The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-28
BOOK NOTICE S.

Diana of the Crossways." By George
Meredith. Rand, McNally & Co., publish
ers, New York. Paper, 25 cents. This is
one OF the Globe Library series and is one
OF the most interesting stories issued re-
Gently by the foregoing publishers.
Biographical Sketches Of the Delegates
from Georgia to the Continental Congress. u
By Charles C. Jones, Jr., LII. D. Hough-
tom Miftiin & Co., New York, pub
fishers. Cloth. This is an extremely val
liable work and should be in the library of
every Georgian. 1t will certainly be in
every public library of the country. 1t is
elegantly bound and is printed upon the
best OF paper and in large type. Mr.. Jones
Is an historian of national reputation. W it'll
style of composition that cannot be sur
passed he unites elegant diction with great
accuracy. He is always sure of his facts.
and that is one Of the reasons of his popu-
larlty. This latest work of his will increase
MS reputation. While replete with inform
alton, it is as interesting as a frst.class
novel,
MAGAZINES.
Constance Fenimore Woolson contributes
the first of two illustrated articles on Cairo
in 1890" The quickness and delicacy of
guage which gives SO great charm to her
stories, are equally apparent in the grace
and vivacity and peculiar 6ttractiveness of
these travel sketches. Harper Brothers,
New York.
The Globe for September contains a
dozen well written articles on topics that
cannot fail to be of interest to the general
reader. There is no magazine of its charac-
ter that is better than the Globe. 1t accepts
contributions only from writers of estab.
lished reputation, and it strives to present
such subjects as are occupying the public
attention or which have permanent value,
The article on "Von Moltke and Modern
Germany" will command wide attention.
Globe Review, 1l2 North Twelfth street,
Philadelphia.
Har1per's for October is an interesting
and valuable number. Frank D. Millet re-
lates one of his thrilling experiences while a
war correspondent in Bulgaria during the
Russo Turkish war in 1877. William Dean
Howells' novelette,. IAN Imperative Duty"
Is concluded. An article on THE Art
Students League of New York" is written
by DR.. John c. Van Dyke, and illustrated
by pupils OF the school This institution I"
says DR.. Van Dyke, sis not bound by any
conventionalities; its existence is a pro; est
against them"
There are three articles in the Atlantic
for the month of October to which the
reader will at once turn. First, to Oliver
Wendell Holmes tribute to James Russell
Lowell, poem touching alike for the pub
lie sentiment of grief that it expresses as
we'll as for the personal note of sorrow e.
the loss OF a friend and fellow-poet. The
next article, Henry Stones account of Gen.
Thomas, will be of great interest to the
many people who liked and the few who
did not like, the much talked~about paper
on Gen. Sherman by John C. Ropes.
The third contribution which will command
attention is the paper by Col. Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, on Emily Dickin-
sons Letters" There are q number of
other entertaining articles. Houghton,
Miffiin & Co., Boston.
Scribner's Magazine for October is led
by 1.-THE fourth article in the series. on
"Great Streets Of the World" W. W. Story,
the eminent American sculptor and writer
VINO has spent the most Of his life in that
city, writes of 1.-The Corso of Rome" The
illustrations for this article are by Ettore
Tito, Roman artist, who has caught the
spirit Of this most historic street. There
are also several very entertaining out-of-
door articles-Archibald Rodgers advent
ures In HuntinGtAmerica Big Game, "
and with it DR.. j. n. Halls short paper on
the factions Of Wounded Animals" which
sportsmen will find of very practical inter-
est; Edward L. Wilson's Typography of the
Oyster" from the planting of the seed to
market; and Maj. J. w. Powelrs account
of the origin and probable effects of the
new lake in the Colorado desert. The fiction
of this issue is excellent Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York.
The element Of timeliress is predominant
in the first three articles IN the October
North American Revie,O. Tho first of
them lin two parts deals with that most in
teresting question: Can We Make it
Rain ." An affirmative answer is fur
nished by Gen. Robert 6. Dyronforth, who
had charge Of the recent rain-making ex-
periments in Texas. The negative side is
strongly put by Prof. Simon Newcomb,
who contends that sound can produce no
changes in the atmosphere or clouds and
can have no influence in causing rain. The
cause and progress of the civil war in Chile
are described by Capt. Jose Ma Santa
Cruz, late commander Of the Chilean man
of>war ''Huascar." Speculation in
Wheat" is discussed with full knowledge by
the famous grain speculator, b. Z. Hutch
lnson, who tells about wheat corners and
the effect of the recent ukase in Russia
against the expectation Of rye. North
American Review, No. East Fourteenth
street.