The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-30
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MAGAZINES.
The Atlantic Monthly for February con-
tains: AT Gibraltar" E. G. Woodbury.
'Yone Santo: A Child of Japan. "-VI.-X
e. H. House; 1.-The Second Son.
XLVIII.-M. o. W. Oliphant and T. B.
Aldrich; Carnations in Winter, Bliss Car
man; George Meredith" George Parsons
Lathrop; The Despot of Broomsedge Cove. .
-III.-IV.-Charles Egbert Craddock !"
'The Medea of Euripides," William Grams
ton Lawton; THE Gifts of the Fates, Paul
Hermes; Madame Necker," James Breck
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Bailey Aldrich; 1.-The Marriage Celebration
in Europe" Frank Gaylord Cook; "Endy-
mion," A Mystical Comment on Titian's
Sacred and Profane Love-" James Russell
Lowell; The Blue-Jay," Olive Thorne Mil
Ter. Houghton, Miffiin & Co., IL East
Seventeenth street, New York.
Our Little Men and Women for Feb
ruary is full of Illustrations which will
please the children, and the reading matter
can hardly fail to interest them. D. 10th
rop & Co., New York.
The February number of Harper's Maya
zine shows no falling off from the excel
lence of the January issue. The leading
article is a sketch of Felix Buhot, painter
and etcher, and Frenchman as well. The
illustrations are from Buhot's etchings. Mr.
Henry James comes to the front with a
novelette,, one of his best efforts 1t is
called LOUISA Pallant." G. H. Farnham S
Quebec" is lively sketch of life in that
quaint Canadian city, effectively illustrated.
Ship ailways-Ancient and Mod IN" is
the title of an article by +. l.. Hagadoln
Socialism in London" by j. H. RosDy, is
careful review of the present situation i'll
the British capital, SO far as the doings of
Socialists are concerned The contribution
on the Tariff by the Hon. George F. Ed
munds is a reply to Mr.. Henry Watterson's
C. apter i'll the January number. "Ths
American Shipping Interest" is discussed by
Osborne Howes, Jr "Hyderabad and Col
conda" are two famous cities recently visited
by the Rev. John f. Hurst, D. D., who has
described his experiences in a graphic man
ner in the article under this name, beauti-
fully illus rated. Miss Ellen NJ. Hutchinson
contributes a bright and amusing poem
about Pamela in Town" Mr.. HowelIs
sketch of life in a Swiss pension for d
month or so appears under the title of "A
Little Swiss Sojourn-" There is some
amusing personality in it, The departments
are full of lively and timely matters Harper
Brothers, New York.
In the February 81. Nicholas Mary Hal
lock Foote has drawn the frontispiece-two
young housekeepers in consultation over
Family Affairs" A touching Russian
Christmas story by Amelia E. Barr, en-
titled Michael and Feodosia," begins the
number, and is appropriately illustrated by
f. H. Blashfield. Mrs. Burnett completes
Sara Crewe" by a very delightful happy
ending" The high tides in the Bay of
Fundy are explained in an amusing story.
GA Legend of Acadia" by C. F. Holder
and Lieut.. Schwatka, in How a Great
Sioux Chief was Named" gives the origin
of the name Spotted Tail" and, incident
ally of other similar appellations, Mr..
John Preston True begins an Interesting
school serial, drill: A Story of School
boy Life" Palmer Cox tells of the Brownies
aud their adventures with a whale; and
Della w. Lyman tells How Polly Saw the
Aprons Grow, fanciiul story. with anus
ing pictures by Z. B. Bensell There are
many ouher interesting features. The Cen
fury Company, Union Square, New York.
A delightful essay by James Russell Low
ell, on Walter Savage Landor, is ore of the
many features of the February Century, 1t
is accompanied by frontispiece portrait of
Lander. Theodore Roosevelt writes in a
popular vein of "Ranch Life in the Far
West" w tn intimate knowledge Of bis sub
ject, which is largely the cowboy. His ar
tlcle tells just the things one wishes TO know
of the subject, and is fully and vigorously
illustrated by Frederic Remington, who
himself has had experience as a cowboy.
Living in Paris" third illustrated paper
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