The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-08
BOOK NOTICES.

LOVE VENTURES. novel with an affidavit. BY
Harry Julian. Sixteen full-page French art
engravings. Beautifully illustrated covers.
Paper 12mo., 226 pp.. Csc; boards soc. Truth
Seeker Company, publishers, IS Lafayette
place, New York.
The ventures and adventures of Tom,
Dick and Harry on the blue, mist-encircled
islands of Koro- kama and Launa-gola seem
to be but a thinly-veiled satire on the
money grubbing, utiliuarian spirit of life in
the United States at the present time. The
passion of the handsome islanders for per-
sonal beauty, which is most graphically
and amusingly described in the scene where
they make the three young fellows undress
in the native council house of the Chief
Zah-Zah is probably intended as burlesque
on some of our own civilized customs.
CHAMBERS ENCYCLOPEDIA. Volume 2. New edi-
ton. Beaugency to Cataract Price SO. J.
B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
There is no better encyclopedia than this.
1t satisfies completely the purpose for which
it is published. When the first volume ap-
peared, the MORNING NEWS gave a long &C
count of the new edition, and the promises
which the publishers made are being COM
piled with in the volumes that are being re-
ceived. The encyclopedia is valuable ad-
dition to any library.
AUNT DIANA. By Rosa Neuchette Casey. ]. B.
Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Cloth
This is a very charming story and is
finely illustrated. 1t is so well told that
one does not lose interest in it from the be-
ginning to the end. 1t has fine plot and
the dialogue is bright.
SINFERI. By Julian Hawthorne DOUGLAS
DUANE. By Edgar Fawcett. j. b. Iippin-
colt Company, Philadelphia.
Thooa in IF fxxyn will
find these satisfactory. They are by authors
who have regulations to maintain. and they
maintain them very well in these works.
The eighth volume of Alden's Manifold
Cyclopedia extends from Ceylon to club
foot, and is fully equal to its predecessors
its handsome type, numerous illustrations
handy form, neat, substantial binding, and
more than all, its skillful editing, which
brings within such convenient limits such
vast amount of knowledge, so well adapted
to popular needs, are a satisfaction and a
delight to students Not only in its marvel
ously low price, but in every other respect,
this seems better than any other cyclopedia
suited for use in the homes of the masses,
and in our public libraries. A specimen
volume, to be returned if not wanted, may
be had in cloth binding for SO cents, or in
half Morocco for IS cents; postage 10 cents.
John B. Alden. publisher, New York, Chi
cago, Atlanta, Ga
The new volume in Ticknors paper series
is doctor Ben," very interesting story
of Canadian life, and the vagaries of
alienated minds. 1t has one of the best
Irish characters in all the wide range of
literature. 1t is story with a purpose"
but with incident and plot enough to satisfy
the most insatiate novel-reader, while the
purpose is so admirably wrought out that
the reader is filled with the authors en-
thusiasm. Ticknor & Co, Boston.
MAGAZINES.
The October Century is a varied number.
Among these serious and timely, but not
heavy papers are 1.-THE New Political Gen.
Grafton" american Machine Cannon and
Dynamite Guns" christianity the Con-
servator of American Civilization" and
sour National Military System" Theodore
Roosevelt continues his breezy graphic &C
counts of western life, this time discussing
Frontier Types Remington, as usual,
furnishing superb illustrations. A paper of
especial interest is Walt Whitman's Army
Hospitals and Cases." which is in the same
key as his book, Specimen Days" No
one else has preserved for US the atmosphere
Of that strange war time as has Whitman,
ana 10 buOuStuus Tue encouragement III
terest Of these accounts outweighs every
thing else. Maud Howe contributes a short
story, "a Strike" which is original and
told we'll. The frontispiece of the number
is a portrait of Emma Lazarus, aud it is
accompanied by paper on her and her
work, which is rather conspicuously lacking
in critical value. The Lincoln biography
still continues in its usual excellence. The
Century Company, Union Square, New
York.
Outing comes looking bright and fresh,
and proving, on examination, to justify its
appearance. The first article, very atund-
antly illustrated, is on "The Boat Clubs of
Chicago" by Mrs. Edith Sessions Upper.
1t is followed by very good paper on rid
ing, entitled "a Talk About the Pigskin."
A pretty poem by Clinton Scotland cele-
brates the joy Of yachting. #. A. Steven
son, captain Of the Yale crew Of 'ss gives
his views as to the Training Of Univer-
sity Crew. Plenty Of other matter Of
like general character makes up, perhaps.