The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-05
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paddles and Politics Down the Danube.
BY Poultney Bigelow. with illustrations by
the author. Charles L. Webster & Co., New
York Cloth. This Is a chArmingly written
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and about every page contains something
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"a Share of Office" BY Hambin Garland.
The Arena Library Series. Paper, price 50
cents. This story appeared as a serial in
the Arena and attracted q good deal of at
tention. Is Is a strongly written story, and
one that will interest large class OF readers.
Life and "Reminiscences of Nineteenth
Century Gladiator" By John l.. Sullivan.
. & Co., publishers, Boston. This little vol
ume gives full account Of the various
fights In which Sullivan has taken part.
1.-THE Rector's Secret; A Study from Life. I"
By j. R. AberbaneI. J. 8. Ogllvie, pub
Usher. 81 Rose street, New York. Paper,
so cents. This is one Of the Peerless Series,
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'Tales From To,On Topics" The Town
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price so cents.
MAGAZINES.
There are three divisions to the Septem-
ber programme of the Forum, which
may be called political, religioun. and re-.
lated to immigration. In the last category
the remarks of Yung Kiung Yen may be
included, because he deals with the remark
able attitude assumed by the United States
toward Chinese Prof. Kendrio G. Bah
| cock gives a very good account of the Scan
dinavians in the northwest narrowness and
a disposition to jealousy OF each other be-
| ing the worst he brings against them. Hor
rible is the picture Henry Rood draws
| of the Italians, Rungarians and Slavs In
| the mining regions OF Pennsylvania; he
| considers them too tough for the digestion
| OF any American commonwealth, and 10
| certain that the Italians have a fund by the
| use OF which criminals Of that nationality
| often manage to escape the punishment
| which they deserve. He corroborates Prof.
j. J. McCook's statements as 90 the so
| Lutte venelity OF those people when they vote.
| They are nHtpralizsd for the purpose. Prof.
]. j. McCook's alarming Proportion OF
Vensl Voters is a timely paper. dealing as
| 1t does not merely with the purohRsable
| naturAlized foreign vote. but the vote OF de-
graded Americans. Other papers are:
| Popular Education at the University of
| Michigan" by Prof. Henry &. Adams !,
provincial Peculiarities of Western Life"
| semi-bumorous essay by the author OF
'The Story of a Country Town." and "The
Next Great Problems OF Science" by Prof.
| R. H. Thurston. The Forum Publishing
| Company, Union Square. New York.
The September Century is particularly
interesting for its fiction. A new writer
| from the south) comes upon the scene, John
| Fox, Jr., who publishes the first installmeut
of a apart story, entitled "a Mountain
Europa" with illustrations by Kemble
Another new writer OF fiction, Grace Viii
bur Conant, appears in this number of the
| Century with a humorous story, "Phyllida's
Mourning" That delightful humorist
Richard Malcolm Johnston, author OF
"Dukesborough Tales" has short story in
this number, entitled "a Bachelors Coun-
settings" with pictures by Kemble. Still
another short story is by George Wharton
| Edwards, the artist, entitled "Strange to
| Say" in his quaint, illustrated series of
| 'Thumb Nail Sketches" Mrs. Mary Hal
| lock Foote'S THE Chosen Valley" with
| pictures by the author, aGd Henry B. Full
er's"C hatelane of La Trlnite'' are continued.
| A very novel subject is treated by
| Brauder Matthews in an article on "The
| Pictorial Poster" accompanied by eleven
pictures Of modern posters. The justlhca
| tion for such an article IN the Century is
the recent artistic advance made in the
preparation Of posters, as shown in the ex-
| amples given The Architect Van Brunt's
papers on Architecture at the Columbian
| Exposition" are continued in an able aud
| authoritative manner. The pictures which
accompany these papers have the sanction
of the architects, and are the latest revised
representations of the various buildings.
The Century Company, Union square, New
| York.
The NeW England Magazine for Septen-
Der has some notable articles. Edwin d.
Mead, the eminent publicist and lecturer,
discusses the recent Homestead disturbances
with vigor. He deals with Homestead and
the press, the pulpit and the politicians
and comes to the conclusion that it will be
a bad day for the American republic IL the
masses Of workingmen ever come TO believe
that the state stands behind our millionaire
barons ready TO crush those whom they
would crush into obedience. e. p. Powell
| puts forward the thousand and one argu-
! ments, that can be made In favor OF good