The record-union., 1895-05-04
new PUBLICATIONS.

The Cosmopolitan Magazine New
York; for May is richly illustrated. It
has these leading papers: ''Samarkand
and Bokhara," Frank Vincent Qllus-
traredf; Great Railway Systems of the
United States-Sixteen Hundred Miles of
Mountain Railways" j. B. Walker (il-
Illustrated by Thomas Moran: 1.-THE
Pleasant Occupation of Tending Bees"
w. z. Hutchinson dllustrated); My
Goddaughter," Gustave Kobbe (illus-
trated by Oliver Herford); Failing
Leaves tpoenl), Maude Lyons; "Cere-
monial Dishes of England" Esther Sim
Sherwood, II. NJ. Eaton and Dan Beard;
"a Three-Stranded Yarn" w. Clark
Russell illustrated by f. Lix); "Sales-
women in the Great Stores," Mary r.
Whiteman (iIlustrated}; Another Dog"
+. Hopkinson Smith illustrated by j. II.
Dolph); Mature to Art" (poem). Edgar
Fawsett; "a Charmer of Men," T.. c..
Crawford illustrated by T. o. SmalD;
us Polar Research Remunerative"? Ed
gar w. Nye ILLUSTRATED by f. G. Att
wood; "In the World of Art and Let
ters," with papers by Andrew Lang,
Francisque Sarcey, Agnes Repplier, L.
Zangwill and III. II. Boyesen; Progress
of Science" with papers by q. F. Becker.
S. +. Tillman, G. A. Young and A. l..
Art" with papers by Jean Beraud, q.
Schroeder, Z. Munier, @. Graef, a. V.
Roessler and Heinrich Wilke.
''St. Nicholas" for May Century Com
pany, New York; provides the usual di-
versity of contents for its youthful read
ers. 1t opens with a quaint story, what
Befell Melaatij.' by George Wharton
Edwards. what the Lights Tell" by
Ensign John NJ. Ellicott of the United
10 fy,sr Ta,.
Baldwin tells of the bold charioteer OF the
heavens in III elios' Four-in- hand." The
first of series of papers called Hero
Tales From American History" by The
odore Roosevelt, is devoted to daniel
Boone and the Founding of Kentucky"
This takes up one of the most picturesqu ue
characters in the history Of the country.
Naturalist Hornaday's paper this month
Is given up to The Squirrels, Marmots
and Sewellel." Jessie NJ. Anderson s
serial, .'Three Freshmen-Ruth, Fran
and Nathalie" is brought TO an end. A
new serial. Teddy and Carrots, Two
Merchants of Newspaper Row." by James
Otis, is begun. Chris and the Wonder
ful Lamp figure in ball game, and Mr..
Stearns' amusing genie proves a very
wizard at the bat Mr.. Brooks serial,
"a Boy of the First Empire" reaches the
stage of Napoleon's defeat at Moscow and
his return to Paris. Tudor jerks has a
ballad of "Long, Long Ago." A king, to
choose worthy husband for his daugh-
ter, institutes a series of contests. a
prince who bravely essayed them all, but
failed in each, carried off the prize. There
Is the usual quota of poems aud pictures.
The weekly paper which for fifteen
years has been known as Harper j
Young People," beginning with its issue
of April 3Oth. began to bear the title
"Harper's Round Table"-a change in
title which has not been made arbitrarily,
but which is an expression of the papers, s
already extended field, says the publish
ers. The broadening of the periodical
has been going on for some time, and
corresponds with real growth and a de-
sign to appeal to a larger circle of readers.
The publishers add: Departments es-
pecially devoted to amateur sport. notably
in the leading schools of the country,
which will be conducted by an editor
well qualified by experience in this field,
and whose attention will be wholly given
to this work; department established in
recognition of the extraordinary interest
at present taken in bicycling. including
maps of roads, that will be useful to
wheelmen in all parts of the country,
supplying a need that has been long felt,
but has not yet been met; the rem odeling
of the page in its proportions, type, etc.;
employment of new as well as the MAIN
tenance of the old contributors of fiction
and special artic!es-these are some of the