The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-28
BOOK NOTICES.

Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, ex-Secretary
or the Navy. opens the February At
iehtic with statesmanlke paper on
THE Conditions of the Reconstruction
Problem" showing the pathetically help
less state of the South after the late
war, and the opportunities for satlsfao-
tory settlement which were lost and de-
stroyed by the unwisdom of the North
and the enforcement of negro suffrage.
Brooks Adams discusses The New In
dus'rial Revolution Throughout the
World" showing that there is war to the
death among nations in Industrial COM
petition; that the so-ealed trusts are
really the modern cornerstone of pro-
gress; and that the United States must
expand or perish in the present struggle
for world empire, and the commerce of
the nations. Charles Johnson analyzes
and discusses the Essence of American
Humor," its peculiar and wonderful ra-
cial quality, which distinguishes Il from
all other wrting. Gerald Stanley Lee
writes brilliantly. as always, upon 1.-The
Making of the Crowd Beautiful" and the
fortunately for the writer anonymous
confessions of a Minister'S Wife" depict
entertainingly the trials and pitfalls that
heset modern pastor, not forgetting
some of the compensations which tend to
tighten his lot Among literary topics,
''The Great Preacher is a feeling an
sympathetic discussion of Dr.. Aliens
Life of Phillips Brooks" Houghton,
Miifiin & Co., Park street, Boston,
Mass.
Random Fancies,' by James B. Town.
send. Cook & Fry, New York, publishers.
Paper, 25 cents. Mr. Townsend has writ
ten these verses during some Is or 20
years. and largely as a means of recrea-
ton. A number of them were published.
In fugitive way. In Life, Puck, Judge.
The New York Herald and other daiIies.
They are now collected and published in
a dainty little volume which would adorn
any library table.
Panama and the Sierras." by G. Frank
Lydston. The Riverside Press, CHICAGO,
publishers. Cloth, s1.75. The author is one
of Americas most celebrated surgeons,
and is widely known by his writings upon
scientific and soeiologic subjects. He is
professor of surgery in the Medical De-
partment OF the Ilinri State University
and the Chicago Clinical School, He also
occupies the first and only chair OF Crlmi-
nal Anthropology ever established in
America, in the Chicago-Kent College Of
Law. He is the author of numerous text
books and monographs which have been
favorably received by the medical profess
sion. His first venture in general litera-
ture THE Tales of a Talkative Doctor"
published several years ago attrac ed
great attention on account of its high ar
tistic merit and the extraordinary vera
tility and artistic ability displayed by its
author. The present work is essentially
q sketch-book of travel in most inter-
esting part of the world, and will be
found TO be devoid of the dry, unessensial
data and description that characterize
most books of travel. The fact that DR.
Lydston is a native son OF the Sierras,
born amid the stirring scenes of the car
Iy mining camps of the Tuolumne val
ley. gives a special attractiveness to his
descriptions of scenes and characters from
the Sierran Hills. Three trips across the
Isthmus Of Panama have given him an
intimate and familiar understanding of
this most picturesque and interesting re-
gion.