The record-union., 1893-06-30
new PUBLICATIONS.

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Fair The Bancroft Company, San
I Francisco and Chicago is at hand. 1t
July meets expectation. 1t is a superb
work, and IS to be issued in dollar num-
bers, imperial folio, the whole to make
loo pages. 1t is by Hubert Howe Ban
croft, the well-known historian. We
have seen no work OF this order that is so
elegant in typographical style as this.
The idea is to make it practical repro
ductlon OF the great exposition in book
form. The plan is to EN- body in the 900
pages print and pictures in the highest
style OF art OF ait the prominent and rep
resentatIve features, historical and de-
scriptive of the grand display, the build
lngS and their contents and surroundings,
giving enough OF every class of exhibits
IuIly and htly to represent the whole,
with minor mention of the others. The
most thorough and elaborate prepara-
lions were made by the publishers to
produce what should be in the highest
ana best sense a work Of art and OF utility,
book which should be at once beautiful
and useful. The best processes were
adopted and the best artists secured to
illustrate the text. We have here, then,
the beginning of the history and descrip-
ton of the entire exposition by an
author Of known repute, aided ana
adorned by most beautiful pictures. Not
all can see the iair, indeed, but the few
can; but the great mass can read OF It,
That reading should be through the
medium of an orderly arranged, cOmpre-
henslve and artistic review OF all the
great features Of the exposition. 1t
should be graced by the best illustration
OF the day and put into form convent
ent for reference and preservation, and
at the same time TO constitute an Orna-
ment for library or parlOr. In short,
what those who do not and those who do
visit the talr Will want, is cOmpre-
hensive description by a practical OBJ
server who has Travelled far and near and
knows OF all nations something. We
apprehend that the Book Of the Eair'' is
going to fill the bill. The initial number
warrants the forecast. 1t gives us rapid
sketch OF previous Worlds Fairs, a
glimpse Of Chicago, and then the begin
ming Of the story of the present fair. The
text is graphic direct, lucid and full of
historical interest. When the work is
complete, the eighteen or twenty num-
bers will make up a splendid volume,
which viii fill demand that is already
made and will soon be general.
The complete novel in the july number
OF "Lippincott's' Philadelphia is "The
Troublesome Lady" by Patience Staple
ton, VINO is already well known to our
readers. 1t is a lively and interesting tale
OF ranch life in the W est, and is fully Illus
trated. The NTH in the series of "LipDin-
cotrs' Notable Stories, also illustrated is
THE Reprieve of Capitalist CIyve." by
owen Nister. Other illustrated articles
are ION the Way" by Julian Hawthorne,
which deals with Washington as a start
ing point whence to visit the exposition,
and Chicago Architecture" by Barr
terree. Fanny KEN bic at Lenox.'' by
c. b. Todd, gives an entertaining account
OF that famous lady's life III Berkshire in
former years. Morgan 5. Edmunds de-
scribes "a Wild Night on the Amazon
and Giovanni p. Morosini tells "W hat
the United States Owes TO Italy, Gilbert
Parker, the author of the novel in the
June issue, supplies an account OF 1.-The
New Poetry and MIR, W. +. Henley"
Edgar Fawcett discusses Certain Points
OF style IN Writing" and Maurice Fran
els Egan gives AN Old-Fashioned View
OF Fiction" Robert Timsol and Frederic
NJ. Bird set forth the relative ADVANTAGES
OF Point VS.. Truth" and Truth vs..
Point" NJ. CroftOn. in "Men of the
Day" handles Alexander Dumas and
Secretary Hoke Smith. The poetry of
the number is by Mary Isabella Forsyth,
Clifford Lanier, Flavel Scott Mines and
Lloyd Mnllin.
The 'Quiver' for July opens with
most interesting paper on My Friends
the Costers-Past and Present." by q,
Holden Pike. All who are Interested in
phllanthroplc work will be glad to read
Mir. Plke's paper, for it is full Of useful
suggestions. 'Costers'' they are called
IN England, 'peddlers'' or vendors we
call them here. The late Earl of Shaftes-
bury was one Of the best friends the eos
tcrs had, and he gave them freely of his
time and ludIcloGsly Of his money. The
IteF. Hugh Macmillan makes Waste"
the subject Of paper in which he shows
that often that which we regard as
waste IS put to good use. Christ in
the Home" is the title of an article
especially designed for Sunday reading.
"On Being Lonely tells US how we may
be company for ourselves. The Dean Of
Canterbury continues to throw New
Lights on Sacred History" There are
other papers for Sunday reading.
but there IS more than usual in
the way Of short stories, serial
fiction, and special articles. The ''Short
Arrows are 10 the point, and illustrate
the text in a few words. The Qmver''
portrait of the month is of the rev. New
man Hall.-Casseu Publishing Company;
10 cents a number; 81 30 a year, IN ad-
vance.
The Overland Monthly San Fran
cisco Tor July is its midsummer issue.
and IS lncased in a cover OF cream and
olive green, wherein the honored grizzly
IS restored TO his central position. The
contents have the Out-of-door tone ap-
propriate to the season, especially pretty
group OF dozen poems on west coast
flowers and trees, illustrated with dainty
Nlgnettes and initials. The leading paper
is a careful historical and descriptive ar
ticle by Charles ). Greene telling OF Fort
Eoss, past and present The article is
handsomely illustrated. Phil Weaver.
Jr.,sives an interesting sketch. illustrated
10y PeiXOttO, of license collecting anOnu
the Chinese and "Dago" fishermen of the
CarQuinez Straits and upper bay region;
Fred NJ. Stocking relates a thrilling ex-
perlence OF being imprisoned in an old
mining shalt by an earthquake: Philip
Stanford describes what is To be seen OF
the Panama Canal from a car window,
and Frances Fuller Victor writes OF
Southwest oregon, which she calls 'a
Province Of California" There are stories
by Flora Halnes Loughead, Leonard
Kip and others, and poems enough be-
side the Hover poems to make the num-
Der notable for its verse.
The Californian Illustrated Magazine
OF san Francisco Tor July is a Columbian
number. 1t is handsomely illustrated.
indeed. richly So The leading papers
are; lhe California Poppy Ina d.
COolbrlth; Tine Missions or California"
Laura Bride Powers; From Nice 10 & e.
noa,' Fannie c. W. Barbour: 'ReDortinr
With Mark Twain Dan De Quille; The
Californian Montadura," NJ. c. treder-
lex; The Man Under the Stone, " Charles
Edwin Markham; "Peach-tree Joe.'i
Sarah Orne Jewett; THE Ambition of
Cleveland" Richard II. Mcdonald. Jr..
"Lllies Of Faith" Rose Hartwick Thorpe:
"Ihe Farmer in California" John K.
Grayson; Alaskan Days" Arthur ink
ersley; ~ kedwcods Idyll," John Vance
Cheney; The Heart of the Sierras,"
Lillian +. Purdy; "AenOphanes," Archi-
bald Lampman; In the Sound Country
Herbert Haywood; storm in the Mount
aims" II. Van Allen Ferguson; Going
Ashore in Guatemala" Dewitt c. Lock-
wood; The Law and the Chinaman," >"