The record-union., 1891-05-01

IS described by Benjamin Taylor and
illustrated from photographs. "Our
Family of Boys, and How We Started
Them In Life'' is q paper which should
be read by all parents. 1.-The Scotch
man." railway story, describes thrill
ing incident. We notice the return of the
Family Doctor" whose genial presence
has been missed from the pages of this
magazine for some time past. In this
number he discusses the subject of ''In-
Examinations" Those who are fond of
storing their brain with information will
be interested in 'Where Our Food and
Clothing Come From" 'Full Lengths
and Thumb Nails" is the mysterious title
Of an illustrated paper. The second part
of sleep and Dreams' is given, and
there is an interesting article on the
Lords Of the Line," the railway kings
of Great Britain. The fashion letters
from London and Paris are full of in
formation; poetry, music and pictures en-
hven the number, and the scientifically
inclined will find a great deal of inter
esting information in the ''Gatherer."
Cassell Publishing Company, New York
and London.
In the May number of the "North
American Review the editor fulfills the
promise made in the previous number
that the discussion of the subject of
wealth, in which Mr.. Carnegie, Cardinal
Gibbons and others have taken part,
would be continued by men of equal
eminence. In the present issue the Right
Rev. Henry c. Potter. Bishop of New
York, treats Of THE Gospel for Wealth."
IN most interesting and suggestive man
ner; Hon. Edward j. Phelps, who served
as United States Minister to Great Britain
during the administration Of President
Cleveland, discusses irresponsible
Wealth. and Right Hon. Joseph Cham
berlain, NJ. p, in an article entitled ''Fa-
VOrable Aspects of State Socialism," re-
counts the wonderful improvements
which have been made in the city of Bir-
mlngham during the last fifty years by
wise municipal expenditure, and also
points out how the condition Of the people
of England in general has improved i'll
the same period. Two articles in refer
ence to Canada next claim our attention.
The character Of the first of these is sutfi-
GENTLY attested by its title-"The Wiman
Conspiracy Unmasked," ;" from the pen of
Sir Charles Tupper, formerly the Do
mlnlon Minister of Marine and Fisheries.
His conclusion is that, as the result OF the
recent election, the "delusion Of unre-
strIcted reciprocity may be regarded as
dead and buried" The second of these
articles is written by the Marquis Of
Lorne: 1t is called Canada and the
United StateS," and sets forth the reasons
why Canada is averse to annexation to
this country. "Napoleon'S Views of
Religion" is from the pen Of Hyp-
polite Adolphe Taine, who is so
well known in England and the United
States by his monumental History Of
English Literature" Some Common
Sense on the Excise Question" by Mr..
William S. Andrews, and the late Rev.
Howard Crosby, D. D. Julien Gordon
Mrs. Cruger), whose novels We're so
cordially praised by Mr.. Hazeltine, writes
on THE Modern Extinction of Genius"
In hYf.I CHI toll hn +I.,+ ;
speak not wisely who say that the former
times in literature were better than the
present. Henry Clews writes and hope
fully of "Our Business Prospects, 4
striking article by the Hon. Henry Cabot
Lodge, the well-known Boston member
stricted Immigration" Mr.. Lodges con-
tention is that it is the plain duty of the
Government to draw the line sharply
between desirable and undesirable i'm
migrants "The Politician and the
Pharisee" is contributed, by the Hon. J.
5. Clarkson. The feature OF the notes
and comments is the answer to the ques-
ton Can Poor Girl go to College ?''
which is furnished by Alice Hayes.
Other articles, Tight Lacing for
Monkeys" by Edward p. Jackson; "The
Closing Door of Quackery," by DR.. Will
liam q. Eggleston; "a Catholic on the
School Question:" by Professor Maurice
f. Egan, editor Of the New York Tablet;
apd proposal for "a National Chorus''
in connection with the Worlds Fair at
Chicago, which is put forward by S. G.
Pratt and indorsed by Theodore Thomas
1.-The Sanitarian" DR. \. n. Bell,
Brooklyn American News Company,
New York;, is at hand for April, having
been delayed evidently. 1t is a valuable
issue Of one Of the best, most thorough
going, progressive, scientific maga-
zines of the age. The beauty of its
method IS the simplicity of its state
ments. Evidently Prof Bell proposes
to popularize sanitary science by
making his magazine comprehensive
to the masses of readers. Among
the leading papers Of the number under
notice are: ''SymptOmaticS Significance of
Black Nomit," George T. Kemp, NJ. D.,
Ph. D., HOagland Laboratory; 1.-The West
Coast of Africa-The Fever" Medical In
spector c. II. White, e. S. Navy; 1.-THE
Educational Burden of the South" New
York School Journal; "Relations of Ger
tain Meteorological Conditions to Diseases
of the Lungs and Air. Passages in Colo
rado," Henry b. Baker, a. NJ, NJ. D.,
Lansing, Mich; Drs. ingalls,, Denison,
Solly, Bowditch and Baker; Some Notes
on New Mexico and Her Adjacent
Plains" Francis II. Atkins. s. B.. N. D.,
Las Vegas, n. NJ; Drs. Fisk and Deni-
son; Does Segregation Diminish the
Prevalence of Pulmonary Consump-
ton ?'' Thomas j. Mays, NJ. D., Philadel-
phia; "Abscesses in the Course Of Ty-
phoid Fever; Trismus Moratorium
Treated with Sulfonal; Intestinal Indi-
geStiOn; Papine; Garlic and ASSaftptida:
Surgical instruments" DR.. CORDIALLY.
In its May issue the Magazine of
American History" admirably main
tains its high reputation. The EDITORS
leading article, "A Great Public Charac-
ter i'll which the interesting career of
William II. Seward is conciseIy traced.
His expressive portrait at about the age
when he entered the United States Senate
forms the trontispiecc. AN Early West
Pointer" by Hon. Charles Aldrich. of
Iowa, is illustrated. Then comes
scholarly treatise, "A Lost Chapter in
American History" by Rev. DR.. George
Patterson, + .R.S.C. Tho First Ameri-
can Ship a brief article by Professor Cf.
Brown Goode, of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute; Some California Documents"
from Charles Howard Shinn, Of San
Francisco, and General Narnum on
Constitution of Government, in I7S7.''
from General James NJ. Narnun. of New
York. are valuable contributions. The
touching story OF President Lincoln
and the Sleeping Sentinel as recited by
l.. +. Chittenden, is dramatic and in
teresting; Judge Law of Indiana" a
sketch by Frank A. Myers, and the
charming sonnet, THE Fairy Isle of
Mackinac," by Professor William c.
Richards, LID, complete the principal
features of a delightful number. Pub
lished at 743 Broadway, New York
The contents of the April number of
the American Catholic Quarterly Re
view are: John Henry Newman as y
Preacher" by Rev. Joseph V Tracy:
Eden and the Cenaculum," by VerV
Rev. Augustin f. Hewett, DID,, esp:
THE Intellectual Life Of the Catholic
Church." by Arthur +. Marshall. B.A.
tOXoml; "Transformism-Lam Oar