The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-04
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CoNxLlN's HANDY MANUAL OF USEFUL INFORM
ATIoN AND WORLDS ATLAS. Compiled by
George w Conklin of Hamilton University.
Laird & Lee, Lakeside building, Chicago, Ill
The edition of 1889, which has just been
issued, is a marvel of completeness. 1t
con aims within It's 440 pages mine Of use
full information on thousands OF different
topics. 1t is adapted to the use of the
business man, the professional man, the
farmer or the mechanic As political
encyclopedia it appears thorough and
comprehensive The volume contains fifty
full-page colored maps and is of value as au
atlas aud gazetteer.
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM embodied
in Legislation of Various Countries, by John
H. Wrymore OF the Boston bar. Boston,
Charles c. Soule publisher.
This is very timely volume. There is
now a very general demand throughout this
country for ballot reform. In several state
legislatures, bills have been introduced to
secure purer ballot. The Australian bal
lot system is said by its advocates to be the
best in xistence. The present work there
fore explaining it and giving the features
of it can hardly fail to command attention.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE by Ap Richard, NJ, A,
Prof. David Swing, and others. Rand, Nc
Naly & Company, publishers, 148 to 154 Mon
roe street, Chic go
There is no subject before the public that
is attracting more attention at present than
that of divorce. The divorce laws are I'M
satisfactory to the great majority of think
ing people, because they tend to destroy the
sacredness of the marriage tie. The pres
emit volume contains much with rega" d to
marriage that will help to enlighten the
public relative to these mat ers.
BRYAN MAURICE By Walter Mitchell Thomas
70 Tor NnVyN TNt1hliGhpF pHnhF
cents.
In this story religious questions are dis
cussed in very effective and interesting
way The story was written several years
ago, and at time when there was move
ment toward the construction of church
of the future" one (which should unite the
doct ines of a liberal christianity with the
practices of christian antiquity"
RENA; or, the Snowbrd. By Caroline Lee
| Hentz. T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadel-
| phia. Paper 25 cents.
"Rena" is one of the most popular and en-
| PERTAINING novels ever written by Mrs.
Hentz. This edition is published for the
masses
KADY. By Patience Stapeton. Bedford, Clarke
& Co. publishers, New York.
This is an interesting and well told story.
Those who read it will find in it much pleas
fact, the interest grows greater as the story
| proceeds.
joe; Remarkable Case. By Col. E. R. Roe
Rand, McNally & Co., publishers las to 1874
| Monroe street, Chicago.
Any one desiring reading matter of an ex-
citing kind will find it in this volume 1t is
full OF exciting and dramatic situations.
MAGAZINES.
A rlyal olo feat,1r.A If tha Ma T1lfoy
Century is the opening article on ''Gerome,"
the famous French artist and trainer of
artists Gerome, of all contemporary
| French painters, is best known in this
country, not only because of the popularity
| Of his works, but because so many of our
leading artists have been trained by him in
tie free national school, the Beaux Arts, or
| else generously assisted by private advice
and encouragement. Other special artistic
| features of this number are Mr.. Coles en-
| cravings from the originals of Simone
| Menml, with accompanying articles by
| Mr. Stillman and Mr.. Cole, in the series of
| "Old Italian Masters also the fourth of
| Mrs. Mary Halock Foote'S pictures of the
far west, The Orchard Wind Break
Two leading serial features of the number
are sustained in a particularly interesting
installment of the Life Of Lincoln" and
| Siberian chapter by George Kennan, en-
titled "Exiles at Irkutskn Revival of
Hand Spinning and Weaving in Westmore-
land" is charmingly written
account of very curious in
| u>trial experiment which has recently
| been ccessful in England. The article
is illustrated by pictures of the neighbour
hood scenery. and of men and women at
| work after the old fashion. In Charles de
| Kay's series there is an illustrated article
on The Fairies and Druids of Ireland
with pictures of a descendant of the fairy
stock, battle-axes of the old heroes, an old
harp, bronze swords, the church OF Glen-
| dalough, a cromlech near Sligo, etc. Mr..
Cable concludes the "Strange True Story"
of "Francoise in Louisiana" and Mrs. Cath
erwood concludes her Romance of Dol
lard.n A southern story, 1.-TWO Negatives"
is told by Mary Spear Herman, and a pa
thetic Irish story, Under the Redwood
| Tree" is told by George Fl. Jessop and Illus
| trated by Kemble. The Century Company,
Union Square, New York.
In the February number OF the Forum
an exceedingly important enterprise is be-
gun. W s. Lilly, the distinguished Eng
lish essayist and perhaps the ablest oppon-
emit of the application of the evoutionist
| doctrine to morals, undertakes to point out
that civilization, especially Anglo-Saxon
civilization, is suffering from weakening
| OF the moral idea. Judge Alfred ConkhnG
| Coke, of the United States district bench,
proposes q simple plan for the relief of the
United States supreme court-a plan that
requires no important legislation, but is
within the reach of the court itself
"Shall Negro Majorities Ruler by
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is
an excellent article. He tolls why he re-
CARDS the negro problem as q race problem
pure and simple, which legislation cannot
change, and the future of which is sur
rounded by many dangers. Edward Akin
son, dealing with several Reforms that do
not Reform shows with great fullness Of
illustration why he thinks the Henry George
land tax theory would cause a monopoly of
land novelty in the Forum is an article
by Jules Verne, in his most fanciful style,
de,cribng the life Of a great American ed
itor a thousand years hence. Forum Pub
fishing Company, 253 Fifth avenue, New
| York
The current issue Of The Eclectic now ap.
pears on the first Of the month"; change
adopted to secure fresher material from the
foreign publications. In the present num-
Der Lord Woolseeys paper on War" has
the post Of honor aud is followed by one
from tic pen of NJ. Jules Simon, entitled