The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-25

Jersey tells how a wreck gave birth
to the present magnificent ufe-saving
service. This is a bit of unwritten his
tory, and is fascinatingly tod. Edwin
Markham is portrayed on the cover as a
youthful blacksmith--he worked as such
at twenty-one-and his life story is told
from the standpoint of achievement, with
an early poem of considerable merit.
These and many other good things make
up very interesting number. Success,
University Building, New York city.
Almost every part of the globe is repre-
sented in Scribner's Magazine for March.
and in every case by some well-known
writer who has actually visited the couu-
try which he describes. Four of the
contributors are distinguished correspond
ents who have had many romantic expe-
riences. Their articles in this number
have to do with the changing conditions
brought about by recent upheava.s.
Richard Harding Davis leads the num-
Der with an account Of a journey Along
the East Coast of Africa" stopping at
those strange, half-barbaric and half
civilized ports that mark the fringe of
progress in Africa. Thomas F. Milard.
whose previous articles on the armies
in China, and the campaign of revenge
have attracted SO much attention con-
tributes to this number a concluding ar
ticle on The Settlement in China" Hen
ry Norman's Russian article in this num-
Der is of unusual timeliness in that 1t
deals with the personality and the achieve
ments of the greatest administrator in
Russia, the famous minister of finance,
NJ. de White. Allied to all these articles
which show the political changes is an
Illuminating paper on 1.-THE TRANSITIONAL
ton of the Map QS25- 1900" by Joseph
Sohn. The comparative maps, prepared
under the authors direction, show at a
glance the tremendous changes of the
past century. In fiction there is another
Raffies story by Hornung. The adventure
this time takes place ia Italy and is most
romantic. 1t is Rallies only love story
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City.
Two contributions of immediate inter-
est in Ainslee's for March are 1.-THE Miles
Corbin Feud." by L. A. Coolidge, and
yellow Journals" by Allen Sangree. The
hrst OF these is a remarkably frank ac-
count of the long-continued friction in
the War Department. The article on
yellow Journals tells how these papers
are made, and aims to explain why they
are made as they are. "Uruguay's Pro-
gressive Ruler" by Douglas White, is a
portrait study of Cuestas, who is unique
exception among South American presi-
dents. THE Decay of Manners" by John
Gilmer Speed, is an. earnest protest in
exceedingly readable form against, the
decline of American polteness. These are
only few OF the good things of the num-
Der. s.
The Only American Girl Who Ever
Married King 1.-THE Loveliest of All
Kentucky Girls 1.-THE. Anecdotal Side
of Theodore Roosevelt and 1.-THE Au-
Ihor's Reading at Bixby Center" by Kate
Douglas Wiggin, will have a wide rea J.
ing In the March Ladies' Home journal.
And The Gibson Play" too. 1t accen-
tuates the satirical humor of Charles Dana
Gibson's Widow and Her Friends" in a
two-act comedy by Marguerite Mering-
ton. The illustrations by MIR. Gibson are
characteristic and interesting The mum
Der is particularly good one. The Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia.