The record-union., 1894-12-03

"NarciSsa, or the Road to Rome" The
second tale is ''In Verona" The book
comes from the press of Estes d Lauriat,
Boston. 1t is duo of stories as sweet
and natural and lovable as any two short
stories we'll could be, albeit their char
acters are homely and commonplace.
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
George ii. Ellis. Boston) for the current
quarter has these papers: The Wages
Fund Doctrine at the Hands of the Ger
man Economists" L. w. Taussig; The
New Inconfe Tax" Charles f. Dunbar;
Mortgage Banking in Germany" ID. Nj.
tredericksen; Recent Discussions on
Railway Management in Prussia" +.
W. Taussig; Notes and Memoranda
"Roschers Programme OF lS43," trans
lated by w. j. Ashley.
The current "Musical Monthly" Or. A.
Saa!tield, New York; has OF vocal music
beautiful Days That Are Dead" Roger
son; Just Little Sunshine" Solomon;
Loves Golden Dream Lenox; "Pri-
vate Tommy Atkins" Potter; Some
body Waits at the Window Skelly, and
instrumental music as follows: GLITTER
ing Spray" tgavotte), Birbeck; 'Har-
mCniOus BLACKSMITH" Handel; Henry
Irving March," Cox; Hurricane Galop,"
Hadden.
The Worlds Fair of 1893 produced a
great deal OF literature. One book is
George Rath borne. 1t contains pen pic
lures OF the Midway Plaisance, and ro-
nance III which Chicago wheat king
anu his TWO wives are leading characters.
Inc plot OF the romance is the vengeance
ol Turkish paSha. The Bachelor of the
Midway" is IA rafting story of an extrav-
| agant character The Mascot Publishing
Company, New Y Ork, is tie publisher.
"A Moral Busy body" is \ o. of the Mas
cot Library Mascot publishing Company,
| New orill. 1t is by Alan Dale, author
OF My tOotiight Husband' and Con
science on Ice" It's d story of the times,
and Is aimed at the methods OF Rev. MIR.
| Parllhurst OF New York, IN his reform
work, and relates to the control of dis
orderly houses. 1t is rather coarse, and
It's literary merit is not notable, but 1t is
an exceedingly vigorous assault upon the
errors OF Teformers.
The religion of a Literary Man"
! (RclIglo ScrlptoriS), by Richard lie Gal
lleune, is from the press of q. L. Put
nam's SoHs, New York. IG is u small
| volume, but a perfect mine OF rarely
! beautiful musings and philOSohphic cogi-
! tatIonS. IL defends Christianity as pre-
| eminently a religion Tor this world, and
! treats modern doubt as largely news
paper scare"
The Sistine Madonna, a Christmas
| MedItation," Is a criticism and rhapsody
| by Amory ii. bradford, and is from the
press OF tords, Howard " Hurbert. New
y ork. IL Is d brief monograph, written
with artistic taste and the warmth and
earnestness of the Christian believer,
and one who holds that Mystery Is the
appropriate garment of divinity"
''On and Oh the Saddle, from the Great
Northwest to the Antilles" by Lispen-
ard Rutgers &C. i. Putnam's Sons, New
ork). 1t is most entertaining book of
travel by a man who went about with
bis eyes open, and his cultivated powers
OF observation alive 10 all worth seeing
and thinking about, along his route Of
travel and exploration.
I'm the Quarter IF. 4. Neeley, pub
Usher, Chicago and New York is an un-
clean book. 1t deals with the sins of an
American artist i'll Paris and woman
OF the Partisan stage, their loves and the
aches thereof.