The record-union., 1895-04-11
new PUBLICATIONS.

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political events, the appointment of dele
| gates 10 an international monetary con-
| ference, election of y nited States Senators,
| deadlock in Delaware, Constitutional Con-
Yention In Utah, arguments before the
| Supreme Court on the income tax,
change in the administration of the Post
! oihce Department. etc. The ''RevieW"
! comments on the severity of the winter,
/ the erection OF a snow statue OF Washing
| ton in New Orleans in February and the
freezing of the Thames. 1t declares that
our American postal service fails to hold
| Its own with European services, and that
the chief cause of this failure lies in the
ability of our Government to command
high quality of permanent expert
managerial ability. The Importance of
| the new German ship canal is set forth
| IN the Progress of the WorId.o The edi-
tor recalls the fact that the Straits Of
! Cattegat from which shipping will be di-
verted by the new canal, once levied
| heavy tolls on our merchant marine.
The editor calls attention to the recent
development of college Oratory, and in
stances several notable debates held at
different institutions East and West. As
! against certain extreme manifestations
of interest in athletics he cites 1.-THE genu-
inc enthusiasm for the study of public
questions for college journalism and par
! ticularly for competitive debating"
| The Living Greek-a Glance at HIS
! Politics and Progress" is the title of an
| interesting article by Professor j. Irving
! Manatt of Brown University. Professor
| Manatts study Of the situation is pecuI-
iarly welcome. The article throws much
! light on the workings of The Greek Con-
stitutlon. The services Of the late Samuel
Dana Horton, perhaps the ablest Ameri-
| can exponent of international bimetal-
! ism, are briefly recOunted by Frederick
! w. Hollis There is an admirable resume
! of the work attempted the present season
! by the various municipal reform organi-
| cations in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia
| Now York, Albany, Baltimore, Detroit,
| Washington and other American cities.
| The Reviews" conclusions are optimis-
| tic. ApropOs of the appearance of Bal
! four's Foundations of Belief" w. T.
Stead contributes survey of the most
recent phases in the attitude OF science to-
ward religion. The significant utterances
of NJ. Brunetiere, Mr.. Gladstone, DIR.
| Ernst Haeckel and Mr.. Romanes are
! quoted by the way of introduction to the
discussion of Mr.. Balfour's remarkable
treatise.
A wide field is covered by the present
mum ber of Current History" It is as
! If one were taken on flying trip around
| the world; given an insight into the
policies OF the different Governments;
officially instructed in all facts bearing
upon the diplomatic questions of the day:
effects of the forces molding societies
and nations; introduced to the leading
lights OF literature, art, music and the
drama; initiated into the latest mysteries
! OF science, and favored with eloquent
! eulogies upon the illustrious dead 1t
would be indeed hard to mention a sub
ject of interest which is not treated, while
| topics such as the Japanese-C Chinese war,
| the currency problem in the United
| states, the Armenian outrages, the dawn
of new regime in Russia, municipal re-
form in New York City, the Hawaiian
! question, the discovery OF argon, the new
! chemlcal element ETC., are given special
| prominence. Everything OF Importance
is summed up concisely and presented so
| clearly that the reader gets at once an in
! telligent and comprehensive grasp of the
| subject. AS work of reference for
| permanent preservation, Current His
| tory" is invaluable. The history of ones
own time is always the hardest TO find in
useful or convenient form. The present
number completes the fifth year OF the
! historical record, and is furnished with a
! thirty-pa index for the 1894 volume
! Those who have occasion to use a cyclo-
! pedia should have at hand this COM
! pendulum of latest information. The 1894
volume includes l54 portraits of states
men, royalties. scientists, litterateurs,
| composers, ETC., galaxy alone well
worth the price of Tie book. Buffalo,
! y. Y: Garretson, Cox d Co., publishers.
The April number of The North Amer
| lean Review tNew York; presents to it's
! readers varied and interesting table of
contents. In "a Last Tribute" ex-
! Speaker Reed criticises the workings of
the late tifty-third Congress. Adr1irat
| z. II. Colomb of the Royal Navy pre-
diets The Future of the Torpedo in
| War" l. Zangwill describes The Posi-
ton of Judaism" and in "Nagging
I Va, anvaf1 H..
| last words on a topic which, originally
! started by him in the Review" has at
| tracted wide notice. An important paper
! is on The Growing Greatness Of the Pa
cific," by the Hawaiian Minister at
Washington, Lorin y. Thurston. "The
Physician and the Social Question" is
| treated by Paul Gibler, NJ. D., and George
! L. Crocker asks "Does Fire Insurance
Cost Too Much?" Hon. Harris TAYLOR.
! United States Minister TO Spain, writes
| upon The Outlook for Parliamentary
Government" while the fourth INSTALL
Iment OF the Personal History of the
| Second Empire" by Albert ID. Nandam.
deals this month with The Marriage of
the Emperor" Other subjects discussed
are "HypnOtism and Justice by il,
| Merriman Steele OF Johns Hopkins Uni
| versity: the Conditions OF Gold Pro-
duction," by F. A. Rickard a Word
| About the New Pulpit" by the Rev
the Irish Farmer" by George Henry
Bassett.
The Overland Monthly' (San Fran
ciscoJ-the best illustrated number the
publishers have ever put out-for April
has these papers: "As Talked in the
! Sanctum," the editor; SINGERS of the
Century," Harry Wellington Wack, il
luslrated: mission Music and Musi-
| cians," J. J. PeatfieId, illustrated: "By
! tlVnFlann
True Tales of the Old West" S. S. Boyn-
ton, picture by Boeringer; "Phe Bible
| and Divorce" T.. j. b. and Rev. Bolton:
The Coming of the River Piura," Alfred
Z: Sears; ''No Man So Low" Carrie
Blake Morgan; AT Sunset" Dorothea
! Lummis; "Baboo's Pirates," Rounsevelle
WIldman, pictures by Boeringer; pleas
ure," Sigismund Biumann; AN Orego-
nian Poet Hermit" w. i. d. Jones:
Florence" Lucius Harwood Foote;
How the Petrol Died." illustrated, Chas.
,. Greene; The Jew in San Francisco"
u. n. DanZigeI; The Jew in san Fran
clsco-tro rom Gentle Standpoint Mrs
y. NJ. Nesfield; "Pampas Grass and
Pomegranates," Mrs. Strong; "a Rose to
the Living" Nixon Waterman; Lotto
kan and the Golden Woman Werner Il.
Reed, pictures by l.. Maynard Dixon;
"beauty,s Ideal, stephen Henry Thayer.
The Easter "Donahue's" Bostonl
comes In cover brightly suggestive OF
the Joyousness OF this months great
festival, and the contents are interspersei
with illustrations, sketches and poems
appropriate 10 the season. There is an
excellent variety OF able, thoughtful and
readable matter. The leader is of the
oratory of Wendell Phillips in the form
of ''Reminiscence." by Rev. John Tai
bot Smith. Michael j. Dwyer reviews
Foreign Critics of American Manners"
"a Kansas Lawyer adduces strong
arguments against what he terms the
roaring farce" OF the prohibitory laws
in Kansas. James Clarkson presents a
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