The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-29

prosperous lad at school, down through
episodes of patent-medicine peddling and
"olindn sign-painting, to the present,
when the public buys $4,000 worth of his
poetry year; and with the charming
pictures which accompany il, il is sure to
be Of great interest to all of bis admirers.
Another article in the February McClure's
mat viii ind ready attention is Arthur
Warren's character study of Philip ID.
Armour, exhibiting MIR. Armour as it
does, not only as one of the grea test bust
ness men in the world, but also as one of
the greatest philanthropists. ). S. Nc
Clure, 1876 Broadway, New York.
The methods of an actress are always
interesting, and they are particularly so
when an actress of such renown as AIDE
laide Ristori consents to tell them, as she
does in the February Ladies' Home Jour
nal. The Aberdeen Waltzes, - by Mrs
Frances j. Moore, to which was awarded
the first prize in 1.-THE Journals musical
series" of last year for the best waltZes,
are given in the full piano score and are
as melodious as they are ''danceable." A
most interesting article on My Tabooed
Playmate, Adelina Patti - is contributed
by her one-time child playmate, Katherine
b. Foot. The concluding paper of Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett's series of
"How t'auntleroy Really Occurred, " will
be read with mingled pleasure and re-
greet. The Curtis Publishing Company,
42l-427 Arch street, Philadelphia.
The vast Importance which the cleo
trical interests of the present day have
assumed may be inferred from the fact
that a recent issue of the Electrical
World, the leading weekly journal de-
voted to electricity, contains no less than
100 pages, and over 800 business announce
ments in its advertising columns, an
amount of matter only exceeded by that
of one other industrial or technical paper
IN the United StateS-the journal repre-
senting the iron interests. The Elec-
trical World, which is an enterprising
and handsomely illustrated weekly, is
called 1.-THE most popular technical Jour
nal, and Is said to have more subscribers
among the general reading public than
any other technical periodical Electrical
World, Al Park Row, New York.
The name of Oliver Wendell Holmes in
the list of contributors to the February
Atlantic Monthly is reminder of the
Autocrat's unbroken connection with the
magazine. Francis Parkman is the sub
Ject of this latest poem by DIR. Holmes.
A valuable portion of the same number is
devoted to H. G. Merwin's article on
Tammany Hall-a clear, dispassionate
SbuVCAAAChO VI blAO pOAlblCdl >
methods and achievements. In fiction
Mrs. Deland's "Philip and His Wife"
proceeds with increased interest; Grace
MCGOWAN Cooke contributes very fresh
study of character, For Falstaff, He Is
Dead" and the Rev. Walter Mitchell be-
gins an amusing two-part story of clerical
life. Houghton, Miff1in & Co., IL East
Seventeenth street, New York.
The complete novel in the February
number of Lippincott's is ''The Picture of
Las Cruces" by Christian Reid. The
scene is laid in Mexico, and chiefly in the
ancient house of a noble family, where an
American artist uudergoes a curious ex-
perience. Or Pennington's Country
Practice" by Butler Munroe, is a lively
and amusing story. "Dick," by George
Grantham Balm, tells of an office boy
whose unobstrusive virtues wrought a re-
form among editors and reporters. "A
House that Jack Built" by Philo
Andrews Tucker, is quaint sketch with
moral. Champion Bissell contributes a
careful and interesting Study of Pawn
brokers'" Lippincott's Magazine, T. P.
Lippincott, Philadelphia.