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

tnak Gentle put powerful dutnor sWept
away ~ dunty idols the gods of our fatn-
ers; the Scots. Thackerays. pckenses ana
pumases--and erected on their pedestals
the fetiches OF ToletoL valera ana tnc!r
KIN; the prophets OF tendency ana Eeai-
ISM. AZ temporary revon against tne
attempt 70 turn the literature OF mental re-
taxation and recreation into epoStonc
scripturen, scientinc education ana etnlca!
Anstructfcns the whole nero o. hanyMro
cattle V2s arst turned toose, 70 De ioloWeu
quickly ~ the nAanmg fatchiope ana Efunl-
pet blast. OF the Cnurchiiis' Cranes nopes
ana Castles.
Today the mhefltors OF the SCOTS ana
Ouwases hummer readers ~ the tnousanQA
where the Tclstoss ana Howeiises hed huns
dreda Richard Carvel alone has had, N
81 pronapsntys = many CAMP Ios'owers =
OF al Europe To-Day y ever = the gay
OF the novel Of romance ana adventure.
ana inc presses OF the pubhnners are kept
not with running on edition after EDITION
OF novels o. France under the Capets ana
BourbonA with their descendants OF Ear
taean: OF novels @ Amer1caa nistory'
Win Wasning'cns EIankMn. aI Jones:
or the Puritan fathers ~ the heroes OF
romance.
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Tho 9Th o. Nay. a. ID. l146. II the date
Ut the opening chapter OF Mr.. F. Marion
Crawford's latest novel. "via Crucssr =
romance of the second crusade. published
by the Macmillan Company. Prolific as Mr..
Crawford has been In good novels, this his
latest has the merits Of its three dozen
predecessors and is In strength and power
of dramatic construction and expression
far n advance Of his former work. "via
Crucis'' d written on higher plane and
with loftier subject than any Of fits pred
ecessors. The history of the second Cruz
10 a~sA s.tno >uuto~ - rxx E5l>nr
are the theme and the motive. Both are
treated with the fullness and brilliancy Of
= historian and the human interest OF the
nkillod novelist. 30 mastery y the treat
mene OF Queen Eleanor that Mr.. Craw-
fordss portrait OF her deserves to hang ON
the line with any OF the masterpieces o.
esther history OF notion. She y mean end
olood: Even tne minor characters. ave
eketchea u clear. WHO col0fs; notably.
tnose % Henry PIentaganet ana Bernard
81 Cls4rveux. VINO live IN NJ. Crewford,s
laEes ~ they do NOT n those OF many his-
storiana. Va Ctuclg IN 70 xudl 81 mtof-
-Mstion. - y1yld in description. that one =
Ieu 20 renocS tnat 10 the proM1c noveH@ 70
lost ~ even more priluant historian: the
'5sel' g We novel e 0loert WsrG. the
suthor h.s rainsed WITH loving hand for
~ !, Hne g nAs 1891 VS. p'cture OF one on
nis own < 1890 pIoeenssofs. ~ y WIN tne
love y Sueeu Eteanot roF TINS none cnaI-
Ger 9ilpert Ward, that une piot OF wa
u 81 coI 1, iiDerL, nilnseiI
true 81 tno noDIeet MeaIs' ~ .ne way "
anu ne rscelsss ana esser 's,,. ,a IN,
Lunest INTEREST OF tho reader .or Win MS
Iatner murdered by ms motners lover.
wnom sne marr,es' ana VINO procures MS
uisinneFitahccs anu WNn hls own love kept
from MN py the macninauons OF Eicanor,
VINO py tuns 5000 anu Dao ansel
10 MN, ne achieves glory, nonor. position.
Z ana ~ isst mn love. WINE adnering ssead-
xastU 70 the principals OF true knient
Cnivary mas very rarely mao 90 NOBLE
porttayai ~ appears N wa Crucis. whicn
! Is assureoiy MT. Crawiorus masterpiece
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Louis Nv, De Fompadour' the Duo ae
vCnoiseuL Canauan Voyaeer, Jesuit;
one bourgeois merchant prince anu ms
!oveiy daughter; roue count ana ms man
" nepnew: ere me cnaracters IN FRANK Lee
cutners Inc Favor OF tne Frincess' puo-
lished by the Macmillan Company. Given
tnese cnaractera intrigue ana adventure
4 must natnrahy foiiow, as n dumas, novels
~ sne sane PERIOD. Mr.. sutner, u must
,pe A4aqs ,suggeSts only Dnmas, tnougn NJa-
sapot, MS ceureus &c pois. - clever Gre
sAkten. rs ss.r6e sf5taae NJ s
s,orfs 49, ~
& s;'.Soldier Risdals." by Beulah Marie
Dix, published by the Macmillan Com
pany, more than confirms the agreeable
promise Of the authors. Hugh Gwyeth.
ut Is the story Of the first few, years of
life at Plymouth after the Pilgrims had
landed, Governor Carver, Edward Win
slow, Niles 6tandish, John Alden and his
Priscilla, the Brewsters, Hopkinses, Mas
sasoit, Squanto and other real personages
are the Characters OF the novel whose
nero IL the small boy, Miles Hizdale, an
orphan, the namesake and profege OF
Miles Standish. SOLDIER Kizdaie Is clean,
wholesome, interesting ana written with
reserve iorce. Ihe author admirably pre-
serves the spirit OF the times, ner cnar-
acters are hving ana strons' ana tnere
Is no smack OF the oray-as-oust spirit.
~. 49,. - -
\. MY Lady and Allan Darike," by Chas.
Donnell Gibson, Is romance of colonial
days. 1t Is more of the love story pure
and simple, with none OF the semi-his-
torical feature, but with considerable
local color. The chief Incidents OF the
story are the attempts on the life OF the
hero, Allan Darke. who ia retained n