The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-11

ton relative to the yachts and yachts
men OF other clubs. Up to the present
time no such information is at their
service, and it can only be obtained upon
special application TO the various yacht
e!uos dlstro uted over the American con-
tlnent- The Yachts and Yachtsmen of
america not only supplies reliable infor-
nation so much desired but furnishes a
portrait and biographical sketch of per-
sons who have been and are prominently
connected with yachting, and of those
VINO have been instrumental in promoting
the best interests of this kind of snort. as
Wen as Illustrations of the various yachts,
with description of their dimensions. ca
paclty and record. All portraits and illus
IfaLlons art executed from original draw
lngs by skilled artists. complete his
tory Is given of each yacht club sepa-
Fateiy, grouping the portraits of its mem
oers, and a statement as to what has been
accomplished by its members in promot-
ing the sport of yachting, when the club
was organized, By whom. and such other
information as may appear to be of inter
est, work OF this magnitude has never
been attempted. 1t is of a national charac-
Ter, ret1eotlng the genius of this sport in
all sections of the world. 1t possesses
originality and insures the recording of
many facts worthy of a place in history,
which otherwise would sink into forget
tulness. The portrait gallery and bio
graphical sketches give to the work a
standing never before attained by any
other work.
"Belle-Plante and Cornelius" bv
Claude Tillier Illustrated II mo- cloth,
Sl.25. The Merriam Company, publishers,
81 Fifth avenue, New York city. Belle
Plante and Cornelius" is a keen and sym
pathetic study of the fair ideal and the
bald real, of the higher and baser in
stlncts of man, of the diversity of types,
and of the compensations of genius
Belle-Plante and his brother, Cornelius,
are as undeniable types of to-day and of
every age as are Dives and Lazarus.
Belle-Plante represents the spirit of greed
which nurses the real because of its in
trinsic value as marketable commodity
Cornelius stands forSthe Sisyphus, who
tolls UP the slope which leads TO the
nights of fame, hampered at every step,
stained at every point, and frequently
borne backward by The weight of the
commonplace.
Against Odds, " by Lawrence L. Lynch.
Rand, McNally " Co, New York, pub
fishers. Paper, so cents. This is a ro-
nance of the Midway Plaisance, and a
rather startling one it is.
MAGAZINES.
Whoever is curious to know why it is
that few or no old men are found in the
great Carnegie steel mills at Homestead
will get his curiosity satisfied By reading
a remarkably vivid and exact description
of the strenuous life and work there
which Mr.. Hamlin Garland publishes in
the June number of McClure's Magazine.
! -T1s
tons accompany the article. In this same
number of McClure's appears also, with
illustrations that do it full Justice, a won
derful short story by Kipling The phys
ical obstacles that stand in the way of
the discovery of the North Pole, and the
chances of several important expeditions
now in progress for overcoming them are
suggestively discussed by Gen. A. w.
Greedy, one of the highest authorities on
the subject. s. S. Mcclure, 30 Lafayette
Place, New York.
Godey's Magazine for June is beautiful
in illustration and brilliant in contents.
The Baroness Althea Salvador, lady in
waiting upon the queen of Holland con-
tributes a most interesting article on the
Paris Salon of 1894, with many illustra-
tiOns of the artists and their works. The
serial is story of Munich life, called
Chance, by Leon Mead, and Frederick
w. Seward continues the recollections
of his father in Stewards West India
Cruise gail these are profusely illus
trateH. z Thsshntt stories are by John
Habberton, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop,
Edgar Fawcett, Albert Hardy, Julia Mag
ruder and William A. Ayres. The Cooley
Company, New York.
The June number of the American Jour
nal of Politics, which closes the fourth
volume of this magazine, contains thirteen
well written articles of interest to all
students of the political questions that
now agitate the public mind. Among the
topics discussed are, Economic Cooper
alton" by Stoughton Cooley; Defense of
the Goddess Schools of the State" by w.
w. Quartermass; "Plums in Politics, I"
by Henry +. Foster; The Schools of
New York City" by the author of pres
ton Papers, and Are the New United
States Bonds Voidable?" by A c. Hous-
ton. Andrew j. Palm & Co., ia Mass au
street, New York city.
The Cosmopolitan for June contains
notable and timely articles. An article
that sportsmen will read with pleasure is
entitled Famous Hunting Parties of the
Plains, by Buffalo Bill" The Home
of Joan of Arc" by w. d. McCracken, is
an illustrated article that will be read
with interest and pleasure. ''Oriein OF
Thought" by ArmandO p. Valdes, will
command the attention of thinkers. THE
Panama Scandal" by Maurice Barres, is
an article that is certain to arrest atten-
tion. The foregoing are only few of
the good things in the number. The Cos
mopolitan, Sixth avenue and Eleventh
street, New York.
The Forum for juno sweeps over it's
usual wide range OF topics-the condi-
tion of the farmers, criticism of social
ism, the woman suffrage movement, two
aspects of the Roman Catholic question,
higher education, discussion of finance,
missionary work, the conjugal conditions
of our population, the solution of the tramp
problem and an expedition to the least
known quarter of the world.
The Idler for July has an excellent
table of contents. The Illustrations are
good, and the articles are timely, in
structive and interesting. The fiction is
of a high class and well worth reading.
The Idler, 50 ana 50 Duane street, New
York.