The record-union., 1892-10-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLlGAIIUNG,
= valuable and pleasing number is the
Popular Science Monthly for October.
DR.. Henry Ling Taylor contributes the
| opening article on American Childhood
From a Medical Standpoint" in which
he points out the unwholesome mental
ana physical influences that surround
! American children especially in cities.
There is timely article on Specifics for
the Cure OF Inebriety," by DR.. t. D..
Crothers, who tells us what the signs are
by hich great quackery may be dis
tlnguished. A notably interesting article
is that on the Evolution of Dancing"
by Lee J. Vance. which is accompanied
by ten spirited illustrations. In his les
SONS from the census Carroll ID. Wright
treats OF the Native and FOreign-B Born
PopulatiOn"-a subject on which every
citizen should be informed. William
Simpson takes "Mud as Building Ma
teriap for his subject. with half dozen
pictures. In Language and Brain Dis
ease'' DR.. II. L. Pershng shows how loss
of speech from brain disease throws light
upon the process Of obtaining the mas
terry Of language. John Colman Adams
describes the grand work of Redileld,
! LSpy, Hare, Looms and other American
meteoroIogists. DR. Il. w. Shuteldt has
an illustrated article, Comparative
Study of Some Indian Home" An able
| review of Recent Science by Prince
Kropotkin, an illustrated account of a
successful French experiment in the
warming and Nentilating of Dwell
ings," and a sketch of Alexander Win
chell, with portrait, complete tie body of
the magazine. In the "EditOr's Table"
the Claims Of Science as recently
stated by Professor Pearson, are vigor-
ously emphasized, and some account is
given OF the Rochester Meeting of the
American Association" New York: ID.
Appleton u Co.
The October ''Arena" (Boston) contains
the fourth and closing paper in the Brief
for the Plaintiff" in the now celebrated
! Bacon Shakespeare case. In this paper
edwin Reed groups i'll a mastery man
ner much strong internal evidence in
| favor of his side. In the November
Arena" the brief for Shakespeare"
will be opened, MIR. Reed contributing
the opening paper. He will be followed
by Professor w. J. ROlfe, the eminent
American nShakespeareanc critic, and by DR..
L. J. Furnivall of London, and Rev. DR..
| A. Nicholson of WarWickshire two OF
the most celebrated Shakespearean schol-
ars of England. Ignatius Donnelly Will
| furnish q brief closing argument for the
plaintiff. Among the eminent persOnages
who have already consented to serve as
! jurors in this most notable literary trial,
are ex-PreSident Rutherford b. Hayes,
Governor William E. Russell of Massa-
chusetts, Joseph Jefferson, Edmund G.
Stedman, Appleton Morgan president of
! the New \ ork Shakespeare Society, Rev.
Minot j. Savage, Professor a. L. Dolbear
| (of Tufts College,, Mary A. Livermore
and Rev. c. y. Bartol. The Arena has
long since forged its way into the very
forefront Of the great liberal and progress
sive reviews. Now it enters the field of
literary criticism in such way as to
! nd att ,f nd
! Europe. The on-Shakespearec contro-
versy will elicit the attention of more
eminent critics than any other purely
literary discussion of the year. We class
the ''Arena' as of the most free
lance characteristics of any journal of its
high standing. 1t is absolutely free, and
gives the broadesJ liberty to expression,
while editoriaIly holding to liberalism in
nearly all doctrines. 1t is a splendid, in
cisive and invaluable magazine.
"Alaskana, or Alaska i'll Descriptive
and Legendary Poems," by Professor
Bushrod w. James, A. NJ. Philadelphia:
Porter ~ Coates. This work on Alaska
Legends is the first one of its style yet
| published which deals exclusively with
the legends, ethnology, customs and
scenery of Alaska. Although the rhythm
! is in conformity with that of "HiawathaO
and The kalevala," this book claims
distinction in that each chapter is COM
plete in itself, no one depending upon an
other for either subject or conclusion.
| The descriptions of scenery are taken
from the authors notebook. which was
! his constant companion while travelling
in the Territory therefore their reality IS
assured. In following the Finnish verse.
the author has taken the liberty of avoid
| ing, in great measure, the tautology for
which 'Hiawatha' is remarkable. The
| writer being physician, has given con-
siderable care and study to the ''Medicine
Men," or ''Shamans," their peculiar edu-
cation, strange practices, ostentatious
manners, mode Of collecting fees, their
death and burial, all of which is interest
ing, and some parts are startling in their
intense realism. The legends are beauti-
fully written, the vein of each followed
strictly in accordance with the native le-
gends, though where there are more than
one version the author has chosen the
most poetic for his poem. The weird
beauty of the Legend of Mount Edge
cumbe" is rivaled by the pathos in the
Legend Of Yehl," the sparkling gran
deur of the Legend of the Large Glacier
of Sticlleen River" and the lite-like die
ton of the legends of the Raven" and
the "Owl.' The illustrations are few, but
their exquisite beauty lends a great
charm to the book, which is beautifully
bound In cloth, with gilded edges.
"a Natural Method of Physical Train
! ing ny EOWlH CueCkIey, Is DOCK tell
ing us how to make muscle and reduce
flesh without dieting or apparatus. The
| first edition was published in 1890 1t
met with an Unexpectedly large sale.
/ The character of the press and personal
comments on the book and the system of
| health rules it advocates is indicated by
the extracts printed in the last page Of the
| new edition. The author of the book is a
young engineer who some years ago
| formulated a system of physical trainino
| which attracted so much attention to him
self that he took up teaching and after
ward wrote the present treatise. He is
only five feet five inches in hight, but has
| been called the strongest man OF his
weight Q25 pounds) in America In 1Sg0
he beat the long distance bicycle record.
| riding from New York to Chicago in lit
tie over fourteen days, and performing
| the feat without any special training
pursuant to the theories set forth in his
| book. Checkley seeks to simplify
methods of physical culture. He saws
/ that there is more 'straininp'' than
training" in great many popular sys-
TENS OF training; points out that average
men and women are not using majority
| of their muscles, and shows the inevitable
results of this fact. The book laws
! interfere with the ordinary routine
I of life, and on methods Of reducing flesh
without dieting or apparatus; points out
| the bearing local exercise has on dyspeD-
! sia; has d special chapter and notes on
| physical training for women: discusses
| tie physical development of children, and
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