The record-union., 1894-05-12
new PUBLICATIONS.

side History OF + lIeSuIIe dHlly, LAS
been running as seriai IN one OF tne nrst
now in neat 16-mo cloth from G. P. Put
nau,,s Sons. New York. It is one of the
most attractive stories we have read in
long time. Here is a tale which, while
inclined to be somber, Is particularly
dramatic, and the author of which, while
using simple narrative form, shows more
than usual skill in touching the tragic
and picturesque. The plot is vigorous
and direct, and closely holds the interest
of the reader. The local coloring is ex-
cellent, and the details of character and of
the action of human passions are de-
picted with realistic fidelity and with no
little literary grace. The author de-
scribes "Margredelp as story of Fife
shire family, and the language used by
his characters is thoroughly character
istic OF the soil. Dialect terms have, how
ever, been very sparingly introduced.
and the pleasure of the English or Amer
lean reader is, therefore. not in the least
interfered with by having his eye meet
unknown Gaelic expressions.
America is now passing through one OF
the gravest crises in its history. Maga-
zines and newspapers are full OF stories OF
the trouble and of theories as to Its cause.
In "Donahoe's Magazine" (Boston) for
May are writers who lay the blame for
the existing situation at the door of pop
ular government. Most of us had thought
that the question whether the people
should govern or be governed was setIied
once for all more than century ago. But
it seems that in educational halls and in
editorial sanctums there are men who
even now cherish the same sentiments
that awakened Tory applause in 1776.
'Donahoe's Magazine has done service
OF inestimable value in bravely and forci-
bly, exposing q source of danger greater
1a- IaoF 10 or nQl
heresy. When Americans cease to trust
themselves it is time for a note of alarm.
This note is struck in just the right time
in the leading article of "Donahoe's" for
May. rs Popular Government to Fail in
America ?" This brilliant article is only
one of the many features which place
'ADonahoe's" among the leading maya
zines.
1.-THE New England Magazine" for
May (Boston) is rich in articles relating
TO New England historical associations.
The first article is upon 1.-THE Landlord
of the Wayside Inn" The famous Squire
Howe, the landlord of the old Sudbury
tavern in Longfellow's time. There is an
authentic portrait of the Squire. John
Brown in Springfield" is the subject of
the article. "a Boys Recollection Of
Brook Farm" is by Arthur Sumner. The
"reminiscences OF New England Clipper
Ships" is by Rev. Joshua p. Bodtish.
Miss Elizabeth Porter Gould contributes
an article on Hannah Adams, who may
properly be called the first woman in
America who made literature her profess
sion. The valuable series of articles on
the New England States at the Worlds
Fair is continued. There is an excellent
article upon the city of Duluth, with a
score of fine Illustrations. When Bur-
badge Played" by Henry +. Randolph,
is learned and interesting account of
the manners and customs of the theaters
in the Shakespearean time. The number
is profusely and beautifully illustrated
with half tone pictures.
THE American Journal of Politics."
a. ]. Palm, editor New York;, is at hand
for May. We recognize 1t as one of the
most valuable disputative mediums Of
expression upon governmental and eco
nomie topics of the age. The contents for
May are: Responsibility in Municipal
Government" by Frederick w. Kelly;
'The Real Estate Law of Egypt in the
Time of Joseph" by II. A. Lounsberry;
"The Hawaiian Controversy" by Charles
Robinson; 1.-THE Consumption of Wool
from a Manufacturers Standpoint" by
John i. Busiel; "Hhe Income Tax by
w. L. Dutton; 1.-THE First Year of the
Administration" by Carl Snyder; EFFECT
of Protection on Distribution of Wealth.
by George f. Milton; "Bimetallism from
the Standpoint OF National Interests"
by A. J. Warner; us Protection I'M
moral?" by Daniel Strange; ''Study of
Politics in Colleges" by James Albert
WOODBURY.; "Who is Responsible for Pow
erty" by Z. NJ. Burchard.
Book Reviews" the monthly journal
published by Macmillan Il Co, New
York, is enlarged with the May number
to almost twice its original size. AL
though IL bias only just completed its first
year, it has won for itself an enviable
position among the magazines that deal
with current literature, furnishing, as it
does, not only full advance notes of the
new books and complete list of all the
leading books published during the
month, but also well-selected critical re-
views of the most important of the re-
cent publications. The leading articles
for the June number will comprise a
paper by f. Marion Crawford, called "a
View of Modern Mysticism" and an
article on Professor 4. d. Perry's trans
lation of DR.. Paulsen's Universities of
Germany"
'Enthralled" is story by the scholarly
and accomplished writer Edgar Saltus, of
international life, setting forth the cir
cumstances in the curious case of a New
York heiress, an English Lord, and of
third person, who will be found to be one
OF the most surprising characters in tic-
ton. The plot turns on what may be re-
&dtOSO do al 6lludblOn pAJ
cally possible, intensely dramatic and
yet absolutely now. The story itself is.
from start to finish, of absorbing inter-
est, brilliantly told, entirely free from
any faint Of suggestiveness, and signal
refutation of the old adage that there is
nothing original under the sun. Ameri-
can News Company, New York.
1.-THE School Review" Hamilton, New
York;, conducted by the Presidents of
(nrnalI and Cnlcrafa has for Nav fhoSa
papers, besides the departments: uni
versity Inspection of Secondary Schools
and the Schools Examination Board of
Harvard University" by Paul II. Hanus;
The Reports on Secondary School Stud
ies," by Ray Greene Huling; 1.-The Value
of Military Training and Discipline in
Schools" by L. B. Bronson; 'Some Re-
suits of the Welsh intermediate Educa-
ton Act" by ii. Holman; "Communica-
tion," by Elizabeth A. Meseroll; Book
Department" Current Educational
Literature" Foreign Notes" and Pub
locations Received
"The Midland Monthly Des Moiues,
Iowa, has many neat Observation-Disclosures
of the Russian farmers and charities, and
of scenes in Scotland, being of special in
terest. The contents en- brace these lead
ing papers: "A Far-Reaching Charity,''
by b. L. Tillinghast; "a Battle of Gil
ants,n by Eugene Schaffter; ''Nooks and
Crannies of Scotland" by q. W. E. Hill;
"Beatrice. a Story of Bayou Teche," by
Alice Ilgenfritz Jones; Historical De-
partment of Iowa. by Frank W. Bick-
nell: .sArtesian Wells and Irrigation in
the Dakotos," by Henry L. Chaffee;
Iowa College, Grinnell," by Henry
Smith MCGOWAN; 'Suydenham and
Westminster" by the editors.
.sGoldthwaite's Geographical Maya
zne'' for a pril and May New York. has
of Desolation,'' Work for Young Elk
plorers.u minnie Humming Birds"