The record-union., 1892-04-09
new PUBLICATIONS.

new 1OFhJ, NOtntng could more
wildly depict the wrong way to do it
than some of the striking illustrations of
this paper, while the right way is also
fully pictured and described This is a
subject which interests not only farmers
bat all who go on wheels. The cause of
good common roads is one that especially
appeals TO the numerous army of BIZ
cyclers. The Mother and Birthplace of
w ashlngton" Is another timely subject
treated by Mrs. Ella Bassett Washington.
Professor Holden of Lick Observatory
mas a popular paper on 1.-The Total Solar
Ecllpses OF 1888" A particularly out-of-
the-way experience is that described by
ar. w hItmarsh in his account of ''Eish-
ing Tor Pearls IN Australia" In view Of
recent war possibilities and the revived
attention 10 naval matters, the article by
W Imam Eliot Griflis on the battle Of
Inc wyoming in the Straits OF Shl-
lohosekT" has also a present interest.
EDWARD Robinson of the Boston Museum
discusses the question, Did the Greeks
amt Their SculpturesW Mr.. ana Mrs.
Pennell have an illustrated paper on
The Feast of the Marys'' III Provence,
and eX-Postmaster-G General James dis
cusses THE Ocean Postal Service"
characteristics - by DIR. Weir Mitchell;
sop Pap's Elaxen," by Hamlin Gar
land, and 1.-The Naulahka,p by hudyard
kiplng and Wolcott Baiestier, are con-
commemorated in a brief sketch by Ed
mund Gosse. There are two illustrated
short stories-John Heard's Starving at
Taskoma," and ''Some Passages in the
History Of Letitia Roy" THE Three
Ages of Man." by Lorenzo Lotto, forms
the frontiSDiece In Topics of the
Time" are discussed the First Presi-
dental Election Under Ballot Reform"
and The New Electoral College," In
open Letters are brief papers on 1.-THE
Yankee and Rebel ellis" lis Islam the
Gospel for the. Orient?' DR.. Weir Mitch
elPs "a Psalm of Death and Other
Poems," and Aerial Navigation" This
number of the Century, closes the
lorty-third half-yearly volume.
With the April number the Review OF
Reviews enters upon its second year. 1t
has had an exceptional if not an altogether
unique history. one year ago IL was
known only to a few discriminating
readers, and its subscription list and
newsstand sales required only few
thousand copies. Its edition the present
month is 10000 copies, and it is read iii
every State and Territory in the Union
and in every part of Canada. No extra
ordinary efforts have been made to push
the magazine. There has been very little
canyassing done for it. The magazine
has grown TO an enormous circulation
and TO commanding influence simply
upon its merits. We like it exceedingly,
esteem it highly and are rejoiced at its
prosperity. The principal article in the
April number is an elaborate discussion
by DR.. Albert Shaw, editor of the most
current phases of municipal problems in
New ork and London, illustrated with
& large number of very fine portraits.
The article is divided into six parts as
follows: /. London's New Government
Its Framework and Its Results. 2. New
4ork's Present Government, and How to
reform IT. 3. The Proposed Greater
New York; 4. London's Municipaf
statesmen and Their Programmes. s.
The Tammany Statesmen, and How
They Kun" New York. i. ON Land
Taxation and Municipal Monopolies
For the purposes of his article, Mr.. Shaw
interviewed eX-Mayor Grace, ex-AIayor
Hewitt, Erastus Wiman, Hon. Andrew
ii. Green, Horace Deming, Henry George,
Robert Graham and John Ii. Finley, each
of whom has been able to bear expert
testimony as to some phase of municipal
matters in New York. on the English
side Of the article there is much interest
ing information regarding the election of
London's great Municipal Council, with
quotations from the platforms OF the sue
cessful candidates.
"Harpers Magazine for April opens
with Edwin A. Abbey's superb illustra-
tons of THE Tempest The froutis-
piece is a portrait of Walt Whitman, with
his poem, Deaths Valley" The princi-
pal illustrated articles are: A graphic
description Of Lake Superior, ''Brother to
the Sea-" by Julian Ralph; the third chap
ter OF the famous Danube papers, s'From
the Black Forest to the Black Sea. . by +.
j. Millet; IAN Indian Fair in the MeXi-
can Hot Country by Sylvester Baxter,
and 1.-The Last Days of Percy Bysshe
shelley" by Guido Biagi. Other papers
of timeliness are: Western Modes of
City Management" by Julian Ralph;
The Mystery of Column bus," by Eugene
Lawrence; "Some Talk About English
Public Schools; 1.-The Ancient Lake
Region of America by James Richard
son. Fiction: Second chapter of Mr..
HowelPs new novel, ''The World of
Chance; a Characteristic story by Rich
ord Harding Davis, entitled "Eleanore
Cuyler"; French-Canadian sketch, ia
Cabane,p by William McLennan And
instead of the usual Du Maurier cartoon,
there is charming poem by Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, "At Mimi Novporod ;,
appropriately illustrated. George Will
lam Curtis, in the Editors Easy Chair.
discusses timely and entertaining topics,
and pays tribute of respect to Christie
pher p. Cranch. Charles Dudley Warner
makes his first appearance in the Edi-
tors Study, and reviews some questions
raised by Lounsbury's 'Chaucer."
With the April number the "Cosno-
twelfth volume in manner worthy the
popularity OF this magazine The 1Cos-
mopoItan" Is superbly illustrated, and
The establishment Of the April number
is above the average. The leading arti-
Gle is on Genoa. the Home Of (iolun,-
bus by Murat Hastead. "A Romance
of Old Shoes" by Miss Elsie Anderson
&c Wolfe, exhibits the best of the re-
markable historical collection at Clunv.
''Iorpedoes in Coast Defense is BY
Lieutenant a. NJ. D'Arlnit Wallace
Wood treats OF Homes OF the Renais-
sance." VIM. II. Rideing is the author
of a ightfullywritten and profuselv
illustrated article on The Crew OF a
Transatlantic Liner 'The Marriage Of
American Women TO German Noblemen''
is discussed by Elizabeth Won Nedel.
other papers are The Theatar of To-
day by Cora Maynard; Two English
Men OF Letters, by Brander Matthews:
".All Sorts and Conditions of Men bv
Edward Everett Hale; a Living opal =
10y Ernest Ingcrsoll, and Count Icon
Iolst0i,' description OF the family life.
of the great Russian novelist THE
Rancho OF Heavenly Rest is a vigorous
sketch of the Southwest. Princess Rata
2anof,' by Casimir NJ. Podgorski, is a
characteristic tale of Russian court life.
Frederic Remington has illustrated de-
lightfuIy The Rustic Dance" a poem
by irving Bachelor.
Excluding from mention the many in
teresting continued stories and articles,
we ind in the April st. Nicholas
plenty of attractions. The frontispiece,
after a painting by Couture, and the
artistic pictures OF Mary Hallock Foote,
''The Larll's Secret is q poetic bit of
simple writing containing bit of truth
worth remembering, and illustrated in
the spirit in which it is written. 1.-THE
Famous Tortugas Bull-Fight,i by c. r.
Holder, viii delight all readers. Mr.
Ira lSn's Illustrations have q directr1nSs