The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

$50 Importance 10 Americans in his
STUDY OF The Government Of German o.
- IN the way of art there are. besides
-. ma erly engravings from the Old
/ Dutch Masters by Cole Illustrated a-ti
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e. ue Monvel- In fiction there are many
1Dolaoie snort stories, and the serials a
bachelor Maid by Mrs. Burton Harri-
/ I'm, Love IN Idleness." by F. Marion
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Deis are such as one would wish TO keen
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St. Nicholas. volume xxi. from Novem-
per 1888 to November. 1884, in two parts.
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containing the twelve numbers for the
past year, have just made their appear
ahee. Ihey form storehouse of refresh
ing literature for youthful readers There
are number of interesting serial feat
ures' including the remarkable Jungle
stories OF Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain's
humorous account Of the wonderful ad-
ventures Of Tom Sawyer Abroad. and Mr.
W. l. Hornaday's entertaining studies of
tne natural history Of North AAlerica
Mrs. Jamison's story of child life. Toi-
/ nellie Philip Is concluded, and there are
all Of the chapters of Miss Molly Eliot
| SeaweH's stirring romance of the navy
| decatur and Somers. Howard Pyle's
| Jack Ballister's Fortunes is pronounced
one OF the most successful works. Prof.
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can authors, Charles T. Lummis' Pueblo
Indian folk-tales, and the Recolections of
| the Wild Life, by Dr. Charles Alexander
Eastman, full-blooded Sioux Indian, are
| all important features. Among the multi
| tude of short stories and sketches there
are several of the humorous and fanciful
tales by Tudor jerks, a story of the wreck
OF the gallant old Kearsage, and tales of
adventure among the pearl-divers and
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MAGAZINES
The Christmas number of st. Nicholas
contains many features appropriate to the
holiday season. Pictures by eminent ar
lists bring out the religious and
social Significance of the festival
and stories and poems also show
the Christmas spirit. The frontispiece
! - n III dAAilE Ol the Madonna ana christ
| child by Ella Condie Lamb, followed by a
poem, December. by Harriet f. Blodgett
engross and illustrated by Leon Gupon.
Santa Claus Pathway, by Julia w. Min
er, tells how the patron saint of childhood
| spilled some toys from his sleigh where
they were found by a poor boy and girl;
at least that was the only explanation
| given to the recipients. The FOOLS Christ
| mas. by Florence May Alt, is a poem
| showing the adventures of a king vino
| changed places with his fool for a day.
1t is illustrated by George Wharton Ed
wards. Albert Stearns begins in a very
| lively way, a new serial, Chris and the
| Wonderful Lamp. wide-awake boy be-
| comes possessed of the veritable lamp
that helped Aladdin to his fortunes. The
genie is just as powerful as of yore, but
little more Independent and thoroughly
| up to date. President for One Hour by
| Fred p Fox, is the story of a quick-witted
and brave boy, who prevents disastrous
railway accident There are many other
good things in the number. The Century
Company Union Square, New York.
The Century for December is a Christ
mas number and attracts attention by
a special cover in novel and artistic de-
sign, and by the richness of its numerous
and beautifully printed illustrations, of
| which twenty-five are of page size. Among
| the topics treated are the life of Napoleon
| Bonaparte, old Maryland homes and ways,
the Italian Premier Crispi, science and re-
| ligion, the labor question lin ktpling s
story); the painter Van Dyck, with three
beautiful examples of his work engraved
| by Cole; Christmas poems by George Par
| sons Lathrop and Julia Schayer; Christ
mas stories by Ruth McEnery Stuart, Sa-
rah Orne Jewett and Grace Wilbur Conant
Christmas pictures by Dagnan-B ouveret
H. ,1,.,t-ae NTnr h1 a M
S. Church, and other stories by Mamie
A. Cox, Lucy S. Furman, Kate Chopin,
| and George A. Hubbard, besides serials
by Marion Crawford and Mrs. Burton
| Harrison, in all ten pieces of fiction. The
Century Company, Union Square, New
York.
The Atlantic Monthly for December con-
tains memorial article on DIR. Holmes,
by the editor in which mention is very
properly made of DR.. Holmes constancy
to that magazine, a characteristic shown
still more strikingly in his passion of To-
cal patriotism. Mr.. Franklin Eastman"
whose pungent Letter to Western
Friend attracted a good deal of attention
contributes an equally plain-spoken epis-
tie to an English friend. Miss Agnes Rep
plier considers ghosts in her most delight
full manner, and rightly deprecates the at
tempts now made to lure them from the
seclusion in which they habitually? dwell.
The study of Reginald Pole is concluded,
his life as Archbishop of Canterbury being
also history of the attempted restoration
of the Church of Rome in the England of
Queen Mary. A Christmas flavor is given
to the number by Sir Edward Straeheys
Christmas at an English Country House,
a charming contemporary sketch; and the
graceful tale, The Christmas Angel.
Houghton, Miffilin & Co.
The Forum for December contains more
than a dozen of interesting articles on cur
rent topics that are valuable for the in
formation they contain. The leading ar
ticle is by Mr.. A. B. Hepburn, and the sub
iect of it is The Baltimore Plan of Cur
rency Reform. One who reads this article
will have a pretty fair knowledge of the
financial affairs of this country and also
of the plan for reforming the currency
that was proposed at Baltimore Another
interesting article is by Col T. A. Dodge,
entitled Death of the Gar and the Peace
of Europe. May Man Conduct His Bust
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