The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-20


plot. eliminating in . mild social revolu-
ton. new and equitable laws for the tax
alton Of the rich and the benefting o. the
poor, the reduction Of the standing army.
etc.
From the point az view OF men who seek
radical social changes BY peaceahls meanA
the book = veil done. Tia STORY - clever.
~ handed, the arguments are not always
cri,icisabae, the conclusions are dramatic
Tom Reed appears to Be the authors ideal
for IN honest president. and Mark Hanna
l. made to say. after An inetfsctuai attempt
70 renomnase his candidate: ''0entlemen.
where - our party9 Where - our masni-
sscent organisation? qll tell you where Il
h. 1t y sunk . million fathoms deep IN
hades."
Rhoda Broughson. the apostle Of that
sort Of feminine folly which begins with
everything and ends In nothing. has WRIT
ten another book. The Game and the
Candle" which II not up TO the other ro-
mances from the pen Of Rhoca Broughton.
Mrs. Etheredge. young woman. lets 0ee
ancient ana dilapidAted husband diecovee
that she IL In love with John Miles. The
husband makes q viii diatnherittng tho
lady because she tells the jealous and ~.
Ing mar; the truth. 1. e.. that K John Miles
ever proposes to her she win accept him.
Mr. Etherecge dies the dianherited
widow leaves her superb home. In dus
time John Miles turns up and 10 accepted
Is Z lover by the beautiful and fascinating
widow, The day IL set for the wedding
but, unfortunately. Jane secs her betroth-
ed kiss q young woman Waiting at the
same country house. II 10 In vain that the
bovine John explains that the kin was
bestowed In q sort Of charitable way upon
Mabs,la because she was telling him she
was in debt and he was swing her golden
advice.
Jane gives her John no margin. and de-
clines his further presence. the Door, u
It has any moral. tells N that NO woman
should give up her inheritancs Tor mere
love, for men are not worth the surrender
Of the probable for the impossible The
entire devotion Of good woman. but mar
row-minded. = shown In tho book. The
book 10 published In Appletons Town ana
Country Library and costs - oentA
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Ell RE0HID An anonymous novel. Pun
lished by b. r. Baumgardt 4 Co.. Loo
Angeles. Cal
eel Reshid' deals with al the black
arts, with occult.sm. myuticism. hypnotsam.
and each and every ono Of the various
teachings which have arisen In the last
few years to awaken tho echoes OF The
lonr time ago IA Reshid" II not very
clever nor very exciting: Il lacks much 70
make It what evidently the author Wishes
Il to be. The author Of "El Reahid''
(which. by the way. reads ~ though .
woman had written ~ 10 to be likened 70
q female cook who starts In to make
loaf OF bread before she knows enough to
build a ire and regulate her bake oven.
The elements Of the bread baking are on
tho table. but the knowledge Of proper
welding II not Visible.
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CDR. Nikoia's Experiment. BY Guy
Boothby, deals with the idea Of perpetual
life. Dr. Nikola tries his elixir and hyp-
motto influence on Don Aerino, an old
Spaniard. The result Of the experiment
Ia 10 disastrous that the author has 70
kill the rejuvenated ancient In order -
rid the world Of . monstrosity. The ro-
nance Is published In Appleton's Town
and Country library and costs 80 cents.
y + -
"a Military Belle" by Henry Clinton
Parkhurst, is story OF young girl who
marries an army officer. and OF her trav.
els around tho United States with her hus-
band. She sees the United States through
the civil war and the late war with Spain,
and beholds cities built on prairies and the
course of civilization take IL way. r.
Tennyson Nicely publishes the romance,
which II bound in cloth. sage green and
silver. and costs sta