The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-25
MAGAZINES.

MAGAElNESs
Harper's for July has number of very
interesting articles. The Presidents
public life is the familiar side of the
chief executive, but few residents of the
white house have been willing to sacri-
fee the family relations and customs
which are the birthright of every Ameri-
can citizen, and, as a consequence, there
is dual life in that historic mansion
The more intimate and personal side of
the Presidents existence is the subject Of
an article by Henry LOOMS Nelson,
called The President at Home" 1t is
illustrated, one of the most striking pic
lures being portrait of Lincoln, stand
ing alone at night on the south portico of
the white house. Owen Wister's tales of
western frontier life are attracting favor
able notice in many quarters. Specimen
JONES' in the current number, is one of
Mr.. Wister'S best. The pictures are by
Frederic Remington. A new novel by
Charles Dudley Warner, called THE
Golden House." begins in this number,
and will continue through the autumn
numbers. The story deals with New
York life, and while the principal char
acters are members of fashionable So
ciety, glimpses are given of the poorer
quarters of the town. The novel will be
GulDGlllSuGu -
Smedley. Harper Brothers, New York.
Scribner's Magazine during the summer
months, will contain a group of social
studies of typical American summer re-
sorts, the four selected being Newport,
Lenox, Bar Harbor and the North Shore
of Massachusetts,. The last named is
discussed by Robert Grant in the July
number, with illustrations by W. t.
Smedley. Other authors in the group
will be F. Marion Crawford and w. c.
BrownelI. The late Doctor Philip Schaff,
the eminent theologican, was professor
in the Theological Seminary at MERGERS
burg. Pa, during part of the civil war.
Through this border town the army of
Lee made several raids, and during the
stirring times in July 1858, Doctor Schaf
kept a diary of those dramatic events, as
he witnessed them from day to day. This
is published in the July Scribner as he
left it. under the title 1.-THE Gettysburg
Week" There are many other good
things in the number. Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York.
The complete novel in the July number
of Lippincott's is Captain Close by
Capt Charles King. 1t deals with the
reconstruction period, and relates the ex-
periences of a pewly-fledged lieutenant in
camp near Tugaloo, and of his very Curl
Gus commanding officer. Louis Stockton
begins a strong story, "A Mess of Pot
tage." to be concluded in the August
issue. Other tales are "At Marrini's,"
lively character sketch by Richard Ham
ilton Potts, and "A Case of Hoodoo," an
amusing dialect tale from Virginia po-
lice court.
Ellen Olney Kirk depicts "a Roman
Nurse" in her habit as she lives, with the
pampered pride which marks her above
her congeners in any land but Italy.
Elizabeth Morris writes of mill Girls"
here at home. J. B. Lippincott Company
Philadelphia.
"What Constitutes Good Husband is
discussed by a lot of clever women, among
whom are Mary Hallock Foote, Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps Ward, The Ouch
ess. - "Grace Greenwood" and Amelia E.
Barr, in the July Ladies' Home Journal.
"The Thirty and One" is the clever title
of a delightful short story by Charles ID.
Lapier. Will N. Harden contributes
"The Heresy of Abner Calihan," a strong
study of life in the Tennessee mountains,
which Alice Barber Stephens has illus
trated most successfully. The Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia.