The record-union., 1894-10-20
new PUBLICATIONS.

NhW FU6LlGATlUN0.
The demand for copies of the October
"Overland'' (San Francisco containing
the first part of Joaquin Aliller's great
| poem, The Song of the Balboa Sea-" has
been so great that an extra large edition
OF the coming November number will be
printed. It's publication marks one of
the events and triumphs Of magazines
literature. Mr.. Miller considers ''The
Song of the Balboa Sea- his greatest
work. Mr.. PauPs history of The Vigil
lance Committee of '56'' grows in interest
as he invades those sanguinary days.
Mr.. Wildman follows up his Malayan
novel, The Pangiima Muda," which
Will soon appear in book form, with an
other story of life in the tropics, "In the
! burst OF the southwest Monsoon" Edith
NJ. Thomas contributes q charming chap
ter Of life on the shores of Lake Erie. en-
titled Wood and Wave Notes." contain
ing two new bits of her verse. Other no.
table articles are Fishing at brakes
Bay" THE Republic of Shanghai" by
/ Mark &. Dunnell, eX- Vice Consul Gem
eral at Shanghai; "The Corean Ques-
tion," by General Lucius II. Foote, late
United States Minister to Corea; The
Story Of the San Pablo Rancho" by
John f. Sheehan, Jr.; bright California
story by Horace Annesley Fachell; an
other, "She Had a Family Spirit" by
John Bonner. The poetry. ETC., and
book reviews are bright and entertaining.
''As Talked in the Sanctum" discusses
the Japan-Ch War in it's usual light.
airy vein.
The Popular Science Monthly" for
! November makes a strong opening for
new volume. First comes fully illus
| trated account of The Glaciers of Green
land" by Professor Angelo Heilprin. In
preparation for College by English
High Schools" John +. Casey tells what
! boys who enter college without Greek are
! doing. DR.. &. HanfOrd Henderson con-
| tributes the first Of two articles on MAN
| ual Training" 1.-The Cobra and Other
| Serpents" are described, with illustra-
tions, by @. Il. O'Reilly. This number
| contains also the recent address of the
Marquis of Salisbury upon assuming the
! Presidency Of the British Association for
| the Advancement of Science. There is
! an admirable little scientific temperance
lecture by Dr. Justus Gaule, under the
title Alcohol and Happiness" a de-
scriptiOn of the ''SWIss Watch Schools"
| IS given by Theodore B. Wilson. IRE
donda and Its Phosphates" are described
! by Fred w. Morse. w. L. Freeman calls
attention to Some Analogies and HON.
| oIogies" in animal and vegetable life.
! Something of the Chemistry Of Clean
| ing" is explained by Professor Vivian
| Lewis. There is an account of the career
! of Philibert COmmerson. ''the Kings
! naturalist" while the subject of the usual
| sketch and portrait is Sears c. Walker,
| astronomer of the United States Coast
survey in its early days. New York: ID.
Appleton & Co.
| Frank Lesbos Popular Monthly''
| New York; Tor November describes and
| illustrates Niagara in Harness." in an
| article by Arthur Vaughan Abbott, c..
| y. Other illustrated articles are ''To
Rio in Sailing VESSEL" by Henry
II 4, hon I
| Stage" by Percy Anderson; 1.-THE County
| Fair" by Thomas DOnnelly; pixies
| Peak by Moonlight" by w. c. Camp
| bell; 'Shinnecock Silhouettes," by Don
| G. Seitz; Tho Struggle TOR Life in the
| Deep" by Colonel Nicolas Pike; a second
paper c, on British Etching" by Fred
| erlck Wedmore. This number also con-
talns the opening chapters of new story
| entitled High Tides,' by Eta w.
| Pierce, the author of "a Terrible Case"
| There are complete short stories by Mad
| eleine Lucette Ryley, Ida H. Springer
! Rudolph de Cordoya, Henry Tyrreu,
| John Hubert Greusel, y. Oakley Hall w
| de Wagstatfe and w. Perry Brown. and
poems by Warham st. Leger, Richard
| Garnett, Charles Henry Luders, Edward
| Ellington Valentine and Lady Dufferln.
Home and Country'' (New York for
october, contains many WelI-Written and
| beautifully illustrated articles. Among
| Interest Wrltt1n
| by Judge /. j. Mackey, entitled ga True
Tale OF the Old South. The Doomed
Slave" 1t tells the story OF chain of
circumstantial evidence woven so COM
! pIete that it bore heavily against poor
| slave, who was tried and convicted of the
murder OF his master, and stood within
! the shadow of the gallows, being saved
| therefrom only by the efforts of the
faithful unto death' counsel, who de-
! tended him on his trial, and through
whom and some well-trained blood
hounds the real culprit was tracked TO his
lalr, captured, tried, convicted and finally
executed. Joseph w. Kay, at So East
Tenth street. New York.
"The School Review'' Hamilton n
~ for October, edited by Professor
| Ihurber of Colgate Academy and Presi-
| dent Schrumann of Cornell University
| has these papers: s. 5. Laurie, portrait
and papers; English in Secondary
Schools" by Samuel Thurber: "Matha-
| mates III the Secondary Schools of Ger
many" by James u. Russell THE His
tory OF Early Education" continued bv
| ,. >. Laurie; Education at the School of
| Ethics" by Ray Greene Huling; "Free-
dom from Prescription an Essential Con-
ditlon OF Success IN Our Secondary Edu-
| cation" Samuel Thurber.
Paper and Press" for October NV N
Patton, Philadelphia) is model techni-
| cal magazine In matter, in print and in
| art. The illustrations are very fine. the
| hali-tone work especially. The fulIness
| OF the report of the annual convention of
| the United Typothete is full of Interest.
| Mr.. Patton IS doing good work for book
lovers, printers, publishers, engrayers
| pressmen, binders and others by the issn,
ance of this valuable magazine.
"Harper's Bazar'' for October 18th was
| charming number. In fashion DESIGNS
II was very full. as also OF fashion news
| The paper, Women and Golf.u is novel
to Americans, but interesting and in
| tormatory- Inc double page picture,
pie OF fine wood engraving.
The Occidental Medical Times" for
October (Sacramento} is well filed win
matter OF immediate interest TO surgeons
and physicians. There are leading papers
| by DR.. Hund, DR.. Gill, DR.. Fischer and
DR.. Stillman.