The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-11
BOOK NOTICES.

Inc publishers Of the Century Magazine
nave issued a pamphlet entitled Cheap
money" containing the articles on cheap
money experiments which have been an
pearlng IN Topics Of the Time" of tie
century during the past year or more
Single copies cost 10 cents each, The Cen
fury Company, Union square.
THE Lost Colony" By James F. RAY
mond. 7. B. Peterson & Bro, Philadel-
phia, Pa. Cloth. limo, antique style,
Price 81 so. This is a deeply interesting
story. The narrative hinges on the
fortunes of southern family, who pass
through startling succession of fortunes
ana changes OF lot. With their fate is also
bound up that of a young officer in the
army, who distinguishes himself by his
bravery. This history gives an opportunity
Tor the Introduction of some admirable
description Of southern life. The most
novel scenes of the book are laid on a
desert island, and center round the account
OF the Lost Colony" history so astonish-
ing as to suggest the belief that this part of
the novel has, as the author intimates.
some foundation in fact.
politics and Property or Phonocracy. a
Compromise Between Democracy and Plu-
tocracy." By Slack Worthington. &. p.
Putnam's Sons New York. Cloth, 81 So
The author, in his preface, says that hereto
fore writer's opposing the alarming concen-
tratlon CT wealth into the hands Of few
have urged against the Accommodations con-
dltlons that are too violent, and for poverty
systems of relief that are utterly impracttc-
able. This work seeks to avoid both these
extremes by acknowledging that property
rights of men shall. to a reasonable extent,
hn FuNllW -.
tected, but that the masses have grievances
that must not be ignored. Nothing is pro-
posed that is, to the slightest extent, vision
airy, imprGcticable or revolutionary, but,
on the contrary, only measures are recon-
mended that can be adopted by law within
the bounds of prudence, reason and Justice.
The book contains great deal Of valuable
information.
MAGAZINES.
The January Wide Quake comes with a
store of good things for young and old that
are as entertaining as they are varied. 1t
bring to its readers stories by Molly Elliot
Seawell, G. Adams, Capt. G. A. Curtis,
Maria Mcintosh Cox and the two bright
story telIers who write under the nom de
piumes of Dorothy Holcomb" and "Abd
oil Ardavan," the Arab. Ii has sketches by
Amanda B. Harris, Lieut.. Col. Thorndike,
Harriet Maxwell-Converse, Zitella Cooke,
Otis T. Mason and Sallie Joy White.
1t has poems by Celia Thaxter, Anna j
McKeag, Clara Doty Bates and others. 1t
has pictures by L. J. Bridgman, George
Foster Barnes, Virginia Gerson. Childe
HesSam, Hy Sandman. Irving r. Wiles,
Clifton johnson, Charles Mente and E. Fl.
Garrett. Such a combination of talent pro-
duces most interesting reading matter. D.
Lothrop Company, Boston.
The January number of the Reute,O of
Rerie,US is an excellent one. Besides other
things it contains the portraits of some fifty
or sixty Of the notabilities of the day. Gen.
Johnston and Gov. Nichols Of Louisiana,
Secretary Foster, Assistant Secretary
Wharton, the late Dom Pedro, Fonseca Of
Brazil, dir. jackson, the new Irish secre-
tary; Mr.. Redmond, the Parnellite leader;
Mr.. Flavin Of Cork, Archbishop Walsh of
Dublin, Prince George of Wales, five gov
ernors of Australian states. the late Lord
Lytton, the late Rev. Oscar McCulloch,
the late William j. Florence, Gov.
Alvin P. Hovey, Senator Plumb, Hon.
S. B. Elkins, Mr.. Gillian of Judge, the Gar
and Czarina of Russia, with various other
Russian portraits; Elbridge Gerry
of New York, Benjamin Waugh
Harrison, Thomas Nelson Page, the
late Mr.. Velhagen, the distinguished
German editor, and Lord Rosebery, the
rising liberal statesman of England, are
among the people whose faces are presented
in this number. Leading articles comprise
the most important essays and discussions
that have appeared in the leading periodicals
of the world in the month OF December. 10
Astor place New York