The record-union., 1892-10-24
new PUBLICATIONS.

! HO VI Tie ulOSL SLuQ6DIS
| OF the tariff and free trade III England
contribute articles to the November num-
her of THE Forum" New York;. Sir L.
| h. Farrer, many years Secretary of the
English Board of Trade, writes on ENG
lish Views of the Mckinley Tariff; Lord
Masham, the great textile manufacturer
in Great Britain, and President of the
Fair Trade Club, writes on Has Eng
land Profited by Free Trader" Among
the notable articles is one on 1.-The Library
of the United States," by Ainsworth r.
/ Spotord. Librarian of Congress. To the
instructive series of articles on "Munic-
ipal Government" are added two notable
contributions: BY Right Hon. Joseph
Cham mberlain, who compares the govern
ment of Birmingham, England, with the
| government of Boston, and tries to ascer-
tain why Boston's government costs five
times as much as Birmingham's, they
being cities of about the same size, and
by Charles Francis Adams, who points
out lessons from the municipal eXpe-
| rlence of Quincy, Mass. Professor Ed
ward S. Holden, Director of Lick Obsery-
atory, tells what we really know about
Mars. In the series Of articles giving the
results of his Investigations into our pub
lie school system, by DIR. j. M. Rice, the
number contains his study of the schools
in Buffalo and Cincinnati. 1t also has a
group of short papers from representa-
| tive men not engaged in active politics
telling for whom they will vote and why.
The writers include two bank Presi-
dents. one clergyman (the Rev. DIR.
Swing of Chicago, one historian (James
Schouler), two great merchants John
Claflln OF New York and Franklin Nc
Veagh of Chicago) and the Hon. David
Dudley Field.
"Harper's Weekly'' for October 10Th
had editorials on Business Stability"
"Republicans Become Democrats" "The
Long Distance Ride The Episcopal
Convention" 1.-The Worlds Fair and
Sunday; a paper on "Tennyson, by
Richard Henry Stoddard, with twelve
illustrations; on VIENNA by Madame
Adam; on "rhe International Cricket
Match at Manheim," by Charles Blancke
I'm Husking Time" story, by ella w.
Peattie; THE Revolution in Venezuela" /"
| by w. Nephew King, Jr.; "rhe Ma
chinery of Voting" by Dwight Whitney
Bowles; 1.-THE Columbian Guard" by
Montgomery Breckinridge Pickett; "A
Trip on the Engine of The OWL" by
Henry Russell Wray.
"Harper's Bazaar" for October 18th is
richly illustrated. Its editorials are espe-
eiall y strong. 1t has papers on New
Paris Fashions" by Emmeline Ray
mond; "Dinner or Reception Toilettes';
winter Hats"; and interesting articles
as follows: STARCH" by William Elliott
Grittis; Manners and Brains," by Kate
Upson Clarke; Botany as Recreation"
by Caroline A. .Creevy. Its fiction is:
1.-The Pursuit of the Well beloved" by
Thomas Hardy; "Wolfenberg," by Will
lam Black. Its poems are: "Tennyson,"
! by Margaret E. Sangster; I'm Uncropped
Borders of the Field,' by Charles Noble
Gregory.
From the Bancroft Company we have
| Edward Atkinson's latest book, Taxa
ton and Work-a Series of Treatises on
the Tariff and the Currency" Mr.. At
kinson is the tormost statistician of this
country. He is profound thinker and a
| strong reasoner. He is opposed to the
theory of protection and deals it weighty
blows to prove that it does not raise
wages. He tavors a tariff for revenue
only, if there must be duties. G. p. Put
nam's Sons, New York.
r. L. Garner is the person who is de-
voting his life to ascertaining and under
standing the language" of the monkey
family. The progress be has thus far
made he sets forth in a most interesting
volume entitled 1.-The Speech of
Monkeys" The second part of the book,
1.-The Theory OF Speech" is one of pro-
found and scientific interest. Charles L.
Webster Il Co., New York, publishers.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's novel, sweet
Danger" is strange mixture of romance
and the philosophy of love and marriage
Its doctrines are boldly put, and while at
times one must think that the author is
defending W hat the world classes as i'm
morality, in the end she returns to
the conventional code of to-day and
proves them in happy marriage. F. T..
Neely, publisher, Chicago.
Modern Punctuation" is a book for
stenographers, typewriters and business
men. So far from being a treatise it is a
simple, understandable code and must be
helpful to whoever uses it. 1t is by Will
lam bradford Dickson. Mr.. Dickson has
done his work so well that we commend
it to all clerical workers. G. P. Put
nan's Sons, New York. publishers.
Anna Fuller has given us a most en-
gaging book in Pratt Portraits
Sketched in q New England Suburb"
1t is a novel and book of sketches, pen
pictures that are altogether delightful
The characters are strongly drawn, but
amply repay for reading it. G. p. Put
nam's Sons, New York, publishers.
The Literary Digest" weekly Funk
& Wagnall's Company, New York;, as it
ages grows more and more valuable 1t
is an exhaustive compendium of con-
temporaneous thought of the world. 70
the editor, the throughtful reader the
| scholar, book-lover and the men who
wish to keep abreast with the world, the
| Digest is invaluable.
"Winsome But Wicked" is raw story
of coarse amour and animal desire. The
excuse for 1t is the showing that the
| wages of sin is death and suffering. But
it is, for all that, coarse, vulgar and un-
healthful tale. Its author is Maude Mer-
edith. Donohue, Henneberry d Co.,
Chicago, publishers.
John L. Sullivan's book is entitled
"reminiscences of a Nineteenth Century
Gladiator 1t was never written by Sui
livan. Whoever is interested in the life
of bruiser and woman -beater will have
some satisfaction in reading this book.
J. A. Hearn & Co., publishers, Boston.
"A Maiden of Mars is the fanciful title
of an imaginative work by General +. NJ.
Clarke. 1t is clever, philosophical con-
ceit admirably worked out and made
dramatically interesting by it's sustained
power and vivid imagery. Press of
Charles H. Sergel 81 Co., Chicago.
From w. +. Purnell, bookseller, Sac
ramento, we have the novel, "a Colony
of Girls,' by Kate Livingston Willard
1t is delightful story, and involves a
charming plot, but not one that is at all
perplexing. Dodd, Mead q Co., New
York, publishers.
1.-The Relation of the kindergarten to
the Public SCHOOL, is a monograph by
that scholarly champion OF the kinder
garten, Kate Douglass Wiggin. San