The record-union., 1894-08-14
new PUBLICATIONS.

"Donahoe's Magazine" (Beston) is here
! for August. Ladies' and gentlemen" !"
said Artemus Ward pausing suddenly
4 in one of his lectures, there will now be
an intermission of fifteen minutes, dur
I ing which the lecture will proceed as
usual" That is the way with the cease
/ less stream of printed matter that flows
! from the presses OF the wOrid-it proceeds
I as usual during the intermissions, only
/ TO be swallowed up in speedy oblivion.
Now and then some strong, brave. true
word is uttered which goes straight home
/ 10 the people. In this months "Dona-
hue's" there are many such, and they are
I such as 10 provoke thought and discus
sion. Henry Latchford has something
brilliant and forcible 70 say about bar
barous and brutal feature of Class Day
Exercises at Harvard p. O'Neil Larkln
throws a food of light on the real work
ings of some sAmerican monopolies:
Haworth, the actor, tells the pathetic
story of John McCullough's last days;
there are four delightful stories, each
with lesson; 1.-THE Talks to the Type
writer'' are brilliant as usual. and the
series of articles on women's occupations
is continued. A profusion of pictures
makes the August number one of the
most beautiful yet issued.
! "Good Roads" for July, magazine
published by the League of American
! Wheelmen at Boston, is notable for ar
ticles of interest to the friends OF the
good road movement. Among the papers
is one on the good road movement in Cali
fornia by Governor Mark ham, prefaced
/ by a good portrait of the Governor.
I There is also a paper on Repairs to
/ Roads," by Governor Reynolds of Della
/ ware, with portrait OF the Governor.
4 There is Q portrait of Thomas TeItord
] nd oft Of ia hUf
eral Roy Stone OF the Department of
Agriculture on the National Road Con-
( ference" with a portrait OF the General
! 4 paper appears with several illustra-
/ tions on SAUL Ste Marie" by George
/ A. Cady; How a Woman Built a
Wagon Road" by L. w. Perry; "The
| Universal Road" by Charles Il. Duryea;
'The Drainage of Roads," by w. H.
! Breithaupt; "Street Improvements in
Cincinnati" by w. G. Heintz. and other
articles of special value to good road
/ builders and advocates The magazine
| is a spirited and aggressive one and is
ably conducted.
The american Journal Of Politics"
! New York. for August contains seven
strong and timely articles. in addition TO
1.-The Outlook" The first is by Dr.. Ed
ward E. Hale on 1.-THE Abolition of Pow
ertv." 1.-THE Limits OF Party Obligation is
| by Henry Budd, a amember ofthe Philadel-
! phia bar. Mr.. Budd maintains that party
obligation has no claims on the voter
when called upon to elect men to nom
partisan positions in which nothing but
ability and integrity are required. DR..
Eliot Gordon, of the New j ersey Hospital
for the Insane, contributes valuable
paper on 1.-THE Insane, and Hospitals for
! Their Care" THE Place of the Labor
! Leader" is timely article by W. l.. Shell
don of the ST. Louis Ethical Society.
"Ciyics in Public Schools is the subject
of a symposium which is ably argued by
seven prominent school and college pro-
fessors. Thomas Burke Grant writes on
pullman and Its Lessons" Alfred II.
| Love. President of the Universal Peace
Union, discusses of military Instruction
in Schools, Colleges and Churches"
The midland Monthlyn for August
(Des Moines, Ia.) is at hand. and is a very
| handsome numbe 1t has two views OF
the Ericsson, the torpedo boat, the only
war vessel for ocean service ever built
on inland waters. There is an interest
ing paper on "Rain Making to Date" by
J. r. Sage; another on 'The Letters OF
! Lincoln by Charles Aldrich; one on "a
/ Non Partisan Farmers Organization, 4"
/ by President B. f. Clayton. Stories,
sketches, portralture, poems, historical
articles and other features Of originality
and interest fill this very handsome West
/ ern magazine.
Romance" for August New York.
has these complete stories: "As the
Breeze Died Away" Herbert D. Gallau-
det; 1.-The Good God of Chenille" AL
phonse Daudet; "a Party of Four"
Stanley J. Weymsn; "Aurore," anony-
nous; Mrs. Heaphy's Ghost" Thomas
Heaphy; "Belial." Paul Fitch; For
Rent Free" sydney Austin Witherbee;
1.-The Tale OF Lost Shoe" II. a. Arm
strong; 1.-TWO Days With Buttons" Hetta
Lord Hayes Ward; IAN Agreeable
| Talker," NJ. E. Bateheer.
The ''Book- Buyer" for August Charles
Scribner's sons, New York; has beauti-
/ ful portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett, the dis
tinguished writer, with a charming
sketch of her career. There is also good
/ portrait of A. r. Spotford, the Librarian
of Congress, and another Of Emperor
Maximillian. Likewise there is por-
| trait of Mary Hallock Foote, the artist
and writer. The reviews of books, liter
ary notes and extracts and illustrations
| from recent books are up to the usual
standard of this critical work.