The record-union., 1894-12-15
new PUBLICATIONS.

sums uD the significant results ol tHe NO
vember elections, discusses the propaple
action of Congress on the baltimore
plan'' of bank-note issues, comments on
the progress of the civil service reform
movement and again emphasizes the eX-
tent OF England's encroachments IN ' en-
eZuela. The department also chronicles
important movements IN European poll
tics. and the history of the war in China
is brought down TO date. 1t brings to the
attention of it's readers remark able
state of things in South American inter-
national relations. 1t has been known
for wears that Great Britain has persist
emily encroached on territory belonging
to the little republic of Venezuela, but
few Americans have been aware OF the
extent of those entertainments. w r.
Stead enjoys the distinction of having
been the first of European journalists to
discover the real character of the late
Gar as a peace-lover. In January, 1892,
he published an elaborate sketch OF 1.-The
Gar and the Russia OF To-day" and in
the current number of that periodical
there appears brief article by MIR. Stead
on Alexander ILL.,, Peace-k eeper of Eu-
rope" ION the Threshold OF Universal
Peace" is the title Of an Americans an
sWer IN this magazine TO the perennial
question In European politlcS-hoW to
reconcile France and Germany. The
writer Whose signature is 'Pan-Aryan'') }
hnds the solution of the problem in the
division of Alsace- Lorraine. The French
speaking portion, he says, should 60 to
france and the German speaking portion
to Germany. industrial Agreements
and Cancellation" are the topics treated
by the Hon. c. c. Kingston, Premier Of
South Australia. Robert Underwood
johnson urges the rapid extension OF our
national policy OF creating forest pre-
serves. The number is an unusually
strong book number" Its seventeen
a,Rf
llsh literature of the month is creditable
10 the literary sense and enterprise OF the
management.
The Christmas "Century'' (New York,
the Century Company, makes a strong
appeal for favor. The number is distin-
guIshed by new and artistic cover
printed in c0lors. It's high-lights are Ma
poleon, Christmas, ten stories Including
Eudyard kipling's first American story,
Coles engravings, and Castaigne's draw
ings. There are in all forty-siX illustra-
tions, Of which twenty-five are OF full
page size, including nine with special re-
ference 10 either the religious or the
domestic aspect Of the season. Among
the artists whose work is reproduced are
the great Van Dyck three beautiful
wOod-cuts by the engraver 7. Cole,
Andre Castalgne five drawings, Dag
nan-Bouveret, Eric Pape, Otto II. Bacher,
}. +. Burns, Bounieu, Dalou, Guipon.
Kenneth, FRAZIER, Irving Il. Wiles.
Scheurenb9rg, Won Uhde, Wenzell, How
ard, Helmicll and L. S. Church. Among
the contributors are Rudyard Kipling,
Marion Crawford, Sarah Orne Jewett,
Mrs Burton HARRISON, George Parsons
Iatnrop, Ruth McEnery Stuart, William
NJ. Sloane, EleanOra kinnicutt, Julia
Schayer, q. y. Hibbard, Kate Chopin,
Lucy ). Furman, Grace Wilbur Conant,
Mamie y. Cox, William Cleaver Wilkin-
son, Augustus j. Du BOiS, D. Ohm William
son Palmer, w. j. Stillman, James B.
Kenyon, Heileman Wilson, r. W. Glider
and Robert Underwood Johnson. Pro-
fcssor Sloane's contribution is the second
part of the Life of Napoleon" and deals
with Napoleon at the beginning Of the
Revolution, his private studies aud garri-
son life; his attempts at authorship: the
outbreak of the Revolution, its effects on
Corsica and on Bonaparte's relation to
France his first lessons in Revolution,
and his traits Of character. Mrs. Burton
Harrison contributes the first part of her
new novelette,, AN Errant Wooing,n
which this month deals with lie in Lon
don from the tourists point of view. MIR.
Crawford contributes the second part of
his story Of Italian life, casa Braccio.' -
Nlr. kIpling contributes the first Amer
lean story written by him, which is in a
wholly novel vein. 1t is entitled "a
Walking Delegate"
The Arena" (Boston) with its big
Christmas number Of over 200 pages
opens the eleventh volume, and its IT.
creasing bulk as well as the repute OF its
contributors and the standard and char
acter of its literature, indicate it's extend
ing influence and prosperity. In the De-
cember issue there are contributions
from some Of the greatest writers Of our
day, and some the most delightful and
entertaining of the younger American
essayiSts and fctionists. In the former
r I
Oriental scholar and authority on
language and comparative religion, OF
Oxford University, and Count Leo Tol-
stoi, the famous Russian novelist and So
cIal reiormer. In the latter are Hamlin
Garland, the author of MAIN Travelled
Roads,; VIII Allen Dromgoole, the
Southern story writer; Rev. Minot J.
Savage, the famous Boston preacher; B.
Q. Flower, the editor Of the "Review";
Walter Blackburn Harte, the author OF
"Meditations in Motley''; Henry Latch
ford and Helen II. Gardener, the popular
novelist. B. O. Flower, the editor, opens
series of papers in this issue on Fact
Ors in immortality" which discusses the
age of consent laws in The different States
In some of the States the age at which
child consent to her own ruin is as low as
10 years, disgrace TO people protesting
Christianity and calling themselves civil
lied. This is affOrding legal protection to
-
human form. At this aga girl is not
legally permitted to sell her doll, and yet
she can sell her body for destruction
The Arena" is going TO ventilate this
sort Of legislation thoroughly and put the
facts as they are before intelligent Ameri-
can manhood and womanhood.
The atlantic Monthly" (Houghton.
Nlititin 0 Co., Boston,, while making no
special Christmas edition, has in its De-
cember number several seasonabie con-
IriDutions. Sir Edward Strachey writes
delightful paper on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day at an English Country
House." and Harriet Lewis Bradley con-
tributes a short story, entitled "The
Christmas Angel" Literary Love Let
ters'' is story told in unusual form by
Robert w. Herrick OF the Chicago Uni
yersty, and still another short story is
'In Jackson'S s Administration" by Lucy
Lee Peasants. In addition TO these short
stories there appears the second part of
Mary Hailock Foote'S two-part story
1.-The Trumpeter." Aside from fiction
there is much of permanent value.
Among the most important tributions
are William Sharp's Personal Reminis-
cences of Walter PateT," aud AN able arti-
Gle on the N ew Criticism OF Genius" bv
Aliue Gorren. The "Atlantic' treats
subjects OF education from many stand
points, and in this issue c. Howard
Walker writes on The Architecture of
the Schoolhouse." Other contributions
which Will attract attention are Ghosts
by Agnes Reppiier; Venice" by Samuel
Y. Cole; TO an English Friendn by
Franklin Eastman, and the second part
OF an interesting study of "RegjiiaId
Pole" by Harriet Waters Preston and
Louise Dodge. There Is an appreciative
tribute TO Or. Holmes from the pen of the
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