The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-01

offers charming stories and sketches py
Mrs. Foote Mary 7. Earle. Charlea war
rem. and others poetry by Mis- bnnch:
Paul L. Dunbar. julia G. X. borr' ana
an unusually varied and attractive Con-
tributors' Club The Atlantic Monthly
4 Park street. Boston. Mass.
The situation In the Far East q stiii n
question 81 paramount importance
throughout Christendom. and the October
Century throws some very helpful lights
and sIdellghts upon u. Most novel among
these In "A Plea for Rair Treatment by
wu Ting Fang. Chinese minister TO the
United states No less Significant r.
paper by sheridan r. Read. formerly
United states consul a. Item Tsin. on
''srhe Chinese as Business Men" IN which
the opinion b. expressed that the present
disturbing element. both popular and oni-
cial would have yielded, even without
foreign Intervention. 20 conservative
pressure from che Chinese merchant class
ana It's following Sir Walter Besant con
tinues In East London Types" his pic
ttresnue atudies OF stun life in London
with pen-sketchea by Joseph Penneil ana
T.. Raven-Hlll The fourth and conclud-
ing budget OF DR. William Masons Mem
orier OF a Musical Life" teens -ita anfc-
dotat "Reminiscences Of Ran. Rubinsseln
Won RueIow. and paderewsk and 81 tho
vlolinists vieuvtemps. Ole Bull, Wieniaws-
H. Wnheimi Joachim, ana hemenyh
Serious poetry f. represented by james
whltcomb Riley's mediiative lines me
Bed" and John Vance Cheneys Sohns''
..-rhe Cup OF Bliss" and art by repro
duct,on Of w. ~ Chase's The Lady
with the white shawl" IN the "Ameri-
esn portraiturc" Series. The present num-
her. rounding QUE the magazines slAtie,h
,-oiune. contains the final chapters OF ait.
Norlev's important work on Cromwell
The Century, Century Company Union
gguare, New York
some wonderful things are described ~
the October number OF ST. Nichoias-
saturn as seen through tho great tsle-
scone in the Lick Observatory IN Cali
forn,a. "a Yacht Race IN the Clouds
which Is By no means q fairy-storyi "A
uoat that pulls Itself Upstream" ana
white Magic In Bicycle wheel" IN
vvhteh a IA shown that any hoy who own"
n b,cycle may become more or less Of
white Magician. The wonders OF nature
are further treated Of IN the department
OF Nature and Science. wherein the pto-
iective shapes and colors Of certain moths
ana butterflies ere described and 70 some
,-,,,,, plrtured Two Dogs
Have Known" are Described by
NJ g v Jamison. author OF
~ adv Jane; and there are short stories
Nv Annie - Jones. Lynn II. MeehinA'
p.ile Moses and others. verses by Mrs.
stafford. Albert Blgelow Paine. etc, ana
pictures By az least dozen clever artis'r
20 say nothing OF the young amateurs
whose drawings are winning prizes IN inc
=, Ntrholaa League Miss Gabrielle r.
$1,000 pretty Polly Perkins" makes
b~r farewell how this month. -. Nicholar,
me century Company. Union Square New
York.
=, a. safe 10 predict o great demand for
tho October New Lipplncott." owing 20
me fact that q offers a splendid novel ny
fo~oph A. Altsheicr. and two long stories
Nv Edith Wharton and Mrs. scnny-
icr crowninshioid. Mr. AhaheleTs
-, entitled MY Captive: A
Tale OF Tarietons Raidcrs. y
',irr,ng romance. vigorously treated. The
..r.ap,iys'' f. the daring daughter 81
pr,,ish officer. who gives considerable
,,o,tbie 20 her captor. member OF the
-.iisnt Morgan'h hand The Line
~ Least Resistance by hdin
wharton. IL the heart story OF
hstahaud whore wife REGARDS MIN AiWbtA
~. 80 means TO an end The END ~
NcU,port villa and unlimited freedom
for heraelf An unusual ana beau
,,eb story by Mabel Nelson Thurs
49,, A. "a Secret Holiday The
beroipe never had chance 20
ebo,sc her Hse. and when the oppoftuh-
,,,, comes 10 do just what she pieases she
arends the precious hours In manner un-
i,,,c and charactertstic. "Goro: The
s,orv ~ his Harikarl." By the gifted jap
arese writer. Adachi Klnnosuke,. -
e,,rv Of peculiar interest az dealing with
ne emotlons OF the Japanese J. y LIP
nincott Company. Philadelphia. Pa
very notable and timely project Il
ncqun In the October number Of scrihner's
Magazine. There ~ no factor IN the Far
Fast OF greater importance than Russia.
and ius, at this time the series Of seven
papers on Russia Of To-day" by Hsisy
norman. will attract the widest atten-
tion. Mr.. Norman IL well known BY his
hooks on interim tional politics and travel
among them The Peoples and Politics Of
the Far Eart"
Richard Harding Davis closes his series
Of vivid descriptions OF the Boer war with
an account Of The Last Days OF Pre-
(Contlnued on Second Pagc)