The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-05

dHC6 10 every one interested IN Ll6 QQeS-
ton Of education. 1t is entitled The Re
form of Secondary Education in the
United States and is written by Nj no
las Murray Butler, Phi. D., professor of
philosophy and lecturer on the history
and institutes of education in Columbia
College, and editor of the Educa-
tional Review. The author here reviews
the recent valuable report of the commit
tee of ten apr ointed by the National Edu-
cational AssOciat lion, Criticises its work,
and predicts the greatest benefit to the
cause of education in this country if the
secondary schools and colleges will prodt
by the re, Communications of the commil tee.
This paper shou d be read by all persons,
espeyia " by those who ha e seen the re-
port, as it shows the opinion of a we'll
known eduCa or on the work of the COM
ittee OF ten. HOughton, Mitfin 81 Co.,
No. II East 18th street, New York.
The North American Review has sell
dom offered its readers so great variety
OF subjects as the March number con tains,
nor presented to them a more remarka BILE
list of contributors. The opening article,
which is entitled The House of Repre-
sentatiy es and the House of Commons, " is
| certain to attract considerable attention
on both sides of the Atlantic. 1t is by the
| Secretary OF the Navy, Hon. Hilary A.
Herbert, whose long service in the popu-
: Id ULduCu VI LOukIGSS uidhGS MIN DCCu-
| llarly qualified to discuss the question
from the American point of view. Sarah
| Grand, author of The Heavenly Twins, -
| contributes a clever and powerful article
| on the relat lion of the sexes, and Archibald
! Forbes, the famous war correspondent,
| discusses The outlook for War in
| Europe" in a mastery manner. North
American Review, No. 3 East Fourteenth
! street, New York.
Harpers Magazine for March is a
superb number. Besides the third install
ment Of Mr.. George du Maurier's Trilby,
| illustrated with fifteen pictures by the
/ author, the mum Der contains five short
! stories. They are The Buckley Lady, -
a love story of colonial Massac husetts, by
/ Miss Mary 4. Wilkins (see extract on
! pages u, 49,; CAT Private View" a
''Nignette of Manhattan" by Brander
| Matthews; "Cache-Cache,' tale OF the
| / rench Revolution, by William McLen-
nan; "A Partie Caree," the story of a
| Mediterranean yachting cruise, by w.
! E. Norris; aud IAN Undivined Tragedy"
a romance of English rural life, by Lau-
! renee Alma Tadema. 1.-The Editors
4 Study discusses the hope of American
I literature, some results of the Columbian
| exposition, and the advantages and disad-
| vantages of large cities.
L ~ Af4h4 OLl llLAL4bOL Vi L no Z VI ull NCL~
tains a sharp discussion of the income
tax. The Hon. Uriel S. Hall, member of
| congress from Missouri, who has made
| himself great authority on this subject,
| writes in favor of it; and Mr.. David A
| Wells against it. The number also con-
tains the first of a series of articles on
different systems of Socialism or Com
munism that are favored by different
groups of agitators in the United States
! Mr.. Edward Bellamy explains definitely
the programme of the NatiOnalists, and
| Prof. William G. Sumner of Yale Univer-
slty criticises this programme, showing
its impracticability. Another striking
article is a searching inquiry into the
causes of railroad failures in 1898, by Mr..
| Simon Sterne The Z Drum Publishing
Company, Union Square, New York.
''The Story of the Worlds Parliament
of Religions" is told by Rev. F. Herbert
Stead in the Review of Reviews for
March. Mr.. Stead groups together the
significant utteranCeS of various repre-
seutatlyes who took part in the proceed
ings of the Worlds Parliament of Re-
| ligiOus, some OF which throw a new light
upon the faith and beliefs of LaStern
/ Europe and Asia. The nature and value
of the article is suggested by the follow
ing subheads: What Idol Worship
Means" Hinduism BASED on Reyela-
/ ton" mo Polytheism in India, - The
/ Baue of India" Essentials of Hindu
Faith" "Buddha's F our Noble Truths, -
THE Jams Not Atheists" "Confucian
Ethics" and the 'Shinto's Scheme f.
Ending War" Review of Reviews, Is
Astor Place, New York.
The March issue of Romance opens
with a clever story of studio life in New
York by Elizabeth W. Champney, which
throws a new light upon many mysteries
| and eXploues q favOrlte bubble of the
mediums. A group of three humorous
tales, the leading OF which is by JOSIAH
| Aliens wife, forms prominent feature
Of the nun Der, and will bring many a
smile to the longest face. A new story of
Lord Iennyson. quaint but impressive
ghost story, powerful love tales by Guy
de Maupassant and Helen Lee Sargent. a
thrilling narrative of the civil war, and
charming sketches by Jules Claretie.
/ Erckmann-Chatrian and many others,
make up an extraordinary array of attr1c-
| tons. Romance Publishing Company
CLIFTON Hall, Astor Place, New York.
4 more notable magazine in the names
of its contributors than the March Nc
. Cures, has rarely come from the press.
Kipling, Herbert Spencer, Robert Louis
/ Stevenson, Conan Doyle and Octave
/ Thanet certainly make a list that it is
| hard to equal. AND, what is more to the
point, the contributions are quite as dis
tinguishod as the contributors. The
short DRY by MIR. Hipling is one of his
best the short story by Octave Thanet
is one of her best Conan Doyles Contri-
( button, The Glamour of the Arctic, " is
not a story. but it has more than the in
/ terest Of one, for it is an account Of an
arctic whaling, wri. ten with Dr.. Doyle's
/ best grace, from his own personal expert
enc. S. B. Mcclure, Limited, 743 Broad
way, New York.
Blue and Gray for March is thoroughly
enjoyable throughout The frontispicce
/ is graphic picture of Farragut's feet
/ passing the forts at the mouth of Mobile
/ Bay, showing the sinking of the "Tecum-
sch, " ana is one OF the best of Mr.. Kan
thus Smiths recent drawings A careful
/ and accurate sketch of the ram "Tennes-
see" also from Mr.. Smiths brush, is
worth securing and keeping. The Farra-
/ gut series is now nearly completed and
4 has been very popular feature of this
popular magazine. The Patriotic Ameri-
can Company, philadelphia.
The greatest change noticed in liter
airy matters the past year, is the temerity
with which the publishers OF the South
ern Magazine have pushed into the field
a monthly OF great excellence, until now
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