The record-union., 1895-11-09
THE LITERARY TABLE.
Some Excellent New Books-The
Charlatan and HypnOtism
The Study of a Boy-Charm of Letter
Writing-A DeFoe.Lik Book-L1n-
coins Speechss-Crockett' New
Story-Magazines and Reviews.

1CckS, by Stand1Sh O'GraQy- There
is a Defoe-like vigor, realism and charm
about this work which hightens its
pleasure to cultivated readers and does
not confine it to boys alone. IL Is
most fascinating boys book. Two boys
start out on an adventure on the Wlid,
rugged western coast OF ireland. Inc
keynote of their escapade, and the
strange adventures and discovery II
leads to is set in these words by the
narrator in the opening chapter, which
responds Immediately to the magic IN
vocation as at the touch Of wizard:
AT this time my mind was strangely
affected by Poe's weird tales of wonder
and mystery. / longed to meet with
some such adventure, some rare ana
curious experience like those which
form the theme of his fascinating
Stories to light upon and follow some
clew leading to hidden treasures or
great discoveries" 1.-THE Chain of
Gold" which plays an important part In
the adventurous element of the story,
is a chain formed by links made of the
old Irish ring money which the two boys
find by accident while hunting desper-
ately for water in their prison house,
among the crannied rocks of the pre-
cipitous coast, into which their boat had
been dashed by the waves-to escape
form one of death only to be confronted
by another But it is not only in the
mere facts of the story that its power
les it is in the wonderful imagination
OF the author which invests a likely
tale with the most captivating witch
cry, and with the true spirit of advent
ure Dodd. Mead & Co., New York;
y mo-, 81 %.
"A Doctor of the Old School, is by
Ian Maclaren, with a host of striking
character illustrations by Frederick c.
Gordon. 1t is from the press of Dodd,
Meade & Co, New York, and is limo.
in linen and gold, with gilt edges, ele-
gantly gotten up, indeed. 1t is a liter
airy feast to read and study this delight
f1l book which is the story of doctor,
one William Mcclure. Maclaren being
asked If really there ever was man so
self-forgetful and so utterly Christian
as this old-school DOCTOR the famous
writer says" Not one man, but many in
Scotland and the south country. 1 will
dare prophecy also across the sea.
lie then proceeds to say that he has
known four such doctors, and that one
of them is still living. Maclaren pays
a tribute in this delightful sketch to a
class whose service to the community
was known, he says, to every country
man of his. Indeed he reveals that
Mcclure is real parsonage, and that
he has simply told an actual life tale,
of a perfectly pure and perfectly sin
cere man, whose goodness was immeaS-
urable The book first appeared last
year. It had in America as cordial a re-
ception as in Scotland and England,
and in this second edition Maclaren
takes occasion to express his gratitude
for the warmth of the reception of his
book by the people over the sea.
The North American Review (New
York; has this table Of contents for Nc
vember: Quick Transit Between New
York and London" by Austin Corbin;
The Plague of Jocularity," H. H. Boya-
sen; Outlook for Republican Success
Charles 7. SaXtOn. Lieutenant-GOv-
ernor of New ork; What Becomes Of
College Women" Charles T. Thwing,
LII D.; Our Acquisition of Terri
tory" General n. Miles, Z. 5.
A; industrial Development of the
South by the Governor of Alabama;
Childhood of an Actress" Mary An
derson De Navarro; The Municipal
Spirit in England" Hon. Robert p.
Porter; Improvement of the Civil Serv-
ice" Hon w c. Rice United States
Civil Service Commissioner; True
Source of American Wealth" the Presi-
dent of the Farmers National Con-
gress; Personal History of the Second
Empire-XI The Warning of s;a
dowa," Albert D. Vandam; Our Duty
in the Venezuelan Crisis by Repre-
sentative Joseph Wheeler of Alabama
and Representative Charles II. GrOs-
venor of Ohio; "A Practical Use of
Verse Rowan Stevens; Regulation of
the Liquor Business" Francis Colts
berger; The Rule of the Mother" c. P.
Selden.
The publishers of Littells Living Age
(BoStOn) announce reduction in the
price of that unique eclectic from So to
SIS a year, the change to take effect
with the first of the new year. New
subscribers, renting before the LIST
of January. will receive the intervening
numbers of 1895 free. The Living Age
now nearing the close of its fifty-secOnd
year has ever been a faithful mirror Of
the times rejecting that which was
highest and best and most desirable in
the field of literature. 1t has received
the concentrations of the highest liter
airy authorities, the most distinguished
statesmen, the brightest men and
women of the country. and has proven
a source of instruction and entertain
ment TO many thousands. 1t cOmmends
itself especially to busy people of mod
crate means, for they will find in il
what they cannot otherwise obtain eX
cept by a large expenditure of time and
money yet which is so essential to ev-
eryone who desires to be we'll informed
concerning all the great questions Of
the day. We approve this valuable
weekly magazine fully, warmly and cor
daily.
In the next number Of Harper's Round
Table will appear the first installment
OF a long serial story of revolutionary
times, called For King and Country"
by James Barnes. The heroes of this
story are twin brothers, one of whom,
educated in England, fights under the
royal standards of King George, while
the other, following a mercantile life in
the colonies. enters Washington's army
to fight for his country The same num-
Der Of the Round Table will contain sew
eral other features of especial interest.
bicycling for Girls" is an instructive
article on the correct riding of the BIZ
cycle. and Is fully illustrated by photo
graphs Larry Vane, Brakesman," is
short, spirited story by Molly Elliot
SeaweI, who has also written "A Vir-
GINA Cavalier" q serial story of the
early portion of George Washingtons
life, to appear in the Round Table dur
ing 1896. THE Boy Army of the
United States" by Richard Barry, is
the first Of a series of articles describ-
ing boys in actual military life. Tie
Imp at the Telephone" by John Ken
drick Bangs, is a humorous account of
the adventures Of a boy and telephone
imp.
Table Talk Is well to the front as q
Thanksgiving magazine, touching that
subject many times In various ways
between its covers. The leading article
is Thanksgiving Day" by Mrs Bur-
ton Kingsland, including a typical din
ner menu-also a fin de steele one.
Other menus are given, as we'll as a
recipe for Thanksgiving Plum Pud-
ding The Housekeeper's Inquiry De-
partment is full of excellent recipes.
The Kindergarten for Mothers is ably
upheld in The Priestly Office" by
Miss Nora 4. Smith; the Food in
Brights Disease" by DR. II. II. Hawk
hurst; how Miss Dorothy Entertains"
by Mrs. NJ. c. Meyer; much about the
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