The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-04
BOOK NOTICES.

"schcnk's Theory. The Determination
of Sex" by DR.. Leopold Schenk. The
Werner Company, New York. publishers.
Cloth This volume Is attracting vast
amount OF attention and causing a great
deal of comment. The subject Of it was
regarded as so novel when It was first
preached that the newspapers devoted
columns to it. The volume contains a
great deal of curious information and is
being read with absorbing interest.
patchwork. the Poems and Prose
Sketches Of Maley Bralnbrldge Cist" The
Martin & Hoyt Co. publishers. Atlanta,
Ga. Cloth. This volume is charmingly
illustrated and the stories are excellent.
Several Of them have an interest local to
this part Of the country. One of them
contained an extended reference to Bon
aVenture cemetery The author is a writ
er of genuine merit. Those who read her
volume will be well repaid for doing SO.
"Word for Word and Letter for Letter."
by A. J. Drexel Biddle Drexel Biddle
publishers. Walnut street. Philadelphia.
This is a very interesting and delightfully."-
written biographical romance. The
characters are well drawn and the incl
dents are presented in graphic language.
For holiday reading no better story could
be found.
THE Revenge Of Lucas Helm" by Au-
guste Blondel Drexel Biddle, publisher,
Walnut street. Philadelphia. Cloth, 25
cents. This intensely interesting story Is
translation from the French. 1t at
tractcd wide attention when 1t appeared
as serial In the Revue DIES Deux
Mondes."
"A Duel With Destiny" and other sto-
ries, by Edith Townsend Everett. Drexel
Biddle, publisher. Philadelphia. Cloth.
This is a charming volume with which to
amuse oneself during the Idle hours OF
summer time. There are more short stories
and all of them are well worth reading.
"Shanty-town Sketches" by Anthony ].
Biddle. illustrated by Clarence Snyder.
Cloth. 25 cents. These sketches nine in
number. are true to life, and they are skill
fully illustrated. No one can read them
without feeling wen repaid
MAGAZINES.
The American monthly Review OF Re-
views for July has number of special
features. Among them are the following:
IAN ILLUSTRATED sketch of Lieut.. Hobson,
by DIR. William Hayes Ward; an account
of observations In Porto Rico last month,
by the brilliant young newspaper CORE
spondent, Edwin Emerson, Jr., with map
and illustrations; a compact statement OF
the essential features of our new war tax
alton. by DIR. Max West, the statlstician
and economist; an illustrated description
of the transMssissippi exposition at
Omaha, by Henry Wyshan Lanier "a char
acter sketch Of Gladstone, by w. T. Stead;
afrar
ings in verse TO Great Britain. The Re-
view of Reviews Company, No. 10 Astor
Place, New York.
There are many seasonable features In
the July number of st. Nicholas. All boys
and girls win be interested in some Ships
of Our Navy series of fifteen pictures
of representative American war vessels, re-
produced from photographs. Lieut.. Philip
Andrews, Y. S. N, describes the "Cere-
monies and Etiquette of a Man-of-War,"
showing the honors with which distn-
guished visitors are received on board the
different kinds of salutes, etc. In The
Stamp Act Box" David Walker Woods,
Jr., tells of the part that unpopular and
unjust taxes have had in causing two
American wars. He also describes treas
ured possession of his family, the quaint
Old box In which the stamp-act of 1865 was
brought to this country II. A. Ogden. the
artist, writes of "a Great Republican at
Court" giving Incidents of Dr. Benjamin
Frankin's embassy TO France. The artist
author furnishes number of Illustrations
for the article. Capt. Crackers and the
Monitor" Is the story of a. little boys
pranks In the navy yard, told by Elliott
Mcconnell. There are many verses and lin
giles, and the usual profusion OF pictures.
The Century Company, Union Square, New
York.