The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-28

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kind of a man. tied down to sympathy
by virtue OF a crippled foot. He has all
kinds OF family secrets and dark mys-
teries floating about him, and his broth
ers wife has the embarrassing habit Of
making love TO him regardless Of aud
ence. This does not meet his ideas Of
propriety. and in an unthinking moment,
he tells Renee that as she isn't happy in
her present life she might. perhaps, bet
ter marry him, since that would give
her gowns and carriages and servants
and luxury galore. He has, however. no
affection to bestow upon her and asks of
her nothing except to wear her prettv
frocks and sit at the head OF the table
except on such occasions as the imperi-
Gus ana ardent sister-in-law shall be
visiting at the court. when she will con-
tinue TO reign as heretofore. Renee ac-
cepts these proposals. having a profound
anmiratlon for the Rochester, a In the
bottom OF her foolish little soul. and ali
the rest OF the book describes her gallant
struggle for her husbands heart. agains,
melancholia. the beautiful sister-in-Iaw
the shadow OF crime and various simi.
iariy unpleasant things. OF course youth
and beauty and sweetness triumph In Tho
end, as they ought to do. and IL mus, no
confessed that their combat Is n prettv
one and makes very rood reading indeed
In spite of the fact that this particu,N
situation Is as old as the hills In novels
ana as impossible and untrue TO life as
anything well can be. The book IL caIcu-
lated TO make a reahst froth nj the
mouth, and to give everybody who likes
oid-fashioned romances a thorough,v
happy afternoon. 1t Is written with clev-
erness I'M saiety. and proves that there
~ as much life In the dry bones Of tho
1880 plot as ever there was-perhaps more
C~charmiDg Renee" by Arabelia KEN
1ealiy. N.5o. Harper & Bros. For sale nv
Lowman a. Hanford)
80:
"A Furnace OF Earth, bv Hauie pru
hinie HiVes, is an Insignificant little tale
that. for some wholly occult reason 4.
oeins ceieorated by certain yellow Jour
nais as a powerful sex-problem novel;
me au,hor Is a cousin of Amelie Rives,
but she does not write with even a An an
or the strength and magnetism which
we're an ~undoubted element in the erratic
performances OF that writer. "a Furnace
OF Earth" Is about a girl who was afraid
that her affection for her nancs depend
ed too much on his beauty and not
enough on his mental and spiritual auai,-
ties. Happily he Is made into hash nv
a ailway accident at that particular
juncture. and as she loves him still she Is
reassnred as TO the enduring quality of
her affections. II is a stupid little book
just plain ~stupid-and people who pur-
chase II on tho strength OF the sensa-
tionai advertising that is being given IL
IN the noble and prsiseworthy hope OF
shocking themselves will ind instead
mat they are bored.
GA Furnace of Earth" by Halle Err
mimic Rives- The camelot Publishing
Company, n.l
Under the title VI .'The Riverside AL.
dine Classics" Houghton. MimIn Il Co.
ave begun to publish a little series OF
books designed 20 set forth In the best
taste and at a low price examples Of the
best IN American literature. Cheap books
are not usually good books. but the
volume OF the present series are a
notable exception 10 this rule. They cost
-four bits" and the paper and press
work are such as 10 make them a pleas
ure 60 the eve and hand. Five volumes
have already been published. one con-
tains Longfeilo~'s ~"Evangeline." with
an i~ntrodusory note ana historical
sketch, by II. H. seudder. IN a second
We and Lowsll's Vision Of Str Launfal.'