The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-30
BOOK NOTICES.

"The Ills of the South, or Related
Causes Hostile to the General Prosperity
of the Southern People" by Charles H.
Otken, LII. D. G. P. Putnam's Sons, %
West Twenty-third street, New York
Cloth S1.25. There are chapters in this
valume that contain a good deal of truth,
particularly those on The Credit Sys-
TEN" and The Lien Law Machine" The
credit system and the lien law have been
patent factors in keeping southern farm
ers poor. However, there is a much bet
ter outlook now for the farmers than
there was few years ago. They are
learning to raise food crops and to pay as
they go. Consequently their material
condition is improving.
MAGAZINES.
Scribner's Magazine for August is a
fiction number, as has been the custom
for seven years. 1t contains six complete
short stories by H. c. Bunner, T r. Sui
livan, Williami II. Shelton, w. Orally
Hewitt, Octave Uzanne and Harrison
Robertson. the author of one of the most
famous stories ever published in Serb
ners, How the Derby Was Won" All
these strories are distinguished by an in
dividuality and delicate fancy that make
them of unusual quality, even for the high
standard of short fiction in American
magazines. Mr.. Bunner, in 0"French for
a Fortnight" describes the adventures
which befell a strict clergyman while
living with French family on the Bronx,
near New York; Mr. Robertson's "She
and Journalism" is a love story that ends
right; Mr.. Shelton, in The Missing Evil
dence in the Case of the People versus
Dangerking," tells an old-fashioned de-
tective story of the most exciting kind ;
Octave Uzanne's THE End of Books" is
a peep into the future, when books and
newspapers will be furnished by the pho
nograph instead of type; IAN Undis-
covered Murder" by I. r. Sullivan, is
a tale of real imagination, while the ele-
ment of simple pathos is furnished in the
little sketch, Awaiting Judgment" by
w Orally Hewitt. Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York.
The Forum for August has a number OF
frst-class articles on timely topics. Mr..
Hollis article criticises our system of
Furnishing criminals, and suggests new
treatment for anarchists. Mr.. Rice's
article tells how American railroads have
been exploited in the interests of their
officials TO the loss of their stockholders,
mentioning some well known cases, and
explains the principal features Of a bill
which has lately been introduced into
both houses of Congress which is aimed
to guard against these abuses. Mr.. Car
rolls article enumerates the salaries paid
to their preachers by the different relig-
ious denominations in the United States,
comparing their pay with the pay Of
other professions. MIR. Means article re-
views the recent strike, calls attention to
the principles involved therein, and ex-
presses the belief that American work
men will soon come to see the futility of
attempting to coerce their employers into
paying them higher wages than they can
afford to pay. The Forum Publishing
Company, Union Square, New York.
The last of Frank Bolles' papers, eau
gust Birds in Cape Breton, has the place
of honor in the August Atlantic, at the
right hand of the hostess, so to speak,
for it follows Immediately upon the in
stallment of Mrs. Deland's Philip and
his Wife" at the opening Of the number.
In the third place stands Susan Cool
idge's The Girlhood of an Autocrat,"
the story of the famous Empress Cath
crime of Russia. ''The College Graduate
and Public Life" by Theodore Roosevelt.
The life with he deals is that of politics,
a pratical phrase of which is discussed in
Mr. A. H. Washburn's paper. Houghton,
Miflin & Co. II East Seventeenth
oJIG6b- WOW i VI n
The complete novel in tina August num-
Der of Lippincotts is Sweetheart Ma
nette," by Maurice Thompson. The
scene is laid at Bay st. Louis, on the
Gulf of Mexico, and the charming hero
inc has quartetue of lovers, and no lit
tie difficulty in deciding between them.
Other short stories are AT the Rough
and Tumble Landing" by Prof. Charles
G. D. Roberts; "a Military Mareuvre,"
by Kate Lee Ashley; The Everlastin'
Buuards' Sit" by Charles Mcllvaine;
and IAN In Memoriam of the Keys" by
Johanna Stats. j. b. LIppincott Com
pany Philadelphia.
The Southern Magazine for August
has a very interesting table of contents.
Some "reminiscences Of Famous Men,"
by w. w. Scott is certain TO attract at
tention. And there are some excellent
short stories. Southern Magazine Cor
poration, Louisville, KY