The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-18

visit the tea gardens AMI rtce fields. From,
western japan they go by ship 10 Korea
and spend some time among these yellow
skinned men Siberia Is visited and 3
trip is taken 20 Psking an3 a series Of
tours among the Chinese begun.
IN Travels Through North America
the most of the Journeys are taken IN the
United States The chIF1rea visit oar
great cities At Washington thay see
congress and the supreme court ami have
an audience with the president az TIE
White House At baltimore they learn
ali about oysters. and Ia Philadelphia they
visit the. mint and see how eur money IS
made They spend some time in New
York and Boston. and after travelling
through New England. journey among the
cotton. tobacco and sugar lands OF tsse
South They visit the natural wonders
o. the Rocky mountains and the Falls Of
Niagara. They are taken 10 Alaska and
have many exciting experiences in the gold
regions and fur lands OF British Columbia
The North American book IS especially
valuable not only IL that 1t gives the chill
dren a good idea OF their own country. but
also in the vein Of patriotism which runs
through IT, No boy can read II without
zen
The impeachment" by Dorothea Gerard
Mime. Lougard de Longgarle,, published
by d. Appleton * Co. New York jessie
Drummond, young and beautiful, rnarries
for position a Lord Arlington who is nerve
less, physically weak, and one-eyed. the
result of self-inicted wound Lord Al
lington IS described as so awkward that
he is always half killing himself. He loads
a pistol and shoots out one eye. He rides
a bicycle and breaks MS bones 1t seems
hard 20 realize that young wealthy and
clever English lord could be so awkward
as Dorothea Gerard depicts Lord Abingdon
Thinking that his wife does not love him.
but another man. Lord Arlington shoots
himself in earnest and. awkward as he
had ever been, this time he hits the mark
intended. After many days or sorrow. Jes-
sic marTies strong and robust lover on
the principle OF the survival OF the strong,
this novel seems 10 fulfill its mission
Jonas Lies "Niobe.' published by Geo.
II. Richmond * Son. New York, places
him very high among the realistic writer's
OF our day. Mr.. Lie is a Norwegian. and
IL is through the translation of "Niobe'' by
II. l.. Braekstad that We have become ac-
quainted with this book. Mr. Lie is a con-
temporary of Ibsen. Bjornson and VINCE
who are his friends. Though living in Ba-
varia and Paris. Mr.. Lies novels almost
entirely deal with Norwegian life. "Nlobe''
tells the story Of country physician, his
wife. and the fate of his boys and girls.
y-f1D a.-t-
out In new and strange paths, ali OF which
ended disastr0usly. Mrs. Boryig, who in
the last chapter blows herself and her
three grown children UP, rather than ses
them utterly disgraced. makes the ending
Of the book fascinating horror.
quiet Talks With Earnest People in Ny
Study by Charles Edward Jefferson. pub-
lished by Thomas r. Crowell & Co, Bos-
ton. Among other good points made in
this most excellent series OF talks. Mr..
Jefferson says ''i<he important thing in
this world IS not to hurI men from their
pvdestals, but 10 understand them" Min
listers may seem innocent and naive. hut
they know more Of what is going on than
the average man gives them credit for
Knowing An open church means a
church WITH Christians In It ready to wei
come all corners" The world cares moth
ms for empty church buildings. Without
people III them they are cold as refriger-
ators and depressing as sepulchers The
chapter Oh approaching the minister is
particularly good. and the hook is filled
with happy suggestions to congregation
ana clergyman.
The Old Adam and the New Eve" by
Rudolph Colin. translated from the Ger
man by Edith Fowler. and published by
Geo. II. Richmond * Son, New York This
book is about wealthy and passionate
man, Won Buggenr.eth. who in marrying
the governess Of his little children, Katie
Butner. tries 10 make OF her a slave 10 his
whims and desires. Katie resents this
and. leaving Won Buggenrieth, hopes 70
make a living for herself by teaching.
After half-sjarving herself she is induced
by her dying father to return to her hus-
bands arms. there 10 lose all ambition and
hope, 70 degenerate into weu-fed ami
NAL All that Mir Colin writes about IL
probably true, but all men are not Won
Bugeenrieths.
'EzekeIs Sin" a Cornish romance by
J. II. Pearce. published by Geo II. Rich
mond x Son. New York. is capital aet