The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-04
MAGAZINES.

The Arena for October continues the hat
tie for reform. The number Is especially
interesting and in some parts brilliant; II
is In all parts aggressive. Hon. Charles
A. TONNES article, 1.-THE New Ostracism."
is in the authors best vein of critical an
alysls. In the course OF the discussion he
attacks with great vigor the plutocratic
interference with professors In colleges
and universities. Herman E. Taubeneck
continues his statistical attack on con-
centrated wealth. Judge Walter Clark
sends out powerful plea for the establish
ment of public rights over semi-public in
terests and institutions. The editor of the
Arena continues his onslaught on the Or
ganized forces of plutocracy. The Arena
Company, Copley Square, Boston.
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt contributes a
paper to the October Century on 1.-THE Roll
of Honor of the New York Police" his ar
ticle being one of the series In this maya
zine on Heroes of Peace" A paper by
Miss Anna L. Bicknell, who wrote Life
in the Tuilerles Under the Second EN-
pire," based upon her own experiences In
the palace, treats of Marie Antoinette
as Dauphine," and has many illustrations
Miss Bicknell presents much new mate
rial, drawn from the state papers in
Vienna. In "Wild Animals I'm a New Eng
land Game Park Mr.. G.. T. Ferris de-
scribes the great game preserve of twenty
seven thousand acres established by the
late Austin Corbin among the abandoned
farms of New Hampshire. Mr. r. Cole
the engraver, gives his attention this
month, in his "Old English Masters" to
Sir Joshua Reynolds, four of whose most
characteristic paintings are reproduced
Joseph Pencil writes approximately of
THE Art of Charles Keene. ranking Keene
next to Hogarth among English artists
The Century Company, Union Square,
New York.
The opening article OF McClure's Maya
zine for October describes the rounding up
of great wild elephant herd In Siam, and
the choosing out and bringing under con-
troll of such members of the herd as are
required for the royal elephant stables. It
is a spectacle the like Of which is to be
seen nowhere else in the world, and 1t at
tracts great crowds Of people from all
parts of the kingdom. The article is very
Interestingly illustrated from photographs
taken by the author Another notable ar
tcle i'm this number is Mr.. Bernard p
Grenfells account of how he and his as
sociate, Mr.. A. s. Hunt, found the lately
recovered manuscript OF the Sayings" Of
Christ. Since this is older by at least one
hundred and fifty years than any other ex-
tant record of the life or words of Christ.
everything relating to it is OF interest
There are other notable articles in the
number. S. S. Mcclure Company, 14l-155
East Twenty-ffth street. New York.
The American Monthly Review of Re-
views for October has several articles of
unusual interest. For instance a great deal
has appeared in the newspapers at differ
ent times about aluminium, its properties
and its uses. 1t was recently announced
that contracts had been signed for the de-
livery in England of 1000 tons Of the crude
metal of American manufacture. General
interest in the subject has led the Ameri-
can Monthly Review of Reviews 10 publish
the first complete account OF the discovery
of the American process for the reduction
Of aluminium by electrolysis. The story OF
this discovery (Which resulted In bringing
down the price of the metal from SIG to IS
cents pound and its subsequent appli-
cation In manufacturing on a commercial
scale Is one Of the most interesting chan
ters in the recent annals of American in
dustrial progress. IT is another instance Of
the triumph of yankee ingenuity and ener-
gy. America now makes as much aluminium
In year as all the countries of Europe TO-
gether.-Review of Reviews, - Astor
Place, New York.