The record-union., 1892-05-12
new PUBLICATIONS.

Teachers. written by its acting President,
Professor Walter l.. Hervy, accompanied
by five portraits. There is also an article
on the "McDonogh Farm School, near
Baltimore, by Charles d. Lanier. MEM
Der OF the staff of the 'Review of Re-
views" and son of the lamented South
ern poet, Sidney Lanier. The McDonogh
School is a most refreshing instance of
true and wholesome method in the all
around education and development of
boys, and Mr.. Lanier writes of it in
charming fashion. His article is most
Interestingly illustrated. This number of
the Review also contains brief sketch
OF the distinguished geologist, Alexander
w lnchell, with a fine portrait Of him:
portrait and sketch of the late Miss
Clough, First Principal of Newman
College; portraits of DIR. Cook. Presi-
dent of the National Educational
Association, and President Andrews, of
Brown University; a fine portrait of
Principal tairbairn, of Mansfield College,
oxford: announcements of various edu-
cational gatherings and summer schools,
and still other features of timely educa-
tional interest. Among the political por-
traits one finds good pictures OF Secre-
taries Noble and Rusk, Senator Aldrich,
Frederick X. Coudert of New ork,
Messrs. Chaplin and Mathews of the
English Cabinet, Sir William Harcourt
the English Liberal, Messrs. Polk, Weav-
er and Donnelly of the Peoples party,
Count Gutenberg the new Prussian Pre-
mier, Loubet the new Prime Midister of
France, and several portraits of Mr.. Glad
stone, in connection with the great char
acter sketch of the grand old man. Pres
ident Andrews of Brown University,
General Horace Porter, the late Edward
a. Freeman, group of New York gem
tlemen connected with the College for the
Training of Teachers, Miss Kate Field,
Mrs. Humphry Ward, Mr.. Whistler the
artist, Andrew Lang the critic, and
various other well-known people.
The mistaken notion that everything
pertaining to engineering IS a sealed book
TO those who are without technical train
ing, finds complete refutation in the
pages of "The Engineering Magazine"
| World Building. New York.. 1t is
founded upon the idea of treating only
the principles involved in engineering
problems-which are always simple TO
the end that it may interest intelligent
people, of whatever calling. 1t therefore
appeals to an essentially popular constit-
Eency, with the added merit that it ap-
peals most strongly to the busy and the
brainy men who are interested or en-
gagged in Industrial affairs, but who have
neither time nor need for the technicality
comprehend. The May number. for
instance, treats of Fire Risks on Tall
Office Buildings" by Edward Atllin-
son; "The Gold Fields of Ecuador" by
Russell f. Lord; 7. Graham GribbIe's
THE Future Worlds Highway'";
Electric Street Railways as Invest
ments," by Lemuel William Serrell;
eric 4. c. Perrine; The Dissolving Po-
litical Regime" by William Nelson
Black; WAR a Hundred Years Hence"
by Emile Gautier. a richly illustrated
paper on 'The Beginnings of Architect
ure" is by Hyland c. Kirk, and another
on Water Supplies for Cities and
| Towns" by DR.. Floyd Davis, Chemist to
the Iowa State Board of Health. The
third illustrated paper is by Emile Low
An important feature is the announce
ment Of the names of the editors of the
various departments reviewing he worlds
industrial progress - Electricity" by
Franklin i. Pope; Mechanics" by
| lecture" by Barr Ferree; Civil En-
gineering," by 7. Graham Gribble. and
Mining and Metallurgy," by Albert
Williams, ,Jr. Besides there are depart
ments of Comment and Criticism" ;"
Machine Shop Notes. and Popular
Miscellany"
The May number of the "Arena"
Boston,, which is rich in debate of lead
ing topics. closes Volume V. of this
vigorous review and free lance. The
Arena is only two and a half years old
but its circulation, we are told, is already
in excess of any high-priced review
in this country, with one exception.
During its career it has employed very
brilliant coterie of the able thinkers. such
as Alfred Russell Wallace, D. G. L.,
| Camille Flammarion, Rev. r. Heber
Newton, Emilio CASTELAR,, Count Leo
Tolstoi, Bishop J. L. Spalding, Colonel
Robert @. Ingersoll, Edgar Fawcett,
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, David A.
Wells, Julian Hawthorne, Mary A.
Livermore, Rabbi solomon SCHNEIDER,
Frances &. Willard, Helen Campbell,
w. II. H. Murray. Henry George, Helena
Modjeska, Helen II. Gardener, Prof n.
S. Shaler of Harvard, President Charles
w. Eliot of Harvard, Prof. A. e. Dolbear
TUFTS, Rev. Geo. &. Lorimer, Amelia
b. Edwards, Rev. Lyman Abbott
D: d., Hamlin Garland, Rev. John
w. Chadwick, D. D., Max O'Reu.
o. B. rockingham, Marion Har-
Ian, Rev. Edward Everett Hale
We thoroughly like the ."Arena," and
deem 1t one of the most valuable of our
monthly magazines because of its fear
lessness. True, it does at times in its
editorials run little to the extreme: we
can pardon that for its general levelhead-
edness and vigor. No review published
is so hospitable to new thought and ad-
vanced ideas. 1t gives more space than
any other leading magazine TO the discus
sion of social, economic, ethical. religious
and educational problems, and its con-
tributors represent the flower of ad-
vanced thinkers and live reformers. The
Arena contains also several features
peculiar to it which give it special value.
such, for example, as portraits of leading
thinkers, brilliant biographical sketches
prose etchings and short stories. These
features have given it popularity de-
served.
The May number of the "Forum'' New
York. is noteworthy because Of the va
riety of its contents. 1t has a general
discussion Of the late silver craze and the
present danger, by Hon. Michael ID
Harter of Ohio, who writes on .sThe
| Blight of Our Commerce" "and by Senator
Villas of Wisconsin; and j. c. HemphilI
editor of the Charleston Ne,0S and Cou1ieJ
offers, aprOpos Of this timely subject. a
suggestive paper on 'The Loss of South
ern craftsmanship" S. G. Z. Dodd has an
article on Ten ears of the Standard Oil
Trust" President Timothy Dwight
writes on "The True Purpose of the
Higher Education" d. r. Wilkie con-
tributes as interesting discussion as any
that has been published on the subject of
banking systems, and explains the elias
ticity OF the Canadian system. E. L. God
kin has a suggestive essay on "Idleness
and immortality" Colonel Carroll ID
Wright, Chief of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, prints the results of his in-ves
legations, which show that factory life has
not increased immortality among women
who work. Bishop Potter writes of the
Significance ofthe American Cathedral. -
Edward Atkinson demonstrates that we
have yet 'Incalculable Room for Immi
grants" An interesting and revolution
ary commercial project is explained by
Edward P. North in ocean Traffic by
the Erie Canal" Ulysses D. Eddy, a
prominent exporter, writes a very reada-
bic article on MY Business Partner. tho