The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-01

CURRENT LITERARY GOSSIP.

With every issue of the Woman's Home
Companion that magazine places itsesf
higher In The literary world. The reading
matter IL of a high class ard IL OF especial
interest to every household.
For the past several weeks there has
come to the desk brilliant weekly peri
odical published at Los Angeles under the
name Of the Capital. II follows in the
steps OF the Argonaut and Wave and
easily compares with them.
The Gentlewoman Is the clever name OF
a womsn's publication which will be at
tractiye to all lady readers. IL Ia the sue
cessor 10 woman's World and Jennesss
Miller Monthly. OF New York city. and is
published In the interests OF the American
woman, American homes and American
society.
In addition 10 the books already ar
nounced for publication IN April. Messrs
Harper and Brothers viii issue story OF
adventure by Archer r. Crouch, entitled
''Senorita Nontenar." With certain vexed
portions OF South America supplying its
scenery and with the Chilean war for In
dependence vividiy realized in It's pages.
the book certainty does rot lack oppor-
tuneness
An especially sweet tempered man tells
n story in the Pail Mali Gazette regarding
what he calls The most perfect bull he
ever came across. The ahsurdity OF II quite
repaid him for his literary work ~
sent" he says "a review of volume by
m freshman &c the editor OF a popular
Dublin paper He replied that he had
published my article. but could not pay me
for 1t. as he wrote an the reviews in his
journal himseafr'
A lady asked for a new novel In one OF
the leading book stores in New York re-
Gently. and was offered Simon Dale" by
Anthcny Hope. She declined IL, saying
that she would never buy another hook
by this author. since he had spoken so dis
respectfully Of Americans. As Mr. Hone
stated when interviewed I'm the matter
after his rctarn 10 England. he never made
tho eercgatory comments attributed 20
him, This incident. however, shows how
far-reachlng libel can be
TIE secondhand booksellers Of Paris
who Rave FOR so many years nionopoiixe1
the rarapets along the Seine are sorne-
thing Ike the "squatters'' In upper New
York: they hold their places by right Of
possession. and though There have been
several attempts 70 oust them they arr
still there. 4 new order has been issued
for them 10 move or 70 make room fer
a railway terminus ard they may have IN
20. According 90 ~. Octave rzanna, they
have held ,hese parapets since 1919.
Benjamin swifts new novel THE DE.
stroyer' is uo~ in the press says the
Hs,okman. "Mr. Richard Garnet and Mr.
Zsngwili are both OF the opinion that Il
will place him where he belongs, among
the foremost az our new writers A friend
who has read the iss, chapter say. that Ia
spite os tho title ~ IN omen the story ends
happily. Tie closing scene takes place In
he cathedral nj Milan. ana the book Is
said 20 be- as fine piece Of literature as
has been written during recent years
BENJAMIN Swift left for Florence some
weeks age
~ Is curious coincidence that Capt
Schuyler Crowninshteid should have hean
'be former commander Of the Maine. and
that his wife should have written what 10
perhaps the most life~l!ke account OF the
plain people OF Cuba In her recent book
Where the Trade Winds Blow" the home
Afe Of the reconcentrudos has been l,nr
trayed with graphic truth that can
hardly fail to nc Of interest 10 all Araari-
cans at the prevent time. The homes ~
The characters Of her book are .hos@
which have since been laid In ashes by
the Sraniarsis
In My iAfe In Two Hcnsispheres" Sir
Charles Gavan Dury tells humorous
story against himself During hiS life he
saw many rertls Including shat O! being
hanged. drawn. and aaartered: hut per.
Aaps his very worst quarter OF an hour