The record-union., 1893-01-04
new PUBLICATIONS.

The notable musical series of original
waltZes, ballads and anthems, which will
run through the Ladies' Home Journal
in the year 1S93 includes a set of waltzes
by Strauss, and songs by Gounod and
Sir Arthur Sullivan. The "Home Life of
the Empress of Germany will be the
subject of an illustrated article. There
Will also be unpublished writings of
Henry Ward Beecher. The Countess of
Aberdeen will write on "How l Keep
My Servants" Mrs. Burton Harrison
will continue 1.-THE Well-bred Girl in
Society,"" and William Dean Howells
will, upon the conclusion of his serial
story, The Coast of Bohemia" further
contribute. Miss Mabel Cahill, Amer
lca's champion tennis player, will con-
tribute two articles, and Mrs. a. ID. L.
Whitney will travel Through Literary
Land" The great tragedienne. Ristori,
Will tell of My First y ear as an Act
ress." Lucy Hamilton Hooper of How
Dumas Wrote Camille" Madame Chris
tine Nilsson of 1.-The Study of the Voice"
Morgan Dix, D. D., Rev. John r. Pax
ton, Ii. d. and the Rev. t. Dewitt Tai
mage. will discuss pubic and social
questions. Cardinal Gibbons will throw
light upon "The Sisters of Charity" A
number of society women will give their
preference as to whether they shall be ad-
dressed by letter in their own or their
husbands Christian names. There is
host of other notable contributors. The
Curtis Publishing Company Of Phila-
delphia.
The prosperous Magazine Of American
History" opens its twenty-ninth volume
with an attractive January number. The
leading article is by Edward f. de Ian
cey, on The Columbian Celebration of
1892" There is a fine picture of old Tam
many Hall in 1880, and a charming view
OF Genoa looking east. Hon. Horatio
King contributes an Incident in General
Jackson's Career" Edward Iraenus
Stevenson writes 1.-The Story of Castine,
Maine" Rev. George G.. Hepburn fur
nishes "A Glance at the Age of Queen
Elizabeth" Professor Chambers of Tu-
lane University, New Orleans, gives ex-
cellent advice in ''How to Study United
States History" Mr.. Spencer concludes
his summary of ''The Successful Novel
of 1S36-Horseshoe Robinson" Miss J.
G. Tyler writes of "Whittier's Birth
place." The Elements of Sea Power is
by Captain A. L. Mahan, U. S. n, and
"Gouverneur Morris in Europe" is by
Henry Cabot Lodge. Colonel Norton
concludes "Caliiornia' in his History of
the United States in Paragraphs" There
Song" A Prescription of Washington"
by himself, is given. The departments
are admirably filled, This magazine is
edited with remarkable skill, as shown
in its choice of precious material for per-
manent preservation. 743 Broadway,
New York.
The Californian Illustrated Magazine''
for January (San Francisco) is at hand
and very freely and handsomely illumi-
mated by halt-tone and wood engravings
''Methodism i'll California" by Rev. 4.
c. Hirst, is leading paper and rich in
portraiture. Other leading papers and
articles are: barbara krietchie," by
Nellie Blessing Eyster; "Mission Santa
Cruz" by S. E. Anderson; "Woman's
Christian Temperance Union," by Dorcas
j. Spencer; "A Sacrifice to Science" bv
Gustav Adolf Danziger; Their Winter,''
by Charles Frederick Holder; "Tenny-
son." illustrated by c. Dahlgren. by
Arthur x. Woodbury.; "a Home in the
South Seas" illustrated from photo
graphs, by Emily S. Loud; THE Cali
tornia Academy of Sciences" by Charles
way Charges" by Richard H. McDon-
aid, Jr.; .'In the Honey Lake Valley"
by Con H. Peterson; alaska and the
Reindeer" by Lieutenant j. c. Cantwell;
The Winds of Fate" by Beebe Crocker;
"Delsarteism," by David Lesser Le-
zinsky; "The Reindeer in Alaska, :" "Sci-
ence in California" 1.-THE Emancipation
Of Art" Vigorous and scholarly edi-
torials close very attractive number.
The general reader who is pressed for
time will find in the January Current
Literature a comprehensive record of
the month. The death of jay Gould. the
French political disturbance. DR.. Briggs'
trial, the silver conference, national quar-
antine and Hawaiian annexation are
among the current subjects. A notable
feature is the Introduction of portraits of
Gould and his son, of Count De Lesseps
and the Ribot Ministry. In the depart
ments devoted to scientific and industrial
topics, to fashions and fancies, to the
Worlds Fair, to travel and sports and to
current verse, the result of the latest
study and research are embodied. In the
literary pages the books of the month are
briefly reviewed, while illustrations and
extended readings are also given from
half dozen. a liberal selection from tho
hundred and odd Tennyson quatrains is
made. The Current Literature Publish
ing Company, 52-54 Lafayette Place, New
York.
The atlantic Monthly" for January
(Houghton, Mifflin IL Co., Boston, has
these papers, and departments: "OId
wood; George William Curtis and Civil
Service Reform Sherman S. Rogers:
''The Feudal Chiefs of Acadia" Francis
Parkman; "Diary of a Nervous In
valid" Edwin Lassetter Bynner; The
Russian Kumys Cure" Isabel +. Hap
EOOuj ~ h6dIt-Iedl lTOul stony Greek
Bottom" NJ. Z. NJ. Davis; cola Di Ri
enzo," Harriet Waters Preston and Louise
Dodge; "Penelopes English Expert
ence," Kate Douglas Wiggin; "In a
Wintry Wilderness" Frank Bolles;
Edward Augustus Freeman" John
Fiske; shakespeare in Loves Labor's
Lost" Sir Edward Strachey; "Reminis-
cences of a German Nonagenarian." Il.
P. Evans; Holiday Books; Phases of
Thought and Criticism; The Contribute
ors' Club.
The "Engiueering Magazine" for De-
cember came to hand late, but is not the
less welcome. 1t is a splendid journal,
one that has never n line of superfiuous
matter. Its chief contents are: "Benefits
of Reciprocity with Canada" by Erastus
Wiman; Architecture in Wood.U by
Gordon B. Kimbrough; Building the
Cable Road in New York" illustrated,
by Gearge lies; industrial DEVELOPMENT
of the South" by K. H. Edmonds; RE
naming Hard Wood Resources" Charles
Mohr; ''The Irrigation Problem of the
West" illustrated, by H. NJ. Wilson. NJ.
Am. Soc. c. E.; Labor Troubles and the
Tariff by Charles J. Harrah; The Gold
Fields of Bendigo, Australia" illus
trated, by j. +. Markes; 1.-The Worlds
Fair and the Death Rate" by James c.
Bayles, Phi. D.; Are American Mecban
les Boosters ?'' by T. F. Hagerty.
"Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, for
January" Lippincott Il Co., Philadel-