The record-union., 1892-09-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

There has long been need of CYCLIC
pedia which should occupy a middle
ground between the technical and costly
works and the fragmentary and cheap
publications which have been dignitied
by the general name of cyclopedia. The
columbian Cyclopedia' was projected to
meet this want and it appears to have met
II so completely that it will hold the field.
There are various ways in which the
columbian" is marked Improvement.
1t is by far the most convenient work of
the kind. Instead of the heavy and
clumsy form, the Columbian is bound
in volumes of medium size, easily han
died. The paper is good, the type clear
and open. and the lines not too long. All
the information appears in alphabetical
order. The first and last titles appear on
the back of each volume, SO that it can be
seen at a glance which one to consult for
any particular subject, and a headline on
the top OF each page shows the first and
last topic which appears at any place at
which the book is opened. In the extent
and variety Of its contents the "Colum-
bian" also challenges admiration. We
expect to find cyclOpedia, and do, an
excellent one. but combined with and
running through it full pronouncing and
defining dictionary of the English Ian
guage. This IS an important item and
adds to the convenience of using. The
broad scale. 1t touches life and labor at
all points and covers the range of human
knowledge. large number OF topics
which do not appear in other cyclopedias
are treated. The important points of the
| subjects are treated concisely and clearly
and a careful discrimination is made be-
tween TOPICS of permanent importance
and those of merely transient interest.
! The peculiar ''make-up'' OF the "Colum-
bian'' admits Of the insertion of new mat
! ter at any point Practically, the ''Colum-
| bian" supplies the place of an extensive
! library. This work is now more than
| three-quaTters done and is being rapidly
pushed toward completion. 1t will con-
tain, we learn, $4,000 pages, and nearly
1000 illustrations. For the majority OF
people we believe it to be much the best
work of the kind which can be obtained
II is sold by subscription only. Specimen
! pages, with descriptive circulars, can be
had of the publishers, Garretson, Cox q
Co., Buffalo, n. Y, and New York City
The latest issues Of "Littelps Living
Age" Nos. 2,5l3 and 2,5l4 (Boston), wei
maintain the high reputation it has sc
| long and deservedly held Three articles
| in No. 2,5l3 should be read in connection
viz: 1.-THE Migration of the Races Of
Men Considered Historically" by James
| Bryce, the well-known author of the
! American Commemorative; THE VI
sherman in America" a representative
of the old-time immigrant, and 1.-THE
Mafiosi," representing the extreme mod.
ern type. other timely, articles appear
England in 1861 is rather picture
of social and public life in England
in ye olden time, by j. j. Jusserand; ''Ir
Young Parliamentary Days" by Henry
w. Lucy, is an account OF the rescue o
a pile of valuable papers, with synopsis
of their contents; ''Sir John Franklin, ,
by Sir Henry Elliott, who, as a very
of the family in the house of the grea
explorer; English Court Life in the
| Eighteenth Century" will prove ex.
tremely entertaining; "Mental Imagery
by Alfred Binet: "reminiscences o
Clerical Duty; the concluding paper OF
ga Ride in the Great Sahara; Historical
Rimini," by E. Martinengo Cesaresco
study in Character, Lord Salisbury
lord Tollemache and His Anecdotes"
ssThe Death of Gustavus Adolphus'
with fiction and poetry.
The North American Review" CNev
York. for September has: San Open Let
ter to Her Majesty, the Queen" by Cal
Hamilton; "Erratic National Tariff Plat
forms of the Democracy" by Senate
Justin S. NORTH; 1.-The Tariff Plank a
Chicago" by Hon. w. L.. Wilson; limo
cense VS.. Ignorance" by Amelie Rives
"a Forecast of Mr.. GladStone's New Ad
ministration,U by Justin Mccarthy. NJ
p: Not in Society,"" by Mrs. Amelia L
Barr: "a Plain Talk on the Drama" b,
Richard Mansfield; "Reminiscences O
John Bright by his nephew, Charlie
McI.aren: 1.-The CARA Raid and Its Les
sons" by NJ. Romero, Mexican Ministe
of Finance; "Electioneering Methods il
England" by IL. w. Lucy; 1.-THE Illu