The record-union., 1892-06-14

Europe's Successful Music Teacher'';
Foster Coates tells of "A Visit to Mrs,
Gladstone; Miss Mabel Jenness and
Miss Laura Giddings write about physi-
cal culture; Actor William H. Crane tells
! OF women of the stage; Maria Parloa in
structs IN the preserving of fruits. There
are other good features helpful TO the
| members OF the family. We are told that
1t is intended TO make the monthly
leading representative family magazine
OF America, and we can see no reason
why it should not be. One of the novel
I features of the venture in the giving away
OF union suit of Woman's underwear
with each yearly subscription TO the
magazine. Published at la Fifth avenue.
New \ ork.
The June number of "Harper's Maga-
zlne' is rich in illustrations and in the
variety OF It's contents. The most strik-
ing literary feature is the beginning of
the series of papers on 1.-The old English
Dramatists," by James Russell Lowell.
Another article which viii elicit the espe-
claI interest is DR.. Charles WaIdstein's
| Funeral Orations in Stone and Word"
A minute and comprehensive descrip-
tlon OF The Austro- Hungarian Army
Is contributed by Baron Won Kuhn. The
series OF Danube papers, From the
Black Forest to the Black Sea-" is con-
| tlnued by L. ID. Millet ''The RirthDlace
OF Commodore Isaac Hull,'' by Jane de
toresC Shelton, accompanied by a por-
trait Of the tamois hero from the paint
ing by Stuart and several other illustra-
tlons, is a valuable contribution to the
history Of the country. So also is the
paper IN which Geo. w. Ranck, apropos
OF the centennial Of the admission of the
| nrSt w eStern commonwealth to the
Union. Julian Ralph gives graphic
exposition of the development, resources
and prospects of Montana" The fiction
! rngl,t doc,
fieldo; w. D. Howells' novel, 1.-THE
World Of Chance; Decoration Day."
by Sarah Orne Jewett. The poems are
by Archibald Lampnan, George Horton
and John Allan Wyeth.
The Engineering Magazine" for June
t'W Orld'' building, New York is richly
illustrated. 1t is, IN our opinion, one of
the foremost, most useful and energetic
periodicals Of the century Its contents
Tor June are: New Yorf's Commercial
Blight" dllustrated), William Nelson
Black; "Ihe Future Worlds High
way" 7. Graham Gribble, c. f.; '.Sani-
tary Progress in New York" Charles +.
Wingate; "Creede, the New Mining
camp" tiilustrated), Albert Williams,
J, Jr., 4; NJ; Engineering at Ropes Pass,
Texas" with maps, William Kent, NJ.
Am. Soc. NJ. f.; 1.-The Modern Marine
Boiler iilustrated), A. b. Willis, u. S.
n; Testing Guns at Sandy Hook" Ill
lustrated, f. A. c. Perrine, d. Sc:
Practical Work at a Mining School," Z.
;. CransOn; The Railroads and Wall
Street." Thomas L. Greene; Impending
Disaster on the Mississippi" Southern
engineer; Practical Hints on Heating,"
Leicester Allen, A. b. NJ. E.; "Eiec-
trlcity,' Franklin /. Pope: Mechanics"
Frederic r. Hutton; "Architecture'u
Barr Ferree; Civil Engineering" i.
Graham Gnbble; Mining and Metal
Iurgy," Albert Williams, Jr; Machine
shop Notes.; 1.-The Technical Index a
department that gives the key to leading
technical articles in all periodicals of the
world.
The ''Sanitarian" for June "a. n. Bell.
M. D., Brooklyn, n. " the lead
ing and most reliable sanitary Jour
nal Of the United States, presents among
others these valuable papers, The
Practical Sanitarian as Illustrated by
Life-Sketch of a. n. Bell, A. NJ, NJ. D., -
by Stephen Smith, A. NJ, NJ. D., LII. D.:
The Triumphs and Inducements Of Pre-
ventive Medicine" Professor Stanford T..
Chaile, y. NJ, NJ. D., William c. Wev.
NJ. D., Edward II. James, NJ. D., George
M. Sternberg, NJ. D., y. s. Army, T. J.
dell Holmes, NJ. d., John II. NagIe, NJ.
d.; Dust and Polluted Atmosphere in
the CaUsatiOn of Chronic Catarrh." w.
II. Bennett, NJ. D.: 1.-THE Benefits of
Change Of Air During Summer Heat"
Z. Ieale, NJ. D.; sanitation and Death
Rate in Scotland Peter Fyfe, NJ. l. Z.
). s.; bill for Quarantine Regulations
at Ports of Departure" THE Goodness of
Lake superior" Julian Ralph. The de-
partmentS are, as usual, full and pro-
toundly interesting.
In the June number of Current Liter
ature" will be found reference to many
agltatlng topics, such as the approaching
end Of the great telephone monopoly, the
Chinese Exclusion Act the failure of
anarchy, the rise ola brilliant American
society, etc. These are supplemented by
an invoice of miscellaneous reading from
which we learn, for example, OF the fall
from his pedestal of the great French
artist, Bastien Lepage; of the superb
bronze gates built for w. *, Vanderbilt.
of the wonderful Japanese gardens to be
shown at Chicago next year; Of the latest
flying machine; of the newest discussion
of life, death and immortality: of the
marvellous character and success of the
jew; of the American as the latest French
writer looks upon him; Of the decay of
dancing; of tads galore; and Of a half
hundred other subjects, spiced with the
freshest poetry Of the day; and COM
plete literary department. Current
Literature" is published by the Current
Literature Company, New York
The June number of the youths Com
paniOn" tBostOn) is a double number
attractively illustrated and neatly COW
cred. The contents are: "Lois MaIlett's |
dangerous Gift" by May Catharine Lee:
Tracking Tip Tanner" by Manlev ri |
Pike; THE Story of the Atlantic Cable.U |
by Cyrus w. Field; ga Leap in the |
Dark by Benjamin Lander; ''CaraveIs |
of Columbus by Admiral Luce; Cap |
tain Thomas Fitzgerald" by William +. |
Low; Beautiful Villages" by Charles
Eliot; 'The Cruise of a Wagon Camp" |
by G. a. stephens; "a Climb Up Monnt |
Nesuvius," by e. n. Role. @Interna- |
tional settlements" Chinese ExcIn- |
sion," "Old and New Cruelties," Amer |
icas Sunday" Care of the Ears" and |
other papers are in the editorial depart |
ment.
'Short Stories" Current Literature |
Company, Lafayette Place, New York; |
for June presents three prize stories and |
thirteen others. Among the authors are |
Edgar Fawcett, Walter Besant. John |
HaDbertOu, George Brooke Robert YuIee |
Toombs, Philauder StanSbury. James |
Payn, e. }. Goodman and Louise |
Beecher. '~hOrt Stories is an excellent
for restful half hours. and its |
contents are clean, wholesome and in /
very many respects helpful to lovers of
good literature.
The electrical World" (Times build !
ing, New \ orkt comes weekly to our
table, a welcome, all but Indispensable .
exchange. 1t is a quarto of fiftv-two (
pages, exhaustive of electrical news. pro- /
fusely illustrated, and bold, strong. inst /
and faithful in criticism of all topics re- /
lated to the advance OF electrical science. /
We know of no technical journal more