The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27
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MAGAZINES.
Prof Paul Shorey of the University Of
Chicago contributes an article to the Au-
gust Atlantic upon the Present Condition
of Literary Production" Prof. Shorey has,
since the close of a brilliant university ca
reer, established a wide reputation as
profound thinker and fair critic. In this
paper he discusses the question which is
more and more impressing every lover of
letters, why the present decade is not pro
ducing writer's whose work Will stand the
test of time. 1t is a glimpse of a typical
frontier town that Mrs. Catherwood gives
us in her new Atlantic story. The struggles
and adventures of two young men who
start a newspaper N a new town on
new railroad are described with much hu-
NOR and force. Henry D. Sedg-
wick, Jr, is lover Of let
ters as we'll as sportsman. He takes his
Montaigne with him on his Lake George
canoe trip and between padding and read
ing he spends a delightful holiday. To per-
sons less fortunate he gives an account of
his travels and reflections in this number
of the Atlantic in paper entitled "A Holt
day with Montaigne." Houghton Mifflin &
Co, New York.
The August number of Harpers Maya
zine is beautifully illustrated midsum-
mer number, containing, among its at
fractions, the first of two-part story by
Mark Twain, called tom Sawyer De-
tective;" the second instament of a nove-
lette by Langdon Eilwyn Mitchell, called
Two Mormons from Muddlety''; Ave
short stories and seventy Illustrations.
Mr.. Howells, in the opening paper of the
number. gives his personal recollections Of
The White Mr.. Longfellow," who in
Mr.. Howells' opinion. was the greatest OF
the Boston group of literary men. The ar
tice is illustrated and abounds in anec-
dOte and Renaissance. Peeps into Bar
barry by J, E. Budget Meakin, formerly
editor of the Times in Morocco. gives an
interesting view OF life among the warning
tribes in Northern Africa The paper is
illustrated BY f. de Myrbach. +. HoDkin-