The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05
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shetcnes entitled Men With the BARK
on. IT includes several sketches OF the
autnors experiences during the Cuban
WAT ana the rest are all, after one fash
ION or another. accounts of war or of the
WHO IRE We all know that Mr.. Remine-
ton uses his own eyes wherewith TO see
tne Things he draws, and It is a little un-
ioreuhate mat when he uses pen instead
OF pencil his manner recalls Kipling so
markedly. However when you come TO
THINK OF 1t, the resemblance has a good
rfsnt 10 exist Mr.. Remington was see
ing soldiers and horses and cowboys and
Indians, and representing them In his
drawings long before Kipling began 10
see soldiers and other things and repre-
sent them in his stories: and Remington's
drawings showed al that early date all
the qualities of CONCESSION. force, distfne-
ton. reality which Kipling was later to
exhibit In different form. So II Reming-
ton wishes to write as he draws, II he is
true 70 himself, he cannot very well help
writing like Kipling And in any event
his tales and sketches are strong. stir
ring alive.
f"Men With the Bark On" BY Fred
erick Remington. nz Harper q Bros.
For sale by Lowmsn & Hanford)
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'Iiiwa. a Tale OF Ancient Hawaii" by
Edward p. Dole. Is gracefully-written
tale which deals with the history OF a
goddess-queen OF Hawaii during Legend
airy times. Incidentally II conveys in
pleasant way, a good deal of Information
about native customs and ceremonies.
Legendary history does not. as a general
rule. make wildly thrilling fiction. and
the adventures of Hiwa are no exception
10 the rule. On the other hand. Mr.. Dole
has used his material to the best adj
vantage and presented 1t for all II is
worth as an experiment In fiction.
OLIVIA" BY Edward p. Dole. 81. Har-
per Bros. For sale by 1ewman & Han
ford.)
Prof r. II. King. OF the University OF
Wisconsin. has written valuable volume
entitled Irrigation and Drainage" Most
works upon this subject have been writ
ten from the standpoint OF the engineer
or the socioiogist. rather than from that
of the cultivator The book presents, in
broad yet practical way, the funda-
mental principles which underiie the
methods OF culture by irrigation and
drainage. on the one side II avoids the
principles and problems of engineering
and on the other those Of plant -hus-
bandry. Its aim is 10 deal with those
relations OF water 10 soils and to plants
which must be grasped In order to per-
nit a rational practice OF applying, re-
| moving or conserving so-mofsture in
| crop-productioa. The immediate practica.
problems frorl the s,andpoints of the
farmer. the fruit grower and the gar
dener. together with the principles which
I, underlie them. are presented concretely
and with CONCESSION The increase OF yield
due to irrigation in humid climates is one
OF the topics considered. The volume is
practical and exhaustive and should be
found of great value.
t'irrigation and Drainage" BY F. II.
King. Nso The Macmillan Co. For sale
by Lowman a Hanfordp
Houghton. Mffiin q Co. are issuing a
dainty series OF little volumes. each con-
tanning one OF Mr. Howells' shorter
pieces OF work. The two volumes already.
issued are. Bride Roses and Room
Forty-Frve." The former Is one OF the
most delicate and exquisite bits of dia-
iogue the author-or any one ese--ever
wrote; the latter Is one OF the shorter
and airier OF Mr. Howells' farces
Groom Forty-Ffve." Bride Roses" BY
w. d. Howells. 20 cents each Houghton
Mifhin 4 Co. For sale BY Lowman g.
Hanford)
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These United States OF ours are growing
more interesting and more important all
the time. The publishers OF Political
United States seem TO have met
want In putting together a volume
which begins with the Declaration OF In
dependence and brings the subject up to
date with the presidential platform OF