The record-union., 1893-01-09
new PUBLICATIONS.

ume Of "LittelPs Living Age' is
not an event of very rare occur
renee, for this matohless maga-
zine gives its subscribers four large
octave volumes, aggressting over 3,OjO
pages, every fear. The appearance of the
initial number Of the lg55n volume of a
publication So repIste with matter of the
most interesting and Instructive character
Is, however, worthy OF more than pass
ing word. The Living Ags'' is rightly
years volumes peaerSses Eauch OF the
record OF ihe void 5sring thai period
The various phases Of modern thought
are presented 40 SOC forth by distin-
guished ezpsHentA The fersrnost wrih-
ers of the time In evesy department are
represented. In the first weeks issue of
the New Year we have; 1.-THE Pesrie
Papyri," by J. 2. Mahafy, relating to
the curious nnd interesting discoveries of
Mr.. Petrie in Egypt; IA French Able of
the 18th Century" by Lewis Latimer;
Burmese Traits" by Henry Charles
Moore; ''The Story of q Free Lance" by
Charles Edwards. Articles Of special in
terest to the cultivated reader are Goethe
as a Minister Of State" by Henry w.
NeVinson; 'Michelangelo," by Janet
Ross, and Niccolo Machiaveln. Fiction
ana poetry receive fair share of atten-
tion. The charming short stories will re-
main delightful feature of the magazine
during the coming year ne are assured.
FOR the quality and the quantity Of mat
ter given, the price, q Far year, is low.
Littell & Co., Bostsn.
The North American Review" (New
Y ork) has this table Of ooHtents for Jan
uary: Shall Immigration be Sus-
pended?" by the Eon. w. E. Chandler,
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
immigration; Tho limits of Legitimate
Religious Discussion" the Bishop Of
Delaware; insomnia and Recent Hyp-
notics," DR.. William A. Hammond;
Jean Mace. Foreign Natious. at the
Worlds FSir'-l. "yspan," by the
Japanese Minister; 2. Italy" by
the Consul General at Rome; "Pos-
sibilities Of the Telescope" by Alyan
q. Clark, constructor Of the Lick Tele-
scope; Does the Republican party Need
reorganization by Senator Joseph n.
DudIey ey'fl Field" and "Gabor 3 3rganiza RzaG
tions in Law" By Oren b. Tan; ''Flirt-
ing Wives" Mrs. Amelia L. barr;
High Caste Indian Magic" by Pro-
fessor H. KellarI "A Bible Lesson for
Mr.. Herbert Spencer" by Gail Hamilton;
our City Vigilance League" Rev. DR..
tions in the United States and England, !"
by Hon. James Bryce. M. p. author of
the American Comnonw eAlth", Farm
and Home Propricsorship," George K.
Holmes; AN Uncut Diamond" Edward
?. Jackson; Students rs showrnen, -
James N. HubeaDaI "CAmpainning In the
West" Williatn Dudley Foulke
The "Review Of Reviews" New York;
for January contains galaxy of brilliant
attractions. It may wall claim to be a
most thoroughly alive magazine. Its
brilliantly illustrated character sketch of
Presidens Diaz and she Mexican people
and country was written In the City of
Mexico since that Eentlemsn's inaugura-
ton for the new term, and the photo
graphs for Illustration wero taken exclu-
Slveiy for the "RSVieW of Reviews In
view of the certainty of cholera next
summer, the most sensational and inter
esting article e Ehe month te the one Sc
cured from PaFis on the successful treat
ment invented ct the PRsseur Institute
for incubation against Asiatic cholera,
This number contains a fine sketch of +.
| Marion Cfawfsrd, the novelist, q pro-
! tusely illustrated article en- the latest re-
suits of the University Extension Move
ment in the United States" and scores of
attractive pictures OF people of the day
politicians, thsoloaians, literary men
and distinguished women EVSfy page
of the January number shows evidence
of freshness and touch with the yery
-NNeSSN
other magazine eKhibits. The Mexican
article prepared in Decombss and Janu-
airy is q triumph Of editorial ana aseohan-
ical celeritg that no e&AsE periodical has
yet attained.
The New England Magazine for jan
uary (Boston) is richly illustrated and
presents these pepsss: ''Amelia B. Ed
wards-HsR Childhood and Early IAfe, I"
NIoal3 N; Be5ham- !, Edwards She Story Of a
Ballantyne, Amsrican,h Rslen Camp
bell; "Ghe Oldest Episcopal Church In
| New England" Alice Morse Earle; "The
Home in the Tenen1ent House." Lucia
True Amea 'Losa as Sea-" ). A. Tucker;
Modem Arehitectpxep Barr Farce;
"Ye Ancient BGSaa@ Grounds of Boston,"
Albert Scot; Cox "Bhs Orchard Path"
Parton" julius 81. Ward; "Harvard's
Songs are sung" {assas q. Burnett;
The Other MethaT,s ASeaine Van Nos
trand Dorl "As WhitsePs Funeral"
Car0hne Il; DarA "ba4e Renwinkle
Lights on Harvard Eriege," Agnes Lee;
I'm the Old Sosth State,n Lee c. Hardy;
1.-THE Philosophical Rasia Of Fiction"
Walter Blackburn HsFae.
The Atlantic Monthly" for January
(Houghton Mifli4 e Co, Beston) has
these paperR: "Oid haskaskia," part
first, Mary Hartven Catherwood;
George William Cnr.is and Civil Serv-
ice Rofform'; 9;os, sherman n s. Rogers The
in OCTOBER Bdnsh Proctor Clarke;
DIARY OF Nervous Invalid, y
Edwin Lassattar Bynner; "TRe
Russian Kumys Curen isabel r.
Hapgood; "a Heart Leaf From Stony
Greek Bottom" NJ. e II. Davis, "Cola
di RE, Rien7o," D1 haE5tss weeo's Preston and
periences,,m, in two nsrts' part frst, Z late
ness" Frank Boliee; edward Augustus
Freeman" John F9shsi @Shakespeare in
| Loves .Lsbor'u Leot," Sir Edward
Strachey; "RsIaiRiscsnoes Of a German
NonngenaEian," "A. 2. Evans "Some
and Criticism" "Commsut on New W
Books" THE Contributors Club"
The American Journal Of Politics' for
January ll4 Fssaaa street Kew York;
has these importsat pagers; "Imperial
Germany" by Fredsrlc .. Howe, Ph. D.;
National Perils,7 by Rev. J, F. Bart
lett, D. nl "Will poLnonrats Recognize
Protection as Hatipasl POLICY ~ by
tost~A British viaT." By Cecil Logsdeel:
IAN Ex-senator's Fiew,b by Hon. John
J. Ingalls,; "A Womsn's View" by Belva
A. LOCKWOOD "a Eeacemakers Wow, Z"
by Alfred II. Loves IAN American Birth
right" by J. G. HsrtwiG; Tho Reading
Railroad Leases" by e. Lakue Munson;
Is'oociallsm and the Republic" T" by Jean
LaRuc Burnett, LII. D.; Socialism, by
J. W. Smith; The Ethics of Strikes and
Lockouts." by Hon. C. II. Reeve; ''The
Prison Question:" by Rev. Caroline j.
Bartlett; should the Next Adminittra-
tion Change Our Tariff System?" by
| Gtata NV Hon Marriott Rroait,S