The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-02
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MAGAZINES.
The March Century has third INSTALL
ment of the famous Talleyrand Memoirs.
This installment deals with Napoleon Bona
parte, Josephine and the Emperor Alex
ander. The California series this month
takes up the Fremont explorations. first
with brief paper giving resume Of the five
explorations; second, with a paper by Mrs.
Fremont on the "Origin of the Fremont
Explorations; ana third, with a posthumouS
narrative OF the terrible experiences of the
fourth expedition, under the title Of Rough
Times in Rough Places" it being personal
record of Micajah McGehee of Mississippi
Included are portraits of Thomas II. Ben
ton, the late George Bancroft, from a
dagurreotype, Mrs. Fremont, from a NINA
ture, and a drawing of Frenoats address to
the Indians at Fort Laramie, also portraits
of Jim Bridger, Alexis Cooley and Charles
Preuss, besides other illustrative material.
Mrs. Fremont tells how she dlsobeyed orders
of the war department sent to her husband,
and the McGehee narrative gives graphic
account of starvation experiences of the ILL
fated fourth expedition. The number is full
of good things. The Century Company,
Union square, New York.
The March number Of the North Ameri-
can ReuteiU opens with Further Recollec-
tions of Gettysburg" contributed by four
of the active participants in that famous
fght-Gens. Sickles, Gregg, Newton and
Buttertisld. This series of articles is a sup
Il l. GI.% .~-s. fl L.
number from the pens of the Count of Paris
and others. 1.-THE Future of the Sandwich
Islandsn-a very timely topic, in view of the
recent death of King Kalakaua-is discussed
in a pointed manner in concise article fur
nished by Claus Spreckels. An answer to
Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells article in the
February number on "Why More Girls Do
Not Marry" is presented by Mrs. John
Sherwood, whose bright and interesting
and too brief ARTICLES entitled why
Women Marry One of the uppermost
politico.fnancial topics of the period, the
silver question, receives adequate treatment
at the hands of the Hon. Edward Owen
Leech, the dsrector of the mint, in "The
Menace of Silver Legislation" North
American ReUie,o, No. 3 East Fourteenth
street, New York.
With the number for March, The Forum,
begins its eleventh volume. Throughout
the whole period of the ten volumes now
finished, the publishers announce that there
has been an uninterrupted increase of their
business-an indication of the steady
growth of the popular interest in the free
discussion of the most important subjects of
the time. So great has been tho growth of
the magazine that it is necessary to procure
larger office room than the quarters now
occupied by The Forum, which, three years
ar in6aHnita
period One of the most Interesting articles
in the current number is on THE Nicaragua
Canal by John Sherman. 1t is an explana-
ton of the report by the Senate committee
liz favor Of All appropriation; the CONNER
cial and international significance of the
undertaking. The Forum Pub 'ishing Com
pany, 253 Fifth avenue, New York.
The chapters of Mr.. Stockton's 'House of
Martha" which are given in the Atlantic
for March introduce the Lady who sits on
the Sand" the "Middle-aged Man of the
Sea-" the ''Shell Man." the "Lover-in-
Check" the "InterpolatiOn," and last, but
not least, q "PersOn." The scene Of the
story is transferred from the neighborh0od
of the House of Martha to two islands,
called respectively the Racket and the Tan
gent. Miss Murfree's serial ends IN the
present number, and ends tragically. There
White, contributed by Francis P Church,
aud in bright autobiographic fragment,
entitled "My Schooling" we are told of
James Freeman Clarke's early educational
training. Houghton. Miffin & Co., Boston.
The March Magazine Of American
History opens with careful study of the
public career OF "Gen. Francis E. Spinner,
the Financier, y by Rev. Isaac s. Hartley, D.
n Of int incl inn
graphic description of Gen. Spinner's part in
the conception and issue of the green
backs" in the time of the late civil war. The
fidelity of Gen. Spinner to the money inter-
ests OF the government won for him the
memorable sobriquet "The Watch Dog of
the Treasury" The second article is de-
lightful story by Hubert Howe Bancroft of
his varied experiences in bringing out his
first book, describing his literary pilgrimage
from California to visit the notable authors
of Boston and New York. The number is a
strong one Magazine of American History,
TAB Broadway, New York.
Scri6ner's Magazine for March contains
two striking articles of exploration and adj
venture--Mr. Mounteney Jephson's account
of one of the most exciting periods of the
Emin Pasha relief expedition. and Mr.. NJ.
B. Kerr's description of the latest attempt
to reach the summit of Mount st. Elias in
Alaska. The former is illustrated with
sketches by Frederic Villiers, made under
Mr.. Jephson's personal direction, and the
latter from photographs made by the expe-
dition. The number is also notable for its
fiction. containing four short stories, by
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, Richard
Harding Davis, Duncan Campbell Scott and
w. Fl. Woods-all of them writers whose
first short st have appeared IN this
magazine. Charles Scribner's Sons, New
York.
The charming personality Of the Princess
of Wales in public has won her hosts of
warm friends, but in The Ladies' Home
Journal for March Lady Elizabeth Hilary,
her almost constant attendant and a very
intimate friend, gives us glimpse at the
Princess in her private life--a sweet woman
and a sterling wife and mother, worthy
all the admiration which is bestowed upon
her. The article is richly illustrated, and will
attract as wide attention as will Mrs. p T.
Barnum's discussion, Moths Of Modern
Marriages." Which appears in the same
number. Ladies' Home journal, 443 and
AS Arch street. Phlladelnhia.