The record-union., 1894-10-02
new PUBLICATIONS.

(New York; is richly illustrated. There
Is as frontispiece portrait of Edmund
Clarence Stedman. Among the leading
articles are these: 1.-The Real Edwin
Booth" by Edwina Booth Grossman;
Brooks; Story of the Civil Service" :"
by Julia Schayer; ''The Eternal Gulli-
ble." by Ernest Hart; ''Old Dutch Mas
ters-Paul Potter" by Timothy Cole;
selections from the correspondence OF
Edgar Allan Poe, including letters of
Richard Hengist Horne, Elizabeth Bar
rett Browning, Nathaniel Hawthorne
by Edward Eggleston: "a Bachelor
Maid" ", by Mrs. Burton Harrison;
"Where the Teak Wood Crows" by
Marion Manvllle Pope; Edmund Clar-
ence Stedman," by Royal Cortissoz:
Echoes of the Parliament OF Religions"
by Prince Wolkonsky; "Recolleclions of
Aubrey de Vere." with portrait, by Au-
brey de We're; 1.-The Flight of Song" by
Ina Coolbrith; ACROSS Asia on Bicy-
cle'' (serial), by Thomas Gaskell Allen.
Jr., and William Lewis SachIIeben; "A
Robbery on the French Coast" by Andre
Castaigne; Mcclellan and his Mis-
sion.''' study by Major James
Ladd Franklin. In the Topics Of the
Time these subjects are treated: 1.-The
New Life of Napoleon" THE Nation
and It's Toilers," SIS Bimetallism Desira-
BILE 2" edwin Booth-the Man" In the
Open Letters we have: The Methods of
the Riotiug Strikers an Evidence of De-
generation" by James Weir; Secret So
cieties in Politics." by Washington Glad
den; SIS the Friction Between Employed
and Employer Diminishing ?'' by Albert
5. Bolles; The Consular Service and the
Spoils SYSTEM" by Lambert Tree. In
the department, "In Lighter Vein." these
papers: ''Sence de S'render," by Edward
Oldham. w no N, % 81 n,
Louise Morgan Sill Outlines" by
Berry Benson.
The complete novel in the October num-
Der of 'Lippincott's'' (Philadelphia) is
"a Question of Courage" by Francis
Iynde. 1t deals with leud in the noun
tains Of Tennessee, and the question of
the Northern hero's courage, after sundry
doubts and adventures, is settled to the
hero's own satisfaction and that of the
heroine. Mr.. Lynde is a recently dis
covered' author, but he knows how to
tell story. Goals of Fire. is military
tale by Leroy Armstrong. AT the Lit
tie Red House," by Kate Jordan, has a
railway subject. Margaret Langdon
writes "a Tragedy Of Trade" "An Hour
Before Death" is brief yet extremely
strong. by Elizabeth Knowlton Carter
Gertrude Atherton, in Famous Rivalries
of Women" recalls many moving tales
of the past. George j. Varney traces the
progress of photography Up to Date"
and David Graham Adee identifies '.The
Ballad of the Drum" which Alexander
Hamilton sang at the banquet of the Gin
clnnatl. Saburo Arai speaks with au-
thority of Japanese and Chinese Porce-
Iains and Their limitations" The senti-
ment and the philosophy alike of ''rhe
October Woods" are given by James
knapp Reeve. In The Snub." Kate
Miner Rabb shows that essay writing is
not yet a lost art. Felix L. Oswald sup
plies another good essay, on Localized
Virtue" "A Garden Quesp' is a speci-
men Of Harrison S. Morris forthcoming
book of verse. Besides quatrains by
Margaret Gilman George and l.. Worth
1ngton Green, the other poems of the
number are by Florence Earle Coates,
Celia A. Hayward and Emma j. Gompf.
The Popular Science Monthly for
October (New York; closes its forty-fitth
volume with an issue of marked and
varied excellence. Especially seasonable
is the opening article on The Football
Sltuation," by Professor L. l.. Richards
of Yale, Professor James Sully contrib
utes the third of his Studies of Child
hood' to this number. An account of
1.-The American Champagne District"
with description ofthe various processes
IN the making OF champagne, is given in
an illustrated article by Lee J. Vance
In "Some Lessons from Centenarians. !"
the mode of life of 200 persons of this
class is given by DR.. j. NJ. French. An
anthropometric study of 1.-The Half blood
Indian" is contributed by Franz Boas.
In West African Folklore" by the late
Colonel A. b. Ellis, some interesting tales
are given. Frederic LIE Roy Sargent
completes his evolutionary study of
"Barberries." NJ. V. O'Snea depicts
The Professional Training OF Teachers
according to modern ideals. j. II. Long
presents curious collection OF Funeral
Customs of the World" That science
affects profoundly even literature is ably
shown by Professor w. II. Hudson of
Stanford University, in a paper on
Poetry and Science" M. Jean du
Gourco gives an account of the "a stron-
omy Of the Incas." There is a sketch OF
Asaph Hail, the celebrated Washington
astronomer. The editor commentslupon
the recent suppression of the teaching of
evolution in the State University OF
Texas and upon the Brooklyn meeting of
the American Association.
The October Overland" (San Fran
CISCO contains three articles that will be
of more than usual interest to dwelIers
on the Pacific Coast. Supposedly. the
history of the doings of the Vigilance
Committee OF '56 is we'll known but in
reality the matter has become more of a
vague tradition than a clear history. For
the first time since the events narrated
occurred. the history of the movement is
thoroughly written UP by an actor AL
marin b. Paul, No. 436, and at the time
one of the publishers Of the True CaEitor-
man, takes up the remarkable chain of
incidents IN series of articles beginning
with the October number. The second
article is a description of the blooded
horses OF the coast, as they will be ex-
hibIted at the coming Horse Show. 1t
viii be complete and technically correct
exposition of California horses and horse
men. The third contribution is the b.-
ginning of q three-part poem-the Song
of the Balboa Sea-by Joaquin Miller,
The opening article of the magazine
is beautifully illustrated critique on
Mountain Art" by the we'll known
mountain painter, II. L. a. Culmer. Irv-
ing NJ. Scott treats of 1.-The Naval
Needs of the Pacific" and Mr.. Wildman
brings his romantic novel of the Malay
Peninsula-the Panglima Muda-to a
close. Colonel Poston also finishes his
graphic history OF Arizona. There is a
poem by General Lucius II. Foote, and
the usual variety of sketches, stories and
poems.
That popular New York clergyman
the Rev. DR.. Rainsford, contributes a
most interesting article to the October is
sue of The Ladies' Home Journal
tPhlladelphia) in which he defines the
position OF The Clergyman IN Society,""
NOt lesS Interesting IS the enlnentiy
practical view which Mrs. Burton Harri-
son, in her contribution to the series
Before he is Twenty" takes of "A
Boys Evenings and Amusements. -
Mr.. HowelPs literary biography, My
Literary Passions" continues to grow in
interest. The biography of the number
consists of sketches, with portraits, of A.
Conan Doyle and James Matthew Barrie
'The Candy-Eating Habit" is furnished
] by Cyrus w. Edison, NJ. d. The full
piano score of the Rose Bud waltzes, by
Luigi Arditi, PATHS veteran orchestral
leader, appears. also ''The Possibilities OF
Crepe Paper and "rhe Holly and