The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-01

Accidents, by Col Il. q. Prout. editor cf
Edmund c. Stanton, director OF the Metro
politan opera house; and Lotteries and
Gambling, by Anthony Comstock. No. 3
East Fourteenth Street, New YORK.
The February Wide AUdks comes
promptly to hand with an exceedingly
varied aud entertaining list Of contents
suited to the ages and tastes Of all classes OF
young people. And the older readers can
well profit by the material that Vide
AtCdke offers. The camel race over the
desert described in the February number Is
full of force and fire that stlrS the blood
of every reader. Among the important
contributions Is the last story ever written
BY Eliot Mccormick, one of New
York's promising newspaper men, untimely
cut off by death scarcely six months since
HIS story, 1.-THE Sign of the Prophet
Jonah, /" is bright, natural and entertaining
and will interest every boy and girl who
knows and admires Bret Harte's poem
about the lost children of Greyport. Mrs.
Harriet Maxwell Converse has another of
her interesting Indian articles, with
Seventy Chiefs at Ohswekan;" Mrs. Maud
Howe Elliott talks delightfully."- about
Some Horses That l Have Known"
These are only few of the good things OF
the number. d. Lothrop Company. Bos~
ton. Mass.
The February Forum has as a special feat
ure an explanation of three Of the creates:
industrial problems in all history-which
now await us: The Nicaragua canal lin
both its commercial and its political as
pectsl, the further development Of lake COM
merce and Of ways to sea, and the reclaim-
ing of a great domain by irrigation. In the
same way, the largest experiments that
have been made in practical philanthropy
| Gen. Booths great plan of Work in England
| aud the German labor colonies for tramps-
| have been Investigated for the Forum bv
Prof. Francis G.. Peabody (who is now
| studying social systems in Germany, and by
| DR.. Albert Shaw. who went to London to
study the results Of the first year of Gen.
| Booths work with the large sum that was
collected in response to his appeal in Ozark
| est England
| Such original investigations as these will
| become more and more an important part
| of the work Of the Forum. The Forum
Union square, New York.
| A notable issue is the Magazine of
american History for February. Its
frontispiecs is a copy OF the famous his
toric painting of the United States cleo
| toral commission Of 1877, the portraits Of
| the distinguished persons represented in it
| being in every instance from life sittings.
The key to this remarkable pict ire appears
/ III the opening paper of the number, and
one need only glance over the list Of names
to appreciate the value of the artists work
Judge Charles Cowley contributes the
Minority Report" of that commission, as q
state document of historic value, and adds
a hrief sketch Of Judge Abbott who pre-
pared the report which was never until now
published. The paper also contains letters
| from Senator Hoar aud Benjamin
F. Butler. 743 Broadway. New York.
Romance for February contains fifteen
short stories, all Of which are good. Thi
publication is steadily winning place for
Itself in public favor. Romance Publishing
Company, Clinton Hall, Aston place, New
| York.