The record-union., 1892-11-14
new PUBLICATIONS.

The Engineering Magazine" for No
Vember New ork) is superb number,
very richly illustrated, and in matter it is
full of interest. No mere theoretical es-
says, but practical, Understandable and
entertaining articles. The contents are:
Light in Tall Office Buildings" Dank-
mar Adler; Progress in the Art of Wood
Working" G. r. Tompkins, NJ. E.; I'm
dustrlal Development of the South,' r.
II. Edmunds; City Hall Architecture in
America" Barr Ferree; Our Costly
Geological Survey "A Glimpse of Its
sons For Supporting It," Prof N. S.
Shaler; What Engineering Owes to
Chemistry" A. L. Griswold, NJ. E.;
'Relative Cost of Gas and Electricity"
G. j. Russell Humphreys; "The Missis-
sippi Problem Up to Date" William Star
ling, Chief Engineer; The Electric Mo-
tor and the Farmer" William Nelson
Black; business Opportunities in Cuba"
Eduardo j. Chibas, Z. E.; ELECTRICITY"
Franklin L. Pope; Mechanics" Fred
eric r. Hutton; architecture" Barr
Ferree; Civil Engineering" T. Graham
Gribble; Mining and Metallurgy," AL
bert Williams, Jr.; Machine Shop
Notes." Albert d. Pentz.
The November number of "Romance',
is a typical American one. Here are
grouped together characteristic stories by
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe,
Mary Hartweu Catherwood, Henry s
Brooks, Sherwood Bonner, Mary E.
wilkins and Harriet Prescott Spoford-
the last of whom contributes a thrilling
Thanksgiving story. The East, the West,
the North and the South are alike repre-
sented in these vigorous, wholesome and
picturesque narratives, among which are
half dozen uncOmmOnly strong original
ones, by Violette Hail, Granville sharpe.
W. Thompson, r. L. Ketchum and Fred
NJ. Hopkins. This is the third in the
magazines series of especial numbers"
illustrating the fiction of different ma
tions, which are proving as popular as
they are novel. Romance" is issued by
Romance Publishing Company, Clinton
Hall, Astor Place, New y ork. The price
is 25 cents copy; subscriptions, 81 50 a
year.
The more important articles in ''The
Mothers Nursery Guide" for November
are: Constipation in Children" by DR..
c. L. Dodge; Common Disorders At
tending Maternity" by DR.. Joseph B.
Cooke; 1.-The Prevention of Disease in
Children" by DR.. w. B. Canfield. and
"Our Relations to Our Neighbors' Chill
dren." A large number of helpful hints
are included in the departments OF "Nur-
sery Helps and Novelties" Nursery
Problems" etc. The number contains
the detailed index for the year. glance
at which shows the wide range Of sub
jects treated, justifying the claim of the
nagazide made, when 1t started eight years
ago under the name of "Babyho0d," that
there was room fora journal which should
become in every sense an authoritative
guide 10 mothers in the care of children,
Babyhood Publishing Company, Beck
man street, New York.
AS both story-teller and poet there is
probably no living French writer more
widely popular in his own country than
Francois Coppee, whose c01lteS en- prose
are among the most exquisite examples
of fiction in any language. The announce
ment, therefore, that he contributes a
short story to the November number of
"Harper's Magazine is received with
much interest. Many American readers
to whom he has hitherto been a stranger
thus have an opportunity to Judge of the
simple but unriyaled quality of his art.
The story is entitled 1.-THE Rivals" and
it is accompanied by several appropriate
illustrations-one of which is the frontis-
piece to the number-from drawings by
Albert L. Sterner.
"Belford's Monthly for November
Chicago has these papers: IAN Ameri-
| can Nobleman," William ArInstronq.
Partisan War in Virginia." John s.
Mosby; Found at the Altar" Alvah
Milton Kerr; Physical Culture sex
agenarian; "Reminiscences of Abraham
Down the Bars" A. II. Quinn; ''In the
| White City," A. Milton; "Out of the
Mouth of He'll" Romeyn Boyden; Chi
cago City Government" Ada G. Sweet.
Whittier" Ernest McGaffey; "The Men
Who Made the West," William Arm
strong; with Copy of Lock er's Verses. ),
I. P. Pollard. Editorials: "Do Critics
! Criticise?" whittier and Tennyson. -
"a Long Felt Want.'
"Once Week' is a weekly illustrated
paper of New York, that is taking a place
in the front rank of illustrated Journal
ism. Its issue for November 5th was
especially rich in fine pictures executed
in the best style of process work and also
superior wood-engraving. It is newsv,
varied in matter, and addresses home
tastes strongly. The paper issues a weekly
library book giving a complete novel.
That for November 5th is ton Trust.U
by Thomas Cobb.
The Travellers and Shippers Direc-
tory' for November (320 Sansome street.
San Francisco, The Denborn Companyl'
is at hand. 1t is, as we have said. the best
guide and directory of coast travel ever
issued; model for all travel directories.
the completest and most exhaustive OF
any issued in the world, and of this we