The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-24

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:. dcb soil OF Washington. II has
srntugly original plot. which is. indeed.
-, alnost to the point Of audacity.
e Il Is told so convincingly yet so
...r,v that the reality Of the characters
: = vivid 10 the reader as though he
= met them face 10 face.
N. Sinclair the heroine. Is a fascin-
.s,r widow Of 26. whose unhappy mar
- ME has warped her vision and en-
u,syed her heart Her philosophy Of
y, 4 acrid indeed. and when a man
.eom she sincerely admires and believes
! 10 an extent OF which she herself Is
,navare, asks her 20 marry him, she de-
..cds 4 years freedom and his permis-
soo to experiment upon human nature
! The meantime az she sees Mt. Her
hueutable theory Is that all men are
yak and most OF them are bad: her
s,ryens but unspoken hope IL that she
.sy md some OF them unwilling to firt
fhetrfuiIy with her, upon her own initi-
s,lye. IN defiance OF all the injunctions
ii honor. In accordance with a pathetic
asd perverted logic, 1t seems 10 her that
she were to find some other woman's
husband who declined to be led by her
snfes into whispering foolish nothings
her ear. she might marry Laurence
NofreIl with more confidence in his pos
,esslon OF the--to her mind-almost in
credible quality OF consistency. Morreli.
NO h an ail-around good fellow. nat
uslly objects somewhat bitterly, but as
Nm. Sinclair Is one OF the people who
~ born 10 have their own
wy. his objections cut no figure In her
scheme OF conduct. The story IL told
entirely In letters. which are by the
ssy, much more like real letters than
Hose which usually find their way into
hcsion. They have just that flavor OF
fefmaiity. that touch OF the conventional
manner which gets into the communica-
tons OF all but the most gifted letter
writer's, and the contrast between man
pef and matter Is. therefore, IA quaint
y the same effect In "Evelna'
The habitnai reader OF fiction win re-
call the sad plight of the fallen Lucifer
IN Marie Corellis Sorrows OF Satan"
q the only literary predicament on rec
esd 10 unhappy as that OF Mrs. Sinclair
Lucifer, II will be remembered, was con
aemned to go about tempting folk In the
knowledge that only by their refusal TO
bed him could he be restored again TO
bic lost sonship OF the morning. In
api,e OF her obvious wrong opinion,
however. Mrs. Sinclair Is no I.ucifer,
and after number of unpleasant ex-
periences she renounces her experiments
because she has come TO see their utter
folly. II IL "a part Of her compact with
L..
PRESENT In her laboratory. and she sends
him all the letters abe receives from her
Various admirers as well as copies OF the
etsers she writes to them. and for a
Nhile these communications are so little
conducive TO his peace of mind that ne
not unnaturaliy resorts 20 poker and
cocktails to make him forget the inn
possible vasaries OF her whom he had
regarded as his ideal woman. And then
he couraxeously turns about and tells
her exactly what he thinks OF her afro
cious conduct. As she also was funda-
a reasonable person she has,
BY this time, come to have very sim
liar opinion OF herself. and she accord
ingiy abiures fiirtations and prepares to
BE- happy ever after-which. certainly. IL
much better fate than she deserves.
The unregenerate reader who is much
less deeply under the spell of her charm
than her betrothed, would like TO see her
Ears soundly boxed by the fates before
she IL permitted to be happy. but. some
how, even Nemesis 10 beguiled by the
Mr. sinclairs IN this world. and In rap-
f~entinS her punishment ms quite made
saata 20 the amount OF mischief she has
dene, the author Ia profoundly realistic.
cMrs sincIair's Experiments. by
MIS- Lester =. Wilson. Published by H..
T. Wright For sale by the Denny
corycn CompanyD
Miss Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler's new
novel. The Farringdons. ~ a marked
Improvement In several respects upon
he two popular volumes which have
already appeared under her signature.
There arv not nearly SO many bargain
toanler epigrams, and this Is an advan-
iage. although Il must be admitted that
one Il going to allow ones self to be
amused BY the sparkle OF tinsel words
sas the Jingle Of Inexpensive phrases,
Miss Fowler certainly furnished a snowy
-H% tAA"fAAAfttNk tiitF W NffNfAN Z t4AN
4 not Go say that The Farrinsdons"
sscss humor aud clevcrncss. but merely
Tat IT, brightness Is more substantial
and less speculative than that OF The
Double Thread The characters, too.
tfe much moro credible and interesting
NJ and Mrs Ratgsou. and Mrs Hankey
senbie folks with whom Eliea beth Far
Hagden Is allowed ta 80 20 tea during
aer childhood have something at least
ne eenuinrness and quaint wisdom
y George EliotH country people
Now yau must tell Us about your
ssess wedding. Mr~ Hankey,' SAYS
VITA Ratcspu her that Was married
AZ week nv word alt,r. but your
As'sr Is wnndrtiai fortunate in settling
- eausht"rs' rhat's what vail O.
seA'eFvught-up family and no mistake
fNe daughtrr' ANA each oue found
FeAee and a. piaaa husband bcf'rc she
Va Hve and verify
Tie or. before the last married a
tearhuau said Mr~ Ulnkey apslu9e'-
hAuF as 70 thr unlou referred go were
'eassha' m'-Nan,ue m as character
80 ,herefor- an subject t.r priae or con-
We'll to o., -ar,' SIN Dee may make
arr good husband
he sst W. Boo r1aN NOT. YOU never