The record-union., 1893-08-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The The Catholic Quarterly Review"
lHardy d MahOney, Philadelphial for
july has these papers: "Fducation i'm
baoyIonla, Phoenicia and Judea," !" Charles
y. heoermann, LID; ION the OBJ
security of Faith" r. l.. Clarke : /.
Common-Sense Objections to the Pos
tulates and Conclusions of Eytreme Ev0-
utlonlsts, " Charles J. Armistead: Ian
cIen heglme," st. George Miyart. n r
=; our Converts" Richard II. clarke
LID; The Age OF the Human Race
According to Modern Science and Bibli-
CA chronology" Rev. J. a. Zahm, C. S.
y; The Primitive Greed Of Man .
Conde ,. Pallen, LID: ''AnthroDolocv
An Historical Sketch" Rev. Thomas
Hughes, ). D.; THE Intellectual Rasis If
the Supernatural" Very Rev. Augustine
f. Hewitt. DID,, G. S. P.; The Pone,s
Letter to the American Bishops on the
Scnool Question:; Scientific Chronicle
me ,Llie-SaYlng Service in the United
States," Rev. Thomas j. A. Freeman.
S. j.
Special features Of "Harpers Mapa-
zine' for August (New York are be-
side the rich illustrating. His Bad
Angel" Richard Harding Davis: ~
Cast OF the Net" Herbert d. Ward: "a
Landscape by COnstable,'' f. Mary viii
son; AT the Hermitage" e. Levi
Brown; The Cock Lane Ghost" How
ard Pyle; Horace Chase" Con
stance Fenimore Woolson SERIAL:
The Handsome Humes." William
Black, (seriaD; Bride Roses" Ia dranal.
w d. HOwells; "Greenwich Village y
!0id sNew York; Thomas A. Janvier;
Italian Gardens" Charles A. Platt;
hlders OF Iunice," Col. T. a. Dodge,
I, >. A; a Queer Little Family on the
Blttersweet," William Hamilton Gibson:
| "Black Water and Shadows" Frederic
Remington; IA Lament for the Birds y
| Susan Kenmore Cooper. The poetry of
the number includes "Polyeuct and
Pauline" sonnet by Mrs. i. w. Lati-
mer. which forms the subject of the
trontlspiece, and The Dead Lover.D a
Roumanlan Folk-song by X. II. Stod-
GARD. Ihe Editors Drawer is intro
duced by short story by Thoms Nelson
Page called 'Rasmus,V and there are
the usual light paragraphs and ilIustra-
tions.
The August number of Current Lit
erature' devotes the opening pages to the
greatLalr at Chicago in its many popular
aspects. 1t gives a resume OF the indus
trial, scientific and odd displays, together
with sketches. serious and humorous. Of
everyday incidents. The customary de-
partments OF Current Literature are as
iull and voluminous as usual. A noted
feature OF the Sketch Book in the August
nuinper IS reproduction Of Barry's in
lmltable short sketch called "I'wo Of
Them" In the department. of Miscel-
lany there is also graphic description of
a rescue, translated from the French.
IN the department of Fads, Fashions and
Fancles IN the August Current Iitera-
ture' Will be found an interesting pace
or two Of the scarcasm and wit OF con
temporary French writers, while in the
PhllosophIc department are some Curl
Gus excerpts. from the writings of Confu-
Gus and MenciuS, the Oriental mOralists.
In general, the departments contained in
current Literature include, beside the
Worlds Fair, The Sketch Book. The
queer, Quaint and Curious. Recent Pro-
gress in Science. Items Of Natural His
tory, Fads and Fashions, Echoes of Van
lty ar, Latter Day Philosophy. Wisdom
and WIT, Travel. Adventure. Miscellany.
Literature, and a varied assortment OF the
poetry OF the day. Current Literature
Publishing Company. New York.
The North American Review, fNew
1ork) has this table OF contents for An
gust: the Financial Situation" bv the
Comptroller of the Currency and the Gov
ernor OF Oregon: The Lesson ofthe Vic
torla DISASTER" Assistant Secretary of
the nlted States Navy; "Prohibition in
England" Sir Wilfred Lawson, Bart.
NJ. T.; Disease and Death on the stage,
Cyrus Edison, NJ. D.; "Anglo-SaTon
Union; Response to Mr.. Carnerie.v
Professor Goldwin Smith; How Cholera
Can Be Stamped Out,D Ernest Hart.
THE American Hotel of To-Day" CEN