The record-union., 1894-07-28
new PUBLICATIONS.

The "Review of Reviews" for July
tNeW York. has striking full-page por-
trait OF Captain Alfred T. Mahan, Z. S.
n, as frontispiece. This number con-
talns many other interesting portraits
Populist Senators and Representatives at
Washington; John w. Goff, the success
fpl counsel of the New York Senate 8
Police Investigating Committee; Sir
George Williams, the founder OF the
Young Mems Christian Association; the
late William Walter Phelps, ProfesSor
William ID. Whitney, the Hon. George
Peabody Wetmore, Rhode Islands Sem
ator-elect; NJ. Casimir Perier and Charles
Dupuy, the French statesmen; Samuel
Gompers, President of the Federation OF
Labor; the Coxeyite leaders, Professor
Henry Drummond, Governor-elect Lord
OF Oregon, and other people prominently
before the public. The number offers its
Fourth OF July greeting to American Cit
izenship in the form of a thoughtful dis
cussion OF vital political and social ques-
| tions, and particularly of the so-called
new sectionalism" that is apparently
arraying the West against the East Sew
eraI pages of the July number are given
TO letters from Western men describing
Western economic conditions and move
ments. In "Coxeyism" w. L. Stead has
found capital material for the character
sketch which he contributes, and all
Americans will be interested to see how
this "CommonweaP movement appears
to an observer across the water. The
illustrations accompanying the article are
spirited.
''The Forum" for August has three
striking articles treating of the three
| recent startling manifestations of crime
| The Great Railroad Strike and its
Causes, the Assassination of Carnot, and
pOli (rIy
Discussions of these subjects are grouped
| under the general title. The Sentimental
Dealing With Crime and its Increase; ,;
and following these is q fairly startling
review of the recent worldwide in
crease Of crime by Henry Charles Lea,
Another subject treated by two writer's is
Laboratory Mind Study, the Begin
nings of New Science" President o..
Stanley Hall explains why the new
psychology, or mind-study is the neces-
sary and entirely revolutionary basis Of
the education of the future; and Professor
h. w. Scripture of Yale sets forth in de-
tail the methods of experiment and train
ing followed in his own laboratory for
mind-study. There is an article showing
How the Bills OF Socialism viii be
Paid" by Sylvester Baxter, in reply to
an article in recent number of 1.-THE
Forum" on who viii Pay the Bills of
all the different sects and in every sec
ton of the country is the subject of an
article by II. K. Carroll, the Superintend-
ent of the collection of church statistics
for the last census.
''Road-coachIng is pre-eminently the
sport of the rich, and few of their many
sports are better worth encouragement"
writes Martha McCullogh Williams in a
splendidly illustrated paper on Road
n IL 81
ing article in "Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly" for August, New York. Be
sides this contribution there are, among
the pictOrially embellished features of
this number, SILVER" by Robert w.
Sloan; "Closing Scenes OF the French
Revolution" by NJ j. Jordan; Jules
Cheret and His Partisan Posters" by
Robert 81. Sherard; isle of the Dead"
by Edward Is. McDowell; "Chess and
Chess Players" by that eminent expert
G. II. ID. Gossip, accompanied with por-
traits OF Messrs. Lasker and Steinitz and
Mrs. Showalter; Pictures of Wild Or
chids," by Helen NJ. Ingersoll; "Fal-
conry," by Mary V. Worstell, and con-
tinuation of Joseph Becker's thrilling
"reminiscences OF a war artist, devoted
this month to Fort Fisher and Whining
ton" There is an excellent variety of
short stories by Charles ID. Lanier. j. III.
NaiWoTtn. W. Qe WagsCane, champion
Bissell and Violet Eytinge Mitchell. and
poems by Ellen Thornycroft Fowler,
Clara Dargan Mclean, Edward A. U.
Valentine, Chapman Anderson, Amy
Elizabeth Leigh and others.
Among the notable and valuable articles
in July 'Arena" (Boston) are Mrs. Helen
III. Gardeners paper on Environments;
Can Heredity be Modified?"; "Whittier's s
Religion by Rev. w. II. Savage; Mon
ometallism and Protection" masterly
analysis of the tariff and financial oues-