The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1894-08-30
new PUBLICATIONS.

The frentispiece of "McClure's Maya
zine" New York; for September is a
charming portrait of Mrs. Robert Louis
Stevenson. and the opening article is nc
less charming relation. by Mr.. Stevenson
OF how, soon after their marriage, be
came to write Treasure island In
very sprightly illustrated article by
Robert Barr, an exposition is given oil
the ''savate," or kick, as employed with
great skill by the French boxers. The
eminent French chemist, Professor Ber-
thelot, in an interview with Henry j. w.
Dam, sets forth the grounds of his belief
that time is coming when milk, pota-
toes, beef. and all the staples of human
food will be supplied from the labora-
tories OF the chemist. In an article Illus
trated with some very interesting COM
| poslte photographs taken by himself. DR..
IL. p. Bowditch, of Harvard Medical
Scnool, discusses the question whether
| composite photographs are typical pic
lures. LilienthaPs flying machine. on
which all students OF the problem OF
aerial navigation now have their atten-
ton fixed, and his latest achievements
with it, are described, with numerous
illustrations, by writer who himself
witnessed the achievements, and has
carefully studied the machine. Cy War
man shows, in a fully illustrated article,
that an empire of untold riches will be
added to the United States when the arid
lands OF the West are put under irriga-
ton. III ere are also, in the number,
some gooJ stories; one by Gilbert Parker.
and interesting series OF portraits of Sar-
| dou and Madame Janauschek.
Professor James Sully of University
College, London, heads the list of con-
tributors to the September Popular
| Science Monthlyp with the second of his
Studies of Childhood" dealing with
1.-THE Imaginative Side of Play" An
enterprise of enormous possibilities is
described in an illustrated article by
Ernest A. LIE Suer under the title, "Com-
mercial Power Development of Niagara -
The number contains another of the
charming sketches of outdoor life by the
late Frank Bolles, it's subject being 1.-THE
Humming Birds Of Chocorua." There is
an evolutionary story of Barberries,"
by Frederick Leroy Sargent. In Eth
ical Relations Between Man and Beast
Professor L. p. Evans shows how the
doctrine of the earth and all that is in it
being made for man has fostered cruelty
| to animals. Stuart Jenkins sets forth a
new plan for reaching the North Pole.
| Parasitic and Predaceous Insects" are
described by Professor e. Y. Riley; "The
New Mineralogy" is described by G. p.
| Grimsley; DR.. IL. e. Armstrong writes on
Scientific Education"; DR.. P. Lenard
describes The Work of Dust" Other
articles are, Science as a Means OF
Human Culture" by Floyd Davis, and
Seventeenth Century Astrology."
| There is sketch, with portrait, of one OF
the earliest American botanists, the
Lutheran pastor, DR.. G. II. E. Mullen
berg. In the Editors Table social Dis
turbanceS and Endowment of Research
are discussed. New York: D. Appleton
IL Co.
The complete novel in the September
number of "Lippincott's" (Philadelphia)
is Captain Molly" by Mary A. Deni-
son. The three short stories are of un-
usual merit Josef Helmuth's Goetz,''
by Frederick K. Burton, is a weird tale
of too imaginative musician and of q
violin which imprisoned a human soul.
| Will n. Harden does his very best work
inf'The Sale of Uncle Rastus," slave
whose devotion to his master assumed q
unique form. ION Second Thoughts u
by Lalage d. Morgan, is a love story with
an uncommon ending, for the young
lady's heart was finally controlled by her
head. Laura A. Smith writes of ''SongS
of the Battle Field" and gives specimens
of them, music as well as words, from
many lands. "How / Foudd the Baron, y
by Edward Wakefield, describes queer
piece of semi-political history, including
a dangerous expedition through the wilds
of New Guinea. In Head Lines w. T.
Larned collects and comments on some
of the worst liberties of the American
press. ''The Evolution of the Heroine
| is a pleasant literary essay by Professor
II. II. Boyesen. The Human Horses
! treated of by Walter Rogers FurneSs are