The record-union., 1892-12-02

ney; .'Giles Corey, Yeoman," play,
Mary E. Wilkins; "a Christmas Party"
story, Constance Fenimore Woolson;
"SOne Types of the Nirgin,' with copies
| ofnoted pictures. Theodore Child; 'Nour-
lnadee," poem, Thomas Bailey AID
rich; Fans Nanny" a story, Eva
Wilder McGlasson lie Reveillon,"
Christmas tale, Ferdinand Fabre
Crazy WIte's Ship" a. sketch, II. c.
liam Hawthorne; "Do Seek Their Meat
From cod sketch, Charles G. d. Rob
erts; Lord Bateman," a ballad. com
mcnt by Anne Thackeray Ritchie; "a
Cameo and Pastel" Brander Matthews;
How Lin Mclean Went East" story,
Owen Wister; "Pastels in Prose" Mary
+. Wilkins; Editors Study" Charles
Dudley Warner; 4" Editors Drawer"
with Introductory story by Thomas Mel
son Page
childhood" is the name of new
magazine in a new field. II is edited bv
Dr. George William Winterburn (230
West One Hundred and Thirty second
street, New York;, and is devoted TO in
culcating the most advanced ideas in re-
gard to the moral, intellectual and phys
ical development Of children. The first
number Decemberl contains series of
articles by Well-known writer's which
Will prove interesting and instructive to
parents and teachers everyW here. Among
| those who contribute to this number are
Professor Lester +. Ward on The Re-
/ clprocal Obligations Of Parents and
/ Teachers; Frances c. SparkaWk on
/ "ChlldhOOd's Logic; DR.. StoneWall
johnson on The Care of Infancy and
! Childhood"; Emma Marwedel on "The
| Mother as Teacher; Julian Hawthorne
/ on ~ N, AXE believe; Mis- \: q. LyttUn
1 on The Washington PicIaninny"; Rev.
/ \. ID. Mayo on ~ oung America in
/ Line; Florence Hull on "Preparation
\ for Motherhood'; Professor w. X.
! Wickes on Three Degrees OF Art in
| Childhood" and Kate Tannatt Woods on
| Some Suggestions to Fathers" Among
| the topics discussed editorialiy are 1.-The
| Unwisdom Of Parents" "The Indian
/ Youth ut Carlisle" physical Exercise
/ for Children" at Takes Time to Grow
Man." THE Divine Gift Of Insight"
/ Natural Differences in Children" and
The Child as q Plaything." "Child-
/ hood' contains thirty-two o odouble-column
pages, and is published at 81 a year.
Parents and teachers who desire 10 do
| the best possible for the children COM
mitted to their care may well avail Of the
help Childhood" will be to them.
The complete novel in 'Lippincott's
| Magazine" (Philadelphial for December.
''Pearce Amerson's WILL" is by Colonel
Richard Malcolm Johnston, and is one of
his usual humor, but it is a solid and con-
scientious piece Of work. In the Jour
nalist Series' Major Moses z. HandyteI
! how he was present at the surrender OF
the Nirginius. Edwin AtLee Barber
gives the history of "An Old American
! China Manufactory," and Floyd B. Will
son describes his researches 'In the
French Champagne Country" These
1 articles are illustrated, as is that of d. P.
| Heap, U. ). A., on the mode of lighting
The Statue of Liberty" Paul H.
| Haynes Methods OF Composition'' ar Q
recQunted by his son, William Il. Hayne,
| with two portraits. Mrs. Bloomfield
Moore explains ''keely's Present Posi-
/ ton" Francis Preston FremontlU. s. a.,
/ writes briefly of Fremont in California;
NJ. CroftOn, in ''Men of the Day" han
| dies Herbert Spencer. Nictorien Sardou,
Robert T. Lincoln and Phillips Brooks.
'As 1t Seems" talks of Renan, Tennyson
and other matters, There is short story
OF California, illustrated, AN Honest
Heathen," by Ella Sterling Cummins.
and brief prose poem, "a Life" by
Henry Russell Wray. The verse of the
number is by Florence Earle Coates,
Gertrude Morton, S. r. Elliott and Fred
erick Peterson.
Howard Pyle contributes to the Christ
mas ''St. Nicholas a story of revolution
ary days. The frontispiece and teXt-pic-
lures are marvels of suggestive iilustra-
ton. A poem breathing the spirit of the
season is Mary Mapes Dodge's 1.-THE
/ Bloom of the Christmas Tree" A story
of the days of 1892 is "Hollv-berrv and
Mtstletoe." 1t is illustrated by Birch.
The number contains rich array of ex-
cellent particularly the engrav-
ings from paintings by Rosa Bonheur, F.
/ y. Millet, II. M. Nonnoh, and Howard
! Pyle's trontispiece to his own story.
/ There are plenty of the really funny pic
f51-a a1C 1,,f0
| by the graphic article from the pen of
Frank NJ. Chapman on the big trees of
California Interesting photographs and
engravings showing just how big the
trees are, and what piece of work it is to
chop one down. Those who are just lit
/ tie weary of Columbus will welcome the
advent of the Persian Colum bus" told
| by Jack Bennett. There is a notable
/ corps of fcontribUtors-How oward Pyle, Mrs.
! Wiggin. w. J. Henderson, Kirk Mon
roe, William Q. Stoddard, Jack Bennett,
Frank NJ. Chapman and NJ. Carrie Hyde
and poems or humorous verses by Mary
| Mapes Dodge, Edith NJ. Thomas and
Malcolm Douglas. The number has not
a dull page in it.
The Forum" New York; for Decem-
ber has: AN Educational Reformation
| y Needed-Wherein Popular Education
/ Has Failed" President Charles w. Eliot;
''The Public Schools OF st. Louis and
| indianapolis" Dr. j. NJ. Rice politics
as a Career" ex-senator George +. Ed
munds; Women in English Politics."
/ Mrs. MIllicent &. Fawcett; "Dialect in
/ Literature James Whitcomb Riley;
PROBLEMS of Poverty-How Should a
4 City Care for its Poor" Professor +. G.
/ Peabody; Especial Needs of the Poor in
/ New York; Jacob A. Riis; Are Scott,
/ Dickens and Thackeray Obsolete?'' w.
| II. Mallock; Brandy and Socialism-the
| Gothenburg Plan" } Ohm Graham Brooks;
The Value OF the Worlds Fair-The
Artistic Triumph of the Fair-Builders,"
Mrs. Van Rensselaer,; why the Fair
Must Be Open on Sunday" Rev. j. w.
| Chadwick.