The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-04

..e ~ Day Break" IS one Of those
.>,.v6 which II Is dificult TO ex-
n. e.ss,ce II you do not happen to
~. 4. tind Of novel that II 49, The
...sS, Robsrt Burns Wilson. has writ
- ..,.e xauisite and notable verse, and
~ ,-tse1lv write novels which are in
..,ss from, the literary standpoint, at
< ~ present reviewer confesses,
.S.--- Il having a strong repulsion to
d-useless variety Of romance
''.s - q What this Is There IL pref
s<~ 1Nsntsr IN which we encounter
-'x - who has written a romance
~ & fe6ds aloud TO his mother, ana
,. & ! mar chapter in which we learn
~ a unconsciousiy. the tale he has
2sss.r = ne true story Of the life Of his
-.ss1frfkcr and grandmother. This is
,..s..,uuo ana striking notion, and II
~sa k1xe floated almost any kind OF
x,, - eapitalIy. but Is not suficient
d e,Syv eUntll the Day Break" which
\ ~ eeeount Of . mysterious disappear
...s ~ me effect 1t had upon the sur
TsSrS \ M man who persisted. He was
~ - Il window motioning to his
91..6u ehat ne will come down to them;
g 1s1k conyes, and years after the man
~ - Ieved and finally married his
1900 166s his body. led thereto by the
~rfe tohnyior OF deathshead moth.
a t6nthshead moth. by the way. has
- h<oiared conspicuously In fiction
~ ~ days Of st. Elmo" and We
vi or1ence had finally downed II. but
nct The man who finds tho body,
vloe1. has friend. John Lubbock.
$500 along Just as the situation be-
n 4nrFinrford and the mummied
- q III long-iost friend IL getting
p klnjAsd 70 be really agreeable. and
hand In the burial. He also in
~ ~ nothing ever be said about the
~ q the body, because. as Harring-
RI Md Alnfwcrth's betrothed. and as
1vuse which Ainsworth was inhabit-
" ~ time he tumbled down the
1917 bidAsn shaft beside the chimney,
huloaged TO ffarringford. Lubbock
ttat the latter viii be accused Of
r. mrr1er. Concealment so preys upon
1f6rda soul that he suffers quite
2noeA q n he had killed his friend. and
al
~ W telling his wife all about II.
&orzi-that you should tell your wife
- Dins - soon as It happens. since
Slse The soblins will certainly get
S&x1 . sxceIlent one. but II takes such
6I1r1Gy amount OF suffering before the
n8 ~ the point that he gets ex-
~ spiritually and therefore 10 In no
01lI1a 70 get the best results from the
~ afsrssaid-
- aso charming and beautifully
mnn rassages IN the book. but II does
)t1lonG % this day and generation. and
M1na not the strength Of those epoch
/ u1tpg works which inaugurate a new
/ ~ 4 their own.
rtal thu Day Break" BY Robert
D4as Wilson fl.5o Charles Scribners
~ 1T sale by Lowman q Hanford)
-fAnghter Of the sphinx IL . volume
\ pstxenely novel and interesting short
u&1ss Dealing with the life OF Arctic
szplossfs IN the frozen North. We have
~ plenty Of books OF travel giving US
~ ~ homes ~ fact regarding Arctic
" VI Mr. Worse. who accompanied the
r>p relief expedition OF 1889 as artist
nd alsc the North Greenland expedition
iAssst. has clothed these skeletons
~hb flesh He has shown us the Arctic
Guaiian as II seems TO man with
- q humor and keen feeling for
human relations 81 events and his
us< 8re ~ interesting ns they are novel.
kHnsly they Indicate that human beings
usN The temperate zones are not after
veFy well adapted mentally and splr-
MANLY y The task of Arctic exploration.
w 'qse their nerve: they get ugly they
F<a@e Inclined 20 pick auarrels with
sF best fricnds they lose their hold
~m thai seuse ~ ccmradeAhip and mu-
~ aspfndssce which IL their only sal
500 ualy very str0nx man can
Nsa ne strain and the average man. II
ss4l appeat IL only so strong as the
sNk~ss saoi IN hts temper ''.rhe laugh
VI shs sshlns" Is scorn NJ the spirit
" North for these weakllngS whose
M~ sannoi Withstand her cold.
~ atar fellow" said one OF the men
W party who figure In MIR. vorse's
NC public never gets the inside
s,'aff Of an Arctic expedition" TO
's%e frem these tflee. the inside his.
~ = chiefly a history OF their quar-
AZ ene % tae Arctic dinners. the
49, y making a speech. lilo observes;
= semaisting his vsiez, criminals to
80 g lee Dante exhibitsd knowledge
t1Aesl conditions that was far in
@'sAsn Of his epoch I will NOT assert
u 'he Arctic winter Rlakes ludases Of
~ was were, perhaps, too violent. But
u. eetssa that the cold. the darkness.
We Isolation from one's fellow be-
\" vnd % bring out IA the human cr~a.
IL esshe q the saNawe elements which
oppressed BY csyltzation'
|" passsd and glaeced up ana down
@ss dihnes-tahle -, in the Arctic
- ~'Sh this party" he resumed. Il
~'h'ax ~ fear Esca one OF sou
~ s1sady achieved distinction In hts
~ ~aash 81 science; Yet each one %
|. Aaess ahei the greatest opportunity
NE hss iast before hlin You win
"FeaaSasly. and IN your work YOU
i. NsFss betty aiasensl6as. And. II
F.sssss u onsAs~u should arise-you
i. - ssa Of ths highest Intelligence:
~ know how 10 coatrol yourselves.
-. "eAsSrs OF Lieut. Grcely's party
- eNaekiy cOfnrn,n soldiers. ~, with