The record-union., 1891-08-06

The Failure OF the jury SYSTEM by
Charles A. Thatcher. "A Terrible Posi-
New York." Emerson Palmer: "Har-
Messing the Rain Cloud" by Walter j.
Grace; Are We eAnglo-SaXons?' by aohn
c. Fleming.
All lovers of good reading will be in
terested in the Atlantic Monthly" for
August, as it contains many articles of
great value. Chief among these may be
mentioned John G. Ropes critical paper
on General Sherman; Henry c. Leafs
! "A Colonial Inquisitor," most interest
! ing article on the state of affairs and mis-
| government in Spanish-America at the
1 close of the seventeenth century; Wen
dell p. Garrison's Reform of the Sen
ate;''', a complete story by Henry James
/ entitled Marriages.; q new poem,
.'Harebell," by Edmund Clarence Sted
man; combinations of two serial stories,
Mary II. CatherwoGd's 1.-The Lady of
| Fort ST. John,n and Frank r. Stock
toms The House Of Martha''; the Gus
| tomary reviews, among them those of
] Mrs. Sutherland Orr's Life of Brown
ing" and of Goodwin Smiths Canada
and the Canadian Question:; and the
usual comment on new books and the
contributors club.
''Cassell's Family Magazine" for Au-
gust is of attractive appearance. The
serial, The Temptation of Duke Car
rutherS," comes to All end. My Sum
mer in a London Garden" describes the
/ beauties and annoyanceS of such place;
Dishes in Waiting" is Il practical paper,
and Jack and His Master'' is a story
! that will certainly bo read about
/ London Cabs" is an illustrated paper:
/ CHASED by a Lion" is a story by Herbert
Russell; paper follows from the pen of
NJ. Beiham- Edwards on The Home OF
! the C0nQuerors." The serial, "a Quaker
! Girl" reaches its ninth chapter. The
Family Doctor gives us Il lear idea of
Injuries and their consequences. There
are stories, long and short poetry, music,
/ the usual faShi0u letters, and q Gath
erer' full of practical information. Cas-
sell Publishing Company, New York and
! London.
The Popular Science Monthly for
August %. Appleton q Co., New York;
has these among other papers: From
! Fetch TO Hygiene by Andrew ID.
White, LII. D., /. II, D.. "The Value of
Statistics by Hon. Carroll y. Wright;
Tine Evolution OF the Woolen Manu-
/ ttctare,' ty :. :. Dexter North; "Hy-
! pocrisy as a Social DeDaaer," by DR.. L.
! ". Conant; THE Practical Outcome OF
! Science" by ". II. Smith, N. -. Pin D.;
Dress and AdOrIment. !. Dei0"ma-
/ tons" by Professor Frederick Starr;
professor Huxley aud the Swine Mira
/ Gle" by w. Il. Gladstone: "IlluStrations
/ Professor i. II. Huxley; 'Ilcai-Elaten-
I ing Among the Navajo Indiaus,'' - 10y Dr.
/ X. v. ShdieIGt; the Relations of Al
stract Research 10 Practical invention"
by L. ". Clarke; ''Ginseng in Com
/ merce," by j. Jones Bell, NJ. y.
The Forum" for August has three ar
! ticleS on Russia and the Jews Russian
! Finance, 4 Bad Investment,'' by Dr.
! +. II. GeiIken; The Persecution Of the
Jews, Us Severity and Extcat," by Isaac
| a. HourWItch, Refuge for Russian
Jews" by Baron de HirsCh; "Immigra-
ton and Degradation, by President +.
! y. Walker, Tho Chilean Struggle for
Liberty, by Ricardo /. 'i'rumbuIl; Lit
erature in The Markcttiace, - by George
! 4. " oodberry; The Greatheod Under
! ground Electro: halfway" By Simon
! SterHe; "Hrotts Of Fruit Culture III Cad
ifornia," by eX-Goyernor l.. a. Syheldon:
/ Does Public Life Give Long Careers?''
! by Edward L. Clark; ~ New Route to
the North Pole" by DR.. Fridtjof Nansen:
Will Or. Nansen Succeed?" by General
A. w. Grcely; THE Causes Of Gold Ex-
! ports,' by George G. Williams
Good things in August wide Awake
are the three poems-the ballad by Har-
riet Prescott Spohord, "Pope's Mother at
Twickenham,' the "Rain song" by Eli
Shepherd, and The Burglar Bee by
Richard Burton; the three stories
Pegs Little Chair" by Sarah Ornc
Jewett; The Brides Bouquet" !" by Grace
". Soper, and 1.-The Silent lie" by
Francis 3. Leupp; the three articles
How the Cossacks Play Polo" by
Madame de Meiss"er; An odd Set" by
Eleanor Lewis and Mr.. Browns PLAY
fellow" by J. LoxIey Rhess; the Mar
garrett Patty Letter, by Mrs. VIM. Clafiin;
AN Unanimous Opinion" by Helen
Sweet; the three serials by Margaret
Sidney, Elizabeth Cummings and Marietta
Ambrosi, and the four pages of original
anecdotes in Men and Things" d.
Lothrop Company, Boston.
''Babyhood" for August contains an
article on hay fever by DR.. Samuel Ash
hurst. DR.. Ashhurst lays great stress on
the importance of counteracting the tend
ency toward hay fever in childhood.
Science for Children rs an article that
contains much interesting information.
Mrs. Christine Terhune Herricll contin-
ues her practical Hints for the Toilet of
Children" and there are interesting ar
ucies and letters on "Our Summer Naca-
tion," ''Home-Made Circus and Muse
um," "Mothers in Council" "Bahy's
Bath" etc. The Nursery Problems"
furnish the usual careful advice. Baby
hood Publishing CO., New York.
The Overland Magazine" for August
(San Francisco) has these leading papers
with numerous Illustrations: cold
Mining OF To-day" by Charles G. Yale;
"a Word to the WISE (illustrated). by
Alex. f. Oakley; Comments on the Re-
lief Map OF the Pacific Region by John
5. Hittell 'Bazaine's Ghost" by Charles
Charles Edwin Markham; Early DAYS
III Klamath" by Walter Van Dyke;
doubts Concerning Evolution" Josiah
Keep; The Origin of Organic Forms"
by Joseph LeCOnte; Senator Gwin's
Plan for the Colonization of Sonora"
Evan j. Coleman.
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