The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28
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~ Reviews

.Chlldren a the Mlse.. BY Eden Phsll-
potts. puhlnAed BY q. r. Putnamss Sons,
New Tork NJ. Phinpo<ts' breezy style
- wonderfully cheering altar rsading -
many stories ct brick pavements md H.
peep,o Who tread them. .-CAii1ren % the
Aist- tells Of Dastncor and the sunlight
Of forrest and stream and meadow and q
tho homelife Of the country foikA with
their supees<tticno and faiths. The ept-
soae of HiAnchArd's digging to unsarth
= cross because Of the Illness Of his only
child u dyamastc Allowed the Lard
q Hcsss grUws bit short In His temper
now an again. - with them gcwnsd 10
realities an stch like, an small blame 70
HIM: but He's al for mercy IT heart.
'cordin' 10 the ocinioa oe these times.
- you'd osse to Atg.''
Hes . peacock tor eyes, a. be well
knawn." declared Mr.. Dlee (referr.ng to
Godl. IAN Hes got His various manners
and customs o. hAndlin' thu human race
Some He scftens vi guide fortune till
they b hound to turn to Him for sheer
shame: others He hrsaks pom the rocks
OF His wrath till they falis o. thar knees
an soussis for forgiveness"
The book = IN sxcelleat newell
- = =
'>Tns Professors Daughter ~ Anna
Farouhar. pubiishsd By Doubleday =
Mcclure Company. New York. tells the
story very prettily of the old professor
and bic Amanusnsts dauShter. The girl
- about 70 ioss hsr syssagAt but gains
health ana vision among The rocks Of
sAe pEimitive seacoas& Of RAode Island
The thoughts Of = young siri regarding
the life Of . ysung New York cluhman
are not badly drawn. but her reasons tor
not marrying man about town. Axe
overcome in the usual way-by attention
and affection.
The Blind 0oddem'' 4 . tale of today,
showing some Of the undarcurrsnsD Of .
biz atty. by Randall Irving Tyler. With
drawings By Kaufman PublisheA by the
stuyvssant Pubushing Company. New
York
"a History Of the American Nation"
by Prot. A. c. Mclaughlin. which II -
b published Immediately By d. Apple
ton Z Co.. wfll be the arst volume In the
new Twentieth Century serteA The pur-
poss Of this back - 70 trace the main
outlines Of national development. to show
how the American people came TO be
what they are. These main outlines In.
clude the struggle Of the nations OF WesiA
ern Europe for possession Of the New
World: the foundation and growth Of Eng.
iish colonies: the development Of political
ideas; the difficulties ana disorders OF the
confederate period: the adoption of the
constitution OF the United States. the efA
fort 70 maintain national Independence,
and the subsequent struggles and events
that finally brought Ill sections Of the
nation into . bond Of perpetual union
These events have been 20 narrated that
the reader wiz come to an appreciation
Of his political SURROUNDINGS and Of the
political duties that dssolve upon him.
For this reason especial attention has
been paid 70 political facts. 10 the rise
Of parties. to the issues involved In cleo.
tons. TO the development Of govern.
mental machinery, and. IN general, TO
questions Of government and administrA-
ten. The illustrative feature and espe.
cially the maps have received the meat
careful attention. and IL n hoped that
they win b found accurate. truthful ana
illustrative.
From Comte to benjamin. KIDD the
Appeal to Biology or Evolution for
Human Guidance" II the title o. = book
BY Robert Mackintosh to b published
Immediately BY the Macmillan Company.
The subject Of the work u Z historical
sketch and criticism Of the appeal 10
biology. which was outlined by Comte.
and has been newly defined ana en-
Dhastsed BY Darwinism and has been st,ll
more recently stated ~ Mr.. Kidd a The
most extreme form logically possible.
r - -
Tho hrst edition OF The ShortIxpe
War" by Aerwtn Webster. was exhausted
within three days Of TT publication. The
Macmillan Company have . second All.
ton on the press ana hope to publish II
within q week.
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