The record-union., 1894-04-28
new PUBLICATIONS.

LleS Oh SClenLl0C discovery ana scientific
thought, should read the Popular Sci
ence Monthly" The May number opens
with another of DR.. Andrew ID. Whites
new chapters. dealing with Theological
and Scientific Theories of an Evolution
in Animated Nature" An illustrated
article is on 1.-The Guests of the May
| fiower," describing this charming plant
and its insect visitors, by Professor Clar-
ence NJ. Weed, also up the Chimney"
delightful sketch of bird life by the late
Frank Bolles. There is a reminiscence
of winter in Frost Forms on Roam
Mountain" by Mrs. Helen r. Edison.
The paper on 1.-The Ice Age and its
Work." by Alfred K. Wallace. is contin-
ued. Professor G. Hantord Henderson
has stimulating article on Cause and
Efect in Education" There are two
articles telling how science has produced
value in two formerly wasted products.
Under the title of Economic Uses of
Non-edibl Fish," Robert F. Walsh tells
with illustrations how an oil and fer
tilizer are made from menhaden, or
''moss-bunkers." Frederick G. Mather
sets forth the uses of cotton-seed oil.
Peculiar Sound Effects.' by a. A.
knudson, is of everyday phenomena.
Professor L. p. Evans writes on "Re-
ligiouS Belief as a Basis of Moral Obliga-
tion." The Sleep of Mollusks,'' is de-
scribed by Charles 4. Simpson. An ac-
count of Ancient and Medieval Chem
istry," by the French chemist, NJ. Berthe
lot, and a sketch of Sir Joseph Henry
Gilbert, with portrait, complete the body
of the magazine. ID. Appleton & Co.,
New York.
In the May number of Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly" New York; appears
ION the Spot" the first of series OF per-
sonal "reminiscences of an artist at the
front in the Secession War. written and
illustrated by Joseph Becker, the original
special for 'Leslie's.' 1t is copiously
illustrated with fac-similes of documents,
sketches made on the field under fire,
ETC., and presents aspects pf the great
struggle in new and peculiarly vivid
light. Cecil Charles, the well-known
Latin American newspaper correspond
ent, contributes timely Brazilian paper
on The Revolt of the Fleet" Another
feature is Dr. Sherwood-Dunu's compre-
hensive article on Medical Education in
France" illustrated with views of the
Paris Ecole de Medicine, the great hos
pitfalls, clinics and experiments of Charcot
at the Salpetriere, Luys at La Charlie.
Saint-C Claire Deville at the Sorbonne and
Claude Bernard at the College of France,
and portraits Of Messers. Pasteur, Pa
tralre, Guyon, Pean, Brouardel, Pozzi,
Pinard, Fournier and Francois Franck.
Other illustrated articles are 1.-THE Ro-
nance Of O'Tama Chiovara," by Alice
Howard Cady; "Cloisters and Corners"
by Grace Ellery Charming; "a Day in
Upsala," by Charles Edwardes; Birds
of Fact and Fable" by. Nellie Hart
Woodwork, and sugar Beet Culture in
Southern California" by Frederick NJ.
Turner.
"Lippincott's Magazine" for May
(Philadelphia) has complete novel. "The
Autobiography of Professional Beauty"
by Elizabeth Phipps Train. This work
Of a little-known writer is fresh and
bright in its style; the heroine is con-
Quoted through manifold social and
moral dangers TO safe haven. Gilbert
reaches its fifteenth chapter. "Her Con-
cert" by Dorothy Z. Nelson, records
pathetic incident in the life of a reduced
gentlewoman. "The Young Ravens That
Call Upon Him" is by Professor Charles
q. d. Roberts. How | Gained an In
come," by "a Bread Winner" records
an experience useful to many. "Ameri-
cans Abroad" is by Hon. Francis B.
Loomis, United States Consul at St.
Etienne, France. Champion Bissell
writes of "Fitz-James O'Brien and His
Time" In Genius at Home," Anne
HOllingsworth Wharton claims that the
great have not been more happy in their
domestic relations than ordinary people.
In Talks With the Trade" certain
'rudiments" of the literary art and liter
ary business are considered. The poetry
OF the number is by Kate Jordan, Flor
ence Earle Coates, Mrs. Bloomfield
Moore, Harrison S. Morris and Walter
Rogers Furness.
The contents of the Magazine of Art"
for May (Cassell Publishing Company,
New York. are varied and full of interest.
Full Speed Ahead" by Hans Won Bar
tells, is the etching frontispiece: ''I5SS-
News Of the Spanish Armada" by Sey-
mour Lucas, is a full-page plate; Emile
Wauters, Portrait Painter" is by A. j.
Wauters, with portrait of Emile Wau-
ters; 1.-The Malcolm Drawings at the
British Museum" by Lionel Gust, has
six illustrations; ''St PauPs." by Henry
Dawson, has a note by James Orrock;
Early Italian Art at the New Gallery"
by Claude Phillips, has ten illustrations;
Little Roubillac," by Austin Dobson,
hast three illustrations for part one; 'In
the Down Country" by Graham II.
Tomson, has six illustrations by Arthur
Tomson; Measurement of Light and
Color Sensations is review by Captain
w. de w. Abney; "An Elderly Man at
the Play" is a poem by Hon. Roden Noel,
with illustration by X. Savage; The IL
Illustrated Note Book'' has eleven illus
trations.
The military journal, formerly the
Western Soldier and Sailor" now ap-
pears as the Pacific American" and re-
tains also the other as a subtitle 1t is
published at San Francisco by the Pacific
American Company, with John f. Shee-
han, President, and Hugh NJ. Burke,
editor. 1t comes to US in neat cover,
with a bright and breezy title design, is
printed in broad columns on heavy book
paper, and has several half-tone portraits.
1t is devoted to military and naval affairs,
to the Grand Army of the Republic and
American interests on the Pacific Coast.
1t is well filled with coast military news,
q. a. X. matters, personal sketches and
papers on arms, pensions, war claims,
the naval reserve uniforms, champion
contests, etc., and has a lengthy paper on
the battle of Atlanta. and also complete
roster of the National Guard of California.
1t is varied in its information, vigorous in
its expression, and one should say that 1t
has come to stay and TO fill useful field
In its new and improved form of thirty
two qdarto pages.
The Quarterly Journal of Economics"
for April contains an important paper by
Professor James Mayor of Toronto on
1.-The English Railway Rate Question:"
Professor j. b. Clark contributes paper
in theoretical discussion on Universal
Law of Economic Variation" Professor
Bourne of Adelbert College points out
the Indebtedness of Alexander Hamilton
to Adam Smith. Professor Ashley of
Harvard writes of the lack of real au
thority for the definition usually given to
Anglo-SaXon township" President
Andrews of Brown University presents
statement OF the reasons which led to
the formation of the Bimetallist Conn
mittee OF Boston and New England. His
leading place in the new bimetallist
movement gives q peculiar interest to his
statement. Several pages of notes and
copious photography complete the num-
Der. George II. Ellis is publisher, Bos-
ton.