The record-union., 1892-01-23
new PUBLICATIONS.

NhW IUDhlUAIlUNO.
A unique magazine is the February
| Ladies' Home Journal made up, as it
is, III prose, verse and fiction by daugh-
tiers of famous parentage. Thirty
! daughters" are represented. Haw-
thorne's daughter, Mrs. Lathrop, has an
excellent story; Mildred Howells, the
noVellstS daughter, writes poem; the
! daughters of Charles Dickens, Thackeray
and Horace Greeley all write of their ia
nous fathers; President Harrison's
daughter, Mrs. Mckee, has an article on
The Training of Children; Gladstone's
daughter tells How Woman's College
Began; General Sherman's daughter
tells war story; Julia Ward Howe pre-
SCENTS three literary daughters; ex-senator
ingalls, clever daughter, Ethel, sketches
Mrs. Leland Stanford; Jefferson Davis
favorite daughter, "Winnie," portrays
The American Girl Who Studies
Abroad" Then follow the daughters of
Sir Morell Mackenzie, Mrs. Alexander
and Richard Henry Dana; Miss Bradley
writes Of the Queens of Westminster
Abbey; Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Henry
Ward Beecher, Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren,
Mrs. A. d. t. Whitney and other famous
mothers tell "How to Train Daughter"
None Of the 'JournaFs'' departments are
omitted. DIR. Talmage, Bob Burdette,
Margaret Bottome and all the other
editors form the rear guard. The Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia.
The January Century" already re-
ferred to earlier in the month, has, be-
sides papers we have called attention to.
a portrait of Gounod, the celebrated
French composer, and a charming paper
OF "Reminiscences of the early life of the
musician. The first of the series on 1.-THE
Jews in New York" by the Rev. DR..
NJ haQtlQU a hxyT -
the Agricultural Department., on '"rhe
| Discomfort of the Farmer" The "feat-
ure" of this number is an article by Cap
| tain E. 5. Godfrey, one of General Gus
ter'S troop commanders, on the massacre
of the Little Big Horn, "Custer's Last
Battle" Captain Godfrey advances a new
and conclusive theory with regard to
General Clusters movements DIR. j. NJ.
Buckley, editor of "The Christian Advo-
cate" prints very full and interesting
essay on the subject of 'Witchcraft" The
poetry of the Century is unusually in
teresting, Mr.. Aldrich contributing five
short poems in group entitled "Inter-
ludes." In the series of pictures by
American artists a full-page reproduction
OF a painting entitled Dolce Far Niente,"
by viii II. Low, is given. Mention
should also be made of an illustrated arti-
Gle on 1.-The Alligator Hunters of Louisi-
ana.o
a fine portrait of Herbert Spencer
forms trontispiece to the February
Arena" with biographical sketch of
Mr.. Spencer's life and work by William
II. Hudson. Robert S. Taylor contrib
utes thoughtful paper on the Electoral
College, under the title, danger Ahead -
Ex-Governor Lionel A. Sheldon writes
OF the railroad problem. Henry Wood
appears IN paper entitled, 1.-The Solidari-
ty OF the Race" The editor ofthe "Arena''
writ nTok 6 "a j
to Psychical Research" Mr.. Flower
cites mony wonderful experiments in
hypnotism performed by leading scien-
lists. p. Cameron, b. G. L., of Trinity
College, Toronto, discusses inspiration
and Heresy." G. C. Post writes on 1.-The
Sub-Treasury Plan," as advocated by the
Farmers Alliance. Rev. Burt Estes
Howard, d. D., writes on 1.-THE Atone
ment." as understood by Presbyterian
clergyman. A timely paper is from the
pen of James Realf, Jr., on "The Last
American Monarch" The second part
of Hamlin Garland's powerful picture of
Western life and conditions, entitled "a
Spoll OF Office" fills twenty-five pages.
1t is story Of absorbing interest.
The January asst. Nicholas begins
with charming frontispiece described by
a poem by Helen Gray Cone, 1.-THE Little
Maid of Spain''-a little lady, every inch
of her. The number is rich in verse:
there are poems by Celia Thaxter, Edith
M. Thomas, Anna NJ. Pratt, Mrs Bum
stead, Jack Bennett and others. The
"Admirals Caravan is continued. An
other serial is Lieutenant Fletchers
1.-TWO Girls and a Boy" A long ''short''
story is Mary Davy's ''The Pink Gown"
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore tells of 1.-TWO
Queer Cousins of the Crab" Perhaps
the most attractive article is Mrs.
Richards account of the child
hood of her sisters, brother and
herself. Joseph Jefferson introduces
some clever silhouettes by Katherine
Robertson. There are, besides, Brander
Matthews serial, the cheerful and inspir-
Ing departments, pictures and other at
tractiye features. The Century Company,
New York.
The Popular Science Monthly
edited by w. J. Youmans %. Appleton
q Co, New York;, has these contents
for February: Personal Liberty" by
Edward Atkinson and Edward t. Cabot;
The Story. of Strange Land" by Pro-
| lessor David S. Jordan; "Urban Popula-
| tion,o by Hon. Carroll D. Wright; LES
sons From the Census, W.; "Stilts and
Silt Walking" (illustratedl, by w. Guy
t-Daubes; "The Pianoforte'' illus
tratedl, by Daniel Spillane; Electricity
in Relation to Science" by Professor
William Crooks; 1.-The Naturalization
of University Extension" by Professor
c. Hanford Henderson; as Man the
Only Reasoner"? by James Sully; IAN
Experiment in Education" by Mary
Alling Aber; "Homely Gymnastics" by
Alice B. Tweedy; New Observations on
the Language of Animals" by NJ. de
Laeaze Duthiers; "Recent Oceanic Cause
ways" by NJ. 4. Blanchard: 1.-THE Uni
verse of Stars; sketch of William Ed
ward Weber; and the usual full table of
news and editorial matter.
The Youths Companion" marks the
dawn of the Columbian year BY giving to
its New Years double number an arts
tic Columbus cover. The Earl of Meath
writes strong article on '.Home GYM
nastics." Maiden Speeches in Con-
gress, = is the suggestive title of brilliant
article by Il. G. Crawford. The first at
tempts of several famous statesmen on
the trying floor Of Congress make inter
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