The record-union., 1894-10-13
new PUBLICATIONS.


time. The centennial anniversary OF the
poets birth is occasion of the appearance
in this mum ber of the Review" of an ap-
preclatlve article on BryantS place in
our literature from the pen of William K.
Thayer. Among the topics of timely in
terest singled out for editorial comment
in the Progress of the World'' of the
October Review Of Reviews" is the
Elmira reformatory system. The editor
takes the ground that whether or not
superintendent Broclway has erred III
certain details of administration, the Sig
nal services rendered by him in the
building up of such an institution are not
to be ignored: Progress of the World''
covers the following topics of national
and international interest: 1.-The Bryant
Anniversary" The Elmira Retorna-
tory" Education for the Bar" "Ameri-
can Explorers in Ancient Fields, "Our
Arctic PARTIES" 1.-The Northwestern
Forest Fires" "Drouth and Irrigation in
the West" !" 1.-The Struggle over Corea,"
Nicaragua and the Mosquito Coast"
Venezuela and British Aggression
The Nicaragua Ship Canal, +" Mr.. De-
pew on the State of Europe" POST
master Dayton on the British Postal
Service" Mayor Gilroy on Municipal
Government Abroad" The Movement
the Reactionary Drift" The New York
Republicans, /" peace, War and Christi
anity," industrial Warfare" "A Wet
Harvest in England" 1.-The Lords and
the Irish," Another Irish Land Bill"
"Perils of the Rosebery Ministry" La
Dor and Liberalism" THE Eight Hours
Day in England Continental Poll
tics,' ''British Holiday Parliaments,"
"Enfranchised Women in New Zealand"
Australian 'NotiOns,' Political, Agra
rian and Industrial" and the deaths of
the Count of Paris and Professor Won
HelmholtZ. The Progress OF Irrigation
Thought in the West' is the title of an
admirable summing-up of the recent Ir-
rlgatlon Congress at Denver, by William
e. Smythe, Chairman of the National
Committee of that congress. 1.-THE
Church and Its Relation to Labor" was
the subject of remarkable address at the
Grindelwald Conference by Alfred Even
Fletcher, editor of the London "Daily
Chronicle" The entire address appears
in this number of the ''Review of Re-
views"
From grave to gay, from lively to Sc
vere," is motto quite appropriate to
'Littelps Living Age" Littell IL Co.,
Boston,. for the lighter has ever been
most judiciously blended with the more
solid matter OF its contents. Yet while
this has been true and it's fiction always
OF the best, this department has been held
subordinate to the interests OF weightier
subjects, as is shown in the September
issue. Iceland of To-Day" is a remarka-
BILE article of great interest; the value of
the article by Gladstone, "Ihe Place of
Heresy and Schism in the Christian
Church." goes without saying; six
Weeks in Java" by Ii. Collett; death
in Classical Antiquity; "Lucretius and
His Science" by E. w. Adams; "Mr.
Secretary Thurloe''; 1.-The Outskirts of
Europe" by j. d. Rees; 1.-The Art of the
Novelist" by the late Amelia b. Ed
wards; the series of articles on The Be-
ginnings of the British Army" are all
papers of interest and value deserving
permanent preservation. But many
other noted writer's are represented in
these September numbers; Fred Wishaw,
Lady Verney, X. b. Cunninghame Gra-
ham. W. w. Story. Mrs. Andrew Crosse,
George Saintsbury, a. Henry Savage
Landor, etc. In addition to all this, each
number contains a fair proportion of ex-
cellent poetry.
Conspicuous among the contents of the
Atlantic for October Boston, is paper
entitled THE Railway War;" by Henry
j. Fletcher. Henry l.. Dawes, long
Senator from Massachusetts, is making
valuable contributions TO the history of
our country in concise and readable
magazine articles. The one appearing in
this issue is entitled "Recollections of
Stanton under Johnson" There is also
an unusual amount of excellent fiction
"Heartsease," by Alice Brown, and His
Honor" by Ellen Mackubin, for in
stance. Rev. DIR. George L. Ellis con-
tributes Retrospect of the Octogenari-
an" ''At Hakata," another of Lafcadio
Hearn's delightful Japanese sketches, and
"a Russian Holy City," by Isabel +.
Hapgood, add flavor of travel. There
is further reading from the Reports of
the Plato Club" and Henry Childs Mer-
win writes OF The Philosophy of
Sterne." 'Tho Playwright's Novitiate,"
by Miriam Coles Harris, abounds in ad-
vice to beginners in dramatic compost
ton. The concluding chapters OF ''Philip
and his Wife, complete Mrs. Deland's
powerful story. There are a number Of
exhaustive reviews, and these, with
poems and the usual departments, COM
plete this readable issue.
The October number of the American
Journal of Politics. (Andrew J. Palm IL
Co., New York. has these papers: An
archlcaI Elements in Society,"" William
Ferrero; "A Criticism OF Henry Georges
Single Tax Theory" Arthur kintson;
THE Law of Service" w. Il. Brokaw;
Popular Government-Its Development
and Failure in Antiquity" DR.. Adolph
Moses; pullman and it's Real Lessons"
j. w. Mason; 'Our Silver Experiment"
Edwin Mead; The Foreign Policy of
Japan," Ernest w. Clement; Woman
Suffrage" Atkinson Schumburg; "Our
Misleading Census Statistics" II. l..
! Bliss; Economy Co-operation-A Re-
ply" Stoughton Cooley; Careless
School Work" Judge Cooley on Pres
ent Civic Conditions" Professor Ely's
Socialism," Corrupt Legislation"
''The Indiana Good Citizenship League"
''Three Views of the Tariff Laws" etc.
We wish this fine patriotic magazine
could be read by every American citizen.
The result would be greatly beneficial in
the growth of good citizenship.
"Harper's Magazine for October New
York;, has these special features: La
hore and the Punjaub," fifteen illustra-
tions, by Edwin Lord Weeks; "a Day of
the Pinochie Club,' by Julian Ralph:
"1he Streets ofParis," by Richard Hard
ing Davis; "Iberville and the Missis-
sippi," by Grace King; Golf in the Old
Country" fifteen illustrations, by Caspar
w. Whitney; complete short stories. by
Julian Ralph, Mrs. b. +. Mayhem, owen
Nister and Thomas Nelson Page. Chas.
Dudley Warmers novel, "The Golden
House," grows in interest. The con-
clusion of Brander Mathews charming
two-part tale of Narraganset Pier, called
1.-The Royal Marine," concludes, and
1.-THE Old Gentleman of the Black Stock.''
one of Thomas Nelson Pages best pieces
of fiction. There are two poems in the
number: "The Happ lest Heart" by
John Vance Cheney, and ''ITnafraid," by
Richard Burton. The EDITORS Study''
and the Editors Drawer complete an