The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-31
BOOK NOTICES.

of Alarms" by Robert Barr duke
Sharpe). 1t is tale of the Fenian in
yasiOn of Canada in 1871. The sixth in
the series of LippincOtt's Notable Stories
is James Holiday" by Valerie Hays
Berry. 1t is illustrated. In THE Lady
of the Lake" Julian Hawthorne de-
scribes some of the statuary and other
attractions of the Columbian Exposition
Zachary Taylor, his Home and
Family" is by the presidents grandniece
Mrs. Anna Robinson Watson. w. II.
Babcock discusses ''Supermundane Eic-
ton, and NJ. Crawfton. in Men of the
day" presents brief sketches of Sir J. T..
Millais, Sir Arthur Sullivan, General
Diaz and Philip d. Armour. j. B. Lip
pincott & Co, Philadelphia.
MAGAZINES.
The midsummer holiday number of The
Century Magazine contains, in addition
to articles on yachting and camping out,
a number of papers relating to foreign
travel and art the opening one being a
unique description of ''Eez, the Mecca of
the Moors," by Stephen BOnsal, the new
ly appointed Secretary of Legation to
China. This paper is a graphic deScrip-
ton from personal experience in the holy
city of Morocco, and is illustrated by
drawings after photographs. A not
less unusual feature is the second
paper by Jonas Stadling, Il Sweoe, who
describes from personal investigation
The Famine in Eastern Russia" this pa
per being devoted to the relief
work of the younger Tolstoy Swe-
den still further contributes to this
number in the person of Anders Zorn, the
painter and etcher, of whose striking
work with the needle four examples are
printed, together with wood-carving,
the text descriptive of Mr. Zorn's work
being contributed by Mrs. NJ. G.. van
Rensselaer,. A paper of strong per-
sonal interest in the group of
papers relating to the Bona
parties deals with "The Prince and
Princess Achille Murat in Florida" and
gives a Sketch of the attractive American
lady who was the princess, and of her
friendship with Louis Napoleon, of whom
an interesting engraved portrait accom-
panies the paper. The Century Company,
Union Square, New York.
st. Nicholas for August is a particular
ly fine number. The ''Viking Ship" is
described and drawn by J. O. Davidson,
who thus amuses the descendants of the
English by showing what was the terror
of their ancestors in the days of the
Northmen's forayS. An article that will
attract every boy who owns and can use
iackknife is Miss. McCabe's story of
"The Boyhood of Edison" Here is a
picture of the bright youngster who first
printed a newspaper upon railway train;
a facsimile of the paper itself: a full re-
telling of the act of heroism that made
"Al" Edison a telegrapher; and the story
of the inventors early wanderings as a
knight-errant of the wire all told in
easy, untechnical terms boy can
understand. Less modern, but fully
as interesting, is the selection
from Hakluyt's Voyages" prepared
by the late Florence Snedeker -
young writer who was be-
coming most favorably known to the
readers of magazines. There are many
other good things in the number. The
Century Company, Union Square New
York
Scribner's Magazine for August is, as
usual, a fiction number containing six
short stories, five of them illustrated, and
installments of two short serials by Robert
Grant and Harold Frederic This idea of
a fiction number was first realized in mid
summer, 1889 and it has proved one of
the most popular features OF the maya
zine. In 1t have appeared an unusual num-
Der of short stories which have become
famous. several of them having been the
beginning of the national reputation of
well-known authors. This year the
writers of short stories represented are
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, H. G. Bunner
Sarah Orne Jewett, Howard Pyle w. H.
Shelton and Grace Ellery Claiming. The
artists who illustrate the fiction of this
number are equally skillful, including
Marchetti, Howard Pyle, C. S. Reinhart,
Irving Il. Wiles w. T. Smedley and w
l.. Metcalf. The readers of this number
will be especially pleased with the humor-
Gus element which predominates in the
stories of Miss Jewett, Mr. Bunner, Mr.
Grant and Mr.. Shelton. Charles Serb
ner ~ Sons, New York.
The August Forum embraces valuable
articles on a wide range of important
current topics. Horace White, the emil
nent financial authority, in "India's
Action and the Sherman Law" wildly de-
fines the true significance of the present
financial crisis and urges the stoppage Of
silver purchases as the only effective
remedy. Edward O. Leech, formerly
director of the mint, discusses THE Doom
of Silver as the most momentOus event
in the monetary history of the present
century, Frank r. Stockton, the cele-
brated humorist and novelist, writes en-
gagingly of Mark Twain and His Recent
Works" styling Mr.. Clemens the BIS
marck of humOrists." Angelo Heilprin,
who commanded the Peary relief expedi
tion to the Arctic regions, offers a fasci-
Mating survey of recent discovery and
adventure in Tasks Left for the EXplO-
rer. The Forum Publishing Company,
Union Square, New York.
In the Atlantic Monthly for August the
Hon. Henry L. Dawes, recently senator
from Massachusetts, has an important
paper on Washington the Winter Before
the War, paper giving his impressions
of the excited state of public feeling at
that time Charles Egbcrt CraddOcks
wildly told story. His Vanished STAR
is continued, and there is a clever short
story by Ellen OlneY Kirk, entitled "A
Strategic Movement" Mrs Alice Morse
Earle, whose pictures of pre-revolution-
AIRY life are always entertaining reading,
has Il paper called "A Boston School
Girl in IN, " which will reward atten-
ton The foregoing are only few of the
good things Of the number. Houghton,
Minlin 4, Co, II East Seventeenth street,
New York.
Godey's Magazine for August shows a
varied aud attractive contents, both lit
crary and artistic. The complete novel in
the August number is by w J. Henderson,
splondidly illustrated by f. L. Durand.
Eleanor +. GreatOreE writes ABOUT and
illustrates the Flower Markets of Paris
Lee c. Hardy has a vigorous short story
called Fldelia. The departments includ-
ing Godcy's famous fashions are better