The record-union., 1893-05-30
household science and art, of interest to


pages OF selections and illustrations. but
not at the expense of the magazine itself,
which has been considerably enlarged. A
new and striking cover has also been de-
signed. 1t is made in two colors, black
! and red, upon white ground. In the
/ department devoted to the Worlds Fair,
the grounds and buildings receive the
chief attention. Subsequent numbers we
are told will deal more especially with
the displays of exhibitors The first
NUMBER touches upon the opening cere-
monies. gives bird's-eye view Of the ex-
position, follows this with remarks upon
the buildings and their astonishing
beauty, and touches incidentally upon the
slde-shOWs of the Plaisance and so on
The Illustrations follow the text as far as
possible, the whole making a most reada-
Die account of the great Colum bian event.
In the body of the magazine the usual
departments are to be found. The prize
sketch, which receives the award OF S25,
appears in the miscellany, while in other
parts OF the magazine will be found a
number OF interesting original papers
specially prepared for its various depart
ments. Current Literature Publishing
Company, New York.
The June Overland Monthly (San
francisco, covers a wide range of sub
Jects. 4 paper on 1.-The Pomo Basket
Makers" another Cruise of the Yacht
Chlspa" are refreshing and full of inter
est. The illustrations of the first paper
are particularly noteworthy and are from
photos and drawings. The pioneer days
OF California are brought vividly before
US IN two papers by well-kuown writers.
W. ,. Hutchinson tells mining stories
with his well-known skill, in a paper
called "OId Camp-Fires Rekindled." 3"
CaSpar l. Hopkins gives interesting in
formation of the various frauds prac-
! nv ~ g-t-i sNF.
| paper entitled FRAUDS on Marine I'm
derwriters." THE American Private
! Soldier" by Lieutenant Alvin ii. Syden-
nam. The rollicking fun of the Cruise
OF the Yacht ChISpa," written by the
crew, IS as jolly as rolling tar, carried
well by The excellent photos taken by
Lowden on the cruise. The serious
imagination Of supposed invasion OF
Europe by Aslatlc tribes, entitled 'The
ear 1899, by w. w. Crane, is a clever
fancy. The recent Chinese decisions
give umellness 10 this story. The whole
number is capital midsummer reading.
Even more important than Columbus
discovery is the fact that the General
Government has just discovered woman, -
says Mrs. Potter Palmer, President OF the
Board OF Lady Managers OF the Worlds
! AR, whose portrait adorns the front
page OF Frank Leslie's Popular Month
ly" Tor June. The beautifully illustrated
article on "W oman's Work at the Worlds
| Fair" by Isabel McDougall, which fol
! lows. is Il revelation III this regard of
which every American has u right to be
proud. Another timely feature, OF extra
ordinary pictorial interest. is ). ).
otuart-Glennie's descriptive paper
on The Ionian Islands," in
Guiding MISREPRESENTATION Zante.
Other illustrated articles are: "El-
lerslie and Its Guernseys," descrip-
ton OF ex- Vice President Morton's model
dairy farm on the Hudson, by Charles
ii. Crandall; "In the Metropolitan
Museum of Art" by Mary Titcomb:
cago," by sara D. Price; BIRD Baby
land" by Nelly Hart Woodwork. and
Rays From the Search Light" together
with half dozen short stories OF real
merit, and the full complement OF lite
rary miscellany.
| The Atlantic Monthly'' for June
| lHoughton. Mittlin Il Co., BOSTON, is at
| hand. Chief among the papers OF this
/ high standard periodical are Rodolfo
| LancianPs New Facts Concerning the
| Pantheon; Olive Horn Miller's "a -Four
/ O'clock in the Morning" a communion
with bird life at early dawn, and who can
write more charmingly Of it? John Dean
Cation tells us OF "'Ihe Pygmies OF
Africa; II. {. Merwin writes of "A
] -NsAb4OAldA lNO --Jlldl 49, Inc QRDGerS OF
social crowding, excitement and Jam in
clIles and the effect upon manners, tastes.
the intellect and the feelings and heart.
"WomanhoOd in the Had" is by VIM.
Cranston LawtOn; J. Irving Manatt
writes reminiscenuy Of DR.. Schliemann.
the antiquarian explorer of buried cities;
| G. O. Whitman, OF the Need for Marine
Observatory; Jacob d. Cox, Of The
| Hayes Administrations; d. l.. Kiehle, OF
| The Educational Trend of the North
wesp'; Justin WinsOr, Of Tho Future of
| Local Libraries" and Charles Townsend
| Copeland OF Miss Austen and Miss Fer
rier"-contrast and comparison. The
Contributors Club and the Book Reviews
are interestingly critical and timely.
The Magazine of Art' for June Gas
sell Publishing Company, New York
and London) opens with a superb photo
gravure by Duiardin. "A Loyal Bird"
from the painting by A. c. Cow, II. A.
IL is followed by The Royal Academy
Exhibition" by the editor, with eight
studies by Sir Frederic Leighton. Bart.
British Etching" - Seymour, Haden.
Alphonse Legros, Strang, Holroyd-by
Frederick WedmOre, with five illustra-
tions; Carols of the Year-May." poem
| by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Illus
trated by w. L. +. Britten; ''W. Y.
/ Bakers Collection at Streatham Hip
| the English Pictures-by Alfred Il.
| Story, with six illustrations: The Art
/ of khucnaten," by Professor Flinders
! Petue, with eight illustrations; "Wil-
! helm Hasemann's Home in the Black
| Forest" by Mary Z. Bowles, with six
/ illustrations by w. Hasemann; 1.-The
/ National Gallery of British Art, and Mr..
! Iate's Collection'-its ultimate manage
/ ment--by Nj. II. Spielmann, with four
illustrations; ILLUSTRATED Note e-book,"
! with fourteen illustrations; 1.-The Chron-
! lcle of Art and American Art Notes"
| The Californian illustrated Magazine,
/ for June (San Francisco is very hand
| somely illustrated, nearly all the pictures
! being half tones and process work of the
! best order. Besides the editorials. re-
| views and poems there are Yachting in
! Southern California" Walter Mayhew.
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado. y
! Charles +. Lumnlis; "Dynamical Geology
of the Grand Canyon" Richard H9y
/ Drayton; our Treaties With China"
! Frederick J. Masters, ID. D.; The Land
OF the Shah," Theodore Copeland; The
! Danger to the Republic" Richard II.
! Mcdonald, Jr.; ''Some Spanish Au-
thOrs," Arthur b. Sinonds; The Doc
tors story" Daniel Morgan; Life Saw
ers Of the Pacific Coast" Gerald Mat
tbews: "a Wheelman's Look Through
the Lick" J. q. Bliss; "Hypnotism-A
Normal Faculty" William A. SpauId-
ing: The Calaveras Cave" Lillian Z.
Purdy; Titles Won by the PEN" Ar
thur Inkersley; Picturesque Utah, -
Geuevieve L. Browne; around the
South Pole" j. J. Peatfeld; Gamblers
Gulch," Judge i. f. Jones.
"Harper's Bazar'' for May Goth has as
editorials: 1.-The Ideal Mother''; The
! Work OF New York Women at the Co.
lum bian Exposition" Other interesting
articles are: "Under May Moons" by
! Harriet Prescott Spodord; English Ser
lean student" by 7. W. Higginson; 's'Fhe
American Girl" by Mrs. Oliver Bell