The record-union., 1891-08-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

"Outingn for August is as fresh and
wholesome as lake breeze. Inc 1oVe
OF nature and the intimate acquaintance
with every gentlemanly amusement dis
played by the contributors to Outing, 81
pages is an encouraging indication OF
national leaning toward q healthier style
of literature and toward those benehclal
exercises which tend to build up stall
w&rt nation. Some of the contents are:
big Game in Colorado" by Ernest
Ingersoll; Canoeing on the Miramichi,' ;,
by Rev. William G. Gaynor; -Four Days
Swordlishing,n by John z. Rogers; Down
Hill with a STAR" by DR.. Alfred G.
Stokes;S "a Day with the Woodcock,"
by Ed. W. Sandys; yacht Clubs Of the
Mystery of University Oval" by How
ard Keeler; "Grouse Shooting in Ire
land" by Captain T. s. Blackwell; ''The
Theory and Introduction of Curve Pitch
ing," by o. P. Caylor; American Polo,"
by Lawrence Timpson; Camping in the
Woods by Helen S. Clark; "a Chapter
in Lacrosse" by L. Moses, Jr.; ''Scien-
tific Tennis Strokes" by ]. Parmly
Paret.
The numbers of the best of eclectics.
''The Living Age,' for July 18th and
25th, fair specimens Of the regular weekly
issues, contain Social Aspects of Ameri-
can Life'' and 1.-THE Bombardment Of
Iquique," Nineteenth Century; Arch
bish6p, Magee," I FortnjgghMtly; "A .!qRo Dill,
simian Tongue" New review; Jewish
Colonies in Spain,' Blackwood; son the
Swiss French Frontier" Cornhill;
"Moltke as a Man of Letters" (" "The Rise
of British Dominion in India" by Sir
Alfred Lyall, and EXTRACTS from some
Unpublished Letters of Charlotte
Bronte," Macmillan; Richard Jefferies"
md Il, xf
WE'LL" Temple Bar; Richard Jefferies," +"
Longman's; THE Inns of Court" Con
tIeman's: Statesmen of Europe-Aus-
tria." Leisure Hour; with installments of
Two Old Men, +" 'Melissa's Tour" Miss
Winters Hero and Madame La Com
mandante," and poetry. Litten d Co.,
Boston, are the publishers.
In ''St. Nicholas for August the 'front.'
ispiece by George Wharton Edwards and
thepoem by Helen Gray Cone are excel
lent examples OF dainty work. Among
the more attractive titles in the index we
select THE Crowned Children of
Europe" by Charles X. Backus; ''Plain
Truths About Hunting" by Julian
Ralph; Vacation Days." story; THE
Zanzibar boys is made to tell his own
story. Other good things are Charles r.
Talbot's -Four Sides to Triangle;
''Swimming-hOle Story" by Walter
Storrs Bigelow; tSome Incidents of
Stanley's Expedition" by e. J. Glave,
and 1.-The Story of the Century Cat,' by
Mary f. Honeyman. There are also
verses and iingIes in crowds. The num-
ber has a large and varied table of con-
tents, with good stories, and plenty of
those shorter bits which one finds just the
right mental tonic on very warm Aug
ust day.
The Engineering Magazine for Au-
gust is superb number. Among the
leading papers are: Diamond Mining
street, M. Am. Inst, NJ. E.; ''Why the
States Should Not Own the Railroads. -
bysBenjamin Reece, c. E.; lis the Value
oil bookkeeping Appreciated? ?'' by w.
Il. Childs, Mem. Institute of Accounts.
Art and Utility in Building" by Barr
Ferree, School of Arch, Univ. of Penn;
Common Roads Of Europe and Amer
Pan-American Railroad" by f. w.
Conn, c. r.; Building the Steamship in
America" by Horace See, L. q n. A.:
What is the Use of Building Law ?''
by John Beverley Robinson; ''The Ven
tilation of Homes and Schools" by Lei
cester Allen, A. B., NJ. E.; Advantages
OF the Electric Street Railway" by Fl. 3.
Prindle, B. s.; Underground Versus
Overhead Wires," by Herbert Laws
Webb.
Lady Macdonald, the widow of the late
Premier of Canada, opens the August
Ladies' Home Journal with her first
contribution, IAN Unconventional Holi-
day" Annie r. Ramsey has some very
timely Hints on Mountain Climbing';
k2te'Tannatt Woods treats of THE Girl
OF to Boarding-school"; the poet Tenny-
sons wife is sketched in the series OF
Unknown Wives of Well Known Mem;
Summer Ills and Summer Dangers
and Types of American Girls" are
treated by four able writer's; ''Ellen lie
Garde shows the benefits of Swimming
ior Girls; HeZekiah Butterworth and
Robert j. Burdette tell some bright
Things for Boys; Mrs. Mallon furnishes
the fashion articles supported by any
magazine; Maria Parola and Juliet Cor
son give some ''Dainties for the Summer
Table,; Elsie Leslie writes of Children
on the Stage" Curtis Publishing Com
pany, Philadelphia.
The souvenir spoon craze seems con-
stantly TO strengthen. An admirably
illustrated article on souvenir and his
torlcal spoons appears in the August
number of Peterson" (Philadelphia)
The paper gives much valuable informa-
ton, and there are photographs of spoons
from Christendom to Turkey and Mo-
rocco, some of them dating back to by.
gone centuries. Another attractive arti.
CIe Is InaJ on y Famous japanese
Painter and His School," 'sThe Foil;
Lore of Colors," by Mrs. +. A. Matthews
deserves special mention. The storie:
and poems are excellent. So also is al
article on summer Outing" The fash
ion and domestic departments are full.
''Harper's Weekly for July 22d, had a!
editorials: "A Republican Disadvantage
The University Convocation"; ''rh,