The record-union., 1895-02-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Do" The Altar of Mammonn is by
Mrs. De koven and illustrated by l..
Maroid. from Baku to Samarkand,"
by Frank Vincent. is illustrated. Great
Passions of History-A belard and He
loise" is by Anatole France. "The Fan
OF Louis Philippe" is by Emile Olivier
and illustrated. "a Three-stranded
arm" by w. Clark Russell, is illus
trated by f. Lix. "The History and
Progress of the Ballet" illustrated, is by
Roslta Mauri. "Finny Proteges of Uncle
Sam" is by Charles b. Hudson, with
illustrations. "A Parting and a Meet
ing" by ", d. Howells, is illustrated
by c. Y. Turner. "The reflections of a
Consuf' is by Francis b. Loomis and
illustrated by S. Rejchan. salvation via
the Rack" is by Julian Hawthorne. The
Story OF Thousand" is by Albion w,
Tourgee and illustrated by Frederic Rem
lngton. I'm the World of Art and Let
ters" is by Andrew Lang, Agnes Rep
pller, tranclsque Sarcey and Ii. II. Boy
esen. "The Progress of Science' is on
"1Eolian Sands" q. L. Becker; "The
New Cure for Diphtheria," S. L. Tillman;
Death by Electricity" a. E. Dolbear:
"Encke's Comet and the Planet Mer-
curry" C. a. Young. The illustrations
are very fine and spirited. We esteem
this one OF the best numbers Messrs
Walker u Hardy, the accomplished edit
ors, have yet given us,
An unusual diversity is shown in ''The
Century" for February Professor
Sloane's Napoleon" continues to be the
leading feature. The illustrations in
clude reproductions of rare portraits and
OF notable paintings and special drawings
by Castaigne and Pape. a detailed ac-
count OF the murder OF Emin Pasha is by
X. Dorsey Mohun, United States Agent in
the Congo Free State. Victor L. Mason,
confidential attache of the Board of ord
nance and Fertilization. writes of "The
Weapons of the United States Army"
Mrs. Annie Fields gives a revelation OF
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes private life.
The genial humor OF the autocrat per-
vades all of the letters. Marion Craw-
tcrd's novel, Casa Braccio," reaches a
strong climax. In Mrs. Burton Harri-
sons novelette,, 'An Errant WoOing,"
the scene changes to picturesque Tangier.
Noah Brooks continues his anecdotaI
recollections OF Lincoln. Sir Edwin
Arnold is represented by a dramatic
poem, 1.-The Passing of the Muhammad."
a Montenegrin war ballad, "Luka Phila-
pOv," is versified by Robert Underwood
Johnson, and illustrated by r. Cation
Woodville. A symposium OH the forestry
question, with contributions by thirteen
advocates OF forestry preservation, in
dorses Professor Sargent's plan of giving
the care OF forest preserves to the War
Department. Mrs. Hebecca Harding
Davis gives a study of the condition OF
women "In the Gray Cabins of New Eng
land" and Mrs. NJ. @. Van Rensselaer,
writes of People in New York." Of
whom various types are pictured by c.
D. Gibson.
The Overland Monthly for Febru-
airy (San Franclsco), is fully up
to the high standard that Mr..
Wildman year ago set for it.
It's cover is an artistic triumph and
its contents are thoroughly good. In the
department, ''As Talked in the Sane
tum," the editor discusses with his coll
leagues the Napoleonic craze. The sec
ond installment OF Famous Californians
of Other Days" treats OF Governor Stone
man, General Ord, Bishop Kip. Colonel
Stevenson, Colonel Inge, Baille Peyton
and Senator McDOugalI. Margherita Ar
lima Hamm has cOntri button on the his
tory and causes that led up to the present
Japanese Chinese imbroglio. The Sec
ond part of The Evolution of Ship
Building in California; appears. The
best illustrated article in the number is
by Mrs. Thompson on The Wild Flow
ers of Hawaii" L. W. Wooster tells OF a
paradise Tor sportsmen. The discussion
OF the Income Tax" by Charles J.
Swift, and "Oregonian characteristics"
by Alfred Holman, are OF value. Pro-
fessOr Culin tells of "FOrtune-Telling
Among the Chinese in America y
Among the stories is the third number of
the True Tales OF the Old East" bv
Chauncey l.. Canfield; a Mormon story
by Alvah Milton Kerr, Dead Sea
Fruit" and bank robbery tale by " ade
Brooks. The poetry is by Edwin Wild
man, L. Worthington Green, Charles a.
Gunnison and Clara Blake Morgan.
"Old Ironsides" figures prominently
in the February number Isl. Nicholas'
New York. Hon. ). @. ". Benjamin, ex-
minister to Persia, describes The Last
Voyage OF the Constitution" from New
York to Portsmouth. The number is
strong in entertaining natural history
sketches, Bruins Boxing Match" by
Charles q. i. Roberts, and Jim, Tame
Crow" by Malcolm Frazer, tell OF the
pranks OF TWO OF Dame Natures children.
Naturalist HOrpaday's papers are re-
sumed again with a story OF The DOings
of Mole Mr.. Hornaday tells Of one
industrious mole that tunneled no less
than lU4 feet III twenty-five hours. How
the CabinBOy Saved the Fleet" bv
Emma +. Brown. is ballad. Philip the
page in Mr.. Brooks "A Boy o. the First
Empire" is sent by Napoleon TO bear the g
news OF the birth OF his son TO the di-
VOrced Empress Josephine. Chris. whose
doiugs with All&din's Wonderful Lamp
{ form the basis OF Albert Stearns' story,
compels the genie to build him a marvel
E IS
puff OF smoke. Jack Baluster's For
| tunes" take q decided turn. Howard
Pyle's hero runs away from Captain
! Teach, the pirate, and carries the i'm
prisOned heroine with him. Jessie NJ.
Anderson's Three Freshmen: Ruth.
Fran and Nathalie" get along flourish
ingly in college, and are received bv the
sophomores. There are the usual num-
Der OF pretty pictures aud clever poems.
The Forum" edited by Walter h.
Page New York, for February has these
papers: should the Government Re
tire from BankIug?" ". G. CoruweJI.
Why Gold is Exported" Alfred ).
Heidelbach; The Programme of Ger
man Socialism, Wilhelm Liebk necAt:
The Social DiscOuteut-ILs Causes, -
Henry Holt; HAS the Law Become
Commercialized ?'' William B. Horn
blower; The outlook for Decorative j =
in America" Frank Fowler: "A he
/ Hgious Study OF Baptist Town. Rev
W. b. Hale; Steps Toward Government
Control Of Railroad" Colonel Carroll L..
Wright; "ColOTado's Experiment With
POpuLsm," Joel I. Vale; The Great
Realists and Empty Storv-Tellers. .
H. II. B0yesen: student Honor and
/ College Examinations, Professor ". I.e
{. Stevens; True American Ideals. -
+ Theodore Roosevelt: The Barnac!es Of
Fire Insurance" Louis WiHdmuuer.
4 hyingmachine that actually 1lew was
described ny Hiram =. Maxim in liar
per's Young People New y OraE ior
January 2gil. \ weight OF 900 pounds.
lifted from toe ground and carried along
through the air II opposition TO the VIII
OF the designer and IN spite OF the me-
chauical restraints which he had con-
uived, pOnderously emphasizes the
claims OF ihis invention 10 be seriously
regarded. The same number contains
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I Bangs, illustrated Or G. u. tjrayes. and
the Tirss iuslallnent Of The 'Scutney