The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-04-07

sign of that of the books that attract
ing most this country both OF American and
Enol;sh origin are ARTISTIC WORKS. Very many of
H. the so called Sellers while of the highest class OF
felton, have depicting first hand some interest
Ing phase of American life grateful trait OF genat
book that prescribed keep the spirits hard
places and patients hospitals and people the dumps generally
must good deal of good it, has not the element OF
PERMANENCY possessed by "Ihe Scarlet Letter. Vant
Fair"
any nects read Mrs Whartons The House
of Mrh Mches Constance Tesco during five ne
or she will have o read it five years hence.
If YOU 90 into the York bookstores and find
book with your will with the booksellers
that there entirely "TOO MANY BOOKS PUBLISHED"
Any reader protect himself against the machine made HOOD
of by improving by good reading and thus acquiring
distaste made novel; encouraging fact
that some the really the best books
decided for the writers OF what we call
the "rea, handmade" article
There many young coming prominence and
few people, literary professionals touch with the
ENTIRE field, prolific is it.
period after the seemed though southern
absorbing public attention This natural be-
cause the effect of the southern INTEL
LECTUAY the of the nation Now the writer's come
up Maine California and from the lakes to the gulf Of Mexico
renewed attention lately the older writer's like
Henry James and Mark Twain Howel essays critic and
novelist occupies large place public mind Dr. Weir Mitch
ell we'll seventy doing of his best writing and the public
appreciates but this public perfectly willing take up
book by writer that IT HAS NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
young lady Louisville little while ago the field with
her entirely unfamiliar and people bought her books the
and they worth buying
think humorous writers are Increasing in number AND NOT
DETERIORATING IN QUALITY.
that essay writing reviving the genius Of Mr.
Crohers Cambridge that America turning the most
important auobgraphes of modern times such works those by
Andrew White and Carl Schurz and that the number Of ELL
EQUIPPED literary critics and writer's Of literary biography is in
creasing.
LAND IN THIS RESPECT.
Charming tells that greatness Of human life is
almost wholly out of sight Perhaps the
heroic deed earth done spirit pur-
pose cherished the most sacrifice made aud do
suspect It, believe this greatness to be most
the multitude whose heard Among
people will be found hardshps manuy
unvarnshed truth religious trust that generosity
which gives what the gver needs himself and of wise
innate of life and DEATH than the prosperous
The appears to
contemplating literary work for which there should be large
demand is hardly expected will
spread enduring that of the Lay of the Last Minstrel
though its popularity vicinity
much greater than that of SCOTS celebrated classic The editor
I'VE hope original story
entitled 'The Wall the
bewhikered and cobweb eyed cusses left in the city
In spite of all mgvings the decline Of American ag
ricuure the American boy to farm life the
farm keeps doing its work laying increasingly solid
foundation for the prosperity of the rest of the country
farm output than keeping with the population
the statistics Of the last generation amply prove.
American farmers last year furnished the capital to start
LISA new national banks rural
The American farmer industrial prince They number
1nyye per cent Of total population which is uneauaed
by the members of any other vocation.
The members of the state seem to
Do mbued with the idea that they thing when ii
comes to fixing the taxes of all corporations the state