The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-02

publishers. Cloth 81 So No one who
having done so. 1t presents beautiful
pictures of life among the mountains
and valleys of Pennsylvania. The
book buyer says of it: Mr.. Lloyd is
an excellent workman always. He
makes us see the quiet of the hills
and the allurements of the trout
stream, yet refrains as scrupulously as
Mr.. Howells himself from obtruding
his own personality. His characters
themselves apparently produce the eff
fects due to his skill. The subject mat
ter is remarkably fresh. Pervading it
all is a delightful humor''
Magazines.
One of the happier tendencies in the
life of to-day is the increasing intimacy
of people with woods and animals, and
field and flowers. The opening article
of Leslie's Monthly for September is
upon the art of photographing birds,
written and beautifully illustrated by
Mr.. A. H. Verrill. who is himself past
master of the art. Booker T. Wash
ington. whose recent autobiography
= bids fair to become a classic, contrib
utes an important paper on How
Work Is Done at Tuskegee." 1t tells
the whole secret of his success. A
third article which will be read by
many people with establishment and
by all with 1interest, is an impartial
account of the whipping post as it is
in operation in Delaware to-day. The
question of corporal punishment can
best be debated in this sole surviving
practice of q custom that was once uni
versal, for the arguments in its de-
Tense are powerful and deserve much
consideration. Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly, 141-147 Fifth avenue, New
York.
The political papers in the Septem-
Der Atlantic are strong and varied
Thomas Nelson Page opens the num-
Der with a Virginian view-clearly and
calmly stated-of THE Southern Peo-
pie and Reconstruction" describing
the Southern situation before the war
and rehearsing the events that have
succeeded it, reaching the conclusion:
That intelligence, virtue, and force
of character will eventually rule, is as
certain in the states of the South as it
is elsewhere; and everywhere ii is as
certain as the operation of the law of
gravitation." Charles A. Conant con-
ties" believing that the original mis-
sions of our present parties are prac-
tically accomplished, and foreseeing
the rise of new parties on the lines of
strong Capitalization and national
greatness on the one hand, and the de-
Tense of the rights of the people and
the equality of the individual on the
other. An Emersonian Democrat dis
cusses THE Reaction of the Democra-
cy," demonstrating and asserting the
power of the people for good when
properly purified and purged of gross
ness. John Muir describes Hunting
Big Redwoods-the Wonders and Uses
of the Great Sequoia Forests of Cali
fornia." The Atlantic Monthly, Park
street, Boston, Mass.
Readers of the September Century
will not complain of any lack of va
riety in it's contents. The opening
pages of the magazine are taken UP
with an illustrated paper on 'Mid-Ai"
Dining Clubs" by Cleveland Moffett,
who feels quite at ease on the top
floors of twenty-story sky-scrapers, af-
ter his recent experiences with steeple
climbers, bridge builders, and other
followers of Careers of Danger and
Daring" These downtown lunching
places, to all of which women are adj
mitted, and one of which is for wo-
men only, are favorably affecting the
social characteristics of New York
business men, as Mr.. Moffett thinks;
they certainly have beneficial effect
on the physical condition of their pa
irons. Louis Philippe in the United
States" by Jane Marsh Parker, traces
the foot steps of the exiled prince who
became King of France and his two
brothers, on a memorable visit to this
country a hundred years ago. THE
Crown of the Continent" to which
George Bird Grinnell directs attention.
is a little-known region of Northern
Montana whence water flows to the
Arctic and the Pacific oceans and the
Gulf of Mexico. Fighting Frost" is a
paper of scientific interest and prac-
teal value by Alexander Meade. who
puts little faith in cannon as destroy
er of hailstorms. In the fourth of his
chapters on Daniel Webster. Prof.
McMaster sums up the character and
achievements of the great constitution
al orator. The foregoing are only a few
of the good things of this excellent
number. The Century Company, I'm
ion Square, New York.
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