The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-29
MAGAZINES.

The complete novel in the September is
sue of Lippincotts is THE Touch of a
Vanished Hand" by the late Miss NJ. G..
McClelland. Its action occurs mainly in
Virginia and partly in Eastern New York
during the French and Indian war of 1855.
1.-THE Cromwell Case" by James Raymond
Perry, deals with the unraveling of a
supposed murder. Henry Holeomb Ben
nett, in "A Charge in the Dark" describes
an experience of the National Guard
which resembled actual war. The Grand
pap" of Anna Vernon Dorsey's tale was a
colOred boy, on whom cares and labors too
heavy for his years were laid. Felix L.
Oswald writes of War Mysteries" the
superstitions and bigotries that attend hos
tilities), and Francis NJ. Butler of War
Songs" handling the theme historically.
'Monarchies and Republics" are consid-
cred by Frederic NJ. Bird, with special
reference 10 our relations with England.
The foregoing are a few of the leading
features of the number. Lippincott's
Magazine. j. B. Lippincott Co., Philadel-
phia.
The September Harpers is a particularly
good number. The leading articles are
Days in the Arctic" Notes from the
journal of Frederick G. Jackson, illus
trated with thirty-three photographs;
THE New Fiscal Policy of the United
States" by Worthington c. Ford; Some
Thoughts on the Policy of the United
States" by James Bryce, author of 1.-THE
American Commonwealth" 1.-The Exper-
fence of the United States in Foreign Mil
itary Expeditions" by Prof. Albert Bush
nell Hart; Social Life in the British
Army" part 1, by British officer, illus
trated by R. Cation Woodville; THE Turk
at Home" by Sidney Whitman, f r. G. S. (;
MIR. Gladstone" second paper, by George
w. Smalley; and 1.-THE Romance of Mad
King, Ludwig H. of Bavaria" by the Rev.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, DID. illustrat-
ed by a portrait engraved by e. Schladitz,
and from drawings by Harry Fem and
George Wharton Edwards. Harper Bros,
New York city.
The September Atlantic is remarka bly,
rich in that most entertaining of all de-
partments of Observation-Disclosures and an
ecdote, offering material of unsurpassed
freshness and value. Especially prompt
and timely is William R. Thayer's brill
liant sketch of Bismarcl1's character and
political work. while the newly dscov-
cred Carlyle family correspondence an
notated by Charles F. Copeland Prince
Kropotkin's unique autobiography with
Robert E. Ely's predatory sketch; Prof.
Newcomb's social and astronomical remin-
iscences; together with the sketches and
reviews, part personal, part critical, of
Sir Henry Maine, Burne-J oneS, and Whit
comb Riley, form a combination of rare
variety and unusual attractiveness.
HOughton, Mifiin & Co., New York, IL
East Seventeenth street.
The war articles in the September Sorib-
ner's are led by Richard Harding Davis
account OF 1.-THE Rough Riders Fight at
Guasimas. There is no information at
second hand in this article; Mr.. Davis
was In the thick of the fight and writes
of what he saw. When he brushes, once
for all, the story of a surprise, he does
it with positive knowledge of the previous
orders given and received by Gen. Wheeler
and Col. Wood. Episodes of the Santiago
campaign are given in brief and exciting
narratives. Edward Marshall the heroic
correspondent, who insisted on dicta ting
his account of the fight while supposed
to be dying on the field, is now in a New
York hospital, and has written his recol-
iectlOnS OF the GuaSlmaS nght. Another
correspondent, ]. e. Chamberlin of the
New York Evening Post was IN the thick
of the fight, and describes How the
Spaniards Fought at Caney." The great
serial features of Scribner's are contin-
ued. Mr., Wyckoff's 1.-THE Workers-The
West" describes road builders expert
ences on the worlds fair grounds Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York.
Several striking articles distinguish the
September Ladies' Home Journal the most
prominent being one by Prof. J. H. Gore
about the coronation of Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland, which gives a clear and new
idea of her life and characteristics Ladies'
Home Journal, 421-4N Arch street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
The Cosmopolitan for September has a
particularly fine table of contents. The
articles are timely and interesting and the
illustrations are very fine. 'EIorseless Car
riages in Paris" by c. Imman Barnard,
is sure TO attract attention while 'aThe
Newspaper IN War Times" by Arthur
features of the month. The Cosmopolitan,
Irvington- Hudson, New York
MUSIC.
THE Georgia Capital March," by Miss
Alice e. Wright of Milledgeville, Ga, pub
lished by A. H. Butler & Co, of the same
town, is very fine piece of music 1t