The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-23
BOOK NOTICES.

MONTEzUMA's GoLD MINES. By Fred A ODER
Illustrated. Boston; D. Lothrop Company.
Price, 81.
This is the third of Mr. Ober's stories of
Mexican life and adventure, and in some
respects the best. The authors travels in
Mexico as a naturalist led him into many
strange places and amongst many strange
people, and he has utilized many curious
facts and traditions which came to his
knowledge during these journeys. Ever
since the days of Cortez there has been a
legend that there existed somewhere in the
country gold mines of wonderful richness
the location of which was Kept a carefully
guarded secret by the native tribes who
were aware of it, The author bases his
story upol this popular belief, and very
interesting story it is.
LAcoNIsMs, By j. NJ. P. Otto, D. D., LII D, ].
-B. Lippucott Company, Philadelphia. Cloth
IS cents.
The author says that ''this little volume is
the result of the study of men and books
for many years; but, its lessons have not
been learned In books but by books,
nor from men but by men," Among the
things the author says are the following {:
"a bad woman is the devil without horns,
good woman is an angel without wings.
The man who never changes his opinion
is one who never enlarges his information
THE STORY OF THE RISE OF SILAs LApHAM By
William D. HOweS. TiclInOr 6 Co., Boston,
publishers. Paper, 80 cents.
This is one of Ticknors paper series, and
is one of Howells' most interesting works.
When it was published in the Century Mag
ozine it attracted great deal of attention
1t is story for men, for business men as
well as for women, and has been as much
n I'd in ap Is oS iT1h 01
THE ANIMAL LIFE OF OUR SEAsHoRE. BY An
geo Heiprin Professor of Invertebrate
PaleontolOgy at the Academy of Natural
Sciences. Philadelphia, j. B. Lippincott
Philadelphia, publisher; paper cover, so cents.
This little volume of 100 pages is full of
interesting information. 1t will be found
specially interesting at this season of the
year to those who are visiting the seashore
as it gives great many facts about sea
shells.
The TALE OF THE SHAKESPEARE EPITAPH. By
Francis Bacon. Translated by Edward Cor
don Clark. BelfOrd, Clarke & Co., New York
publishers.
This work is interesting at this time be-
cause of the publication of Mr.. Donnelly's
work, which pretends to show that the
works of Shakespeare were written by
Francis Bacon.
The MORNING News has received from
Messrs. William B. Dana & Co., 102 Will
lam street, New York, Volume XLVL,
from January to June, 1888, inclusive of
the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
The book is handsomely bound and will
make suitable addition to the library of
the counting-room. The Chronicle is pub
lished weekly; tho subscription price is
$40 20 per year, including postage.
MAGAZINES
The August number of the Atlantic
Monthly is characterized by a pleasing
variety and range of topics. South Caro-
lima is the scene of the opening article,
1.-THE Mistress of Sydenham Plantation, 3" by
Sarah Orne Jewett, from which the reader
is transported to the beginnings of papal
Rome, in the following article, "A Bishop
of the Fifth Century" an article which we
are inclined to attribute to Harriet Waters
Preston, in part. at least, inasmuch as it is
Sigued H. w. P. and l.. D." Edmund
Noble is the author of "A Call on Mother
Moscow" descriptive of a city far more
ia scinating and Asiatic than the semi
Partisan capital of Russia In IAN En-
chanted Day" Julia c.. r. Dorr gives a re-
freshing pen picture of delightful excur-
sion in bonny Scotland There are other
articles of great merit, and the fiction and
poetry is of the best. Houghton, Mifflin &
Co. Boston.
Our Little Men and Women for August
has an interesting table of contents, and
the illustrations are certain to please the
little folks d. Lothrop Company, Boston.