The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08


stance well calculated to win public IA
vor, and following its well established
policy of liberalism and reform. The
number opens with the first of series
of important contributions on the devel-
opment and reform of city government in
the United States. This first article is
by the Hon. Josiah Quincy, mayor of
Boston, who therein expresses himself as
in favor of the municipal ownership,
though not necessarily of the municipal
operation, of public services, such as gas
and electric lighting and street railways.
The article by Prof. LeConte of the Uni
versity of California. on The Relation
of Biology to Philosophy" is a search
ing adverse criticism of the seventh chap
ter of Prof Watsons recent work on
"Comte, Mill and Spencer;" but it is
also very much more being a thorough
ly up-to-date exposition of the general
theory of organic evolution, and its rela-
ton to religion as well as philosophy.
The number contains great many very
interesting articles. The Boston Arena
Company Pierce Building, Copely Square,
Boston.
Table Talk for March contains ten
pages of answers to inquiries from
housekeepers all over the country. This
is a special feature of this unique little
magazine, and is most ably handled by
Miss Corneia c. Bedford. 1t also gives
daily menus for the month. with evening
dinners or with MONDAY dinners, besides
some menus for special occasions. In the
New Bill of Fare" by Mrs. M. c. Myer,
many topics of interest are touched upon,
among them, Lenten subjects, wedding
novelties and a child's party. The Table
Talk Publishing Company, Philadelphia.
The North American Review for March
contains timely and elaborate paper on
THE Famine in India" from the pen of
Sir Edwin Arnold. The thorough and long
familiarity of Sir Edwin with East Indian
affairs and customs renders him a high
authority upon this important subject.
Carroll D. Wright, United States Commits
sioner of labor, thoughtfully discusses
the problem of Prison Labor" Mr..
Wright looks upon the ethical aspect of
this question as the most important, it be-
ing the one in which the prisoner himself
is concerned The present agitation con-
corning trusts gives additional interest to
a contribution by V. H. Lockwood, emitted
How to Reform Business Corporations"
Two carefully prepared methods are advo-
Gated by Mr.. Lockwood to prevent the
mismanagement of corporations and to Sc
cure the rights of small shareholders.
while the entire ground of the duties and
liabilities Of directors and officers is sue
cinctly gone over. Two notable articles
under the caption of THE Railway Prob
lem" are published, discussing this momen-
tous question from two distinct and vital
standpoints. THE Legislative Solution
is treated by the Hon. Lloyd Bryce the
former editor of the Review, who clearly
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against unjust legal restrictions and I'M
fair taxation, while in "a Mercantile
View Mr.. James j. Wait practically sets
forth the relations existing to-day between
the railways and the merchants and ship
pers. North American Review, No. POI
Fifth avenue, New York.
The widespread interest in the recent in
auguraI ceremonies at Washington gives
timeliness and value to the article en-
titled 'tNinety-seven Years in the White
House, which forms the leading feature
of Frank Leslies Popular Monthly for
March. 1t is written by Joanna r. Mich
oils, and is profusely illustrated with por-
traits and interior views reproduced from
new photographs. Frank Leslies Illus
trated Newspaper, New York city
The frontisplece of McClure's Magazine
for March is fine portrait of Mark Twain
painted by Charles Noel Flagg, and never
before reproduced. 1t Introduces an ex
tremely interesting number. There is
the opening instalment of a new novel by
Robert Louis Stevenson, the last novel we
shall ever have from that most charming
of romancers. There is a brief critical pa
per, apt and comprehensive in its inter
probation and fun and cordial in its praise
of Rudyard Kipling as a poet by w. d.
towels, There is paper of personal
impressions on one of the greatest of illus
trative artists, Daniel Verge, by his init
mate friend. August Jaccaci, with numer-
Gus drawings by Verge, most of them
never before published And there is a
paper from Conan Doyle relating his own
personal adventures in the Arctic seas as
a young surgeon on board of a Greenland
whaler. These are features varied and
significant enough. one should think. 70
attract a crowd of readers 10 any maya
zine. but there is still much else worth
mentioning. The S. s. Mcclure Company.
New York.
The editor of the Review of Reviews
comments in the March number on the
Spanish programme Of reforms in Cuba,
the United States senate's attitude to-
ward the arbitration treaty with England.
the immigration bill, the proposed inter-
national monetary conference, President
elect McKinley's cabinet selections, the
recent senatorial elections, the New York
trust Investigation, the famine situation
in India, the affair Of the Greeks In Crete
the foreign policy Of Russia. the position
of England. France, and the other great
powers, and many other matters of cur
rent interest. This number also contains
a complete life of Lyman j. Gage, the
new Secretary Of the Treasury. An Eng
lshmans study of the longest reign In
British history Is contributed by MIR. W.
T. stead, who traces the growth OF inn
perial dominion and the influence of the
royal family from the point of view Of the
typical British subject. The article Is
illustrated with a large number of por-
traits Of the queen and OF members OF
her family circle. Many Of these pOr-
traits are rare. and are now published for
the first time IN America. The Review OF
Reviews Company, No. 10 Aston Place,
New York.
The National Magazine for March is i'm