reads
books. no matter how mary exciting news
papers are At hand
The war with Spain has naturally inter-
fsred with the manufacture of innumer-
able books. Many well known artists and
authors who were at work upon books Of
various kinds were suddenly summoned
into service, or else engaged for war work
by the illustrated periodicals The plans
of several publishers have been seriously
disturbed in consequence. Among those
who have been drawn into the rnaelsfrorn
are Rufus F. Zogbaum. t1e great marine
illustrator. who has been AT work for
Harper's at Fortress Monroe: William ].
Henderson. who was drafted IN the first
SQUAD Of naval reserves aboard the mon
itor Nahant: James Barnes, the historian
OF the war Of lS2 and also a member u
the naval reserve: Stephen Crane. the
novelist. who has just come from England
as a correspondent. Of the London Daily
chronicle and one or two syndicates: and
Poultney Bigelow. the well known writer.
who recently left England for the purpose
OF taking part in the war
Incidence. that scourge Of authorship.
has always seemed an neradicable quality,
and more a matter OF what We vaguely call
ternpera u,ent than anything else. says the
New York Tribune. But Maurice de
Fleliry knows better. and describes
method Whereby the LATEST writer may
hone 70 bes cured First the patient must
regulate the employment Of every twenty
four hours in order to gain intellectual
,aares. au1 5iSr5Uif0e Then he mast lay