The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-29
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Tobacco Culture" Is the title Of a neat
pamphlet just issued by the German Kali
Works 90 Nassau street. New York city
This publication treats quite fully about
tobacco growing from the time Of sowing
seed 70 the marketing Of the crop IL Is
a valuable publication and VIII be sent
without charge 70 any planter who applies
for T..
Faiths o. Famous Men" in their own
words. Compiled and edited by John Ken
Won Klbourn. y y Large crown Svo
Library cloth. s. Henry r Coates 8 Co.
publishers. Philadelphia. Faiths OF
Famous Men" Is unique work There
has never before. perhaps been an at
tempt TO gather into one volume q con-
sensus OF the persorai opinions OF the
worlds great thinkers and doefs upon the
leading topics Of religious belief ana Or
kilbourns work. therefore. stands alone.
The extent OF his Performance shows tire
lees Industry and the wides, range Of pa
tient reading. He gives us Augustine and
fgcuaeus-W ickiinc. Luther and Calvin
Bishop Butler Phillips BROOKE ana Or.
McCosh-Tom Paine and Robert InCersoi
and william cKinley-Confucius. Socra-
tes and Mohammed-Jew and GENTLE
hereto and true bc.ievcr-agnostic ana de
votce-drcameT and thinker-poct ecien-
list soldier. statesman and man Of af-
fairs In every walk OF life. More than
~ people. women as well as men. are
here made to speak Tor Themselves ia
numberless extracts. on his title page
Dr. Kilbourn takes as a motto the eaying
&C. a. chi
fact concerning him"
"Johnson's Physical Culture" by h.
F. Johnson B. +. Johnson Publishing
Company Richmond. Va. cloth, 25 cents.
''Johnson's Physical Culture" is a book
OF simple practical directions which
comes readily TO ones hand. Herein Is its
peculiar merit il was made 10 be used
and one can use it-every page OF 81. II
IS not the work Of a theor4st. II Is the
work OF a man who has put physical
culture where II belongs IN his own home
and has personally reaped It's benent He
writes out OF a rich experience and he
writes with that simplicity which comes
from perfect familiarity with ones sub
ject
Among the Crackers" by Rosa Pendle-
ton Chies The Editor Publishing Com
pany. Cincinnati Cloth. 81. The author
has made a careful study Of the charac-
ter Of the Georgia Cracker" and has sue
oecded admirably in portra wing a. The
scenes and incidents Of the story are more
than usually interesting No one who
reads the hook viii regret having done
so II vii give him an insight into the
lives ard manner OF living Of q very in
teresung and worthy class Of people
"strlnStown. on the rIKe." tale OF
northernuost Kentucky. 10y John Uri
Lloyd Dodd. Mead d Company New
York. publ hers Cloth. Si.25. The scene
OF this story is lald ia one Of the quaint
villages in Northeast Kentucky The ac-
ton begins at the time Of the War 81 Sc
csssion. when the hero is a ragged little
urchin trudging along the dusty pike. ana
continues until the boy Is well into man
hood The story IS marked by a fresh
ness. vLg1r and n fire that are not Of
ten found Ia contemporary fiction. The
hook Is essentially dramatic and situation
follows situation with a swiftness that
keeps the reader keyed UP from the time
thai he FIRST meets Sammy Drew. IN
Bloody Hollow. until the time when IN
company with Cuna and Dinah he takes
leaye Of susie az the gate OF the beaui-
ful convent IN Nazareth, Ky
The Young Bachelor" by Camm Pate
son is a we'll written bit Of historical
sketch work. descriptive OF the condition
Of the Southern states prior TO and dur
ing tho civil War. The book contains ats
an essay on "The Destiny Of the Negro.
published by J p. Bell Company Lynch
burg Va. PAPER. price % cents.