The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-06
BOOK NOTICES.

! Tribune Almanac as into t6e one for 1898,
which has just been received. There are
$50 pages, including a page map Of the
worlds fair grounds, and hundreds Of
features of the most timely interest. The
officers and committees and other data OF
the worlds fair are given in full, this feat
ure occupying eleven pages. The elaborate
tables, showing the amount of gold, silver
and paper money in circulation, year by
year since 1861, will be needed for constant
reference as long as free coinage and I'M
limited paper money are public issues The
Tribune Association, New York.
Market Gardening and Farm Notes. -
Experiences and observations IN the garden
and field, of interest to the amateur gar
| dener, trucker and farmer. By Burnet
Landreth. Orange Judd Company, New
| York, 1898; 2l5 pp. l2mO. cloth. Price
| 81. The most useful books are those writ
| ten by men who have g practical knowledge
| of the subjects treated. The author of this
| treatise is one of the foremost practical as
! well as scientific hortioulturists of the
| United States aud knows every detail of
! both garden and farm work. Although
| this book is entitled market Gardening"
the family gardener will find in it ali the
Instructions needed for home gardening, as
well as for market crops.
Back Country Poems," by Sam Walter
Foss. Illustrated The Potter Publishing
Company, Boston, Moss. Books of poems
are plenty enough, but there is only one
| Sam Walter Foss, and the cream of his
kindly poetic spirit can only be found
within the covers OF this book, his latest
| success, Back Country Poems" Its
homely rhymes appeal to the old and the
young, the learned and unlearned. They
| breathe a spirit of earnestness aud whole
souled interest in human nature which
l tn ~, oh kba hon, ~ ~ rk,a
reader that brings to his mind memories of
| bygone days, and awakens in his soul
thoughts which seem TO have long since
been forgotten.
Constance" by TIL. Benzon. translated
by E. T. Robins. Peter Fenelon Collier,
publisher, 523 West Thirteenth street, New
York.
MAGAZINES.
The illustrations of the ReuielU of Reuie,Cs
for March are as timely as ever. Some one
remarked several months ago on turning
ths leaves of his newest copy of the ReUielO
of ReuieUs: at is alflntensely interesting,
| particularly this marvellous collection of the
portraits Of the most conspicuous men aud
women of the day. But what in the world
will the ReUieIU of ReUietOS do for portraits
| next month"; They must have exhausted
the category of distinguished people by this
| time" But the next months pOrtraiture
was even more interesting than the last.
Tie March number has for its frontispiece
a magnificent portrait of Mr.. Lamar.
Elsewhere it has on full page the finest Of
all the portraits that ever appeared OF Phil
lips Brooka Three different portraits of
Mr.. Blaine, one OF Hayes and his cabinet.
and various ones OF Butler, Lamar aud
Hayes accompany Prof. Judson's article on
recent American politics. There are inter-
l ta in uvith Eba
cussion Of Hawaiian affairs and also num-
Der accompanying the article on England in
Egypt. Very noteworthy is the strong
fulI-page group of the Hawaiian commits
sioners, the best that has appeared. The
most interesting OF all the recent portraits
of the aged Count Ferdinand de Lesseps is
given, a full-length standing portrait
No. 13 Aston place, New York.
The North American ReUielO for March
contains a number Of important articles
upon subjects that are engaging public at
tention at the present moment. The Hon.
J. M Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture, con
tributes an interesting paper on " American
| Farming a Hundred Years Hence. The
question of Hawaiian annexation is authori-
tatively treated from two different points
Of view, first by Lorrin A Thurston, ex-
prime minister Of Hawaii and chairman of
the Hawaiian annexation commission, who
points out the advantages Of Annexa-
tom in an able and forcibe manner
and secondly by George Ticknor Curtis,
who sums up the case against annexation in
q concise article entitled, as II Consti6u-
tional" Under the title Of ''Fads of Medi-
cal Men" DR.. Cyrus Edson, sanitary super
inteudent of the New York health depart
ment, writes entertainingiy of the different
cureelIs ard patent med clnes which have
from time to time enjoyed an ephemeral
popularity. There are other articles that
ara well worth reading. No. East Four
tenth street, New York.
The Century for March offers an at
tractive table OF contents some part of
which is certain to please some ons. A por-
trait of Napoleon, from portrait bas-relief
now owned by the Pennsylvania Historical
Society. is the frontispiece. IL accompanies
| a very remarkable account of Napoleoh's
Journey to Elba, by the British officer in
charge of the deportation OF the emperor,
Capt. (afterward Admiral Sir Thomas
Usher. Mr.. Janvier is in his element in
bis "Em oassy of Provence" the other
serials are continued. Mr.. Krehbiel dis
cusses Camille Ssiut-Saens approvingiy;
and Henry B. Fuller considers Westminster
abbey critically. leading up to a few re-
marks on the founding of an American
Westminster. The poetry Of the number is
interesting. The Century Company, Union
|
The frontispiece of the March number of
Fetter's Southern Magazine is a reproduce
ton from painting by that illustrious
Memphis artist, Mics Mary Solar, whose
work while abroad attracted the attention
of Paris TO such an extent that the painting
reproduced in this number was awarded the
third prize at the Paris salon exhibit Of last
year. Accompanying the illustration is
poem by Howard Hawthorne McGee whose
poeticai works have established him among
the first of the younger southern poets.
Fetter & Shober, Louisville, KY.
The st. Nicholas for March is one Of the
best numbers of that magazine ever issued.
The articles are of nigh literary character
and are deeply interesting TO children.
"Tbe Carrot at Grandfathers' by Nary
Halloc< Foote and The ARRIVALS of Colum.
ms, by an officer OF the United States navy
p Imuand instant recognition by t1eir
raerit. No better magazine for children is
published. To Century Company, Union
square, New York.
Tire March number Of the Blue and the
Grav ia a very satisfactory one. The articles
are excellent and the illustrations are good.
This peri deal is certain 20 grow in popular
favor. Patriotic Publishing Company,
Philadelphia.