The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-03
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one OF its merits is that il has no dull
chapters. The story is bright and breezy
throughout
"MaripisiIIa," by Mrs. Charles Stewart
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ers, New York. Cloth, SIS This is a
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is, in fact, a captivating story, and those
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content until they have finished II.
The Tribune almanac for 1886 is one of
best publications of the kind that is is
sued 1t has national reputation. 1t IS
not only an almanac, but also political
register and the advantage of its political
Of the almanac is . cents a copy. The
Tribune Association, New York.
The Brooklyn Eagle almanac for 1896
presents a very attractive appearance and
its information is voluminous and accu-
rate. The price is 3 cents. Brooklyn
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MAGAZINES.
McClure's Magazine for February takes
its first grasp of the readers attention
with eight portraits of Lincoln Several
of them very rare), some twenty other
Lincoln pictures, and an account, abound
ing IN vivid personal details. of Lincoln $
misfOrtunes as country merchant; or
his entrance into the legislature, and the
beginning of his acquaintance with Doug
las; of his work as a village poStmaS ter
study of Shakespeare and Burns and a
copy Of Blackstone found by chance in a
barrel of refuse and of his romantic
cOurtShip of Ann Rutledge, and his aitllc-
ton at her death, shortly before the time
appointed for their marriage. In the
same number the Well-known editor Of
the Railway Age, Mr.. Harry Perry Rob-
inson, describes in detail the fastest
railroad run ever made"-the recent
speed run between Chicago and Buffalo,
when 80 miles We're traverSed at an aV-
erage speed Of 65.07 miles an hour, and a
speed as high as 2.3 miles an hour was
attained Mr. NIurat HalStead long edi-
tor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
and now the editor of the Brooklyn Stan
dard Union, relates the history of Gar
fields nomination and administration,
giving important conversations with Gar
field and interesting personal remin-
SCIENCES. s. S. Mcclure, 30 Lafayette
Place. New York.
The February Arena is probably the
most attractive issue of this great refor-
native and progressive review that has
yet appeared. In its 176 pages are found
notable papers by Forbes Winslow, d. c.
L., of the Royal College of Physicians of
London, on Madness as Portrayed by
| Shakespeare" 1.-THE Land of the Noon
day Sum-" by Justice Water Clark, LII.
D., of the supreme bench of North Car
DINA (profusely illustrated). Justice
| Clark has visited Mexico under the aus
| pices of The Arena to study our sister re-
| public and this issue contains the open
| ing paper of a series which will be mag
| nificently illustrated, and which we predict
will prove exceedingly interesting to all
persons interested in travels and history,
by " John 9S"u Clarke rke Ridpath, d Ii.
D.: the second paper of a most
notable series by Americas most popular
| living historian. Bryant the Poet and
| Politician" by Frank B. Sanborn. The
| foregoing are only a few of the good things
| of the number. The Arena Publishing
| Company, Pierce building, Copely square,
Boston, Mass.
The midwinter Century holds its own
with it's notable predecessors. Among
! the articles of special interest are Pope
Leo XIII and His Household" by Marion
Crawford, a personal account of the daily
| life of the pope. Henry NJ. Stanley retells
1.-THE Story of the Development of Africa
in fresh way with reference to current
| events, and at a time when the Dark Con-
tinent is attracting particular attention
| his authoritative article will be read with
new interest. Capt Alfred T. Mahan, the
| distinguished naval critic, contributes the
! first of several papers on Nelson's naval
victories, dealing with Nelson at Cape
St. Vincent which is illustrated with
portraits and diagrams. A paper written
| before the Presidents Venezuelan mes
sage, but dealing with the present sit
uation, is 1.-THE PalmerSton Ideal in Diplo-
macy" by Edward Mortimer Chapman.
A picturesque paper on Certain Wor-
! thies and Danes of Old Maryland" is
contributed by DR.. J. w. Palmer (himself
| a Marylander). Mrs. Wards novel, ''Sir
glimpse of life in an English mining town,
The Century Company, Union Square,
| New York.
The article in the February st. Nicholas
that will attract widest attention is the
| concluding selection of Letters to Boy, -
| written from Samoa by Robert Louis
| Stevenson to Austin Strong of San Fran
cisco. Some of the letters give an &C
| count of the peculiarties of the native
servants in Samoa. One of Lloyd Os-
| bournes notes describes a wonderful war
| game, sometimes lasting for weeks, that
soldiers. In Albert Stearns serial, sind
| bad, Smith & Co.. the great sailor and
his little American friend start on their
1.-THE Swordmaker's Son. as described
in w. o. Stoddard's serial, is present at
a contest in the great amphitheater OF
Herod's Jerusalem. The block system
| described in an unconventional way by
Arthur Hale in "Holly and the Railroad
Signals Edith NJ; Thomas contributes a
Are Cone" and there is a CHARACTERISTIC
verse by oliver Herford, The Untutored
Giraffe The Century Company, Union
Square, New York.
'Jingoism, or War Upon Domestic In
dustry," is the title which Edward At
kinson gives to a striking article in the
| Engineering Magazine for February. In
| it he shows that the welfare of our peo-
| Dle depends directly or indirectly upon
agricuituraI prosperity, and reasoning
from that point of view, he presents a
very clear idea of what war with Eng
| land would cost in the way of agricultu-
| raj and industrial disaster. The same
| number contains a valuable article by e;
| NJ. Amores, reviewing The Trade and
| Industry of South America and indicat-
/ ing the lines along which our intercourse
| with the southern republics must be de-
veloped other leading articles are.
| ''Goid Mining in the Southern States,
| by H B. c. Mite; THE Commercial Elk
! pfoitation of Electricity" by Burton p.
| Greene; Limits and Possibilities of the
| Gas Engine" by George Richmond, etc.
The Engineering Magazine, Times build
ing, New York
Gunton's Magazine for February con-
tains some deeply interesting articles.
| one of them deals with the Monroe doc
| Trine. The writer says: THE object of
| the American doctrine is to exclude Eu-
ropean monarchies from this hemisphere.
| This the Senate declaration does. 1t
does not declare that South American
| countries shall not have monarchy of
their. own making, but it does say that
they shall not transfer the territory or
| nolitical sovereignty to a European mon
archv. The essence of the American doc
| trine is to secure the free evolution of
| noiiticaI institutions on this hemisphere.
| This requires that all American countries
| 10 havOnd the pOWer of coercion or brib-