The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-27

describe tile Prey which hunters
hope to find are always "ei-
come. No woman need 60 farta-
- thar I>owman Il Har<oras book store
= search OF Christmas gift for Der aus
onud Of sweetheart. when she can hn1
1hkre such a fine edition OF bird lie are
Birds That Hunt ard are Hunted ne
histories OF 10 hlf2z II prey. game birds
end water fowl, by Nellie Bia1enau, au-
nor OF bird Neighbors." with al intro
auction BIZ @. o. Shields. Published By
Doubleday d. Mcclure. This superb vol
lie contains forty-e.ght colored plates
md xa pages. The book tells Of ali things
Nat bird hunters want 10 know, and IL as
Interesting as ii IS instructive 1t Is writ
I'm 80 brightly and clearly that any reader
Gan find pleasure in its cheerful pages. In
tAe chapter On grouse, that beautiful bird
Mhich We know as the Chinese pheasant ig
1A.cribed as the Oregon or red auffled
grouse. "Birds That Hunt ard Are Hunt
"a" contains. besides other great merits,
N excellent preface. in walch the author
10sIsts that hunting. and not Strengthening.
- done by American Eportsusen. THIS
1Dmely volume will be not only satisfactory
ous Delightful. 10 the hunter.
The recen: absorption or the publishing
nouse Of Robert Bros. by Little, Brown a.
Co, Boston, brought out & short sketch Of
the history Of the latter veteran house
which Is peculiarly interesting and pecu-
Marty Bostonese Little. Brown d Co. Is
The straight and legitimate descendant OF
. book house cstahiIahed IN Boston LED
sears ago, and they occupy The Same house
today which they have occupied t9r sixty
Ave years. Can any other American city
show anything Ike this? In New York, II
che house had held together for sixty-iive
rears, its business would have Travelled ''up
town -four or five mikes. And in all these
nearly seven decades Little, Brown & Co
have endsavored 20 maintain loyalty 20 the
very highest standard OF their business in
every respect.
Concerning Isabel carnaby'' by Ellen
xhorneycroft Fowler published by u APP
oIeton e. Co. In Town and country LII
brary, IL one OF the mos, delightful and re-
6resh.ng books of the year. The conversa-
eions of the people who live and move In
ths volume are truly bright and spark
Hing Isabel Caraaby may perhaps be
little hard al times, but II her wosldiiness
gives birth TO her sharp and witty epi-
grams one conaones the hardness in rrc-
pTesssb.e smiles. The story of a girl with
divided heart. the world versus love- Is not
very new nor is the fact that man really
On love will shoulder any responsibility 10
heip the object OF his alteration very
novel. bn. the story Of "Shams and Shad-
ows" Is cieyerly told and the whole book
y delightful
1.-THE Law OF Mines and Mining In the
United States" recently published by Lit
4ie Brown s. Co. Ii of special interest TO
every one Interested In mines. since Il COW
ers the law applicable To any portion Of the
country and to all kinds OF mines. and also
deals with the questions OF title 10 mineral
Hands, mines and minerals, and the forma-
ton and mode Of occurrence IN nature Of
the various kinds Of mineral deposits. The
tmrortanee OF this will he appreciated.
since In the application OF the United
E:ates statutes important legal distinctions
are Intimately connected with geological
e.or physical differences
What Shall Our Boys DO For a I.iv-
ing" by Charles Il. Wlngate. published by
Doubleday & Mcclure Company. This
book Is serles Of practical talks by man
who has devoted twenty years to the sub
Sect o. how to best further the well-doing
and wel-heing Of our boys. With the
knowledge OF the meaning Of the word
s'edueation"-i. e.. bringing our that which
Ties dormant In the human mind-MT WIN
gate gives wise and practical counsel 10
the fathers and mothers Of cur rising gen.
eration and also tells the average hoy how
best TO develop the best within him.
In Flashlights ON Nature" by Grant
Allen. published by tAe Doubleday & Nc
Clure Company, ones attention r. drawn
60 the beauties and almost miracles O.
nature. The illustrations In this very In
teresting study Of nature and her methods
are done by Frederick Euaeh NEST Pleas
ingiy and prettiy Neither Nature and her
aims and ends IS an abiding subject 81 In
serest, and never more SO than when seen
% clearly and somprehenslveiy as With the
keen observation displayed ty NJ. Allen
in this his latest book
George Glssgng IS ahuve AL writer for
this time ana age. THE Town Traveller"
published by + n Stokes Company. IL
photographic and bright ana fun Of that
human nature that makes the world akin.
Mr.. Glssing. In Iris treatment Of Polly
cheerful people ln '"rhe Towa Traveller"
reminds one ot Charles Dickens. and when
NE say this we arr placla< NJ. Casing
high In tho ranks q these writer's who
have pleased the grea; majority ot readers
''TAe Letter ard the Spig.i" ~ Cora
Maynard. published by + 4 Stokes COM
ranv. with coves ard ,l'is psse designed
nv William fe1swer Curtis This f.r.-s, ~
Mss Maynard tells q the i'fe lcf ~ the
Tuxedo set. their struggles. friaaaphs and
defeats, as they - up sut down the social
ladder The problem - divorce. ia usa
ard abuse IS 3 prasalneat sahyeet IN tats
very brightly wrtltea novel
The principal festuTs ~ the TeankzE.v~
.aE number az tb~ Youths COMPANION vii
BE- Mary r wl'kinx' sketch az "A Nav
England GtCl sassnty Years Ago" IN tAfs
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