The record-union., 1892-11-04
SAN FRANCISCO, November 8, 1892.
MOVNrNf. sES.r1N
AFTERNOON SESSION.
new PUBLICATIONS.

The November Magazine Of American
History will be greatly priced ms a sou
venlr Of New Norl1's monster celebration
OF the discovery Of America by Column
bus. The graphic account is from the
EDITORS own pen. Mrs. Lamb says:
; The great commercial capital stands in
its glory to-day a living, busting, in
structIve monument to the honor Of the
pioneer of modern ciVillzaton"; and in
pertinent connection with the bold
scheme Of Columbus TO find the land Of
riches Tor SPAN, q contrasting picture is
given of a vault in New York CITY con
tanning S72,OU0.O co. in gold, with this title
They dreamed OF wealth, and here it is
| beyond imaginatiou's furthereSt limit"
| The Discovery and Settlement Of Louis-
iana,p also illustrated, comes from Col
onel John bOnlphan Of Missouri. "Our
Country and Columbus" is a poem by
Philip Freneau, written hundred years
ago. The Quakers i'll Pennsylvania"
and Memoirs Of The Discovery of Co.
lumbus," are entertaining and INFORM
ing. Washington and His Mother,n by
the eminent Washington scholar. Dr.
Toner, disposcs Of the charges O. unflial
conduct on the part OF our first President.
Guy johnson on the North American
Indians, i'll l775," from the original
manuscript, is n contribution from VIM
l.. stone, The fourth chapter Of ."The
( Successful Novel Of 1867 chronicles
] 'oNIiG CANAtIll- anu -dl events III 4NCllI
Carolina. Colonel Norton continues his
History OF the United States in para
graphs. Every issue OF this monthly mas
a practical educational value, and is in
vested with human, popular and timely
( interest. 743 Broadway, New y ork City
short Stories offers its readers a good
selection of fiction. and in the November
number readers will find much that is in
tereStIng. Perhaps the best of the tales
are The Maid Of Saint PHILIPPE" pretty
love story, the scene of which is settle
ment then promising rival OF St Louis:
! The Tale OF a Hat" by Jules Verne.
| The Vengeance Of the Sea" by Maxwell
| Gray, a minor tragedyiu a fishing village
Among the lighter and more humorous
sketches are lightning from a Clear
Sky" Il comedy from the Italian. bv
Auguste Lenzoni; "a Banking Niisad-
venture" by Granville Murray, and
The Transfer Ticket" from the French.
The famous story this month is l'itz-
James O'Brien's gruesome tale called
W nat w as lt?" The interest in tho
"Sh0rt story prizes has been such that
the editors have been obliged TO name the
limits. They have made it necessary for
competitors To be duly enrolled subscrib-
ers. Prize announcements for the coming
year are given from month to month.
Current Literature' has also a plan
shortly to be announced fora monthly
Of literary puzzles and general tests OF
ingenuity, skill and quick perception.
Current Literature Publishing Company,
New York.
"Goldthwaite's Geographical Maga-
zine" tor October is just at hand-late.
but good. It's leading papers are: Social
Life Among the Laborers of Fo-Kein.U
The Wind as an Erosive Agency" '.Co-
lumbus and His Time" Effect Of CHI
mate on Birds, The Prisons Of Siberia
The North Carolina Coast" "The I'M
perial Canal" River Valleys. Lakes and
Waterfalls" ION Movements of the
Earth's Crust" Secret Societies in
China" The Origin and Diffusion of
Cholera," " Value OF the Globe" Young
Folks Geographical Corner" geographi-
cal notes, questions and answers.
''Harper's Weekly" for October Doth
was special number for the Columbian
week. 1t was in line parti-color print
cover, and its illustrations nearly all re-
lated to Chicago or Brooklyn and New
Nork's celebration. A triple sheet heavy
paper supplement gave a view of The
Heart of Chicago" For fine pictures.
artistic excellence and admirable text
the wv eekly'' took the lead Of all other
illustrated papers of the season in this
splendid edition.
The Quarterly Journal of Econom-
ics' for October, published for Harvard
nlNerslty, Dy George ii. Ellis, Boston,
has these papers: legal Tender Notes
in California;" Bernard Moses; "Reci-
procity," +. w. Taussig; "Insurance and
Business Profit" J. b. Clark: "The
Bank-N ote Question:" Chas. +. Dunbar:
Colonial Tariffs" William Hill; "Notes
and Memoranda" Retail Prices under
the Mckinley Act" Recent PubIica-
tions upon Economics"
The ''Home Magazine" conducted bv
Mrs. John A. Logan ,Brodix Publishing
Company, Washington, ID. C.), continues
to be, as it was at the outset, a first-class
home and family magazine. Pure in
character, high in tone, varied in matter.
handsome in illustration. The current
number is one of especial excellence and
interest, and will well repay examination
and reading.
From Henry V. 65 II. w. Poor. pub
fishers, New York, we have Ii. v. Poor's
monograph, "The Tariff Its Bearing
upon the Industries and Politics of the
United States" 1t is a strong. welI-put
and admirably arranged argument in de-
Tense of the protective policy. and an in
cisive arraignment of the Democracy for
its sins of commission and obstruction.
The Ladies' Home Journar' Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia tor
November is Thanksgiving number,
handsomely illustrated, with an attractive
cover and filled to the brim with good