The record-union., 1894-04-10
new PUBLICATIONS.

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The "Review of Reviews" New York.
for April presents in usual fullness its
retrospect, The Progress Of the World"
/ which contains timely discussion of the
/ question why the English game of poll
/ ties is more exciting than the American
game. This question is suggested anew
! by the resignation of Mr.. Gladstone and
/ the intense interest aroused by that epI
Sode among Americans, to the partial
neglect of Washington politics. Other
current topics are in like manner con-
Sidered, such as the seigniorage bill, the
! Bluetields incident. bimetallism, the Will
son bill, etc. w. +. Stead contributes
/ brilliant tripartite character sketch of
Gladstone, Rosebery and Harcourt, the
/ Liberal leaders. The magazine announces
a series of articles by the leading pub
liclsts OF Australia and New Zealand, To
appear under the general title of The
/ Drift i'll Australasian Politics. The
series opens in the April number with
paper on the delays i'll federation and
what they have taught the people, by the
distinguished leader in the union move
ment, Sir Henry Parkes. The articles
that are to follow will cover very wide
range of timely topics. DIR. Albert Shaw
shows wha. is being done Tor negro edu-
cation in Alabama by the negroes them
selves. The Battersea Polytechnic Insti-
W
and Princess Of Wales in February. a
complete history and description OF this
! institution, with an outline OF the work
that 1t will undertake, appears. Those
who have followed the development of
the Peoples Palace and other London
polytechnics Will be interested III this
latest expression of vigorous educa-
catiOnal idea.
"McClure's Magazine" for April (New
! York; makes the work of the Rev. Dr..
Parkhurst, and his courageous fight to
compel the officials of New \ ork 10 en-
! force the laws against vice ana crime, the
subject OF valuable article by f. Jay
Edwards. Another valuable article is by
| Archdeacon Farrar, on "Christianity-
True and False" There is an account by
| K. ii. Sherard Of visit to lola III his
Paris home. Ellen Terry, as she has been
| intimately studied on ana Oft the stage by
| Ethel Mackenzie Mckenna, is the sub
| ject of an article. There are seven por-
traits of Miss Terry in the Human
! Documents" the other subjects OF pOr-
traiture in that department being Pro-
fessor Drummond and Andrew Carnegie.
Another article is on ''The Poisonous
! Snakes of India" There is a war sketch
describing IAN Actual Experience Under
Fire" The fiction comprises short stories
by Clark Russell and Robert Barr, and a
third installment of Steven son and Os-
tions are many and tine.
The New England Magazine" for
April (Boston) is very richly illustrated,
notably so in exposition OF certain fish
cries. a finely illustrated article by w.
l.. w. Bali treats of Henry Irving's in
! fuence upon the American stage. The
| important series of articles upon New
England at the Worlds Fair Is continued.
! George A. Rich contributes q valuable
article on THE New England Fisheries"
There is an illustrated article on The
English Lynn" by Oscar Fay Adams
"What the Pilgrim Fathers Sang" an
article on Ainsworth's psalm book, is ac-
companied by interesting fac SMILES of
pages from that famous work Ed
ward Porritt has an article on Women
in English Politics." Miss Lucy NJ. Sal
mon writes wisely on "Education in the
| Household" There is charming spring
fantasy, when the Sap Runs Up the
| Trees" by Richard Burton. There are
other stories and poems by Harriet Mon
roe, Mrs. Mareau and others. Shillaber's
autobiography is continued.
"Blue and Gray'' for April (Philadel-
| phia) has widely diversified table of
contents, in which military news and
"reminiscences are almost overshadowed
/ by contributions of general national in
terest and patriotic import. Miss Octavia
| Dockery concludes her series on 1.-The
sugar Plantations Of Louisiana" IAN
Ill Wind" is quaint story of Western
life. Education as 1t Was'' is by the
late William Pope Dabney. Major Will
lam Howard Mills contribes paper on
fredericksburg and the Army OF the
| Potomac" In Memory of the Kear-
sarge" gives a history of the wreck ed
corvette with two splendid illustrations,
showing her victory over the Alabama
and her destruction on Roncador Reef
| ~ ltl EHrraOnt the Harffnr13I iS n
serial Corporal Kings Trip to WASH
ington" is by j. NJ. Waddill. In the Pa
triotic Youths Department we find a
! glowing tribute to "Nathan Hale. Patriot
and Martyr" by c. NJ. Holloway.
The Overland Monthly" for April
! (San Francisco) is notable in several
ways. 1t bears on its front cover the inn
print OF new editor, Rounsevelle Wild
man. Mr.. Wildman's name is not new
TO magazine readers, however, for he has
written much for publication. His first
! contribution to the Overland" on as
suming direction of it is the establishing
OF new editorial department, LAS
Talked i'll the Sanctum." The mum ber,
| but for this new department and the
well-known Etc. and Book Reviews. the
installment OF the continued story,
! "BulullicoO," and poem or two is en-
tirely given over TO the Midwlnter Fair.
! III the illustrations. and there is great
| Er0fusiOn OF them IN many varied styles,
are pictures of something at the fair
! Nobody that has been to the fair can tail
to recognize the fitness of this mum Der of
the "Overland" as a souvenir of 1t.
"Spalding's Official Baseball Guide"
! for 1891 is out american Sports Publish
ing Company, New York;, and is the
most complete baseball guido yet pub
lished. The GUIDE is officially recog-
nized and bears the official stamp of
! President Young Of the National League
and \ merican Association of Professional
Ball Clubs. This years number con-
Iains statistics of interest to everyone
connected with baseball; the new rules;
the new diagram; an extra diagram,
published for the guidance of amateur
players; an exhaustive appendix by the
editor, and complete index. Also the
/ official averages of the National League
and matters of interest to the Eastern
League. New England League and the
schedules of the National League, Eastern
League, Southern League and also the
/ Western League, aud space devoted to
! college baseball, i chapter on the cham
pion clubs record for 1893, statistics, etc.
The Engineering Magaziuen for A April
! rsTiues'' building. New York; is freely
! illustrated and has, beside eight technical
departments, these leading papers: The
| Outlook for improvement in Business"
by ]. Edward Simmons; 'South Ameri-
can Railroad Development" Courtney
! De Kalb: Transportation by Wire Rope
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