The morning call., 1894-09-16

| rang for its public alton. He said that
he could write better If he knew just what
his audience was to BIZ. The story has
Teen described to me by one who has read
! = as "a fuIl-tlo0deu romantic tragedy"
| The scene Is laid IN Italy, and the char
/ acters are American and Italian. When
! Mr.. Crawford sailed he took the proof
| sheets of the novel with him t give them
the last touches.
A feature of Onting for Septembe is
timely illustrated article on The Illinois
Naval Reserve" by w. H. Burke Much
useful information is pleasantly presented
In this interesting paper, which forms a
valuable addition TO Outings National
Guard series. The entire number is in
text and illustration up to the high stand
ard always maintained by this popular
magazine.
The September number of the North
American Review contains the third and
last part of Mark Twain's brilliant article.
I'm Defense OF Harriet Shelley" the pre-
vlous installmentS of which attrac ed so
much attention.
Colonel ii. g. Prout in his article on
English Railway Travel" which will APP
pear in he Octo her Scribner. shows that
the English are far superior to American
railways In point of safety. He saws:
In six recent wears the railroads of the
United States killed sixteen times as many
passengers as those of the United King
dom in proportion to The plumber carried"
but the Journey of each passenger was
longer in the United States.
The present number of Current His
tory IS beautifully illustrated from orig
inal photographs, and deals with hun
dreds OF topics in all paris of the world
prominent among which we note the tariff
question in the United States and Canada.
the Pullman b0yc0t, the great coal and
railroad strikes in the United States, Cox
ey1Sm, the assassination of CaTnOt and the
development of anarchism and socialism,
the Korean imbrogli0. the work of the
| Ftfty-third Congress, Canadian affairs,
the crisis in Newfoundland, political move
ments in Europe; the crises in Denmark.
Servia and Bulgaria, and the final settle
ment of the Hawaiian question.
One OF the distinctive charms of the
New England Magazine is In the great
number of articles which appear 10 its
pages relating IN one way or another to
the historic and beautiful New England
places. Quaint Essex" Newport in
the Revolution" and I'm the White
Mountains with Francis Parkman in 1S41"
are important illustrated al ticles of this
character in the September mum Der and
besides these there is a charming illus
trated sketch of Damariscove. the famous
little Maine island, and a poem on "Di-
aDa'S Baths, with a beautiful view of
that cool resort, so dear to all summer So
journers at lntervale, New Hampshire.
D. Appleton & ca announce. Tor publ
cati this montPthe second volume of
Maclay's "Histcry of the United States
Navy" In this volume Mr.. Maclay depicts
The closing scenes OF the war of 1912, and
reeouuts the events of consequence in the
history of the navy down 10 tine civil war.
The larger part of the volume is naturally
devoted to the war, and in view of the au-
thor's exhaustive researches aud the col
laboration of many officers who were act
ors in this great drama the publishers feel
justified in emphasizing the Importance of
the suecnct but comprehensive naval his
tory of the civil war here presented. The
concluding chapters relate to the naval
happenings of Importance since the war
down to the launching of the Columbia,
and the building up Of the new navy are
fully described.