The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-05-26
RECENT LITERATURE


The cordial reception given "Swees and
twenty. Mrs. Sanborn's first book will be OK.
tended To This new story. While not so dis
tinetly a Summer novel as the earlier venture,
| Vt - set far removed from the dreary field of
novels with purpose. The thread of the story
u simple. but the deepest interest attaches 70
The characters. Mrs. Sanborn's style lends d
if'>hi S. TO the story that cannot but provs
delightful
Magazines and Notes.
The Nay issue Of The Inland Printer, a. 70
usrit with this well known magazine couszfna
many handsome illustrations. The frontis-
pi"r' - truly admirable artisticaIly apart from
IT'S historic interest being an illustration of the
birthplace Of Hon. James G. Blaine nc West
br"~nSvilI". Pa Tho other illustrations are OF
hiQh class and sxquisitely printed 10 speaks
wen iof American progress in the graphic arts
that sneh monthly meets appreciation o.
tehN'h'y printers magazine, il has grown 80
popular That there are few newspaper editors
on whose table it is not to be found IL Ia wall
ina"aged And eminently progressive. Pub
hshed Ai 2l2 Monroe street, Chicago. Prics 20
cents number
Onhrr the title The Retreat Of Theology Ia
the ns'lieo Case, the successive steps taken b.
th" Catholic Church in getting ont of aha mn.
fortunate position which il took In tba. cass
WIZ De recounted by Andrew d. Whits In the
! June Popular Science HOnthly The excuses for
the persecution of Calico that were In vented
III the course OF two centuries testify to 1reat
| ingenuity on the part of the theological apolol
gIsis. An article of much grewsoms INTEREST,"
describing First Actions Of Wounded Soldiers
VIII be among the contents The writer Geo
H. Miner, gives his own experience and other
cases winch he has seen on the battlefield or
mas collected from various sources, and raises o
number Of interesting physiological queries
concerning them
The
out win the largest copper half-tone phozo-
graphic scene ever printed The entire Central
portion OF the Worlds Fair grounds Is shown
In one picture. and the sheet is over 40 inches
"ihe i ne number contains a page article On
the worlds Fair. by Madame Patti-NicolinS
Wild TWO portraits; page Of Pssti-sna; .
page article and portrait OF COL Tom Fitch. Of
California; page article and portrait Of STAN
icy Waterloo; novel and striking Representa-
tlon OF the Golden Montana Nail with which
MIS- Palmer Is to finish the construction of the
Woman's Building; Memories for Decoration
Day. by John MeGovern and Nixon Waterman,
ana score Of other attractive illustrated arti.
ces Published by ]. N. Halligan. McYickex's
Building. Chicago.
The representative character of the NORTH
American Rerie1 Is again indicated by the
symposium which Is announced for publication
IN the June number. The subject is The
Harrison Administration, and the participants
A.
chussttS. Senator Dolph of Oregon and Senator
Colquitt, of Georgia. The Perils of Re-electin9
Presidents Is the subject of an article by the
Hon. Dorman B. Eaton. Recent researches In
Bible lands afford Sir J. William Dawson. Prin.
cipal OF the McGill University, of Montreal,
theme for an article. The subtle mental dis.
ease known as "paranoia" which is the scien.
tine designation of the aiiment of the crsnksn
who are so unpleasantly conspicuous from TINA
10 time IN the United States, is the subject Of
an article by DR.. III. s. Williams, Superin.
endent of the Randal's Island Hospitals
The Quarterly Register Of Current History
tDetroit. Mich, 81 a year. is entitled to rank az
the ne Plus ultra of condensation. The presents
number Is an excellent one, presenting in clear
light what to so many readers is all muddIs
the international disputes of the time the &C.
ciesiastical question in Europe, the political
social, and labor problems in Europe and
America, the famine and Jewish questions Ia
Russia, the Irish problem, the work of The
American Congress- the Canadian and New.
foundland questions, etc. Many excellent por-
traits sdOrn its pages.
large variety of topics are Interestingly
treated, both deseriptively and pictorislly, In
the June number of Frank Lsshe's Popular
Montdy. ST. Louis, the Carnival City ef
America, IS the leading paper, and gives q
bright presentation of the external splsndof
as well as the commercial resources and pro-
gressive spirit of the South western metropolis,
In an article entitled Barriers Against Invis..
bic Foes, Frank LiDstow White gives a prsphic
description of the Quarantine Station Of New
York Harbor and vigilant measures In opers-
ton there to ward off contagion and epidenfc.
Wifi. P. Pond writes of The Divine Weed-to,
bacco. Probably the most vivid idea Of an
earthquake ever given in the compass Of =
magazine article is presented by the account Of
Earthquake Photographs in Japan, written
and geographically illustrated by Professor
w. K. Burton, head of the SsismographieaI
Laboratory of the Imperial University at
Toxic. There are . number Of good short
stories and poems
The NiReteenb Century for May con tains: Mem.
orsbls Di-solutions; The Liberal Outlook;
Studies of New York Society; Maori Meetings
How Gen. Gordon Really Lost His Life; The
Meaning of Baby's Footprint; Household
Clubs-How Will They Affect Small House,
holds; A Defense of the So-called Wild Women,
The Decay of the Landed Aristoeracy of India;
Lost in the Rockies; One of the Six Hundred
in the Balaklavs Charge; Stevens and the
Wellington Memorial. Republished by the
Leonard Scott Publication Co., PSI Broad way,
New York. Price 40 cents.
The Westminster Rerier for May contafnsf
The =" Great West of Australia; Lawrence OF.
plant; A Plea for Land Naturalization; The
Ethics of Gambling; The Remnants of Greab
Race; Two Early Romances; Contemp orary
Literature; The Drama. Republished by the
Leonard Scott Publication Co., 231 Broadway,
New York. Price 40 cents.
Short Stories for June contains: The King
dom of Leons, by Philander Stansbury; The
Man from Mars, by Edgar FaWcett; Next Door
Neghbors, by John Habberton; Quarantine
Island. by Walter Besant; BeiIamy, by Walter
Besant; The Iron Stroud, by VIM. Medford.
Published at 81 Lafayette Place, New York.
Price % cents.
Frank Leslie's Popular Magazine for June has
a brilliant frontispiece, Gray Venice" Be-
sides this it has more literary matter and Illus.
trations than any other magazine offers for the
money. Price 25 cents. Published as ITO
Fifth avenue New York.
New Music.
Two new pieces of music have been sent 30
US lately from the Capital Music Co., Albany,
N Y, "Gen. Palmers March " and Slumber
Song" The march, dedicated to the Conn
mander-in- Chief, is very nicely gotten up with
good picture of Gen. Palmer on the cover.
The music. written by ]. Austin Springer, has
an appropriately martial swing. In the
"Slumber Song" the words, as well as the
music, are by j. Austin Springer. 1t makes
soft, pretty lullaby.
No Intimidation.
It Is related that at the bar Of one Of the Ans.
tralian colonies barrister concluded his speech