The record-union., 1891-10-08
new PUBLICATIONS.

Tor october IS the closing one Of Mr..
Remnants series, and is entitled MY
Last Days in Siberia The promised
article by Hiram 5. Maxim, the inventor,
on Aerial Navigation" appears The
paper in the Gold hunting Series is enti-
tied "Tarrying in Nicaragua and is
record OF the California trip in lS49, as
told in the letters Of the late Roger s.
Baldwin, Jr. An allied paper by Lieu
tenant Henry X. Lemlev OF the army
answers the question of it's title, "Who
was FL Dorado?" and corrects Il popular
misapprehension as to the meaning of
the word. Colonel 4. Y. Sumner of the
army gives graphic account Of the In
dian massacre of 1879. A paper Of unique
interest is Mrs. Joseph Pennelrs descrip-
tion of "A Water Tournament" at Mar
tlgueS. In the series of Italian Old
Masters Mr.. Stillman writes briefly of
Lorenzo di Credi and of Pcrugino, the
master of Raphael. There is critical
| essay by Edmund Gosse on Rudyard
kipling. j. G. Nicolay writes OF Lin
| coln's Personal Appearance and Gen
eral II. V. Boynton discusses 1.-The Rela-
ton of the Press and Public Men"
There are three short stories in addition
to the conclusion Of DR.. Edward Eggle-
| ston's novel, 1.-The Faith Doctor"
namely, IAN Escapade in Cordova," by
+. Hopkinson Smith; ''Fhe Story of a
Story" by Brander Matthews, and "Was
! IL tth EAC0pbIOlidI CdSS r! Dy MISS MAUI
Grim. In 'tOpen Letters there is a
| lively discussion of the ''Laurels of the
American Tar in 1Sl2,' by II. Y. Powell,
an Englishman, and Edgar S. Maclay,
the author of paper Of the same title in
| the Century for December last.
''St. Nicholas" seldom publishes a
number without some decided novelty
IN the October issue we find an account
| by Margaret Bisland, ,ofa part of the figure
Of hc nII frio 10
| minor novelty is ashort letter from Mere
dith Nugent explaining where grasshop-
pers and crickets tried to hide their ears
until Sir John Lubbock rummaged ther
out for us. j. II. Dolph, the well-known
painter of cats, dogs, ETC., furnishes to
Mr.. Fraser many interesting details of
his art-work, and some amusing eXperi-
ences with feline models. There are
poems and bits OF verse in plenty, Gran
dalfS Three Trees being a fair pres
entation of the poetic, while Malcolm
Douglas Cuckoo Clocks" is notable for
its jolly rhythm. and white Marie,' by
Virginia Woodward Cloud is as dainty a
bit of lyrical fancy as any child might
hope to find. Rosa Schmalz tells OF a
meeting with Hans Christian Andersen,
and there are stories also by Kate Nj.
! Putney, Frank NJ. Bicknell, Tudor
jerks and others.
The Engineering Magazine" for Octo-
| ber has these papers, nearly all being
freely illustrated: Progress in Aerial
Navigation, o. Chanute, President Am
Soc. c. E.; zone View of the Keely
/ Motor" T. Carpenter Smith, NJ. f.; The
/ Possibilities of Landscape Gardening,' -
John De Wolf, l.. A.; Railroad Building
| on the Texas Frontier" George w.
! Rafter, c. E.; Marble Quarrying in the
| United States" +. r. Morse; Modern
| Types of Gold and Silver Miners Albert
Williams, Jr., L. NJ; 1.-The Conditions
Causing Tornado" Prof. II. a. Hazen,
! l.. S. Weather Bureau; 1.-The Future OF
| Our Wagon Roads, William Claypoole,
! c. e.; "a Solution of the Block Signal
Problem" H. Ward Leonard, L. r.;
THE New Art, Decorative Electricity
| y. g. Wall.
The e"New England Magazine" for Octo-
Der is richly illustrated and has these
papers: THE Public Libraries of Mas
sachusetts," by Henry 5. Nourse; "When
! Thou Art Far From Me-" by Philip
| Bourke Marston; Newburyport," by
| Ethel Parton; 'James Russell Lowell, .
! by Edward Everett Hale and Sarah X.
Bolton; Mont st. Michel" by 4. NJ.
Mosher; ''Ihe Undercurrent," by c. H.
Crandall; ''The Innocent" by Frances
| Courtney Baylor; General Buffers Boy
! hood" +" by Benjamin +. Butler; "Lowell's
Pioneer" by Edwin d. Mead; "The
| Woman's Movement in the South" by
A. ID. Mayo; The Siege of Louisburg,'' .
by S. Frances Harrison; Jan Jansen,
| Sheep-herder," by Charles Howard
Shinn.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper for
| October 3D. has fine full page view oi
| travel in Alaska by the expedition sent
| out by that paper. The issue is reple;o
with interesting matter and attractive
/ telling pictures Of people. places and
things.
The Irrigation Age and Western EN-
/ pire'' (Salt Lake, San Francisco and Den
/! ver) for October has reports Of the late
| Irrigation Convention and n great num-
! Der of papers on the subjects to which
| this spirited quarto magazine is devoted.
| tits quite freely illustrated
From the $. Brainard's Sons Company.
! Chicago, we have sheet music as follows :
Fair Spirit, Love YOU" Il song by w.
| c. j.. Secbrock, arranged for the piano.
| three pages, 30 cents; THE Rosebud. y
valse elegante for the piano, by Bessit
Merz. live pages.
"The Church at Home and Abroadn for
! October is fun of matter Of interest. to
religionists and especially to Presby-
/ terians. 1t is published monthly by the
! Presbyterian Board of Publication and
Sabbath-school Work, Philadelphia.
"our Little Ones and The Nursery" for
| October is a very pretty number, freely
illustrated and admirably adapted TO the
wants of the little people of the nursery
who are just beginning TO read. Russell
| Publishing Company, Boston.
An illustrated paper on THE Jews in
New York." written by DR.. Abram s.
Isaacs, was among the attractive features
of the number OF ''Harper's Weekly"