The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17

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History eli Spasn- The ssory - clear and
concise snd tells nnofs than many larger
pubiicatior&
ma txs<ns 10 which suddsnay and
widely surceufng book Increases the sases
OF prevyors works by the sanse author. y
Illustrated In the ease cf 9t2niey water
soo's - Man and . Wem2n. tbs new
edision of which. BY Way q WEiams. -
sesisn9 Only second - The story of Alb"
The Locono4ive Fsrsmaa,s NAsasfne FOR
April ID = splendid number. The naval
szppsement, coastsa1ng Of thsrsy-two
pages. IL wei worth spsr1sl attention. a.
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Of the United States. o1acsrs, prominent
men Of the Cuban crisis. and msny inter-
estsng naval mechaniEnA
That the NianfssIpp. valley 10 destined 70
become within . comparatively short
space Of time tbs greatest .b0ok-buying
region Of the United States b demon
strssed By reports from publishers. The
increase Of saleA ~ compared with the
past, y relatively greater than either IN
the extreme East or extreme West
The Macmillan Company announce The
pu5iicaf ton OF The Monroe Doctrine" by
". =. Roadway. B. A.. Fellow Of King's
College. Cambridge. England. The same
publishers have tuse Issued Also the lecture
entitled .'Canada,s Aetals." which was de-
livered 1t the Toronto meeting Of the
British Association. by Prof. Roberts
Austen. C. b.. d. G. l.. +. r. 8.
Tho April or spring number OF the Par.
isian IS jast ous. and Il has one Of the
most attractive covers OF any OF the
months magazines. Tho contents COM
prise the current literature A. well - the
latest gossip OF France. and should b.
read BY all French students. Not French
students only. ~ the fiction numbers are
especially interesting to everyone. Tho
Partisan being the only English masaxine
which treats exclusively Of French mat
ter. that Is . sufficient guarantee Of its re-
liability.
@. r. Putnam's Sons win publish shortly
the authorized American version Of "I4e
6outjen de Famille.'' the last story. COM
psetsd shortly before his death. Of Al
phonse DaudeG The book win be i4ued
simultaneously in Paris London and New
York The title given to the American
yerniOn viii be .sThe Head OF the Family"
The volume will include q Biographical
and critical Introduction by Prof. Ado;phe
Cohn. OF Columbia university, and also q
number OF characteristic Illustrations from
designs by the Parision artist Marchetti.
"StXrving. naked Cuba" Il graphically
described. At first hand. In the current
Lesiie's Weekly by Gibson Willets the
special correspondent OF that paper. whose
appalling narrative Is supplemented by ).
G.. Hemmante latest photographs, showing
that the hall has not yet been told. Dur.
ihg less than two years past 500.o00 Cubans
have starved 10 death, and half as mary
more are probably doomed. Photographs
are also given Of the Maine wreck. and
OF the ships crew Of the United States
cruiser Montgomery cheering the Man
grove - she left Havana.
Mr.. Herbert r. Hamblen's new hook,
THE General Managers Story" part OF
which has been running In q series OF ar
ucies in AeClure's Magazine uAder the
title OF the Life Of the Railroad Man"
viii be published early next month, In
book form, by the Macmillan Company.
who were the fortunate publishers Of his
drst literary venttre. ION Many Seas
Mr.. Hamhlsn has bsen occupying his spare
time for the past year with this new book
and also with manv stories for the maya
zines and newspapers. His business hours
are stil spent watching the beat OF the
piston rods at the West Ninety-eighth
street pumping station in New York ety.
Problems OF Municipal Government"
by Victor 8. Yarros. the opening article
In the April number OF Self Culture Is a
clear and satisfactory statement Of the
questions involved In the government OF
American cities. The author would take
the control OF our cities out Of tho hands
OF professional politicians and separate
as far as possible. the state and munici-
pal administrations The sphere Of local
seif-government must be defined and re-
spectes. and cities must have the right
and the opportunity conferred upon them
OF working out their own salvation and
experimenting at their own risk and cost.
The editorials are zane and reasonable In
their judgm6rss and subjects OF national
importance are treated In thoughtful
ard philosophical manner
Apropos OF the uses OF criticism we NAV
refer 20 the unhappy novelist who has
tast written TO Sir Walter Besans telling
him that while two books of his have
been cordially reviewed in many journals
Of high standing the sales have been
aamentabiy small says the New York
Tribune. SIR Walter Besan;s remarks on
the subject are divertsag. He has talked
the matter over with many Journalists
and declares that their opinion IL the same
as his own. THE decay OF authority In
the literary columns" he says, sis mainly
due TO the prevalent desire to review
everything that - published" This leads.
ha thinks. 10 superfie!ality. inaccuracy ard
oozen other evils misleading 10 The pub
lie. This r. one OF those beautiful expla-
nations which explains everything save
the point at issue. for II Ii based on the
empirical assumption that IL the reviews
were just the public would abide by them.
Now. everybody knows chat q good book.
lavishiy upheld by tuss criticism, viii often
fal nat. while bad book. a. justly and
as earnestly condemned ~ the other work
was praised. will 20 through raore editions