The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-21
BOOK NOTICES.

THE VOYAGE OF THE ARK. By F. NJ.
allen. J. S Ogilvie, publisher. New York.
Paper 25 cent. This is a rather curious mar
rative, as its title indicates, but those who
read it will find it interesting.
CLoIsTER WENDHUsEN. BY w. Helm
burg. Rand. McNally & Company, pub
fishers. New York. This is one of the
Globe Library edition. 1t was translated
from the German by Mary E. Almy. The
story is an interesting enc.
HIS FLEETING IDEAL; a Romance Of
Baffied Hypnotism. J. s. Ogilvie, pub
Usher, 81 Rose street, NV York. Paper,
25 cents. This composite novel, it being
the work of p T. Barnum, John L. Sulli-
van, Bill Nye and mite other persons who
are we'll known to the public.
THE ToLTEC CUP; a Tale of the Here and
Now, in New York city. By Nym Crinkle,
"a. C. Wheeler. Lew Vanderpoole Pub
fishing Company, New York. From the
first page to the last, 1.-THE Toltec Cup is
intensely dramatic and of thrilling interest.
It has plot the mysteries of which can
not be penetrated until its author chooses
to disclose Them the course of the story
teens with the stirring incidents and cpl
sodes of active everyday life in New York.
G. w. Dillingham;, publisher, New York.
William Estilrs news depot, 2115 Bull street.
Paper, so cents. "Stella's Shadow is a
thrilling tale, in the photographed style,
of the blasting effect which a magnetic ard
dangerous woman can have upon the lives
of totally different men. stella" is said to
be drawn from real life, and the story of
her relations with Gen. Vallalie will rot,
perhaps, be an entirely new one to many
people in New York and Vermont.
ALDEN's MANIFOLD CYCLoPEDIA; vol.
81. Garretson, Cox & Co., New Y ork, pub
fishers. The title Jordan" begins, and the
title Legacy" ends vol. 81. and between
! these titles will be found a wonderful
amount of interesting aud valuable infor-
nation. The editorial skill in selecting the
subjects treated, the amount of space given
to each of the various topics, and the clear
ness and copciseness of treatment, are most
commendable, and stamp this cyclopedia as,
above all others, the cyclopedia for the peo-
pie. A feature of very great Importance
not found in any other cyclopedia is the
pronunciation Of all titles, the names of
persons, countries, etc, as well as of the
ordinary words found IN a dictionary.
MAGAZINES.
For several years Vide Atcake has from
| time to time given some beautiful stories OF
highly fanciful nature from the pen of
Miss Mary E. Wilkins. One of the best
appears in the August number, entitled
1.-The Princess Rosetta and the Popcorn
| Man. with seven illustrations by Garrett.
| Another charmingly fanciful story in the
same number is by Susan Coolidge, and is
called "Three Little Candles" As con-
trast come The Hat of the Postmaster"
another Nassau story, by Mrs. Fremont,
ICY Hops Victory" the story of Cana
dian Indian boy at school, by H. c. Chip
man, and Miss McLeod's Acadian tale, The
Story of Bloody Greek" Perhaps one of
the best things in the number is a short
| paper by Louise Stockton, ga Game of the
| Senses, in which she suggests the develop
| ment possible to the senses through the
using of them. D. Lothrop Company,
| Boston, Mass.