The record-union., 1892-05-28

'The New York Clearing House,, the
Manager, w. A. Camp; The Perils of
ke-electing Presidents" Hon Dorman 3.
Eaton; The Future of Westminster ABB
bey," Archdeacon Farrar; What l Ex-
pect to Do in Africa" Professor r. L.
Garner; "a Modern Form of insanity"
Or. ID. ;. Williams, Medical Superin-
tendent of the Randolph Island Hos
pltals; THE Servant Girls Point of
View" Amelia e. Barr: 1.-The Penalties
OF a Well-known NaIne," Ouida; 1.-The
Progress of Nationalism in the United
States" Edward Bellamy; college Re-
publicans," j. Lockwood Dodge; 'sThe
Decadencesof Dickens" Charles Town
send Copeland; Women as Human
Beings," Marion Harland; "a Too Long
Vacation" Professor c. F. Thwing.
The venture of the Current Literature
Publishing Company in offering
monthly prize for original short stories
has evidently met with immediate sue
cess and large response from all parts of
the country is reported. In the number
Will be found the prize winner in the
nrst competition, entitled 1.-THE King
dom OF Leona"-a clever satire on social
weakness Of the time. The noteworthy
features in the June number OF ''Short
StorIs" are: THE Man From Mars,'
story OF love and romance, by Edgar
Fawcett; ''The Spirits Mountain a
thrilling tale from the Spanish, by Gus
tayo Adolpho Becquer; Quarantine
Island" story of love on an island, by
Walter Besant; Next Door Neighbors,"
an amusing episode of country life, by
John Habberton; sBellamy," a study OF
a too clever butler, by James Payne; and
The Iron Shroud" Gn the famous story
series, by William Mudford. Current
Literature Publishing Company, 81 and
Of Lafayette Place, New York.
'Cassells Family Magazine" for June
is a good number. l.. II. Meade's de-
hghtful story, "Out of the Fashion,"
comes to an end. The new serial,
"formedsfor Conquest" promises we'll
In Picardy ana Artois" is a descriptive
article by James Baker ga Triplet OF
India Tales is an amusing collection of
folklore from the Orient. The lady
readers OF this magazine Will be inter
ested in AN Old Piece of Stitchery,''
while the boys and girls will find the
illustrated paper on Expression in Ami
mals' more TO their taste. How We
Fared IN Manx Land' is enough to make
any one long to visit that land of tailless
cats. There are several good short stories
IN TINS number, as well as caretully-pre-
pared fashion letters, poetry and music.
one OF the most interesting features OF
the number is the page devoted to por-
traits of the Lady Prize Winners in
y
ing Company. New York.
The Atlantic Monthly" for June
lHoughton, Mittiin d Co., Boston,, has
these valuable papers, in addition to
others in departments: 1.-The Education
OF the Negro" by w. T. Harris; 1.-The
Emerson-ThoreauC Correspondence-Em
erson in Europe" by +. b. Sanborn:
",Agrrippina," by Agnes RepIier; John
Austin." by Janet Ross; ''Chinese and
Japanese Traits" by Ernest Francisco
tenoIlosa; Nuremberg" by Julia G. r.
Dorr; An American at Home in Eu-
rope" by William Henry Bishop; tThe
Witching Wren" by Olive Thorne Miller;
Don Orsino,n by f. Marion Crawford:
Have Not Learned to Live Without
'Ihe Discovery of a New Stellar Sys-
tem," by Arthur Searle; Private Life in
Ancient Rome" by Harriet Waters Pres
ton and Louise Dodge; "Whitman;' IRE
cent Biography"
An interesting feature of stHarper's
Weekly" published May 25th, was an
account, by w. Nephew King, Jr., of a
recent ascent of the great volcano, One
tepe, near Lake Nicaragua. The article
was fully illustrated. The same number
contained Richard Harding Davis sew
enth article on "The West from a Car
Window" giving an account of W hat was
seen by "A Civilian at an Army Postr
with several striking illustrations by
Remington. There was also a variety Of
articles, stories, poems, and illustrations
apropos OF Decoration Day.
The Church at Home and Abroad,
(Philadelphia) for June has these papers:
Cows and Folks" by Andrew Farmer
son; AN Open Door," by Rev. Charles
A. Killie; "London Missionary Society"
by Rev. James Johnston; Mrs. Bishops
Travels" by Rev. B. Labaree; "A Study
in African Missions" by Kew. p. 4.
Leavens, D. D.; Teaching Geography in
China" Rev. F. II. Chalfant; 'FHome
Missions From a Patriotic Standpoint"
Rev. j. II. Barton; can Appeal to Mem;
Evolution of the American Negro"
Thomas Nelson Page has written for
"Harper's Young People, a two-part
story, entitled Two Prisoners" the first
chapters of which, appropriately illus
trated, appeared in the issue of that
periodical for May 10th.