The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-05
BOOK NOTICES.

No SAINT. By Anne Bozsman Lyon.
John P Morton & Co., Louisville, KY.
Cloth, so cents. This is charming little
story and one that most real ers will find
very interesting. a4
MARGUERITE; Novel. By Georges de
Peyerbrune. Belford Company, publishers,
1922 East 18th street, New York. Paper,
Is cents. This is a translation from the
French. and very attrac i've story II is.
The dialogue is lively and the interest in
the story is maintained to the end.
MAGAZINES.
The first installment of the selections
from Talleyrand's long-expected memoirs is
the most striking feature of the January
Century. A sketch of Talleyrand by Min
ister Whitelaw Reid prefaces this INSTALL
ment. Tie opening pages tell of Talley-
rand's neglected childhood and his entry
| into Partisan society. Tney also give his
views of La Fayette, and the effect of the
American on the French revolution; some
account # the beginnings Of the latter; a
very contempUuous opinion of the Duke of
Orleans; sketch of the authors stay Ill
England and the United States, and a
| highly interesting conversation between
himself aud Alexander Hamilton on free
trade and Protection. Before plunging
into the gold discovery, the California
series pauses at the pioneer Spanish FAM
| lies in California" Of which Charles
H. Shinn writes with special reference
| to the Vallejos, a supplementary paper, by
Mr.. John T. Doyle. giving an account OF
the contemporary life in the Spanish "Mis-
sions of Alta California Under the title
"a Romance of Morgan's Rough Riders, :"
a contribution is made to the group of
articles on the experiences of prisoners Of
war. In the first of three chapters, Gen.
Basil W. Duke, who was Morgan's right
hand brigadier, describes Gen. John H.
| Morgan's famous raid ito Iniiana and
| Ohio; Gen. o. B. Wilcox contributes a
chapter on the capture of a large part Of
the command; and Capt. Thomas H. Hives,
who planned the escape, relates how Nor
gan and few of mis- officers tunneled out
of the Ohio state penitentiary, and, of er
| thrilling adventures, reached the Confed-
crate lines. There is a great deal of other
| interesting matter in the number. the
Century Company, Union Square, New
| York.
beautiful frontispiecs appears In the
January number of the Cosmopolitan. 1t
Is a reproduction in colors of Francoi:
Flameng's famous picture, "The Cake
Seller" The Cosmopolitan ran up from G
10000 editio at the cl ,se of 1888, to 10000
copies December, 1897. This remark BILE
increase has kept pace with the change in
the character Of the names which APP cared
u on its table of contents. Among those
for January are Mrs Van Rensselaer,
Cruger, Frank Dempster Sherman, he ry
George, William 81. Ridelng, Hjalmer Hjorth
Boyesen, Edward Everett Hale, Gertrude
Franklin Atherton, Mu.at Halstead, Johr
j. a'Becxet, Col. Charles W. Larned. f. O.
G. barley (posthumous) Elizabeth Bisland
probably as strong a collection Of names al
ever appeared in any number OF an illus
trated magazine of this country. TIE s
nopoliten. Fifth avenue, Broadway anC
Twenty fifth street, New York.
The January Forum opens with review
of the colonization and division of Africs
down to date, and accompanied with maj
by Prof. Emile de Laveleye. The biograph
ical ESSAY this mon, h is by Pre- iden
Dwight of Yale, who points out he relativ,
advantages from his point of view Of tht
commercial fe and tine life Of a teacher
| Thomas G. Shearman wri es an essay OIL
'The Coming B llionaire," 10 show tina
under the present system If federal taxation
our present northumberland lionaires woult
necessarily become bll ionair, in fort
wears. President j. c. Price of Livingston
College, N. c., hi nself a colDred ma dis
Gu ses the question whether the negroe
seek social equality with the whites. Their
are other articles of s ecial terest. Tn
Forum Publishing Company, 253 Fifth
avenue, New York.