The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-02


scene of which is in the great Hudson Bay
region; and the Coilgo Club Theatrtcals,"
by Charles Warren. an amusing narrative
of how the governor of a great state play
ed mis- par, with surprising results. Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York
The timeliness of the July Century is
! due in large measure to its literary and
pictorial treatment of the present Mecca
of holiday makers. Eight full-page draw
mgs by Castaigne illustrate the EXPOSE
ton and four other full-page and several
smaller drawings from the same pencil
form a pictorial commentary en- Richard
Writings paper on Artistic Paris"
In an article on THE Com
mercial Ascendency of the Unit
ed states" the Hon. Carroll y.
Wright, commissioner of labor, hazards
the guess that in exports for the year
ending March 81 last America has az last
surpassed her greatest rival England.
Prof, w NJ. Sloane writes with intimate
knowledge of the late Miss Sarah Porter
ana her unique educational work at Farm
ington The story of a long and prosper
Gus musical career Is begun In this num-
Der, in the form of the "reminiscences OF
William Mason, whose opening article
tONhiS Nith ioCOuStllOnS Oh the famous
composers of half a century ago, with re-
productions of autographs and other Illus
trationS. How to Safeguard Ones San
ity." by the Rev. j. VI. Buckley, is the
contribution OF doctor. not of medicine
hut of divinity. who has made a special
study of insanity, its causes and its ,reat-
ment. The artistic possibilities of Civic
Festivals and PROFESSIONS are pointed
out by Barr Ferree and Charles r. Lamb
In brief articles 4 IT
Biashfield has designed a series OF appro-
pirate decorations. In fiction, the number
is especially rich wide range OF scene
and action being covered by the seven
short stories and five brief fables The
Century Company. Union Square, New
York.
The ever-glorious Fourth was not for
gotten when the editor of st. Nicholas
made up the July number of that mag
szne for the young THE Battle OF SAN
tiago"- duly 3, 1888 is the -fFontispieee.
Porto Ricos FIRST Fourth 4" is described
by Frederick A. ODER, How to Celebrate"
is an acrostic in verse by Helen M Rich
ardson; The Cannon Cracker Is another
timely bit of versifcation by Mary Mar
shall Parks; and other contributions deal
ing, more or less directly, with matters
warlike are "A Little Daughter of the
Revolution, by Mary Bradley; THE
Siege of Number Six" by Rossl-
ter Johnson; "Towser: A Sail
or's Pet on the old Monocacy; "Eleap-
or's Colonel" an English Soldier of Rev
dictionary Times, by Annah Robinson
Watson; and even The Bulb OF the Crim-
son Tulip" Revolutionary story. by
Lillian l.. Price. Yet the ma saaine is by
no means given over wholly to war and
wars alarms. The Century Company,
Union Square, New York.
In the July Atlantic. ex-President C.eve-
land concludes his argument for THE In
dependence of the Executive with
striking account of his own long and bit
ter struggle with Congress which arose
from the famous tenure OF office act. and
resulted in vindicatien of Preslien
Cleveland's position, and the repeal OF thu
act itself Under the title OF "A Difficult
Case William ID. Howells contributes
the first irstallinent OF one of his most
Characteristic and delightful stories OF
New England life revolving around some
one peculiar person such as New Eng
land alone can produce. j. d. Whelpb.v
in Cuba OF To-day and Tomorrow.
points out the difficulties in the way OF
bbhdiilub a COTItCl view OF the real
ditions on our island protege He de-
scribes the characteristics OF the Span
tsh rule, and defines the slow and d.fficult
task that liss before the American nation
He finds the hope OF Cuba not In The pres
ent generation, but in the generation TO
come. Edward Thomas offers a delightful
picture of Two Scholars" humble in ro-
sltion but erudite In scholarship rolling
tn ir classical knowledge and reading "as
q sweet mOFcel under their
kefosg Dunton treats jaunuly-as BELTS
the subject-"rhe Rascal as Hero. From
Ulysses Down TO Becky Sharp and David
Harum" Houghton, Mifiin e. Co, IL East
Seventeenth street, New York.
The frontispiece In the July Cosmopoll-
tan is a picture OF the Paris Exposition.
There are many exposition pictures I'm
the number, and all OF them are fine ones.
An article, entitled First View Of the
Exposition OF $780," by +. A. Kidder. gives
one a very good idea OF the great EXPOSE
lion. us Russia 10 Control All Asia 20
is an illustrated article OF exceptional
merit It Is by Alexander Hume Ford.
The story OF "Annabel Lee" by Francis
willing Wharton, Is well worth reading.
The foregoing are only few Of the good
things in the number The Cosmopolitan,
I Irvington, New York.
The special features OF the American
Monthly Review Of Reviews for July are
character sketches OF President McKin-
ley and Mr.. Bryan. the standard-b bearers
OF the Republican and Democratic par
ties for 1907 a fully illustrated article on
1.-THE Provision for Children In Public
Iibrarie by Miss Katherine Louise
Smith: a plea for the development of in
dustries for young men and women In
the country, by Mrs. Helen X. Alboe;
Cotton Minis In Cotton Fields" by Mrs.
Leonora Beck Ellis; an account OF New
Developments In Textile Schools" by