The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-03

The August issue Of the Century is the
Midsummer Holiday number. and appears
in a distinctive cover. The opening paper.
An Island Without Death" by Miss F.
r. ScidmOre. the author OF "Jinrikisha
Days" gives an account OF a visit 10
Miyajima. a saesed island in the Inland
sea, one Of the three great sights of ia
pan a paper on The Viceroy Ii Hung
Chang is contributed by the Hon. John
W. Foster. Prof. Flinders Petrie recently
unearthed an historical tablet I'm Egypt
containing what is believed 10 be the first
monumental record by the Egyptians OF
the Children Of Israel In Pharaoh OF
the Hard Heart Prof Petrie describes
the nnding OF the tablet and discusses
the character and reign Of Merenptah,
who erected it. Pictures OF the tablet
and Of a splendid bust OF the king, found
at the same time accompany the article.
Marion Crawford contributes the fourth
and last Of his group Of papers on Rome
the subject being THE Vatican" There
are four short stories; one OF life in the
Chinese quarter OF San Francisco, by
Chester Bailey F'ernald; one Of a Mime
sofa frontier town, by Marion Manville
Pope; one Of the Maine woods, by Thomas
Wentworth Higginson and one Of the New
Orleans Creoles by Kate Chopin. The
Century Company, Union Square, New
York.
The August number OF St. Nicholas
opens with a Russian story by Fanny
Locke Mackenzie. THE Little Duchess
and the Lion Tanner" The heroine is
a crippled granddaughter Of the car. who
forms a friendship with lion tanner in
the circus. Through her humble friend
she learns OF a nihilist plot against the
life of the car, who is to be attacked
while dining with the Grand Duke, her
father. By her quickness of wit and brav-
cry, she is enabled to foil the plotters
The story has striking illustrations by
G. NJ. Relyca- Eugene Field, the chill
dren's poet, is made the subject of two
sympathetic articles, one by Mary J. Reid
and Henrietta Dexter Field Ernest In
gersoll. in THE Tricks of Torpedo Boats"
tells OF night practice with these little
scouts of the sea against the great white
cruisers. All of the serials have interest
ing instalments. There is a clever poem
written and illustrated by oliver Her
ford. "A Bunny Romance" and the usual
number of pictures. verses and tingies
The Century Company, Union Square,
New York.
The August Donahoe's opens with a
thoughtful and practical article on Child
Study in a Sunday School," by Mrs. B.
e. Burke. the well known lecturer on
methods of teaching. The writer shows
how the latest methods of child develop
ment as tested in the kindergartens and
higher grades of primary schools. may be
successfully applied to Sunday catechism
classes. and cites the Sunday school of
! st. Pauls church, New York, to illus
trate this successful application. The
thousands of Sunday schools in the coun-
try should benefit by a study of this
article. ''The Harp Among Various Peo-
PIES by Catherine Feeney; Some Pro-
totypes of Famous Heroines," by Charles
Robinson; and "A Pillar of Hercules"
are the articles which carry the pictures
| of the number and both In reading mat
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esting, Mr.. Robinsons tracing of some
! of the favorite characters in English fic-
! ton to their living models. especially so.
| Donahoe's Magazine, GIL Washington
| street, Boston.
The excellent article on the Relations
/ of Finance to Industrial Success" which
leads the August number of the Engineer
ing Magazine, New York. is by Henry
Clews, the distinguished financier and
critic. The statement of the subject alone
is enough to arrest attention in times like
! these; Mr.. Clews' able and direct style
greatly hightens the interest. He does not,
to use his own expression, waste any am
munition by firing bullets in the air. but,
| after showing how wise financiering may
| contribute to industrial success, he points
| out, specifically and causticaly, instances
| of mismanagement resulting in ruin, and
indicates the remedy. THE Fallacy of
| Municipal Ownership of Franchises" by
Frank M. LOOMS, is powerful attack on
/ the socialistic position, and the starting
point and line of argument are new and
| impressive E. c. Gardeners "Architec-
ure Of Bridge Building" is strongly written
and magnifcently illustrated. The Engin-
eering Magazine, Times Building, New
| York.
The August McClure's justihes its title
of a Midsummer Fiction Number" in five
short stories all of them of such fresh
Fa&
without forcing himself and in spite of heat
and humidity. Octave Thanet contributes
a strong story of western life; Stephen
Crane relates a dramatic episode in the
later life of the hero of "The Red Badge
of Courage;" Clinton Ross tells a BOOM
ing battle story, based on Perry's historic
victory on Lake Erie; e. NJ. Thomson tells
a humorous tale of the Canadian fisher
men; and Annie Eliot describes a double
love episode in a Yale and Harvard boat
race 1t is not often that five really good
stories, as these certainly are. get into a
single magazine. Then, in addition, there
is in this number fairly stunning in
nance, 'Phroso." T. S. Mcclure &, Co
14-155 East Twenty-ffth street, New York
city.
The North American Review for Aug
ust opens with mastery paper from the
pen of Sir Walter Besant on 1.-The Flu
ture of the Anglo-saxon Race" The
Hon. Robert P. Porter most pertinently
asks us Japanese Competition a
MYTH" and THE Canadian Elections
and Their Result are adequately discuss
ed by ]. w. Russell. The sixth and con-
Guiding instalment of the series of
sketches on wild Traits in Tame Amt
mails" by DR.. Louis Robinson, is pre-
sented his theme being the familiar one
of Dogs and Cats" H. w. Lucy fur
Power of the British Press" and under
the caption of tissues and Prospects of
the Campaign" two extremely important
political articles, are contributed by Sena-
tor W. E. Chandler and Hon. Josiah
Quincy. North American Review, No.
East Fourteenth street, New York.