The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-28
BOOK NOTICES.

1HE fREACHEHs. Dy Monk- Inc
Minerva Publishing Company, 10 West
Twenty-third street, New York Paper,
so cents. This is one of the Minerva series,
and good number it is. The ideas pre-
sented are new and will attract attention.
The twenty-second volume of ALDEN's
MANIFOLD CYCLoPEDIA embraces the titles
from Legal to Mcclure. Garretson, Cox &
Co., publishers, New York. The great
merits of this work-its freshness, fullness,
accuracy, its combination of dictionary
with cyclopedia, its convenient form ana
the high degree of skill with which it is
being directed-seem to increase with each
succeeding volume.
MAGAZINES.
Scribner's Magazine for August is a
fiction number containing six short stories,
five of them illustrated. AS is usual In this
magazine, a number of entirely new writ
ers are brought forward with stories Of
striking originality. They show great
variety of scene and object, and include a
a newspaper story, a tale of army life,
California story, Maine woods story, and
New York city story, besides Mr.. Bun
ner's capital burleSQue moderniZation of
Sterne's Sentimental Journey" There is
also the beginning of part second of
the remarkable anonymous serial,
Jerry" which brings the hero to
manhood and opens his adventurous
career. In this new phase of the novel the
writer exhibits virile characteristics whica
were not demanded in tue pathetic desorip-
tions of Jerry's youth. The fiction idea of
the number is further carried out in the
very richly illustrated article by the Blash-
fields on THE Paris of the Three Musket-
GERS" The veteran London publisher and
close friend of Stanley, Mr.. Edward Mars
all fril 10
at Cairo, "How Stanley Wrote His Book. :"
There are also poems by Thomas Bailey
Aldrich aud Andrew Lang. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, New York.
For the sake of the American author
who is now robbed, for the sake of the for
eign author who is now plundered, for the
sake of that vast body of people who read
books IN the United States, and upon whom
we now force all the worst and cheapest
stuff that the presses of the world pour
forth, bill for international copyright
| aught to be passed. Most of all, 1t ought
to be passed for the sake of the country's
honor and good name" So writes Henry
Cabot Lodge on international copyright in
the August Atlantic his article is worth
studying. The Use and Limits of AGA
demlc Culture" paper by Prof. N. S.
Shaler, which shows the manner in which
Prof. Shaler believes the college could be
| brought into closer touch with the aims of
the ordinary student, namely, the gaining
| of living, is a noticeable paper of the
number. 1t is followed by a sketch of
| Nine. Cornuel and Nine. de Coulanges.
| Houghton, Mifflin g. Co., Boston.
Readers of the first two installments of
| Alphonse Daudet's Port Tarascon" will
| turn with impotence to its continuation in
| the'August number of Hdrper'S Magazine.
| Theodore Child contributes paper describ-
| ing an Americans impressions of Berlin"
| with some account of the leading attrac-
tions of the German capital. Edward
Everett Hale. in Magellan and the Pa
clfc," relates the old story of the first cir
| COMMUNICATION of the globe, but adds to it
| some facts hitherto not generally known.
Capt. Charles Kings. U. S. A, contributes
| an interesting paper giving an account of
Clusters Last Battle" Octavia Hensel, in
| an article fully illustrated from photo
graphs, tells the history of the famous
| printing house of "Plantin- Moretus,' aud
| describes visit to the museum in Antwerp
| There are other notable articles. Harper
| Brothers, New York.
Belford's for August has most interest
| ing table of contents. Literature in
louisiana" by Charles Gayarre, is an
article that will be widely read, as is nearly
| everything written DY MT. Gayarre.
Gen. Lee Duped by Woman" by Maria
Dorsett, is a charming little sketch. The
| complete novel is Love Wins" 1t is by
| George Parsons Lathrop, and is we'll worth
reading. Editors Have Known" is the
beginning of a series of articles by Alexan-
der Wilder, which promise TO be of more
than usual interest. Bedford Company
| New York
The Overland for July is much superior
to many of its previous numbers. Its table
of contents is an excellent one, and the
articles are of high standard of excel
| lence. The article on "hypnotism," for
instance, is worth fully the price of the
magazine Overland Monthly Company,
APO Montgomery street, San Francisco.