The record-union., 1895-10-19
new PUBLICATIONS.


ford. Ito call attention TO this. the next
field of American enterprise and prog
ress; 10 give Information about the re-
gions and the people with whom we
should do business; TO summarize the
many publications OF this and other
Governments containing Information
valuable TO commerce, but which often Is
presented in form so diffuse or defect
i've as to lessen its value. There are many
lessons to be learned from the methods
of our competitors for The worlds trade;
these will be gathered from the
trade journals of all the world and from
other sources" The October issue is a
South African number. supplemented by
South American commercial news and
several special papers and tables on COM
MERGE. Diagrams, tables and maps
abound in the number, which we should
judge to be of high value to business men
looking tor trade abroad. The new mag
aZIne would seem to occupy field whore
there is need tor just such journal. 1t
Is edited vigorously, but with dignity.
The North American Review for
October q East Fourteenth street. New
York has these papers: The Atlanta
Exposition" by the Governor OF Georgia;
Politics and the insane" DR.. Henry
Smith Williams; Birds in Flight and the
Flying Machine Hiram 5. Maxim;
Some Problems of the Age" Rev. L.
w. Farrar; Tho Microbe IS a Social
Leveler," Cyrus Edison. NJ. d., "a Study
in Wives" Max O'Ren, Grant Allen.
Karl Blind and II. II. Boyesen; Future
of the Arid West" Hon. Edmund q.
Ross; English Women in Political Cam
palgns," Lady Jeune; 'The Liquor CUES
tion," Or. j. +. Waldo. DIR. David Walsh
and Rev. L. {. Iglehart. d. D.; Personal
History of the Second Enp ire-Causes of
the Mexican War;" Albert d. Nandam;
"Hunting Large Came" General n. y.
Miles, U.S.A.; lis Socialism advancing
IN England?" Rev. Professor w. q.
Blaikie; our Need of Stringent Shipping
Laws" Frank Rotterdam; The Amerl-
can Note" Rev. }. Ii. Ward; Harness
ing the Tides," George L. Walsh; Rural
Free Mail Delivery" John Nj. Stahl.
The Journal Of Electricity (San Fran
CISCO for September was Sacramento
edition. This handsome quarto is su-
perbly illustrated with half tone pictures
OF the Folsom electrical power works.
the great dam, views above and below 1t
and along the canal, pictures of the
States and company's powerhouse and
of the sub-station in Sacramento, views
in the powerhouse at Folsom, map plan
of the canal aud dam. views along the
line of transmission OF electricity TO Sac
ramento, pictures OF the electric power
house and gas works Of the Capital Gas
pany, views of the great Electric
Carnival in this city. and elaborate ac
counts and descriptions OF all these in
ample, we'll written text. Besides, there
are papers on other subjects, book re-
views, electrical news. trade notes,
lighting news and discussion. 1t is a
number of great attractiveness and has
notable local interest and value.
1.-The Overland Monthly' for October
San Francisco is very freely illustrated,
far more than commonly. The leading
papers and features are: Frontispiece,
Nathaniel Hawthorne" Charles S.
kanch,' Herb Bashford; frontispiece,
Charles Warren StOddard''; Mount
Lowe and Santa Monica" Rounsevelle
Wildman; San Iconoclastic Episode"
Emma Mersereau Newton; "Charles
Warren Stoddard," Joaquin Miller;
Sons of the American Revolution"
Frank Elliott Myers; schools In Ha-
wall" w. Il. Castle; THE Irrigation
Problem in California" W. S. Green;
AL Fresco," Clarence Urny; The
Quicksands Of Pactolus." Horace Annes-
ley Vachell; Powder Making on the
Pacific Coast" w. {. p; "Inan1mate
Target Shooting," Merton c. Allen;
"Snok eless Pow ders Tor Shotguns," w.
l.. Colville.
The October issue of the "Quarterly
Journal of Economics BOSTON,, pub
".
an article by Professor Lexis of Coffin
gen on the concluding volume of Marks
Capital" in which this pOsthumous
publication Of the great socialist is fully
analysed aud criticised; an article by
Professor Bascom of Williams College,
urging the retention of the gold standard
as against international biinetallism; an
article by q. X. Holmes of the Census
Bureau, pointing out how far the people
Of the United States live in their homes
as owners or as tenants; and a careful
theoretical discussion, by Professor
Taussig of Harvard University, of the
employers place in distribution. There
are also notes and memoranda on tariff
history and on other subjects and the
usual photography Of current publica-
tions.
Passing Hours" is the title of Frank
Leslie's magazine for boys and girls,
which has entered new series. It is is
sued by Frank Leslie's Publishing
House, New York, monthly. 1t is freely
and handsomely illustrated with half
tone and wood cuts. The first number OF
the new series is that for October, and il
opens with story by Oliver Optic. fol-
lowed by SERIAL story by Edward S. ellis;
"HInts on Trapping" by f. l.. Oswald;
"W hat John FOUND" Rebecca Harding
Davis, and papers by Max l. Harvey,
Ethel Hatton, Henry +. Haydock. Adelia
Beard, Howard c. Ives and others. 1t is
certainly very attractive periodical, and
at 81 year Is q remarkably cheap one.
Popular Astronomy" for October
(Northheld, Minnesota, Goodrich OBJ
servatoryj has fine portrait Of the late
Professor benjamin PIERCE. Its papers
are: The Services of Benjamin PIERCE TO
American Mathematics and Astronomy"
Z. J. j. See; "PhOtographing the Milky
Way" II. G. Wilson; The Fixed Stars
L < nnly NhaS
Recent Chemistry" Littell's Living
Age; How the Telescope Aids Ordi-
nary Vision" w. w. Payne; 1.-The Graf
ing Spectroscope for Small Telescope"
illustrated, David L. Hadden: The Solar
Ephemeris," illustrated, j. Morrison,
NJ. A., Nj. b., Phi. D.: The Constella-
tions," Comet Notes"
The American Magazine of Civies"
for October ANDREW J. Palm q Co., New
Electricity-a Study in Sociology" a. A.
Johnson; The Decadonce of Home
Ownership" II. L. Bliss; THE Political
Mission of Reform" l.. 2. Gratacap; AN
Automatic VS.. q Fiat Currency" E. l..
Rector; proportional Representation"
Patriotism" Thomas L. Davis; The De-
cadence of Good Citizenship" Seymour
II. Ransom; "a Financial Predicament,"
Henry b. Russell; Civic Aphorisms,"
Adolph Roeder; The Single Taxa
Reply to Mr.. kitson," George Bernard.
Tho American Historical Register
for October tPhiladelphia) is rich in his
torical protraiture. Its paper on "Lafay-
ette's Visit" continues with many Illus
trations. There is an illustrated article
on General Comte de Rocham beau"
another on TRADITIONS of Fort Jenkins"
another on Colonial families" and
papers on the patriotic Hereditary So
cieties of the United States" and in addi-
ton reports, news notes, accounts of cele-
bratious, etc. This magazine is devoted