The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-27
BOOK NOTICES.

History of Georgia" by c. II. Smith.
Gum K Co, publishers, Boston. Cloth,
60 cents. The author says of this work {:
1T is small, unpretending volume, writ
ten and compiled by request-not to sup
plant the more comprehensive works of
other authors, but chiefly for the use of
pupils Of the fourth and fifth grades in our
grammar schools Many teachers re
quested an abridgement so that pupils
would not weary Of details and could
easily master the yolumein one scholastic
year. l have, therefore, omitted all that
IS behind OglethOrpc and most of the text
OF numerous Indian treaties and have
abridged much concerning political con
ticts and the details of the late war. The
important facts are not neglected or mu-
tnated. The historical readings in the
second division are matters of special at
tention. These readings concern the in
stitutiOn of slavery and the causes of the
late unhappy war between the states
They are designed to establish in the
minds of our youth the facts of history
FACTS that have not appeared in school
book form and that might otherwise
remain unknown or be FORGOTTEN.
The author, well known to Georgians as
Bill Arp, needs no introduction to the
public, His school history is so meritori-
Gus that 1t Is certain to find favor not
only with those engaged in the work of
educating the youth of the state, but also
with those anxious to become acquainted
with the leading incidents of the history
OF Georgia. The story is told briefly, and
III an interesting way. Il contains, how
ever, all that the great majority of people
care to know about Georgia history The
work is an excellent one and is certain to
become a standard school book in this
state.
TON and the Money King" by w. o.
Stoddard. The Priec-McGil Company,
455-413 Cedar street, St. Paul, MINI.
Cloth $1.25. This volume is illustrated by
Charles Edward Bootwood. The story is
one well calculated TO attract attention.
1t is bright and entertaining and those
who take it up will not feel like putting
it down until it is finished.
The Misunderstanding Company Buff
falo, N. Y, has just issued a small atlas,
5x715 inches in size, entitled the 90 Adequate
Travel-Atlas of the United States" 1t
is one Of the most convenient and system
attic books of the kind ever issued, and
will prove invaluable to the busy bust
ness man. 1t embraces maps, in three
cOlors, OF states and cities, indexes with
each map and statistics interviewer. 1t
is as small as consistent with the full
amount of information contained within
its pages, and is volume which will
answer every question put by 80 out Of.
100 travellers. Especial attention has
been paid to accuracy in the minutest
details. The publishers, The Matthews
Northrup Company have been
size from feet by %
feet to miniatures AZ inches by 6%
inches. The result Of their years of ex-
pericnce is that by the wise omission of
unimportant details little map may be
made quite as legible as a big one, and
tenfold more useful Price of the atlas
is $l.25.
MAGAZINES
An early harbinger of the holidays is
the Christmas number of Harper's Maya
zine, which appears with its cover ar
rayed becomingly in olive, white and cold.
says the New York Times. And the
contents no less plainly speak for the
great festive season so soon to be upon us
Thomas Nelson Pages paper on ''Vir-
ginian is the leading feature, and is
marked, not only by that accuracy of
knowledge of the south for which he is so
well known and so widely appreciated,
but by an agreea BILE and effective literary
sly IL. AltOtuGE writer VINO deals this
month with a subject which he knows all
about is Mir. Brander Matthews in the
first of series of "Vignettes of Manhat-
tan, " his present subject being a Thanks
giving dinner. And a third writer pos
sessing exhaustive knowledge of his theme
is T. u. O'COnnor, who disco curses Of the
British House of Commons We might
extend this list of the we'll informed still
further, for Frederic Remington has an
article on IAN Outpost of Civilization"
Edwin a. Abbey illustrates another of
plays, and Sarah Orne
Jewett, Charles Egbert Craddock, and
Howard Pyle contribute fiction. Harper
Brothers, New York.
The most popular little boy character
ever created in a story, Little Lord
Fauntleroy," lives again in the Christ
mas Ladies' Home journal. But this
time Mrs. Frances IIodgson Burnett be-
gins to tell "How Fauntleroy Really Oc-
while Mr.. Birch. the original
illustrator, sketches Fauntleroy again in
his inimitab bic pictures. Curtis Publish
ing Company, 421-427 Arch street. Phila-
1elphia.
The complete novel in the December
number of Lppincott's is Sergeant
Crcesus," by Captain Charles King. It is
me of his most interesting tales of army
life and Indian fight in the wild west and
makes a new departure in having a pri-
7ate and a foreigner for its hero The
.enth and last of Lippincotts notable
stories. when Hester Came.n will be
ound to be one of the very best, as it is
.he longest OF the series. 1t is by an en-
irely new and very promising writer.
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