The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-08
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ton price. sl25. post paid. b. F. Johnson
Publishing Company, Richmond, Va. THE
primary object of this book" says the
author, " is to furnish our children with
material for becoming acquainted with
the development of American life and his
tory. as found in southern writer's and
their work. 1t may serve as a reader sup
| Elementary to American history and litera-
ture, or ii may be made the ground work
for serious study of southern life and let
ters and between these extremes there
are varying degrees of usefulness. There
are several works on English literature or
American literature now in circulation,
but in most of them there are but few
selections from southern authors In this
work, which is beautifully illustrated, and
| admirably adapted to the needs of the
schoolroom, teachers viii have an excel
lent opportunity FOR acquainting their pu-
pills with the literature of the SOUTH
The National Military Park, Chicka-
Chattanooga. by H. " Boynton
| The Robert Clark Company, 81 and 65 West
Fourth street, Cincinnati, publishers.
This book is in fact historical guide.
with maps and illustrations 1.-The volume
| is illustrated by over twenty full-page
views of the most notable points of the
several fields. 1t has eight position maps.
covering the movements of troops on each
of the fielGs named and an independent
map of the park and it's approaches
Specimens. are given of the six varieties
of historical tablets. of the observation
towers, and the shell monuments which
mark the spots where general officers
We're killed or mortally wounded"
The Coming Revolution. by Henry L.
Cali. The Arena Publishing Company.
Copley square, Boston. Paper, 80 cents
This is an economic study. 1t takes up
the tangle of modern industrial society and
urravels it. The author deals with the va
rious aspects of modern industrial society
with elearness and perspicuity.
The Divorce Mill, by Harry Hazel and
S. L. Lewis. The Prescott Publishing
Company. 1863 Sixth avenue, New York
Paper, 25 cents. This volume is made up of
realistic sketches of the South Dakota
Divorce Colony. 1t is a readable book.
The Body-Snatcher, by Robert Louis
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Merriam
Company 81 Fifth avenue, New York, pub
fishers. This is a stratling little story.
1t IS that which is likely to haunt one
dreams.
An Arranged Marriage. by Dorothea
Gerard. D. Appleton & Co, New York.
Paper, 50 cents. This charming story is
one of Appletons Town and Country Lii
/ brary series. 1t is a story that will in
! terest all classes of readers.
MAGAZINES.
The April Arena contains a great variety
| of good reading matter, and shows the
usual keen sense of the shifting current
of popular interest in its editorial conduct
| The opening paper is sound and schol-
arly paper on the Higher Criticism as
! Viewed by a Liberal Scholar. II. Long
4 A. NJ, LII. B. DR.. Heinrich Hensoldt, the
/ Orientalist, whose papers on the adopts
of Thibet have created so much discussion,
replies to his critics in lively paper
called A Plea for Pantheism. Lydia
Avery Coonley contributes fine, thought
full poem on Heredity. John Ransom
/ Bridge writes a budget of "reminiscences
+ Of that strange figure in modern history,
/ Madame BlavatSky. Mr.. Bridge knew
I the high priestess of Theosophy intimately
/ and he gives several pen pictures of her
/ that cannot fail to have great fascination
/ for the lovers of strange and bizarre per-
sonalities. The foregoing are only few
/ of the good things in the number. The
Arena Publishing Company, Pierce Build
ing, Copley square, Boston.
The April Review of Reviews contains
an admirable resume of the work at
tempted the present season by the various
municipal reform organizations in Chi
cago, Boston, Philadelphia, New York,
Albany, Baltimore, Detroit Washington
and other American cities. The Review 5
conclusions are optimistic. 1t is convinced
that there is a long. hard pull ahead for
/ the reformers, but believes that they are
bound to win in the end. Portraits of
the leaders in the different civic reform
movements accompany the article The
editor calls attention to the recent devel-
1 opment of college oratory, and instances
several notable debates held at different
| institutions east and west. AS against GER
/ tain extreme manifestations of Interest
| in athletics, the editor cites the genuine
enthusiasm for the study of public ques-
tons, for college, journalism, and partic-
ularly for competitive debating" Review
/ of Reviews, 10 Astor Place, New York.
| 1t is an old saying that Good Ameri-
cans when they die, go to Paris" but
the majority of Americans. good and bad
alike. in these days of rapid ocean tran
sit. don't wait until they have passed
| from this mundane sphere, but embrace
the first favorable opportunity of visit
ing la belle France, and many and ludi-
| crous are the episodes resulting from the
lack of knowledge Of the French Ian
| gIage and customs. In a most amusing
| and handsomely illustrated article, An
I Americans Mistakes in Paris, published
in Demorest's Magazine for April the
| trials and blunders of one American are
| told in a highly entertaining style; and
/ while one laughs heartily at the visit
| or's mishaps the causes that brought
/ them about are made so clear that those
4 who read viii be forearmed, on these
special points. at least, when their turn
comes to visit 1.-THE American paradise.
w Jennings Demorest, IS East Four
/ teenth street, New York.
The April number Of the North American
Review presents to its readers a varied
and interesting table Of contents. In
/ A Last Tribute. ex-speaker Reed criticises
! The ,,,ortsfnoa ~ the late T'iftv-thfrd con-