The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-02
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THE Goddess of Atvarabar." By Will
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MAGAZINES.
st. Nicholas for May has an interesting
table of contents. OF the longer stories,
THE Conspirators," by Emma S. Chester,
is an excellent piece Of work prehistoric
Photography" by Tudor jerks, shows that
even in the good old times the amateur had
his troubles when he tried to make pictures.
E. Vinton Blake, au old-time favorite OF
st. Nicholas readers, tells How Rangoon
| Carried Weight" an exciting race between
| q frontiersman's horse, double-loaded, and
a company OF Mexican soldiers. The num-
Der is literally besprinkled with bright bits
Of verse. The Century Company, Union
| square, New York.
The Cosmopolitan begins its thirteenth
volume May issue, under the joint editor
ship of W. D. Howells and Mr. Walker with
| a table of contents which will attract at
tention. James Russell Lowell Frank R.
| Stockton, Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund
Clarence Stedman, Henry James, Prof H.
H. Boyesen, Hamlin Garland, John Hay,
Sarah Orne Jewett. Prof. Langley of the
| Smithsonian. Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son, and w. D. Howells himself are among
the contributors. The illustrations in this
issue are by such well-known artists as E.
| w. Kemble, Frederick Remington, F. s.
| Church, Walter Crane, William NJ. Chase,
| G. S. Reinhart. Dan Beard, George Wharton
| Edwards, Wilson de Meza etc. Fifth avenue
Broadway and Twenty-hfth street, New
York.
The May Wide Quake opens with de-
| lightfully fantastic and oriental rhyme
descriptive of the birth of the 9amut. 1t is
| by Theron Brown with frontispiece illus
tTation by Burgess, and is called 1.-The
| Bamboo Fife.n The leading article of the
number is Miss Fordham's stirring descrip-
ton Of "A Medieval Stronghold" the great
| French castle of Pierrefonds, which, dis
mantled by Richelieu, has been restored by
the famous French architect, Violet. le- Due.
| Philip Hale's story. "a Grain of Sand" is
one of the good things Of the number. The
editors devote a memorial page to 1.-THE
| Founder of WIDE AtOdEe"-a brief but ap-
preciative notice Of Daniel Lothrop, whose
sudden death occurred just as the May
number of the magazine was going to press.
D. Lothrop Company, Boston, Mass.
The May number is an excellent example
Of the North american ReUieW's fixed
steady policy of keeping its articles well
| abreast of current public questions. 1t
opens with a series on the presidential con-
test entitled "The Man or the Platform, u
to which men from whom readers will be
| glad to hear contribute. The writer's in
clude Senator Quay. Congressman Boutelle
and Congressman Wilson of West Virginia
| Following these papers come those of John
| Burroughs on Walt Whitman, Minister c.
E. Smith on the famine OF Russia, and SEN
ator Stewart on "The Rule of the Gold
Kings" and then Gen. Butler and the
Marquis OF Lorne. from their respective
standpoints, participate in discussion OF
the Boring sea question. North American
| Review, No. East Fourteenth street, New
York.
The opening article of the Ne,o England
| Magazine for May is q very seaso nable
one, and will recall bright, happy days to
| thousands OF American travellers, Il Is
7 % D. r.. ~.
Reuben g. Thwaites, and the artist, Louis
A Holman, spent last summer in England,
and the result is very picturesque article
in the real sense of that abuged word
The frontispiece of the number is from a
drawing by Mr.. Holman, engraved by n.
Lamont Brown, and is as fine as anything
published in any American magazine. The
Hon. William E. Curtis, chief of the
bureau Of American republics, contributes
fine article on 1.-THE Progress OF the South
American Republics" outlining their COM
MERGE, customs and present prosperity. and
also giving an idea of the forces at work
which insure a greater future. There are
several other notable articles. Sc Federal
street, Boston.
Four principal articles make up Scribner'S
Magazine for May: THE Children Of the
Poor" by Mr.. RiiS, the second article in the
series, 1.-THE Poor in Great Cities !" ''Unter
den Linden" by Paul Lindau, in the series
"Great Streets Of the World" 'Sea and
Land, by Prof. Shaler, a study Of the ac-
ton of the waves on seacoast rocks; and Mr..
Apthorp's last and most interesting article
on the Paris theaters. Mr.. Ris' article is
able. Mr.. Lindau describes Berlin's great
street Interestingly, with a full apprecia~
ton of its fame, aud with much of the gos-
sip of the Linden sidewalk. The other two
articles are interesting, Mr.. Shaler's espec-
cially so as making science popular. John
w. Kirk tells Of the First News Message
by Telegraph" the message from Annapolis
to Washington, May L, 1874, that the
wings at Baltimore had nominated Clay
and Frelinghuysen. Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York.
The complete novel in Lippincotts
Magazine for May. THE Golden Fleece"
is by Julian Hawthorne, who conducts his
readers to the Pacific slope and the borders
of the desert. 1t is a curious medley of the
modern and the antique, of the weird aud
the practical, of civilized manners, wild ad-
ventures, Aztec hidden treasures, and
legends or superstitions Of long ago. In the
Journalist Series" W. J. c. Meighan re-
counts the exploits and trials Of the travel
ing correspondent. In the athletic Series, s"
the world renowned bicycler, Thomas
Stevens ,glorif1es his favorito pursuit. Floyd
B. Wilson has paper on Personal Eoo-
Monies Ia Our Colleges" and Mr.. Moulton
one on j. NJ. Barrie. the Scottish novelist,
who has lately sprung into sudden fame.