The record-union., 1894-08-13
new PUBLICATIONS.


Canadians will find the August num-
Der of the American sReview of Re-
views'' New York; of more than ordi-
nary interest. The articles of William
B. Wallace on the Hon. Wilfred Laurier,
by Attorney General Longley on Can
ada's Political Conditions.5 and by DR..
Albert Shaw on Toronto as Municipal
Object Lesson" form most important
contributions. The chief topic of edit
orial discussion is the recent railroad
strike. The motives of the dispute are
candidly considered, and the conclusion
is reached that the leaders Of the Amerl-
can Railway Union have done great harm
to the cause of organized labor, besides
inaicting untold injury on an innocent
public. Among the important topics
editorially treated is the tariff deadlock in
Congress, the assassination of President
-Carnot, the new President of France; the
doings of the German Emperor, the veto
of the British Peers, the British budget
and the elections, and the personalities of
the late Lord Chief Justice Coelridge and
his successor, Sir Charles Russell. The
full-page portraits of these last will espe-
cially interest American lawyers. There is
timely article by Professor Henry {.
Adams on 1.-The Railway Situation" The
writer. from his connection with the In
terstate Commerce Commission, is well
qualified to write on this subject with
discrimination and authority. \ fair
and dispassionate discussion of labor
troubles and their possible remedies APP
pears from the pen OF the New
Zealand Minister of Labor, the
Hon. w. p. Reeves. The article shows
an accurate knowledge of the history of
recent strikes. The career of Sir George
Dibbs, Premier of New South Wales, is
IL .l1 ID A ret
Review of Reviews" 1t is evidently
the established policy of this periodical
to make its readers acquainted with
prominent personalities the world over.
There are two important articles in the
"New England Magazine" for August.
which are much more closely related to
each other than might at first sight ap-
pear. They are Edward Everett Hale's
article on "The New England Congrega-
tional Churches" and that by Rev.
Charles G. Ames on ''Boston-the City of
God" DR.. Hale shows us what were the
! ideals of the men who founded New Eng
| land. MIR. Ames tells us what the ideals
ought to be of the citizen of the New
England capital to-day. There is very
thorough article by Mr.. Harr ison of the
| Albany Library School on "The Public
| Library Movement in the United States"
an article crammed full of history and
statistics, which will come as a surprise
| to many. La Sale was one OF the most
romantic and heroic figures in American
| history. In his whole adventurous life
| there was no more interesting episode
than that of his founding the fort on the
Illinois. There is stirring poem on the
subject. 'Creveceur" was close by the
site of the present Peoria. The maga-
| zine is freely and handsomely illustrated.
W. Z. kellogg, publisher, Boston.
The Cosmopolitan Illustrated Maya
zlne'' for August New York;, is rich in
engravings. summer stories and out
ing trips. The leading papers are Marie
Antoinette in Petit Trianon," illustrated,
German Bapst; Coaching Trips OIt of
London" William Ii. Rideing; "a Sum-
NJ. Washburn; "Outflanking Two EN-
perors," illustrated, Murat Halstead; !;
1.-The Story of Club" with Introductory
note, illustrated, Adelene Motfatt and
George w. Cable; 1.-THE Killing of
the Captain" illustrated, John Heard,
Jr.; 1.-The English Napoleon" ].
Howe Adams; "A Modern Magian,"
of Relic" illustrated, Lecocq de Lau-
treppe; The Origin of Thought" a novel,
illustrated, Armando p. Valdes "An
Altruistic Plutocrat," w. d. Howells;
1.-The Training of Feeble Intellects," j. S.
White; "a New Physical Instrument"
7. e. Rougerie: Electricity in Therapeu-
tics" A. 4. Dolbear; New Light on the
Temperature of the Sum-" c. A. Young;
aluminium Ores" George f. Becker.
The North American Review" New
York; for August has these valuable pa
pers: 'The Resources and Development
of the South" by the Hon. Hoke Smith,
Secretary of the Interior; ''Sea Power Of
the United States," Charles Ii. Cramp;
"Civil Wars in South America" the
Argentine Minister; How to Purify
Legislation" Senator William V. Allen;
My Contemporaries" Jules Claretie
''The Lesson of the Recent Strike" by
General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A.; Hon.
Wade Hampton, United States Commits
sioner of Railroads; Harry +. Robinson,
editor of the Railway Age, and Samuel
Gompers, President of the American
Federation OF Labor; English Work.
men and Their Political Friends," Sir
John e. Gorst, NJ. p; "Catholic Loyalty
George Parsons Lathrop; 1.-The House of
Representatives and the House of Com
MONS" Hon. Hannis Taylor United
States Minister to Spain; Summer Visit
ors," Catherine b. Selden; "In Defense Of
Harriet Shelley" by Mark Twain; "a
Case for Free Imports" the Marquis of
Lorn; TOO Many Children" Kate Gan
nett Wells; "The Late President Carnot,"
General Rush c. Hawkins.
LittelFS LIVING Age (BOSton), far
and away the best eclectic magazine pub
! lished, comes to hand weekly, rich in
cuttings from the best foreign magazines
and reviews. In this connection it might
be said that statement is going the
rounds of the papers, in an obituary of
L. Ii. Carter, that with Mr.. Littell as
editor he brought out the Living Age.'"
1t is fact, however, that Mr.. Littell, as
editor and proprietor, employed Mr..
Carter to print the Living Age" and
also, for a short time, to publish it. But
| the implication in the statement that the
Living Age" owes it's existence to Mr..
Carter, any more than to the paper
maker, composition, stereotyper or
binder, is entirely without foundation.
"Blue and Gray" the patriotic Amer
lean magazine (Philadelphia), is at hand
for August and is freely illustrated Its
frontispiece is a full-length portrait of
Admiral Buchanan. The leading papers
are: Winchester, Historical Reverie.D
by Leila Mecklin, and with Buchanan
on the Tennessee" by Surgeon Conrad.
The magazine has also cheerful paper
on the Adventures of Naval Officer
Abroad" by John H. Stephenson, U. S.
n. The illustrations of Winchester are
many and of interest. as also those re-
lating to the career of Colonel Dahlgren.