The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-28

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MAGAZINES.
The February Magazine of American
History again anticipates the popular de-
sire and comes in honor of Washington's
birthday as a washington Number. \"
Those who are searching for data concern
ing Washington's presidential career in
New York City will warmly welcome Mrs.
Lambs leading article, washington as
President, 17S9-I790," a companion piece to
her famous inauguration of Washington
in 1889" published in December. These
two able articles represent authoritatively
from all sides the position in which w ash
ington stood at the beginning of our gov
ernment, and give In popular and pleasing
style the exact information the public
wishes to obtain. The illustrations of
the current number act as side lights
of immense value. The frontispiece rep
resents in a group, Washington, his
wife, and her two grandchildren, at the age
and as they appeared in 1889. The copy of
Huntington's great painting of Lady
Washington's Reception" fills two full
pages, and the key another page; this is in
vested with marvellous interest, particularly
for such as never saw the original. The
house New York was building for President
Washington also occupies full page The
sensational feature of the issue, however, Is
the De Vries portrait Of Washington, dis
covered in Holland the past summer by the
Holland Society of New York, while on its
remarkable pilgrimage there. Rev. DR.. j.
Howard Suydam describes the find, and
gives also picture of De Vries, the owner
Of the portrait. 743 Broadway, New York.
There is a very attractive timelinesS in
several of the articles In the February At
lantic. 1.-THE New Talking Machines" is
the subject of a clean-cut. practical article
on the photograph by Philip q. Hubert,
Jr. Sarah Orne Jewett writes in her fas-
chatting way of "a Winter Courtship,"
which tells "the old, old story, with the
scene laid on the edge of winter down in
Maine" Charles Worcester Clark thought
fully discusses The Spirit of American
Politics as Shown in the Late Election !"
and another new contributor, Harry Perry
Robinson, writes a strange story called
"The Gift of Fernseed," detailing some re-
markable adventu es among the Indians.
A feature of this number is the admirable
address to the assembly at the opening of
the new Players Club in New York, by 7.
w. Parsons. Some rather quaint points
are raised in "The Contributors Club and
Books Of the Month" is, as usual, as read
able and entertaining as some of the more
pretentious articles. Houghton, Miffln &
Co., Boston.
Scribner'S Magazine for February has a
notable list of contributors. among them
the Rt Rev. Henry c.. Potter, bishop of
New York ex-President Andrew D.. White
of Cornell, Austin Dobson, Robert Louis
Stevenson, w. G. Brownell, George Hitch
cock and Richard Henry Stoddard There
are several richly illustrated articles, short
stories by George H. Jessop and Brander
Matthews, essays upon art subjects, one of
Dr. Sargent's papers upon physical train
ing, this time about women, and poems by
c. P. Cranch, Maybury Fleming and others.
The leading article is walter Scott at
Work for which exPresident Andrew d.
White of Cornell furnishes a pleasant in
PRODUCTION telling how Scott's proof-shee IS
of "Peveril of the Peak came into his
possession twenty years agO-containing
various readings in texts, additions, sun
preSsions, explanations and discussions be-
tween Scott and Ballantyne." The
third of DR.. D. A. Sargents valuable
and popular papers on physical training,
which is one of the features of this number,
treats of 1.-THE Physical Development
Women" The conclusion is reached that
women have been retarded in their physical
development by custom and habit, and the
line along which these defects must be
remeded is clearly pointed out.
In 'Some Greek Portraits" Thomas Ser.
geant Perry shows how light has been
thrown upon the condition and history of
art in northern Egypt under Hellenic domi-
nation, by the discovery in 1887 of seventy
portraits in tombs near Fayoum. Many of
these are reproduced from photographs a:
illustrations of the article. Charles ScriJ'
ner's Sons, New York.
The Sanitartdn for January has some
excellent articles, notably that on the "Polu
ton of Water Supplies, which is report Of
the committee of the American Health Asso
citation at the Milwaukee meeting.