The record-union., 1892-05-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

1.-THE Golden Guess is the title of a
series of essays, by John Vance Cheney,
Librarian San Francisco Public Library
Cloth, ST 5Ul Lee Il Shepard, Boston /;
The 5. Carson Co., San Francisco. Mr..
Cheney, in this series of ESSAYS, shows
what are the essentials of true poetry as
determined by those whose literary pre-
eminence gives authority to their opin-
ions upon the subject; and, after having
established the standard, he proceeds to
test the productions Of some Of our lead
ing poets by it. Every one will not agree
with all of the authors conclusions, but
all will concede that the ESSAYS reflect
high scholarship and literary acumen
The analysis is very keen and incisive
and the views of the eSsayiSt are pre-
sented in very logical manner. The
following are the titles of the essays :
The Old Notion of Poetry" who Are
the Great Poets?" " Matthew Arnold, the
ing?'' Hawthorne" "Tennyson and
His Critics, ;" Six Minutes With Swim
burne, " =" Music, or the Tone Poetry.''
The June "Wide Awake'' is a pictur-
esque and altogether delightful number
Eibridge S. Brooks "reproduces'' a Ro-
man boys letter. That now famous
Franco-American boy-editor, TeIlo
d'Apery, tells how he runs his paper.
the Sunny Hour; Edith Robinson has a
timely and typical Boston story of Glow
Jack Sailed with Left EricSson": Profess
sor Charles l.. Fay tells why the White
Mountains Are Called White'; Samuel
Wells, Jr., contributes his story of 'Bili
Fassett and His Last Moose to the Fair
Harvard series: L. NJ. Abbott has a can't al
school story; S. G.. w. Benjamin tells a
stirring tale of the sea, and Mary Cath
crime Crowley has a most unique story
solution OF Columbus and the famous
egg. Two fine new serial stories are be-
gun: 1.-THE Coral Ship" by Kirk Munroe,
and That Mary Ann" by Kate Upson
Clark. The poetry is from Louise Chan
dler Moulton, IN. T.. b." Margaret J.
Preston, Cora Stewart Wheeler, Lillian
Crawford True, and others, and the Men
and Things" departments as full of good
material as usual. ID. Lothrop Comrany.
publishers, Boston, Mass.
The "Arena" for June (Arena Pub
fishing Company, Bost0n) has these pa
pers, besides portrait OF w. d. Me
Crackan: Either and Its Newly Dis
covered Properties by Professor Dol
bear: THE Rights Of Children. y bv Rev.
!. AIinot Savage: The Democracy of
Darkness" by Editor 3. Q. Flower.
''Three English Poets" by Louise
Chandler Moulton; The Bedrock of
True Democracy" by A. c. Houston: "a
Flaw in the Public School System.'' bv
Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER; Life Insur-
ance-Its Use and Marvellous Growth.
by d. \. Holway: Automatic Writipon
by B. T. Underwood; 1.-The True Basis of
Currency by Miles NJ. Dawson: "Con-
1essions, the Physician" Anonymous:
Why she Did It," by Frederick Taylor.
i. K. G. s.; a Spoil OF Office" serial,
concluded, by Hamlin Garland. The
Arena Is for this current month a very
strong number, one that is full Of matter
Of the most attractive and substantial
order. Mr.. Flower is making it the most
vigorous free lance OF the day.
The numbers of the Living Age, for
AprlI o0th and May 7th contained
French Elghteenth-Cent Art in
England" The Latest Electrical nis-
covery,' New Stars and Some Social
Changes in Fifty Years" Nineteenth
Century; ''Mr. Spurgeon, by the Bishop
OF Rlpon,n Contemporary; elizabeth
Stuart and Her Family in Holland. ), Ma
tonal; Letters Of John Ruskin to HIS
Secretary New Review; .Dangers OF
Modern Finance" Fortnightly: Pin
land, Macmillan: Scenes in 1lgeria !,
Belgravia; THE Milky Way" and .s'Tbe
Comte de Fersen,' GentIeInan's.
''Sketches From Eastern Travel" Black
wood: An Autumn Circuit" CornhiU.
statesmen Of Europe: Russia.'' Leisure
Hour: 1.-The Strange Career Of q Burglar,i
Kent and Sussex Courier; with ',Carpv:
a Story of To-Day" Doctor Gregory,
s''A Saul and David of the Steppe,n and
poetry. For fiftr-two numbers of sixty
four large pages each Tor more than 8, 500
pages year. the subscription price (5S)
is low. Littell Il Co., Boston.
We are in receipt of two delightful
songs. published by J. Fischer d Brother,
Bible House, New York, entitled
yesterday" for soprano or tenor, by A.
Strelezki: '.To Sleepin for contralto or
baritone. words by Lord Tennyson. and
music by T. Marie Henry. The melo-
dies and poems of both are gems. Price