The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-30
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Two ENGLISH GIRLS. By Mabel Hart.
J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
Paper, so cents This is oae OF the best Of
Lippincotts series of select novels, and is a
deeply interesting story.
ArrILA THE HUN. By the great German
novelist, Felix Dahn. The Minerva Pub
fishing Company, IS University Place, New
York Paper, so cents. This one of the
best Of the Minerva series, and an excellent
story it is.
A COMMENTARY ON THE CAMPAIGN AND
BATTLE OF MANASSAS OF JULY, 1861: to,
gether with a summary of the art Of war;
By Gen. G. T. Beauregard. G. P. Putnam
. e Sons, q West TWenty-third street, New
| York. Cloth, 81. Old soldiers will find
this very interesting volume. The work
| IS very carefully written, and contains
many new points about the Manassas cam
paign-
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN; or, the March of
the Salvation Army. By Commissioner
Balliugton Booth ]. s. Ogilvie, 81 Rose
street, New York. Paper, % cents. This
volume gives very much valuable informa-
tion in reference not only to what the SAL
walton Army have done, but what they
| propose to do for the elevation OF humanity.
1t deserves and will no doubt have a very
| wide circulation.
| AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE, By It'll Kinney
Reno. j. b. Lippincott Company Phila-
delpnia. Paper, so cents. The author of
this work lives in Nashville, Tenn. The
| Courier Journal thus speaks Of the story
| 1t is a notable contribution to the rapidly
growing literature of the south. The
Exceptional Case" here presented is that
of two young lovers. deeply enamored of
each other. who agreed not to marry,
but to continue to love-to devote
their days. the one to his work, the
other to her art, and their even
| ings to each other. In this way
they hoped to attain the ideal life, full of
that lofty sentiment that rendered the loves
of Michael Angelo and Victoria Colonna
their strength, not their weakness, their joy,
not their pain. This is a theme which must
be recognized as sufficiently different from
from that of the conventional love story.
To justify such an ending of a courtship
requires more than ordinary literary art,
but the author has proved herself equal to
| the task. 1t will be pretty generally ad-
mitted that this case altoge her except
ional, still it is thoroughly written story.
MAGAZINES.
Poet-Lore is always entertaining, and is
the only purely literary periodical In the
country. The appeal of this magazine to
literary people is unique and strong. 1t is
we'll edited, and its promises for the present
year are appetlzing. Poet-Lore, 1902 Ches-
nut street, Philadelphia.
Harper's Magazine for April has most
interesting and instructive, but it is to be
hoped not too timely, article on the French
army. 1t is by soldier, and it is compe-
tent and comprehensive, and burns with
ideas. There are good things in the mum,
Der, and not few of them, to say nothing
of ex-Minister Phelps, who In several page:
to himself, appears to have said something
about the Boring Sea question. The fiction
in this number includes the continuation OF
the serials by Charles Egbert Craddock aud
Thomas Hardy, and short stories by
Margaret Crosby and Angelina Teal The
editorial departments. under the control oil
George William Curtis, William Dear
Howells and Charles Dudley Warner, are
as always, scholarly, entertaining and un-
surpassed in the variety and appropriate
ness of the subjects presented for discus
sion. Harper Brothers, New York.
The April ST. Nicholas opens with de
lightful illustrated sketch by Mrs. Foote
THE Gates on Grandfather's Farm" rem
iniscences OF a New England Farm sug
gesred by the associations with its old gate
ways. Frank S. Woodruff describes some
"Busy Corners of the Orient" and shows us
the primitive forms of industry in Syria
The article is illustrated by George Whar
ton Edwards. There is peculiar sort Of
fancful story by Tudor jerks, amusingly
illustrated by E. B. Bensell. and story fol
the little folks called Charles Shadows
and Their Shadow House." by Matte E.
Pettus, which is well fitted for reading
aloud. The verse is excellent. The fronts
piece is an engraving, by T. johnson, from
Adriaen Hanneman's beautiful portrait of g
child, and is fitting introduction to thii
beautifully illustrated number. The Cen
fury Company. Union Square, New York
"The Brazen Android" is the curious title
of story in two parts, by the late William
Douglas OConnor, which has the place o.
honor in the Atlantic for April. 1t is
story of old London, and its ancient life il
wonderfully reconstructed by the viviG
imagination of the author. Francis Park
mans second paper on The Capture Of
Louisbourg by the New England Militia" il
marked by the skill and care which Mr.
Parkman devotes to everything which ht
writes One of the most important paper:
in the number is prehistoric Man on the
Pacific Coast" by Prof. George Frederick
Wright of Oberin, in which he gives us the
results of his investigations on the subject
of the 'Nampa Image" The Hon. s. g.
W. Benjamin, for some years United States
minister to Persia, has timely considera-
tion Of THE Armenians aud the Porte.
The number is not without excellent poetry.
Houghton- Miffiin Company, Boston.
AS the first of series of articles upor
ocean steamships there is IN Scribner's fol
April an article by John H. Gould, entitled
ocean Passenger Travel" With its &C
companying cuts it is possible for the
reader who has not already crossed the
ocean to become familiarly acquainted with
the workings of an ocean steamer. "a
Kangaroo Hunt is picturesquely described
by B. Harrison. The Spanish post, Mare7
de Arco, is the subject of a sketch by
Rollo Ogden. 'The Moaning Of the
Dakota Outbreak" is an article in which
the recent Indian troubles are explained by
Herbert Welsh. Of all the serious contrib
utors, perhaps none proves more interest
ing than "What is Right HandednessW by
Thomas Dwight, NJ. D., in which this pecul-
iarity Of mankind is termed an instinct. ,
The "Story of the Fresh Air Fund" is told
by Willard Parsons. The only short story
is a clever one, entitled "The Phenlx,n by
Bliss Perry. Charles Scribner's Sons, Ne"
York.
No more completely illustrated copy Of
the Cosmopolitan has ever gone out thar
that for April. Miss Elizabeth Bisland. al
ways a bright and attractive writer, is
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