The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-02
new PUBLICATIONS.

Mrs. Gladstone, the wife of the British
statesman, in the first of her articles,
Hints From a Mothers Life" gives
valuable advice in the April Ladies'
Home Journal" The magazine opens
with full page illustration by w. Ham
ilton Gibson Of an exquisite poem by
Eugene Field entitled 1.-The Singing in
Gods Acre." Mrs. Reginald de Koven
follows with a timely article on social
Life in Chicago" Ethel Mckenzie Nc
kenna contributes a sketch, with por-
trait, of Miss Helen Gladstone and Miss
Bradley. Frederick Dolman writes of a
visit to Fannie Kemble. Grace Green
wood writes of when / Was a Girlr
Ella Wheeler Wilcox of 1.-The Girl Who
Brags," and Wolstan DiXey OF mis-
taken Literary Success" Mrs. Beecher
continues her "reminiscences, and DR.. Tai
mage, Mrs. Bottome, Robert j. Bur-
dette and Ruth Ashmore write of Easter.
Foster Coates talks to boys about train
ing birds and animals; II. II. Battles of
blowers in Our Homes" and Palmer
| Cox gives page of his Brownies. Mrs.
Mallon has fashion articles, and Eben
Rexford floral matter. The serial story,
"a Brief Prelude" is brought to an end.
Maude Haywood contributes a special
article on the Baltimore Society of Dec
orative Art" This Easter number. with
new cover, new features, admirable illus
trations and attractive supplement, is a
credit to the Curtis Publishing Company
of Philadelphia, its publishers.
'Wide Awake for April Cd. Lothrop
81 Co., BOSTON, is a true Easter number.
In its pictures, in its stories, in its poems,
the Easter spirit predominates, and
while there is the usual variety in it's
material, as suits the wide range of desire
that makes up the taste OF Young people,
this Easter flavor is at once pronounced
and timely, and makes this April num-
Der quite as acceptable remembrance at
the Easter season as the conventional
card or booklet. Meynelle's frontispiece,
Easter Day." Burgess ull-page Easter
Lily" CARROTS stirring crusading pic
ture, are fitting Accomplishments to Miss
Poulsson's charming verses, The Flow
ers' Easter Message" to Miss Brastow's
| delightful "Story of an Easter Hat.n and
to Elbridge S. Brooks spirited Easter
Day ballad of crusading days, "Prince
Almeric's Amulet" Other timely
sketches are Mrs. Lewis .sThe Easter
Tree" Amanda B. Harr;s' 'How Easter
Came to the Little Nuremberg Maids. -
| and 1.-THE Holy Coat of Treves,' by Ken
meth Mckenzie; Miss Cookies story of
Southern life, 'The Romance of Calico
Gown; Miss Champney's story of old
stage days in Pennsylvania; "Christo-
piers At Home" and Lieutenant
Colonel Thorndike, a stirring account of
flight ''Out of Paris by Balloon" The
leading illustrated paper is a spirited ac-
count of the beauties of Suburban Lon
don," by Joseph Hatton.
The April Arena" opens with a strik-
ing paper by Frederick L. Hoffman of
Richmond, Va, upon Vital Statistics of
the Negro" Congressman John Davis
presents striking paper from the point
of view of the West and South, on 1.-The
Money Question" Alfred Post of Boston
writes of the new world language, VIOLA
puk. Henry George. Jr., discusses 1.-The
Speaker in England and America" Rev.
George st. Clair, an English clergyman,
writes on the conception entertained by
various nations, tribes and people, of
death and a future life. DR.. st. Clair
future state. w. d. McCrackan appears
in vivid pen-picture Of the Pope of
Rome. Louis Chandler Moulton con-
tributes a psychical experience Mrs.
DlggS appears IN prohlSely illustrated
paper on The Farmers Alliance and its
Leaders," the second of series of illus
trated papers on this great popular move
ment in the West and South. Miss Will
Allen Dromgoole contributes delightful
humorous negro character sketch, en-
titled How Nottoway Squashed the In
dictment." Part ". of Hamlin Garland's
story is also feature: Mr.. Flower has a
strong paper entitled 1.-TWO Hours in the
Social Cellar The ''Arena" continues
the fearless champion of the oppressed,
free and untrammeled by conservatism.
hospitable to new ideas, and the friend OF
progress. and we give it this judgment
heartily and gladly.
The complete novel in ''I.ippincotts
Magazine" for April, "But Men Must
Work." is by the well-known and popn-
lar author, Rosa Nouchette Carey. In it
the narrator, as visiting governess and
presiding genius. digs her way into the
family secret, and at last banishes the
family skeleton. In the athletic series
Julian Hawthorne sounds the praises of
walking, and c. Davis English expounds
the mysteries of four-in-hand DRIVING.
In the journalist series, Melville Philips
tells us that the literary editor is much
less frequent than we commonly suppose.
The Countess Norraikow gives a brief
history of the leading Nihilists. and
traces the famine in Russia to heavy taxes
and misgovernment. milk for BABES. -
short article, by Mrs. Louise Hogan.
The First Principles of writing are un-
folded by the editor. The department
LAS It SEEMS discusses the deadly
double-track, sexual exchanges (amonp
writer's of fiction, few verbal eccen.
tricities. and other topics. There are
short stories by Julien Gordon and Geo.
Edgar Montgomery. The poetry of ths