The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11

piled indefinitely. The book is not one to
be read through by a serious-minded per-
son in search OF Information about the
men of our own time, but one to be dipped
into here and there by the reader In
search OF pleasant chit-chat Its subtitle
might well have been THE Small Talk of
Great Men" and doubtless it will win for
itself an amount of friendly consideration,
for which grayer book could hardly
hope.
(..Recollections," 1s32-1sss." BY Sir AL
gernon West, X. c. b. Harper & Bros
g. For sale by Lowman & Hanford)
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The title of 1.-THE Gentleman Pension
err" a romance of the year 1869, suffi-
GENTLY procIaims the fact that here we
have another pseudo-hlstoric romance
fun of life, adventure and the clash of
arms. 1t has a stout-hearted hero who
is bit stupid about seeing the traps
that are laid to catch him-but, then, II
ne were too sagacious to fall in. we
should miss the satisfaction OF seeing
him climb out-a lovely heroine who
would rather be tortured than to have
her lover betray his trust, double
dyed Villain, clever jester who helps
along the right, dungeons and doughty
landlords and sullen churls and all the
outfit necessary to furnish forth an up
to-date Elizabethan romance. The story
Is vigorously and crisply told, and it
may confidently be relied on to furnish
lively entertainment for couple of
hours even to the most Indifferent reader,
The hero is set to carry letter from
Queen Elizabeth TO Lord Hudson at
the time of a threatened uprising. 1t is
only on page $50. and after many things
done and suffered, by the way that the
letter is at last delivered. Just as the
reader draws long breath and prepares
TO rest from the excitement and turn his,
attention to the love story, the hero Is
handed second letter and his adven-
lures begin again. However, this epistle
reaches its destination in couple of
chapters. and In the end everything goes
as 1t should at the conclusion of a good
story.
(''The Gentleman Pensioner." BY Albert
Lee. D. Appleton 4 Co. Paper, so cents;
cloth. 81. For sale by bowman g. Han
ford.)
Mature Pictures by American Poets"
Is a small and very carefully selected
anthology to turn whose pages somehow
produces the feeling that one has been
whole day out OF doors. It's avowed
purpose is TO aid in nature-study and
foster aesthetic observation in young
readers. and certainly it is much better
adapted to produce such a result than
most COLLECTIONS. The author has not
stupidity confined herself to the poets
with whom everybody is familiar. but
has made copious extracts from many of
the less known versiflers with the happi-
est results. Miss Tuiney. Bliss Carman,
Emily Dickensou, Lizette Woodwork
Reese. Father Tabb. Maurice Thompson
and Edith Thomas are among those who
are literally quoted, and Puget sound
readers will be interested to note that
while to Western Massachusetts, is
ascribed the most varied and verse-in-
spring landscape In America, the North
west is not neglected. as the volume con-
tains half dozen of Mrs. Higginson' s
loveliest lyrics.
(''Nature Pictures by American Poets. "
Selected by Annie Russell Marble. sl.25.
| The Macmillan Co. For sale by Lowman
4 Hanford.)
--Corneiia Atwood Pratt.