The record-union., 1892-07-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS,

The Literary Digest" Funk 81 Wag-
man Co, New York. is a weekly auarto
that IS an unequaled compendium of
GohteIhporaneous thought of the world.
t ~ our OPINION 1t ought to come to the
Iaple OF every student lawyer. editor.
clergyman, thinker, doctor, author and
Writer III the land We can conceive of
no other way in which they can keep so
Wen abreast with the political, scientific.
reIl@ious, and general thought and ex-
pEesslon OF the age as by studying the
PAGES of the Digest Fortunately itsae
complisLed editors do not attempt 10 pre-
sent something each week of what all
leading opponents of public opinion have
70 say; on the contrary the Journals
CHOSEN from which to make extracts are
lr9sl week to week comparatively few,
puG the best. The result is that we get
longer extracts and are not Wheimed in
HlaSS OF matter that we fear to WreStle
WITH Besides this digested matter there
arc many papers lull, or quite in their
entIfety, ana original book reviews and
criticisms OF a high order. We commend
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literary people and the million who can
not give time TO overhaul dozens and
hundreds Of Journals. reviews. marazine me-.
and monographs monthly.
The numbers of the Living Agoo for
July 9Th and 10th contained. .'rhc
French Decadence," Quarterly: tSocietv
IN Corsica" and The Guanches of Zen
eritte," National; "Our Parish in ire
land. New Review; ''Giimpses Of Car
lyle fortnightly; sketches From Fast
ern Travel, and The Narrow OF Words
WoFth ana scott" Blackwood; AN
noble Lady" MacmilIau's; concerning
l;elgh ilunL' Cornlill; ''An Episode in
the life Of Gounod, . Temple Bar:
"Punch's Understudy," Speaker. with
lnstaliments of Rosemary for Remem-
orance, !" Aunt Annie" and poetry. For
hiiy-tWo numbers, Of 81 large pages
each (or more than 1850 pages a YEAR
the subscription price is but IS, while for
$40 % thc publishers offer to send TO any
one OF the American 81 nonthlies or
WeekIies with the The Living Aye'' for
a year, both postpaid. Litlell d Co.,
Boston.
Home and Country Magazine New
or!l) for July contains the following:
the Brother OF Monsieur NipIe," a
french translation: "Tho Workings of
the Patent SYSTEM eX-Gongresslnan
Bagley; How the Army Received the
News Of Lincoln's Death" George b.
Loud; n BACHELORS Choice" A. W.;
Political Reform" Charles Frederic
Adams; Lights and Shadows Of summer
outings" tlorence e. Payne; Hannah"
tchapier MI, Annie Wittenmeyer;
"reminiscences of General Grant; THE
FIRST Steamboat Trips tillustrated}. re-
view OF finance and trade; commercial
statistics. showing from January LIST the
bank statements of New York Civ.
Clearinghouse statements of principal
cities, operations OF the banks of Eng
land, France and Germany; the move
ments OF stocks, exports and imports, etc.
'Harper's Young People" comes to us
weekly and we are impressed with the
IDEA That 1T grows better and better.
Certainly 1T is child'S paper. fuU
OF strength for the forming mind.
chaSte, adroit in awakening interest and
wise IN satisfying desire for readinu. II
Is model paper for the young folks
we call children, but who clamor
Tor literature of the best order.
which they are capable OF grasping. We
sometimes wonder, when we find the
pest authors catering to these tastes, if
tnere are any more children, and if thew
are not, all who read, at least, beyond
their years? O,->
The English Illustrated Magazine
Tor, July Macmillan u Co., New York
and London, handsomely illustrated
with line engraviugs, has these leading
papers: James Anthony Froude,n with
portrait; How to Spend Cheap HoIi-
gay ia. IN, IN NIorway," Mary Howarth; Round
kenzie; The Man Who Was Brave. -
Alan Adair; "a Deplorable Affair" by
". Il. Norris, concluded: "Great Eastern
RallWay Works at Stratford," Alex. p.
! Parker, Sec. to Loco. Supt Trinity
College, Dublin" w. r. Scott, First Sen.
Mod. i. 9. D., f. r. A. S. Greland.)
The New England Magazine, for
July 700 Federal street, Boston, is a su-
peru number. richly illustrated and
graced by poetry, story, history and hi
| OQfaDhV. A lpaHInCr ie,G ~
| OF chicago" deliberately illustrated. An
other is The Republic of Mexico" with
many line pictures, and still another of
! special value is Future of Electrical
/ Development
"Alacmillan's Magazine for July New
York and London] has these articles:
pom orsino," by f. Marion Crawford:
+ orces OF Disorder; 1.-The Bhut Baby'':
"Midsummer Magic" by Vernon Lee;
education for the Colonies" by Arthur
Montehore; "The Real Historian: "a
Lesson in Thrift" by e. Chiffon.
The "Electrotype Journal'' for july
"a Geese q Co., Chicago) is very rich
number, notably SO in calendars, fancy
corners, vlgnettes, tail pieces, etc, and
| SuperDIy so in pictures of the Worlds
Fair buildings. 1t is also well supplied
with campaign portraits and cuts.
''Casselfs Family Magazine" for Aug
ust (CasseH Publishing Company, Lon
don and New York; is a number rich in
illustration, of deep interest as to matter,
and OF charming variety. 1t is among the
first OF the cheap, chaste, high-class jour
nails.
Practical Electricity George L. Aus
tin, BOSTON, is one of our most valued
weekly exchanges. 1t is crisp, newsy,
clear IN its descriptions and freely illus
trated with plates of new inventions in
electrical machinery, power, devices, etc.
The fourth article in the remarkable
series Of papers on 1.-The Great Capitals of
the World" now running in "Harper's
/ Weekly" is description of the city of
Geneva, by Edward Rod. 1t appeared in
the number of the Weekly published
July 18th, and was richly illustrated.
''Toilettes" for August 126 West
Iwenty-third street. New York; is like
Its predecessors handsome in form, illus
tration and title-page, and replete with
fashion news and suggestions. Bathing
costunery is the speciality of the issue.
'Harper's Weekly New York; for
July 10th had striking pictures of the
Homestead riot and of the restoration of
the Yosemite waterfalls and an eight
page supplement on Geneva with superb
! illustrations.
| The New York Musical Monthly for
| July (R. A. Saalfeld, SAB Broadway has
/ twenty pages of choice vocal and instru-
/ mental music, both classic and popular.