The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-06
BOOK NOTICES.

MARY ST. JOHN. By Rosa Nonchett
Carey. J. B. Lppincott Company, Phila-
delphia, publisher. Paper, so cents. This is
one OF Lippincott's series Of select novels,
and very good one it is.
My OFFICIAL WIFE By Col Richard
Henry Savage. The Home Publishing Com
pany. 3 East Fourteenth street, New York.
Paper, so cents. This is story that holds
the attention of the reader throughout.
HIGH LIFE. By Edward Cadol. The
Trice McGill Company, st. Paul. Paper
so cents. Edward Cadol has the reputation
of being one of the best of the French
writers, and this one of his best stories.
THE DEVILS VISIT; Poem for the
Times. Cloth 81. Excelsior Publishing
House, % and 81 Beekman street. New
York. This is finely bound little volume
and very readable one. 1t deals with the
abuses of the present day and does so very
skillfully.
A NAMELEss NOVEL. By NJ. G.. McClel-
land. S. H. Moore & Co., % Park Place,
New YORK. publisher. Paper, 25 cents. A
unique and original feature of this work is
that its title was purpOsely omitted by the
author, the public being invited to sup
ply the deficiency, and cash prizes agg, e.
eating 5000 are offered by the publishers
to purchasers of the book suggesting the
most appropriate name.
THE MORNING News has received from
T. G. Mendenhall, superintendent of the
United States coast and geodetic survey
office, Washington, D. c., a copy of THE
Catalogue Of Charts" published by the
survey, and other publications sent out
from that office, including Notices to
Mariners" The charts of the At
lantic coast are geographically ar
ranged, and show the CONFORMATION
of the shore, the positions of islands, rocks
and shoals, the lighthouses, life saving sta
lions and other natural and artificial land
marks which makes them valuable aids to
navigation, and every captain sailing along
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts should avail
himself Of the opportunity to obtain one.
which can be had free of charge on personal
application or by letter addressed to the
superintendent of the United States coast
and geodetic survey, Washington, D. C.
MAGAZINES.
The NeU England Magazine for July
contains variety of good things, and serves
up larger portion of fiction than usual.
This Is for readers in the woods and at the
seaside. The initial article of the number
is ''The State of Maine" by Hon. Nelson
Dinglet, yr. An article that will attract
considerable attention on account of its
| timelihess Is "a Brief for Continental
UNITY by Walter Blackburn Harte, whose
| articles in the Forum on Canadian politics
have created so much discussion. William
III. Saltsr, 10 ''Emerson's Views on Re-
form" shows what radical the Concord
philosopher was, and how few Of the most
| advanced reformers Of to-day are as ad-
vanced as he was in his ideas of social
comfy. Master Shakespesre's STAR by
Elizabeth B. WallinR is a very good story
Of the English stage in Shakespeares time.
Edward W. Rryant's sketch "Ph9nix-
villes Poet" tells in a humorously satirical
way the too common fate of poets. Mrs.
Marion A. Mcbride writes instructively on
Home Making and House Building" New
England Magazine Corporation, Sc Federal
street. Boston.
The July Wide AiUake is a good number
for hammock and veranda reading for old
and young, as some of the tempting titles
show: A Dreamland Lantern, The Rogue'a
Path, The Anti-Boy Picnic, Ye Boston
Grasshoppers, The Wrong Muscles, Amy
Robsart's Embroidery ct Leicester Hospi-
tai, How Teddy Morris Made the Weather
My Sea Daisies natural history article)
Pussy in Private Life, Five Little Peppers
Grown Up, The Chimney Swallow (anec-
dotal natural history paper, Miss Matilda
Archambeau Van Dorm, Marietta's Good
Times, How One Mother is Being Brought
Up, A Midnight Ride, Grim the Corn
Thief, Guess God Won't be Angry Wis
Wees. d. Lothrop Company, Publishers,
Boston