The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-22
new PUBLICATIONS.

WITH but single eXception-Edwin A.
Aboey's superb illustrations of Shake
speare's comedy, Loves Labor Lost"
with comment by Andrew Lang-the
leading illustrated articles in "Harper's
Magazine" for May relate to American
subjects. The artistic and decorative
features of the Worlds Fair, viewed as a
complete and harmonious aggregation,
are described by Candace Wheeler in an
artlcle entitled "A Dream City" profuse-
~ ana beautifully illustrated from draw
lngs by f. V. Du Mond, E. II. Blashfield,
and others. The first paper in a series of
articles on THE Evolution of New
ork" is by Thomas 4. Janvier. with
several maps of old New York, and char
acterlstic illustrations by Howard Pyle.
In an article entitled "a Discontinued
Province" Henry LOOMS Nelson gives
the results of an Interesting study Of the
FRENCH Canadians in the Province of
quebec, which is appropriately illus
trated by c. 5. Remnant. A. Conan
DoyIe's great romance, 1.-The Refugees
IS continued, presenting a series of thrill
Ing episodes of Indian adventure which
siIuiPply me themes for several Striking
illustrations by II. de Thulstrup. Con-
stance Fenimore Woolson's American
novel, Horace Chase" is also con-
tlnued, and there are are short stories by
Brander Matthews and Eva Wilder Nc
Glasson. Charles Eliot Norton writes a
critical and appreciative sketch of james
russell LOWELL and the life and work of
Phllllps Brooks is the subject of an in
terestlng memorial article by his brother,
the ReY. Arthur Brooks, ID. d. Mr.. De
BloWltz contributes a characteristic paper
on The French Scare of 1873" Julian
Ralph continues his very popular
studies OF the great West in a graphic de-
scrIptlon of Colorado and Its Capital"
IN the Editors Study. Charles dudley
warner discusses a variety of subjects,
both social and literary; and the Editors
Drawer contains the usual variety of wit
ana humor, anecdote and repartee, intro
duced by another of Thomas Nelson
Pages unrivaled character sketches.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly,
New York; for May is at hand. The
ldyillc and historic Bronx Valley, SYM
pathetlcally described by one of It's resi-
dents, DIR. Peter MacQueen, and ilIus-
trated with score of charming views
| occupies with vernal seasonability the
front place. Another timely paper. bear
ing as 1t does upon the question of a Ma
uonal quarantine for the United States, is
the graphic sketch of caribbean Guar
antlne" experience, by Henry Arthur
Herbert of Muckross. An exciting mar
ratlye of the ascent of Mount Etna is ac-
companled by numerous views of the
great Sicilian volcano and its recent erup-
ton. Among the other illustrated articles
are The Worlds Fair Fisheries Ex-
hlblt," by Charles Bradford Hudson: an
entertaining account of Chinese cuisine
and restaurant life in Mott street. New
York City, by that vivacious Journalist
Don Seltz; Persian Pottery" by James
Bassett, the eminent Orientalist: and
'Carniverous Plants" by Colonel Nico-
las Pike. The department Of fiction in
cludes an exquisite story by Paul Bour-
get, the author of "Cosmopolis,' entitled
Dom Griffi.'
The "Homemaker' New York; for
April Is beautiful number, profusely
illustrated, and has these leading papers:
Phillips Brooks" Helen Leah Heed:
The Clevelands at Lakewood" L. g.;
Goethe in Wemar," Jennie June: Mrs
Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin," Licking
ton; THE Fall of Jason" continued
Willis George Emerson; Homes in
Egypt" George Donaldson; cover the
Shoulder is Glover Nook" Cornelia Laws
st. John; ''Up HILL" Emma NJ. Con-
nelly; The Hayes Home" Pleasant e.
Todd; Miguel of San Miguel" Honda.
The Robin and the Nightingale (poem).
Nathan Haskell Dole; "a Little Sur
prise" adapted from the French of Abra-
ham Dreytus; Topics of the Time"
Helen Leah Reed; window and Cot
tage Gardening" George Ethelbert
Walsh; Little Kings and Queens of
America" Isabel McElhenv: 1.-The
Bread We Eat" Helen e. Drew; Health
Hints" Susanna w. Dodds, NJ. D.:
Homes and Home-buiiding," Frank p.
Allen.
The california Magazine" for May
(San Franciscoj has these papers besides
poetry, editorials and reviews: If" by
ella Wheeler Wilcox; Summer Days in
kashmir," by Francis Z. Lofroy;
Among the Pampas Plumes," by Clara
Spaulding Brown; Lost Races of Ari-
zona," by h. e. L. Robinson; "Such
Stuff as Dreams are Made Of" by Flora
Haines Lughead; columbus, Vespucius
and Magellan by Thomas Magee; 'The
Nicaragua CanaI,' by Richard H. Nc
Donald, Jr.: woman in Commercial
Horticulture" by Maggie Downing
Brainard; ION the Viga Canal" by y.
II. Adds; ''rhe Columbian Exposition"
by j. j. Peatlield; .'On the Trail of
Mountain Lion,' by Charles Frederick
Holder; 1.-The Zuni Maids" by Jean La
Rue Burnett; ''Shasta and the Poppy"
by Cora E. Chase; japanese Folk-Lore,"
by Helen Gregory-Flesher, NJ. A; AN
Indian Legend" Guadalupe Vallejo;