The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-07-21
new PUBLICATIONS.

NNA tRill dutE Ol u new dEt-InE age OIL
electricity-in its three absorbing articles
on the newest marveis and the even
more incredible things to be expected.
The great electrical exhibit at the Worlds
Fair IS described by J. X. Cravath. This
paper is followed by two more under the
title Two Giants of the Electric Age"
g. ID. LanIer tells OF the personality and
sketches the picturesque career of Thomas
a. Edison. The interview with Mr.. Edi-
son presents fully the great inventors
views OF the further triumphs in electrical
science that are about to come TO US. 4
striking and picturesque contrast TO the
Edison article is j. Munro's character
sketch on Sir William Thomson, Lord
Kelvin. Mr.. Munro tells how Lord KEEL
WIN made the Atlantic cable possible and
how he invented the best mariners COM
pass; and the personality OF the great
Scotch professor is theme of no less alb
sorbing interest than his wonderful
achievements in science. All these ar
teies are profusely illustrated with por-
traits and pictures. The fifteen new
forest reservations recently created by
the Government are described, and maps
are presented showing the exact location
OF each. These reservations are scattered
throughout the great western half of the
country, and aggregate in extent prob
ably not less than fifteen million acres.
The writer makes plain the importance of
the headwaters of many of our large
rivers, and urges that the undertaking so
spleudidly begun may be further eX-
tended. Rev. Il. Herbert Stead of Lon
don gives his impressions OF the Worlds
Fair Mr.. Stead made a flying visit to
Chicago TO witness the opening exercises,
and his Impressions are not only valuable
because they let ms see through the eyes
OF an Intelligent Englishman on his first
visit to America, but they constitute a
most charming and picturesque view of
the opening day scene worthy OF preser-
walton as one OF the best pieces of World s
Fair literature.
The July wide Awake" ID. Lothrop
x Co., Boston, has a leading article Of
great interest by George Bradford Bart
lett, devoted to "a description of Concord
Dramatics," or private Iheatricals in Con-
cord in the days of the Little Women"
and The philosophers" Maud r. Bur-
ton and Elizabeth Couing have good
stories, and the national element is rec
ognized by verses by Lillian Crawford
True and Mrs. j. 4. Greenleaf, while
Cromwell Gaipin's historical story of the
Welsh discovery of America before Co
lumbus Is both picturesque and instruc-
tive. Caroline Ticknor's summer
boarder' story of Famine" is timely;
Marietta Ambrosi has a description Of
Carthagena, IAN Old Spanish Town;
Iva -. DOlAdlhSOIi tltSCIluSS n nlQu6
Farm in Africa; }. z. IL. Gastrell tells
OF Electric Tricks; Annie IL. Ryder
has practical nineteenth century talk
with boys and girls; Jeanette a. Grant
furnishes delightful account of that pOr-
ton Of the Scottish highlands which some
readers have Travelled III fancy with the
Lady of the Lake" and the ''ANide
Awake" athletics article is by J Ohm era
ham OF the Charlesbank Gymnasium, and
IS devoted to "Out-ot-dOOr Gymnastics"
There are stories by Sarah Winter KEEL
logg, Lucia Chase Bell, Mary Ii. Price
and Mora Balcomhe; poetry by Anna
Hoynton Avery, Grace Harriet Macurdy,
l-dith NJ. Thomas, Mary Il. Stone, kath-
airline Pyle, Alice Crary, Susan Hartley
and others, while the serials by William
q. Stoddard and Mrs. Jenness are deeply
interesting.
The prosperity of "Blue and Gray"
tPhlladeiphIa) has been signaliZed by the
publishers in their July number. y new
dress OF type, extra fine paper and matter
OF surprising interest, as well as numer-
GUS excellent illustrations, mark the be-
ginning of the second volume. Among
the more prominent features in the con-
tents for July are symposiums on the
battles of Gettysburg and Niclls burg, by
weu-known survivors on both sides.
These articles are enbellshed with about
thirty engrayings. The fiction EN- braces
AAiS blalAlOAsh l-dA-lAlaS, d LdlS OF
youthful gallantry and love; "When
Massa Charles Comes Back" by the we'll
known Southern wriLer Emma Howard
Wight. The poetry includes numbers by
Louisa Howard Bruce, Henry Clay Fair
man, T. c. Haruaugh, Eugene Davis and
others, While among the miscellaneous
articles are interesting contributions, in
GLIDING one by General Horatio &. King,
who tells of " Virgins of Our Starr;
little tale entitled a Brave Old Southern
Woman; description OF our last new
battleship; an article. handsomely illus
frated, on the American Relics at the
Exposition; The Hand Of Providence"
by the Well-known artist-correspOndent
VheO. K. Davis; "A Russian Tribute to
Farragut," by Nalerian Gribayedoff,
with illustrations by himself, and other
sketches OF general interest. The "Patri-
otic Youths Department. is especially
valuable this month.
Frank Lesle's Popular Monthly'' for
August is a delightfully."- breezy midsum-
mer outing number. Novel in subject,
and bright as well as practical in its treat
ment, is Leila Southland Frost's paper on
''HOuseboats and River Idyls," embel-
llsned with some very chic drawings by
Mars. l.. J. Vance contributes a season
able article on canoeing, which the vet
teran "Cayuga' supplements with
technical paper and diagrams explaining
"Humuri, the Cuban Vale of Tempe"
by Don c. Seitz, is notable not only for
the richness Of its illustrations, but as
being probably the most graphic descrip-
ton of Cuba, pieturesquely, socially and
politically, that has appeared OF late years.
Other illustrated articles OF timely and in
trinsic interest are: The Cliff Dwellers'
Descendants" the Navajo Indians), by NJ.
L.Fogg;" Child Lifeln Persia" Rev. James
Bassett; Two Old Jersey Weddings"
by Emeline G. Pierson; Lace and Lace
making" by Mercia Abbott Keith; "Our
Girl Ar Students Abroad Lena L. Pen
per; and photography in the Colors of
Nature by W. l. Lincoln Adams. Fic-
ton and poetry are also literally repre-
scented in this number.
The "New England Magazine'' BOSTON,
with the current issue for July passes into
the hands of Warren +. Kellogg. who has
purchased the assets of the old company.
and will continue the publication of the
magazine, managing it himself from its
new offices at Park Square, Boston.
Mr.. kellogg was formerly Treasurer of
the Boston Post, under the old regime.
when il stood for all that was highest in
American journalism, ana more recently
he has been interested in different Boston
magazines. Edwin d. Mead the chief
editor OF the New England under the
old stock company, and Walter Black
burn Harte, the managing editor, will be
associated with Mr.. Kellogg in his new
enterprise. The July magazine is now
on the news stands, and the August num-
ber-an especially strong one-will be out
nj the usual time. We are very glad that
the New England is not to die. 1t met
with distress, but under its new proprie-
torship let us hope it will retrieve its
fortunes. 1t nils a fine field, and is
among the best and purest of American
publications. The July number is a
very handsome one, rich in matter and