The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-03
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1898.

of the spanish-American war. The ed
itor in the department of The Progress
of the World" discusses the attitude of
the Spanish people toward peace condi-
lions, the new relations between Germany
and England, the Cars proposition for dis
armament, the Dreyfus case in France,
Ensland's reopening of the Soudan, and
other serious problems confronting the
European powers Important contributed
articles review President McKinley's
course in the conduct of the war to sue
cessful close and the deficiencies in our
administrative machinery revealed by the
fatal delays and break-downs in the medi-
cal and subsistence departments of army
management. The Review of Reviews
Company, 13 Aston Place, New York.
The Atlantic continues to do yeoman SER
vice IN leading aud pointing the way TO
the handling of great national issues. In
the October number the Anglo-American
question is treated from the American side
by Hon. Carl schurz. Another article of
vital Importance is a discussion by Horace
N. Fisher of "Our New Foreign Policy"
in which he traces the history of the past
policies of our own and European nations.
Prof. Mark H. Liddell makes another Wig
orous appeal for the teaching of English,
taking Shakespeare for his theme and
showing how even to-day we do not half
understand the language or meaning Of
our greatest writer. In Buds, Flowers
and People, Bradford Torrey describes in
his best and most brilliant fashion trip
. among the mountains of North Carolina
a most picturesque and beautiful region.
Prot Newcomb, in his "Reminiscences"
takes the reader to Paris during the COM
IL
nomical records of the past 200 years in
the midst of the storm of revolution which
surges around him. Houghton, Miffiin &
Co., IL East Seventeenth street, New York.
delightful number of McClure's is that
for October. A feature of it is a diary
kept by the British consul at Santiago de
Cuba from the day before the arrival of
Cervera's fleet until the day after the
American army took possession of the
city. Mr.. Ramsden, the author, has been
British consul at Santiago for nearly forty
years During the siege he was the spe-
cial guardian and adviser of the panic
stricken foreign residents, and was in
close confidential communication with the
Spanish authorities, civil and military.
Another article contains an account of
THE Fight for Santiago" written by Ste
phen Bonsal. Mr.. Bonsal was the spe-
cial representative of McClure's in the
field during the war, and was all through
the fighting before Santiago Moreover,
he is a recognized authority ON the Gu
bans and all Cuban affairs. The Hon.
Frank A Vanderlip assistant secretary
of the Treasury, has an article on THE
Cost of the War" There are many other
excellent articles. S. S. Mcclure CSm-
pany, 1H-145 Twenty-ffth street, New
York.
International Journal of Ethics for Oc-
tober has a particularly fine table of con-
tents. The articles are of the highest
standard of excellence and timely. The
book reviews are particularly fine.
The complete novel in the October isue
of Lpplncotts is Confessions of an Aide
de-Camp," by Capt. f. A. Mitchell. 1t is
rafting tale of the civil war and the
heroine and hero Especially the heroine)
pass through some surprising adventures
Other stories are "Tish's Triumph" and
"Grandma's Diamonds" The latter is by
r. L. Olbar. Apropos of "War and
Trade" Fred Perry Powers maintains
that the two are closely related and in
teracting; that 1.-The more commerce is eX-
tended the more danger there is of war, -
and that war, while possibly necessary for
the defense of commerce, tends rather
to promote than to check 1t. Lawrence
Irwell writes of Declarations of War"
Lizzie NJ. Hadley Of Artillery, Ancient
and Modern and George j. Varney Of
Military Balloons" The foregoing are
only part of the contents. ]. B. Lippin-
colt Company,
The Partisan for October Is an exceed
inglv Interesting number The illnstra-