The record-union., 1895-02-04
new PUBLICATIONS.

! There could be no filter nor more in
teresting commemoration of the death of
! Robert Louis Stevenson than that made
in "McClure's Magazine" New York;
Tor February; with pictures OF Steven
sons south Sea life and home, and portraits
OF Stevenson extending from his baby
hood TO within a year of his death, and
including a reproduction of the photo
graph by Sir Percy Shelley, is given,
first, an account by a personal friend OF
his sailing to the South Sea and estab-
lisling himself in Samoa, and
and in some sort disciples, J. NJ. Barrie,
! 5. X. Crockett and Ian Maclaren. An
illustrated article by Alexander X. Nc
Clure. editor of the Philadelphia "Times, )"
shows by anecdotes and letters that Lin
coin, Of whom Colonel Mcclure was an
intimate friend, exercised personally the
| full powers Of a military commander in
the earlier part of the war. There is treat
nent OF that most splendid epoch i'll
Napoleon's career, when he was fighting
the battles of Austerlitz, Jena and Fried
land. Miss Tarbell relates the history
with lucidity and compactness, and the
| portraits, battle scenes and other pictures,
all after paintings by noted artists. A
ecently-discovered portrait OF Napoleon,
| by the American artist, John Trum bull,
! is reproduced. There are also reproduc-
| tions OF a wax cast Of Napoleon's face,
made secretly, the night after his death,
by one of the attending physicians. The
new Scotch writer, Ian Maclaren, con,
! tributes an excellent short story: and
there is another story from the Pinkerton
archives, by Cleveland Moffet, The
Rock Island Express Robbery"
! The February issue of the Atlantic
Monthly" (Boston) contains, beside much
| excellent fiction, one or two articles of
particular tlmeliness. An able paper by
Theodore Roosevelt upon The present
Status of Civil Service Reform" An ar
ticle by Boris Sidis is upon "a Study Of
! the Mob" Among the features prom
ised for 1895 was series treating of New
Figures in Literature aud Art" The
| hrSt numb Der IS paper upon Daniel
Chester French, by Royal Cortissoz.
| 1.-The Subtle Art Of Speech Reading" by
Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, and "a
| Voyage in the Dark" by Rowland T..
Robinson, are of unusual interest. There
is much excellent fiction, including three
| chapters of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
serial, "a Singular Life"; The Life of
Nancy" by Sarah Orne Jewett, "Come
Down." by A. NJ. Ewell. and the final in
stallment of Mrs. Wiggin's two-part
story, "A Village Stradivarius." Mrs.
James t. Fields contributes delightful
paper upon Celia Thaxter. There are
contributions by James NJ. Hubbard,
Edith NJ. Thomas and poems by Ednah
Proctor Clarke, Charles u. d. Roberts
and William Canton. The book reviews
will appeal TO many general readers, as
they treat of three books much discussed
at present, Meredith's Lord Ormont
and His Aminta," Gaines "The Manx-
man" and Du Maurier's "Trilby."
"Harper's Monthly Magazine" New
York for February is richly and most
profusely illustrated. Among its special
features are: New York Colonial Pri-
vateers," with four illustrations, Thomas
a. Janvier; French Fighters in Africa, -
eleven illustrations, Poultney Bigelow;
Down the West Coast" ten illustrations.
c. 4. Lummis, "Music in America"
with portrait, Antonin Dvorak; "Oudey-
pore, the City of the Sunrise" eighteen
illustrations, Edwin Lord Weeks; What
is Gam bling?" John Bigelow. Mrs.
Elizabeth Robbins Pennell contributes a
paper on Art in Glasgow" with seven
reproductions of characteristic paintings,
and Sen katayama describes the amuse-
ments and recreations OF the japanese
country gentleman. There are chapters
of "Heart's Insurgent," by Thomas
| Hardy, and of the princess Aline," by
Richard Harding Davis, and four short
stories: John sanders, LaDorer," by f.
| Hopkinsou Smith; The Merry Maid OF
Already" Mrs. Burton Harrison; "a Do
| mestic Interior" Grace King" and
Love in the Big Barracks" Julian
Ralph. Charles Dudley Warner, in the
Editors Study, discusses The fellows
| in Literature" and the Editors Draw er
is introduced with short story by Bran
der Matthews.
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
LBoston) Tor January opens with an arti-
! Gle from the celebrated Austrian econo-
mist, DR.. Bohm- -Bawerk, in answer to
Professor J. B. Clark's criticisms on his
theory of capital. Professor Macvane OF
Harvard writes on 'Some Neglected Du-
ties of Economists as Regards Public
Opinion" Warde Fowler of the Uni
versity of Oxford gives detailed ac-
count, with Typographical illustration, of
the agricultural development of an Eng
lish rural parish, the existence of which
dates rom before Domesday. Dr. j. II.
Hollander of Johns Hopkins has short,
abstruse article on Marginal Rent''
| William Smart of the University of Glas-
Cow describes some of the industrial en-
terprises of that city, and w. b. Shaw
writes his annual review of Social and
| Economic Legislation in the United
States" Among the notes is Que on the
need of more thorough provision for the
| effective redemption of bank notes than
has been made since the war. The usual
photography follows, and an appendix
contains the text OF the new Income Tax
Act, with notes showing the origin of its
| various provisions.
The February number of "Godey's
Magazine" (New York. is perhaps the
best magazine published for IL cents, and
is another example OF the advance OF the
times. The number contains a coniinua-
ton of the 'Private Picture Gallery
articles, the "Fair Women" series,
"Nihilism up to Date" clever one act
comedy, "Bentley's Bea"; a graphic
article descriptive of a womans life at
Nassar College, further installment OF
Miss Child's serial story. "a Natural In
ference and a more than usually inter-
osting complement OF short stories,
sketches, poems, book reviews, etc.
| There are seventy-five fine illustrations,
q large proportion OF which are from
original drawings. 'Godey's Fashions"
have taken on severaldiistin ctively new
features. Besides the regular fashions.
there are articles on feminine tancies,
new dishes, house decorations, the care
of winter flowers, etc.
The Popular Science Monthly, for
February ID. Appleton II Co., New York
has Studies of Childhood" by Professor
Sully, "A Days Hunting Among the
Eskimos" by DR.. Nansen ILLUSTRATED, ,
Pleasures of the Telescope" by Garrett
umph" by James Roadway, The United
States Geological Survey" by Hon. G. d.
Walcott, "Thorns of Plants by NJ.
Henri Coupin Gllustrated), material
Forces of the Social Organism" by Pro-
fessor Landley, THE Serum Treatment
of Diphtharia'' by DIR. Armstrong
"Windmills and Meteorology" by z. j.
De Ridder, Brain Development as Re-
lated TO Evolution" by q. Hilton Serb.
ner, symbols" by Helen Zimnern
"Sk etch OF c. A. LIE SURF by D. S. Jordan
with portrait). The Editors Table. Lit
erary Notes and Popular Miscellany are
full OF interesting and scientific news,
notes and commentary.