The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25

THE Red Republic" appears with Bre-
ton tale of mystery entitled THE Mes
senger" Not only are the plot and char
acters strikingly new, but the rich mag
cry and the play of fancy make it a charm
ing bit of literature. 1t strikes new
nore in contemporary fiction. Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York.
There are many interesting articles in
the February Atlantic. Mr.. Godkin
points out the essential differences be-
tween ancient and modern democracies.
Ancient democracies were generally
small; modern ones are large. % The size
of our country and the increasing conf
plexity of modern life and of government
problems brings the greatest danger TO
all. 1t is doubtful whether the develop
ment of administrative capacity in man
kind has kept pace with the demands Tor
it. Especially is there danger to govern
ment when the best administrative tai
ent cannot be secured in politics. W
Another danger is the old one of plutoc-
racy. Rich men now have a fondness Tor
power as in the past. 90 Another grave
danger is the system of giving offices to
men as rewards, which prevents in many
cases the selection of the ablest for the
public service. Such are the fundamental
and far-reaching dangers to modern DEM
ocTacy. President Eliot sums up the con-
illusions drawn by himself, President Seth
Low of Columbia College and James {.
Carter, Esq, of New York, who constitute
the committee that have investigated the
actual working of liquor laws in eight
states. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., IL East
Seventeenth street, New York.
The February Ladies' Home Journal
opens with a striking article-'When Kos
suth Rode Up Broadway" fourth of
it's Great Personal Events series. The
splendid and sumptuousness which mark
ed the festivities incident to double royal
wedding in the imperial palace of the Ger
man capital is glowingly reflected in "A
Page at the Berlin Court" In delight
full vein Edward Page CASTOR writes of the
winsome bellies of Mexico, and the restrain
ing barriers that social customs of that
land interpose between lovers during court
ship. An article that will appeal to wo-
men is Mrs. Talcott Williams sketch or
1.-The Most Famous Cook in America. The
Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia
Harper's Magazine for February opens
with an article by Richard Harding Davis
ON the Coronation at Moscow. 1t is writ
ten in Mr.. Davis most vigorous style, and
is full of life and interest The illustra-
tons, including the frontispiece of the
number, are by r. Cation Woodville.
Charles f. LummiS presents the first of a
series of articles on the Mexico of to-day,
in preparing which he spent three months
beyond the Rio Grande, and Poultney
Bigelow has brought back from Cape Town
a series of articles on white Mans
Africa" the present number of which, il
Illustrated by Frederic Remington and w.
H. Drake from photographs taken by the
author discusses the career of President
| Steyn of the orange Free state. The fic-
ton is of unusual range and variety. The
piece de resistance is the fifth instalment
of George du Maurier's THE Marian"
1.-The Stout Miss Hopkins Bicycle" a hui
morous romance, is by Octave Thanet.
1.-The Assembly Ball." a ta1e of colonial
! days, is by Sara Beaumont Kennedy, and
| "A Passage at Arms is an episode of
American student life in Rome, by John
J. a'Becket. Harper Brothers, New
/ York.
The Cosmopolitan for February abounGs
| in superb pictures. There are many of
these pictures and they are first-class in
every particular. The articles are ex-
cellent. "Vagabonding With the Tenth
Horse" by Frederic Remington. is I'M
usually good. winter Ways in Flor
/ ence," is another good article. 1t is by
Edgar Fawcett The Cosmopolitan, at
Irvington- on the Hudson, New York.
The Black Cat for February has six
good stories. They are ali well worth
reading The Short Story Publishing
Company. IA High street, Boston.
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.