The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-04

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- oL the war, and. showed the compre-
tension and mastery Of a great general
- Hllltary details. The Mcclure Napo-
,son series deals, in the February num-
- - win that most splendid epoch in
SSSpo!son career, when he was fghting
New York 49,
The leading article in the Forum for
FEBRUARY. Should the Government re-
ure from Banking is contributed bv
III William c. CornweH. president Of the
New York State Bankers Association
VINO points out very forcibIy the folly
OF the government in usurping the func-
lion Of note issuing, which rightly natur-
ally belongs to the banks; AIr. Alfred 5.
Heidelbach. one Of the largest interna-
Uonal bankers in New York, EXPLAINS Whv
1oid Is Exported" giving as his prin-
clpal reasons disgust abroad with re-
cent developments in railroad manage
ilent and fear on the part of foreign
investors, arising from our currency
troubles. that il they invest money here
they VIII not get back as good money
as they gave; Herr Wilhelm Liebknecht.
leader of the social democrats in the
Reichstag, explains The Programme of
German Socialism" describing the Won
dertul growth Of the social democratic
movement in Germany and its aims; Mr..
henry Holt eXplodes certain "Fallacies
Underlying Social Discomfort in Amer
lca-tallacies chung to especially by the
iaoorer ia his relations to capital. The
foregoing are only a few OF the good
things of the number. The Farum Pub
fishing Co., Union Square, n. Y.
An unusual diversity is shown in the con-
tents of the Century for February. Prof.
Sloane's Napoleon" which continues to
be the leading feature of the magazine,
reaches the period of Nspoleon's first sue
cess as an author in the famous pamph-
let, THE Supper Of Beaucaire," his ap-
pointment as a Jacobin general and his
mission to Genoa. Mr.. Victor Louis Ma
son, confidential attache of the board of
ordnance and Notifications, writes an
authoritative account of THE Weapons
of the United States Army" with many
Illustrations. Mrs. Annie Fields gives a
dignitied and loving revelation of DR.. Oil
yer Wendell Holmes private life. Marion
Crawtord's novel, Casa Braccio," reaches
a strong climax in the elopement of a
nun from an Italian convent with the hero
of the story, a Scotch physician. Noah
Brooks continues his anecdotal recollec-
tions of Lincoln, with particular reference
this month to Secretary Chase and Gen.
Grant. Sir Edwin Arnold is represented
by a dramatic poem, THE Passing of
Muhammad." Mrs Rebecca Harding Da-
Wis gives a study of condition of women
In the Gray Cabins of New England"
The Century Company, Union Square,
New York.
The North American Review for Feb
ruary opens with three timely and i'm
portant articles Oh THE Financial Mud
de- written respectively by the Hon.
J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agricul-
ture. Representative William NJ. Springer.
chairman of the HOUSE committee on
banking and currency, and Henry w
Canon, president Of the Chase National
Bank Of New York and formerly con
troller of the currency. The close friend
ship that existed between Robert Louis
Stevenson and Andrew Lang invests the
latter's article on the dead novelist, which
appears in this number, with unique in
terest. There is a trenchant article on
Literature and the English Book Trade, -
from the pen Of Ouida, and an article on
THE New Pulpit" by the Rev. H. f.
Haweis, the well known English preacher
and writer. The president Of the Farm
ers' National Congress, Hon. B. p. Clay
ton, contributes a paper entitled Poll
tics and the Farmer" There are a num-
Der of other valuable articles. North
American Review, No. East Fourteenth
street, New York.
The Review of Reviews for February
publishes an appreciative estimate OF
Robert Louis Stevenson from the pen of
Charles D. Laner. The same number
contains survey of the field of contem-
porary romance-writing by Miss jeanette
Glider, who cleverly characterizes the
various members of Stevenson's school, ."
if such a group Of writers may be said to
exist, and other prominent novelists of
the day, who may be fairly counted among
his successors. Mr.. z. V. Smalley contrib
utes an interesting study of civil govern
ment in Manitoba, under the title, Cam
ada's Prairie Province" His account OF
the institutions Of this little-known gov
eminent on our northern border is yX~
tremely enlightening and suggestive. The
article is we'll illustrated. An excellent
portrait of Rubinstein forms the frontis-
piece The same magazine contains brief
character sketch Of the dead musician. Re
view of Reviews, 13 Aston Place, New
York.
Gen. Lord Wolseley makes most i'm
portant contribution to the literature Of
the China-Japan war. In an article in the
February Cosmopolitan he discusses the
situation and does not mince matters in
saving what China must do in this emer-
gency. Two other noted foreign authors
contribute interesting articles to this num-
Der Rosita Mauri, the famous Partisan
danseuse, gives the history of the bal
let. and Emile Olivier tells the story Of
the fall OF Louis Philippe. From every
part of the world drawings and photo
graphs have been obtained Of the instru-
rnents used to torture poor humanity, and
appear as illustrations for a clever article,
by Julian Hawthorne, entitled Salvation
via the Rack" Mrs Reginald Dekover,
Anatole France. ". Clark Russell, Albion
". Tourgee and William Dean Howells
are among the story tellers for the num-
her. The Cosmopolitan Magazine, Irving
ton-on-ths- Hudson. New York.
The Quarterly illustrator enters upon
its third volume with the cur
rent number, and the number