The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-03

man document, record of real life, his
book is agreeable and valuable.
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George j. Manson has written and the
Humboldt Publishing Company has issued
1.-THE Sporting Dictionary" 1t is %
cent pamphlet of 1870 pages. containing
professional and technical terms used in
popular sports and games. In so small
and cheap volume completeness and ac-
curacy can hardly be expected. For In
stance, "siwash' is defined as Oregon In
dian for "chief;;" lobscouse IL said to con-
sist of "stewed beef and onions" the chief
ingredient, bareback, being omitted; "all
card games are said to be covered in
definitions, yet pinochle, one of the most
popular, does not appear. The dictionary
is fullest in horse definitions, but quar-
ter-horse' does not appear. 'Noggin."
a dish, is said to be Northwestern" In
stead of that 1t Is Irish II anything. Par
fieche is printed 'parflecke." and defined
as dressed cowhide soaked in alkali."
Parfieche is any kind of rawhide from
which the hair has been removed by the
use Of ashes. Under kalamazoo meth
cd" reference is made, 'See duplicate
whist" There Is no entry under either
word Errors of omission and commission
abound, still 1t is a handy rs cents worth.
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Peter Newell's clever wash drawings
are very familiar to the readers of all
the Harper periodicals.. A square Quarto
Of Pictures and Rhymes by MIR. Newell
Is now published by the Harpers, with
an interesting biographical note by Mr..
John Kendrick Bangs. From his sketch
it appears that Mr.. Newell Is 81 years
old, a native of Illinois, farmers boy
and student of Japanese and the mod
ern French fiat tone workers. Mr.. Newell
is a humorist, and a kindly one. His
ov,Ay frf, mill v,lr
pie than those for whom his book Is in
tended.
Coralyn Wells "Jingle Book" published
by Macmillan e. Co., Is clever, and has
appropriate illustrations by o. Herford.
AS an example of Miss Wells work this
is as good as any:
tutor who footed the flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
us 1t harder to loot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"
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Gelett Burgess Nonsense Almanac for
1907 Is humorous trifle with nonsense
verses and nonsense pictures by Mr.. Bur-
CESS, whose Purple Cow made him a
popular favorite. F. A. Stokes Company,
New York. publishers. so cents.
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Songs of the Wild Woods" by E. r.
Adams, published by Corbett & Co.. Seat
tie, with preface by Edward w. Drew, Is
a pretty little volume of fifty pages, with
five half-tone illustrations and dozen and
a half poems. The poems are RETROSPECT
tive and contemplatve. The verse Is
sweet and harmonious, and its spirit is
gentle and melancholy, breathing simplicity
and tenderness. The verses suggest the
song, not of the lark or nightingale. but
of the vesper sparrow
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Twenty Famous Naval Battles" by
Edward Kirk Rawson, superintendent ma
val war records; two vols. Svo., with
maps. plans. old prints. portraits. cloth,
gilt top, per set. 81
What Greasy in his Decisive Battles"
has done for the land, Prof. Rawson has
done for the sea. Beginning with Salams.
4S0 B. c.. he takes In chronological order
the battles of Actium, 81 B. c., and I1e-
panto, 1571. the defeat Of the Armada. 1883,
the last fight of the Revenge, 1891; the fight
off Dungeness, 1862; the battle of La Hogue,
1852; the contest between the Bon HCmme
Richard and the Scraps. 1873; the battle of
the Nile, 1898; the duel between the Fou-
droyant and the Guillaume Tell, 1888; Ira
falgar, 1906; the battle between the Consti-
tuton and the Guerrero, 1872; Lake Erie