The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-18
BOOK NOTICES.

The Annals of the American Academy
for November is the largest number
which has yet been issued. 1t contains
2i5 pages, besides the twenty-five pages
devoted to the table of contents and in
dex OF the sixth volume. of which it is
the concluding part. The principal pa
pers in this number are as follows: Re
cent Political Experiments in the Swiss
Democracy" by Prof. Louis Waurin of
the University of Geneva; Social Basis
Of Proportional Representation, % by Prof
j. W. jerks Of Cornell; The Custody of
state Funds" by Mr.. Z. r. Buckley Of
Madison, Wis; The Problem of soci-
ology," by DR.. George Simmel of the Uni
Versity of Berlin, and Railway Depart
ments for the Relief and Insurance of
Employees" by Dr. Emory R. johnson of
the University of Pennsylvania. There
Is shorter paper on The California
Railroad Commission: A Study in IRE
sponsible Government" by Mr.. S. E.
Mofett of the San Francisco Examiner,
and reports of this years meetings of
the following societies. American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science,
American Social Science Association
Proportional Representation League, In
ternational Deep Waterways Association,
National Prison Association, Interna-
uonal Statistical Institute. Besides these
papers the number contains, as usual
Personal Notes, Book Reviews, Notes on
MAunicipai Government and Sociological
and Social Science, Philadelphia.
Young Greer of Kentucky, by Eleanor
Talbot Kinkead. Rand, McNalIy & Co..
publishers, Chicago and New York. Price,
in cloth, $1.25. AS the name indicates.
Young Greer of Kentucky is a story
of the blue grass region, and, what is
equally obvious to the discerning reader.
the author is a Kentuckian. The keen
perception Of provincial characteristics,
the delicate appreciation of local color
ing, and the loving approval of the state,
its people, and its conditions, would ali
bear witness to the truth of the SUPPOSE
tion, even II one were not Informed. that
MISS klnkead is Lexington lady. IN
Young Greer of Kentucky, southern peo-
pie and southern things are present.
ed as they are seen and appraised by a
southern woman of culture and genius
If not exactly as they are apprehended by
southern people as whole The story,
therefore, presents a subjective rather
than an objective, view of southern life,
and, accordingly. possesses that vital in
terest that attaches to the autObiOgraphic
form Of narrative, not. be it understood,
because the tale is told in the first per
son, which Is not the case, but because
it is the south telling Of itself.
Richard Forrest, Bachelor" by Glenn
ent R. Marley. Street & Smith. publish
ers, New York. Paper, 50 cents. Rich
ard Forrest. Bachelor" by Clement r.
Marley, is bright and pleasing story.
There is nothing complicated about it,
and the love story of the old bachelor,
whose heart was so long steeled to Wo-
mans charms, but who succumbs at last
to the girl who attempts to take the life
of his best friend, because she imagines
he Wronged her young and beautiful sis
ter, is prettily told There are strong
religious sentiments, and the author puts
forth some Well-defined ideas on the So
cial relations of men and women, which
are very pertinent.
MAGAZINES.
Codey's Magazine for December is
notable with Yule-tide fiction and verse,
besides such seasonable articles as "Hol-
iday Declarations" christmas, Past and
Present" and Christmas Day in a Jap
anese Go-Down'-this latter richly IL
Illustrated by c. D. Weldon. Perhaps the
chief feature of this number is, how
ever an extensive account of the great
Federation of Womens Clubs" a fore
runner of the January issue, which is to
be a special 'womans number" The
Cooley Company, 52-54 Lafayette Place,
New York.