The record-union., 1894-09-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS

The frontispiece of "McClure's Maga-
zine" New York; for October shows
Charles A. Dana OF the New York ''Sun'
at work in his Office. The opening article
Is omprehensive study OF Mr.. Dana S
career. The article is written bv Mr.
Danas chief editorial associate, Edward
I. Mitchell. one never fails to find in
"McClure's Magazine" short stories OF
marked spirit and originality. This
/ number provides stories from Bret
Harte, Conan Doyle and Robert Barr,
ana there Is thrilling railroad story by
Cy Nyman, the old engineer who de-
scrlbed for McClure's the famous ride on
the engine Of a flyer" A lot of Brownie
pictures by Palmer Cox and others, and
some Brownie rhymes embraced in an
article descriptive of Il forthcoming
! Brownle play, make notable feature.
! The story Of The Capture OF Niagara"
ana It's subjection to the manufacture of
electricity with numerous pictures is also
! interesting. No less interesting are MIR.
Dunn's interview with Mr.. Calmette Of
the Pasteur Institute, Paris, and the ac-
| count by DR.. Edward $. Holden, director
OF the Lick Observatory, OF Recent Ad-
Vances IN Our knowledge Of the Noon s
Surface" with the accompanying repro
auctions OF recent important photographs
OF the moon.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' is
~" IoShOSi II ION lu0 new EId1h 1I6Sll6
building. Bond street, in the midway
! publishing quarter of New York. The
october number has for its frontispiece
a portrait Of Mrs. Frank Leslie. Her
business is described and illustrated i'll
an article entitled Modern Magazine
Making" Other illustrated features are:
"A Shipwreck in Summer Seas,' bv
kemper Bocock; "Under the Peak of
! Ieneriiie," by Howard Paul; american
Medical Students" by DR.. j. Howe Ad-
ans; La Certosa i'll Val d' Ema," by
Grace Ellery Channing; "In a Roman
Atelier," with "reminiscences of the great
Canova, by TheO Tracy; "Montgomery,
the First Capital of the Contederacy," by
| W.. ii. Baiiou; "A Lost Eden," written
| and illustrated by Miss q. \. Davis;
British Etching" by Frederick We'd
more, with examples of Geddcs. WilkIe.
Whistler and f. Seymour Haden; and
Cramps Shipyard and the New United
States Navy" by S. Millington Miller,
including pictures of the new cruisers
and battleships.
One of the most interesting topics of
Inc day is co-educatiOn, ana "Demorest's s
tamlly Magazine" New York; has set
before Its readers in the October number
a most excellent symposium on this i'm
portant question. The contributors COM
prise sucn names as David Starr Jordan.
Thomas ). Hastings, ii. NJ. MacCracken,
DoihOo -is AdylOE, OuaIlSS ii. hDOX,
Edmund Z. Platt and =. ). Packard.
Cadet Life at West Point" appears in
the same number, and is well written
sketch OF the life OF a cadet from the time
he enters West Point until he is a full
tledged soldier "a Failure in Dress Re-
form' is a sprightiy and humorous
narrative. "How to Play the Guitar
Without MASTER is clearly written.
The contents OF the magazine is enliyened
by several pieces OF fiction; the Home
Arp' department tells OF Work for Oc-
| tober Evenings; the "Sanitarian" dis
cusses Comfortable Living"; Society
Fads" and Chat" are full of interesting
talk on timely topics.
From S. II. Latter (San Francisco we
have new descriptive song, ''Sweet
Wedding Bells" with waltz Chorus. 1t
is in sheet form, of five pages, and is by
Max a. Stinle, music by Hermann r.
Schlott. The title page bears large half
tone portrait Of Miss Alice Nielsen. The
song we should. judge to be one of much
beauty and likely to become popular.