The record-union., 1891-12-11
new PUBLICATIONS.

Family" by Du Mond. The number
contains engravings of modern pictures
relating to Christmas, as follows: 1.-The
Arrival of the Shepherds" by III. Lerolle;
Shepherds" by P. Lagarde: ''The An
nunciation to the Shepherds by j. Bas-
ten Lepage; Holy Night" by Fritz
| Won Uhde, and a Madonna by Dagnan-
Bouveret. Appropriate also is Mr.. Still
man $ article on Raphael accompanied
! by Mr.. Coles engraving of "The Ma
donna of the Goldtinch" /" 1.-The Christmas
Shadrach," by Frank r. Stockton; "A
Christmas Fantasy, with a Moral" by
Thomas Bailey Aldrich; 'Wulfy-A
! Waif." Christmas sketch from life by
| Vida D. Scudder," and 1.-The Rapture of
Hetty," by Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote
In sympathy with the season are two es-
says, one on childhood" by Viola Rose
| boro, with Mother and Child' picture
by Abbott II. Thayer, and the other on
! Science and immortality" by Professor
Augustus Jay Dubois of Yale College
J In Lighter Nein' also contains Christ
mass poems. The Mozart centenary
| IS the occasion Of a paper by
Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason, entitled
| ''Mozart-After a Hundred Years."
| fully illustrated. Other illustrated ar
| ticles are THE Bowery," by Julian
/ Ralph; "The Ocean from Real Life" by
| Captain John A. Beebe, and 1.-The Golden
Age of Pastel" by Mrs. Elizabeth w.
Champney, illustrated by examples of
| pictures by noted painters who have en-
ployed pastel. The first part of DR..
| Weir MitchelPs serial, under the
name of Characteristics, is printed,
! prefaced by an engraved portrait Follow
| ing upon w. 7. Coleman's account of the
! Vigilance Committees in San Francisco
come General Sherman's letters of 1856,
setting forth his relations to the
| n 11aN.
| In the Kipling- -Balestier story of The
Naulahka," from the booming West of
America, the scene leaps TO India. In
/ Topics of the Time" are articles on
| Charitable Reform of High Public
Value" "The Per Capita Delusion"
! continuation of the financial series), and
1.-The Worlds Columbian Exhibition"
! George Parsons Lathrop contributes an
open Letter. on John Boyle O'Reilly
as Poet of Humanity" Miss Maria
| Parloa writes about 1.-The New Eng
land Kitchen" and Walter VrOoman on
! Parks and Fairgrounds for Children"
| Contributors i'll verse are William Bard
McVickar, George Horton, Esther B..
/ Tiffany, r. w. p. Noble, Benjamin S.
Parker, Lydia C. Hickman, f. Il. Cur
tiss, John Kendrick Bangs, James c..
! Burnett, Il. w. HigginsOn, Rose Terry
! Cooke, Mary Ainge De We're, w P. Fos-
! ter, Charles H. Crandall, Julie NJ. Lipp-
mann, William Sharp, Kate Putnam Os-
good and Amanda L. Jones.
! The leading subject of the month is the
recent elections, and one of the;most in
teresting personalities in politics is GOV
ernor William E. Russell of Massachu-
sets. He has in the December number
| Of the Forum an article on the prin-
ciples involved in his own campaign and
their bearing on next years Presidential
election. This article will be followed
h l. 4
! view. The growing protest against the
misuse of pensions is a subject of the
| widest and deepest public concern. The
| most significant action regarding this is
! the recent organization Of the Society of
Loyal Volunteers for the purpose of
amending the present law. The originator
and organizer of this society, Lieutenant
Allen K. Foote, explains in the Decem-
Der Forum" its origin and purpose.
This article will be followed by others on
| different phases of the same subject, and
| among the writers win be General Henry
| W. Slocum. The most far-reaching sub
| ject Of this decade is the Russian perse-
| cutlOn of the Jews, upon which the
Forum" has already published articles:
In this number is paper by NJ. Leroy
| Beaulleu, who Is master of the whole
subject of the Jews in the world, discuss
| ing the financial and international bear
! ings ofthe persecution. In this mum Der,
| too, NJ. Pelletan, a leading member of the
! French Chamber of Deputies. frankly
explains the French feeling toward Ger
many, and shows that it is only a ques-
| ton of time and opportunity when there
will be another conflict about Alsace
and Lorraine. The Forum" Union
Square, New York.
The December Magazine of American
| History" martha J. Lamb, New York.
is literary and historic treasure and
/ nn nj OF fhD txrn CT
which is elaborately indexed. The
trontisplece this month is a full length
portrait of Queen Isabella of Spain, and
the opening article, by the editor, de-
scribes some Of her famous descendants.
! The portrait of Bloody Nary of Eng
land, the great granddaughter of Queen
! Isabella, is study, as we'll as that of her
world-renowned husband, Philip H. of
Spain. The Career of General Jethro
| Sumner, one of North Cardinals Revo-
lutionary Officers" by Hon. Kemp p.
Battle, LID, is an article of great inter
est. 1t is followed by an engaging sketch,
'"The Colonial Meeting House, Thanks
giving Day and the Christmas Festival, :"
! by Roy Singleton. Pen Portrait of
Washington" by Prince de Broglie, con-
tributed by Hon. Horatio King, and
Two Lincolns," sonnet by the WELL
known poet, Professor William c. Rich
ards, are delightful reading. 1.-The Code
in North Carolina" is by Professor
stephen B. Weeks, Ph.D., of Trinity
College. DR.. Manigault of Charleston, in
q carefully written paper, General
! George IZard's Military Career" criti-
cises certain statements in Henry Adam 5
history. Hon. S. II. NJ, Byers writes of
"A Forgotten Republic" which carries
with 1t suggestive lesson.
The Christmas "Wideawake'' is a big
pack of holiday delights. It's exquisite
frontispiece, in color, is from the terra
| Gotta bas-relief DAY and Nightn by
Caroline Hunt Rimmer, daughter of Dr..
Rimmer, the late famous art-anatomist
The story that will attract the most at
tention is Of the Fair Harvard series.
''Such Stuff as Dreams are Made Of" by
John Mead Howeils. The opening story
is ''How Christmas Came in the Little
Black Tent" by Mrs. Charlotte NJ Vale,
with two illustrations by Irving r.
| Wiles. christmas with 'Ole Sherman" !"
is an incident Of the war, from the rebel
standpoint. In her story, 1.-THE Fairy
| Content" Mrs. Jessie Benton Ere
mont is at her best. Queen Margaret's
Needless" by Susan Coolidge. is an his
torical ballad of Norway. ''Santa's Re-
War of the Schools is by Captain C. A.
/ Curtis, u. S. A. Captain Joe' is a
fresh war story, by Helen Keene. SIN
Arctic Pack-Ice' is by Lieutenant-Col
onel Thorndike. "A Roumanian
! Princess" by Eleanor Lewis, and How
/ Became a Seneca Indian,' by Mrs.
| Harriet Maxwell Converse. The serials,
"Jack Breretou's Three Months Serv-
| ice,' by Mrs. Maria Mcintosh Cox.
THE Lance of Kanana," by Add eli
Ardavan. D. Lathrop Company, Boston.
Outing for December. richly and
| profusely illustrated, has these papers:
''Harry's Career at Yale" by John Sey-
mour Wood; Canoeing on the Flat
4 head" by James Ollason; "It is not a
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